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1. Notebook benchmarks fail to convey performance, price

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   ... past fail to tell users what their machines can actually do. The problem, of course, is that while AMD has what we consider is a reasonable point on consumers measuring price and performance, it certainly ...

2. EMI sues Beatles 25 cent download site

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   ... Bluebeat also offers streaming content enabling fans to listen to tracks for free. Sir Paul McCartney was quoted 12 months ago as saying he wanted the Beatles' material to be available online, but that ...

3. Feds indict alleged cable modem hacker

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... were taken from legitimate subscribers using software created by the accused. 

Harris also allegedly modified a modem configuration file to enable broadband speeds by up to 10 times. Finally, Harris ...

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

   (Software/Software Opinion)

   ... to assume Microsoft would be unable to respond, much like they have been unable to respond after previous launches. This isn’t the case this time and the danger Apple now faces a wave of new products and ...

5. How Microsoft blindsided vulnerable Apple with Windows 7

   (Software/Software Features)

   ... Vista and the Mac vs. PC campaign is his historic response to Microsoft’s classic mistake. But the mistake was in two parts, a product that had problems at release and an inability to market the product’s ...

6. Lenin's favorite car maker launches $1 million SUV

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   ... Vortec 8100 V8 engine, it can reach 240kmh, and comes with every technical bell or whistle imaginable. Six cameras constantly record a 360 degree view and relay information to a security system. Dartz ...

7. Spring Design introduces Android E-Reader

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   ... capability, is mobile enabled with smart phones capabilities." Spring Design, which is currently in discussion with various content providers, is expected to begin shipping the Alex device to selected ...

8. Adobe sneaks out mega security patch

   (Security/Security Features)

   ... apply to all Windows, Mac and Unix systems. The company released a security advisory last week warning of attacks exploiting critical flaws that could cause the apps to crash and enable remote attackers ...

9. SanDisk ships 64 Gigabit X4 Flash memory cards

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   ... who termed the technology a "necessary evolution" for the industry. "Enabling this technology in mainstream products demonstrates a cost advantage in the flash memory industry that considers 2-bits-per-cell ...

10. Global warming debate hots up

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    ... make a down payment on climate and provide momentum going into the December negotiations in Copenhagen," said co-author Durwood Zaelke, President of the Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development. ...

11. Microsoft kills Works

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... Office 2010 – due for public beta before the end of the year – which can be unlocked by using a key card to be sold at major electronic outlets. Depending on how much they pay, the key cards will enable ...

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

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... hard to make SAP exciting. But, he said: "We are at the intersection of business and technology. You have to look at  business trends and technology trends. You have to talk about sustainability and ...

13. ARM, Globalfoundries sign strategic partnership

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... has definitely signed a deal with ARM. The companies said they have signed a "broad agreement" on processor implementation and circuit optimization to give their mutual customers an enablement program ...

14. I speaka da Ingrish. I learn it from a vook

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... and viewing experience, enabling readers to seamlessly read, watch, and enjoy both text and video at the same location on their screen. It works on an iPhone, need one add. It says here that this is ...

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

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... theirs,” said Eric Demers, chief technology officer for graphics at AMD. “By working with Pixelux and others to enable open support of physics on OpenCL and DirectX 11 capable devices we are taking the ...

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

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Opinion)

    ... content to the iPhone. With the ‘My O2’ app enabling customers to check their bills, switch bolt-ons and check the number of free minutes and texts remaining (when it works), it is a great proof of concept ...

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

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... boxes and other electronic devices. "At TransGaming, we're in the business of enabling existing games to operate on alternative operating systems," explained TransGaming CEO Vikas Gupta. "Since Intel ...

18. EU says Google AdWords are fair game

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... to the keywords, determined by objective criteria. Says Maduro, "Google also operates an advertising system called 'AdWords', which enables ads to be displayed, alongside natural results, in response ...

19. AMD launches indigenous server platform

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... center workloads," the company explained in a statement. "This new server platform, along with the AMD platform specification code-named 'Kroner,' enables advanced performance, the benefits of unified ...

20. MIT develops hybrid chip

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... Technology at Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems, said the new advance addresses some of the present limitations of both silicon and gallium nitride technology. This could "enable a new class of high-performance ...

21. Lenovo touts multitouch screen technology

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... part of our Tablet PC and ThinkPad T400s laptop experience couldn't be better. We've also extended the touch experience with SimpleTap to make frequent hardware-based functions touch-enabled and simple."According ...

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

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... a way to interface with a critical number of Apple dedicated products (particularly cars, as in I can’t use a Zune with my iPod enabled Audi), and a way to easily migrate playlists between the two platforms ...

23. Asetek liquid cooling chills Intel Core i5 chips

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... robust liquid cooling can now easily be configured for any Intel desktop motherboard - [as] the single mounting ring enables flexible manufacturing in both high and low volume PC manufacturing settings." ...

24. O2 offers Blackberry for just $14,566

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    The UK's leading mobile telco is running a special offer on its website enabling users to pick up a Blackberry Curve for just €10,001 ($14,566.06). Hurry while stocks last! London, England - The ...

25. Tesco and Microsoft bang another nail into DVD's coffin

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... Silverlight browser plug-in and will enable developers and designers to deliver the same application anywhere Silverlight is running. "Tesco is excited to be the first retailer to partner with a broad ...

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

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Opinion)

    ... I'd count as competent. This isn't through any hard work and determined practice, but because I've been doing it for so damned long that I've accidentally become reasonably good. If I'd practiced hard ...

27. World's quietest room opens for business

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    ... a novel material made of tiny diamonds that is set to create a new and greener way of producing electricity. The material's unique properties will enable the sun’s heat to be converted directly into ...

28. Report forecasts one billion mobile cloud users by 2014

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... in 2008 to 998 million in 2014. "From 2008 through 2010, subscriber numbers will be driven by location-enabled services, particularly navigation and map applications," explained senior ABI Research analyst ...

29. Nefarious Donbot spews URL-shortened spam

    (Security/Security Features)

    ... of shortened-URLs has forced a number of legitimate "shortening" services to close due to their inability to thwart malicious hijacking attempts. "Exploiting URL-shortening services for spam runs is ...

30. Japanese break wi-fi security in 60 seconds

    (Security/Security Features)

    ... they did it at a conference on September 25 in Hiroshima. The hack does not give total control over the wi-fi connection, but does enable reading and spoofing data packets, but the ease with which Wifi ...

31. Video makers to earn with YouTube

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... see an "Enable Revenue Sharing" message next to your video on the watch page, as well as in other places in your account." YouTube will then sell advertising against the video and pay a share to the ...

32. Nvidia touts rapid GPU performance boost

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... Hot Chips symposium in Stanford University - explained that such advances could enable the development of realtime universal language translation devices and advanced forms of augmented reality. Huang ...

33. Swedish ISP forces Pirate Bay to walk the plank

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... above the Constitution, while criticizing the effect that these civil actions are having on freedom of speech," said Falkvinge. "This clarifies how copyright law has become untenable, and how information ...

34. Compile your iTunes library with care

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... seen as personable and intellectual, but unattractive and a bit boring. "It is now common practice to list your favourite bands on sites like MySpace or Facebook," said Dr Jason Rentfrow. "This research ...

35. Diagnostic tool could save traders a packet

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    ... or reassign an offending application that is sending message bursts to another processing path.  “If implemented, this kind of approach should enable investment bankers to turn their attention ...

36. Updated: Colorado photographer sues Apple over 'iconic' photo

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... do this is unconscionable. I mean, I spent several hundred thouands dollars on Apple gear. Steve Jobs can show me the same courtesy." It should be noted that Psihoyos had previously sued Apple for unauthorized ...

37. NY students plan Iran Nokia protest

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... Solati, a student organizer at American University. "The latest reports from Iran indicate that detained protestors have been raped in jail. Nokia should be ashamed for helping to enable this crackdown ...

38. Catfight on catwalk as Google ordered to name Skanks of New York blogger

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... personal opinions, including invective and ranting, and that the statements in this action when considered in that context, cannot be reasonably understood as factual assertions. The judge ruled that ...

39. Car texting video too shocking for YouTube

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... in or signing up." This means that the schoolchildren at whom the video is aimed will be unable to watch it. YouTube has so far failed to respond to calls from TG Daily. See also:Study highlights ...

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

    (Space/Space Features)

    ... as part of the NATO 'staging point' exercises. Secret Underground facilityThe runway faces east/west in a remote part of Scotland, enabling aircraft to approach the base from the sea, unobserved - ideal ...

41. Earth to ET: fancy a barbie?

    (Space/Space Features)

    A website has been set up in Australia to enable internet users to send a message to extraterrestrials. Canberra, Australia - A website has been set up in Australia to enable internet users to send ...

42. Mozilla accelerates Firefox: 3.6 alpha 1 already faster than 3.5

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... minor update seems reasonable to me. The speed improvements definitely appear to be there, but they are not dramatic and certainly won’t blow your socks off. ...

43. Nokia challenges RIM with Microsoft-Symbian alliance

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... manufacturer with 200 million global customers. "Today's announcement will enable us to expand Microsoft Office Mobile to Nokia smartphone owners worldwide and allow them to collaborate on Office documents ...

44. Pirate Party plans raid on UK

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... election as an exercise in raising our profile and getting people to think about the issues we are campaigning on," Robinson said. He added: "If we grow at the same rate as the Swedish Party, it's reasonable ...

45. Tr.im gets extensions

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... indefinitely. The company is still hoping for a buyer - although it's not doing a particularly encouraging sales job, pointing out that the service will continue to be unable to compete with bit.ly unless ...

46. Apple working on super secret social networking app?

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... Facebook, but try to pull all your social networking efforts together in one place. And, of course, there would be a strong connection to what iTunes does today and enable users to broadcast share their ...

47. Facebook jealously rears its ugly head

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... use," the researchers explained. "For all of the positive aspects of the increased social connection that Facebook enables, there may also be some costs for those individuals involved in romantic and sexual ...

48. Motorola reports success in TD-LTE trials

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... IP and OFDM to enable operators to deliver rich, high bandwidth, multimedia services," said Sudhakar Ramakrishna, corporate vice president of Software Operations and WBAS Development, Home and Networks ...

49. Activision postpones Starcraft II launch to 2010

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... exploring potential new markets and business models that should enable us to continue expanding our operating margins," said Kotick. "During a challenging economic climate, Activision Blizzard grew its ...

50. Microsoft to hire at least 400 Yahoo employees

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... Yahoo’s website late Tuesday, Microsoft has agreed to hire “no less” than 400 Yahoo employees as part of a search deal between the two companies, which enables Microsoft to become Yahoo exclusive search ...