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1. Modern life is rubbish

   (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

   Sunday, 22 November 2009

   Everything's a bit shit Opinion: I've been working in IT for a good few years and like everyone else I have dealings with computers and related systems at home and in my everyday life. Over the course ...

2. Steam bans Modern Warfare "grey market" keys

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Saturday, 21 November 2009

   Activision demands, Valve follows Steam has reportedly implemented a total ban on "grey market" keys used to unlock CD copies of Modern Warfare 2.  According to Voodoo Extreme, both Steam and Activision ...

3. Weekly hardware roundup

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Saturday, 21 November 2009

   Phenom II overclocking and Fermi Tesla GPUs We covered a number of hardware-related topics this past week at TG Daily, including Lucid's Hydra SoC, shattering the Phenom II 7GHz barrier, the debut of ...

4. Sony takes on Apple's iTunes

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Thursday, 19 November 2009

   Confirms plans to launch online app and music store Sony has confirmed plans to launch an online store that will sell music, movies, books and applications. 
The virtual marketplace will also allow users ...

5. Google rolls out Chrome OS source code

   (Software/Software Features)

   Thursday, 19 November 2009

   Eliminates all "unnecessary" processes Google has released the source code of its long-awaited Chrome OS. According to the Mountain View-based company, the alternative operating system is optimized for ...

6. Rumor: Sony planning Firefox PS3 port

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Thursday, 19 November 2009

   May replace integrated browser Playstation Insider has reported that Sony may be planning a port of Mozilla's Firefox for the Playstation 3 console. "We recently received a tip from a source very close ...

7. Space walkers will drink their own urine, dammit

   (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

   Thursday, 19 November 2009

   In space no one can hear you pee... The six man, all male crew of the Shuttle docked with the space station on Wednesday, and will be spending Thanksgiving up in space eating freeze dried turkey, no doubt. ...

8. Chinese court halts Microsoft OS sales

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Thursday, 19 November 2009

   Over copyright violation Microsoft, always happy to defend its own products, has been ordered to stop selling some versions of Windows in China, after a court found it had violated a licensing agreement. ...

9. Energy-saving lightbulbs get dimmer over time

   (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

   Thursday, 19 November 2009

   And they're pretty rubbish to start with Energy-saving light bulbs lose as much as 22 percent of their brightness over their lifetime, according to a report from the Institution of Engineering and Technology. ...

10. Casio caters for the clumsy cameraman

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Wednesday, 18 November 2009

    Drop it, drown it, bash it Casio's new digital camera can survive a drop of seven feet as well as submersion in water, says the company. The shock-resistant Casio Exilim EX-G1 will hit the shelves next ...

11. Thieves scrump thousands of Apple iPhones

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 18 November 2009

    It's an incider job Thieves have made off with 4,000 iPhones, worth over $3 million, in a daring heist in Belgium. They climbed a fire ladder to the roof of the warehouse, cut a hole in it, and dropped ...

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

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 18 November 2009

    Price no guarantee of quality A report from computer warranty firm Square Trade shows that Apple could only manage fourth place, behind Asus, Toshiba and Sony, in terms of laptop reliability. The research ...

13. Chrome OS: Lame Copy or Amazing new OS?

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 18 November 2009

    Depends on How Smart YOU Are Sometimes I wonder about new companies.   Apple and Google both have this way of bewitching people so that, no matter what they come out with, folks drool and say that’s wonderful.  ...

14. Electronic Arts closes Pandemic Studios

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 17 November 2009

    200 layoffs confirmed Electronic Arts has reportedly shuttered Pandemic Studios and laid off 200 employees. Although a "core" IP team was shiftted to EA's Los Angeles office, a number of top employees ...

15. Adobe upgrades Flash player with improved HD support

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 17 November 2009

    Uncompromised Web browsing Adobe has upgraded its popular Flash player with improved support for HD video playback. The latest beta version of the application reportedly facilitates "uncompromised" Web ...

16. How to stop the Feds tapping your phone

    (Security/Security Features)

    Tuesday, 17 November 2009

    Your cut out and keep guide Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania have discovered serious weaknesses in government wire tapping technology and published a paper detailing the loopholes. The weaknesses ...

17. Phenom II overclockers shatter 7GHz barrier

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 16 November 2009

    Heroes of the HPC world AMD has released an HD video chronicling the exploits of Phenom II overclockers who managed to shatter the infamous 7GHz clock barrier. "This video depicts the herculean efforts ...

18. Russian airport massacre prompts Modern Warfare 2 ban

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 16 November 2009

    Back in the USSR The Russian government has reportedly imposed a de-facto ban on sales of CoD: Modern Warfare 2. 

According to Hellforge, "every copy" of the console version has been recalled due to ...

19. Intel claims it's driving supercomputers. Not AMD

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 16 November 2009

    And announces Nehalem-EX Chip firm AMD is blowing its own trumpet by saying its Jaguar system is the world's supreme supercomputer. But AMD's new friend Intel is not going to take that lying down. It ...

20. Last ice age took hold in just six months

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    Monday, 16 November 2009

    Maybe The day After Tomorrow wasn't so far wrong The last ice age took just six months to take effect, according to scientists at the University of Saskatchewan. While previous research had indicated ...

21. Egypt creates first Arabic domain name

    (Security/Security Features)

    Monday, 16 November 2009

    Amid criticisms of internet censorship Egypt is launching the first internet domain name to use the Arabic script, following ICANN's decision to allow non-Latin top level domains. The new suffix is pronounced ...

22. AMD powered Jaguar wins supercomputer race

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 16 November 2009

    2.3 petaflops of peak performance The AMD-powered "Jaguar" system has been dubbed the world's "supreme supercomputer" by the TOP500 organization.  The upgraded Cray XT5 - which is based in the Oak Ridge ...

23. Weekly hardware roundup

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Saturday, 14 November 2009

    Analog joystick mouse and crashing Hackintoshes This past week was a busy one at TG Daily. We covered a number of hardware-related topics, including the very first OpenOffice joystick mouse, crashing ...

24. 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!" ...

25. Audi gives up designing cars

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Friday, 13 November 2009

    Asks Interweb users to do it for themAudi, the car manufacturer that unexpectedly gave BMW new street cred by poaching all the crap and inconsiderate drivers who used to give Beemers a bad name, has asked ...

26. Wii regains top hardware spot as PS3 sales slip

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 12 November 2009

    Xbox 360 remains a distant third The Nintendo Wii has successfully recaptured the top video game hardware spot. The Playstation 3 - which had been rated the best selling console for the month of September ...

27. Bill Gates says people get paid too much

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 12 November 2009

    Richest man in the world in jawdropping statement Bill Gates is only worth $40 billion this year, according to the latest Forbes report - down $18 billion but once again the world's richest man. So perhaps ...

28. AMD says Fusion will knock Intel for six. Or five

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 11 November 2009

    The graphics bone connected to the CPU zone At a reviewers’ day at the Lone Star facility in Austin TX last week, AMD chief technology officer Joe Macri waxed large on Fusion and the potential it has ...

29. The cloud turns CIOs into services entrepreneurs

    (Networking/Networking Opinion)

    Wednesday, 11 November 2009

    CIOs ignore cloud computing at their peril Opinion: Last month New York-based Deloitte Consulting LLP polled more than 750 CIOs and other technology executives during a webinar about cloud computing. Granted, ...

30. CO2 levels 'stable since 1850'

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    Wednesday, 11 November 2009

    Another global warming myth bites the dust Eco-warriors will be spluttering into their fair trade organic coffee this morning as new research shows that atmospheric levels of CO2 have effectively remained ...

31. 55 inch B&O TV a snip at $18,700

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Wednesday, 11 November 2009

    Shame the shows will still be crap Apple will no doubt be reaching for its lawyers as upstart Danish purveyor of overpriced, aspirational gadgets Bang & Olufsen beats them at their own game by launching ...

32. Google Latitude reminds you where you've been

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 11 November 2009

    But can it tell me what I had for breakfast? Can't remember where you've been? Google, naturally, has the answer. Apparently users of Google Latitude have been pleading for a feature to allow them to ...

33. TSMC scoops $200 million from SMIC

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 11 November 2009

    In trade secret doodah Taiwanese foundry TSMC said that it has settled with Chinese foundry SMIC after a court ruled last week that the latter stole the former's trade secrets. Under the settlement agreement, ...

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

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 10 November 2009

    Opinion Butts are kicked dot com I have been using a Dell Adamo 9.99 for several weeks now in its pre-production form.   I’m at EMC’s analyst event this week in Boston which meant I had to spend ...

35. Nintendo poised to "regain control" of console market

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 10 November 2009

    Super Mario Bros set for holiday victory A recently published EEDAR report has predicted that Nintendo will regain control of the video game hardware market. According to EEDAR analyst Jesse Divnich, ...

36. Amazon releases Kindle for PC

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Tuesday, 10 November 2009

    Color my world? Amazon is offering a free Kindle for PC application that runs on XP, Vista and Windows 7. But while this might not be any big deal, an advert on top of the download page shows a Winnie ...

37. Messenger probe reveals new areas of Mercury

    (Space/Space Features)

    Tuesday, 10 November 2009

    Volcanic features discovered NASA's Messenger spacecraft has returned pictures of previously unseen areas of Mercury's surface, along with hundreds of new photos and measurements of the planet's surface, ...

38. Infinity Ward deploys Modern Warfare 2

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 09 November 2009

    Evolutionary, not revolutionary 00:01 - Infinity Ward has officially deployed Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. At least a dozen major retailers, including GameStop and Best Buy, participated in more than ...

39. Apple update fixes critical Snow Leopard bugs

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 09 November 2009

    Introducing 

Mac OS X 10.6.2 Apple has released a long-awaited update for its Snow Leopard (SL) operating system. According to Club Cupertino, Mac OS X 10.6.2 includes general operating system fixes ...

40. Retreat of glaciers locks up carbon

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    Monday, 09 November 2009

    So it's not all bad Phytoplankton are flourishing in areas of open water left exposed by  Antarctic melting  - and are acting as a carbon sink. As blooms die back, the phytoplankton sinks to the sea-bed ...

41. Microprocessor sales aided by Atom smasher

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 09 November 2009

    All time record quarter A report from market research organization IDC said that unit shipments of microprocessors jumped by 23 percent in the third quarter, compared to Q2 2009. Notebook processors led ...

42. Murdoch plans to block Google News

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 09 November 2009

    Antipodean media magnate throws toys out of pram Mega-publisher Rupert Murdoch says he will pull stories from Google's news index to encourage people to pay for online content. In an interview with Sky ...

43. Nokia phone chargers could fall to bits

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Monday, 09 November 2009

    Nokia: Connecting People - to the mains Nokia has announced that up to 14 million of its phone chargers could fall apart, exposing users to a potentially-fatal mains electric shock. The company has kicked ...

44. OpenOffice debuts analog joystick mouse

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Saturday, 07 November 2009

    18 buttons and 52 key commands WarMouse and OpenOffice have introduced an alternative multi-button pointing device. The $75 OpenOfficeMouse features 18 buttons, an analog joystick and support for up to ...

45. Beatles download site told to cease and desist

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Friday, 06 November 2009

    Baby you're a rich man Music behemoth EMI has won a preliminary victory in its fight to block a download site offering the entire Beatles' back catalogue for download at 25 cents a track. Bluebeat.com ...

46. Tool stops search engines gathering your data

    (Software/Software Features)

    Friday, 06 November 2009

    Big Brother won't be able to watch any more Just a day after Google said it was to let users see the information it gathers on them, a team of Catalan researchers has announced a new protocol to stop search ...

47. Nvidia reports 3Q revenue jump

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 06 November 2009

    GPU accelerates profits Nvidia has reported revenue of $903.2 million for the third quarter of fiscal 2010. According to CEO Jen-Hsun Huang, revenue increased 16 percent from the previous quarter and ...

48. Gamers ditch Xbox 360 for PS3 sequels

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 05 November 2009

    More than a Blu-ray player A recent survey conducted by OTX Gameplan indicates that gamers may be ditching the Xbox 360 to play popular sequels on the Playstation 3 console. "The PS3 seems poised to ...