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1. Modern life is rubbish

   (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

   Sunday, 22 November 2009

   ... you really liked those hidden alcoves, they were beautifully done, real craftmanship, like a lacquered box of tea leaves you'd find in a geisha's entertaining room in turn of the century Japan. But you ...

2. ATI reveals Radeon 5970 overlocking details

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Saturday, 21 November 2009

   ... by selecting a 6-pin + 8-pin power connector and using the components from the 400W board design. "We squeezed as much performance as we could out of the 300W and left all the rest of the headroom as ...

3. How TG Daily is put together

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Thursday, 12 November 2009

   ... have the Lino operating system in my bathroom [10:03:44] Evil Spinola: Doesn't it have Windows? [10:03:56] Good Spinola: it has two Windows but the blinds are down [10:04:29] Evil Spinola: If you upgraded ...

4. 55 inch B&O TV a snip at $18,700

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   Wednesday, 11 November 2009

   ... who's to argue with creative marketing, eh? A glance at the aspirational images on B&O's site (left) shows the magnificent TV in a typical domestic setting - a huge empty room containing no furniture ...

5. Google Latitude reminds you where you've been

   (Software/Software Features)

   Wednesday, 11 November 2009

   ... that you're Latitude friends with your roommate or co-workers. It would get pretty annoying to get a text message every single time you walked in the door at home or pulled into work." To avoid this, ...

6. Traveling with the MacBook Air Butt Kicking Dell Adamo 9.99

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Tuesday, 10 November 2009

   ... there are serious problems with getting everything in the backpack and when I pull the laptop out to work, a serious risk of exploding my underwear all over the room.   This stuff is under pressure ...

7. Firefox 'most insecure browser'

   (Security/Security Features)

   Tuesday, 10 November 2009

   ... has 65 percent of the market and just 15 percent of the flaws. But Cenzic points out that all browsers still have room for improvement. Added Ewe: "They have to choose between usability and security, ...

8. Adult Friend Finder: paedophiles are just one click away

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Thursday, 05 November 2009

   ... rooms or through instant messaging. It also has a very powerful search engine that allows its users to fine tune their search criteria in seeking out other members. FriendFinder Networks (FFN), which ...

9. AMD discovers several Fusion mantras, disses Larrabee

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Tuesday, 03 November 2009

   ... and 2011? AMD has several tricks up its sleeve on the big core little core front. In 2011, he said, Ontario will be a very compelling solution. What’s Ontario? One of the hacks in the room said that a ...

10. Maingear Shifts into overdrive with hard-core gaming machine

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 02 November 2009

    ... eATX motherboard support, full sized 5.25" optical drives, multiple SATA HD configurations and room for up to 12 SSDs.
 In addition, users can configure the Shift to fit their personal specifications ...

11. GM is world's least green automobile maker

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    Friday, 30 October 2009

    ... room for improvement in terms of sustainability performance. We hope car manufacturers and governments worldwide will take note of this important study."    ...

12. Global warming scepticism rising faster than temperatures

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    Thursday, 22 October 2009

    ... cleared to make room for the crops which absorb less Co2 than the trees they replace. The problem stems from a basic error in the Kyoto Protocol - and subsequently copied into European and US environmental ...

13. Massachusetts aims to boost interest in science and tech careers

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Tuesday, 20 October 2009

    ... sixth-grade classes with volunteers from industry to inspire student interest in STEM careers. It will reach out to sixth-grade classrooms in 568 schools around the Commonwealth over this academic year. ...

14. Sony announces 250GB PS3 Slim for $350

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 15 October 2009

    ... look, feel and features as the 120GB system, but with a 250GB built-in hard drive for $349.99. With the new, larger capacity, you'll have even more room to store your favorite games, movies/TV shows, music, ...

15. Twitter has a nose for fledgling wines

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 15 October 2009

    ... two elements of the firm's mission - giving access to information and highlighting open communication. For every bottle of wine bought, $5 will be donated on Room to Read. "The efforts of Room to Read ...

16. Nintendo to launch exercise bike for the Wii

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 15 October 2009

    In case your living room isn't yet cluttered enough, Nintendo is planning to launch its biggest peripheral yet: an exercise bike. In case your living room isn't yet cluttered enough, Nintendo is planning ...

17. iPhone is rubbish - give me POTS or die

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Wednesday, 14 October 2009

    ... and send the iPod into a deep coma. Better still, flush it down the toilet and retire to the restroom. Who wants to be connected everywhere all the time anyway? The plain old telephone system allied to ...

18. Windows 7 Starter Edition: The best version of Windows yet

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 13 October 2009

    ... they can’t tell what one or two things they are everyone gets everything and that, to them, makes for happier customers.  Granted you have so much storage headroom these days I can see the argument ...

19. Windows 7 boots fast enough for normal people

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Sunday, 11 October 2009

    ... clicking shut down, turning out the light, walking out of the room and shutting the door. I suppose there are saddoes out there who sit and wait to make sure the machine really does switch itself off ...

20. ARM, Globalfoundries sign strategic partnership

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 05 October 2009

    As reported here exclusively a couple of weeks ago, AMD spinoff Globalfoundries has definitely signed a deal with ARM. As reported here exclusively a couple of weeks ago, AMD spinoff Globalfoundries ...

21. Apple threatens Woolworths over new logo

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 05 October 2009

    ... and highly litigious bunch, reaching for the lawyers as soon as any hapless company or individual is perceived to have stepped an inch out of line. Apple also has its legal team glaring across the courtroom ...

22. Mental Image debuts iRay rendering technology

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 30 September 2009

    ... and raise the blinds covering the windows of a remotely-based virtual office. Kaplan also changed the time from day to night, which instantly altered the light and shadow balance within the room. iRay ...

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

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 28 September 2009

    ... and the room is decorated with pictures of the great and mighty like Bill Gates, Larry Ellison and the rest. We had the spaghetti meatballs. There’s a giant slice of pizza with real components dotted about ...

24. Intel outlines future of interactive television

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Thursday, 24 September 2009

    ... 3-D video will someday soon be streamed to living rooms around the world. "By the year 2015, you can expect 15 billion consumer devices capable of delivering TV content with billions of hours of video ...

25. Phone app makes GPS look vague

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 24 September 2009

    ...  For example, in a bar, people spend little time moving, while the room is typically dark and noisy. In contrast, a Target store will be brightly lit with vibrant colors – especially red – with movement ...

26. AT&T slammed for poor iPhone service

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Wednesday, 23 September 2009

    ... he can circumnavigate the back streets of New Delhi with iPhone in hand and email specific scriptures from his iBible. But he could not conduct a conversation from his living room while looking out a south-facing ...

27. Intel and Apple are at the crossroads

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Wednesday, 23 September 2009

    This week is IDF, and last week I spent some time with Andy Grove talking about saving the country. This week is IDF, and last week I spent some time with Andy Grove talking about saving the country.Andy may ...

28. Retinal implant could help the blind see

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Tuesday, 22 September 2009

    ... of people in a room, that brings them into the social environment as opposed to sitting there waiting for someone to talk to them," says Shawn Kelly, a researcher in MIT's Research Laboratory for Electronics. ...

29. Intel accidentally previews Larrabee, Gulftown

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 22 September 2009

    Intel has inadvertently offered a sneak preview of its afternoon keynote speech. Copies of the keynote to be delivered by Sean Maloney somehow appeared in the press room early this morning. Intel has ...

30. Internet child porn increasing

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 16 September 2009

    ... porn sites at any one time. New images are appearing at the rate of 200 a day. Internet chat rooms have become the main method for child abusers to recruit children, she said. Maalla said that more ...

31. Oracle and Sun showcase 'world's fastest' database machine

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 15 September 2009

    ... room for expansion. "There is no single point of failure. It is completely fault tolerant and keeps running, even if multiple components malfunction. IBM has nothing like  Exadata V2. They mirror ...

32. Microsoft snipes at Google's market share with Visual Search

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 14 September 2009

    ... 1-click filters such as author, format, or category to make it even easier to judge a book by its cover," added Schwartz. "Visually searching for cars is like going to a massive virtual car showroom, ...

33. iPorn girls ask Apple execs to improve bum deal

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 14 September 2009

    Miffed at Apple's less-than-enthusiastic attitude to its iPhone app, iPorn is threatening to send five of its iPorn girls into the boardroom. Miffed at Apple's less-than-enthusiastic attitude to its ...

34. Sony marketing campaign plumbs new depths

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 10 September 2009

    ... quality and spurring consumer demand for holiday shopping, Sony Electronics today launched its new integrated marketing campaign, it says here. Exactly who sat in a meeting room at Sony Central and thought ...

35. World's quietest room opens for business

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Tuesday, 08 September 2009

    The University of Bristol has opened a state of the art center for nanoscience research, featuring what is claimed to be the world's quietest room. Bristol, England - The University of Bristol has opened ...

36. Freedom is slavery and here's $30 from Amazon

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 07 September 2009

    ... close to one said that the case had been a simple misunderstanding and that the citizens involved had subsequently learned to love Big Amazon during a meeting held in Room 101 of the Ministry of Truth ...

37. Mingleverse promises live 3D telecomms

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Monday, 07 September 2009

    ... 3D voice, good audio and visual telecommunications to connect people across countries and continents. Mingleverse allows people to create customized meeting rooms and customized avatars and lets you set ...

38. Server sales continue to plummet

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 01 September 2009

    ... to the tune of a decline of 32 percent, year on year. But the continuing decline in server sales gives some room for optimism, according to Matt Eastwood, a senior analyst at IDC. "Fewer servers have ...

39. Darkfield Logitech mouse perfect for sofa surfing

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Sunday, 30 August 2009

    ... mouse for your notebook, there is a version for $80. Perhaps I should write articles from my living room sofa more often. Nicely done, Logitech.  ...

40. FCC kicks off mobile wireless Inquisition

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 27 August 2009

    ... 'smart grids;' education by bringing classrooms to eager learners wherever they may be; and public safety by enhancing the capabilities of our first responders, just to name a few. As we enable wireless ...

41. Google: Ah, Mr Bond. I've been expecting you…

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Tuesday, 25 August 2009

    ... to what hits the front page and what hits the cutting room floor are made not by a skilled editor, but that "The selection and placement of stories on this page were determined automatically by a computer ...

42. SCO: 'Linux is a knock-off of our Unix'

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 25 August 2009

    ... copyright to Novell and ordered a new trial to decide on ownership. Novell and SCO have been glaring at each other across courtrooms for decades in a bid to gain ownership of the venerable OS, which ...

43. Inflatable spacecraft test success for NASA

    (Space/Space Features)

    Monday, 17 August 2009

    ... diameter heat shield, made of several layers of silicone-coated industrial fabric, inflated with nitrogen to a mushroom shape in space several minutes after liftoff. The Black Brant 9 rocket took approximately ...

44. NASA completes Ares 1-X rocket

    (Space/Space Features)

    Monday, 17 August 2009

    ... of about 30 launch controllers will also practice their roles in the firing room.  ...

45. NASA to launch inflatable re-entry vehicle

    (Space/Space Features)

    Monday, 17 August 2009

    ... Re-entry Vehicle Experiment (IRVE) is designed as an outer shell to slow and protect reentry vehicles as they hit the atmosphere at hypersonic speeds. IRVE looks like a giant mushroom when it's inflated. ...

46. Software dramatically improves hearing aid performance

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Thursday, 06 August 2009

    ... Furst-Yust of the university's School of Electrical Engineering. "Their devices may be useful in a quiet room, but once the background noise levels ramp up, the devices become less useful. Our algorithm ...

47. Nintendo: Natal is not a Wii killer

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 03 August 2009

    ... a glorified bathroom scale with some gyros inside, then they can sell a ketchup popsicle to a woman in white gloves." ...

48. "Intel's" TSMC declares war on "AMD's" Globalfoundries

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 03 August 2009

    The Chairman of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) told reporters that he expected to triumph in a protracted and bloody war with GlobalFoundries. The septuagenarian compared himself to Stalin. ...

49. Apple’s iPad: Like Apple TV or like iPod?

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 30 July 2009

    ... Extenders (DMEs) but the entire class has been plagued by a lack of subscription media services, an inability to move purchased programming from one room to another, and a lack of good, current, programming.   ...

50. New Ferrari F458 a waste of money

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Wednesday, 29 July 2009

    ... bedroom wall or watching reruns of Magnum PI. One undeniable motoring fact is that every last one of the people you see wearing a Ferrari hat or jacket doesn't own a Ferrari and never will, with the ...