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1. ATI reveals Radeon 5970 overlocking details

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Saturday, 21 November 2009

   Hybrid approach wins out ATI has revealed a critical engineering decision that led to the successful production of its Radeon HD 5970 graphics card. "When we were first designing the 5970, we came to ...

2. B&N's Nook is the victim of its own success

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   Friday, 20 November 2009

   ... competes against Amazon's Kindle and Sony's e-reader, just a few weeks ago. And Sony is short of its own devices too - testifying that the future of the electronic book reader is probably assured. Barnes ...

3. Gameloft chooses iPhone over Android

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Friday, 20 November 2009

   ...  "In the past, Google has largely relied on viral marketing, its partners, and word of mouth to promote its own products. Perhaps Google could stand to learn a thing or two from Apple's marketing?"

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4. Mutant Koobface worm attacks Skype accounts

   (Security/Security Features)

   Friday, 20 November 2009

   ... in the chat conversation, visiting which will download W32/Koobfa-O." Koobface - which began its nefarious career compromising Twitter accounts - currently targets a number of social networking sites, ...

5. Microsoft: No backdoor in Windows 7

   (Security/Security Features)

   Friday, 20 November 2009

   But NSA admits involvement in OS security guide Microsoft has rebuffed reports that a "backdoor" was deliberately coded into its Windows 7 operating system. "Microsoft has not and will not put 'backdoors' ...

6. Auto roti maker wins Intel prize

   (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

   Friday, 20 November 2009

   And the biodegradable bone The Intel+Berkeley cooperative attempt to promote fresh ideas has announced the three winners of its entrepreneurial push. But we'll start with the third prizewinner as that ...

7. We need Chrome

   (Software/Software Features)

   Friday, 20 November 2009

   Yeah we do, we do Have you seen the demo of the Chrome operating system? It's worth two minutes of your time to get a gander at what Google is cooking up in its labs. Although a big fan of Mac OS X (10.5.8), ...

8. Nokia trims research and development division

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Friday, 20 November 2009

   It says streamline Finnish phone giant Nokia said that it is to reduce the number of people that work in its R&D division - with 330 people affected in Denmark and Finland. Nokia said that this number ...

9. Dell disappoints despite chip up-tick

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Friday, 20 November 2009

   Is its strategy right? Hardware giant Dell delivered its quarterly results showing a profit of $577 million on revenues of $12.9 billion - a drop in profit of 54 percent. But in the face of other major ...

10. 'Hobbits' really are a new human species

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Friday, 20 November 2009

    ... African pygmies in both absolute height and body mass indices. "Attempts to dismiss the hobbits as pathological people have failed repeatedly because the medical diagnoses of dwarfing syndromes and microcephaly ...

11. Steve Ballmer hallelujahs Windows 7

    (Software/Software Features)

    Friday, 20 November 2009

    ... reviews and would give Microsoft a "real opportunity" to raise its profile among a younger demographic such as college students, where the Apple device ecosystem maintains substantial mind share. Ballmer ...

12. China has free reign over US computers

    (Security/Security Features)

    Friday, 20 November 2009

    ... and Security Review Commission told Congress that there was evidence to suggest Chinese state involvement in such activities. Apparently, Beijing has begun to broaden its national security concerns beyond ...

13. Microsoft claims "fantastic" Windows 7 sales

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 19 November 2009

    ... times." However, Ballmer conceded that Microsoft could definitely "improve" its market position on US college campuses - where rival Apple maintains a strong presence. 

 "Window 7 gives us a real ...

14. Google rolls out Chrome OS source code

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 19 November 2009

    Eliminates all "unnecessary" processes Google has released the source code of its long-awaited Chrome OS. According to the Mountain View-based company, the alternative operating system is optimized for ...

15. Nvidia remains "committed" to gaming industry

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 19 November 2009

    HPC market is not its primary focus Nvidia has reiterated its strong commitment to the gaming industry. Company spokesperson Bryan Del Rizzo told TG Daily that rumors of Nvidia abandoning gaming for the ...

16. AOL will axe 2,500 jobs

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 19 November 2009

    ... quite a bit over the last few years. In the days before the dot com bubble burst, its share price was so great that it was able to buy Time Warner - an unlikely marriage of unequals. Armstrong said he ...

17. Rumor: Sony planning Firefox PS3 port

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 19 November 2009

    ... in PS3 web browser." It should be noted that the PS3 is already capable of running Linux, although Sony disabled the option of running other operating systems on the Slim version of its console.  Sony ...

18. Space walkers will drink their own urine, dammit

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Thursday, 19 November 2009

    ... the mission as it progresses there is nowhere better than NASA itself.  ...

19. The world waits for Google's Chrome OS

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 19 November 2009

    Conference call today Google will hold a conference call today outlining its plans for the operating system. It has invited journalists to a webcast that starts at 10:00AM and goes on to 11:00PM Pacific. ...

20. Chinese court halts Microsoft OS sales

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 19 November 2009

    Over copyright violation Microsoft, always happy to defend its own products, has been ordered to stop selling some versions of Windows in China, after a court found it had violated a licensing agreement. ...

21. ZTE to make its own LTE 4G chips

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 19 November 2009

    But will stay happy with Qualcomm In something of a shock admission, ZTE's VP for wireless technology & strategy, Donglin Shen, admitted that his company has well developed plans to produce its own ...

22. AMD in Xbox, Wii giveaway

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 19 November 2009

    Forty years after Chip company Advanced Micro Devices is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, and no doubt Jerry Sanders III, the founder of the company, is popping many a bottle of Cristal. But ...

23. AMD to use Intel cash to pay off debt

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 19 November 2009

    $1.25 billion should keep the wolf from the door for a bit AMD says it plans to reduce its level of debt by $1.4 billion, using a large wedge of the $1.25 billion it received from Intel in exchange for ...

24. Scientists develop 'Star Trek phaser'

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Thursday, 19 November 2009

    Shame it only works on worms Its inventors are comparing it to the Star Trek phaser: a way of exploiting an on-off 'switch' in nematodes that paralyzes them when they're exposed to a beam of ultraviolet ...

25. Lab-on-a-chip provides instant disease diagnosis

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Thursday, 19 November 2009

    ... contains the antibodies for a different disease; where the disease is present, the antibody binds to it and emits light which is detected by a fluorescence reader. "This point of care test has achieved ...

26. TechCrunch crucified over Google phone rumor

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Wednesday, 18 November 2009

    ... JR Raphael concurred. "Michael Arrington's editorial judgment in regard to reporting rumors has come under question on more  than  a few  other  occasions. And, in our current instance, Google itself ...

27. Call of Duty grosses half a billion dollars in five days

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 18 November 2009

    Shoot em up Activision Blizzard said that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has sold $550 million worth in five days. It didn't say how many units this represented and the figure is an internal estimate, ...

28. Casio caters for the clumsy cameraman

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Wednesday, 18 November 2009

    ... in the ‘endurance’ category, and is aimed at ‘top athletes and adventurers’. That obviously rules out the staff of TG Daily, then. The EX-G1 has a stainless steel outer case and its inner resin body ...

29. EU ombudsman slams Intel antitrust ruling

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 18 November 2009

    'Procedural maladministration' The European Ombudsman has found maladministration in the way the European Commission handled its antitrust investigation into Intel on the grounds that the Commission failed ...

30. Microsoft Bing grows its market share a bit

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 18 November 2009

    Google does too The latest report from Comscore shows that Bing is edging its way upward in the search engine market in October. But it's not at Google's expense - it appears to be Yahoo that's suffering. ...

31. Thieves scrump thousands of Apple iPhones

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 18 November 2009

    ... satisfy demand over the holiday period. Mobistar says it's blacklisted the serial numbers of the stolen phones, so that they can't be used on its network. But this won't stop them being used: iPhones ...

32. Apple laptops less reliable than Asus, Toshiba, Sony

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 18 November 2009

    ... new machines covered by its warranty plans. In the first three years of ownership, 31 percent of laptop owners reported a failure to Square Trade, 20.4 percent due to hardware malfunctions, and 10.6 percent ...

33. Tiny brain is no bar to intelligence, say scientists

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Wednesday, 18 November 2009

    ... Lars Chittka of Queen Mary's Research Centre for Psychology, says: "In bigger brains we often don't find more complexity, just an endless repetition of the same neural circuits over and over. This might ...

34. Chrome OS: Lame Copy or Amazing new OS?

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 18 November 2009

    ... benefits, ultra fast boot times, secure web sessions (they are relatively locked down and secure), and extreme ease of use.   Oh, and I should also point out they both tend to be relatively inexpensive ...

35. AMD debuts ATI Radeon 5970 GPU

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 18 November 2009

    Unlocked and overclocked AMD has introduced its long-awaited ATI Radeon HD 5970 (Hemlock) GPU. According to company spokesperson Devon Nekechuk, the 5970 features advanced Overdrive technology that allows ...

36. Adobe upgrades Flash player with improved HD support

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 17 November 2009

    Uncompromised Web browsing Adobe has upgraded its popular Flash player with improved support for HD video playback. The latest beta version of the application reportedly facilitates "uncompromised" Web ...

37. Activision denies Russian ban of Modern Warfare 2

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 17 November 2009

    But admits self-censorship Activision has denied that the Russian government imposed a ban on sales of CoD: Modern Warfare 2. Previous reports had suggested that "every copy" of the console version ...

38. Google tarts up its Translate tool

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 17 November 2009

    Looks, feels kind of different Search engine behemoth Google has brought a number of new features to its Translate tool. One major feature is that it will translate instantly while you type, rather than ...

39. Apple discounts for Black Friday leak

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 17 November 2009

    ... a number of its products, only available on the holiday Friday. You can find the BGR report here.  ...

40. McAfee indulges in bout of cyber scare mongering

    (Security/Security Features)

    Tuesday, 17 November 2009

    ... commissioned 20 so-called "experts" for its Virtual Criminology Report 2009. "War is not a term to be tossed around lightly. That is why the growing debate over cyber war has caught our attention," CEO ...

41. 'Unfriend' is Word of the Year

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 17 November 2009

    Tweets the New Oxford American Dictionary We all know that Twitter is taking over from all other human activity. Now, the New Oxford American Dictionary has decided on its Word of the Year - and it's 'unfriend'. ...

42. YouTube launches tool for 'citizen journalists'

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 17 November 2009

    ... it to editors, who can approve or reject it. "News organizations can ask for citizen reporting; nonprofits can call-out for support videos around social campaigns; businesses can ask users to submit promotional ...

43. Microsoft issues Windows 7 security advisory

    (Security/Security Features)

    Monday, 16 November 2009

    ... situation." MS added that it was working with its partners in the Active Protections Program (MAPP) to provide "broader protections" for Windows 7 users. "Upon completion of this investigation, [we] ...

44. Phenom II overclockers shatter 7GHz barrier

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 16 November 2009

    Heroes of the HPC world AMD has released an HD video chronicling the exploits of Phenom II overclockers who managed to shatter the infamous 7GHz clock barrier. "This video depicts the herculean efforts ...

45. Russian airport massacre prompts Modern Warfare 2 ban

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 16 November 2009

    ... sold a staggering 4.7 million copies during the first 24 hours of its debut. "Based on initial sales figures, it is clear that CoD: Modern Warfare 2 struck the right balance," explained Woo. "The last ...

46. Intel would like to give AMD a Glaswegian kiss

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 16 November 2009

    ... competition between the two companies. What's AMD gained? First of all, it has $1.25 billion in the bank, its ability to spin off and use Global Foundries as its fab is now assured, and it has a continuing ...

47. Intel claims it's driving supercomputers. Not AMD

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 16 November 2009

    And announces Nehalem-EX Chip firm AMD is blowing its own trumpet by saying its Jaguar system is the world's supreme supercomputer. But AMD's new friend Intel is not going to take that lying down. It ...

48. Switzerland to sue Google over Street View privacy

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 16 November 2009

    ... sufficient our proposals for improvements to the product." Google says it plans to defend itself in court.  ...

49. High Court rules out website libel

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 16 November 2009

    Four hits and you're not outThe UK High Court has added a new ruling to what does or does not constitute libel. Now compensation isn't due not only if the article in question is factually correct, or isn't ...