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1. Gameloft chooses iPhone over Android

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Friday, 20 November 2009

   ...  "It is not as neatly done as on the iPhone. Google has not been very good to entice customers to actually buy products. On Android nobody is making significant revenue. We are selling 400 times more ...

2. Tech Economy in the Hands of Nude Entrepreuners

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

   Thursday, 19 November 2009

   ... you peek at most of the flesh on display in The Huffington Post image gallery, you may want to send Mr. Yiannopoulos a set of beer goggles as a joke. Sure, charity is good so we won't kick that notion ...

3. Microsoft accelerates JavaScript with IE9

   (Software/Software Features)

   Wednesday, 18 November 2009

   ... more serious about improving the Web. This is good news and the IE team should be hearing our positive feedback and encouragement." 

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

   (Software/Software Features)

   Wednesday, 18 November 2009

   ... For Apple it was bringing out the last iPod Nano; “ohhh it has a radio and a low resolution video camera that’s almost as good as the first Flip!”   People, instead of pointing out that the thing was simply ...

5. YouTube launches tool for 'citizen journalists'

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Tuesday, 17 November 2009

   ... that allowing endorsements from professional editors will make it easier for the good stuff to stand out. The customizable tool is built around the YouTube API. Developers can visit the YouTube Direct ...

6. Google: Better ethics than the Vatican?

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

   Saturday, 14 November 2009

   ... regions of the world and its work with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees have been widely praised. Yes, Google is in business to make money. (Lots and lots of it.) But it still seems to push good ...

7. Comedians fail to see the funny side of the web

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Wednesday, 11 November 2009

   ... to have sex with me. And saying she wasn't my girlfriend, and that she was just waiting for a bus." In the good old days of vaudeville, comedians only needed half a dozen gags that they could trot out ...

8. Motorola Droid snipes at iPhone's market share

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Tuesday, 10 November 2009

   ... to ship 1 million Android-based phones in the fourth quarter of 2009 and 10 million in 2010.  "I see the first few days as encouraging," McKechnie told Bloomberg. "There seems to be pretty good ...

9. Bubblegum could replace injections

   (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

   Tuesday, 10 November 2009

   Good news for diabetics Researchers at the University of California have developed bubblegum that allows medication to be taken orally and then absorbed into the bloodstream, removing the need for injections. ...

10. Ashmolean in Oxford re-opens this weekend

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    Friday, 06 November 2009

    Oldest public museum in world It's taken quite a while for the refurb of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford - that's going to be good news for the flocking tourists in this city. The galleries include some ...

11. Apple reverses Atom Snow Leopard ban

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 05 November 2009

    ... strategy Why Apple should license Windows 7 Unidentified bug causes massive CPU spike on 27-inch iMacs Opinion: Ditching Windows has never felt so good  ...

12. Is Windows 7 too good for Apple to FUD?

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Tuesday, 27 October 2009

    Opinion: Apple was blindsided by Windows 7. It wasn’t the product which they saw coming, it was the sustaining marketing budget and positive reviews from Apple loyalists like Walt Mossberg they ...

13. TG Daily: A readers' Guide

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Opinion)

    Monday, 26 October 2009

    ... stupid, we'll point it out. When it does something good, we might even praise them a bit. And so it is that, unlike most IT sites, we don't have a news agenda. We're not pro Intel or AMD, for Microsoft ...

14. How Microsoft blindsided vulnerable Apple with Windows 7

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 22 October 2009

    ... entire budget before the product actually hit the stores and has a substantial sustaining marketing budget. This means, this time, both the product and the marketing program is in relatively good shape ...

15. Disney's Keychest unlocks movies for any platform

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 22 October 2009

    ... includes five major studios, has support from Intel. ABC has also persuaded an insider at Disney to talk. "Packaged goods will co-exist with digital platforms," he said, adding that Disney is in talks ...

16. SSDs inch toward the desktop

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Wednesday, 21 October 2009

    ... a 160GB device at $649. But they have a long way to go before they reach traditional hard disk drive prices. You can pick up a 1 terabyte LaCie drive for as low as $135. So, you need a good reason to ...

17. Wal-Mart to take on Amazon

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 15 October 2009

    ... good news for people who can read, it’s not so clever for the retailers – estimating that Wal-Mart will be losing around $7.50 on every book it sells. And things aren’t all doom and gloom for the small, ...

18. Microsoft recovers Danger data

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Thursday, 15 October 2009

    ... time and that the data was put at risk not by hardware failure, but by good old-fashioned human error. Industry watchers should look for evidence of this having happened coming in the form of a press ...

19. Adobe sneaks out mega security patch

    (Security/Security Features)

    Wednesday, 14 October 2009

    ... while it is seen as jolly good fun to use the number of patches issued for Microsoft products as evidence of poor design and a lax attitude to security, where are the brickbats for Adobe for releasing ...

20. Windows 7 won't be successful until 2011

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 13 October 2009

    ... to upgrade their hardware. For most good-size companies that's a multi-million dollar decision. Given that most PCs are fast enough and Windows XP is good enough, putting off that kind of decision is easy ...

21. WikiReader puts Wikipedia in your pocket

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Tuesday, 13 October 2009

    ...  The screen itself won’t win any prizes, but is good enough to display content inside and outside, even if we found that the readability in direct sunlight is limited. The upside of the monochrome screen, ...

22. Windows 7 boots fast enough for normal people

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Sunday, 11 October 2009

    ... Vista'. 'Even worse than Vista' has become the lazy writer’s marketingspeak for something less desirable than syphilis or about as good looking as a 55 Chevy after it’s been through a car crusher. With ...

23. Recession good news for polar bears, says IEA

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    Tuesday, 06 October 2009

    The recession is ‘a window of opportunity to curb climate change and build a low-carbon future’, says the International Energy Agency (IEA). The recession is ‘a window of opportunity to curb climate ...

24. Top 13 reader comments revealed

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    Thursday, 01 October 2009

    ... this was a good idea for a news story on a day like today. 5. [On Tyrannosaur, sore throats] Are you sure they are not mentioned in the Bible? There is reference to creatures having 'tails like cedars'. ...

25. Nvidia and "Starting the Next Age of Personal Computing"

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Opinion)

    Thursday, 01 October 2009

    ... trouble wrapping my mind around it and this is something I’m supposed to be good at.   Rather than trying to focus on the entire event I’m going to focus on what went on during my panel which had ...

26. Sony's PSP Go is go

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 01 October 2009

    ... interesting development, it’s not completely good news for PSP aficionados with a collection of games on UMD discs - the new gadget doesn’t have a UMD drive. A label on the box warns: “This device does ...

27. End of O2 iPhone monopoly is good news for UK users

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Opinion)

    Tuesday, 29 September 2009

    Analysis: Now that Apple’s flagship phone is to be sold by Vodafone and Orange as well as O2, what benefits will UK users see? Ernest Doku of price comparison site Omio.com peers into his crystal ball... ...

28. Apple's new Macs better be cheap

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Tuesday, 29 September 2009

    ... dollars, it's more likely being done at places like Wal-Mart, where PCs are sold, not Apple Stores. That's not good news for Apple, long used to its free-spending users. In Q3 Apple's SEC filings showed ...

29. Down in the Valley, the car lots are empty

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 28 September 2009

    ... – which ain’t the way I remembered it this time last year when I was on my X86 grand tour.OCZ said that it was optimistic about the future, and that SSDs were proving to be good business right now. We ...

30. AT&T slammed for poor iPhone service

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Wednesday, 23 September 2009

    ... window into bright sunshine. Most complaints are about coverage.  AT&T claims its coverage is good but it plainly isn't.  ...

31. EU publishes lurid details of Intel antitrust ruling

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 21 September 2009

    ... an Intel executive reported: "good news just came from [Acer Senior Executive] that Acer decides to drop AMD K8 [notebook product] throughout 2003 around the world. We've been talking with them all the ...

32. Silicon Valley returns to glory days

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 18 September 2009

    ... broadcaster says that Wall Street and Silicon Valley inverters are a lot more optimistic as they are watching an enormous amount of really good companies coming up and good people leaving their jobs and ...

33. What's at the heart of HP’s Laptops and Lenovo’s Best Student Tablet

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Opinion)

    Tuesday, 15 September 2009

    ... product you buy  - the upgrade from Vista is easy but why do it if you don’t have to? -  now is a good time to begin looking at the products that stand out.   Most won’t be available ...

34. Apple lines up against Palm, Microsoft. And Apple

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 09 September 2009

    ... the market seemed disappointed that he did not announce the iPad or the iPod touch with a camera and in this instance I think the market is full of crap.   What they did announce was good enough ...

35. TiVo wins $200 million in patent infringement suit

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 07 September 2009

    ... decision confirms our belief that we designed around TiVo's patent in good faith," Dish said in a statement obtained by the Associated Press. "We believe that we ultimately will prevail on appeal." Dish ...

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

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 03 September 2009

    ... technically.  Both technologies have come a long way and after watching both demos I think I would be personally very happy with either.    The good news is that the same recording equipment ...

37. Intel boss confident of market upturn

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 03 September 2009

    ... industry. The PC industry will sell as many computers this year as it did in 2008, Otellini told the BBC, saying that considering the seriousness of the recession it was 'a pretty good result' and that ...

38. Netbooks rocket in popularity - especially when they're free

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 31 August 2009

    ...  This ought to be good news for Asus, which pretty much invented the netbook. But according to DisplaySearch, the company is steadily losing market share to the likes of  Acer, HP, Dell, Lenovo and ...

39. Pensioner billed $109,000 for connection to power grid

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    Wednesday, 26 August 2009

    ... McCarter told the BBC: "When I wake in the morning, if it's a good morning the thermometer on the wall will read two degrees. If it's a bad morning, it'll be below zero." His cliff-top house has ...

40. TSMC puts money into solar power

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 20 August 2009

    ... solar technology, saying it was a good bet for future growth.    ...

41. IT industry to spearhead economic recovery - report

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 18 August 2009

    ... and 72 percent looking for improved profitability. The good news for people employed in the technology sector is that only 31 percent said they were engaged in cost cutting, while the rest are placing ...

42. PC industry staggering back - reports

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 17 August 2009

    ... 13-26 percent in 2010, with original design manufacturers (ODMs) Wistron and Quanta enjoying particularly good growth. Quoting unnamed sources, Digitimes says that Quanta will produce as much as 40 percent ...

43. Top secret US spyplane blamed for spate of UFO sightings

    (Space/Space Features)

    Sunday, 16 August 2009

    ... just never visit because access is so difficult. Extra-terrestrial flying discs could be stored here as, geographically, we're in a good situation for communication with London, the US and western Europe," ...

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

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Tuesday, 11 August 2009

    ... any good fight, some folks may get hurt in the process. But big spectacles like this tend to force companies to bring their A game. Which, in the end, can only benefit consumers, regardless of whose cheering ...

45. ChipMOS safe from the flood

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 10 August 2009

    ... dead and the 600 reported missing in landslides, none of which merits a passing mention in the good news from the chip company.  ...

46. Upset your loved ones a bit more when you die

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    Wednesday, 05 August 2009

    ... Then why not cause a divorce from beyond the grave by sending an old girlfriend an explicit email detailing how good she was in bed which is read years later by her husband?  One customer told ...

47. Nintendo: Natal is not a Wii killer

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 03 August 2009

    ... right about motion control. Nintendo has that market cornered and the rather sad attempts to copy it have a good chance of failing," wrote Sterling. "The so-called 'casual' consumers already have the Wii. ...

48. DHS investigates racist emails

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Sunday, 26 July 2009

    ... based on their national origin. The posts belittled migrant farmworkers which is clearly not an ideal thing for an agency designed to protect the nation's good to be seen to be doing.  ...