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

   (Software/Software Features)

   Wednesday, 18 November 2009

   ... For some reason I’m thinking that instead of Chrome they should have named the product Spam, this video may explain why. Chromity Chrome wonderful Chrome… Google likely felt that was too confusing and ...

2. Passwords: Methods for a Modern Bane

   (Software/Software Opinion)

   Friday, 09 October 2009

   ... dates to it some fashion. Of course, with Herman Melville it might get confusing since he was born in 1819 and died in 1891. Then there's my buddy Bob. He claims he simply writes his name then follows ...

3. Intel sues Silicon Valley partner

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Thursday, 01 October 2009

   ... Agreement for Intel Inside Logo and Intel Promotional Materials, Intelop agreed, inter alia, to not adopt or use any tradename or trademark that is confusingly similar to or dilutive of Intel's trademarks." ...

4. Flaky online info scares surgery patients

   (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

   Tuesday, 22 September 2009

   ... worrying or confusing. The study surveyed 105 patients undergoing elective hernia or gallbladder surgery. It found that 58 percent of those who searched the internet for additional information did so ...

5. Bethesda sues Interplay over disputed Fallout trademark

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Monday, 14 September 2009

   ... due to Interplay's "failure" to meet the above-mentioned pre-conditions. Indeed, Bethesda alleges that Interplay distributed a video game package under the name Fallout Trilogy, which is "confusingly ...

6. AMD aims at simplicity for the tech generation

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   Wednesday, 09 September 2009

   ... [people] purchasing now are consumers.”  And the consumer business interests her and has an effect on product plans. She said that netbooks are confusing for consumers. When people walk into a store, ...

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

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Thursday, 03 September 2009

   ... movies as the first Avatar is solid Science Fiction and I live to see movies like this.   But just as it is confusing to have two movies that are vastly different coming out close together with the ...

8. Intel Corporation sues Harris Corporation over Centrino mark

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Monday, 17 August 2009

   ... trademark is substantially and confusingly similar to the Centrino trademark. Centrio is nearly identical in sight and sound, to the world famous Centrino trademark." It continues: "Intel has made numerous ...

9. Motorola Morrison surfaces: The iPhone the ROKR should have been?

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Monday, 10 August 2009

   ... sales charts. Today, Motorola’s phone business is rather confusing, it is expected to be spun off and there is no phone that can truly compete in the quickly growing smart phone market. So, can Android ...

10. Canadians set about Facebook

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 17 July 2009

    ... are laying into social networking site Facebook for breaching Canadian law by holding on to users' personal information illegally. The commission clubbed together and found the website also gave confusing ...

11. Centrino! Intel kills off platforms

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 17 June 2009

    ... Quad and Solo upon an already confused world. Intel will stick to the word Core and identify how good they are by using the terms i3, i5, and i7. This is also rather confusing of course. It could just ...

12. Internet becoming 'messy and confusing'

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 09 June 2009

    ... domain names (for 65 percent of the people polled), messy and confusing (57 percent), too complex to navigate (46 percent) and 'out of control' (41 percent). A surprising two thirds of businesses were ...

13. THQ demos Darksiders, showcases MX vs. ATV

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 02 June 2009

    ... but it does help Darksiders depict a rather nostagic, yet appealing world. Although Darksider's complex system of abilities and varied arsenal is likely to prove confusing to newbies, the game will ...

14. Dinging Bing: 5 reasons why Microsoft’s new search engine will fail

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

    Tuesday, 02 June 2009

    ... an example where Bing offers a substantial advantage in terms of price over what Google finds. Right now, the cash back feature may be considered a bit confusing. You still have to do your research. And ...

15. E3 attempts to resurrect the glory days of gaming

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Opinion)

    Sunday, 31 May 2009

    ... Ditto for the vertigo caused by navigating the confusing and nausea-inducing Descent universe. And what about the OpenGL version of Quake, the subsequent introduction of bots with improved AI and Unreal ...

16. Intel to play WiMax vs. 3G game as capacity vs. coverage

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Thursday, 21 May 2009

    ... out as quickly as possible to sell hardware and services into the market. The marketing strategy seems to be unfolding now. If you aren’t educating yourself, WiMax can be a confusing story. How is it ...

17. Intel sued over Pentium name

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 15 May 2009

    ...  It said the domain names were confusingly similar to Intel's Pentium trademark and were being used in bad faith. But WIPO ordered the transfer of the domain names to Intel and told PFL that unless ...

18. Is the iPhone's success hurting AT&T?

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 12 May 2009

    ...  Unlimited data is offered to customers because pricing data can be somewhat confusing, and many users will shy away from purchasing a phone in which they have to monitor their usage to avoid hefty charges. ...

19. Twitter beginning to look like an ex-parrot

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 29 April 2009

    ... invites readers to follow its own terribly-exciting Twitter thread. OMG. This is just too confusing. World ends. Must lie down in dark room. Eat chocolate.  ...

20. Review: Chrome 2.0 beta is speedy, still falling behind in features

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 18 March 2009

    ... on the system at the same time. And to make matters even more confusing, you can opt for the developer's channel as well, which brings you the least stable Chrome releases that should serve only as test ...

21. The McCain Twitterview: Nice try, but no cigar

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Wednesday, 18 March 2009

    ... is great for liveblogging news, such as the iPhone information tweeted yesterday, but an interview conducted via Twitter leaves much to be desired. Politics is already confusing enough in today's society. ...

22. Apple's placebo iTunes upgrade

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Thursday, 12 March 2009

    ... beyond irritating a lone Apple watcher, or even confusing a few expert iTunes users, it does mislead the vast majority of other users as well who will now perceive iTunes Plus CD imports and Autofill ...

23. Class Action lawsuit against Microsoft denied

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 19 February 2009

    ... with false advertisements and confusing product information. Yesterday US District Court Judge Marsha Pechman ruled that the original plaintiff Dianne Kelly could potentially have a case if she pursues ...

24. Cell phone battles in Barcelona

    (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

    Tuesday, 17 February 2009

    ... are changed to see what result is better than what initially occurred. For the developer this is a confusing mess because each platform now has its own application store and, should the market follow applications ...

25. UPDATED: Microsoft: UAC isn't broken, you just don't get it

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 05 February 2009

    ... not? Could it be that these messages are very confusing and essentially useless to all those new and inexperienced users Vista tried to reach? If Vista is really so advanced, why isn’t it able to ...

26. Torvalds: Linux will remain a many splendid affair

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 04 February 2009

    ... is so unbelievably what is needed right now. The various flavors of Linux, while often so amazingly confusing, are working to move into every area of hardware technology. Linux today runs on pieces of ...

27. Congress now expected to approve a DTV switchover delay this week

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 03 February 2009

    ... would seem that this matter is constantly discussed as of late, and the more it is talked about the more confusing it becomes. Washington (DC) - On Wednesday, the United States House of Representatives ...

28. Analysis: Chrome growth slows to a crawl, new features needed

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 29 January 2009

    ... and more. Google watchers also point their finger at a sketchy development roadmap and a confusing release philosophy. Three separate versions of Chrome Google maintains three different channels which ...

29. US-CERT: Microsoft issued faulty fix for Downadup virus

    (Security/Security Features)

    Thursday, 22 January 2009

    ... commentators have also called for a new feature in Windows 7 which allows these types of registry-only fixes to be applied via some type of user interface screen, as changing the registry can be confusing ...

30. Vaporware 2008: And the winner is ...?

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Brief)

    Monday, 29 December 2008

    Wired just released its Vaporware 2008 awards. There are some obvious winners, such as Garmin’s Nuvifone and some rather confusing ones, such as Google’s Android. If you have read this list over the ...

31. Verizon wins $33 million in domain name lawsuit

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 26 December 2008

    ... infringement and  registering addresses that were created specifically to confuse web browsers. The confusing names were allegedly used to send users to pages that advertised similar products to those ...

32. Intel preps mobile processors for higher clock speeds

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 23 October 2008

    ... and SU processors with less than 12 watts. We can’t really remember a time when Intel’s processor descriptions were as confusing as they are today, so here is a quick reminder what those cryptic prefixes ...

33. "And so we will colonize Mars, drill Europa and cure cancer"

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Wednesday, 22 October 2008

    ... but also allows for basically anything to be constructed because everything about everything is understood by application of the theory. Sound confusing? Try looking through some of the theories which ...

34. Improved browsing history coming in Safari 4?

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 25 September 2008

    ... as more sites are added to the history. "A problem with this linear history is that users can visit a large number of web pages, which are confusing to view in a linear history, and the forward and back ...

35. Microsoft life outside the walls of Apple

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 18 September 2008

      Microsoft announced the next leg of its advertising campaign to make people like Microsoft and Windows more today than they did yesterday. Previously we have seen somewhat confusing and unexplained ...

36. Microsoft says Apple is Dijon mustard and extra cheese

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 12 September 2008

    ... out?"  Gates replies, "Never.  And if anyone ever asks you where you got it, you don't know."  This scene is a little confusing because it (14) appears to indicate that Microsoft has some ...

37. Week 1 Testdrive conclusion: Google Chrome needs work

    (Software/Software Features)

    Friday, 05 September 2008

    ... the confusing online page at google.com that basically asks if you really want to continue. How many novice users do you think will back away at this point? The biggest problem with Chrome's security ...

38. IE8 Beta 2: Great new features, old annoyances

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 27 August 2008

    ... At least I tend to have countless tabs open and once you exceed ten or more tabs, it gets confusing and you have to start reorganizing those tabs. IE8 does that for you in a color-coded fashion. The colors ...

39. AMD has four new business Phenoms

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 14 August 2008

    ... core. However, AMD told us that the 9600B and 8600B processors are actually B3-series CPUs. As if the sequence numbering system isn’t already confusing enough, AMD has now some inconsistencies of B2/B3 ...

40. New York’s new video game labeling law has no teeth

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 23 July 2008

    ... lockout features by 2010. It’s a bit confusing as to what the law is actually trying to accomplish since most videos game companies already voluntarily submit their products to the ESRB for ratings.  ...

41. Nvidia expected to offer DirectX 10.1 GPU in Q1 2009

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 03 July 2008

    ... information we stumbled across today offers a bit more clarity and suggests that the company’s next-generation desktop and notebook chips will support DirectX 10.1. DirectX 10.1 has been a confusing story ...

42. PS3 expected to remain the driving force behind Blu-ray sales

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 01 July 2008

    ... DVD add-ons for its Xbox 360 console and the average person now spends $310 on movie and game entertainment per year. The annual report of the EMA is among the most comprehensive and perhaps confusing ...

43. Via launches Nano processor, carves out CPU niche

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 29 May 2008

    ... set is rather confusing if you were to try categorizing this product, but it may just offer compromises between existing products some hardware designers are looking for. Via is offering the Nano processor ...

44. The future is now: Semantic search

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Monday, 26 May 2008

    ... to challenge Google? Back ten years ago, Google was a small start-up, but its founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin had an idea to make the confusing mess of Internet search results more relevant. It almost ...

45. AMD aims to increase desktop processor sales with business platform pitch

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Sunday, 27 April 2008

    ... know about the importance of the 50-series designation? Isn’t it even more confusing to use this designation on some CPUs and not on others?    Consistency is key in this market and the product ...

46. Triple-core and quad-core processors show up in sub-$600 PCs

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 21 April 2008

    ... is also offering a Gateway quad-core Phenom 9500 computer for $580 as well as ZT Systems Intel Q6600 PC for $600. The product lineups in fact are somewhat confusing as older dual-core computers, such as ...

47. An inside opinion of the wacky Vista Capable class action lawsuit

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Wednesday, 26 March 2008

    ... – which really was one of the new key features in Windows Vista.    Microsoft had created a confusing mix of Vista versions that even the OEMs struggled with.  The major differences actually ...

48. Zotac jumps the gun on new Nvidia Hybrid SLI chipset for AMD

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 25 March 2008

    ... bit confusing, which prompted us to compile a quick product list below:  Present 90nm Single-Core Sempron for Socket AM2 90nm Dual-Core Sempron for Socket AM2 65nm, 90nm Single-Core Athlon 64 for ...

49. Microsoft caught pants down in Intel love affair

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 29 February 2008

    ... the interests of Intel and Dell, and went against the will of other OEMs and channel partners – and accepted the risk of confusing consumers. The email list covers a timeline from mid-2005 to the beginning ...

50. Obtain citizenship, avoid jail in illegal immigration game ICED

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 27 February 2008

    ... the group’s belief that many immigrants become illegal because the legal routes are too confusing or cumbersome. Some people applaud the game for bringing immigration issues to light, but others say the ...