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1. Mammoths weren't killed off by meteor

   (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

   Friday, 20 November 2009

   And we didn't eat them all, eitherA new study into the North American landscape 15,000 years ago has debunked several theories about why giant sloths, mastodons and mammoths died out. Researchers from ...

2. Sony takes on Apple's iTunes

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Thursday, 19 November 2009

   ... to upload videos, photos and other digital content. According to Sony executive Kazuo Hirai, the new service is expected to be based on the company's Playstation Network model. "There's some debate ...

3. TechCrunch crucified over Google phone rumor

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Wednesday, 18 November 2009

   ... has flat-out denied what he's suggesting," stated Raphael. "The company described the notion of the Google Phone as little more than 'market rumor' when the concept first re-entered the news cycle several ...

4. AMD powered Jaguar wins supercomputer race

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Monday, 16 November 2009

   ... be capable of delivering up to a 100 percent increase in compute core density and multi-threading capability. In addition, the processors will feature four channels of DDR-3 memory, as well as new power ...

5. How TG Daily is put together

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Thursday, 12 November 2009

   ... are free! I like nothing better on my Macbook than finding out new apps in the appstore, obviously using the Safari browser [10:20:44] Evil Spinola: Ah. New meds? [10:21:04] Good Spinola: Meds? [10:22:14] ...

6. 'eBay for billionaires' launched

   (Software/Software Features)

   Tuesday, 10 November 2009

   That's my Christmas list sorted out Of course, the really rich can't be expected to rub shoulders with the likes of us - not even virtually. So a new online auction and trade site, BillionaireXchange, ...

7. Beatles download site told to cease and desist

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Friday, 06 November 2009

   ... 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 ...

8. Parallels takes on VMware

   (Software/Software Features)

   Wednesday, 04 November 2009

   ... with the fastest performance available, regardless of the operating system," claimed Parallels CEO Serguei Beloussov. Beloussov explained that Desktop 5 boasts 70 new features, including full screen ...

9. IBM censured after massive server screw up

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Wednesday, 04 November 2009

   ... 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 ...

10. Karmic Koala displays bad karma

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 03 November 2009

    ... 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 ...

11. VMWare tempts Mac users with "ultimate" Windows 7 experience

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 27 October 2009

    VMWare has rolled out its Fusion 3 virtualization platform for Mac OS X. The $80 Fusion 3 - which offers 50 new features - allows users to run native Windows applications with "Mac simplicity." VMWare ...

12. Google intros Android 2.0 Eclair SDK for Droid smartphones

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 27 October 2009

    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 ...

13. Tilera challenges X86 architecture with 100 core-processor

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Sunday, 25 October 2009

    ... 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 ...

14. AMD joins Windows 7 launch party

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 22 October 2009

    ... on the optimization of both hardware and software for the new OS. AMD has congratulated Microsoft on the official launch of its long-awaited Windows 7 operating system. According to AMD spokesperson ...

15. Opinion: Ditching Windows has never felt so good

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Wednesday, 21 October 2009

    ... 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 ...

16. News aggregation sites threatened with legal action

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 20 October 2009

    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, ...

17. Nvidia RealityServer moves 3D rendering to the Cloud

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 20 October 2009

    ... 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 ...

18. AMD optimizes Athlon II processors for Windows 7

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 19 October 2009

    ... start than Intel does," stated Barry. He added that Windows 7, unlike Vista, would likely encourage the sale of new PCs. "Vista did not really help move PCs. But Windows 7 is the sweet spot and higher ...

19. NASA does kick up moon plume after all

    (Space/Space Features)

    Monday, 19 October 2009

    ... helps us reconstruct the impact process, which in turn helps us understand the observations of the flash and ejecta plume." In the coming weeks, the team will continue to analyze and verify the new ...

20. Kindle is no answer to reading books digitally

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Sunday, 18 October 2009

    ... 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 ...

21. Acer beats up Dell on shipments

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 14 October 2009

    ... PC market; however the timing of Windows 7’s is favorable for the industry, due to expected economic improvements and an overdue hardware replacement cycle,” Ms Kitagawa said. “We anticipate renewed interest ...

22. WikiReader puts Wikipedia in your pocket

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Tuesday, 13 October 2009

    ... to a $59-per-year-plan, which will hand you a refreshed Wikipedia content on a new microSD card once a quarter. Since the device has a touchscreen, it does not need many physical buttons. In fact, there ...

23. Microsoft kills Works

    (Software/Software Features)

    Friday, 09 October 2009

    ... version of Office 2010, available exclusively on new PCs. Office Starter 2010 will provide new PC owners with immediate exposure to the Office 2010 experience on new PCs right out of the box.” Numoto ...

24. Scientists demonstrate telepathy, well, sort of

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Wednesday, 07 October 2009

    ... signals and translating them into commands for computers, robots, rehabilitation technology and virtual reality environments. "Whilst BCI is no longer a new thing, and person-to-person communication ...

25. AT&T launches Windows and tilt phones

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Sunday, 04 October 2009

    AT&T has announced six new phones, including its first models based on Microsoft's new Windows Mobile 6.5 OS.AT&T has announced six new phones, including its first models based on Microsoft's new ...

26. Nvidia and "Starting the Next Age of Personal Computing"

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Opinion)

    Thursday, 01 October 2009

    ... to correct it putting projects weeks or months in the hole.   This did horrible things to creativity because technicians and artists were unwilling to take risks and try new things because it ...

27. Mental Image debuts iRay rendering technology

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 30 September 2009

    Mental Image has debuted its iRay rendering technology. According to industry veteran Michael Kaplan, the iRay platform allows life-like graphics to become "interactive" by exploiting the parallel processing ...

28. Humans will be immortal in 20 years

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Tuesday, 22 September 2009

    ... 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 ...

29. AMD launches indigenous server platform

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 21 September 2009

    ... center workloads," the company explained in a statement. "This new server platform, along with the AMD platform specification code-named 'Kroner,' enables advanced performance, the benefits of unified ...

30. States object to Google Books settlement too

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 18 September 2009

    ... the Library of Congress added her voice to the settlement, which is subject to a New York district court approving it or nay on 7 October next. Google is proposing a deal that would allow it to carry ...

31. AMD introduces $100 quad-core processor

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 15 September 2009

    ... a quad-core processor with a $100 price tag. The Athlon II X4 620 is based on 45nm processor architecture and fully optimized for Windows 7.    "As part of the new desktop platform designed ...

32. Microsoft snipes at Google's market share with Visual Search

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 14 September 2009

    ... taken this to heart with Bing's new Visual Search feature [which is] is a new way to formulate and refine your search queries through imagery, particularly for sets of results that tend to be more structured." ...

33. Insurance company sues HP for server melt-down

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 11 September 2009

    The insurance company of an HP customer has sued the hardware market for $990,000 in damages and lost profits.The insurance company of an HP customer has sued the hardware market for $990,000 in damages ...

34. AMD showcases Eyefinity multi-display technology

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 10 September 2009

    ... that it seems optically real to the human eye. Indeed, the new technology supports up to 12 times 1080p high-definition resolution, with a combined theoretical resolution of 268 megapixels. In contrast, ...

35. Tesco and Microsoft bang another nail into DVD's coffin

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 09 September 2009

    ... entertainment download service this fall to offer 'a similar level of quality as consumers have come to expect from DVD and Blu-ray'. The new virtual DVD service will provide the ability to download ...

36. World's quietest room opens for business

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Tuesday, 08 September 2009

    ... nature of nanoscience, the new facility had to meet the most detailed constraints for vibration and acoustics. An extremely controlled environment is paramount with almost zero vibration, acoustic and ...

37. Psystar clones Apple's Snow Leopard

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 07 September 2009

    Psystar has confirmed that it will support Snow Leopard on all new Mac clones. The controversial manufacturer explained that it had developed "new virtualization technologies" to allow its computers ...

38. Stanford team develops open source 'Frankencamera'

    (Software/Software Features)

    Friday, 04 September 2009

      Stanford photo scientists are releasing an open-source digital camera designed to allow programmers to teach cameras new tricks. Stanford photo scientists are releasing an open-source digital ...

39. Falcon Xbox 360 touch controller helps rehabilitate injured soldiers

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 01 September 2009

    ... soldiers who have lost their hearing and sight. Novint describes its Falcon as an "entirely new type of game controller" that replaces mice and joysticks. Indeed, the device allows players to control ...

40. Darkfield Logitech mouse perfect for sofa surfing

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Sunday, 30 August 2009

    ... half that on your boring mouse. And in this case, I am talking about Logitech’s new Performance Mouse MX, it might even be a not-so-silly investment for some of us.   Yes, I hear you. It is not easy ...

41. AMD launches 40W six-core Opteron processor

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Sunday, 30 August 2009

    ... sentiments. "The advent of cloud computing and social media networks have brought new datacenter requirements to the forefront," explained Jenkins. "A number of companies have expressed interest in low-power ...

42. UK police admit CCTV cameras are useless

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 24 August 2009

    It takes 1,000 CCTV cameras to solve a single crime, Britain's biggest police force, London's Metropolitan Police, has admitted. London, England - It takes 1,000 CCTV cameras to solve a single crime, ...

43. We all go round in circles

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Friday, 21 August 2009

    ... their walking direction. This sounds rather less unpleasant for their volunteers, as they get to use state-of-the-art virtual reality kit, including a cool new omnidirectional treadmill. The study ...

44. EA preps Bad Company 2 for winter deployment

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 18 August 2009

    ... and offering a variety of gameplay options. For example, the new UH-60 transport helicopter is capable of shipping an entire four-player squad directly into battle, while allowing two additional team ...

45. Layer 2 data center networks scaled to 100,000 ports

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Monday, 17 August 2009

    ... instead of broadcasting this request to the entire network, the switch that receives the ARP talks to a directory service which returns a PMAC address. When new machines are added, or when virtual machines ...

46. Hapless Twitter hijacked by insidious botnet

    (Security/Security Features)

    Friday, 14 August 2009

    ... messages are being used to send out new download links to malware software known as "Downloader.Sninfs." San Francisco (CA) - An insidious botnet has breached Twitter's cyber defenses and is exploiting ...

47. Upset your loved ones a bit more when you die

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    Wednesday, 05 August 2009

    People keen to twist the knife in their grieving loved ones' guts after they're dead can now do it quickly and conveniently thanks to a new online service. London, England - People keen to twist the ...

48. It just won’t die: Windows 7 XP Mode RC released

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 04 August 2009

    ... may make the migration of technologies such as virtualization much easier. For consumers, we remember that backwards compatibility modes aren’t really new. All recent versions of Windows operating systems ...

49. Captain Kirk declares war on HP

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    Wednesday, 29 July 2009

    ... new computer lines virtually free of PVC and completely BFR-free. HP says it's abiding by its commitments. "By fall 2010 all new commercial PC products released will be BFR/PVC free. By the end of 2011 ...

50. Apple’s Cocktail: How to make you buy what you don’t want

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Opinion)

    Monday, 27 July 2009

    ... consumers spend more money than they intend to is a talent I always found interesting to watch. Why would you buy that extra protection package for your perfectly new car, even if your warranty already ...