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1. Google tarts up its Translate tool

   (Software/Software Features)

   Tuesday, 17 November 2009

   ... Arabic and Persian. There's also a neat function that lets you transliterate features typed phonetically, if you don't know the particular script. And when you translate into English, you just need to ...

2. Google: Better ethics than the Vatican?

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

   Saturday, 14 November 2009

   ...  And this is not a one-time shot for Google. It has taken the lead in many projects to better the lives of others. Its support of O3b (the other 3 billion) to build a satellite network for the poorest ...

3. NASA finds water on dark side of the moon


   (Space/Space Features)

   Friday, 13 November 2009

   ... and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, indicates that the mission successfully uncovered water during the Oct. 9, 2009 impact into the Cabeus crater," NASA explained in an official statement. "The impact ...

4. CoD:MW2 Will Not End Recession

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Thursday, 12 November 2009

   ... Could Gary Eng Walk have been referring to this type of headline: Fire in the hole: Call of Duty obliterates Hollywood box office. That's from Reuters, the Reuters, of professional news gathering fame. ...

5. Solar sail set for launch next year

   (Space/Space Features)

   Tuesday, 10 November 2009

   ... that can fly on sunlight alone by the end of next year. The sail is literally pushed by photons. While they don't exactly give it much momentum to start with, they provide a continuous acceleration, ...

6. Notebook benchmarks fail to convey performance, price

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Thursday, 05 November 2009

   ... different machines perform. And he said that while technically literate and sophisticated users can easily understand the traditional benchmarks, no magazine caters for mainstream consumers. That led ...

7. Russia plans nuclear rocket for manned Mars mission

   (Space/Space Features)

   Friday, 30 October 2009

   ... reactor - far more powerful than the small nuclear reactors that power some Russian military satellites. "The project is aimed at implementing large-scale space exploration programs, including a manned ...

8. Intel sues news service over Intel name

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Thursday, 29 October 2009

   ... restrain the news service from using the Intel mark in any way.  It is asking a court to order Americas News Intel to destroy any letterheads, business cards, literature or other property which includes ...

9. Astronomers find most distant object yet

   (Space/Space Features)

   Thursday, 29 October 2009

   ... stellar explosion known as a Gamma Ray Burst (GRB). The explosion was detected in April by NASA's Swift satellite, and scientists soon realized that it was more than 13 billion light-years from Earth. ...

10. Google simplifies GPS navigation for Android 2.0 smartphones

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Wednesday, 28 October 2009

    ... Navigation app provides users with seven advanced features, including: Updated maps and business data Flexible search options Live traffic data Accurate route searches Satellite view Street view Google ...

11. NASA launches space exploration app for the iPhone

    (Space/Space Features)

    Friday, 23 October 2009

    ... (ISS) and other spacecraft currently orbiting Earth in three views: a map with borders and labels, visible satellite imagery, or satellite overlaid with country borders and labels. The NASA iPhone application ...

12. Global warming scepticism rising faster than temperatures

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    Thursday, 22 October 2009

    ... it right," said the paper's author, Steven Hamburg, chief scientist at the Environmental Defense Fund. "It literally means you can chip up the world’s forests and burn them for fuel without noting the ...

13. Wolfram Alpha rolls out $50 iPhone app

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 19 October 2009

    ... try to tell me that the price is justified by added features or functionality, or that anyone other than an elite class of niche users would find enough value to merit the cost. The price will come down ...

14. NASA does kick up moon plume after all

    (Space/Space Features)

    Monday, 19 October 2009

    NASA’s Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) did indeed kick up the hoped-for debris plume, and generated useful data. NASA’s Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) ...

15. Wal-Mart to take on Amazon

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 15 October 2009

    ... buck off its sticker price for titles from such literary giants as Dan Brown and Sarah Palin. The store is also offering the top 200 books at half their list price. "If there is going to be a 'Wal-Mart ...

16. Twitter has a nose for fledgling wines

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 15 October 2009

    Social networking company Twitter is to start selling wines with profits going to a charity promoting literacy.Social networking company Twitter is to start selling wines with profits going to a charity ...

17. Apple takes on Microsoft's Zune with FM Radio iPhone app

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Wednesday, 14 October 2009

    ... have HD radio capabilities [although the new Nano generation does include standard FM radio reception]," said Kabakibo. "HD radio also offers free content, as opposed to satellite radio, which is subscription-based. ...

18. HP rolls out notebooks: Hails Windows 7

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 13 October 2009

    ... PC is the HP Elite 7000, equipped with Windows 7, DDR3 memory support, an Intel P55 Express chipset and a choice of either i5 or i7 CPUs. Up to eight gigabytes of memory can be installed, and the machines ...

19. Passwords: Methods for a Modern Bane

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Friday, 09 October 2009

    ... with a pair of suggestive symbols or numbers. She says it's always worked for her. A more literary friend takes a short name from a classic book title like Moby Dick and adds the author's birth and death ...

20. AT&T ends controversial ban on iPhone VoIP apps

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 06 October 2009

    AT&T has ended a controversial ban on wireless VoIP applications for the iPhone. The decision was reached just months after the carrier pledged to "take a fresh look" at the iPhone's VoIP capabilites. ...

21. SAP's Leo Apotheker dismisses Oracle's bid for power

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 06 October 2009

    ... of convergence and development in countries like South Africa, Nigeria and Ghana.One of the problems is that internet capability in many of the African countries has to be by satellite,  which is ...

22. Acting fast could cut climate change risk, says MIT

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    Sunday, 04 October 2009

    ... of the common mistakes in the literature," he says, "is to take several different climate models, each of which gives a 'best guess' of temperature outcomes, and take that as the uncertainty range. But ...

23. Top 13 reader comments revealed

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    Thursday, 01 October 2009

    ... of paragraphs.2. What an idiot   Computer illiterate people should not write computer related articles. 3. WOW, it's amazing how this article is just a copy and paste of the original press release ...

24. Win7 XP mode released to manufacturing

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 01 October 2009

    ... of a full-featured version of XP will encourage its more ludditic customers to quite literally get with the program and move to Win 7. Those purchasing Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise or Ultimate ...

25. Ig Nobel winners beat each other with beer bottles

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Thursday, 01 October 2009

    ... the Literature prize for writing and presenting more than fifty traffic tickets to the most frequent driving offender in the country — Prawo Jazdy. The name in Polish means "Driving License". Elena N ...

26. AMD talks up graphics as Nvidia kicks off GPU conference

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 30 September 2009

    ... tools, training and resources - both in person and online - that fit with their specific business objectives, says AMD. AMD is grouping its partners into Elite, Premier and Select tiers, with Elite ...

27. Cosmic rays increase as sun hits solar minimum

    (Space/Space Features)

    Tuesday, 29 September 2009

    ... speed by distant supernova explosions. They cause 'air showers' of secondary particles when they hit Earth's atmosphere. They're a health hazard to astronauts, and a single cosmic ray can disable a satellite ...

28. Toshiba introduces ultra-thin laptop line

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 29 September 2009

    Toshiba has introduced a reasonably priced line of ultra-thin laptops. The Satellite T100 series - which measures less than one inch thick - has a starting weight of 3.49 pounds and delivers up to 9 ...

29. GameTree ports PC-based content to HD television sets

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Friday, 25 September 2009

    ... on Intel's CE platform. "[The platform] will help revolutionize the delivery and global consumption of video games and provide a turnkey monetization strategy for CE manufacturers and cable/satellite ...

30. Samsung to expand Omnia smartphone line

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 17 September 2009

    Samsung has confirmed plans to expand its Omnia smartphone line with five new devices, including the OmniaPRO B7610, OmniaPRO B7320, OmniaPRO B7330,  OmniaLITE (B7300) and Omnia II (I8000). San ...

31. First rocky exoplanet is identified

    (Space/Space Features)

    Wednesday, 16 September 2009

    ... at its thrilling and amazing best," said team leader Didier Queloz. "We did everything we could to learn what the object discovered by the Corot satellite looks like and we found a unique system." The ...

32. Microsoft's Zune tunes in to HD Radio

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Monday, 14 September 2009

    ... standard FM radio reception]," said Kabakibo. "HD radio also offers free content, as opposed to satellite radio, which is subscription-based. In addition, HD radio supports many new features including ...

33. China presses ahead with space program

    (Space/Space Features)

    Monday, 14 September 2009

    ... and deep space exploration, along with communications satellites. The centre is due to open in 2013 at a latitude of 19 degrees north - further south than its other space centers, making it more suitable ...

34. Facebook trips the Lite fantastic

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Friday, 11 September 2009

    ... found at lite.facebook.com, is a considerably modified version of full Facebook, lacking applications and designed in such a way that graphics and other bells and whistles are kept to the bare minimum. ...

35. What’s wrong with a Google virtual library?

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Thursday, 10 September 2009

    ... again? A virtual library online is a fantastic idea and can open up the world’s literature to people who would never see it otherwise. It’s a great idea. The trouble is, it’s not a public library. It’s ...

36. Twitter makes you dumb, says psychologist

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 07 September 2009

    ... improvement in literacy and numeracy skills and IQ ratings when their working memory was stimulated. ''It was a massive effect,'' said Alloway, at the British Science Festival at the University of ...

37. Gray screen of death hits Snow Leopard

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 03 September 2009

    ... level it was before the upgrade. Any help you Mac experts can provide is greatly appreciated. "I literally just switched from PC to Mac a week ago and was so excited because of the performance but now ...

38. Scifi writers powering weapons against Google

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 03 September 2009

    ... allied professionals. Each year the organization presents the prestigious Nebula Awards for the year's best literary and dramatic works of speculative fiction. "SFWA is excited to be a part of the Open ...

39. Microsoft preps next-gen Windows Mobile 6.5 phones

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 01 September 2009

    ... a "new engine" and now offers native Adobe Flash Lite support. He added that the phone will include Outlook and Office mobile, along with two "new powerful mobile services."According to Peters, a number ...

40. Microsoft hits 'sweet spot' with new Xbox 360 prices

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 27 August 2009

    As predicted, Microsoft has lowered the price point of its Xbox 360 Elite console by $100 to $299.99. The Redmond-based company also slashed its Xbox 360 Pro console by $50 to $249.99.San Francisco (CA) ...

41. Updated: Analyst confirms imminent Xbox 360 price cut

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 25 August 2009

    EEDAR analyst Jesse Divnich has told TG Daily that Microsoft will lower the price of its Xbox 360 Elite to $299 this week. According to Divnich, the Pro model will likely be discounted to $249 and phased ...

42. Wikipedia to concentrate on dead people

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 25 August 2009

    ... what can only be called some singular editorial decisions in the past and turned Wikipedia into an elite club where only approved contributors get a look in and decide which articles should live and die. ...

43. Apple unlikely to launch game console before 2015

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 24 August 2009

    ...  "I'm pretty sure Microsoft will play wait and see. There are rumors everywhere that they will lower the price of the Elite to $299 and eliminate the Pro SKU, so although that is nominally a price cut, ...

44. Amazon limits pre-order sales of 120GB PS3

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 20 August 2009

    ... new console purchases to one or two units per household. Remember, retailers don't really generate profit from console sales - the markup is literally nothing," said Divnich. "However, stores do make money ...

45. EA preps Bad Company 2 for winter deployment

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 18 August 2009

    ... as he travels through the nine circles of hell. "The Divine Comedy is one of the most influential pieces of literature in the world and we have a great responsibility in re-imagining Dante Alighieri's ...

46. Canadians research zombie attacks

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Tuesday, 18 August 2009

    ... is an unlikely scenario if taken literally, but possible real-life applications may include allegiance to political parties, or diseases with a dormant infection." With breathtaking understatement, the ...

47. AMD takes lead in discrete mobile graphics

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 17 August 2009

    ... Pavilion dv6T, Alienware M17, Acer Aspire 5739G, Toshiba Satellite M500, Sony VAIO FW Series, Samsung R522, Asus W90Vp-X1, MSI GX623 and Dell Studio 15. "As consumers increasingly demand greater visual ...

48. Microsoft uses TG Daily writers to improve Office 2010

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 17 August 2009

    ... of the new Office suite. It's a test version - an alpha, if we're honest - so I don't really have an issue with this. In fact, I have to say that Microsoft has been unfailingly-polite here, asking me ...

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

    (Space/Space Features)

    Sunday, 16 August 2009

    ... for covert or secret activity. It is also claimed that Machrihanish is host to a large, secret underground facility guarded by elite troops from the US Navy SEALs. A number of military-watching web sites ...