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1. Weekly hardware roundup

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Saturday, 21 November 2009

   ... Fermi-based Tesla GPUs and ATI's Radeon 5970 graphics card. LucidLogix preps Hydra SoC for early 2010 launch This second generation SoC works with any GPU, CPU or chipset to provide scalable 3D graphics ...

2. EU ombudsman slams Intel antitrust ruling

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Wednesday, 18 November 2009

   ... failed to find any maladministration in relation to Intel's second allegation, that the Commission encouraged Dell to enter into an information exchange agreement with AMD. Intel claimed that this agreement ...

3. Qualcomm intros first 3G/LTE chipsets

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Thursday, 12 November 2009

   ... of network operators, infrastructure vendors and handset manufacturers. Commercial launches of these devices using Qualcomm chipsets will begin during the second half of 2010. Potential customers include ...

4. Apple with iPhone more profitable than Nokia

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Wednesday, 11 November 2009

   It's a setback for Nokia Research from Strategy Research said that Nokia slipped into second place in the USA in the third quarter, leaving Apple with its iPhone as the most profitable handset vendor. ...

5. Microsoft locks out thousands of gamers

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Wednesday, 11 November 2009

   ... losing all online capabilities permanently - which means gamers looking to buy second-hand consoles should be careful. "All consumers should know that piracy is illegal and that modifying their Xbox 360 ...

6. Traveling with the MacBook Air Butt Kicking Dell Adamo 9.99

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Tuesday, 10 November 2009

   ... areas that don’t touch me and is dead quiet.  Granted I kind of missed the drunken gerbil on a treadmill sound that many notebooks put out in my hotel room but I got over it in like 10 seconds.  ...

7. Leaving the iPhone behind

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Opinion)

   Monday, 26 October 2009

   ... call to make mid-way through the drive, which forced me to take the second route, Interstate 5, a mostly tedious freeway that stretches from the Mexican border in the south to the Canadian one up north. ...

8. Tilera challenges X86 architecture with 100 core-processor

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Sunday, 25 October 2009

   ... signal processing performance with a 4 MAC/cycle multiplier unit delivering up to 600 billion MACs per second, more than 12x the fastest commercial DSP. Integrated high-performance DDR3 memory controllers: ...

9. How Microsoft blindsided vulnerable Apple with Windows 7

   (Software/Software Features)

   Thursday, 22 October 2009

   ... the next few months because, traditionally, Microsoft would be vulnerable and not able to fight back. Second Front However this isn’t their only problem. Verizon, Google and Motorola have opened a ...

10. The Delusions of IT Startups

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Monday, 19 October 2009

    ... when I looked at the  YouNoodle 500 about YouNoodle itself last week it had dropped quite a few points in its own ranking, which, on second thought, impressed me with such an honest, open assessment. ...

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

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Friday, 16 October 2009

    Depending on how you count, January begins the second decade of the 21st century. While a painful 10 years in many ways, the information technology industry saw some phenomenal changes during that time. ...

12. Keep on blogging in the free world

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Monday, 12 October 2009

    ... the list. What does this tell you about Wal-Mart? First, management is clueless on blogging. Second, they're lazy at Wal-Mart. Third, nothing interesting happens at Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart cannot claim ...

13. Windows 7 boots fast enough for normal people

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Sunday, 11 October 2009

    ... – or even know – how long your machine takes to boot? According to iolo, Windows 7 starts up to the point where the machine is usable 42 percent slower than Vista - one minute, 34 seconds compared ...

14. FCC pledges to "unleash" 4G mobile broadband spectrum

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Wednesday, 07 October 2009

    ... networks - data rates measured in megabits per second instead of kilobits, latencies in mere milliseconds." The Chairman noted that Clearwire has already launched WiMAX in 14 markets, while Verizon, ...

15. Google's mobile ad services are laughable

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Opinion)

    Tuesday, 06 October 2009

    ... to check a second box and their content will appear on a smartphone when on-the-go users unwittingly search for a purchased term. Before today, advertisers seeking mobile users had to use a separate service ...

16. First real Windows Mobile 6.5 spotted in Lisbon

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Tuesday, 06 October 2009

    ... been produced very specifically for the Portuguese mobile network operator, TMN. There are two major consequences – firstly, the handset doesn't support English – because it is a bespoke product. Secondly, ...

17. Astrophysicists simulate a star's final hours

    (Space/Space Features)

    Wednesday, 23 September 2009

    ... intractable. We needed to simulate the conditions for hours, not just a few seconds. We are now doing calculations that weren't possible before." Almgren's team developed a simulation code, Maestro, ...

18. Humans will be immortal in 20 years

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Tuesday, 22 September 2009

    Scientist Ray Kurzweil claims humans could become immortal in as little as 20 years' time. Scientist Ray Kurzweil claims humans could become immortal in as little as 20 years' time. The 61 year old ...

19. Intel shows off 22 nanometer, optimistic about future

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 22 September 2009

    ... production in the second half of 2011. Sandy Bridge is the next generation of CPUs that will be out by this time next year. Intel is confident it can get to 15 nanometers after 22 nanometers on a predictable ...

20. Point Grey debuts USB 3.0 digital video camera

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Friday, 18 September 2009

    ... 60 frames per second (FPS). "One of the potential benefits of the increased bandwidth of USB 3.0 is that it allows the main processor to handle compression," explained Point Grey spokesperson Vlad ...

21. Consumer notebooks save PC bacon

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 16 September 2009

    Shipments of PCs worldwide fell by 19.1 percent in the second quarter of this year compared to last year, and sales of commercial notebooks stayed depressed.Shipments of PCs worldwide fell by 19.1 percent ...

22. Apple snaps up top Intel lawyer

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 15 September 2009

    The second high profile casualty of yesterday's Intel management reshuffle, ex-General Counsel Bruce Sewell, is moving down the road to Cupertino to take on the same role at Apple. The second high profile ...

23. Google Fast Flip promises look and feel of print

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 14 September 2009

    ... to the content you like, without the constant wait for things to load," says Krishna Bharat - who delights in the job title 'distinguished researcher' - on the company blog. "Imagine taking 10 seconds ...

24. Here comes the quarter-of-a-million dollar man

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Sunday, 13 September 2009

    ... by Californian company Second Sight. Images are captured by a camera attached to a pair of sunglasses and transmitted to an electrode array which is attached to a patient's retina. Signals then travel ...

25. Apple lines up against Palm, Microsoft. And Apple

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 09 September 2009

    Opinion This week was the big Apple iPod refresh and the interest was almost as focused on what Apple didn’t announce as it was on what they did.   I think the overarching news was that despite ...

26. Mac clone war sparks fierce debate over Apple tax

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 03 September 2009

    ... willing to cough up some money for a second rate machine," wrote Technophile. They don't care about 'availability' or 'working alongside Apple.' They just want to make a quick buck. I hope Apple fries ...

27. Holy monk joins shadowy ranks of Diablo III

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 24 August 2009

    ... damage, the second causes a little more, while the third results in a bleeing "damage over time" (DoT). Battle.Net Blizzard has also revealed details of its upgraded Battle.net. The new 'net - billed ...

28. Inflatable spacecraft test success for NASA

    (Space/Space Features)

    Monday, 17 August 2009

    ... less than 90 seconds. "Our inflation system, which is essentially a glorified scuba tank, worked flawlessly and so did the flexible aeroshell," said Neil Cheatwood, IRVE principal investigator and ...

29. Logitech retools key gaming peripherals

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 06 August 2009

    Logitech has introduced a retooled gaming mouse capable of reaching a maximum hand speed of 165 inches per second (ips) and a top acceleration force of 30 gs. The device features an "on-the-fly" adjustable-dpi ...

30. Activision postpones Starcraft II launch to 2010

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 05 August 2009

    ... that Activision Publishing was the "#1" US third-party console and handheld publisher during the second quarter. In addition, Activision claimed three, top-10 best-selling titles in the US: Prototype, ...

31. Masterclass: How not to write a news story

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Friday, 31 July 2009

    ... also noticed that the injured man was bleeding profusely. "It was squirting out, with every pulse," said Narula, lapsing into medical jargon. Intriguingly, we also learn that a mystery second doctor stepped ...

32. Claws out in Splinter Cell snub catfight

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 22 July 2009

    ... game potential and provided strong support to promote it. So, there is a 'link of heart' between the franchise and the platform. Some games are like this (think of Final Fantasy for instance). The second ...

33. Brit tricksters do the monster mash

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 20 July 2009

    ... men made a getaway, their root going through several red lights and endangering other road users. One 32 year old man was arrested after the chase, but the second was able to escape on foot despite being ...

34. It does help to swear

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Monday, 13 July 2009

    ... for nearly two minutes when swearing - but lasted just one minute 15 seconds when they kept it clean. Stephens said he had expected to find the opposite result. The researchers reckon the pain-reducing ...

35. Google's a threat to you, not Microsoft

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Wednesday, 08 July 2009

    ... was in it for Google to produce yet another variant of Linux. I wondered about this for about two seconds. What Google wants is you. It wants your searches; your ad revenue; your data; your heart and soul. ...

36. Windows 7 flying off virtual retail shelves, Vista not so much

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 07 July 2009

    ... believe Amazon’s sales charts and if those rankings are any indication, Windows 7 is doing well. The $50 Home Premium Upgrade is the top-selling software while the $100 Professional Upgrade is second. ...

37. Apple's iPhone sweeps the board in smartphone sales

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Friday, 03 July 2009

    ...  According to nikkei.net, market research company BCN surveyed the market and said the iPhone 3G 8GB, sold by Softbank, easily came in at number one. Second in line was the 16GB iPhone, while the NTT CoCoMo ...

38. Toyota refines brain machine interface for wheelchairs

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Monday, 29 June 2009

    ... technology to analyze brain-waves in under 125 milliseconds.   San Francisco (CA) - The BSI-Toyota Collaboration Center (BTCC) has developed an advanced wheelchair control system. The  brain ...

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

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 19 June 2009

    ... is not a Tie:” The Cyberoptix TieLab was started in 2006 after noticing a void in creative yet sophisticated neckwear. The TieLab Studio is currently located on the second floor of an old furniture warehouse ...

40. 360 mpg hydrogen car unveiled

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Tuesday, 16 June 2009

    ... is 50mph and the 200 mile range vehicle accelerates from 0-30mph in 5.5 seconds. A design life of 20 years is claimed. The networked fuel cell power-train design led to a reduction in fuel cell power ...

41. Moblin and netbook make an interesting pair

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 09 June 2009

    ... piece of cake to learn. This beta version of Moblin took 32 seconds to boot after being switched on. Intel tells me the Moblin developers are optimising the OS for the Atom chip, so boot is likely to ...

42. Semi industry sees light at the end of the tunnel

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 08 June 2009

    Semiconductor maker Texas Instruments has updated its business outlook for the second quarter and raised estimates of earnings. Dallas (TX) - Semiconductor maker Texas Instruments has updated its business ...

43. Palm stock tumbles over Pre supply concerns

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 08 June 2009

    ... 200,000 units. Sprint store representatives are currently telling customers that a second batch of Pre phones will be arriving on June 10. Palm’s market capitalization is currently about $1.6 billion. ...

44. Quick look: iZel mobile device stand

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 04 June 2009

    ... which ensures that your mobile device sits safely on most surfaces. You can fold it to its operational position in less than five seconds and safely place virtually any mobile device on it. Its base is ...

45. Wind River: Intel is aiming another big gun at Apple, ARM

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Thursday, 04 June 2009

    Opinion – Intel isn’t kidding about the embedded and mobile market. Today’s acquisition is yet another sign that the company isn’t playing for second place and is trying to replace ARM, MIPS and ...

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

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 04 June 2009

    ... who makes them. And it gets increasingly ugly after 12 months.  You can install a removable battery yourself. With new battery technology coming from companies like Boston Power, the second battery ...

47. IBM teams with Swedes in 'space weather' study

    (Space/Space Features)

    Tuesday, 02 June 2009

    ... and analyzed on the fly. Over the next year, the project is expected to perform analytics on at least six gigabytes a second or 21,600 gigabytes per hour - equivalent to processing all the data on the ...

48. Nokia N97 to ship this month

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 01 June 2009

    ... also a new Bluetooth Stereo Headset BH-905,launched today. High-quality images and video clips at 30 frames per second can be captured using the five megapixel camera with integrated Carl Zeiss optics. ...

49. Big Blue claims 8x SSD performance hike

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 21 May 2009

    ... by approximately 80 per cent and energy consumption by up to 90 per cent. Solid-state storage can handle up to 20,000 transfers per second compared to around 200 on a conventional disk. IBM's Data ...

50. Global smartphone sales surge as mobile phone shipments plummet

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Wednesday, 20 May 2009

    ... to surpass 36.4 million units. Nokia maintained its lead in the mobile phone sector with a respectable 36.2 percent market share. Second place Samsung managed to improve its position with sales of 51.4 ...