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1. Global warming scepticism rising faster than temperatures

   (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

   ... decades and, as a result, are viewing the problem as less serious. And to add fuel to global warming critics' arguments, an 'accounting error' in the way greenhouse gas emissions are calculated has ...

2. US Copyright Office attacks Google Books deal

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... head of the US Copyright Office told Congress that a proposed settlement between Google and publishers caused her serious concerns. Marybeth Peters made a written deposition before the House Judiciary ...

3. The Gaming Renaissance Movement

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

   ... However they get going, these talented individuals are making up a next wave of independent studios and are the future of renaissance gaming.   The talent is there. Companies like Oceanhouse Media, ...

4. Marvel to debut motion comics on the iPhone

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   ... And now, Apple will play host for publishing powerhouse Marvel Comics who will soon debut motion comics on iTunes. Chicago (IL) - Apple's iTunes Store is becoming the general purpose online platform for ...

5. CES 2009: Microsoft demos Internet-enabled coffee maker, plans more devices

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   ... to coffee makers and refrigerators— that will redefine the term 'household appliance.'" The fundamental inner-workings of a Fugo module will contain a bi-directional Internet connection built ...

6. Geode delivers location awareness to Firefox

   (Software/Software Features)

   ...  To test the accuracy of the product, I used Geode from my personal PC at my house and I have to admit that I was extremely impressed to discover that Loki was capable of locating me, within a few feet ...

7. Adobe Configurator 1.0: Creating a custom Photoshop CS4

   (Software/Software Features)

     First Look – Adobe will soon release an experimental software called Configurator, which will allow users to create their custom panels that house often accessed menu items and advanced features. ...

8. Five reasons why WiMax is not convincing just yet

   (Opinion/Opinion Features)

   ... no choice Simple: No competition for any technology is bad. Clearwire, Xohm and other stakeholders in the company (Comcast, Intel, Time Warner Cable, Google and Brighthouse) control the only WiMax network ...

9. Hello Kitty overload at Hot Import Nights

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   ... house, why not add a few touches to the car? And then it grew into the entire car being Hello Kitty. I entered my first car show as a joke thinking people would get a good laugh. By the end of the show, ...

10. Apple earnings preview

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... computer analyst Toni Sacconaghi thinks that US tax rebates created to stimulate the economy in 130 million US households could have contributed to increased sales of Mac notebooks and iPod shuffles in ...

11. Life auctioneer says most bids have been made by “idiots”

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... his house, vehicles and even his entertainment system.  Usher also promises to introduce the winner to his friends and to top it all off offer a two-week stint at the local rug store (something which ...

12. Intel denies withholding USB 3.0 specs

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... gratis, unpaid, zero dollars, free of charge, at no cost, on the house.” Santa Clara (CA) – Intel is trying to nip rumors of any feet dragging on a new USB 3.0 specification.  In a blog post by ...

13. BestBuy offers $100 coupon with $350 Blu-ray player

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Brief)

      Since you most likely will buy Blu-ray movies anyway when you are buying a Blu-ray player, we could consider this Blu-ray player almost a $250 Blu-ray player. We are talking about BestBuy’s house-brand ...

14. IdeaPad U100 – Lenovo’s best idea yet?

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... an external DVD burner. It’s not a multimedia powerhouse, but it should be enough for on-the-road applications. There is even a decent battery that should provide enough juice for an entire work day. ...

15. VIDEO - Electrons versus Gasoline, electric motorcycle races Honda CBR

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... commutes. The motorcycle will come with a two-hour charger that plugs into a regular household power outlet.  Kollin estimates the electricity cost to be around a penny per mile, but adds that most ...

16. HD DVD’s rise and fall: A timeline

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ...  Warner's 300 smashes high-def disc sales records TGD     19 Xbox to get an integrated HD DVD drive? Smart House    ...

17. Future of the Mark – Futuremark’s President talks to TG Daily

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... company, founded in Espoo, Finland, into a corporate powerhouse.  Oliver is located in Futuremark’s Silicon Valley office, in a lovely small city of Saratoga, CA. Oliver likes to spend his ...

18. Staples to begin selling Dell products in-store

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    ... Carphone Warehouse and Wal-Mart in the U.S., Canada, Brazil and Mexico. Read more on Dell's press release. ...

19. DARPA Urban Challenge: Axion Racing Interview

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... Using “bumblebee” stereo cameras, Spirit can detect objects better with less false positives that can come from lasers or radar.  The cameras are housed inside of an enclosure called the ...

20. Boogie brings down the house on Wii

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Game Review - The unique, addictive, and varied gameplay offered in Boogie easily makes it one of the most enjoyable Wii games to date. >> In Pictures: Boogie game preview  Game Review - ...

21. iPod and iPhone causing flash memory shortage – report

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... iPhone and iPod are fueling a worldwide shortage in flash memory chips according to a new report issued by DRAMeXchange.  The memory clearinghouse says Apple’s products are eating up approximately ...

22. NCSA: A look inside one of the world's most capable supercomputer facilities

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... enough. What does the NCSA look like? The NCSA campus is physically divided into two buildings. The first one I arrived at was completed in 2006 and now houses the bulk of the non-hardware support staff. ...

23. MIT’s robotic maid puts away the dishes

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... computers is trained to recognize human faces and unexpected motion.  It also understands basic commands to fetch and place household items.  Like a child, Domo will reach out with the left hand ...

24. Google releases Earth 4 final

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... time of surface data. If activated, "3D Warehouse" data increased the load time of data by up to a factor of five on our computers.  ...

25. World of Warcraft expansion pack beta test - Update 4 High-res gallery of Silvermoon

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

26. Comcast worker snoozes at customer's house

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    A Comcast worker was caught sleeping on the job, not once, but twice. The Maironi family in Garden City Michigan had a Comcast worker fix the cable system, but found the worker asleep after one hour. ...

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

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... Blu-ray, is the future ability for users to download videos from the studios' "Clearing Houses," and record their downloads to blue-laser media. This part of the model constitutes the olive branch that ...

28. Cellphone games: Small size, big money

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... Playstation 3 cost around $10 to $25 million to make. Console games are usually bought at a retail store like a Best Buy or Electronic Boutique. Typically housed in a flashy package that comes with a CD/DVD, ...

29. Playstation 3 delay could derail high definition agenda

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... in the household - its connection must be dedicated. All of this makes the PS3 a service which, for most households, will require professional installation...which would be an easier service for them to ...

30. Lala.com mixes music trading with myspace-like social networking

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... "circle of friends." Nguyen also told us in a conversation that he is donating 20% of generated revenue to artists. The Lala.com website serves mainly as a clearinghouse and arranges music CD trades between ...

31. Security expert says Mac users may have a false sense of security

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... booth at the upcoming Macworld in San Franscisco and a retail push, Raba wants MacScan to become a household name like Ad-Aware or Symantec. Raba told us that spyware makers have not hit the Macintosh ...

32. New hard DTV transition date inserted by US House into Deficit Reduction Act

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    This morning, the US House of Representatives narrowly passed a budget reconciliation act which squeezes in - incidentally - a new hard date for digital television transmission conversion: 17 February ...

33. A teardown of iRiver's H10 5 GByte MP3 player

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... for Apple's iPod mini and Samsung's YEPP YH-820MC. The PP5020 is a powerhouse when it comes to processing (160 MIPS), which comes in useful for encoding digital audio and decoding JPEG images and digital ...

34. Unasked questions about Xbox 360: Microsoft's game plan to seize the high ground

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    With Microsoft taking its next bold step in the evolution of its global gaming platform, the company reaches into our households and our lives with one more appealing value proposition. What's the real ...

35. IT forensic investigators peer into the minds of criminals

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... and scanning computers from both households and business buildings. Spruill told us that one to five systems are usually taken from the household, but business seizures are much larger and he once had ...

36. The wireless "last mile:" Could cellular networks and wireless LANs merge?

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... broadband Internet service. The Sprint Nextel deal enables Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Cox Communications, and Advance/Newhouse to offer their customers an unparalleled service bundling - what Sprint Nextel ...

37. US House committee approves alternate DTV transition bill with new deadline

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

      In its markup session today, the US House Energy and Commerce Committee approved an alternate bill for the transition of television broadcasting from analog to digital, setting the "hard date" at ...

38. Bill before Congress would create new cybersecurity secretary, while reforming FEMA

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... to disasters, a bill introduced in the US House of Representatives last week would effectively separate Internet infrastructure protection from civil infrastructure (sewer, utilities, public services) ...

39. Paramount's decision to back Blu-ray and HD DVD may avert format war

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... legal backup copies of licensed content to recordable discs or hard drives, for streaming elsewhere in their networked households. Disputing their claim, Peterson said the companies were taking advantage ...

40. Transmeta blades power landmark supercomputer breakthrough

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    ... own against x86 clusters of similar horsepower. Only it sits in a hot warehouse and doesn't require additional cooling. Feng reckons this adds up to only a third of the total cost of ownership of an equivalent ...