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1. Steve Jobs determines smoking is injurious to your Mac

   (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

   Sunday, 22 November 2009

   ... smoke will void Mac warranties. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that 43.4 million US adults smoked in 2007 - the most recent figures available. That's nearly 20 percent of all adults. ...

2. Weekly hardware roundup

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Saturday, 21 November 2009

   ... performance in a multi-GPU computing environment. Lucid spokesperson Kimberly Stowe told TG Daily that Hydra 200-based motherboards were expected to reach consumers by Q1 2010. AMD powered Jaguar wins ...

3. 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 ...

4. AOL will axe 2,500 jobs

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Thursday, 19 November 2009

   ... will forego his 2009 bonus, which the WSJ estimates was between $1.5 million and $4 million. The WSJ story is here (subscription needed).  ...

5. Gaming hardware to hit $27 billion next year

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Thursday, 19 November 2009

   ...  Year 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Total PC gaming hardware market  ...

6. Obama meets polar bears, the Riemann Hypothesis, and Enermax

   (Networking/Networking Features)

   Tuesday, 17 November 2009

   All Around the Web President Obama has had a pop at the Commies for repressing people via the Internet. That's according to the UK newspaper, the Grauniad. It's here. The Tech Report compares the Corsair ...

7. Michael Arrington resurrects enigmatic CrunchPad tablet

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   Monday, 16 November 2009

   Atom-powered device "steamrolls" along Michael Arrington has told the Gillmor Gang podcast that his enigmatic CrunchPad tablet is "steamrolling along" and remains on schedule. According to Arrington, ...

8. NASA finds water on dark side of the moon


   (Space/Space Features)

   Friday, 13 November 2009

   ... and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, indicates that the mission successfully uncovered water during the Oct. 9, 2009 impact into the Cabeus crater," NASA explained in an official statement. "The impact ...

9. Apple plans 50 new stores

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Friday, 13 November 2009

   ... the company's existing outlets. Apple opened its first store in 2001. The company now has 280 stores in ten countries, and they're very popular, with nearly 46 million visits during the last quarter. ...

10. CoD:MW2 Will Not End Recession

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 12 November 2009

    ... champ The Dark Knight made on its premiere day. I prefer to look at the two events in terms of eyeballs, though: According to Box Office Mojo, the average movie ticket price in 2008 was $7.18, which means ...

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

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 12 November 2009

    ... the AMD antitrust case had been massive and promised to become even more so as the trial approached. He said there had been 200 million documents and thousands of pages of expert evidence. He said: "We ...

12. Microsoft integrating Wolfram Alpha and Bing

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 12 November 2009

    Tanks on Google's lawn On its Bing Blog, Microsoft has revealed it is working to bolt together high-powered search engine Wolfram Alpha and its own Googlealike, Bing. According to MS program manager ...

13. TSMC scoops $200 million from SMIC

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 11 November 2009

    ... SMIC will make cash payments of $200 million - that's on top of $135 million already paid to TSMC in a previous court case. The two companies will also terminate a cross licensing agreement they had in ...

14. NASA displays the heart of our galaxy

    (Space/Space Features)

    Wednesday, 11 November 2009

    ... massive stars and by stellar explosions. a list of places exhibiting the images can be found here. http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2009/28  ...

15. Nintendo poised to "regain control" of console market

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 10 November 2009

    ... "surpass" Super Mario Bros in the short-term. "[Nevertheless], in the long-term, New Super Mario Bros will easily become the best selling title released in 2009 with expected lifetime sales exceeding ...

16. Motorola Droid snipes at iPhone's market share

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 10 November 2009

    ... to ship 1 million Android-based phones in the fourth quarter of 2009 and 10 million in 2010.  "I see the first few days as encouraging," McKechnie told Bloomberg. "There seems to be pretty good ...

17. Infinity Ward deploys Modern Warfare 2

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 09 November 2009

    ... 2009," Wedbush Morgan analyst Edward Woo told TG Daily. "If we assume that half of that figure is generated in the US - at least five million units at 60 dollars a game - that is 300 million dollars, which ...

18. Microprocessor sales aided by Atom smasher

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 09 November 2009

    All time record quarter A report from market research organization IDC said that unit shipments of microprocessors jumped by 23 percent in the third quarter, compared to Q2 2009. Notebook processors led ...

19. Nokia phone chargers could fall to bits

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Monday, 09 November 2009

    ... AC-3E and AC-3U models, manufactured between June 15, 2009 and August 9, 2009; and the AC-4U model, manufactured between April 13, 2009 and October 25, 2009. Nokia has set up a website where users can ...

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

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 05 November 2009

    ... debt and many commentators indicate that the IPO will help FFN raise much needed cash to service its debt commitments. 200,000 affiliates For the first six months of 2009, AFF had about one million paying ...

21. Smartphone market: Android and iPhone continue to grow

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 05 November 2009

    ... me – reached a record for shipments during the third quarter of 2003, with 43.3 million units shipped, up 4.2 percent from the 41.5 million units shipped in the same calendar quarter last year. “With ...

22. Chinese foundry violated Taiwanese secrets

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 05 November 2009

    SMIC smacked down by jury A jury in Oakland found yesterday that Chinese foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC) failed to abide by a 2005 agreement and breached a four year settlement ...

23. Apple brags as apps exceed 100,000 mark

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 04 November 2009

    ... rubbish. The Android Market - which launched in August 2008 - offers around 10,000 applications. 

Although Android's numbers are respectable, Apple's critical mass will undoubtedly allow the company ...

24. IBM censured after massive server screw up

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 04 November 2009

    The Texas secretary of state’s office has pulled electoral registration from an IBM facilities management deal following a server crash. The Texas secretary of state’s office has pulled electoral registration ...

25. Apple iPhone released in China at high price tag

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Friday, 30 October 2009

    ... The WSJ says that the average amount spent on a smartphone in China is $350, with 11 million smartphones sold in 2008. The iPhone in China ships without wi-fi because the Chinese government wants to push ...

26. Russia plans nuclear rocket for manned Mars mission

    (Space/Space Features)

    Friday, 30 October 2009

    Russia is planning to build a nuclear-powered spacecraft for a manned mission to Mars. Russia is planning to build a nuclear-powered spacecraft for a manned mission to Mars. According to news agency ...

27. Internet achieves middle age: life begins at 40

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Thursday, 29 October 2009

    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 ...

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

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 29 October 2009

    ... expiry dates and technological details.The FTC confirmed that the three companies behaved monopolistically in 2001, although legal wranglings meant the case was up in the air until the FTC made its ruling ...

29. Google simplifies GPS navigation for Android 2.0 smartphones

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Wednesday, 28 October 2009

    ... 2005, millions of people have relied on Google Maps for mobile to get directions on the go. However, there's always been one problem: once you're behind the wheel, a list of driving directions just isn't ...

30. Ex AMD CEO named in insider trading scandal

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 28 October 2009

    ... $25 million profit on deals made between 2006 and 2009 involving companies such as AMD, Google and Sun in return for monetary reward. Wire taps were put on the suspects after an anonymous tip-off. The ...

31. Nvidia: Windows 7 "dramatically improves" GPU performance

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 22 October 2009

    Nvidia has welcomed the official debut of Microsoft Windows 7. A company spokesperson explained that the new operating system will significantly accelerate system performance by using the DirectCompute ...

32. AT&T sues display manufacturers over alleged price fixing

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 21 October 2009

    AT&T has sued a number of liquid-crystal display manufacturers for allegedly fixing the price of mobile LCD screens in the US. AT&T has sued a number of liquid-crystal display manufacturers ...

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

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 19 October 2009

    ... late last week. The men are accused of using inside knowledge to help investors make an illegal $25 million profit on deals made between 2006 and 2009 involving companies such as AMD, Google and Sun ...

34. Video game industry halts downward spiral

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 19 October 2009

    ... "Madden NFL 10" for the Xbox 360 captured third place with a respectable 289,000 copies sold. See Also PS3 claims "top home console" slot as Wii sales decline Nintendo lowers Wii price point to $200 ...

35. Apple: Mac and iPhone sales shatter previous record

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 19 October 2009

    Apple has announced financial results for its fiscal 2009 fourth quarter. According to CFO Peter Oppenheimer, the company defied the economic recession by selling 3.05 million Macintosh computers, ...

36. AMD makes loss, but profits from it

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 15 October 2009

    ... sequentially by 18 percent, although compared to 2008, its revenues fell by 22 percent. Dirk Meyer, AMD's CEO, said: "Strong demand for our product and platform offerings combined with disciplined execution ...

37. Finland promises broadband for all

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Thursday, 15 October 2009

    ... a household as connected if there's an access point within a couple of miles, leaving around 200,000 people with a bit of a walk to check their emails.  ...

38. Acer beats up Dell on shipments

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 14 October 2009

    ... faster than expected. According to Gartner, worldwide PC shipments totaled 80.9 million units in the third quarter of 2009, up 0.5 percent from the third quarter of 2008. The results surprised the analyst ...

39. Intel, ASML bring cheer to the chip market

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 14 October 2009

    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 ...

40. Sun: Oracle is "committed" to SPARC architecture

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Sunday, 11 October 2009

    ... Source. Oracle Open World 2009 - Sun Microsystems Chairman Scott McNealy has confirmed that Oracle will continue to develop SPARC architecture. "SPARC has good momentum. There are 216,000 Sparc-based ...

41. Social Networking helps you dodge the law

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Thursday, 08 October 2009

    And we thought we were cynics. Honestly, we're like babes in the wood compared to this lot.And we thought we were cynics. Honestly, we're like babes in the wood compared to this lot.At a round table on ...

42. PS3 claims "top home console" slot as Wii sales decline

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 08 October 2009

    ... pricing." Divnich also predicted that video game sales for September 2009 will total $715 million, marking a 16 percent increase over 2008. "Software sales are expected to post a positive year-over-year ...

43. Nanoradio takes on the giants: Forget Bluetooth!

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Wednesday, 07 October 2009

    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 ...

44. WiMAX has failed, industry guru claims

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Wednesday, 07 October 2009

    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 ...

45. Startup goes head on against Kindle, Sony

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Wednesday, 07 October 2009

    The CEO of start up company txtr said his firm would release an e-reader before Christmas aimed at what he said is a burgeoning market ripe for exploitation. The CEO of start up company txtr said his ...

46. Cisco expands management from 10 to 2,500 people

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Wednesday, 07 October 2009

    Mohsen Moazami, VP of Cisco's internet business solutions group, told the Etre conference today that it has devolved its management from 10 top stars 10 years ago to 2,500 to 3,000 people now.Mohsen Moazami, ...

47. School start up seeks money for German market

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 07 October 2009

    ... first founded in Iceland in 2000, and has a 90 percent market share there. In 2007 it merged with a Swedish company and Einarsdotter said that the company is set to move into the German speaking markets.Mentor ...

48. Saturn gets another ring - and it’s a biggie

    (Space/Space Features)

    Tuesday, 06 October 2009

    ... cool dust. The telescope, launched in 2003, is currently 107 million kilometers (66 million miles) from Earth in orbit around the sun. Verbiscer and her colleagues used Spitzer's longer-wavelength infrared ...

49. Intel: Xeon 5500 servers are "cash machines"

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 06 October 2009

    ... Intel managed to save a significant amount of money by swapping the company's older servers for Nehalem-based units. "Although 2009 was a challenging year, Intel continued with its plan to replace older ...

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

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Monday, 05 October 2009

    ... ("We put the dot in dot-com.") suffered badly and never fully recovered. Compaq was so battered it fell into the arms of Hewlett-Packard in 2001 to save itself. Venture capital investment stalled. After ...