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1. Apple plans iPhone lockdown

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   ... job post. "You must be a highly self-motivated individual who seeks to create a dynamic and creative team environment in which old problems are solved in new and innovative ways." The "old problem" of ...

2. Lee Harvey Oswald photo wasn't faked

   (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

   Can we just accept the moon landing now, too? A digital forensics expert has concluded that the iconic image of Lee Harvey Oswald holding a rifle in one hand and Marxist newspapers in the other was not, ...

3. Beatles download site told to cease and desist

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   ... set a date for a hearing on November 20. A lawyer representing Bluebeat said that psychoacoustic simulation was a new technique that produced music sounding identical to the original, but different in ...

4. Global Foundries will bash up Intel's process lead

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... the world's biggest pure play foundry. It has two fabs on the go right now - one in Dresden, Germany, and the other in Singapore. It will build a state of the art fab in New York State - work on that has ...

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

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... customers from where it got 79 percent of its income. It also has over 200,000 participants in its marketing affiliate program from which it derives a significant number of new subscribers. Within nine ...

6. 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 ...

7. Hacker jailbreaks iPhone 3GS with blacksn0w crack

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Hacker George Hotz has released a new crack that allows users to jailbreak Apple's iPhone 3G and 3GS. 
 Hacker George Hotz has released a new crack that allows users to jailbreak Apple's iPhone 3G and ...

8. IBM censured after massive server screw up

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... data, according to the Austin American-Statesman today. The newspaper said that if a similar event had happened to voter registrations during an election, Texas would not have the ability to register ...

9. USB 3 turns into handbag fight between Intel and Nvidia

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   ... into its mainboards. The news got Nvidia fuming and sent out a press release insisting that Intel was stifling innovation. The graphics chip maker insists that Intel has quashed its abilities to enter ...

10. Microsoft overhauls MSN home page

    (Software/Software Features)

    Microsoft is giving its MSN home page a revamp, with a new, more open look and integrated Facebook and Twitter feeds. Microsoft is giving its MSN home page a revamp, with a new, more open look and integrated ...

11. 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 ...

12. Marvell powers next generation of e-readers with ARMADA SoC

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... The platform - which is powered by the ARMADA 166E processor - boasts a number of new features, including the accelerated display of high-resolution PDF files and zero power mode. "This is a total platform ...

13. Creative Labs debuts Zii powered MediaBook

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... newspapers, magazines and textbooks. The MediaBook is reportedly powered by Creative's Zii technology, which offers hyper-computing power on a nano-sized chip. Indeed, the Creative subsidiary has described ...

14. Mozilla Firefox 3.6 beta spotted in the wild

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... 3.6 provides support for the WOFF font format, along with new CSS, DOM and HTML5 web technologies. 

The updated browser - which is built on the Gecko 1.9.2 web rendering engine - is also expected to improve ...

15. ATI HD 5900 spotted in the wild

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Rumors that the new HD 5900 series could be just another chip refresh have been knocked on the head. Rumors that the new HD 5900 series could be just another chip refresh have been knocked on the head ...

16. Welcome to a new TG Daily

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Welcome to a new look TG Daily. Welcome to a new look TG Daily. We've redesigned the front page and story pages so you can easily see our array of tech, science and other stories all aimed at the ...

17. Nvidia: Our nForce chipsets are "better" than Intel's

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... e-mailed statement to TG Daily. "However, it has been widely reported that Nvidia will not be making any new chipsets for the Intel platform until our dispute with Intel is resolved." According to ...

18. 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 ...

19. Researchers produce viable human germ cells

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    ... it's not the first time that these cells have been produced in the lab, the quality has been so poor that they they were reckoned to be unviable. "This achievement opens a new window into what was only ...

20. 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. ...

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

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... new operating system doesn't require a huge memory increase and can even drive back the three gig Vista footprint to ensure a $700 price point for a PC. That is why we feel confident recommending Windows ...

22. RightNow's pre-emptive strike

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Opinion: The already competitive SaaS CRM market is getting more so. At least, that's if my reading of the news coming out of RightNow Technologies Inc. annual customer conference is accurate. Opinion: ...

23. Google intros Android 2.0 Eclair SDK for Droid smartphones

    (Software/Software Features)

    Google has introduced its Android 2.0 software development kit. The SDK - also known as "Eclair" - is expected to power Motorola's new line of Droid smartphones.  Google has introduced its ...

24. Ubuntu is still rubbish

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... drive has a copy of Win7 RC on it; the D: drive has all the data on it; and the E: drive has Win7 RTM build 7600. Downloading the ISO image for the great new OS, I burned it to CD with no problem ...

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

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    ... new platform. You can see the ads here but broken promises and PC News are pure but well done FUD. Granted Microsoft is having a few problems with its “Family Guy” special (and who else now ...

26. The future of 4G is murky

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    ... monthly report to his clients that the range of wireless applications comes about by "improvements in silicon and the economics of silicon".He said: "New radios require increased processing power to either ...

27. 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 ...

28. Tilera challenges X86 architecture with 100 core-processor

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... Low volume pricing will range from under $400 for the Gx36 to less than $1,000 for the Gx100. Additional Tilera TILE-Gx processor specs Next-generation 64-bit core: New three-issue 64-bit core with ...

29. Geeks Are Losers

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    ... He knew best, after all. The result, of course, was that Microsoft was convicted as a monopoly. Both McNamara and Gates lost the epic battles of their lives because they were geeks. They could not ...

30. How Microsoft blindsided vulnerable Apple with Windows 7

    (Software/Software Features)

    ...  This is likely to point with Apple this month as they sit stunned that Windows 7 is doing so well and they are left looking foolish with products priced out of the segment. Their big news this week was ...

31. Nvidia: Windows 7 "dramatically improves" GPU performance

    (Software/Software Features)

    Nvidia has welcomed the official debut of Microsoft Windows 7. A company spokesperson explained that the new operating system will significantly accelerate system performance by using the DirectCompute ...

32. Disney's Keychest unlocks movies for any platform

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Disney is readying a technology that would let viewers pay a one-off fee for permanent access to a movie or TV show across multiple devices. Disney is readying a technology that would let viewers pay ...

33. Opinion: Ditching Windows has never felt so good

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... applications such as DesqView, or connected multiple computers via a LAN. But the golden age of PC computing came to an abrupt end with the introduction of Windows 95. The new OS replaced the old, yet ...

34. SSDs inch toward the desktop

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Opinion: There's been a steady flood of news about the emergence of solid state drive (SSD) systems in mainstream products. Samsung has a 64GB miniSATA SSD about half the size of a business card; Dell ...

35. News aggregation sites threatened with legal action

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    UPDATED National, regional and local newspapers are attempting to force news aggregation sites to accept stringent new rules on linking to content in a bid to maintain their virtual monopoly on news, ...

36. New material increases storage capacity

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Through selective doping, North Carolina State University engineers have created a new material that would allow a fingernail-size computer chip to store a terabyte of information. Through selective ...

37. Nvidia RealityServer moves 3D rendering to the Cloud

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... interactive, photorealistic 3D applications to any web connected device. According to Nvidia's Dan Vivoli, RealityServer will enable developers to create a "new generation" of consumer and enterprise ...

38. Apple refreshes iMac lineup with 21.5 and 27-inch displays

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Apple has refreshed its iMac lineup with 21.5 and 27-inch widescreen displays. The new iMac line - starting at $1,200 - features a wide range of Intel processors, including the Core 2 Duo, Core i5 ...

39. Office 2010 enters public beta next month

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... Vegas, where he also talked up some of the new SharePoint Server 2010 capabilities for the first time. SharePoint will enter public beta at the same time as Office. The products have been available to ...

40. The Delusions of IT Startups

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    ... new platform (a term so overused by IT vendors and PR folks as to be laughable and meaningless) in hopes of conning journalists to scribble something about the company. And they especially want the CEOs ...

41. Kindle is no answer to reading books digitally

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... it lets you upgrade to newer and smarter phones every 18 months or so. The relationship of the manufacturer to the publishers of books is vital - paying an extra few pennies for a title on an e-reader ...

42. Judge protects Verizon ringtones from greedy publishers

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    A US District Court judge has ruled that Verizon Wireless does not require a public-performance license for selling ringtones. According to Judge Denise Cote, when a ringtone plays on a cellular telephone ...

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

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    ... Intel, with all its resources and advantages, to beyond so-so performance. Sun Microsystem's Jonathan Schwartz was supposed to be the new bright bulb to return the sparkle to a once great company. We know ...

44. Microsoft recovers Danger data

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... 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 ...

45. Zensify visualizes news with Cloud-based iPhone app

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Zensify has launched a free news analysis application for the iPhone and iPhone touch. According to Zensify CTO Tom Campbell, ZenNews generates a visual "tag cloud" based on news trending topics that ...

46. Polaroid products rise from the ashes

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... deal with Summit Global Group. Summit Global says its plans to bring back instant photography using traditional analog film should appeal not just to old fogeys but also  to a new generation of ...

47. Windows 7 Starter Edition: The best version of Windows yet

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... maintenance release of Windows 2000) instead of lean current generation OS on new hardware.   If we wanted a lean product there is simply nothing leaner in the Windows 7 world than Starter Edition. ...

48. SanDisk ships 64 Gigabit X4 Flash memory cards

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    SanDisk has begun shipping 64 Gigabit X4 Flash memory cards. The new cards, which are based on 43-nanometer (nm) process technology, store four bits of data in a single memory cell. SanDisk has begun ...

49. Sun and Fujitsu upgrade SPARC processor

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... deliver up to 25 percent "better performance" than previous processors. Sun also announced an enhanced SPARC memory controller, along with a new flash array known as the F5100. The array features up ...

50. TG Daily Founder Launches Site for Single Parents

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Wolfgang Gruener, the founder of TG Daily, has a pretty good track record when it comes to building sites that are interesting, informative, and professional. Now, he is taking off on a new venture, one ...