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1. Getting paid to watch porn

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Saturday, 14 November 2009

   Dream job? Think again The author works in computer forensics for the UK police, checking PCs for suspect images. It's not as much fun as it sounds... "The boss is coming - quick, put some porn on!" ...

2. Control your enthusiasm

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Wednesday, 28 October 2009

   ... Q4. That sounds like double talk, so let me explain. Consumers are value sensitive now; maybe we should say value smart. They will not, for a while (maybe a year or more) buy frivolously and plunge themselves ...

3. iPhone is rubbish - give me POTS or die

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Wednesday, 14 October 2009

   ... gramophone if you can find the needles and listen to some really high fidelity sounds - such as Bing Crosby, Al Martino or Perry Como.Go out without your cellphone or your sound device and start talking ...

4. SAP's Leo Apotheker dismisses Oracle's bid for power

   (Software/Software Features)

   Tuesday, 06 October 2009

   ... the stage here in the Opera district of Paris, a man who speaks in measured tones but isn't frit of Oracle at all.Apotheker said: "I know it sounds really nice to have Oracle as a nemesis, but there's ...

5. Apocalypse anytime you want

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Friday, 25 September 2009

   ... The top speed is 30 mph and it can climb at 23 feet/second. It all sounds like it's too good to be true. There are, of course, a couple of catches. One is battery life since the device can only fly on ...

6. Windows 7 may be fab but it's pure marketing bamboozle

   (Software/Software Features)

   Friday, 04 September 2009

   ... the stuff already installed.And so to Microsoft. Three versions of Windows 7 - Home Premium, Professional and "Ultimate".  Ultimate sounds so cool, doesn't it? Ultimate is the version that works, ...

7. Metallica fans are monkeys

   (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

   Tuesday, 01 September 2009

   ... both signs of a calming effect. Teie wrote the music using specific features he spotted in the monkeys' calls, such as rising or falling pitches, and the duration of various sounds, says Snowdon, who ...

8. Amazon launches virtual private cloud

   (Networking/Networking Features)

   Thursday, 27 August 2009

     It sounds rather lovely: Amazon Web Services is to offer security-conscious organizations their own private cloud-within-a-cloud. It sounds rather lovely: Amazon Web Services is to offer security-conscious ...

9. Google: Ah, Mr Bond. I've been expecting you…

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

   Tuesday, 25 August 2009

   ... program." Well, that all sounds jolly impartial until one realises that all programs are written by people and this one was written by people paid by Google. This is how it works. Writer A knocks ...

10. Microsoft defends infamous red ring of death

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Friday, 21 August 2009

    ... these things. That number sounds ridiculous to me. I understand that they are replacing the systems for free, but how can these companies exist churning out one bad unit after another?" asked Nick. "54 ...

11. 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 ...

12. James Cameron previews 'Avatar' at Comic-Con

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Friday, 24 July 2009

    ... alive and well in the back of my mind," Cameron told the LA Times. "I don't want to say it's important, because then it sounds like you're making a documentary. [But it's] something with a conscience. ...

13. Intel rallies stocks and saves economy for now

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 15 July 2009

    ... demand. Intel CEO, Paul Ottelini, said that second quarter growth was the best for Intel since 1988. Antone Gonsalves at Information Week sounds a note of caution in this article here pointing out that ...

14. Apple's iPhone has yet to meet its Microsoft

    (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

    Tuesday, 14 July 2009

    ... and confusion and ambiguity in some of its approaches. Sounds like the same old high-handed, arrogance of the company that gave us the Mac revolution and so it fizzle against the onslaught of Windows. ...

15. Is it time for Nvidia to ditch CUDA?

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 17 June 2009

    ... iPod company in Cupertino. Which, of course, sounds a bit strange, given Nvidia’s currently very close relationship with Apple – one would assume that Nvidia should be the one under Apple NDAs at this ...

16. Can Google reinvent Email services?

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 28 May 2009

    Attempting to reinvent email sounds a bit like an attempt to reinvent the wheel. Today’s email is a nearly 50-year old concept, but why fix something that isn’t broken? Isn’t today’s email good enough? ...

17. Scientists agree on how the brain processes speech

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Tuesday, 26 May 2009

    ... sounds and their meaning. The 'where' pathway is mostly in the parietal lobe, above the temporal lobe. It processes the location and motion in space of a sound, but is also involved in providing feedback ...

18. Speakers scream out loud at 150 kilohertz

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 14 May 2009

    ... can't possibly hear sounds at this pitch. But that doesn't mean the device has no applications, the wire said. For example it could act as a sonar like device and for crime prevention. What about the ...

19. Garmin Nuvifone delayed, again

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 11 May 2009

    ... half this year, the company said during a recent conference call with analysts. To us, the Nuvifone now sounds like a pretty solid 2010 model.Chicago (IL) – Garmin president Chris Pemble shed a bit more ...

20. Electric cars: the shocking truth

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    Thursday, 30 April 2009

    ... the domestic supply. Sounds OK on paper, doesn't it? Not to me it doesn't. I live in a remote corner of North Wales. Hey. It's my choice, OK? I can do most of my grocery shopping at the little stores ...

21. Beam me down: PG&E moves into space solar power

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    Tuesday, 14 April 2009

    This one may make you speechless. It is so obvious in its idea that you wonder why no one else has thought of it before, yet it sounds like a plot from a 1960s science fiction movie: Collect solar energy ...

22. Complexity kills the computer industry

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

    Thursday, 02 April 2009

    ... super servers that are network aware and have blended CPU + GPU processing power, we get an explosion of real and virtual cores with a result that sounds almost brain-like to me. OnLive:  Moving ...

23. Apple's placebo iTunes upgrade

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Thursday, 12 March 2009

    ... iTunes version, it was just called "Higher Quality".Someone in Apple's marketing obviously concluded that "iTunes Plus" sounds more powerful than "Higher Quality", and that it might even pass as a new ...

24. LG Versa: Unboxing the "iPhone Beater"

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 03 March 2009

    ... color effects. The Photo quality is decent, as images appear sharp and the colors are vibrant. Other features of the camera include auto-focus, customizable shutter sounds, a self-time, panorama mode, ...

25. Researchers tap supercomputers to find interesting language trends

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Friday, 27 February 2009

    ... throw, which has a half-life of 900 years. Researchers also point out the diversity of language, such as the word throw having 42 unrelated sounds used to convey it across all languages. Mark Pagel, ...

26. UPDATED: Hacking Safari 4 Beta: Top 10 hidden settings

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 26 February 2009

    ... The /> part with which the value ends marks end of value statement for this particular item so that next line is interpreted as another preference value definition. While it all sounds complicated, ...

27. Nvidia CEO says Intel's Atom could hurt the hardware and software industries

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Thursday, 29 January 2009

      Yesterday, LaptopMag.com's Mark Spoonauer sat down with Nvidia CEO, Jen-Hsun Huang, who had some very outspoken things to say about Intel's Atom processor, including "Atom could potentially hurt the ...

28. FCC still investigating Comcast over VoIP and bandwidth throttling policies

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Wednesday, 21 January 2009

    ... that consumer may find that his "VoIP call sounds choppy." Critically, the Appendix draws no distinction between Comcast's VoIP offering and those offered by its competitors. "Comcast's website, however, ...

29. Digital album sales climb, vinyl makes a comeback in 2008

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Brief)

    Friday, 02 January 2009

    Nielsen SoundScan, a service that tracks point-of-purchase sales of music, Nielsen BDS a music performance monitoring service and Nielsen RingScan, which tracks mobile ringtone purchases, released comprehensive ...

30. Apple: iPhone farts ok, boobs not

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 25 December 2008

    ... deliver realistic fart sounds that have names such as "Air Biscuit", "Jack the Ripper", "Splatter" or "Quack". Some may argue that these programs have no real purpose, but who really cares if there is ...

31. Opinion: A look at television history, from analog to digital

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Monday, 22 December 2008

    ... showing the picture. Or the heat plumes generated by TVs in operation as they could literally heat up an entire room by themselves. Or the high pitched squealing as some components emitted sounds in the ...

32. MIT shows amazing advancements in solar cell efficiency and cost

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Monday, 01 December 2008

    ... on the Earth, coupled to some of the silicon-based battery technologies which TG Daily also recently reported on. This solution built around silicon sounds most desirable, both for our environment and ...

33. 10 not so ordinary Christmas gifts

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Sunday, 30 November 2008

    ... ear muffs both protect against ear damaging sound and amplify the sounds around you. Kind of like having Superman hearing with a built in AM/FM radio you can use to listen to the TV while at the Gym or ...

34. CherryPal: Vaporware? Or just delayed?

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 21 November 2008

    ... Sounds compelling. But when the time came for the money to land in the hands of Seybold and CherryPal, the investors couldn’t come up with the funds, he told me. Seybold then took it upon himself to raise ...

35. Sprint-Clearwire WiMax deal expected to be approved this week

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Sunday, 02 November 2008

    ... and needed “10 – 15 years” to become ubiquitous in the U.S. In that sense, a soft launch of the technology in Baltimore sounds sensible and should enable all companies to test the network in a real world ...

36. AMD surrenders more CPU market share to Intel

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Friday, 24 October 2008

    ... data provided by Mercury Research to PC Magazine sounds somewhat surprising given AMD’s strategy to hold on to market share at virtually any cost and dirt cheap desktop processor prices. For example a ...

37. Five products Apple should build

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Opinion)

    Friday, 24 October 2008

    ... access iTunes sounds like an enticing idea to us. Did we just say upgrade that silly Apple TV and finally get it right? Yes, we did. Read on the next page: iTV, iBook, iTablet 3. iTV So, Apple ...

38. Why Macbooks matter

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 14 October 2008

    ... Intel Core 2 Duo processors, a 120 GB hard drive and an 8X DVD burner (SuperDrive sounds a bit strange when Blu-ray is available and Apple does not offer it) for $999. Even if Apple is still miles away ...

39. Laptops might have caused bloody Qantas Airbus plunge

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Thursday, 09 October 2008

    ... certainly sounds consistent with a sudden altitude change. The plane landed at Learmonth Air Force base in Western Australia and 40 people were transported to local hospitals, 14 of those passengers had ...

40. Fab spin-off saves AMD and Hector Ruiz

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 07 October 2008

    ... showed a successful rollout of several new products this year. However, separating these two tangled up companies may take much longer than it sounds today. Essentially, two new company structures need ...

41. Fring debuts VoIP on the iPhone

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 06 October 2008

    ... Limiting the usage of a service plan that costs at least $70 per month sounds strange in any way you look at it. Here is a list of items you should be aware of when using Fring: 1. You can make free ...

42. Outmaneuvered: Real Networks hits Hollywood with preemptive suit

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 30 September 2008

    ... fees. But according to Real Networks, the studios were upset enough to launch “threats” against RealDVD. In some way, it sounds like business as usual. A software company announces an application that ...

43. Space news: Snow on Mars, Hubble hiccup

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Monday, 29 September 2008

    ... said it will attempt to activate a microphone on the lander to possibly capture sounds on Mars.    ...

44. iPhone battery lawsuit rejected, lawyers eating Taco Bell tonight

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 26 September 2008

    ... at 400 full charge and discharge cycles. You may choose to replace your battery when it no longer holds sufficient charge to meet your needs.”  80% after 400 full discharge cycles certainly sounds ...

45. Proxy server trail leads FBI to Palin email hacker

    (Security/Security Features)

    Friday, 19 September 2008

    ... from website logging scripts.  While this sounds great, Rubico posted, “Yes I was behind a proxy, only one, if this sh** ever got to the FBI I was FU****” In his gloating, Rubico posted up screenshots ...

46. NEC unveils massive 82" LCD

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 16 September 2008

    ... babies mixing together on your wall. Sounds like the perfect companion for Sharp's $185,000 plasma TV.  ...

47. HP fires and outsources thousands

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Monday, 15 September 2008

    ... and nicely packaged sentence could leave you scratching your head or feel like a slap in the face make if you are one of the employees affected. But we have to agree, “streamlining for growth” sounds much ...

48. 10 things we would like to see in Firefox and Chrome

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Friday, 12 September 2008

    ... is based on the WebKit rendering engine, which is easily deployed across various form-factors, so it shouldn't be difficult to get Chrome into Android. Chrome and Android sounds like a winning combination ...

49. VIDEO - Speedtraps meets social networking in ultimate iPhone app for lead foots

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 09 September 2008

    ... superimposed on Google Maps, which sounds impressive, but even better, an iPhone application has recently been released for testing. We tested out this app by taking a nail-biting ride with Tenereillo ...

50. HP latest notebook will run for 24 hours on one charge, if…

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 09 September 2008

    ... hours. But the overall 24 hour claim sounds just like a lot of theory and very optimistic. But let’s be honest: Even if this notebook will hit only 12 hours in a real life scenario, it is impressive to ...