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1. Microsoft finally gets anti-malware right

   (Software/Software Features)

   ... against rootkits, viruses and spyware and is independently certified by West Coast Labs, and requires no registration, trials or renewals and can be downloaded directly from Microsoft here. The software ...

2. Dell’s mobile nightmare: The dumbest move yet?

   (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

   ... fail to catch on. Dell’s Chinese mobile adventure lets it figure out what works and what doesn’t in a market that hasn’t formed the same depth of brand loyalty and identification that already defines consumer ...

3. TG Daily’s Dads and Grads Product Giveaway: Play along and win!

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... cleansing; purifying and exfoliating face cleanser helps slough away impurities and prepares skin for the perfect shave. Designed with energizing essential oils, exfoliating beads and gentle cleansing ...

4. Palm’s massive iTunes gamble: Are they nuts?

   (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

   ... decided to take the road more perilously travelled. Sure, it’s insane, but in many respects, Palm had no choice. They essentially have three core needs: Build content management credibility. Fast. Creating ...

5. WD offers two terabytes for $299

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   ... and video recording applications, such as DVRs, media servers, media centers and mainstream surveillance systems, often demand 24x7 operation from hard drives. Our drives meet the demanding requirements ...

6. The Gaming Renaissance Movement

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

   ... for current generation consoles have ballooned to $15-$25 million for two platform SKUs and $25-$30 million for all SKUs. That is twice as much as the last generation of consoles, with much of the cost ...

7. Conficker worm activated, TrendMicro says

   (Security/Security Features)

   The third Conficker/Downadup worm, which hit computers on April 1, was almost a disappointment given the excitement that had built up in the weeks before. Those expectations were followed by a lot of ...

8. Windows XP gets additional life support until 2010

   (Software/Software Features)

   Windows XP has already turned into a nightmare for Microsoft as the operating system competes with Windows Vista in many markets and today’s news makes us wonder whether the operating system may actually outlive ...

9. Analysis: Mobile games as Microsoft's new weapon against iPhone

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   A slew of new mobile OS features, services and initiatives unveiled today at the International CTIA WIRELESS 2009 conference running from April 1 to 3 are certainly encouraging steps in the right direction, ...

10. Apple's new firmware enables remote disk sharing on wireless base stations

    (Software/Software Features)

    With all the Mac desktop hardware refresh news, the significance of Apple's Time Capsule and AirPort Extreme wireless base station hardware refresh slipped under the radar amid Mac desktop refreshes ...

11. Amazon.com to give rights holders DRM for Kindle 2's text-to-speech

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    "Kindle 2's experimental text-to-speech feature is legal: no copy is made, no derivative work is created, and no performance is being given. Furthermore, we ourselves are a major participant in the professionally ...

12. The coming ARM vs. Intel PC battle

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... be stepping up to a fight with x86 and Intel. This should be an interesting environment to watch, partially because it has Microsoft implications as well.   ARM vs. x86 and MicrosoftIntel started this ...

13. Apple kills 20-inch Cinema Display

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... as some think, indication of a new 28-inch Cinema Display that would nicely complement previous rumors of the new top-of-the-line 28" iMac model, remains to be seen. All we know is that Apple told its ...

14. Analysis: Apple's $99 MobileMe vs. Microsoft's free My Phone

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

      Apple has a history of offering seamless data syncing across multiple devices with its .Mac service, which was with MobileMe last summer. Although MobileMe keeps your information in perfect sync across desktops ...

15. Giving Steve Jobs Up - Apple Do The Right Thing

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... salivating at every detail of your diet or bowel movements. Steve Jobs is rich, comfortable, has a legacy that is untouchable, and Apple will still be there next year and the year after that. There will ...

16. Top 10 people in technology

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... a difficult task, especially when we talk about companies whose performance relies on hundreds or thousands of employees. But there is no doubt that this industry has fascinating and inspiring personalities ...

17. Electronic Arts now under Steam

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Valve's Steam content distribution service has scored an important win with the addition of Electronic Arts to the list of participating publishers. The announcement is somewhat surprising given the ...

18. Microsoft quietly extends Windows XP lifecycle, again

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... four times since the release of Windows Vista, but the May 30 date now seems final. The new availability date means that Windows XP is now beating Windows 95 as the Microsoft operating system with the ...

19. Exclusive: First look at Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 RC1

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... Browsing mode have been added for administrative purposes. According to the IE8 developer blog, accessibility has been improved as well for those with limited vision or mobility. We will spend more time ...

20. AMD quietly launches first K10 dual-core CPUs

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... which is the foundation for its Phenom X4 and X3 CPUs as well. Sunnyvale (CA) – Two new CPUs showed up in AMD’s processor price lists this morning – the Athlon X2 7750 in the public version as well as ...

21. Mozilla reverse-engineers OS X to add multitouch gestures to Firefox 3.1 for Mac

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... providing the necessary APIs to developers. While some claim that the company is still figuring out how to deploy multitouch across OS X, others are concerned that Apple quietly enhanced its own applications ...

22. Scientists create transparent memory chip

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... far. The KAIST team has achieved something unique by apparently creating an entire chip that is transparent. The TRRAM chip is based on the relatively young RRAM technology, which is developed by companies ...

23. Update: Dell says no changes to Windows XP downgrade cost

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... us and provided additional information on the downgrade cost, guidelines as well as varying cost Dell charges to consumers who choose the XP option. The story behind the story: It’s complicated - the ...

24. First Look: Mozilla quietly posts Firefox 3.1 beta 2

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... candidate of Firefox 3.1 beta 2 on Mozilla’s servers and it has not taken long for the “final” beta to surface. Mozilla posted the software on its FTP servers this past weekend, but the installation file ...

25. Mozilla posts first Firefox 3.1 b2 release candidate build

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... is, according to TG Daily’s first tests, stable. Most importantly, the browser comes with the (activated) Tracemonkey JavaScript acceleration engine, which speeds up the browser page load performance ...

26. Fungus discovered that produces components of rocket and diesel fuels

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... director of the National Science Foundation's division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems, said "Dr. Strobel's research on a microbial route from biomass to hydrocarbon-based ...

27. Google updates Chrome to version 0.3

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... faded since then. According to Net Applications, Chrome currently has a market share of about 0.7%, down from more than 1% in early September. While it has made an overall positive impression on the media, ...

28. Apple patches MobileMe

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... account data transfer details, in addition to an improved storage allocation menu for family pack sub-accounts. The company also fixed a bug that prevented users from fully logging out when choosing the ...

29. Bill Gates' mysterious new company

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Just months after his Microsoft farewell, Bill Gates is quietly creating a new company -- complete with high-tech office space, a cryptic name and even its own trademark. Public documents describe the ...

30. Apple suggests Nvidia is dishonest about GPU failures

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... on Nvidia. There is lots of room for interpretation what Apple tries to say, but the sharp wording at least suggests that Nvidia had no idea which of its GPUs are affected by the packaging problems. On ...

31. Intel quietly launches dual-core Atom processors

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... Chipset, which integrates the manufacturer’s 950 graphics engine.   While the N330 should be substantially faster than the N230 especially in multimedia applications, the chip isn’t offered with ...

32. Google turns audio into Text with GAudi

    (Software/Software Features)

      Google quietly released its GAudi service, a new take on online information retrieval. It uses a remarkably accurate speech recognition engine to extract information from audio and video content ...

33. Firefox plug-in warns of compromised Internet connection

    (Security/Security Features)

    ... just do not access your bank account or other critical information over a Wi-Fi network you are not familiar with. But what if you have no choice? How do you know that you are connecting your computer ...

34. Comcast’s blazing fast Internet is half the speed of DSL

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... “economy tier” offering, provides 4 Mb/s download speeds and 384 Kb/s upload bandwidth. There was enough confusion about this offering on the side of the sales representative to convince us that we should ...

35. Sony and Amazon team up to deliver video everywhere

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... the open IP network outside the conventional satellite, cable or terrestrial distribution systems. This initiative is a clear but important glimpse into the future of home entertainment," said Sony CEO ...

36. Apple says sorry and gives away a month of MobileMe for free

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... want to apologize to our loyal customers and express our appreciation for their patience by giving all current subscribers an automatic 30-day extension to their MobileMe subscription free of charge. Your ...

37. Apple releases iTunes 7.7 and Apple TV 2.1, iPhone applications now available in iTunes Store

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

      Apple has released iTunes 7.7 ahead of the iPhone 3G launch tomorrow morning. Users who run the updated version of the software can access the App Store through a PC and browse about 500 third-party applications ...

38. Apple prices Macbook Air against Lenovo’s Thinkpad X300

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ...  The price drop of the Macbook Air puts the notebook squarely against Lenovo’s Thinkpad X300, whose price was recently dropped by about $650 and is offered in a comparable configuration for about $2630. ...

39. No new features in Mac OS X "Snow Leopard"?

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... 10.6 will not deliver major new features, but focus on code optimization instead. Really? Our bet is that Snow Leopard will integrate multi-touch as one of its key selling features, beating a similarly ...

40. Browser war gets uglier as Firefox is set to grab 20% share

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

      The most recent browser market share numbers released by Net Applications confirm further Firefox and Safari gains at the expense of Internet Explorer. According to the research firm, Mozilla ...

41. Geek Squad lawsuit opens up with employee confession

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ...  Geek Squad says it takes "reasonable precautions to protect against the loss, misuse and unauthorized access of your personal information." Geek Squad, which is the self-claimed largest computer support ...

42. Dell to support XP after Microsoft stops

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Microsoft is set to cut off sales of Windows XP after June 30, but Dell has announced that it plans to continue offering the long-standing operating system on its computers past the beginning of summer.  ...

43. VIDEO – Can security guards delete your photos? - UPDATE

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... certain others whose credentials have been carefully screened to confirm their bona fides for attending our Show. Third, not only do we post numerous signs stating our "no photography" rule but we also ...

44. Are 3D movie theaters finally becoming a reality?

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

      In depth - The good old movie theater is ready for a big step into the future. We haven’t seen dramatic innovations in years and even if high-definition is on its way and some believe that theaters ...

45. Iridium: It’s back, stronger and more convincing than ever

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... 11 and Iridium disappeared from our radar a few months before the dotcom bubble blew up. Since 2001, a new Iridium has been flourishing into what could be considered the most fascinating global communications ...

46. Toshiba's plan for life after HD DVD

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    In February, after a long, expensive battle with Blu-ray over the format for next-generation DVD players, Toshiba Chief Executive Atsutoshi Nishida pulled the plug on the company's HD DVD business. The ...

47. “A LAN party by gamers, for gamers” – PDXLAN 11

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... four days, more than five hundred avid gamers descended upon Portland Oregon to virtually kill each other and win thousands of dollars in prizes in wacky contests – like vegemite eating, chair holding ...

48. “Green” glider propelled by heat energy in Ocean water

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... a transportation device with a virtually unlimited energy resource. It’s not science-fiction, but research units are already in operation today. Woods Hole (MA) – Imagine a watercraft that ...

49. Rob Enderle: 2008's Apple, Dell, Google, HP, Lenovo, Sony, Microsoft and Linux

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    With a crystal ball, some tea leaves, and a significant amount of research and communication with experts in the various industries, analyst Rob Enderle gives us a glimpse of what we can expect in 2008. ...

50. Is the NSA taking over SSL hosting services quietly?

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    ...  Claims The author claims Hushmail is now owned by a private NSA affiliate.  Safe-mail.net, which is based in Israel and was "lauded by NSA and US military several years ago for its sound implementation ...