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1. Activision denies Russian ban of Modern Warfare 2

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Tuesday, 17 November 2009

   ... was recalled due to a controversial scene in which the protagonist participates in a deadly Moscow airport terrorist attack. "Reports that Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has been banned in Russia are ...

2. Hacker admits world's biggest identity theft

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Monday, 14 September 2009

   ... than $1.65 million. Sentencing is set for December 8th. His attorney says he feels "really bad".    ...

3. Here comes the quarter-of-a-million dollar man

   (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

   Sunday, 13 September 2009

   ... by Californian company Second Sight. Images are captured by a camera attached to a pair of sunglasses and transmitted to an electrode array which is attached to a patient's retina. Signals then travel ...

4. UK police admit CCTV cameras are useless

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Monday, 24 August 2009

   ... or for that matter that it stops terrorists - many terrorists are only too glad to advertise their evil deeds."  ...

5. China admits defeat in Green Dam row

   (Software/Software Features)

   Tuesday, 30 June 2009

   ... actually a thinly-veiled attempt to block foreign sites post off-message news stories. The US government earlier said that Green Dam violated China's obligations under World Trade Organization treaties. ...

6. UK admits to cyber attack capability

   (Software/Software Features)

   Thursday, 25 June 2009

   Outspoken UK security minister Lord West says that the UK has the ability to launch cyber attacks against foreign governments. Cheltenham, England - Outspoken UK security minister Lord West says that ...

7. UK Government minister says iPhone is a security risk

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   Thursday, 25 June 2009

   ... iPhone or Blackberry due to security concerns. Speaking at a press conference yesterday to announce the set-up of the UK's Cyber Security Operations Centre, Lord West said that he fears attack from muggers ...

8. AMD posts controversial virtualization value math

   (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

   Thursday, 07 May 2009

   ... go after, but we haven’t seen much of that yet. Instead, there is a new post discussing the dollar value of virtualization performance delivered, in a way that is easy for Intel to attack and for server customers ...

9. How to use technology wrong

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

   Wednesday, 18 March 2009

   ... user theconnor -- whose profile has since been set to private -- Tweeted the following: "Cisco just offered me a job! Now I have to weigh the utility of a fatty paycheck against the daily commute to San ...

10. BlackBerry's heat problem, not batteries but cause still unknown - Japan sales halted

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Friday, 27 February 2009

    The Canada-based Research In Motion company announced today that it has ruled out faulty batteries as a possible cause of keyboards heating up during recharging of BlackBerry Bolds sold in Japan last ...

11. Credit Card Processor admits potentially huge data theft

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 21 January 2009

      Heartland Payment Services, a New Jersey based firm, was cyber-attacked late last year, and the attack could have actually compromised around 100 million credit card and debit card accounts. Princeton ...

12. Teen sends 14,528 text messages, dad gets 440 page bill

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 13 January 2009

    ... per month. Hardesty admits that he texts around 900 messages per month (30 per day), which is about 700 more than his age group. As a result of this last month's activity, and in an attempt to curtail ...

13. Update: India's Satyam chairman quits amidst "profit fixing" scandal

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 07 January 2009

    ... was scuppered," said Raju in his letter to the board. Raju continued, "Every attempt made to eliminate the gap failed. It was like riding a tiger, not knowing how to get off without being eaten." Ironically, ...

14. AMD unleashes 45 nm Opteron processor

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 12 November 2008

    ... and provide about 10% more speed in quad-socket versions.    All initial Shanghai processors are released as 75 watt “average power consumption” processors, which translates to 95 watt TDP CPUs. ...

15. Fresno’s hybrid garbage truck saves gas, but still smells

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Wednesday, 15 October 2008

    ... front of the truck at the sidewalk.” Heidi can do 60 miles per hour on the freeway running on battery power.  According to Bombardly, the truck is “great” to drive and is surprisingly smooth.  ...

16. 5 reasons why Apple should build its own iPhone SoC (and 5 why it won't last)

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Friday, 19 September 2008

    ... attitude. Opinion – News that Apple in fact will build its own iPhone processor sparked lots of controversy this week. Even within our own staff, we got caught up in heated discussions that did not exactly ...

17. Blu-ray Disc Association says it’s too early to lower prices

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Tuesday, 16 September 2008

    ... of the Blu-ray Disc Association.  Parsons, who is also the senior VP of Advanced Product Development at Pioneer Electronics, told attendees at the DisplaySearch/NPD HDTV conference in Los Angeles ...

18. Why the SSD will kill the HDD

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Thursday, 11 September 2008

      Opinion – The days of the hard drive are numbered. I recently chatted with Samsung on their opinion of the state solid state disk drive (SSD) market and while Samsung seems to be very careful ...

19. Is Chrome an indication of what to expect from Android?

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Monday, 08 September 2008

    ... may be subject to DOD attacks, may not handle memory as cleanly as initially thought, and may not render all pages correctly. This is not to say that Chrome is a bad product. But it does indicate that ...

20. Toshiba’s new Blu-ray beater is a … DVD player

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Monday, 18 August 2008

    ...   Just don’t bet on XDE having any impact on the HD battle. DVDs are generally expected to remain the dominant video format until 2012, which would give such a player several years of life, but high-definition ...

21. Microsoft’s Project Mojave: Changing the perceptions of Windows Vista

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Tuesday, 29 July 2008

    ... not important to the buyers even though phone battery life, radio performance, and service reliability (where the problems exist) would typically keep a phone from selling well. But a better example ...

22. Leaked memo offers a peek inside Steve Ballmer's head

    (Software/Software Features)

    Sunday, 27 July 2008

    ... in the memo that the attempted Yahoo acquisition was "a tactic, not a strategy," assuring his troops that they "will get there with or without Yahoo," although he admitted that "Yahoo would have helped ...

23. Shrinking the CPU platform: Intel goes after SoC opportunity

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 23 July 2008

    ... first serious attempt to get some traction in the smartphone market. Some readers may remember Intel’s XScale processors, an architecture that was sold to Marvell two years ago, which was used in some ...

24. Fake Steve Jobs hanging up the keyboard

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Thursday, 10 July 2008

    ... Lyons as the staunch defender of SCO in its patent battle against IBM.  He later aplogized and told readers that he was duped by SCO executives. By all accounts the blog was doing great until everyone ...

25. Second-gen Tesla packs more memory, bandwidth, processing horsepower

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 16 June 2008

    ... capability of 4 TFlops. Power consumption is up from 550 watts in the first generation to 700 watts The blade will be offered with either 2 PCIe interfaces ($7995) or one PCIe connect ($8295), both of ...

26. Public stature shielding Steve Jobs from SEC lawsuit?

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 03 June 2008

    ... trial, his stature could make the government think twice before initiating ugly legal battle against the American business icon, an article published by Reuters suggests. Chicago (IL) - As the SEC filed ...

27. Square Enix admits lots of faults as WiiWare pioneer

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Friday, 22 February 2008

    ... "We were not sure what the WiiWare audience would look like ... As a result, the game design suffered."  In fact, multiple battle systems were ultimately scrapped, nearly finalized art was never used, ...

28. The lost laptop and the $54 million lawsuit

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 12 February 2008

    ... that this is a ridiculous amount. But she hoped that this amount would attract plenty of media attention, which it actually does. While she knows that she will not get those $54 million, the strategy appears ...

29. Counterfeit rate of Vista half that of XP

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 04 December 2007

    Pushing good news back into the Windows Vista scene, Microsoft claims that its next-generation operating system is more robust at preventing counterfeit attempts. Redmond (WA) - Pushing good news back ...

30. Battery firm: iPhone could melt your brain

    (Mobility/Mobility Brief)

    Friday, 09 November 2007

    Exradia has launched a range of replacement batteries for popular models of mobile phones which incorporate its special magic circuit to interfere with the bad RF coming from your handset, but iPhone users, ...

31. 450mm wafers being planned for 2012, except AMD urging industry to stay with 300mm

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Wednesday, 24 October 2007

    ... may be facing an up-hill battle with this decision however.  Grose admits it requires an industry-wide change in thinking and that's not something which comes easily.  This is especially ...

32. What if you were Steve Jobs?

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Thursday, 06 September 2007

    ... you normally wouldn't pay attention to into something you believe you can't live without. Often, Jobs has to walk on thin ice and take chances, like yesterday and today. How far do you think he ...

33. Best Buy lawyer admits to destroying evidence

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 11 June 2007

    ... Buy is also currently under legal scrutiny from the Attorney General of Connecticut, who filed a lawsuit against Best Buy for a bait and switch practice with its in-store website.  AG Richard Blumenthal ...

34. First vulnerability in Vista's Windows Mail discovered

    (Security/Security Features)

    Monday, 26 March 2007

    The successor to Outlook Express links seamlessly with its predecessor's dubious reputation in matters of security. Just a few months after its official release, the first significant security problem ...

35. Conquering the cellphone market won’t be a walk in the park for Apple – analyst opinion

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Thursday, 15 February 2007

    ... MP3 players and focused largely on iPod Nano-like flash players, Creative Labs, which had luggable hard drive-based players and some flash products, and Sony, which had attractive products that were crippled ...

36. AT&T admits theft of DSL customers' data, offers to pay for credit monitoring

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 30 August 2006

    ... Internet service. In an attempt to prevent people from posting their names, e-mail addresses, and SSNs in public places, Carnegie-Mellon University has developed what it calls an "identity angel." This ...

37. iSuppli's LCD sales data points to the final swan song for CRTs

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Wednesday, 07 June 2006

    ... good news even for LCD suppliers, as Dash said in a speech to attendees of the Society for Information Display conference on Monday. In fact, the downward price trend could actually be dangerous. "Each ...

38. Symantec: Microsoft misappropriated trade secrets to build virtualization tools

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 19 May 2006

    ... in an attempt to use Windows to flood the market with such tools and drive Veritas - and later Symantec - out of that market entirely. Cupertino (CA) - Symantec's director of legal affairs, Michael Shallop, ...

39. Microsoft tweaks Vista logo compliance language

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 18 May 2006

    ... say about the Vista logo program next week, during its annual WinHEC conference in Seattle. A version 1.0 draft of the Vista logo program document could possibly be ready by that time.  ...

40. Blockbuster holds off on high-def, in-store rentals

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Thursday, 13 April 2006

    ... to $28.1 billion in 2005. Of that latter amount, a full $26.8 billion (over 95%) was spent on DVD and VHS rentals. The remaining trifle was dedicated to pay-per-view and video-on-demand services (excluding ...

41. Microsoft and open source: no longer incompatible?

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 07 April 2006

    ... connectivity portions of Windows source code. Observers attributed Microsoft's move as an attempt to give off the appearance of being forthcoming, while at the same time revealing the least self-explanatory ...

42. Next-gen HDTVs may hide first-gen HD DVD limits, says Microsoft

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Friday, 24 March 2006

    ... display that can reproduce a 1080p image. Because the high-def signal is digital to begin with, he said, "you can in fact reconstruct completely the original frames, no matter how you communicate. So in ...

43. A cellphone now can be your movie ticket

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Friday, 20 January 2006

    ... and retrieve their ticket barcodes. MBO says that in case of a battery failure, ticket purchasers can retrieve their tickets from any phone. If that doesn't work, the company says you can simply walk up ...

44. UPDATE 21 NOV - Sony's DRM disaster: A chronology of events

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 17 November 2005

    ... November 4: XCP developer First 4 Internet says XCP "is not malware." TG Daily editor Fulton interviews Matthew Gilliat-Smith, chief executive officer of First 4 Internet to get his side of the story. ...

45. iHD less expensive than Blu-ray alternative, thanks to Vista, says HP

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Monday, 31 October 2005

    ... it would adopt HP's suggestions, and that about wraps things up for HD DVD. But the issues on the table here are not matters of, to borrow a phrase, apples and apples. Microsoft plays a key role in the ...

46. A "Stanley" for the road: DARPA Grand Challenge hints to the future of driving

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Thursday, 13 October 2005

    ... it does not get tired. "It does not matter if Stanley has driven for 10 hours straight, it will still perform the same in the next hour. This hardly can be said for a human driver," said Strohband. During ...

47. iPod subway map maker tells his story

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Thursday, 29 September 2005

    ... started providing free, downloadable maps that could be displayed on the LCD screens of the iPod players. The website, appropriately named www.ipodsubwaymaps.com, was an instant hit, but it also attracted ...

48. HP admits defeat on HP-UX clustering integration

    (Networking/Networking Brief)

    Friday, 03 December 2004

    ... two features from the Tru64 operating system (which it acquired via Compaq, which in turn acquired it from Digital Equipment) into HP-UX to improve the latter's scalability and reliability. Read the complete ...

49. Intel and Cisco at odds over high speed wireless future

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Thursday, 14 February 2002

    ... it will arrive earlier and attain a lion's share of the market. Both standards offer theoretical data transfer rates of up to 54Mbps, compared to the 11Mbps delivered by existing 802.11b kit. Martin Cook, ...

50. Enron - the DRAM angle

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Friday, 08 February 2002

    ... in inventory and logistics." Enron junked the programme because of its financial problems, and that, as Fechtor Detwiler says, should have been the end of the matter. Except... arrangements to enter ...