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1. Nvidia taunts Intel with cartoon parody site

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Quick. Draw! Graphics firm Nvidia appears to have decided to develop a sense of humor and mock the mighty Intel with a web site it appears to sponsor called intelsinsides. If it is an Nvidia site, that ...

2. Smartphone users make lousy partners

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   iPhone users are the worst A survey of iPhone and BlackBerry users has concluded that they're a pretty insensitive bunch. Carried out by shopping website Retrevo, the (statistically rather dubious) survey ...

3. Lee Harvey Oswald photo wasn't faked

   (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

   ... in the underlying image pixels, improbable lighting and shadow, physically impossible perspective distortion, and other artifacts introduced by photo manipulators. The play of light and shadow was fundamental ...

4. Gartner beats up software company in court

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... Gartner because it had placed it in a sector of its "quadrant" model and described it as a niche player. Gartner produces an annual so-called "Magic Quadrant" report - that puts software companies into ...

5. Twitter turns UI thinking on its head

   (Software/Software Features)

   ... when you reach the end it automatically reaches further into the past and updates your feed with older tweets. But Tweetie can be a little slow and drops some avatars. Twirl is more responsive and handles ...

6. Gamers ditch Xbox 360 for PS3 sequels

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   ... installment," wrote Gamasutra's Leigh Alexander. 

 However, Matt Peckham of PC World questioned if the survey statistics constituted a true Xbox 360 "defection." "Is that 7 to 15 percent gap 'statistically ...

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

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... the sexual abuse and exploitation of children, links to child pornography and paedophiles. Websites carrying AFF ad banners act as so-called affiliate marketers routing traffic to AFF. They are paid ...

8. Smartphone market: Android and iPhone continue to grow

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   ... Stofega research manager in the mobile devices technology team. “The release of new Android devices has picked up dramatically over the past several months and the release of version 2.0 demonstrates ...

9. Notebook benchmarks fail to convey performance, price

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   ... different machines perform. And he said that while technically literate and sophisticated users can easily understand the traditional benchmarks, no magazine caters for mainstream consumers. That led ...

10. Wii fails to deliver

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Infinity Ward has claimed that the Nintendo Wii is incapable of delivering the "cinematic experience" required for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Infinity Ward has claimed that the Nintendo Wii is incapable ...

11. Parallels takes on VMware

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... 3 supports Aero, Flip 3D, OpenGL 2.1 and DirectX Shader Model 3 for 3D gaming. Finally, Fusion 3 is fully optimized for Snow Leopard with a 64-bit core engine that was specifically designed to function ...

12. Carly Fiorina to run for Senate

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... than enough to buy her the Republican candidature. Her time at the PC maker was notable for a spending spree on executive jets, drastically reducing employees' cubicle sizes and banning the use of pot ...

13. IBM censured after massive server screw up

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... voters properly. According to the Statesman, the secretary of state got a "wake-up call" when a server crash led to a 13-day outage of the agency's business records filing system which exposed 'serious ...

14. iPhone jailbreakers held hostage

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... them that if they did not pay then thousands of others can send text messages from your number or use it to call or record their calls.  Later he changed his mind, returned the cash and published details ...

15. Apple's small-minded strategy

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    ... from other sources, such as Amazon or (maybe?) Google. And they will gladly chuck their iPhones for the next cool thingamajig. So, why is Apple, full of many smart people, being so strategically small ...

16. Distant galaxy cluster sheds light on 'cosmic skeleton'

    (Space/Space Features)

    ... accepted cosmological theories predict that matter also clumps on a larger scale in the so-called 'cosmic web', in which galaxies, embedded in filaments stretching between voids, create a gigantic wispy ...

17. Microsoft overhauls MSN home page

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... from its current ten percent or so. It also includes Twitter and Facebook feeds, so that users don't need to leave the page to update status or post a tweet.. There's a new section called MSN Local Edition, ...

18. AMD: The netbook category is all a bit of a blur

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... of the market and is basically used for web browsing and emails. “Let’s get ready because it [the sector] is getting blurred,” said Leslie Sobon, worldwide VP product manager at AMD. “People shouldn’t ...

19. Sony Ericsson Android lumbers into view

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Sony Ericsson has debuted the Xperia X10 Android phone. Sony Ericsson has debuted the Xperia X10 Android phone. The device, previously codenamed "Rachel," is capable of automatically recognizing connections ...

20. UK court rules that global warming is a religious belief, not science

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    ... equality laws. His employers appealed against the ruling on the grounds that his views on climate change were politically-motivated. But now a court has refused the appeal and ruled that Nicholson's beliefs ...

21. AMD calls for more realistic notebook benchmarks

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Lone Star Briefings Chip firm AMD said here in Austin today that the current model of benchmarks for notebooks, on both speed and battery performance are fatally flawed. Chip firm AMD said here in Austin ...

22. Start-up sues over Nook

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... Barnes & Noble and had been discussing its e-reader plans with the bookseller since early this year. Spring Design had been developing an ebook reader called the Alex.  It had many meetings, emails and ...

23. Google Earth invents a town

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... one of its own in. According to the Telegraph, people have been wondering what Google was on about when it identified a place called Argleton in Lancashire.  It appears on Google Maps and online directories ...

24. Karmic Koala displays bad karma

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... for the rest of us? Early adopters are the most technically-proficient, enthusiastic users around. If they hit a problem, they keep working at it until a solution is found - even if it takes all night ...

25. Why Apple should license Windows 7

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Let's start out by saying that hell would likely freeze over before this happened... Let's start out by saying that hell would likely freeze over before this happened but then I can recall just a few years ...

26. ATI HD 5900 spotted in the wild

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... HD 5870X2 will now likely be called the HD 5970 and the HD 5850X2 will probably be called the HD 5950. These cards will be much like their older brothers, the HD 4870-X2 and the HD 3870-X2, featuring two ...

27. The NSA's Latest Listening Post

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... by the so-called liberal Obama Administration.  ...

28. US government opens $9m cyber security center

    (Security/Security Features)

    ... the fight against computer crime. He called for the creation of a central hub for federal agencies and private companies to share information on cyber threats. It would be headed by a presidential ...

29. Unidentified bug causes massive CPU spike on 27-inch iMacs

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... Hulu runs unbelievably slow," a user named Subcide wrote on the Apple forum. "Looking at activity monitor, Flash is hitting about 100-110 percent of my CPU. It basically makes the browser unresponsive ...

30. Strike!

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... And the only way for a union to flex its muscles is to strike. Globalization has tipped the scales dramatically against labor. Companies pack up and move operations (product and service quality be damned) ...

31. 1010 reasons why digital is better than analog

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    ... clock. Computers (see picture above) can sometimes, rather helpfully, switch themselves off. 7. Electronically generated music is much better than that soppy analog stuff knocked out by Beethoven, Mozart ...

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

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Sony, Philips and a third firm, Taiyo Yuden, have received a not very severe ticking off for behaving monopolistically in the recordable media market.Sony, Philips and a third firm, Taiyo Yuden, have received ...

33. Researchers produce viable human germ cells

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    ... and BOULE, by contrast, acted later in the germ cells' maturation, nudging the cells into a phase called meiosis, during which cells reduce their number of chromosomes by half. The researchers even ...

34. Intel, Numonyx trumpet phase change memory breakthrough

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... a vertically integrated memory cell - called PCMS (phase change memory and switch). PCMS is comprised of one PCM element layered with a newly used Ovonic Threshold Switch (OTS) in a true cross point array. ...

35. Sony Vaio AC adapters recalled in shock scare

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Sony has issued a safety recall for AC adapters for its Vaio desktops and docking stations. Around 69,000 of the faulty units are believed to be in use. Sony has issued a safety recall for AC adapters ...

36. Intel: Windows 7 offers "improved" performance and stability

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... coalescing and core parking. The former improves efficiency by automatically extending idle periods and the latter loads tasks onto a specific core, allowing the others to idle when possible." He noted ...

37. Control your enthusiasm

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... it’s not. Credit spending seems like it’s still under control, and the consumer has changed (even if only temporarily.) “Buying up” is not the main call of the day although we think it will be factor in ...

38. RightNow's pre-emptive strike

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    ... in the next couple of weeks, MySpace users will be able to get new passwords via SMS. David Vap, RightNow's chief solutions officer, calls RightNow CX "a pre-emptive strike" in the online CRM battleground. ...

39. Shortage of chips threatens LED supplies

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ...  The situation has partly been caused by a rush to create LED backlit applications for both notebooks and TVs. The penetration of LED backlighting in botebooks has increased dramatically and LEDinside ...

40. VMWare tempts Mac users with "ultimate" Windows 7 experience

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... VMWare, Fusion 3 is fully optimized for Snow Leopard with a 64-bit core engine that was specifically designed to function alongside Windows 7's 64-bit kernel. Fusion 3 also supports Windows Aero, Flip ...

41. My 10 favorite Windows apps

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... and Chicago. 2. Skype. The TG Daily team all conference on Skype. I also use it to call people because I have Skype Out, It's just so much cheaper than using my BlackBerry, a landline at home, or worse, ...

42. Google intros Android 2.0 Eclair SDK for Droid smartphones

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... Quick Contact feature provides instant access to information and communication modes. "For example, a user can tap a contact photo and select to call, SMS, or email the person," noted Ducrohet. "Other ...

43. Is Windows 7 too good for Apple to FUD?

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    ... often make mistakes in your own favor. People dislike buying from firms they don’t trust and, over time, buyers’ trust in Sun decreased dramatically. Finally, as a market leader, you are often in a ...

44. Google updates Search and Voice

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... written by people in your social circle, it will automatically show up at the bottom of your search results under a section called 'Results from people in your social circle'," says the company. A user's ...

45. TG Daily: A readers' Guide

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Opinion)

    ... supportive of Microsoft. Unlike vast tracts of what passes for the IT Media these days, we don't automatically replace the S in MS with a dollar sign in a way that wasn't even funny 20 years ago when "What ...

46. Leaving the iPhone behind

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Opinion)

    ... call to make mid-way through the drive, which forced me to take the second route, Interstate 5, a mostly tedious freeway that stretches from the Mexican border in the south to the Canadian one up north. ...

47. Night falls on Saturn's rings

    (Space/Space Features)

    ... which happens only once every 15 years. As Saturn's rings orbit the planet, a section is typically in the planet's shadow, experiencing a brief night lasting from six to 14 hours. However, during Saturn's ...

48. Daylight Saving is a waste of time

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    ... do the actual plowing these days do it from the comfort of an air-conditioned cab and with the benefit of a new wonderment called electrical lighting. Indeed, most of the cereal harvesting done around ...

49. Raindrops keep falling on Mozilla's head

    (Software/Software Features)

    The Mozilla Foundation has issued a call to arms to its developers to create a "mini Web server" that will filter out the desperate tropical storm of messages that we're all deluged with these days. ...

50. Geeks Are Losers

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    ... strain among technology, business, and political writers that there's something special about the technically astute, the so-called digerati. Barack Obama bathes in some of that reflected glory because ...