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1. OpenOffice debuts analog joystick mouse

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   18 buttons and 52 key commands WarMouse and OpenOffice have introduced an alternative multi-button pointing device. The $75 OpenOfficeMouse features 18 buttons, an analog joystick and support for up to ...

2. Microsoft preps critical security updates

   (Security/Security Features)

   Tuesday patch blitzkrieg Microsoft has confirmed that it is preparing a number of critical patches for both Windows and Office. The 6 updates - three of which are critical - address 15 vulnerabilities ...

3. 25 laziest cities in America unveiled

   (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

   Mobile is immobile Business Insider has published a list of what it considers are the 25 laziest cities in the USA. Number one is Mobile, AL. A third of its citizens don't exercise, nearly a third watch ...

4. Notebook benchmarks fail to convey performance, price

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Lone Star Briefings Death to SysMark, terminate 3DmarkAMD is pushing its Vision concept for all that it’s worth and has concluded that in an age when notebooks are all pervasive, the metrics used in the ...

5. Why Apple should license Windows 7

   (Software/Software Opinion)

   Let's start out by saying that hell would likely freeze over before this happened... Let's start out by saying that hell would likely freeze over before this happened but then I can recall just a few years ...

6. EU wants black boxes in autos

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   The EU is considering making aircraft-style black boxes mandatory in all automobiles to improve safety. The EU is considering making aircraft-style black boxes mandatory in all automobiles to improve ...

7. Internet achieves middle age: life begins at 40

   (Networking/Networking Features)

   Forty years back, on the 29th of October, Leonard Kleinrock connected the UCLA computer to Stanford Research Institute.Forty years back, on the 29th of October, Leonard Kleinrock connected the UCLA computer ...

8. Sony, Philips get wrists slapped very lightly over storage monopoly

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Sony, Philips and a third firm, Taiyo Yuden, have received a not very severe ticking off for behaving monopolistically in the recordable media market.Sony, Philips and a third firm, Taiyo Yuden, have received ...

9. Graphics market shows signs of recovery

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   There are clear signs of recovery in the graphics chip market although there remains some time before sales return to the pre-credit crunch days.There are clear signs of recovery in the graphics chip market ...

10. Intel: Windows 7 offers "improved" performance and stability

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    An Intel spokesperson recently told TG Daily that Microsoft Windows 7 offers "improved performance and stability" compared to Vista and the veteran, yet aging XP operating system.An Intel spokesperson ...

11. 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 ...

12. Ubuntu bug subjects TG Daily hack to wrath of fanbois

    (Software/Software Features)

    Dear, oh dear. Nothing quite as bitter as a Linux fanboy scorned, is there? Dear, oh dear. Nothing quite as bitter as a Linux fanboy scorned, is there? When we wrote yesterday about trying - and failing ...

13. Ubuntu is still rubbish

    (Software/Software Features)

    Review: Every few years or so, I come over all magnanimous and take the view that I really should try Linux again. After all, I am old and befuddled and it probably isn't as bad as I remember it being ...

14. Universal phone chargers won't save the planet

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    The UN's International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has rubber stamped the spec for a new mobile phone charger that will work with any handset. The UN's International Telecommunication Union (ITU) ...

15. Night falls on Saturn's rings

    (Space/Space Features)

    ... which happens only once every 15 years. As Saturn's rings orbit the planet, a section is typically in the planet's shadow, experiencing a brief night lasting from six to 14 hours. However, during Saturn's ...

16. Nanotubes could cause lung cancer

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    ... The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences and the National Institute of Environmental Health found that inhaled nanotubes were able to reach the pleura, which is the tissue that lines the outside of the ...

17. Tilera challenges X86 architecture with 100 core-processor

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tilera has launched an advanced line of TILE-Gx processors that reportedly offer "ten times better" compute efficiency than Intel's next-generation Westmere chip. The processors - fabricated in TSMC's ...

18. NASA launches space exploration app for the iPhone

    (Space/Space Features)

    NASA has launched a free iPhone application that allows users to easily access videos, images and news updates published by the space agency.  NASA has launched a free iPhone application that ...

19. Geeks Are Losers

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Opinion: Whether it's a book fantasizing about a world in which Google executives run the United States or another tome that suggests geeks are on the road to controlling the globe, there's a hopeful ...

20. Booksellers accuse Amazon of illegal price war

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    The American Booksellers Association has accused Amazon, Wal-Mart and Target of illegal predatory pricing, and has asked the Department of Justice to investigate. The American Booksellers Association ...

21. 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 ...

22. AMD joins Windows 7 launch party

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    AMD has congratulated Microsoft on the official launch of its long-awaited Windows 7 operating system. According to AMD spokesperson Margaret Lewis, the two industry heavyweights "closely collaborated" ...

23. Americans tweet like a flock of canaries

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    One in five online Americans feels the need to tell the world what they're up to, according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project. One in five online Americans feels the need to tell the world ...

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

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

      If an ordinary SUV isn't enough of a status symbol, you might want to take a look at the Dartz Prombron Monaco Red Diamond Edition. If an ordinary SUV isn't enough of a status symbol, you might ...

25. Windows 7 launches in London hospital

    (Software/Software Features)

    Microsoft launched the very latest version of its operating system - Windows 7 today. The most interesting thing is that people will have to perform a 'clean' installation in order to upgrade from ...

26. Amazon: Windows 7 is 'the biggest pre-order product of all time'

    (Software/Software Features)

    Windows 7 has beaten boy wizard Harry Potter to become the biggest pre-order product of all time in the UK, says Amazon. Windows 7 has beaten boy wizard Harry Potter to become the biggest pre-order ...

27. Nvidia RealityServer moves 3D rendering to the Cloud

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... 3D web apps with "remarkable" levels of photorealism. "This is one giant leap closer to the goal of real-time photorealistic visual computing for the masses," said Vivoli. "[Nvidia subsidiary] Mental ...

28. Video game industry halts downward spiral

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    The US video game industry has managed to temporarily halt a six-month downward spiral. According to the NPD Group, sales of software and consoles rose one percent year-over-year to $1.28 billion in September. ...

29. 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 ...

30. Researchers find 32 more planets - some like Earth

    (Space/Space Features)

    Researchers at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) said today that they'e discovered 32 more planets - or exoplanets as they're called.Researchers at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) said ...

31. Salt crystals promise improved data storage

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Humble salt crystals could hold the key to improved data storage, but have until now been very hard to to create with enough accuracy. Humble salt crystals could hold the key to improved data storage, ...

32. Managers admit they can't handle server utilization

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    As many as 4.7 million servers around the world are doing nothing useful at all, with the vast majority of server managers admitting they don't really grasp server utilization. As many as 4.7 million ...

33. 'World's biggest crater' discovered

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    A massive basin off the coast of India could be the world's largest, multi-ringed crater - and the impact that caused it could have been the real cause of the mass dinosaur extinction 65 million years ...

34. Sony announces 250GB PS3 Slim for $350

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Sony has unveiled an updated version of the PS3 Slim. The $350 console features a 250GB hard drive and will be available on November 3. Sony has unveiled an updated version of the PS3 Slim. The $350 ...

35. Acer beats up Dell on shipments

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Gartner and IDC have both concluded that the worldwide PC market is returning to growth, faster than expected. Gartner and IDC have both concluded that the worldwide PC market is returning to growth, ...

36. Intel, ASML bring cheer to the chip market

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Unexpectedly good results for Intel's third quarter combined with ASML turning in a profit for its third quarter is bound to bring some hope that the semiconductor industry is on the turn.Unexpectedly ...

37. Adobe sneaks out mega security patch

    (Security/Security Features)

    ... vulnerabilities in 13 updates, including two zero-day flaws in its Server Message Block (SMB) protocol and FTP Service. Eight of the 13 patches repaired ‘critical’ errors in every version of Windows and ...

38. Polaroid products rise from the ashes

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    You'll have to excuse me while I drift off into a nostalgic reverie. But Polaroid products including 600 Color Instant Film and the One-Step Camera are to be resurrected under a distribution deal with ...

39. Windows 7 won't be successful until 2011

    (Software/Software Features)

    News Analysis Microsoft's future begins next week. That's when the company ships Windows 7, its latest operating system. If Microsoft stumbles with Windows 7 as it did with Vista, people will start ...

40. TG Daily Founder Launches Site for Single Parents

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Wolfgang Gruener, the founder of TG Daily, has a pretty good track record when it comes to building sites that are interesting, informative, and professional. Now, he is taking off on a new venture, one ...

41. WikiReader puts Wikipedia in your pocket

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    If you ever wanted to carry an entire encyclopedia with you, then this might be your opportunity. Openmoko has begun selling a wallet-sized portable device that includes the English-language content of ...

42. Windows 7 boots fast enough for normal people

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    ... iolo Technologies claiming that Windows 7 takes ages to load. Our response: who gives a rat’s ass, especially as it doesn't... A Los Angeles maker of software aimed at making PCs boot faster is in the ...

43. Radio waves used to see through walls

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    ... moving behind solid walls using a network of radio transmitters. The system could be useful for police, firefighters and rescue workers, they say. The method uses radio tomographic imaging (RTI), which ...

44. Passwords: Methods for a Modern Bane

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    My first password was to an IBM System 38 MRP application in 1978. It was four characters long. I chose my first name. I could have picked my last name, I suppose, but the system administrator had already ...

45. Free Software Foundation goes mad

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Opinion: Most folks kinda like supporting the little guy up against The Man. But when the little guy sticks his shorts over his head, puts pencils up his nose and starts saying ‘wibble’, most normal ...

46. DivX CEO: We've still a lot of streaming to do

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    The CEO of DivX - Kevin Hell - said that there are still big opportunities for his company despite the move to internet streaming.The CEO of DivX - Kevin Hell - said that there are still big opportunities ...

47. Nanoradio takes on the giants: Forget Bluetooth!

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    One of the guys who invented Bluetooth spoke here at the Etre conference in Paris and claimed chips his company designed are ousting the top players in the industry.One of the guys who invented Bluetooth ...

48. WiMAX has failed, industry guru claims

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Hermann Hauser, the man who span off ARM from Acorn and later CSR, said at a roundtable today here in Paris that WiMAX has failed.Hermann Hauser, the man who span off ARM from Acorn and later CSR, said ...

49. Football fans get fanboi game

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    You might feel that soccer fans already get enough of a chance to present their opinions on the game, but a new service is designed to make it even easier. You might feel that soccer fans already get ...

50. Meet Microsoft, the underdog

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Jean Philippe Courtois, president of Microsoft Europe, described the company as an underdog in Paris today. Jean Philippe Courtois, president of Microsoft Europe, described the company as an underdog ...