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1. Apple plans iPhone lockdown

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Jailbreakers beware Apple has apparently stepped up its efforts to thwart the ubiquitous practice of iPhone jailbreaking. Indeed, Club Cupertino is currently seeking a security expert who would be tasked ...

2. Lee Harvey Oswald photo wasn't faked

   (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

   Can we just accept the moon landing now, too? A digital forensics expert has concluded that the iconic image of Lee Harvey Oswald holding a rifle in one hand and Marxist newspapers in the other was not, ...

3. ATI HD 5900 spotted in the wild

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Rumors that the new HD 5900 series could be just another chip refresh have been knocked on the head. Rumors that the new HD 5900 series could be just another chip refresh have been knocked on the head ...

4. Strike!

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Column My one experience with a union was unpleasant. The union boss came into the restaurant I worked at as a teenager and told the manager that she either had to cut my hours or I had to join the union. ...

5. ICANN releases non-Latin domain names

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers - ICANN - has, as expected, approved internet domain names (IDNs) containing non-Latin characters. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names ...

6. Astronomers find most distant object yet

   (Space/Space Features)

   Astronomers have observed the oldest and most distant object yet, a gigantic stellar explosion known as a Gamma Ray Burst (GRB). Astronomers have observed the oldest and most distant object yet, a gigantic ...

7. Intel, Numonyx trumpet phase change memory breakthrough

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Intel and Numonyx say they've achieved a breakthrough in the research of phase change memory (PCM), a non-volatile memory technology bringing together the benefits of a range of different memory types. ...

8. Google simplifies GPS navigation for Android 2.0 smartphones

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Google has announced its Maps Navigation beta for Android 2.0 devices. The application, which supports hands-free voice searches, offers 3D views, turn-by-turn guidance and automatic rerouting.Google ...

9. Control your enthusiasm

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Column We were delighted to have reported the fantastic growth of Q3 (21.4% over Q2, 7.3% year-to-year.) That clearly indicated the recession was over for graphics chips, and since they are a predictor ...

10. RightNow's pre-emptive strike

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Opinion: The already competitive SaaS CRM market is getting more so. At least, that's if my reading of the news coming out of RightNow Technologies Inc. annual customer conference is accurate. Opinion: ...

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

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    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 ...

12. TG Daily: A readers' Guide

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Opinion)

    Opinion: A few months back, we took the brave - some might say daft - decision to allow readers to post comments on TG Daily stories without an editor approving them first. Not many sites do this. OK, ...

13. Leaving the iPhone behind

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Opinion)

    Opinion: I've never had a mobile phone as good as the iPhone. It's also the best MP3 player I've owned. Still, I wonder occasionally how long it will be before I toss it aside for a newer, more satisfying ...

14. Chrome for Mac finally arrives in beta, sort of

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... released." Google then adds: "An early developer channel version is now available! While it's not at beta quality (in particular, it can't print yet and plugin support isn't quite stable), it is coming ...

15. Global warming scepticism rising faster than temperatures

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    As scientists question the greenness of biofuels, the number of Americans who believe the planet is warming due to man-made pollution is at its lowest point in three years, according to a survey. As ...

16. How Microsoft blindsided vulnerable Apple with Windows 7

    (Software/Software Features)

    Column - I think the saying goes that those that don’t learn from history are destined to repeat it. Column - I think the saying goes that those that don’t learn from history are destined to repeat it. ...

17. Opinion: Ditching Windows has never felt so good

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    Microsoft has launched yet another iteration of its infamous Windows operating system. Fortunately, I have chosen to opt out of the Microsoft universe and am well on my way to becoming a loyal disciple ...

18. SSDs inch toward the desktop

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Opinion: There's been a steady flood of news about the emergence of solid state drive (SSD) systems in mainstream products. Samsung has a 64GB miniSATA SSD about half the size of a business card; Dell ...

19. Phone users miss the wheels of a clown

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Cellphone users are so dozy, they can't even spot a unicycling clown.Cellphone users are so dozy, they can't even spot a unicycling clown. People talking on their phones are more than twice as oblivious ...

20. Otellini: Intel ‘knew nothing’ about insider trading probe

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Intel CEO Paul Otellini says the company knew nothing about the insider trading investigation into Galleon Group, which implicated an Intel executive, until the Feds turned up. Intel CEO Paul Otellini ...

21. Office 2010 enters public beta next month

    (Software/Software Features)

    The next version of Microsoft’s flagship application suite, Office 2010 is to be available as a public beta program from November, CEO Steve Ballmer announced today. The next version of Microsoft’s ...

22. NASA does kick up moon plume after all

    (Space/Space Features)

    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) ...

23. Microsoft recovers Danger data

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    A round of applause is in order for Microsoft support folks for apparently recovering the data feared lost in a bizarre and as-yet-unexplained server failure that threatened an unknown number of users ...

24. Barnes and Noble leaks e-reader details

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    A source "from within" Barnes and Noble has apparently leaked photos and details of the company's new e-reader. According to Gizmodo, the layout will feature a black and white e-ink screen much like ...

25. Microsoft kills Works

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... suite and replacing it with an ad-supported, free version of Office 2010, dubbed ‘Starter Edition’. The company is also planning to allow OEMs to pre-load full versions of the upcoming full version of ...

26. Micro-nuclear power coming RSN

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    ... will probably be a bit more annoying than replacing one in an iPhone. The micro-nuclear battery is about the size of a penny and creates power from the natural radioactive decay of isotopes such as plutonium-238. ...

27. Nvidia accuses Intel of 'improper claims,' pulls out of chipset development

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Nvidia says it is "postponing" further chipset investments for Intel DMI CPUs. However, the GPU company will continue to "innovate integrated solutions" for Intel's FSB architecture. Nvidia says it is ...

28. Nokia shrugs off Apple iPhone, RIM BlackBerry threats

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Oli-Pekka Kallasvuo, CEO of Nokia, shrugged off competition from Apple's iPhone  and RIM's BlackBerry today, maintaining that his firm still held 40 percent of the smartphone market. Oli-Pekka ...

29. Carla Bruni victim of own success

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    ... a website running to save her life. The French first lady felt that not enough people realised how much work she did for Charity.  She was concerned that the French press was only interested in ...

30. High tech won't save the economy this time

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Opinion: In 1982-1983 the economy in the West was battered. Unemployment in the U.S. reached 9.7 percent. The United Nations pegged growth for developed nations around one percent. Stagnation and recession ...

31. New Apple ad for iPhone leaked to web

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    The furniture will be flying in Cupertino as Apple’s latest ad for the iPhone has somehow found its way onto the web. The furniture will be flying in Cupertino as Apple’s latest ad for the iPhone has ...

32. Top 13 reader comments revealed

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    We love our readers. And our readers obviously love us too. Here are just 13 we've had in recent weeks. Please keep them coming. They're fab! We love our readers. And our readers obviously love us too. ...

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

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Opinion)

    Column I’m at the Nvidia GPU Technology conference and it suddenly hit me that we are at the forefront of another massive change in the computer industry.   Column I’m at the Nvidia GPU Technology ...

34. Filtering system fights DoS attacks more efficiently

    (Security/Security Features)

    ... saturating the target machine with external internet requests. There are ways of configuring a network to filter out known DoS attack software and recognize some of the associated traffic patterns. However, ...

35. Nvidia showcases next-generation Fermi GPU

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Nvidia has finally unveiled its next-generation Fermi GPU. According to Jen-Hsun Huang, Fermi architecture represents the "foundation" of the world's first computational graphics processing units. Nvidia ...

36. Apple's new Macs better be cheap

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    ... effect, to wait for the new ones. Last time Apple updated its consumer line of personal computers it cut prices, but buyers continued to pay a premium for the Apple logo. Opinion: It's no surprise that ...

37. ARM confirms it's chatting to GlobalFoundries

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... are in deep congress over cooperating on semiconductor production.Bloomberg chatted to an ARM vice president of marketing who confirmed the company has Intel in its sights and wants 15 percent of the mini-notebook ...

38. Dell says it will behave from now on, honest

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Box-shifter Dell seems to spend more time defending itself in court than making PCs these days. The company has just assured the US Government that it will be a good boy and improve its accounting and ...

39. TSMC ramps production to build Intel Atoms

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    TSMC is to ramp monthly production at its 300mm Fab 14 in southern Taiwan to 6,000 wafers by the end of 2009, and 35,000 wafers in 2010, due to demand for Intel's Atom chips, say industry observers. ...

40. Phone app makes GPS look vague

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Of course, GPS just isn't accurate enough for the serially lost, as it only pinpoints your position to within ten meters. Of course, GPS just isn't accurate enough for the serially lost, as it only ...

41. Nintendo lowers Wii price point to $200

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Nintendo has announced plans to slash the Wii's suggested retail price by $50. According to company spokesperson Cammie Dunaway, the new $200 price point - effective on September 27 - will help advance ...

42. Flaky online info scares surgery patients

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Researching surgery on the internet leaves patients upset and confused, thanks to reams of misleading information. Researching surgery on the internet leaves patients upset and confused, thanks to reams ...

43. Intel shows off 22 nanometer, optimistic about future

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    A senior Intel executive opened up this year's Intel Developer Forum this morning. Usually it's Pat Gelsinger who opens the show. Intel has thoughtfully provided white boards for people to write messages ...

44. AMD launches indigenous server platform

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    AMD has launched its first server platform with an indigenous chipset and six-core Opteron processor. The platform - code-named Fiorano - supports Hyper Transport 3.0 technology, PCI Express 2.0, IO-virtualization ...

45. SuperSpeed controller to boost adoption of USB 3.0

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    The USB Implementers Forum has officially certified NEC's SuperSpeed USB host controller. The component - which was introduced in May - could help spur the broad adoption of USB 3.0 amongst host and peripheral ...

46. Amazon branches out into own-brand electronics

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... accessories under its own name. AmazonBasics will initially offer a range of cables and blank media, but it's hard to imagine that the retailer will be content to stop at that. HDMI cables, Ethernet ...

47. Word is, Windows 7 for Netbooks won't be crippled

    (Software/Software Features)

    IDF Fall 2009 Sources tell us here in San Francisco that there will be a version of Windows 7 for netbooks that won't have most of the functionality leeched out of it.Sources tell us here in San Francisco ...

48. Silicon Valley returns to glory days

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Silicon Valley is starting to wake up after its long recession hit slumber, according to the BBC.Silicon Valley is starting to wake up after its long recession hit slumber, according to the BBC. The ...

49. We will be faster than ATI, claims Nvidia

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... spoilers. It claims that its next series of cards are not going to be based on a redesigned GT200 core, but rather will be based on a completely new core architecture currently codenamed the GT300.  ...

50. Scammers exploit Swayzee death

    (Security/Security Features)

    ... hours of his death. The star of Dirty Dancing and Ghost died yesterday after a two-year fight with pancreatic cancer. Searching for more information online throws up what look like straightforward news ...