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1. Modern life is rubbish

   (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

   Sunday, 22 November 2009

   Everything's a bit shit Opinion: I've been working in IT for a good few years and like everyone else I have dealings with computers and related systems at home and in my everyday life. Over the course ...

2. Energy-saving lightbulbs get dimmer over time

   (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

   Thursday, 19 November 2009

   And they're pretty rubbish to start with Energy-saving light bulbs lose as much as 22 percent of their brightness over their lifetime, according to a report from the Institution of Engineering and Technology. ...

3. British man given bionic butt

   (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

   Sunday, 15 November 2009

   Bet he guards the remote control with his life IT manager Ged Galvin has been given a pioneering 'bionic bottom', following a motorcycle accident which left him with massive internal injuries. He now ...

4. Internet users do have friends

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   Thursday, 05 November 2009

   ... fact, according to research by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, people who use the internet and mobile phones have larger and more diverse social networks. The study found that six percent ...

5. Apple's small-minded strategy

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

   Wednesday, 04 November 2009

   ... time Apple's iTunes upgrades have made life more difficult for Pre/iTunes users. The same will be true for Droid users once it gets sync capability for iTunes. Any device with a remote chance of competing ...

6. Brain is capable of ultra-precise time recognition

   (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

   Monday, 19 October 2009

   ... roles in learning, movement, and thought control. Although daily life is extremely dependent on precise timing - whether it's walking, speaking or playing the piano - surprisingly little has been known ...

7. The best IT vendor CEO of the decade is...

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

   Friday, 16 October 2009

   ... out data centers to run their business operations. And during this Great Recession SaaS has been a life saver to thousands of companies and their millions of employees who have used online services ...

8. Microsoft recovers Danger data

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   Thursday, 15 October 2009

   ... pretend it hadn't happened was when I lost all the photographs taken by my ex-wife of her trip of a lifetime up the Amazon. ‘Ex-wife’, you’ll notice. So the good news is it looks as if the data will ...

9. iPhone is rubbish - give me POTS or die

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Wednesday, 14 October 2009

   ... don't Twitter, don't listen to music on a memory device and begin to live your life. You've only got one, according to many religions. So get on with it.Oh and stick with a cathode ray television (CRT) ...

10. Cisco expands management from 10 to 2,500 people

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Wednesday, 07 October 2009

    ... "have a say in what happens at Cisco". And it appears that it will need these number of people because, he continued, it has 30 continuous projects on the go.He said: "The internet is re-inventing life ...

11. Intel and Apple are at the crossroads

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Wednesday, 23 September 2009

    ... truly backfill Steve Jobs, or allow this decline again. Steve appears capable of fixing the problems that seem to have proliferated in his absence. But he clearly won’t be around forever and right now ...

12. Intel shows off 22 nanometer, optimistic about future

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 22 September 2009

    ... cadence, he added. A new core will come out every two years on different silicon technology. Intel will use new cores to proliferate systems on chips. SOCs based on the Atom core will allow it to move ...

13. Intel's talking about my g-g-g-generation

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Sunday, 20 September 2009

    ... of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, a bit. "My friend, let's not think of tomorrow, but let's enjoy this fleeting moment of life" and more appositely: "The Moving Finger writes; and having writ, Moves on: ...

14. NZ woman sacked in CAPS LOCK row

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 14 September 2009

    ... through," she said. "They nearly ruined my life. To say that is confrontational is ridiculous. I have spent thousands defending myself and there are so many issues that are unresolved that I want to take ...

15. Microsoft's Zune tunes in to HD Radio

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Monday, 14 September 2009

    ... 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 ...

16. AMD aims at simplicity for the tech generation

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Wednesday, 09 September 2009

    ... on chip speeds and the technology associated with them overmuch. The proliferation of netbooks has in general brought down the price of high specced notebooks too. She said research shows that Apple owns ...

17. Japanese first lady abducted by aliens

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Friday, 04 September 2009

    ... UFO and went to Venus. It was a very beautiful place, and it was very green." The 66 year old cookery expert and musical actress also claims she met Tom Cruise in a previous life - when he was Japanese, ...

18. Darkfield Logitech mouse perfect for sofa surfing

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Sunday, 30 August 2009

    ... to justify that much money for a mouse. But, if you were willing to spend that much on a mouse, what would you expect? I for myself would expect features that make my life in front of the screen easier ...

19. Nokia to offer ARM-based smartbook

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Wednesday, 26 August 2009

    ... with Nokia's Ovi Maps gadget for global positioning. The Booklet should be capable of 12 hours of battery life and feature an internal mobile broadband card with a SIM slot, says Nokia. According ...

20. Pirate Party plans raid on UK

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 12 August 2009

    ... do not want to miss out on a lifetime of bragging that you were a member from the very beginning. We are about to set sail and it is time to climb aboard," says the party on its site. "It is going to be ...

21. Anti-Kindle petition kicks off

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Wednesday, 05 August 2009

    ... Stallman, Lawrence Lessig, Clay Shirky, Cory Doctorow and, err, me.  The petition reads: "We believe in a way of life based on the free exchange of ideas, in which books have and will continue ...

22. Snow Leopard tops Amazon’s sales charts

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 03 August 2009

    ... place. Only users who currently use Mac OS X Leopard can take advantage these upgrade versions. Users of older Mac OS X versions will have to buy the $169 Mac box set (which includes iLife and iWork) or ...

23. Life may have developed in cometary oceans

    (Space/Space Features)

    Thursday, 30 July 2009

    Comets contained vast oceans of liquid water, supporting the theory that they may have harboured life, a  study claims. Cardiff, Wales - Comets contained vast oceans of liquid water, supporting ...

24. Chinese hackers attack Melbourne Film Festival

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Sunday, 26 July 2009

    ... a concerted campaign to get the festival because it had refused to comply with the Chinese Government's orders.Director Tang Xiaobai withdrew her film Perfect Life from the festival after being phoned ...

25. iPhone suicide: is a phone worth dying for?

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Opinion)

    Wednesday, 22 July 2009

    ... given top priority to prevent the plethora of Apple fan and rumor sites from learning anything about a small box of plastic and electronics that has a shelf life of a mere three months before it is replaced ...

26. Google Chrome OS: Gcrap reveals the next Netscape

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Monday, 20 July 2009

    ... They only have to look at DEC, Netscape, and Sun to see how much fun one of those is. Granted the people who caused it will be long gone by this time and living the good life. But the remaining Google ...

27. "There are some things worth risking your life for"

    (Space/Space Features)

    Monday, 20 July 2009

    ... society. There are some things worth risking your life for," said Apollo 7's Walt Cunningham, referring to the servicing missions to the Hubble Space Telescope where a systems failure would have meant ...

28. Bill Gates puts Feynman physics lectures online

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Tuesday, 14 July 2009

    ... still some of the best science lectures I've heard. Feynman worked hard during his life to popularize science, so I'm sure he'd be thrilled that now anyone, anywhere in the world can just click a button ...

29. Compound extends lifespan by a third

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Thursday, 09 July 2009

    Those who believe the Easter Island statues were created by supermen could have a field day with this. It seems a compound found in the island's soil has significant life-extending properties. ...

30. Space program should focus on Earth, NRC tells Obama

    (Space/Space Features)

    Tuesday, 07 July 2009

    ... cooperate with other agencies and international partners to continue scientific exploration in space, seeking knowledge of the universe and searching for life beyond Earth, says thwe NRC. It also recommends ...

31. Apple fixes cracked screens in house

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 02 July 2009

    ... original and means that phones that might have had to be junked get a new lease of life. Apple charges $200-$250 to fix cracked screens if it is not covered under a standard limited one-year Apple warranty ...

32. The death of the netbook

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

    Wednesday, 01 July 2009

    ... battery for it and gets 10 to 12 hours of battery life and, according to him, this is all he needs. Most of the analysts I travel with have noted that the distinction between netbooks and notebooks has largely ...

33. Microsoft introduces Kodu Game Lab for aspiring developers

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 01 July 2009

    ... the same way that I was able to unlock my computer as a child and bring my imagination to life through games," explained lead Kodu programmer Matthew MacLaurin. "We had such success with bringing Kodu ...

34. End the iPhone exclusivity

    (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

    Monday, 29 June 2009

    ... Canadian dollar. But since I’m Canadian, I’ll still be polite about it. For once in my life, however, being Canadian may work to my advantage. If the Web rumor mill can be believed, Canada may end up ...

35. Does Saturn's moon have a salty ocean?

    (Space/Space Features)

    Thursday, 25 June 2009

    There's a salty ocean on Saturn's moon Enceladus that could possibly harbor life - or there isn't. It depends which of two reports you prefer. Boulder, Colorado - There's a salty ocean on Saturn's moon ...

36. That new Xbox for 2010 … real or fake news?

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Friday, 19 June 2009

    ... Ballmer said earlier today about a new Xbox coming in 2010. As the Xbox team stated at E3 two weeks ago, we are not even halfway through the current console generation lifecycle and believe Xbox 360 will ...

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

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 19 June 2009

    ... Using the Clarisonic prior to shaving will open pores and give your man the closest shave of his life. The launch of their men’s Graphite Gray Clarisonic for Father’s Day in 2008 was so successful that ...

38. Lake discovered on Mars

    (Space/Space Features)

    Thursday, 18 June 2009

    ... deltas on Earth rapidly bury organic carbon and other biomarkers of life. Most astrobiologists believe any signs of life on Mars will take the form of subterranean microorganisms. Di Achille said the ...

39. High demand for iPhone 3G S exceeds limited pre-order supply

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 15 June 2009

    ... which offers improved performance along with longer battery life - supports OpenGL ES 2.0 and utilizes 7.2 Mbps HSDPA to achieve faster networking speeds. As TG Daily previously reported, Apple may have ...

40. E72: Nokia updates E71 smartphone

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 15 June 2009

    ... Navigation has also been enhanced with A-GPS and a compass, which can be used by users for walking navigation (free for the lifetime of the device) as well as turn-by-turn navigation, which is offered ...

41. Review: LG enV Touch

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 15 June 2009

    ... that calls were dropped on a consistent basis. The battery life is rated at 4.3 hours talk time and 17 days standby. I used the device regularly and I was not able to get anywhere near 4.3 hours, though ...

42. Apple obscures true cost of iPhone 3G S

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 11 June 2009

    ... users improved performance, longer battery life and hands free voice control. But these prices are applicable only to new and qualifying customers. San Francisco (CA) - Club Cupertino recently unveiled ...

43. Moblin and netbook make an interesting pair

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 09 June 2009

    ... matter of minutes , maybe about 20 minutes or so if you’ve used a computer before, slightly longer if this is your first netbook and your first operating system. Longer battery life is a necessity if you’re ...

44. iPhone 3G S: A speed package for Apple’s phone

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 08 June 2009

    ... which renders 3D graphics much more effectively than before, indicating that the iPhone is moving even more into the mobile gaming field. Apple also promises that the battery life has been improved. At ...

45. Apple updates Macbooks, cuts prices

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 08 June 2009

    ... GHz and a battery life up to seven hours.San Francisco (CA) – Apple began its keynote introducing a complete refresh of its notebooks, the Macbook, Macbook Pro and Macbook Air. The big news? There are ...

46. The Palm Pre: The best smartphone yet. Period.

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 04 June 2009

    ... Lithium Ion batteries lose much of their life in about 12 months and 3G phones pull a ton of power, which means that you have barely enough battery life for a full day when they are new, regardless of ...

47. Microsoft preps Windows 7 for Christmas

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 02 June 2009

    ... like. Despite the fact that Windows Vista feels like it had a short life of only 33 months when it will be replaced, Microsoft in fact had short product cycles before Windows XP and, at least in that ...

48. Twelve year old names next Mars rover

    (Space/Space Features)

    Wednesday, 27 May 2009

    ... everyone's mind. It makes me get out of bed in the morning and wonder what surprises life will throw at me that day," Ma wrote in her winning essay. "Curiosity is such a powerful force. Without it, we ...

49. Space - the final frontier

    (Space/Space Features)

    Monday, 25 May 2009

    ... Space Station when it reaches the end of its life around 2020, to refurbish and reassemble them in orbit while the US-built modules are discarded to burn up in the atmosphere. So while other countries ...

50. Intel still going after Apple’s iPhone business

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 19 May 2009

    ... instead of a 5” screen and is promised top hit a battery time of about 8 hours in “real-life“ usage scenarios. The fact that the Compal device is designed to look like an iPhone, brought up the obvious ...