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1. Astronomers find most distant object yet

   (Space/Space Features)

   ... the research team. While the data on GRB 090423 don't indicate that it resulted from the death of such a monster star, new astronomical tools are coming that may reveal them. "The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter ...

2. Chrome for Mac finally arrives in beta, sort of

   (Software/Software Features)

   ... released." Google then adds: "An early developer channel version is now available! While it's not at beta quality (in particular, it can't print yet and plugin support isn't quite stable), it is coming ...

3. NASA does kick up moon plume after all

   (Space/Space Features)

   ... helps us reconstruct the impact process, which in turn helps us understand the observations of the flash and ejecta plume." In the coming weeks, the team will continue to analyze and verify the new ...

4. New Apple ad for iPhone leaked to web

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   ... somehow found its way onto the web. While like all right-thinking people, we obviously hang on Apple's every word for news of the latest wonderments coming our way real soon now and often spend all night ...

5. Apple's new Macs better be cheap

   (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

   ... of Americans plan to increase their spending in the coming months, one-third plan to cut spending, and 58 percent will "stay the course." If they are even in the market for a new computer, they will be ...

6. ARM confirms it's chatting to GlobalFoundries

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... ARM designed chip cores. Intel used to have an ARM license too, but flogged it to Marvell, which is doing, er, marvelously.GlobalFoundries is fast becoming a serious contender in the foundry business. ...

7. AMD launches indigenous server platform

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   ... server chipset into their systems based on the upcoming Opteron processor variant codenamed 'Magny-Cours' in the first quarter of 2010."  ...

8. Motorola aims Android phone at social network users

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   ... which will be available on our first Android-powered device and on multiple Android devices in our upcoming portfolio, helps us to create phones that are instinctive, social and smart." In the US, Motorola ...

9. iPhone China launch coming real soon now

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   Consumer gadget maker Apple is close to inking a deal allowing Chinese state telco China Unicom to sell the iPhone. Cupertino (CA) - Consumer gadget maker Apple is close to inking a deal allowing Chinese ...

10. War declared: Apple’s Cult Takes on Google’s Borg

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    ... announced his resignation. No one’s surprised, as growing competition between the two – Google’s Android’s targeted right at the heart of Apple’s iPhone empire, for one, and its upcoming Chrome OS won’t ...

11. Will Windows Mobile become extinct?

    (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

    ... until next year. It is unlikely Microsoft will be able to catch up and remain competitive with such delays in getting new OSes to market. A sub-release is coming soon (Windows Mobile 6.5), but its unlikely ...

12. Motorola looks to accelerate Android development

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... specs, documentation and other  development support resources; exclusive pre-release access to upcoming Motorola devices for testing and debugging; access to Motorola's developer support engineers ...

13. Alleged Kindle cover flaw could cost Amazon more than $5 million

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... be coming sooner or later. A product as successful as the Kindle is always an attractive target for a lawsuit and often it simply seems a matter of the right angle and a lucky lawyer until a class action ...

14. Steve Jobs, the unique artisan CEO

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Analyst Opinion - This month I’ve been doing a lot of thinking and talking about Steve Jobs and his return.  What I keep coming back to is why there is only one CEO that is like him?  Granted each ...

15. Snubbed PS3 owners forced to wait until September for Fallout 3 DLC

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... DLC will be coming and will let you know specifics. Thank you for your patience. They'll be here before you know it," pledged Cheng. As TG Daily previously reported, the delay of Operation: Anchorage ...

16. 3G netbook market growing at rapid pace, iSuppli says

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... will be comfortable buying a netbook running its operating system rather than one from Microsoft. “The small penetration of Linux in netbooks is not due to any technical shortcomings,” iSuppli analyst ...

17. Google Chrome OS: Is Google finally jumping the shark?

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... week’s promotion of Gmail and Google Docs out of beta suggests this may be coming to an end. Google Chrome OS isn’t available yet. It won’t be available, in fact, until late 2010. But Google’s taken ...

18. Google's a threat to you, not Microsoft

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Opinion Google's upcoming Chrome operating system may be many things to many people, but one thing it certainly ain't is an operating system. Neither is it a threat to Microsoft. And it couldn't play ...

19. Meet your new boss: Google

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    ... the release of the Chrome web browser, which we at TG Daily actually believed to be the client GUI of an upcoming cloud operating system some time ago and, of course, we have Android, Google’s mobile ...

20. Hard-Core Conduit placates desperate Wii fans

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... attacked by a nefarious alien race known as the Drudge. Former secret service agent Michael Ford is quickly recruited to investigate the origins of the invasion. The Conduit, along with upcoming titles ...

21. Microsoft: No news in Ballmer comments - official

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    After the ruckus caused last week when Microsoft head honcho Steve Ballmer appeared to announce a new Xbox 360 coming real soon now, Ballmer has apologised for his 'poorly chosen words'. Redmond (WA) ...

22. Rockstar Games preps PSP version of GTA: Chinatown Wars

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... be noted that Rockstar Games recently announced The Ballad of Gay Tony - an upcoming GTA IV expansion pack for the XBOX 360. According to Rockstar, Episodes from Liberty City will include The Lost and ...

23. Bing to define Microsoft’s capability to innovate

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... someone who is coming from behind and we should expect Microsoft taking big and unusual steps at a time. Microsoft’s current effort in search is reminiscent of the company’s effort to replace Netscape’s ...

24. Time is right for Indian flat panels

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... No other Flat Panel Display technology is as price competitive as LCD, which offers better value, paving the way for 'significant opportunities' for LCD panel manufactures in the coming years. Indigenous ...

25. Moore’s Law to die at 18 nm, analysts predict

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... for 16 nm structures. Of course, the question is how companies can mass-produce such small structures and whether they can afford it. Upcoming 32 nm production facilities already cost more than $4 billion ...

26. Microsoft to launch free anti-malware software as beta “soon”

    (Security/Security Features)

    Microsoft confirmed that it is getting ready to make a test version of its upcoming anti-malware software soon. Code-named “Morro”, the software is promised to offer “basic protection” against common ...

27. Lolly Popova says Pure iPorn has a tiny one just for you

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... of our micro-pay billing platform, world-class data center operations, and experience specializing in mobile adult delivery and services." QuickiClips is coming soon and is scheduled for release on June ...

28. Palm: Dead company walking?

    (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

    ... and becoming roving sales reps for the product. Apple, and iPhone users, look to be ready to pound on Palm, can Palm hold up? Is there a future for Palm? Word on the street is that Palm has had some ...

29. Search me! Bing, Hakia & Co. keep Google honest

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

    ... Google. Second, each newbie comes with its own set of shortcomings. Google still trumps them all for everyday use, and its recent introduction of enhanced customization options shows it continues to invest, ...

30. Can Palm or Zune beat Apple?

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

    ... to have a large screen iPod coming to partially address this risk but they don't yet have a strong game library and Microsoft has had several games that have made blockbuster status over time.    ...

31. Stretchable displays coming to a garment near you soon

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Researchers at the University of Tokyo have found a way to print flexible displays, meaning wearable displays may be just around the corner. Tokyo, Japan - Researchers at the University of Tokyo have found ...

32. Intel and AMD may be radically changing the future of the PC

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

    ... graphics guy? This suggests more than just a major shift in the executive team. There may be a coming server part that could embrace the performance of technologies like OpenGL and give us the back end ...

33. Apple, go cheap or go home: Time to dump the elitist strategy

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

    ... the drumbeats build in advance of Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference scheduled for next month, it’s becoming increasingly clear that lower-priced hardware will radically alter the company’s future. ...

34. Combing the skies for Earth-like planets

    (Space/Space Features)

    ... Earth, around distant stars. The standard approach for detecting extra-solar planets is to observe their influence through spectroscopy, which analyzes the energy spectrum of the light coming from the ...

35. Memory prices set to rise

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    DRAMeXchange says prices are likely to go up by between ten and fifteen percent in the coming weeks. Taipei - On the same day that Kingston Technology predicted an uptick in demand for DRAM in the ...

36. The Twitter pandemic: Swine flu defines social media’s new age

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

    ... just as guilty for using their Twitter pulpits to hawk upcoming shows and goose ratings. Like the teaser spots they play before going to commercial, they’re usually just exciting enough to get us to hang ...

37. First Android netbook to cost $250

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... other than just cellphones in 2009 and 2010. Reportedly, Dell and HP are both considering use of the Google Android OS in upcoming netbooks and smartphones. If Android can prove to be a reliable operating ...

38. Why I won’t be celebrating Earth Day today, and instead every day

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Opinion)

    ... Day message by contributing to a good environmental cause, the issue is two-fold. What is the environmental impact of the campaign in itself? Consumers are becoming skeptical, and feel that they should ...

39. Oracle-Sun: A glass half full

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    ... true intent in this acquisition is to stay in the hardware business, then the board needs to do some serious soul searching. What about Sun? It gets to stave off its forthcoming collapse. This deal is ...

40. Adobe Flash coming to your TV

    (Software/Software Features)

    Adobe is driving its Flash technology much more into the mainstream with an announcement that the software platform will soon be supported by “set-top boxes, Blu-ray players and “other devices in the ...

41. Myst comes to the iPhone

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Myst is coming to the iPhone and iPod touch. The original developer, Cyan Worlds, believes that it can fit the entire game into teh device, including finely rendered scenery and animations, original ...

42. UPDATED: Amazon and Wal-Mart follow Apple, also raise MP3 prices

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... they threatened to close down the MP3 portion of the iTunes store if they could not maintain profitability. Within three months after that threat was made, Apple announced the upcoming three-tier price ...

43. Intel shows off next-gen Atom processor

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ...  Intel briefly touched the topic of upcoming mobile Nehalem processors, which are scheduled for a H2 2009 launch. The company said that these CPUs “will be more powerful than their predecessors by including ...

44. Office for iPhone finally on the way?

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    ... good as it is advertised. This suite has been around for years, but DataViz recently confirmed that it is "coming soon" for both the iPhone and Android. According to  Macity (via Google ...

45. Android G2 slips to May, Samsung plans three Android phones for 2009

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... save MMS attachments and other tweaks. The updated Android OS should be compatible with both existing Android G1 smartphones and upcoming second-generation models. MobileCrunch has screenshots and videos ...

46. Showdown: Carriers threaten to ban Skype from cellular networks

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... with carriers prevents VoIP software from using its 3G network, limiting the VoIP functionality to Wi-Fi networks, though not on the upcoming iPhone OS 3.0.[Click for slideshow] Deutsche Telekom:  No Skype ...

47. Apple unveils unlocked, no-commit $599 and $699 iPhones

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... iPhone (that should debut at the WWDC this June). The no-commit iPhone 3G, of course, doesn't necessarily mean that the upcoming model will also be sold with no carrier ties.Unlocked phones, now support ...

48. How to use technology correctly, and with class

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Brief)

    ... correctly to suit my needs and my using Twitter in a way that would make @timmylevad start baying for my head. (The checkbox is now checked and it ain't coming unchecked. But I digress.) Should Tim Levad ...

49. iPhone OS 3.0: Showing us just how big the iPhone is

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    ... kit (SDK) has seen over 800,000 downloads to date. He said there are also over 50,000 paid developers, small and big alike, who now program for the iPhone OS, with 30,000 coming new or fresh to the platform ...