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1. Auto roti maker wins Intel prize

   (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

   Friday, 20 November 2009

   And the biodegradable bone The Intel+Berkeley cooperative attempt to promote fresh ideas has announced the three winners of its entrepreneurial push. But we'll start with the third prizewinner as that ...

2. 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. ...

3. Intel throws millions of Euro into Exascale center

   (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

   Thursday, 19 November 2009

   Supercomputers a thousand times more powerful Semiconductor company Intel said it will invest many millions of Euro into the Exascale Computing Research Center, in collaboration with the French Commissariat ...

4. 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. ...

5. EU ombudsman slams Intel antitrust ruling

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Wednesday, 18 November 2009

   'Procedural maladministration' The European Ombudsman has found maladministration in the way the European Commission handled its antitrust investigation into Intel on the grounds that the Commission failed ...

6. Microsoft Bing grows its market share a bit

   (Software/Software Features)

   Wednesday, 18 November 2009

   Google does too The latest report from Comscore shows that Bing is edging its way upward in the search engine market in October. But it's not at Google's expense - it appears to be Yahoo that's suffering. ...

7. 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 ...

8. AMD debuts ATI Radeon 5970 GPU

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Wednesday, 18 November 2009

   Unlocked and overclocked AMD has introduced its long-awaited ATI Radeon HD 5970 (Hemlock) GPU. According to company spokesperson Devon Nekechuk, the 5970 features advanced Overdrive technology that allows ...

9. 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 ...

10. 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 ...

11. Apple outflanks Psystar in crushing legal victory


    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Saturday, 14 November 2009

    Mac clone manufacturer found guilty of infringement Apple has finally managed to outflank Psystar after fighting a bloody and protracted legal battle against the infamous Mac clone manufacturer. Victory ...

12. Intel-AMD deal doesn't end the bitter war

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 12 November 2009

    Analysis: Broad agreement to establish industry ground rules Updated: God alone knows how much lawyers have benefited from the latest spat between AMD and Intel. Today the two companies announced a settlement ...

13. 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 ...

14. 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 ...

15. NASA displays the heart of our galaxy

    (Space/Space Features)

    Wednesday, 11 November 2009

    Giant photos to go on display nationwide Combining pictures from three great observatories, NASA has released a dramatic picture of the heart of the Milky Way. To commemorate the International Year of ...

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

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 10 November 2009

    ... around 5 hours on the plane with the box and this is the only laptop I’m traveling with.   Given how much I write, leaving my trusted Panasonic Toughbook at home was a risky decision, but it’s ...

17. Solar sail set for launch next year

    (Space/Space Features)

    Tuesday, 10 November 2009

    With $1m to speed it on its way An anonymous donor has donated a million dollars to the Planetary Society to help get a solar sail up and running. The organisation reckons it should have a spacecraft ...

18. '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, ...

19. Nvidia: Fermi production schedule remains on track

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 09 November 2009

    Manufacturing process to kick off in the "next couple of months" The DigiTimes recently speculated that Nvidia could experience a "waning" market share if the company delayed the launch of its Fermi ...

20. Nook put into shade by delays

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Monday, 09 November 2009

    Cross the eyes and dot the ts Heavy demand for the Barnes & Noble Nook e-reader means some customers won't get their gizmos until December 11th. That's according to the Wall Street Journal. It said that ...

21. 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 ...

22. Microsoft preps critical security updates

    (Security/Security Features)

    Friday, 06 November 2009

    Tuesday patch blitzkrieg Microsoft has confirmed that it is preparing a number of critical patches for both Windows and Office. The 6 updates - three of which are critical - address 15 vulnerabilities ...

23. 25 laziest cities in America unveiled

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    Friday, 06 November 2009

    Mobile is immobile Business Insider has published a list of what it considers are the 25 laziest cities in the USA. Number one is Mobile, AL. A third of its citizens don't exercise, nearly a third watch ...

24. Notebook benchmarks fail to convey performance, price

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 05 November 2009

    Lone Star Briefings Death to SysMark, terminate 3DmarkAMD is pushing its Vision concept for all that it’s worth and has concluded that in an age when notebooks are all pervasive, the metrics used in the ...

25. Why Apple should license Windows 7

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Tuesday, 03 November 2009

    Let's start out by saying that hell would likely freeze over before this happened... Let's start out by saying that hell would likely freeze over before this happened but then I can recall just a few years ...

26. EU wants black boxes in autos

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 02 November 2009

    The EU is considering making aircraft-style black boxes mandatory in all automobiles to improve safety. The EU is considering making aircraft-style black boxes mandatory in all automobiles to improve ...

27. Internet achieves middle age: life begins at 40

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Thursday, 29 October 2009

    Forty years back, on the 29th of October, Leonard Kleinrock connected the UCLA computer to Stanford Research Institute.Forty years back, on the 29th of October, Leonard Kleinrock connected the UCLA computer ...

28. Sony, Philips get wrists slapped very lightly over storage monopoly

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 29 October 2009

    Sony, Philips and a third firm, Taiyo Yuden, have received a not very severe ticking off for behaving monopolistically in the recordable media market.Sony, Philips and a third firm, Taiyo Yuden, have received ...

29. Graphics market shows signs of recovery

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 28 October 2009

    There are clear signs of recovery in the graphics chip market although there remains some time before sales return to the pre-credit crunch days.There are clear signs of recovery in the graphics chip market ...

30. Intel: Windows 7 offers "improved" performance and stability

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 28 October 2009

    An Intel spokesperson recently told TG Daily that Microsoft Windows 7 offers "improved performance and stability" compared to Vista and the veteran, yet aging XP operating system.An Intel spokesperson ...

31. Control your enthusiasm

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 28 October 2009

    Column We were delighted to have reported the fantastic growth of Q3 (21.4% over Q2, 7.3% year-to-year.) That clearly indicated the recession was over for graphics chips, and since they are a predictor ...

32. Ubuntu bug subjects TG Daily hack to wrath of fanbois

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 28 October 2009

    Dear, oh dear. Nothing quite as bitter as a Linux fanboy scorned, is there? Dear, oh dear. Nothing quite as bitter as a Linux fanboy scorned, is there? When we wrote yesterday about trying - and failing ...

33. Ubuntu is still rubbish

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 27 October 2009

    Review: Every few years or so, I come over all magnanimous and take the view that I really should try Linux again. After all, I am old and befuddled and it probably isn't as bad as I remember it being ...

34. Universal phone chargers won't save the planet

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Monday, 26 October 2009

    The UN's International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has rubber stamped the spec for a new mobile phone charger that will work with any handset. The UN's International Telecommunication Union (ITU) ...

35. Night falls on Saturn's rings

    (Space/Space Features)

    Monday, 26 October 2009

    ... which happens only once every 15 years. As Saturn's rings orbit the planet, a section is typically in the planet's shadow, experiencing a brief night lasting from six to 14 hours. However, during Saturn's ...

36. Nanotubes could cause lung cancer

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Sunday, 25 October 2009

    ... The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences and the National Institute of Environmental Health found that inhaled nanotubes were able to reach the pleura, which is the tissue that lines the outside of the ...

37. Tilera challenges X86 architecture with 100 core-processor

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Sunday, 25 October 2009

    Tilera has launched an advanced line of TILE-Gx processors that reportedly offer "ten times better" compute efficiency than Intel's next-generation Westmere chip. The processors - fabricated in TSMC's ...

38. NASA launches space exploration app for the iPhone

    (Space/Space Features)

    Friday, 23 October 2009

    NASA has launched a free iPhone application that allows users to easily access videos, images and news updates published by the space agency.  NASA has launched a free iPhone application that ...

39. Geeks Are Losers

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Friday, 23 October 2009

    Opinion: Whether it's a book fantasizing about a world in which Google executives run the United States or another tome that suggests geeks are on the road to controlling the globe, there's a hopeful ...

40. Booksellers accuse Amazon of illegal price war

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 23 October 2009

    The American Booksellers Association has accused Amazon, Wal-Mart and Target of illegal predatory pricing, and has asked the Department of Justice to investigate. The American Booksellers Association ...

41. Global warming scepticism rising faster than temperatures

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    Thursday, 22 October 2009

    As scientists question the greenness of biofuels, the number of Americans who believe the planet is warming due to man-made pollution is at its lowest point in three years, according to a survey. As ...

42. AMD joins Windows 7 launch party

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 22 October 2009

    AMD has congratulated Microsoft on the official launch of its long-awaited Windows 7 operating system. According to AMD spokesperson Margaret Lewis, the two industry heavyweights "closely collaborated" ...

43. 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 ...

44. Lenin's favorite car maker launches $1 million SUV

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Wednesday, 21 October 2009

      If an ordinary SUV isn't enough of a status symbol, you might want to take a look at the Dartz Prombron Monaco Red Diamond Edition. If an ordinary SUV isn't enough of a status symbol, you might ...

45. Windows 7 launches in London hospital

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 21 October 2009

    Microsoft launched the very latest version of its operating system - Windows 7 today. The most interesting thing is that people will have to perform a 'clean' installation in order to upgrade from ...

46. Amazon: Windows 7 is 'the biggest pre-order product of all time'

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 21 October 2009

    Windows 7 has beaten boy wizard Harry Potter to become the biggest pre-order product of all time in the UK, says Amazon. Windows 7 has beaten boy wizard Harry Potter to become the biggest pre-order ...

47. Nvidia RealityServer moves 3D rendering to the Cloud

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 20 October 2009

    ... 3D web apps with "remarkable" levels of photorealism. "This is one giant leap closer to the goal of real-time photorealistic visual computing for the masses," said Vivoli. "[Nvidia subsidiary] Mental ...

48. Video game industry halts downward spiral

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 19 October 2009

    The US video game industry has managed to temporarily halt a six-month downward spiral. According to the NPD Group, sales of software and consoles rose one percent year-over-year to $1.28 billion in September. ...

49. Office 2010 enters public beta next month

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 19 October 2009

    The next version of Microsoft’s flagship application suite, Office 2010 is to be available as a public beta program from November, CEO Steve Ballmer announced today. The next version of Microsoft’s ...

50. Researchers find 32 more planets - some like Earth

    (Space/Space Features)

    Monday, 19 October 2009

    Researchers at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) said today that they'e discovered 32 more planets - or exoplanets as they're called.Researchers at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) said ...