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1. Microsoft to ship Linux tools

   (Software/Software Features)

   Friday, 13 November 2009

   ... using the Eclipse IDE or operating on multiple operating systems, including Unix, Linux and Mac OS X, to build applications with Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server. A Microsoft spokesman ...

2. Apple's small-minded strategy

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

   Wednesday, 04 November 2009

   ... improvements, the latest update to iTunes (version 9.0.2) lets the handful of users running Apple TV 3.0 connect their iTunes library with their set top box. At the same time it breaks the automatic synchronization ...

3. Carla Bruni victim of own success

   (Networking/Networking Features)

   Monday, 05 October 2009

   ... dedicated to her musical career so she thought she needed one which focused on her as a First Lady. The new site was supposed to cover a foundation to help the underprivileged in France, her work as ambassador ...

4. Graphics market has worst ever year

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Thursday, 16 July 2009

   ... Intel, Nvidia and AMD-ATI will upset the status quo. Growth will come in 2010 because of Microsoft and Apple's new operating systems. And the graphics processing unit (GPU) will become a seriously ...

5. Optical transistor made from a single molecule

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Friday, 03 July 2009

   Engineers are one step closer to developing an optical computer, following the successful creation of an optical transistor from a single molecule. Zurich, Switzerland - Engineers are one step closer ...

6. Harvard astrophysicist: Sunspot activity correlates to global climate change

   (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

   Friday, 10 April 2009

   ... @ wbz.dayport.com -- remove spaces), he explains some possible scenarios which align with global temperature changes relating to sunspot activity, as the increased or decreased energy output from the sun ...

7. French House defeats three-strikes Internet piracy bill

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Thursday, 09 April 2009

   ... in pirated material more than twice. The bill was rejected today, however, though the national assembly promises a revamped version in the near future. Paris (France) - Last week, it was widely reported ...

8. French lawmakers address piracy, adopt three strike policy

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Thursday, 02 April 2009

   Earlier today, French lawmakers adopted a highly controversial section of an anti-piracy bill designed to shut off Internet access for content pirates. Called The Creation and Internet Law, it allows ...

9. RIAA asks ISPs to send copyright warnings in three-strike policy

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Friday, 27 March 2009

   The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has launched its plan to recruit Internet service providers in a quest to combat piracy. It's been confirmed that Comcast and Cox are cooperating with ...

10. Microsoft strikes back at Apple in new ad campaign

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 27 March 2009

    Microsoft is digging their heels into Apple's back in a new advertising campaign. The software giant takes the stance that Apple just can't continue to price gouge consumers in the much injured economy. ...

11. Scientists identify chemical process responsibile for vision

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Tuesday, 03 February 2009

    ... it and find out what goes "wrong at the molecular level in certain [vision] disorders." This freezing involved "isolating rhodopsin/transducin directly from bovine retinas" and exposing it to light to ...

12. Pirates watch out, ISPs agreeing to ban copyright violators

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 02 February 2009

      The music industry's hard work to prevent pirating seems to be moving forward. An Irish internet service provider has agreed to the so-called "three-strikes" policy which would ultimately ban users who ...

13. Windows 7 beta UAC completely vulnerable to malware

    (Security/Security Features)

    Friday, 30 January 2009

    ... in this way. Over the years, similar techniques were employed to bypass security in later operating systems. Such programs could repeatedly try various password combinations, for example, at very high ...

14. MIT shows amazing advancements in solar cell efficiency and cost

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Monday, 01 December 2008

    Computer simulations and real lab testing conducted by a team of physicists and engineers at MIT have revealed new ways to extract greater efficiency from existing solar cells. The findings show 50% increases ...

15. Dell goes Chinese and strikes gold

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Friday, 24 October 2008

    ... the huge success the company currently enjoys in China - at 30% growth Dell is the fastest growing large tech vendor in China. Join me for fascinating insight from the other side of the world and why ...

16. New solar cell material achieves almost 100% efficiency, could solve world-wide energy problems

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Monday, 20 October 2008

    ... as electricity over 7 million times longer than those generated in a fluorescent state. This combination of materials also utilizes the entire visible spectrum of light energy, translating into a theoretical ...

17. Dear Apple, Jesus would be mortified!

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Monday, 21 July 2008

    Opinion - Some people have dubbed the iPhone 3G the "Jesusphone," with no apparent fear of lightening strikes against Apple's latest incarnation of its mobile wonder, or the threat of excommunication. ...

18. The second coming of Vista: Microsoft strikes back

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Wednesday, 09 July 2008

      Analyst Opinion - Unless you have been living under a rock, you already know that Microsoft’s latest operating system has not been a big success. Apple takes great pleasure in Microsoft’s struggles ...

19. Yahoo breaks off talks with Microsoft, strikes deal with Google

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 13 June 2008

      Yahoo says it has completely broken off talks with Microsoft and that there will be no cooperation between the two companies.  The news sliced 10% off Yahoo’s stock yesterday as shares fell ...

20. Comparing Apple and Microsoft keynotes and Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Tuesday, 10 June 2008

    ... event where Steve Jobs is speaking is that it always appears to be perfect. Steve Jobs personally will not allow anything to be out of place and he will micro-manage most aspects of his own presentation. ...

21. VIDEO: Neurosky MindSet proves TG Daily editors are Jedis

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Friday, 22 February 2008

    At this year’s Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, Neurosky showed off their new MindSet headset which turns brain waves into game inputs.  By concentrating on objects and entering a ...

22. British may face Internet ban for illegal downloads

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 12 February 2008

    ... legislative changes to the country's code of law. The proposal suggests a "three strikes" system, where the first time a user would be warned via e-mail to stop downloading copyrighted content.  ...

23. Lightning strike blinds pilots, forces passenger jet to land

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Brief)

    Monday, 11 February 2008

    ... Airlines Flight 114 had just lifted off from Newark Liberty International Airport and was climbing through 10,000 feet when lightning slammed into the plane’s nose. The strike blinded the pilots for several ...

24. Windows 7 M1: Nothing to get excited about

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 05 February 2008

    Industry Inside - I have been lucky enough to get an early peek at Microsoft's next operating system, Windows 7. But if you were expecting dramatic visual changes and a departure from Vista, Milestone ...

25. European court strikes blow against music industry fishing

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Tuesday, 29 January 2008

    ... cases. The Luxembourg court said E.U. nations may decide on their own whether to require such disclosure, but advised them to seek a balance between disclosing personal information and protecting intellectual ...

26. Wrap-up: All stories and slideshows from CES 2008

    (Event Coverage/Event Coverage Features)

    Friday, 11 January 2008

    ... company Pulse Link.   Sony does not even say the words "Playstation 3" at CES press conference Sony talked a lot about its less highlighted divisions at today's ...

27. Big asteroid on collision course with Mars

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Brief)

    Friday, 21 December 2007

    ... on Spirit and Opportunity).  This would be the first time that humans have significant assets in place to observe a potentially devastating crash.  In 1908 in Siberia, Russia, a similar sized ...

28. Flaw in current DNA elasticity model found

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Friday, 14 September 2007

    DNA elasticity is a particularly interesting trait for scientist to observe. Could a recent discovery provide a new international standard for measuring pico-forces? Ann Arbor (MI) - Researchers at National ...

29. Venturer to launch HD DVD player for holiday season

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Wednesday, 29 August 2007

    ... HD standard. It does provide an Ethernet connection port, which is required for HD DVD certification and is used to unlock special Web-based features on next-gen titles. No release date has been set, ...

30. TG Daily Special: Virtualization Explored - Part 2

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 10 August 2007

    We continue with part 2 our 3-part series on virtualization. In this installment, we look at applications, benefits and challenges. We will discuss server farms, ISPs and businesses that have made virtualization ...

31. Nokia phones could warn of lightning strikes

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 24 May 2007

    ...  According to the patent application, the phone would use existing frequency receivers, like FM and GSM tuners, to detect abnormal waves caused by nearby lightning. The patent claims Nokia's technology ...

32. “Star Wars” crowned as the most influential visual effects film

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Friday, 11 May 2007

    ... that was considered most significant for its time and influencing visual effects that followed.    At least from a statistics perspective, the society considers the 1980s as the most significant ...

33. How the 'freeze-the-field' rule led to NASCAR's Mobile Technology Center

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Thursday, 10 August 2006

    ... that almost got a man killed in front of thousands of spectators, and how a sport came to accept the need for modernization. It's also about one really cool truck. See the NASCAR Mobile Technology Center ...

34. The long road to Conroe

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 27 July 2006

    We started hearing the word Conroe back in March 2004. We thought it was like "Blackcomb," the term Microsoft uses for the catch-all, "next-next generation" of Windows that will have all the features ...

35. Conroe aims to trump Athlon's processing performance

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 21 February 2006

    Intel's next-generation processor micro-architecture, which apparently will be named simply "NGMA," will be posting about 20% more performance per clock cycle than AMD Socket 939 Athlon processors.  ...

36. Providence confirms theft of backup tape containing records of 365,000 patients

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 27 January 2006

    Portland-based Providence Home Systems had a backup tape containing records of 365,000 patients stolen from an employee's car. In addition to patient names, the tape contained social security numbers, ...

37. Intel drops "Pentium" brand

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Saturday, 14 January 2006

    Intel has made a final decision to get rid of one of its oldest and most valuable brands, sources told TG Daily: "Pentium," unveiled in 1993 for its P5 processor generation, will begin to quietly disappear ...

38. Reader Opinion: CRTs aren't dead yet

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Tuesday, 29 November 2005

    ... years, so you search online to be unwittingly hit by pages dating back to 2002 or earlier, and visit retailer sites to find that the CRT monitor selections are either non-existent or limited, at best. ...

39. His and Her First Day Gaming with the 360

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 21 November 2005

    ... someone is my wife, who is a staunch PC gaming female. Even though my feelings on the 360 were somewhat negative, I think the gamer within was looking for an excuse to get one in the house permanently, ...

40. Pentium D, Athlon X2 systems to arrive this month

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Monday, 23 May 2005

    ... overall production of the chips represents a relatively small share of the total market, which approaches 200 million PCs this year. Analysts estimate that only five to 10 percent of all PCs sold this ...

41. Solaris strikes back at Linux

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Monday, 15 November 2004

      Taking a leaf from Linux's book, Sun Microsystems will later today make its newly developed Solaris 10 operating system available for free, charging customers only for support. Taking a leaf from ...

42. NEC strikes blow in supercomputer battle

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Thursday, 21 October 2004

      The battle for supercomputing supremacy took a new twist on Tuesday when Japanese manufacturer NEC launched a new generation of computational building blocks that could be laced together to form ...

43. Qualcomm strikes license deals for audio, video

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Tuesday, 23 March 2004

      Wireless technology company Qualcomm on Monday unveiled a deal with graphics chip designer ATI Technologies Inc. Wireless technology company Qualcomm on Monday unveiled a deal with graphics chip ...

44. NEC Research Institute Grows Opals On a Chip

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Friday, 16 November 2001

    ... Nature. This development from NEC Research Institute (NECI) and Princeton University is an example of the intersection of nature and technology that, I have to admit, seems more fascinating that making ...

45. MGE's Compact UPS

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Wednesday, 10 October 2001

    ... keep a network going when the power goes out. Many a poor soul has lost hours of work that way. Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPSs) can save your bacon in such situations and over the years they've evolved ...

46. I Love You virus still mutating

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Sunday, 22 October 2000

      The infamous "I Love You" virus, already having caused historic levels of damage, continues to spread among large corporate networks that have failed to update their virus protection. "Information ...

47. Melissa-like bug strikes WebTV

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Saturday, 18 March 2000

      WebTV has been hit by a self-replicating bug that is wreaking havoc with the company's message boards and newsgroups.Dubbed the "Flood Virus," the bug finds its way inside the e-mail system of WebTV ...

48. Via defies Intel, strikes chip set deal

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Thursday, 08 July 1999

      Via Technologies has signed a foundry agreement with National Semiconductor, under which Via will continue to manufacture its high-end chip sets for Pentium-based PC - despite Intel's efforts to ...

49. Creative strikes back

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Friday, 14 May 1999

      In a move that is raising eyebrows in the PC graphics industry, multimedia hardware maker Creative Technology Ltd. In a move that is raising eyebrows in the PC graphics industry, multimedia hardware ...

50. Bangladeshi to publish CIH cure

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Monday, 03 May 1999

    ... a program that can quickly revive computers crippled by the CIH, or "Chernobyl," virus. The CIH virus strikes on the 26th of each month, but a partcularly virulent strain occurs annually on April 26, commemorating ...