More than 15000 crazed Blizzard Entertainment fans
packed will pack into the Anaheim Convention Center this weekend for
the 3rd Blizzcon convention. Attendees braved long lines to grab
Friday, October 10, 2008 17:04
And Wal-Mart Stores, the nation's largest retailing chain, retreated from a misdirected and unfair policy. Last month, the company informed customers who bought its DRM-wrapped music that it would
Friday, October 10, 2008 14:21
David Kernell, who was indicted earlier in the week for illegally
gaining access to Governor Sarah Palin’s personal Yahoo e-mail account,
was allegedly also involved in computer intrusion alm
Friday, October 10, 2008 10:46
Feature - The holiday season is approaching quickly: If you have children or if
you are an avid gamer yourself the n you know the re are tons of video
games you could buy. This Christmas season
Friday, October 10, 2008 00:02
With catastrophic messages hitting the financial world each day now,
the battered DRAM industry has become a negligible topic even in IT
lately. And while DRAM manufacturers are dealing with
Thursday, October 09, 2008 16:17
...this week, Qantas flight QF72 was flying from Singapore to
Perth when it quickly climbed 300 feet and the n plunged back down.
Dozens of passengers were injured as the y slammed the ir heads into...
Thursday, October 09, 2008 15:22
Symantec is aiming to build a significant presence in the increasingly
lucrative Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) space with the announced $695
million acquisition of MessageLabs, a business emai
Thursday, October 09, 2008 14:46
Hinting at what could turn into a new front in the long -running battle between the two chipmakers, Intel spokesperson Chuck Mulloy said Tuesday that Intel has "serious questions" about AMD's latest
Wednesday, October 08, 2008 13:19
...re out of a job and eating at Taco
Bell … sound far fetched? Apparently not, according to Google, and the
company is now offering a new app that can prevent EUI or emailing
under the influence. Goo...
Wednesday, October 08, 2008 12:09
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has given anothe r interview that
highlights his opinions about some Apple core products – opinions that
Apple PR would not approve as public statement even on A
Tuesday, October 07, 2008 16:17
Overview - The note of AMD’s CEO Dirk Meyer that AMD is in the midst of its most significant transition in its history prompted us to take a closer look at AMD’s past to get a better idea of th
Tuesday, October 07, 2008 10:35
The basics of today’s AMD Asset Smart announcement were known for some
time. But now we know about the extent of the involved investment and
the fact that AMD will unload a significant portio
Tuesday, October 07, 2008 09:21
...st Opinion - AMD was in significant trouble: Up against a vastly
larger and better funded competitor, the company was increasingly
outmatched in recent months. This is because it has sim...
Tuesday, October 07, 2008 07:41
Late Monday, AMD told media and analysts that the company will make a
significant corporate announcement on Tuesday. Industry sources
confirmed to TG Daily that the announcement will cover th
Tuesday, October 07, 2008 06:02
...ood looking cars, but you also have plenty of attractive models
who are more than willing to pose for the camera. At the se shows,
you’re jostling against dozens of othe r photographers trying t...
Tuesday, October 07, 2008 05:47
NASA said it is set to launch a spacecraft to image and map the
interstellar boundary regions for the very first time: IBEX is planned
to conduct high-altitude orbits above Earth to investiga
Tuesday, October 07, 2008 00:01
Developers sifting through the beta files of the iPhone 2.2 software
have come across three new end-user features. The most significant is
Google Street View for the Maps application that tap
Monday, October 06, 2008 18:16
We almost had given up hope that iPhone will ever support voice calls
over the Internet. The growing popularity of VoIP is a scary topic for
traditional landline and cellular carriers and giv
Monday, October 06, 2008 10:11
We finally got some hands on time with the Fusion-io
solid state drive and it definitely doesn’t disappoint. This PCI
Express card contains 160 gigabytes and up of insanely fast flash
Friday, October 03, 2008 22:41
...f uncertainty, Sprint’s Xohm unit was
finally ready to roll out WiMax in Baltimore earlier this week. The
network appears to be working as planned, but it seems that the
promises made by the carrie...
Friday, October 03, 2008 17:11
Calvert County (MD) – Ah the life of a computer worker. You’re expected to work long hours and many of us even work at home, but a former Navy computer administrator took this work ethic to the
Thursday, October 02, 2008 16:58
Opinion - On Wednesday, Slide, the Widget start-up primarily
responsible for delivering individuals photo slideshows and videos
announced that it would be hosting video from CBS, Warner Broth
Thursday, October 02, 2008 16:13
Yale University researchers have discovered that in many places around
the globe, switching from high energy incadescent light bulbs to energy
saving varieties (such as Compact Fluorescent Li
Thursday, October 02, 2008 12:21
Japanese website PC Watch has published a (very) speculative outlook on
the possible inner workings of the next Playstation, which may arrive
sooner than expected, given the high cost and lim
Wednesday, October 01, 2008 14:22
A new chapter in the standoff between Apple and the music industry has
begun: Content owners and publishers are pushing for higher royalties
that are paid to composers and songwriters and ask
Wednesday, October 01, 2008 12:04
Microsoft has been ridiculed for the perks the company offers users in
exchange for the use of its Live Search service. At least for now,
Microsoft is showing signs of abandoning that strateg
Wednesday, October 01, 2008 10:29
It's like something out of The Arrival
staring Charlie Sheen, only this one happens to be good for the
environment. Researchers at the University of Calgary (pronounced "Cal
Gary") have dev
Wednesday, October 01, 2008 09:26
A 28-year-old deliveryman in England got the deal of
a lifetime when he won an eBay auction for a Nikon CoolPix digital
camera. The camera’s flash memory was filled with top secret docu
Tuesday, September 30, 2008 19:20
While Sony last week unveiled the BWU-300S, its first 8x Blu-ray Disc (BD) burner, for launch in the North American market at a recommended retail price of $400 (along with a free BD movie title
Tuesday, September 30, 2008 16:19
The first beta of the upcoming 2.2 firmware update for the iPhone/iPod
touch has been seeded to developers. But don’t get too excited: The re
is no sign of Flash support, a background notifica
Tuesday, September 30, 2008 13:24
...suit against major
Hollywood studios to protect its RealDVD software from potential legal
actions of the se studios. RealDVD is a software package that allows
consumers to copy DVDs, but integrates ...
Tuesday, September 30, 2008 12:03
AMD somewhat surprisingly confirmed in a conversation with Cnet’s
Brooke Crothe rs that the company’s first 45 nm processor is in full
production “right now”. First silicon from the production
Tuesday, September 30, 2008 10:39
...s at NASA's Glenn Research Center are looking at a
sub-surface fission-based nuclear reactor to power the first permanent
Lunar outpost. A relatively small 40 Kilowatt reactor - enough to power
abo...
Tuesday, September 30, 2008 09:46
ARM Holdings recently held its annual board meeting for 2008 in Taipei, highlighting the importance of the Taiwan market to its long -term business deployment. Digitimes took the opportunity to i
Tuesday, September 30, 2008 09:02
...8 Nextfest opened this weekend in Chicago’s
Millennium Park. Its limited size may not be able to keep the event’s
promise to “see the future”, but if you live in the Chicago area and
are in Chicago...
Monday, September 29, 2008 21:54
Analyst Opinion – It was a scary day. NASDAQ down more than 9%, the Dow
Jones index almost 7%. Shares were in free fall, led by Apple, thanks
to downgrades by financial analysts who are conce
Monday, September 29, 2008 18:19
...er, LiquidTV lets people save high definition and standard def
shows onto computer hard drives. The se shows can viewed later or
exported to Apple iPods or the Sony PSP. You can even burn...
Monday, September 29, 2008 16:38
...rom Martian clouds and found more details about soil data that are
believed to hint to a liquid past. The organization also plans to
update journalists on a “significant anomaly” affecting its Hubbl...
Monday, September 29, 2008 15:58
It did not take long for Wall Street to react to the decision of the House to reject a proposed $700 billion financial bailout package that is supported by the Bush administration, the Federal Reser
Monday, September 29, 2008 13:45
With the current state of our economy, it’s a no brainer that many of
us could use an extra $10 million. Here is one way to get your hand on
this amount: The Department of Energy is holding a
Monday, September 29, 2008 11:25
WiMax, often also described as 4G wireless broadband, is out of the
gate. It is almost one year late, it is only available in the Baltimore
region, it is - as expected – not cheap and the ser
Monday, September 29, 2008 10:44
A tiny material issue in Nvidia’s GPUs has cost Nvidia $200 million so
far: The problem
boils down to the solder bump material, in Nvidia’s case high-lead that
was used in all of the firm’s
Monday, September 29, 2008 00:09
...of this year: DRM-packed songs that
will not be backed up until October 9 cannot be transferred to anothe r
PC the reafter and cannot be recovered in the case of a system crash of
a new installation ...
Monday, September 29, 2008 00:07
...against Apple. Last year, Jose Trujillo claimed
that consumers weren’t given fair warning about the factory replaceable
nature of the phone battery. He also alleged that Apple didn’t inf...
Friday, September 26, 2008 17:13
Mobile phone engineering and marketing is all
about compromises, but sometimes the se compromises turn the phone into
a very expensive paper weight. Sure, you can’t exactly cram every
featur
Friday, September 26, 2008 14:54
... a new nano-construction process capable of assembling integrated circuits. Five companies helped fund the research, including giants Intel and IBM. A patent was also filed for the ir discovery. Accord...
Friday, September 26, 2008 12:29
Inventors at Google have developed a novel concept to end the war of cell phone and wireless contracts. The ir idea was awarded a patent yesterday and relates to per use bidding. The ir patent is broad
Friday, September 26, 2008 07:29
Researchers from the University of Lehigh conducted an experiment which
the y belive indicates that people are more prone to lie in an email
than in traditional pen and paper communications. T
Thursday, September 25, 2008 14:32
Sling Media at long last is now making available for purchase the HD
version of its popular Slingbox media streaming box. It is called the Slingbox PRO-HD and you'll find it on sale for around
Thursday, September 25, 2008 13:32
This story has all the signs of becoming an entertaining soap opera for
bystanders and a big mess for everyone affected by the events.
Following a conversation yesterday and an article the rea
Thursday, September 25, 2008 13:16
Multi-touch display 
Nvidia rolls out Tegra 
Overclocking:
Electric Motorcycle inventor crashes at NextFest 
