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1. Karmic Koala displays bad karma

   (Software/Software Features)

   ... serious problems upgrading to the new OS. A poll of more than a thousand users at ubuntuforums.org shows that while 12 percent report a 'flawless' upgrade, 21 percent say the upgrade worked but with a ...

2. Opinion: Ditching Windows has never felt so good

   (Opinion/Opinion Features)

   ... then proceeded to download a web browser and purchased a copy of DeScribe for word processing. Yet, all good things must come to an end. Indeed, I had somehow managed to overlook the fact that OS/2 ...

3. Brain is capable of ultra-precise time recognition

   (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

   ... about how time is represented in the activity of brain cells. The team trained two macaque monkeys to perform a simple eye-movement task. After receiving a 'go' signal, the monkeys were free to perform ...

4. Wolfram Alpha rolls out $50 iPhone app

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   ... at professionals and businessmen capable of justifying the expense. "So is the price of WolframAlpha for iPhone an example of absurd hubris on the part of its developers? I don’t think so. Don’t, however, ...

5. Apple takes on Microsoft's Zune with FM Radio iPhone app

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   ... "in the background" and is likely to offer the "same functionality" as the Nano FM radio. However, Apple has apparently experienced difficultly with integrating the Mobile iTunes Store purchases into ...

6. Super Talent and Toshiba encrypt SATA SSDs

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   ... new hardware data randomization technology. Data randomization [occurs] automatically with every write to the drive to prevent unauthorized copying of blocks of data." However, James emphasized that ...

7. Apple plus graphics gurus = semiconductor mystery

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   ... a move into designing its own semiconductors. People have wondered how or why that could be but it's no secret that Apple is quite capable of designing chips that it could then have produced by external ...

8. Intel outlines future of interactive television

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   ... innovative platform to showcase Flash-based applications in a vivid way," opined Wadhwani. "Flash Player 10 combined with the performance of the Intel media processor and its support for standards such ...

9. Intel and Apple are at the crossroads

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

   ... be the last truly great Intel CEO. It is amazing how companies seem to lose their way once a founder that has been so instrumental in driving the company to success departs.  Microsoft just ...

10. Humans will be immortal in 20 years

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    ... American said that this new immortality will be thanks to nanotechnology and an increased understanding of how the body works. Kurzweil said that humanity is starting to understand genes and computer ...

11. ATI introduces Radeon HD 5800 GPU for DirectX 11 gaming

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... DirectCompute 11 opens our eyes to a multitude of new possibilities." See Also We will be faster than ATI, claims Nvidia Slideshow: AMD previews next-gen gaming     AMD showcases Eyefinity ...

12. MCCI showcases 270MB/s USB 3.0 system

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    MCCI and Symwave are showcasing the world's "highest performing" USB 3.0 system at IDF 2009. The next-generation platform - powered by MCCI's optimized host software and Symwave's SuperSpeed SATA controller ...

13. Jetpack ride for sale on Ebay

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... It adds: " As a new pilot you will not be expected to participate in any flights that put you or your aircraft at risk." There's a video here to show bidders what to expect.  ...

14. SuperSpeed controller to boost adoption of USB 3.0

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... up to ten times faster than Hi-Speed USB (USB 2.0), along with optimized power efficiency.As TG Daily previously reported, the USB-IF is slated to showcase a number of SuperSpeed devices at the upcoming ...

15. Oracle and Sun showcase 'world's fastest' database machine

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Oracle and Sun have introduced the "world's first" online transaction processing (OLTP) database machine. According to Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, Exadata 2 is the "fastest machine" for both data warehousing ...

16. What's at the heart of HP’s Laptops and Lenovo’s Best Student Tablet

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... those that want something very light they can have more of a notebook like experience with and this product is capable of High Definition content and with Windows 7 DirectCompute should showcase a rather ...

17. Microsoft's Zune tunes in to HD Radio

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... that Zune users would enjoy HD radio without compromising battery life, form factor or cost. "The first issue we encountered was how to insert our chip - fabricated using TSMC's advanced RF CMOS process ...

18. AMD showcases Eyefinity multi-display technology

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    AMD showcased its Eyefinity multi-display technology during a media event on the USS Hornet in Alameda, California. Eyefinity - which is powered by a single, next-generation ATI graphics card - allows ...

19. Apple lines up against Palm, Microsoft. And Apple

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... means they are able to function and Steve Jobs clearly showcased he is on his game again.   This week was the big Apple iPod refresh and the interest was almost as focused on what Apple didn’t ...

20. IFA and 3D Wars: Blu-Ray is Once Again Obsolete

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... so you can get excited about stuff to buy rather than right after when you are trying to hide from your credit card bill.    There is a lot of cool stuff here at the show but something that ...

21. Falcon Xbox 360 touch controller helps rehabilitate injured soldiers

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... to reach for an object may not be able to control the trajectory of his or her hand movement. However, the Falcon  establishes spatial limitations on movement with a gentle counterforce that gently ...

22. Physicist tailors wideband invisibility cloak

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    ... had a fatal flaw that no one knew how to address: when you cloak you also make the object 'blind' as well. Of course, you can physically remove the cloak, but that is totally impractical," said Cohen. ...

23. Nokia to offer ARM-based smartbook

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    In a move sure to annoy Intel, Nokia plans not only a new Atom netbook, the Nokia Booklet 3G, but also has a new ARM-based smartbook coming down the track, say sources at Taiwanese handset makers. Taipei, ...

24. Logitech debuts glass-friendly mice

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... use to accurately measure motion," Logitech explained in a statement. "However, because high-gloss surfaces such as glass are almost completely flat, there are not enough details for a typical laser mouse's ...

25. Electric bikes impress English folk

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    There's been a resurgence of interest in electric bicycles amongst the Brit public, judging from the keen interest shown in two crowded concessions at a recent public Fayre in Hurley. And prices are dropping, ...

26. Rumor: MySpace to buy iLike for $20 million

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... popular online identity for bands. However, David Pakman of Venrock told PC Magazine that iLike was bleeding cash and lacked anything resembling a coherent business plan. "I think the reason for the ...

27. Hapless Twitter hijacked by insidious botnet

    (Security/Security Features)

    ... "Our investigation and analysis of Downloader.Sninfs is ongoing but has so far shown that it reads a specific Twitter.com RSS feed only once. The RSS feed is simply a text file similar to other RSS feeds ...

28. Driverless cars pull up at airport

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    ... Advanced Transport Systems, the makers of ULTra. Scientists and engineers from Advanced Transport Systems will be present at the Science Museum to answer the public's questions and to demonstrate how the ...

29. Motorola Morrison surfaces: The iPhone the ROKR should have been?

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... a Nokia N97-like device (without the Nokia’s standard 32 GB memory), which however will cost far less than the Nokia – which retails for $700. In fact, the rumored Morrison may cost only $100 with a 2-year ...

30. Japanese scientists showcase 'touchable' holograms

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Scientists at the University of Tokyo have developed a holographic projector capable of rendering tangible, three-dimensional objects. The system comprises a holographic display device, two "tracking" ...

31. NASA convinced it can find Earth-like planets

    (Space/Space Features)

    The Kepler Space Telescope has shown itself capable of finding Earth-like planets - if they exist - by detecting the atmosphere of a known gas giant. Washington, DC - The Kepler Space Telescope ...

32. Scientist: Skynet 'just around the corner'

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... often thrown down anywhere, making innocent civilians liable to attack without warning. Sharkey also described how operators of UAVs were shielded from the realities of war by being located thousands ...

33. Samsung expands LED lineup with the 8500 HDTV

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... In addition, Internet TV offers 8500 owners on-screen access to web-based content from various sites, including Yahoo, Flickr, Twitter and YouTube. However, the 8500 does not come cheap. The 54.6-inch ...

34. Samsung debuts 1GHz "iPhone" processor

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... the Palm Pre and iPhone 3GS. Indeed, the speedy 3GS is powered by a Samsung S5PC100 system-on-chip (SoC) running at a respectable 600MHz. However, the Hummingbird is one of the "fastest available" Cortex-A8 ...

35. Government faces geek shortage

    (Security/Security Features)

    ... insufficient training and salaries, and a lack of an overall strategy for recruiting and retaining cyber workers, the study said. It is unclear how many IT people are hired by the government, although ...

36. Intel sees "one billion" connected mobile devices by 2015

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... primarily responsible for the Internet's "massive" expansion. However, Chandrasekher noted that the current handheld experience was "lacking" and that "at least half" of MID owners expected more "computer ...

37. Apple's iPhone has yet to meet its Microsoft

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... seems more concerned with maintaining the status quo than he is with getting down and dirty with an opponent. Google has shown little inclination to appear aggressive, and although the company is dominant ...

38. Steve Jobs, the unique artisan CEO

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    ... while Steve is back at Apple, he is only part time, and he won’t be there much longer.   What makes him truly different is his unwillingness to compromise the passion for building, and showcasing, ...

39. The Great Netbook Ripoff

    (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

    ... could cost you well into four-figure territory by the time your contract is up. As always, you need to look at the numbers and ask yourself some hard questions about how you plan on using your hoped-for ...

40. 3G netbook market growing at rapid pace, iSuppli says

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... various content types. However, overall wireless connectivity is still limited and somehow stuck in the early 2000s. That may change soon as “always-on” Internet connections in netbooks will be more and ...

41. Meet your new boss: Google

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    ... Google’s brand. No one knows whether Chrome OS will be successful as the netbook operating system the company develops it to be. We don’t even know how such success would be defined by Google. What we ...

42. Browser market share update: Firefox 3.5 eclipses Chrome

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Mozilla can celebrate a decent launch of its latest browser, Firefox 3.5. The software has cleared the 2% barrier over the weekend, topping Google’s Chrome browser for the very first time. However, ...

43. Conditions on Mars were once right for life

    (Space/Space Features)

    ... thing is, the soil has a potential energy source and oxygen source for life on Mars," he notes. Traces of calcite were also found, which shows a presence of liquid water at some time in the past, Lemmon ...

44. AMD releases a processor you can’t buy

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... it. Otherwise, your best bet may be Ebay – and it will be expensive as there are less than 100 chips available.   SLIDESHOW: AMD Phenom II X4 42 Black Edition TWKR processor (3 pictures) ...

45. Rambus showcases 7.2Gbps XDR memory system

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Rambus has demonstrated an XDR memory system capable of achieving data rates of up to 7.2Gbps. The system - showcased at the 2009 Denali MemCon - was comprised of Elpida's 1Gb XDR DRAM device, along ...

46. Dead discs: Blu-ray’s failure to launch signals end of spinning media

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Opinion)

    ... First Alert figures for the week of May 24 show year-over-year Blu-ray sales increasing by almost 120%, they don’t make up for DVD’s 13% drop. That’s because DVDs still outsell Blu-ray discs by a wide ...

47. Plants can talk, apparently

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    ... clipped neighbor in the field experienced less leaf damage over the season, compared with plants near an unclipped neighbor. Plants with root contact between neighbors, but not air contact, failed to show ...

48. Top executive ditches Microsoft as Natal launch looms

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... said John Riccitiello, EA's chief executive officer, in an internal memo to employees obtained by the Wall Street Journal. "John understands our culture - and importantly, how the EA culture has evolved ...

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

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... extremely simple. To participate all you need to do is follow us on Twitter , or make your way to our brand new Facebook Fan Page how you play is completely up to you. If you play is completely up to ...

50. Intel targets future MID market with power-conscious Moorestown

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ...  Rattner made his comments during a keynote speech given in honor of Intel Day at the Computer History Museum. The CTO also discussed a number of ongoing research projects that were subsequently showcased, ...