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1. Nvidia accelerates GPU pixel processing

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Sunday, 22 November 2009

   ... requires more than one pass. "Before Bastos and Kilgariff's invention, texture lookups were monolithic instructions that took multiple cycles to be executed, leaving other shader functional units to ...

2. Modern life is rubbish

   (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

   Sunday, 22 November 2009

   ... Strangely, this seems to calm the ranter down. It's as if by being gently reminded that shit is the natural state of things and that it couldn't be otherwise, anger is deflected and a more philosophical ...

3. ATI reveals Radeon 5970 overlocking details

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Saturday, 21 November 2009

   ... - delivers more current than the board draws at default settings. Japanese 47 μF pure ceramic capacitors - ensures ultra-clean power delivery to the GPUs. Massive vapor-chamber - pulls up to 400W worth ...

4. 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 ...

5. Mutant Koobface worm attacks Skype accounts

   (Security/Security Features)

   Friday, 20 November 2009

   ... and become bigger, more malware will attempt to take advantage of them," added Huq. 
 
See Also British police bust Zbot Trojan ring Rickrolling worm infects jailbroken iPhones Scammers exploit Swayzee ...

6. Xbox modders unite in class action suit

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Friday, 20 November 2009

   ... and less than two months after the release of the very popular Halo 3: ODST game," says the firm. This "convenient" timing may have resulted in more Xbox Live subscription revenues for Microsoft than ...

7. 'Hobbits' really are a new human species

   (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

   Friday, 20 November 2009

   ... small-brained, human-like fossils on the remote island of Flores in the Indonesian archipelago.  The creature's cranial capacity was just over 400 cubic centimeters, making it more similar to the ...

8. Health IT doesn't save money

   (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

   Friday, 20 November 2009

   And it doesn't improve efficiency, eitherIncreased computerization in US hospitals hasn't made them cheaper or more efficient, Harvard researchers say. The best they can come up with is that it may have ...

9. Steve Ballmer hallelujahs Windows 7

   (Software/Software Features)

   Friday, 20 November 2009

   ... CEO claimed that more 18-to-24-year-olds had decided that Microsoft products offered the best value over Apple. Generally analysts think that Microsoft might be onto a winner with Windows 7 and that PC ...

10. Brain boffin calls for schools to get back to books

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Friday, 20 November 2009

    ... Della Sala said that the study shows there is no advantage, so why should we spend money on finding out more rather than spending money on good teaching and good learning?" Printed books were first developed ...

11. Space walkers will drink their own urine, dammit

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Thursday, 19 November 2009

    ... of weight. NASA has said the urine recycler would reduce the amount of consumables needed on board the space station by as much as 6,800 kilograms per year, or one African elephant." For more updates on ...

12. Intel throws millions of Euro into Exascale center

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Thursday, 19 November 2009

    Supercomputers a thousand times more powerful Semiconductor company Intel said it will invest many millions of Euro into the Exascale Computing Research Center, in collaboration with the French Commissariat ...

13. AMD in Xbox, Wii giveaway

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 19 November 2009

    ... tab, and fill in the form. Starting Monday 23, AMD will randomly pick an entrant every weekday for four weeks until Friday, December 18.  You're only allowed to enter once. There's more information ...

14. Energy-saving lightbulbs get dimmer over time

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    Thursday, 19 November 2009

    ...  In the US tests, 28 percent of the bulbs had stopped working after just 2,400 hours. It's a pretty poor performance compared with traditional incandescent bulbs, which lose no more than seven percent ...

15. Lab-on-a-chip provides instant disease diagnosis

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Thursday, 19 November 2009

    Quick, portable device IBM scientists have developed a simple, quick 'lab-on-a-chip' that can test for a number of diseases using microscopic samples. The test is claimed to be faster and more portable ...

16. British police bust Zbot Trojan ring

    (Security/Security Features)

    Thursday, 19 November 2009

    ... around the world - using them as a zombie army to spew out spam, spread more malware and launch denial-of-service attacks." Finally, Clueley emphasized that the rapidly spreading Zbot pandemic was not ...

17. Microsoft accelerates JavaScript with IE9

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 18 November 2009

    ... benchmarks, calling them nothing more than a 'browser drag race' that doesn't accurately portray real-world use," wrote Keizer. "Instead, Microsoft has used download tests of the 25 most popular Web destinations ...

18. TechCrunch crucified over Google phone rumor

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Wednesday, 18 November 2009

    Logical and illogical leaps A number of journalists have harshly criticized TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington for publishing a wildly speculative article about a rumored Android-based Google phone. ...

19. IBM simulates cat, maps human brain to improve chip tech

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Wednesday, 18 November 2009

    ... change memory and magnetic tunnel junctions. The simulation of the cat cortex used a simulator on the Lawrence Livermore Dawn Blue Gene/P supercomputer - it has 147,456 CPUs and 144 terabytes of memory. ...

20. EU ombudsman slams Intel antitrust ruling

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 18 November 2009

    ... Court of First Instance in Luxembourg. This appeal, which carries more legal weight than the Ombudsman's ruling, is due to be heard early next year. In a statement on the ruling, Intel said that it welcomed ...

21. Apple laptops less reliable than Asus, Toshiba, Sony

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 18 November 2009

    ... also shows that a third of all laptops are likely to fail within three years of purchase. Netbooks are 20 percent more likely to fail than full-sized laptops according to Square Trade's analysis of 30,000 ...

22. Tiny brain is no bar to intelligence, say scientists

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Wednesday, 18 November 2009

    ... region, maybe conferring more highly developed senses or an ability to make precise movements. Research suggests that bigger animals may need bigger brains simply because there is more to control. Professor ...

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

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 18 November 2009

    ...   Adobe’s Contrasting non-Reality Show Strategy I’ve been looking at what Adobe is doing with Air and their Flash Player 10.1 and their approach is vastly more subtle.   They let the OS vendors, both ...

24. AMD debuts ATI Radeon 5970 GPU

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 18 November 2009

    ... technology - which allows multiple graphics processors to accelerate FPS in more than 20 titles when using Eyefinity." He added that the 5970 was designed to target the graphic industry's "sweet spot" ...

25. Electronic Arts closes Pandemic Studios

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 17 November 2009

    ... President, wrote in an internal memo obtained by Kotaku. "This type of change can be difficult. But the situation calls for us to act decisively, to take control of our destiny and to run a stronger, more ...

26. McAfee indulges in bout of cyber scare mongering

    (Security/Security Features)

    Tuesday, 17 November 2009

    ... DaveDeWait says in a foreword to the report. "our goal at McAfee is not to create hype or stoke unwarranted fear...there is little disagreement that there are increasing numbers of cyber attack that more ...

27. How to stop the Feds tapping your phone

    (Security/Security Features)

    Tuesday, 17 November 2009

    ... data. Sending a batch of SMS texts from a mobile or making a VoIP call is more than likely to overwhelm the call monitoring system and cause it to drop the connection. Researchers say that programming ...

28. 'Unfriend' is Word of the Year

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 17 November 2009

    ... even more excited about the lexicography. "Most 'un-' prefixed words are adjectives (unacceptable, unpleasant), and there are certainly some familiar 'un-' verbs (uncap, unpack), but 'unfriend' is different ...

29. YouTube launches tool for 'citizen journalists'

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 17 November 2009

    Please don't put us all out of business YouTube is launching a tool allowing so-called 'citizen journalists' to submit clips to news media companies and PR firms to deluge them with even more uninteresting ...

30. ARM accelerates Android mobile development

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 17 November 2009

    ... innovation. Mobile phone manufacturers don't need to spend $3,000-$4,000 on hardware or software licensing fees anymore," said Bruce. "They can just buy an ARM Beagle Board for less than $200 and start ...

31. Phenom II overclockers shatter 7GHz barrier

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 16 November 2009

    ... and there are many more memorable and magical moments to experience." See Also AMD powered Jaguar wins supercomputer race Intel claims it's driving supercomputers. Not AMD AMD says Fusion will knock ...

32. Innolux becomes new LCD giant

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 16 November 2009

    ... billion for Chi Mei putting it ahead of the existing market leader in Taiwan, AU Optronics. And it also puts more power in the hand of Terry Gou, who not only heads up Innolux but is also the founder and ...

33. Leonid meteors promise great display tonight

    (Space/Space Features)

    Monday, 16 November 2009

    ... as long as there isn't too much cloud cover. This year, says Cooke, the meteors will appear to be shooting almost directly out of the planet Mars, making for an even more dramatic spectacle. The Leonids ...

34. Open Book Alliance slams Google Book Settlement

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 16 November 2009

    ... largest digital database of books. It is clear that Google has failed to meet these requirements." A further, more detailed statement is due shortly, says the OBA. See Also Google book opponents claim ...

35. Michael Arrington resurrects enigmatic CrunchPad tablet

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Monday, 16 November 2009

    ... could be more of a learning and branding exercise than anything else."  ...

36. AMD powered Jaguar wins supercomputer race

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 16 November 2009

    ... potatoes are dead Global Foundries will bash up Intel's process lead AMD discovers several Fusion mantras, disses Larrabee AMD: The netbook category is all a bit of a blur AMD calls for more realistic ...

37. Weekly hardware roundup

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Saturday, 14 November 2009

    ... is a fad and the end of television can be seen. Entertainment has become much more visual intense. People do things now with all that video. People take entertainment with them and don't just go home and ...

38. Google: Better ethics than the Vatican?

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Saturday, 14 November 2009

    ... deeds. Of course, we all know about its questionable role in the Chinese government's suppression of free thought, but that seems more the exception that proves the rule. Sadly, the second story this ...

39. Churchill, Hemingway and Golding were failures

    (Software/Software Features)

    Friday, 13 November 2009

    ... line-up. Hemingway was told by the computer that he should write with more care and detail and he should also be more careful about cleaning his shotgun. Anthony Burgess' A Clockwork Orange was ranked ...

40. Google buys VOIP company Gizmo5

    (Software/Software Features)

    Friday, 13 November 2009

    ... resources to launch and improve Google Voice," says 'Speedy' Wesley Chan on the company blog. "We welcome the Gizmo5 team to Google and look forward to working together to bringing more useful features ...

41. Apple plans 50 new stores

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 13 November 2009

    Don't look now, there's another one Apple is planning to open as many as 50 new stores next year, including two branches in Shanghai. More than half the new outlets will be outside the US, with new stores ...

42. Scientists develop thinner optical fibers

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Friday, 13 November 2009

    ... is expected to lead to more efficient tools for optical data processing in telecommunications networks and optical computing, as well as new light sources. The historical limit has been fibers with just ...

43. CoD:MW2 Will Not End Recession

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 12 November 2009

    ... the Biggest Entertainment Event in History, let’s not get too crazy here. Yes, $310 million is a lot more than the $67 million (throw in another few million dollars for the U.K.) that current box-office ...

44. Google preps Mac Chrome beta for holiday launch

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 12 November 2009

    ... the new beta (3) UI. "Why make the switch now? The earlier you switch, the more time you will have to polish your experience for our Beta launch in early December," explained Baum. "We realize this ...

45. Intel maintains innocence despite $1.25 billion cash payoff

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 12 November 2009

    ... become even more so," Intel CEO Paul Otellini stated during a conference call. "[But] we have not wavered in our conviction that Intel operated within the bounds of the law by competing fairly and legally." ...

46. Intel-AMD deal doesn't end the bitter war

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 12 November 2009

    ... Global Foundries more flexibility and paves the way towards Global Foundries and Chartered for a merger. He said that the patent cross license was broad and covered all products, not just X86 disputes. ...

47. Microsoft integrating Wolfram Alpha and Bing

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 12 November 2009

    ... we can bring them a much more compelling experience than an endless list of link," says Yao. "We can bring them real knowledge and get them closer to the answer they were looking for or the decision they ...

48. Electric cars mean more CO2

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    Thursday, 12 November 2009

    ... sector is covered by the scheme. But if the scheme remains unchanged, says ETA, more sales of electric cars are likely to result in higher overall CO2 emissions and oil consumption. Existing loopholes ...

49. Cellphones affect the brain

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Thursday, 12 November 2009

    ... risks are involved, but those cautious Swedes are recommending that people, especially children, should use headsets. "Children may be more sensitive than adults to radiation from wireless phones," says ...

50. HP has $2.7 billion to buy 3COM

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 11 November 2009

    And you don't..... The Wall Street Journal reports that HP is going to buy 3COM for $2.7 billion. Not only does 3COM make HP even bigger and more powerful, but it also opens up the Asian market, one of ...