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1. Tech Economy in the Hands of Nude Entrepreuners

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

   Thursday, 19 November 2009

   ... high-tech entrepreuners. The proceeds from the sale of the calendar will be going to Take Heart India, "a charity focused on IT education projects for blind and disabled students in India." According ...

2. Google rolls out Chrome OS source code

   (Software/Software Features)

   Thursday, 19 November 2009

   ... people who spend "most of their time" on the web. "Today we are open-sourcing the project as Chromium OS. We are doing this early, a year before Google Chrome OS will be ready for users, because we are ...

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

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Wednesday, 18 November 2009

   ... fewer than 16 percent having a hardware malfunction over 3 years. Slightly over  10 percent of Apple MacBooks and MacBook Pros failed in some way, and the projected failure rate of Apple machines within ...

4. YouTube launches tool for 'citizen journalists'

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Tuesday, 17 November 2009

   ... project page, here.  ...

5. Michael Arrington resurrects enigmatic CrunchPad tablet

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   Monday, 16 November 2009

   ... a number of journalists and bloggers have speculated that the CrunchPad could be DOA due to its relatively steep price tag. "While the project apparently isn't dead, I do still think there's a chance ...

6. Google: Better ethics than the Vatican?

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

   Saturday, 14 November 2009

   ...  And this is not a one-time shot for Google. It has taken the lead in many projects to better the lives of others. Its support of O3b (the other 3 billion) to build a satellite network for the poorest ...

7. NASA finds water on dark side of the moon


   (Space/Space Features)

   Friday, 13 November 2009

   ... LCROSS project scientist Anthony Colaprete cautioned that achieving a "full understanding" of the LCROSS data was likely to take some  time.

 "The data is that rich. Along with the water in Cabeus, there ...

8. Wii regains top hardware spot as PS3 sales slip

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Thursday, 12 November 2009

   ... rate, is undoubtedly impacting industry sales," concluded Frazier. But Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime remained upbeat. "Our projections for November and December continue to be very ...

9. Microsoft integrating Wolfram Alpha and Bing

   (Software/Software Features)

   Thursday, 12 November 2009

   ... project to, as the company’s website says, "make all systematic knowledge immediately computable by anyone." Microsoft says it will provide access to Wolfram Alpha’s advanced algorithms from inside Bing. ...

10. Painted ladies fly to ISS

    (Space/Space Features)

    Thursday, 12 November 2009

    The prettiest astronauts yet In a project known as Butterflies in Space, the Atlantis space shuttle will next week carry a butterfly habitat containing monarch and painted lady adults and larvae to the ...

11. Microsoft readies five million Natal units for launch

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 11 November 2009

    November 2010, 14 games, fifty bucks UK gaming site MCV has published the first details of Microsoft's Project Natal controller for the Xbox 360. Sources say the innovative gaming controller will be released ...

12. Space elevator climbs nearly 1km high

    (Space/Space Features)

    Thursday, 05 November 2009

    ... the competition, says the project is a serious one. "Our goal is to generate enough interest in the project, so that within five years the Space Elevator basic building blocks can be demonstrated as feasible, ...

13. 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 ...

14. Prosthetic hand gives sensation of touch

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Thursday, 05 November 2009

    ... a prosthetic hand to existing nerve endings, allowing the user to actually feel it. Robin af Ekenstam of Sweden, the project's first human subject, has not only been able to complete complicated tasks ...

15. Cops to get long range tasers

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Wednesday, 04 November 2009

    ... people they want to Taser, coppers are looking at new long-range shocking gear. According to New Scientist, a Pentagon project, now in its final stages, to perfect a projectile capable of delivering an ...

16. Russia plans nuclear rocket for manned Mars mission

    (Space/Space Features)

    Friday, 30 October 2009

    ... reactor - far more powerful than the small nuclear reactors that power some Russian military satellites. "The project is aimed at implementing large-scale space exploration programs, including a manned ...

17. Google finds partners for PowerMeter monitoring

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 28 October 2009

    ... March,  Edward Lu, Advanced Projects Program Manager told a Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: "we must develop and deploy smart grid technology in a manner that empowers consumers ...

18. Toshiba hunts for rare metals in Kazakhstan

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 23 October 2009

    ... announced a partnership in the field of nuclear energy. Toshiba is a participant in the Kharassan uranium mine development project in the country. Kazatomprom is an indirect minority shareholder in Westinghouse ...

19. Raindrops keep falling on Mozilla's head

    (Software/Software Features)

    Friday, 23 October 2009

    ... Raindrop project aims to create a filter that will let you see the different streams and screams of consciousness deluging you from such diverse sources as Twitter, Facebook, Flikr, RSS and the rest.  ...

20. Chrome for Mac finally arrives in beta, sort of

    (Software/Software Features)

    Friday, 23 October 2009

    ... at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, but admitted he was disappointed by how long it had taken to arrive. "The timing of that has been one of the disappointments of Chrome project for me," said Brin ...

21. AMD joins Windows 7 launch party

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 22 October 2009

    ... contribute to open source Linux projects and work with the Java community." ...

22. Americans tweet like a flock of canaries

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Thursday, 22 October 2009

    One in five online Americans feels the need to tell the world what they're up to, according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project. One in five online Americans feels the need to tell the world ...

23. Oracle Sun takeover ‘like putting fox in charge of the hen house’

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 19 October 2009

    ... of a new free and open source software project to integrate existing program code, is not a viable option to ensure competition in the marketplace, contrary to what defenders of the Oracle takeover claim. ...

24. Office 2010 enters public beta next month

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 19 October 2009

    ...  The public betas of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 and Office 2010, along with Project 2010 and Visio 2010 will become available in November 2009. More information is available here.  ...

25. Gartner veep outlines Windows 7 migration costs

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 19 October 2009

    ... added that the cost of deploying PCs, reinstalling software, moving data and settings, and managing the project should also be factored in.  ...

26. NASA does kick up moon plume after all

    (Space/Space Features)

    Monday, 19 October 2009

    ... and the creation of the Centaur crater. "We are blown away by the data returned," said Anthony Colaprete, LCROSS principal investigator and project scientist. "The team is working hard on the analysis ...

27. Oracle, Linux, Sun to blame for Sidekick Danger data loss

    (Software/Software Features)

    Friday, 16 October 2009

    ... technologies and 3rd party technologies.  Microsoft’s other cloud computing projects are totally separate from the Danger Service and do not rely on the Danger Service technology.” Well, who’d have ...

28. Moving to Windows 7 will be "inevitable" - report

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 15 October 2009

    ... to move off Windows XP by the end of 2012, and avoid significant support problems in the future. They should start migration projects now - because moving typically takes 12 to 18 months. They shouldn't ...

29. Barnes and Noble leaks e-reader details

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Wednesday, 14 October 2009

    ... access to all books scanned by the Google Books project; probably books that are out of print." The upcoming Barnes and Noble e-reader will likely find itself competing against Apple's rumored tablet ...

30. Global warming debate hots up

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    Monday, 12 October 2009

    ... a more definitive answer on climate change. "Some projections are well established, some have competing explanations, yet others are speculative," said Dr Stephen Schneider, a Stanford University Biology ...

31. European VCs bin majority of entrepreneurs' business plans

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 08 October 2009

    ... businesses, and therefore there were also good opportunities for successful exits and for the VCs to make money.Schmitt said that he wasn't interested investing in "crazy projects in crazy countries". ...

32. PS3 claims "top home console" slot as Wii sales decline

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 08 October 2009

    ... forecasts, October's new releases would need to produce $225 million to post flat year-over-year comps. Currently, EEDAR projects high single digit growth in October, low double digit growth in November, ...

33. 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 ...

34. Intel: Xeon 5500 servers are "cash machines"

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 06 October 2009

    ... or deferring the decision, would have cost Intel $19 million due to high maintenance and cooling costs. We project that Nehalem will save us a total of $250 million over an 8 year period." Bryant ...

35. Gmail, Yahoo, AOL, others also hit in Hotmail phishing attack

    (Security/Security Features)

    Monday, 05 October 2009

    ...  Pastebin’s  Paul Dixon said the site had received ‘an unprecedented amount of traffic’. "Pastebin.com is just a fun side project for me, and today it's not fun. It will remain offline all day ...

36. Scientist recreates Shroud of Turin

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Monday, 05 October 2009

    ... He claimed it had no effect on his results. He said that “money has no odor,” adding that the project was scientific and  if the Church wants to fund him in the future, he would do it.  ...

37. Google leaks Apple's October Mac lineup: Mighty Mouse!

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 05 October 2009

    ...  According to Jade, the projected October (7-9) lineup is likely to be accompanied by a redesign of Apple's Mighty Mouse, remote and aluminum wireless keyboards. He added that Apple has already informed ...

38. Acting fast could cut climate change risk, says MIT

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    Sunday, 04 October 2009

    ... climate outcomes. For example, under the strongest of the four policy options, the average projected outcome was a 1.7 degrees C reduction of the expected temperature increase in 2100, but for the most ...

39. Adobe brings Flash to future phones

    (Software/Software Features)

    Sunday, 04 October 2009

    Qualcomm and Adobe said they have worked together as part of the Open Screen Project to optimize and increase performance for Adobe Flash Player 10.1 to support Snapdragon chipsets.Qualcomm and Adobe ...

40. Nissan copies fish schools to avoid robot collision

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Friday, 02 October 2009

    ... robots which it hopes will emulate this kind of behavior. Toshiyuki Andou, who is Nissan's principal engineer of the robot car project, said: "We have a lot to learn from the behavior of a fish in terms ...

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

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Opinion)

    Thursday, 01 October 2009

    ... conference  and it suddenly hit me that we are at the forefront of another massive change in the computer industry.    The kinds of projects that are being showcased have change the world ...

42. GPU-based array processes 20TFLOP with just 20kW of power

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 01 October 2009

    ... an image every 8 seconds," explained Pfister. "We observed a 10X improvement over typical CPU performance with Nvidia GPUs, which is helping to make this project possible." The MWA currently comprises ...

43. World’s largest windfarm breezes into Texas

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    Thursday, 01 October 2009

    ... wind farm near Roscoe, Texas. The Roscoe wind complex has an installed capacity of 781.5 megawatts (MW), generating enough electricity to power more than 230,000 homes. The project area spans parts of ...

44. ICANN is broken: they think they have fixed it

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 28 September 2009

    ... structure and policies. "This federal commission should take six to twelve months to fully audit ICANN and develop recommendations for a revised and updated JPA [Joint Project Agreement]. The commission ...

45. Sony promises motion controller next spring as Nintendo cuts price of Wii

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 23 September 2009

    Sony's become the latest console manufacturer to launch a motion-sensitive controller for its PlayStation 3, following Microsoft's formal announcement of Project Natal earlier this week. Sony's become ...

46. Activision delays Blur release over multiplayer concerns

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 21 September 2009

    ... and projections."  ...

47. Apple Snow Leopard sales hit record numbers

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 17 September 2009

    ... the fall selling season, and the release of another major OS upgrade, it will be instructive to see if that upgrade - currently projected to sell at ASPs much higher than Snow Leopard - can deliver the ...

48. Google bolsters OCR capabilities with reCAPTCHA acquisition

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 16 September 2009

    Google has bolstered its optical character recognition (OCR) capabilities with the acquistion of reCAPTCHA. The company - which was originally spun-off from a Carnegie Mellon University research project ...