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1. Weekly hardware roundup

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Saturday, 21 November 2009

   ... firm Square Trade claimed that Apple could only manage fourth place, behind Asus, Toshiba and Sony, in terms of laptop reliability. The research also indicated that a third of all laptops are likely to ...

2. Dell disappoints despite chip up-tick

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Friday, 20 November 2009

   ... face of the credit crunch. Dell's profit margin in this sector hovers around a somewhat pitiful one percent. From being the PC giant it was, Dell has dropped into third place behind HP and Acer.  ...

3. Tech Economy in the Hands of Nude Entrepreuners

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

   Thursday, 19 November 2009

   Privacy is dead as is shame, self awareness, and common sense.... OPINION: Some guy in England called Milo Yiannopoulos is the mastermind behind a charity calendar that exposes the bare flesh of 24 so-called ...

4. Nvidia and Asus tout 3D Vision notebook

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Wednesday, 18 November 2009

   ... endorsement of Vision. "Nvidia's 3D Vision technology provides the best 3D experience that we have seen, and we look forward to bringing this technology to market on notebook panels. [We are] fully behind ...

5. Apple laptops less reliable than Asus, Toshiba, Sony

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Wednesday, 18 November 2009

   Price no guarantee of quality A report from computer warranty firm Square Trade shows that Apple could only manage fourth place, behind Asus, Toshiba and Sony, in terms of laptop reliability. The research ...

6. Chrome OS: Lame Copy or Amazing new OS?

   (Software/Software Features)

   Wednesday, 18 November 2009

   ... and are based on Linux. They are called Splashtop by DeviceVM.  On Thursday you’ll get to see the Chrome OS, which creatively took the name of their browser and put OS behind it so you wouldn’t mix up ...

7. Audi gives up designing cars

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Friday, 13 November 2009

   ... users for input on the topic of connectivity, the Audi Design Team received overwhelming demand to stay in touch with users' digital worlds - even behind the wheel. Taking this insight to heart, the design ...

8. Wii regains top hardware spot as PS3 sales slip

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Thursday, 12 November 2009

   ... sales per week basis, while the PS3 and Xbox 360 declined. [Yet], this October is the third best October on record, behind October 2007 and October 2008." According to Frazier, Nintendo sold 507,000 Wii ...

9. Intel maintains innocence despite $1.25 billion cash payoff

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Thursday, 12 November 2009

   ... back and look to see if spending all that money makes sense. Both companies took that step. After lengthy negotiations, we found a way to move forward and put this behind us," said Otellini. [Nevertheless], ...

10. Intel-AMD deal doesn't end the bitter war

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 12 November 2009

    ... a step back. After lengthy negotiations that began last spring Intel and AMD found a way to put these matters behind us and move forward. He said: "We continue to believe our discounts are lawful and in ...

11. Snow Leopard fatal flaw discovered

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 12 November 2009

    ... behind the problem. An infection dubbed ‘feline cowpox’ has resulted in at least two Snow Leopard failures at Colwyn Bay in North Wales. An as-yet unknown secondary infection is also believed to have ...

12. Feds indict RBS WorldPay hackers

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 10 November 2009

    ... million in fines. See Also Feds indict alleged cable modem hacker Hacker admits world's biggest identity theft Infamous hacker to serve 15 years behind bars  ...

13. Peek ships Twitter gadget for the terminally-sad

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Tuesday, 03 November 2009

    ...  "Twitter is so much more interesting when you can tweet and reply to conversations as they happen – in real time, not from behind a PC," claimed Peek. "Twitter addicts will love that it's one device ...

14. Karmic Koala displays bad karma

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 03 November 2009

    ... upgrading." "Another shockingly bad release in terms of QA, I really hoped this was behind us. It's a real shame because once it works Ubuntu is absolutely fantastic." "Very disappointed in this release. ...

15. Russia plans nuclear rocket for manned Mars mission

    (Space/Space Features)

    Friday, 30 October 2009

    ... and plans for a replacement are well behind schedule.  ...

16. GM is world's least green automobile maker

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    Friday, 30 October 2009

    ... in most of the years assessed, other European carmakers PSA (Peugeot, Citroën), Renault, Volkswagen and DaimlerChrysler/Daimler AG only occasionally kept pace. FIAT Auto was well behind throughout the ...

17. Google simplifies GPS navigation for Android 2.0 smartphones

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Wednesday, 28 October 2009

    ... 2005, millions of people have relied on Google Maps for mobile to get directions on the go. However, there's always been one problem: once you're behind the wheel, a list of driving directions just isn't ...

18. iPhone 3GS challenges RIM's control of smartphone market

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 27 October 2009

    ... purchases — up 4-pts since June, but below its percentage from a year ago," said Carton. Meanwhile, Palm remained "far behind" in third place with a 7 percent share. "We note that this is the first ...

19. Leaving the iPhone behind

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Opinion)

    Monday, 26 October 2009

    ... and every one behind. The biggest shackle for me to the iPhone is my contract, which has a year to run. After that, my main concern will be how it will be possible to move my music collection to a new ...

20. China has US cyberspying on its mind

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 22 October 2009

    ... company. The report could not pinpoint who exactly is behind the cyber espionage but said that the attack was supported, if not organized by the Chinese government. Larry Wortzel, vice chairman of the ...

21. ESA calls for Mars mission volunteers

    (Space/Space Features)

    Thursday, 22 October 2009

    ... clang shut behind them.    Candidates should be aged between 20 and 50, motivated, in good health and no taller than 185cm, says ESA. They should speak English or Russian and have  worked ...

22. The Delusions of IT Startups

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Monday, 19 October 2009

    ... to revolutionize the IT industry. Hard-bitten VCs like their startup leaders to be delusional, at least in public, and especially to the press. They want their wet-behind-the-ears CEOs boasting of their ...

23. "We're through the recession," says Google

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 15 October 2009

    ... recession is behind us," said CEO Eric Schmidt. The company reported revenues of $5.94 billion for the quarter ended September 30, 2009. The US accounted for just under half of this. Google-owned sites ...

24. Windows 7 won't be successful until 2011

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 13 October 2009

    ... product will be behind the scenes to Big Business. Corporate buyers all but ignored Vista. ISVs were lukewarm to it. And Microsoft was embarrassed when its hardware partners offered their business customers ...

25. Radio waves used to see through walls

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Sunday, 11 October 2009

    University of Utah engineers have developed a way of tracking people moving behind solid walls using a network of radio transmitters. University of Utah engineers have developed a way of tracking people ...

26. Nanoradio takes on the giants: Forget Bluetooth!

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Wednesday, 07 October 2009

    ... are one to three years behind. Competition is stiff in this area and his competitors are giants like Broadcom and Texas Instruments. And Marvell.Find out more here. ...

27. Chip foundries for the chop, says iSuppli

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 05 October 2009

    ...  Some foundries have managed to survive by switching to low-cost manufacturing, trailing behind the process migrations of the most advanced players. But this is not working in a slower market and these ...

28. IBM’s head is in the clouds

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 05 October 2009

    ... trusted leader in enterprise services," said Bob Picciano, General Manager, IBM Lotus Software. LotusLive iNotes is aimed at people who don’t sit behind a desk all day but still need to be in touch with ...

29. Best Camera is actually just okay

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 01 October 2009

    ... want to try, you'd probably manipulate them in Photoshop not Best Camera. The idea behind the app is the company's tagline: The Best Camera is Is The One That's With You. And for millions of people, ...

30. Nvidia says Fermi speculation is "insane"

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 01 October 2009

    ... David Kanter has hypothesized that Nvidia intends for its graphics processors to become more like CPUs. Fermi - said Kanter - is aimed at the HPC market because it is "leaving behind many of the more ...

31. Nvidia's Fermi flies out of the starting gate

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 01 October 2009

    ... behind many of the more charming, but baroque, elements of GPU architecture."That means, he says, that Fermi is obviously aimed at the HPC market. He adds that the investment in programmability comes at ...

32. ARM changes name of the netbook game

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 30 September 2009

    ... technology is a little bit behind Intel's, but it said today it would move to 32 nanometer technology next year. It also has considerably more clout because of its merger with Chartered Semi, which has ...

33. Microsoft finally gets anti-malware right

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 30 September 2009

    ... customization choices. Downloading updates is pretty rapid considering the world and his dog will all be doing that right now, so it would appear that Microsoft has thrown adequate server capacity behind ...

34. How Smart are Twitter's Investors?

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Tuesday, 29 September 2009

    ... Price and Insight Venture Partners last week? With 25 million users, Twitter lags behind the 300 million Facebook friends. Plus, using Twitter requires a different type of person than Facebook or MySpace. ...

35. Digital ants seek out security threats

    (Security/Security Features)

    Monday, 28 September 2009

    ... it is programmed to leave behind a stronger scent. Stronger scent trails attract more ants, producing the swarm that marks a potential computer infection.” The researchers say the new security approach ...

36. Settlement looks likely in AMD-Intel civil case

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Sunday, 27 September 2009

    ... suit, 80 other class actions started - these were consolidated some time ago. While it's definitely in AMD and Intel's interests to come to a settlement and put the past behind them, they cannot dispose ...

37. Google looking for more acquisitions

    (Software/Software Features)

    Friday, 25 September 2009

    Top Googler Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said that things had started to get better at the search outfit. Schmidt said that acquisitions are "turned on again" and expects to do one small deal a month. ...

38. Intel and Apple are at the crossroads

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Wednesday, 23 September 2009

    ... Grove years. It needs to get out from under government oversight and put the anti-trust problem behind it, because there is no history of a company once considered an illegal monopoly ever getting significantly ...

39. Google Books opponents claim victory

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 23 September 2009

    ... including authors, libraries, independent publishers, consumer advocates, state Attorneys General, the Justice Department, and Congress. This opportunity cannot turn into another negotiation behind closed ...

40. Retinal implant could help the blind see

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Tuesday, 22 September 2009

    ... directly to the retina from inside the eye, which carries more risk of damage. In the latest version, the implant is attached to the outside of the eye, and the electrodes are implanted behind the retina. ...

41. Palm is fed up with Microsoft Windows Mobile

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Thursday, 17 September 2009

    ... exclusively on the that is behind its Pre and Pixi handsets. Rubinstein was fairly confident because Palm was seeing stronger than expected demand from the business community for the Pre. Palm sold 823,000 ...

42. Activision unshackles platform gaming with untethered systems

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 15 September 2009

    ... selling millions worldwide." Divnich explained that Guitar Hero and Rock Band were one of the "primary catalysts" behind the game industry's growth over the last three years. "Guitar Hero introduced ...

43. Intel's Pat Gelsinger leaves for EMC

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Sunday, 13 September 2009

    ... which catapulted him and the company into the limelight. He was the brains behind the Intel Developer Forum and was relied upon by the company to explain complicated engineering projects in a down to earth ...

44. Apple flash flood leaves NAND drought for others

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Sunday, 13 September 2009

    ... a government sponsored bail out of local DRAM manufacturers may well be in peril because of a cabinet re-shuffle. One minister to go, Chii-Ming Yin, was the prime force behind the Taiwan Memory Company ...

45. August game sales caught in downward spiral

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Friday, 11 September 2009

    ... sales to show a "double-digit" lift. "The worst is certainly behind us as I expect September sales to show a nice, double-digit lift over last year. Games like Guitar Hero 5 and Beatles have already ...

46. Green group lists the most radioactive phones

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Friday, 11 September 2009

    ... are the Samsung Impression and Motorola Razr V8, with four more Samsung models following behind. Of course, all this presupposes that cellphone radiation really is bad for you. But health agencies in ...

47. Sony marketing campaign plumbs new depths

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 10 September 2009

    ... of a Sony Bravia TV. "The campaign tells a simple truth," said William Gelner, presumably soon-to-be-ex executive creative director for 180 Los Angeles. "Behind all Sony electronics is a rich history ...

48. Intel comes under pressure from ARM

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 08 September 2009

    The biggest contract manufacturer of electronics is putting muscle behind ARM technology rather than Intel chips to create laptops at a premium price.The biggest contract manufacturer of electronics is ...

49. Why play a plastic guitar when you can have a real one?

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Opinion)

    Tuesday, 08 September 2009

    ... players to strum along with The Beatles at The Cavern Club and Shea Stadium. Alex Rigopulos, co-founder of Harmonix Music Systems, the outfit behind Rock Band, refuted the musicians' claims, saying: ...

50. IFA and 3D Wars: Blu-Ray is Once Again Obsolete

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 03 September 2009

    ... frame rates.  In addition both vendors showcased new 3D capable Blu-Ray players suggesting existing players would once again be left behind and you can’t mix and match the solutions, once again, based ...