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1. OpenOffice debuts analog joystick mouse

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   ... 52 key commands. "You can do far more with this [device] than most people are likely to realize at first," explained mouse designer Theodore Beale. "You can launch applications from the desktop and in ...

2. Beatles download site told to cease and desist

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   ... by itself rather than the Beatles. Judge John Walter of the US District Court in Los Angeles issued a temporary restraining order yesterday telling Bluebeat to stop selling any music by EMI artists. and ...

3. Tool stops search engines gathering your data

   (Software/Software Features)

   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 ...

4. Nvidia reports 3Q revenue jump

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... enthusiasm for our Tesla platform for parallel computing in the server and cloud-computing markets." Nvidia CFO David White explained that the company's GPU business - which includes desktop, notebook ...

5. Gamers ditch Xbox 360 for PS3 sequels

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   ... halts downward spiral Sony announces 250GB PS3 Slim for $350 PS3 claims "top home console" slot as Wii sales decline  ...

6. Adult Friend Finder: paedophiles are just one click away

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... think. Pornography on the Internet has many faces. We all know that it always was and always will be one of the most popular topic areas and most of us will have to admit that we at least played with the ...

7. Space elevator climbs nearly 1km high

   (Space/Space Features)

   ... to orbit with an elevator climbing a fixed cable. The device, created by LaserMotive, made it to the top in a little over four minutes, half the time of the previous record holder, winning its inventors ...

8. Wii fails to deliver

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   ... want no Nintendo consoles Video game industry halts downward spiral PS3 claims "top home console" slot as Wii sales decline Nintendo lowers Wii price point to $200  ...

9. Parallels takes on VMware

   (Software/Software Features)

   Parallels has introduced its Desktop 5 virtualization platform for the Mac. Parallels has introduced its Desktop 5 virtualization platform for the Mac. According to the Renton-based company, Desktop 5 ...

10. New York sues Intel for antitrust behavior

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... bullied computer manufacturers and paid them money to stop them using X86 chips made by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). Intel denies any wrongdoing. Cuomo’s office, in a statement, said that the rebates ...

11. Apple's small-minded strategy

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    ... improvements, the latest update to iTunes (version 9.0.2) lets the handful of users running Apple TV 3.0 connect their iTunes library with their set top box. At the same time it breaks the automatic synchronization ...

12. AMD calls for more realistic notebook benchmarks

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... the processor component the hero above all else, but we know mainstream consumers don’t think about processors nearly as much as they used to. In some countries it’s not even in the top 10.” She said: ...

13. AMD culls Phenoms

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... have been culled and AMD has plans to bring in a new CPU to fill the gap later next year. AMD has already stopped taking orders for Phenom II X4 910 (2.6GHz/95W) and 945 (3.0GHz/125W) CPUs in fourth-quarter ...

14. Karmic Koala displays bad karma

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... those options. And of course, its not really nice to have a 32-bit OS on a fully capable 64-bit system." "Fresh install on laptop - Terrible. Would not install from CD (I tried 3!), had to use Live USB. ...

15. Maingear Shifts into overdrive with hard-core gaming machine

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... steel skeleton - dissipates excessive heat with bottom to top airflow, aggressive liquid cooling and a 90 degree rotation of the motherboard.
 The Shift also features user accessible expansion slots, ...

16. Russia plans nuclear rocket for manned Mars mission

    (Space/Space Features)

    ... mission to Mars, interplanetary travel, the creation and operation of planetary outposts," Perminov said. But he stopped short of proposing a permanent base on Mars. President Dmitry Medvedev backed ...

17. GM is world's least green automobile maker

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    ... and General Motors (GM) fell well inside negative territory, with GM the worst offender. There was a mixed picture among European manufacturers. While BMW topped the ranking of all 17 manufacturers ...

18. Mobile phone market shows signs of recovery

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ...  Nokia stays on top in terms of volumes and market sahre, followed by Samsung. Nokia's growth, however, fell by eight percent year on year, while Samsung grew by 15.9 percent. The following table describes ...

19. ICANN releases non-Latin domain names

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... be limited to country-code top level domains. ICANN is still considering how to handle commerical generic top-level domains such as .com or .org, and is expected to make a decision in 2011. There's more ...

20. Sony Vaio AC adapters recalled in shock scare

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Sony has issued a safety recall for AC adapters for its Vaio desktops and docking stations. Around 69,000 of the faulty units are believed to be in use. Sony has issued a safety recall for AC adapters ...

21. 10 reasons why analog is better than digital

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    ... on or its off, a bit like cheese. Chalk is neither on nor off. Here's my top 10 reasons why analog beats digital hands down. 1. You can wind up an analog clock when it runs down and don't need to run ...

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

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... "top" PC performance by minimizing resume, shutdown, boot and startup time. He emphasized that Windows 7 was "much more efficient" in terms of its memory allocation than Vista. "For example, the ...

23. Control your enthusiasm

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... of PCs, it forecasts a great holiday season for our desktop and portable companions. It’s also a bellwether of consumer confidence and the improvement in the economy in general -  and take note ...

24. RightNow's pre-emptive strike

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    ... and Android as well as widgets for the top mobile browsers. And while cutting its subscription rates isn't being discussed (that would certainly fire up the competition), RightNow is adding a "customer ...

25. Google finds partners for PowerMeter monitoring

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... - will be able to monitor their utilities remotely from a cellphone or laptop. The PowerMeter gathers information on usage and sends it to the utility company every half hour for electricity and once ...

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

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... seem to have regressions when booting the AMD64 ubuntu live desktop CD on systems with multiple disks. "On one system, the "side by side" radio button only showed sdc."Erase" would allow choosing sda, ...

27. Ex AMD CEO named in insider trading scandal

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Hector Ruiz, AMD's former CEO and currently chairman of AMD spinoff Globalfoundries, has been named in the Galleon insider trading scandal that has so far seen six top executives arrested. Hector Ruiz, ...

28. Roku streams Netflix on wireless set-top boxes

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Roku has refreshed it set-top box lineup with the entry-level SD and advanced HD-XR models. Both devices allow users to stream DVD-quality video from Netflix, Amazon, Video On Demand and MLB.TV. Roku ...

29. VMWare tempts Mac users with "ultimate" Windows 7 experience

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... VMware Fusion 3 user, I don't need to – it just works," said Puckett. "At work I use a Dell laptop running 64-bit Windows 7. At night and on the weekends, VMware Fusion 3 makes it possible for me to ...

30. My 10 favorite Windows apps

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... III-M desktop I built. My problem with it was having to learn a whole new series of applications. I am agnostic to operating systems. I've used Mac OSes, I've used OS/2, I've used every version of ...

31. Ubuntu is still rubbish

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... and I decided that discretion was the better part of valor and told Ubuntu to push off. But instead of having the decency to do what it was told, it then loaded some ghastly looking desktop. I took ...

32. Is Windows 7 too good for Apple to FUD?

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    ... the honesty of the firm running them and Apple’s strongest asset may be trust, if they burn a significant amount of that up, well when you are at the top of a hill, and Apple has hit amazing highs this ...

33. Windows 7 upgrades crash and burn

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... such a shame, too. All the promises of stability and simplicity and, now, there are so many problems with installation. I can't even access my laptop nor do I have the ability to roll my system back to ...

34. Leaving the iPhone behind

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Opinion)

    ...  The iPhone's only carrier, AT&T, does not have the best coverage along the edge of the Pacific. So, I stopped in Grants Pass, Oregon, where the coverage was great. It's also where I grabbed a late ...

35. Kingston accelerates Windows with 40GB SSD

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Kingston has introduced a bootable 40GB SSD drive. According to company spokesperson David Leong, the SSDNow V drive is "aimed primarily" at desktop users as a "performance upgrade" for existing systems. ...

36. Night falls on Saturn's rings

    (Space/Space Features)

    ... to the sun. Light from the sun hits the ring particles at very low angles, accenting their topography and giving a three-dimensional view of the rings. In orbit around Saturn, Cassini's wide angle ...

37. How Microsoft blindsided vulnerable Apple with Windows 7

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... and makes it vastly more difficult for the firm to respond timely or well. The end result is an unprecedented exposure. Wrapping Up: Two good lessons here, even when you are on top it is very foolish ...

38. Nvidia: Windows 7 "dramatically improves" GPU performance

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... of users of the Windows 7 operating system." Burke also noted that Nvidia was "excited" about DirectX 11, which will be the "API of choice" for a number of top gaming titles in 2010. "Nvidia's recently ...

39. AMD joins Windows 7 launch party

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... transition from 3.1 to 95." Lewis added that reducing power consumption was a top priority for both Microsoft and AMD. "We continue to work hard on designing processors and platforms that consume less ...

40. Americans tweet like a flock of canaries

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    ... Thirty-nine percent of internet users with four or more internet-connected devices (such as a laptop, cell phone, game console, or Kindle) use Twitter, compared with just ten percent of users with one ...

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

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... €300,000 up to over a million, depending on just how glittery you want it. The top of the range model compes with three bottles of Russo-Baltique vodka in a gold and diamond encrusted flask.   "All ...

42. Acer introduces Aspire 3D laptop

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... 9 and above." According to Sawall, the advanced Aspire allows users to easily switch from standard viewing applications - such as documents and email - to "3D enjoyment." The laptop, which has an initial ...

43. Microsoft upgrades Bing with live Twitter feed

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... such as Twitter provide unique access to public opinion and thoughts - which  US Bing users can now easily search through.    "If you want to keep an eye on [a specific] topic, you can ...

44. Windows 7 launches in London hospital

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... – has decided to jump on the scrappage bandwagon. It will offer up to £100 if you trade in an old PC. DSGi's Jeremy Fennell didn't say whether or not the PC/laptop actually had to be working, however.Another ...

45. SSDs inch toward the desktop

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    ... for most desktop users. For the vast majority of us, we'll be happy to use SSDs in the form of flash drives to carry mobile data or for quick, simple backups. But they have a long way to go in price and ...

46. News aggregation sites threatened with legal action

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... says the head of one of the UK's top aggregation sites. National, regional and local newspapers are attempting to force news aggregation sites to accept stringent new rules on linking to content in a bid ...

47. Apple refreshes iMac lineup with 21.5 and 27-inch displays

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... 2 Duo, Core i5 and i7 quad-core. "The iMac is widely praised as the best desktop computer in the world and today we are making it even better," claimed Apple’s Philip Schiller."With brilliant LED displays ...