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1. Symantec confirms Internet Explorer exploit

   (Security/Security Features)

   Sunday, 22 November 2009

   Targets CSS vulnerability A new exploit targeting Internet Explorer has been published on the BugTraq mailing list. According to Symantec, the exploit takes advantage of a critical cascading style sheet ...

2. Steve Jobs determines smoking is injurious to your Mac

   (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

   Sunday, 22 November 2009

   PC thinking hits PCs A report in the Consumerist said that Apple is refusing to honor warranties on machines in houses where people smoke. The report quotes two readers that were told their warranties ...

3. Nvidia accelerates GPU pixel processing

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Sunday, 22 November 2009

   Optimizes texture rendering Nvidia has patented a method of optimizing the GPU pixel processing pipeline. According to company spokesperson Hector Marinez, patent no. 7609272  "helps" the shader ...

4. Modern life is rubbish

   (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

   Sunday, 22 November 2009

   Everything's a bit shit Opinion: I've been working in IT for a good few years and like everyone else I have dealings with computers and related systems at home and in my everyday life. Over the course ...

5. Hackers steal confidential global warming data

   (Security/Security Features)

   Saturday, 21 November 2009

   1,079 emails and 3,800 documents A team of unidentified hackers has managed to steal "confidential" global warming data from the Hadley Climate Research Unit (CRU), at the University of East Anglia in ...

6. Steam bans Modern Warfare "grey market" keys

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Saturday, 21 November 2009

   ... consider the controversial keys as having been obtained from "illegitimate sellers." 

 "[This] is a half truth, at best. The keys in question are purchased legally in Asia and other territories, where ...

7. Weekly hardware roundup

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Saturday, 21 November 2009

   Phenom II overclocking and Fermi Tesla GPUs We covered a number of hardware-related topics this past week at TG Daily, including Lucid's Hydra SoC, shattering the Phenom II 7GHz barrier, the debut of ...

8. ATI reveals Radeon 5970 overlocking details

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Saturday, 21 November 2009

   Hybrid approach wins out ATI has revealed a critical engineering decision that led to the successful production of its Radeon HD 5970 graphics card. "When we were first designing the 5970, we came to ...

9. B&N's Nook is the victim of its own success

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   Friday, 20 November 2009

   Don't buy one for Christmas. You can't The Nook e-reader is now officially sold out for Christmas, according to the Barnes & Noble web site. There were warnings of a shortage of the device - which ...

10. Mutant Koobface worm attacks Skype accounts

    (Security/Security Features)

    Friday, 20 November 2009

    Probes Wikipedia, YouTube and Google SophosLabs has identified a mutated Koobface worm that is apparently capable of hacking into Skype accounts. According to researcher Numaan Huq, the new Koobface variant ...

11. Microsoft: No backdoor in Windows 7

    (Security/Security Features)

    Friday, 20 November 2009

    ... into Windows," a company spokesperson told Computerworld. Microsoft's official denial was prompted by the recent testimony of National Security Agency (NSA) official Richard Schaeffer, who confirmed ...

12. Nvidia auctions "ultimate" gaming system on eBay

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 20 November 2009

    2x GTX 295 SLI, Core i7 975 Extreme and 12GB DDR3 Nvidia is auctioning off a custom-built "ultimate" gaming system on eBay. 

Company spokesperson Brian Burke told TG Daily that the machine was "hand ...

13. Pinky Pogoplug USB thing is very perky

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 20 November 2009

    Plug and play The very pink new Pogoplug was announced today - you can pre-order it and it will ship the week before Christmas. The Pogoplug is a bit of a fashion accessory provided you're prepared to ...

14. We need Chrome

    (Software/Software Features)

    Friday, 20 November 2009

    Yeah we do, we do Have you seen the demo of the Chrome operating system? It's worth two minutes of your time to get a gander at what Google is cooking up in its labs. Although a big fan of Mac OS X (10.5.8), ...

15. Dell disappoints despite chip up-tick

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 20 November 2009

    Is its strategy right? Hardware giant Dell delivered its quarterly results showing a profit of $577 million on revenues of $12.9 billion - a drop in profit of 54 percent. But in the face of other major ...

16. Xbox modders unite in class action suit

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Friday, 20 November 2009

    Convenient timing, they say Somebody was bound to have a go: Texas-based law firm AbingtonIP is organising a class-action suit against Microsoft over the company's ban on modified Xboxes. "Although modification ...

17. 'Hobbits' really are a new human species

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Friday, 20 November 2009

    ... Stony Brook University Medical Center in New York concluded that the creature's tiny head and brain were not the result of microcephaly. In 2003, Australian and Indonesian scientists discovered small-bodied, ...

18. 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 ...

19. China has free reign over US computers

    (Security/Security Features)

    Friday, 20 November 2009

    Committee warns Congress Chinese spies have much better access to US government and defense industry computer networks,  according to a congressional advisory panel report. The US-China Economic ...

20. Modern Warfare scriptwriter defends airport "massacre" scene

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 19 November 2009

    "A risk we had to take" Veteran scriptwriter Jesse Stern has defended a controversial airport "massacre" scene in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. According to Stern, the Moscow airport level was a "risk" ...

21. Hacker restores Atom support for Snow Leopard netbooks

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 19 November 2009

    Who's got the crack? A Russian hacker known as "teateam" claims to have restored support for Atom-based Hackintoshes running Snow Leopard 10.6.2. 
Apple had previously disabled the processor in an effort ...

22. Tech Economy in the Hands of Nude Entrepreuners

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

    Thursday, 19 November 2009

    Privacy is dead as is shame, self awareness, and common sense.... OPINION: Some guy in England called Milo Yiannopoulos is the mastermind behind a charity calendar that exposes the bare flesh of 24 so-called ...

23. Sony takes on Apple's iTunes

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 19 November 2009

    Confirms plans to launch online app and music store Sony has confirmed plans to launch an online store that will sell music, movies, books and applications. 
The virtual marketplace will also allow users ...

24. Microsoft claims "fantastic" Windows 7 sales

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 19 November 2009

    But refuses to divulge any details or sales figures Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told an annual shareholder's meeting that sales of Windows 7 have met the company's expectations. Ballmer, who was quoted ...

25. Google rolls out Chrome OS source code

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 19 November 2009

    Eliminates all "unnecessary" processes Google has released the source code of its long-awaited Chrome OS. According to the Mountain View-based company, the alternative operating system is optimized for ...

26. Nvidia remains "committed" to gaming industry

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 19 November 2009

    HPC market is not its primary focus Nvidia has reiterated its strong commitment to the gaming industry. Company spokesperson Bryan Del Rizzo told TG Daily that rumors of Nvidia abandoning gaming for the ...

27. AOL will axe 2,500 jobs

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 19 November 2009

    Volunteer or you're for the chop A third of the workforce at AOL will lose their jobs before the company spins off from Time Warner. The process will work like this, according to a memo written by CEO ...

28. Rumor: Sony planning Firefox PS3 port

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 19 November 2009

    May replace integrated browser Playstation Insider has reported that Sony may be planning a port of Mozilla's Firefox for the Playstation 3 console. "We recently received a tip from a source very close ...

29. The world waits for Google's Chrome OS

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 19 November 2009

    Conference call today Google will hold a conference call today outlining its plans for the operating system. It has invited journalists to a webcast that starts at 10:00AM and goes on to 11:00PM Pacific. ...

30. Gaming hardware to hit $27 billion next year

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 19 November 2009

    Outlook is up, up up A report said that PC gaming hardware will increase by $1.2 billion this year to $21.26 billion, and the outlook is better for next year too. Jon Peddie Research (JPR) predicted ...

31. Energy-saving lightbulbs get dimmer over time

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    Thursday, 19 November 2009

    And they're pretty rubbish to start with Energy-saving light bulbs lose as much as 22 percent of their brightness over their lifetime, according to a report from the Institution of Engineering and Technology. ...

32. British police bust Zbot Trojan ring

    (Security/Security Features)

    Thursday, 19 November 2009

    ... Cluley, hackers designed the Zbot Trojan to harvest bank account and social networking passwords from unsuspecting victims.  "Once a hacker has your bank account information they can login and potentially ...

33. Microsoft accelerates JavaScript with IE9

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 18 November 2009

    Plays catch up with Firefox and Chrome Microsoft has confirmed that Internet Explorer 9 will offer significantly faster JavaScript performance compared to earlier iterations of the browser. According ...

34. TechCrunch crucified over Google phone rumor

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Wednesday, 18 November 2009

    ...  "It's no longer a myth, it's real," claimed Arrington. "The next 'super' Android device will almost certainly be a HTC phone that's much thinner than even the Droid or iPhone – The Dragon/Passion. This ...

35. Nvidia and Asus tout 3D Vision notebook

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 18 November 2009

    A stereoscopic experience at 120Hz Nvidia and Asus have announced plans to launch a high-definition 3D Vision notebook in December.  

 The G51J 3D - which is expected to feature an advanced 120Hz 3D ...

36. Call of Duty grosses half a billion dollars in five days

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 18 November 2009

    Shoot em up Activision Blizzard said that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has sold $550 million worth in five days. It didn't say how many units this represented and the figure is an internal estimate, ...

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

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Wednesday, 18 November 2009

    A cat can look at a queen Scientists at IBM said they'd made progress towards creating a computer system that will simulate and emulate the human brain for sensation, perception, action, interaction and ...

38. Microsoft Bing grows its market share a bit

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 18 November 2009

    Google does too The latest report from Comscore shows that Bing is edging its way upward in the search engine market in October. But it's not at Google's expense - it appears to be Yahoo that's suffering. ...

39. Thieves scrump thousands of Apple iPhones

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 18 November 2009

    It's an incider job Thieves have made off with 4,000 iPhones, worth over $3 million, in a daring heist in Belgium. They climbed a fire ladder to the roof of the warehouse, cut a hole in it, and dropped ...

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

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 18 November 2009

    Price no guarantee of quality A report from computer warranty firm Square Trade shows that Apple could only manage fourth place, behind Asus, Toshiba and Sony, in terms of laptop reliability. The research ...

41. Phuggers are like chuggers

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    Wednesday, 18 November 2009

    Punters badgered by phuggers Phugging hell - these are the words of thousands of victims of cold-calling up and down the UK, according to Veritape, the phone conversation tracking software provider.  ...

42. Six rules are laid down for Intel to obey

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 18 November 2009

    AMD files Settlement Agreement The terms of the agreement between AMD and Intel were published as an SEC 8K filing last night. Apart from the patent cross license agreement, lasting five years, licenses ...

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

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 18 November 2009

    Depends on How Smart YOU Are Sometimes I wonder about new companies.   Apple and Google both have this way of bewitching people so that, no matter what they come out with, folks drool and say that’s wonderful.  ...

44. AMD debuts ATI Radeon 5970 GPU

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 18 November 2009

    Unlocked and overclocked AMD has introduced its long-awaited ATI Radeon HD 5970 (Hemlock) GPU. According to company spokesperson Devon Nekechuk, the 5970 features advanced Overdrive technology that allows ...

45. Electronic Arts closes Pandemic Studios

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 17 November 2009

    ... were let go, including former CEO Andrew Goldman, Josh Resnick and Greg Borrud. "I want to make it clear that the Pandemic brand and franchises will live on," Nick Earl, EA Games Label Senior Vice ...

46. Nvidia showcases Fermi-based Tesla GPUs

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 17 November 2009

    2.5 TFlops of raw compute power Nvidia has debuted an advanced line of Fermi-based Tesla GPUs for the high performance computing (HPC) market. An Nvidia spokesperson told TG Daily that the Tesla 20 ...

47. Adobe upgrades Flash player with improved HD support

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 17 November 2009

    Uncompromised Web browsing Adobe has upgraded its popular Flash player with improved support for HD video playback. The latest beta version of the application reportedly facilitates "uncompromised" Web ...

48. Activision denies Russian ban of Modern Warfare 2

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 17 November 2009

    But admits self-censorship Activision has denied that the Russian government imposed a ban on sales of CoD: Modern Warfare 2. Previous reports had suggested that "every copy" of the console version ...

49. Otellini, Barrett others sued by shareholder over antitrust

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 17 November 2009

    Alleges fiduciary failures A case started in a Delaware district court alleging that senior executives at the Intel Corporation failed in their fiduciary duties to review policy on antitrust activities. ...

50. Apple discounts for Black Friday leak

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 17 November 2009

    Black Friday for Apple A story on Boy Genius Report indicates that Apple may cut as much as 25 percent off the price of iPods and 25 percent off the price of Macs. The site said it got tipped off and ...