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1. Modern life is rubbish

   (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

   Sunday, 22 November 2009

   ... get that little Christmas thrill as you open the boxes. Then you find that you can't use the pretty USB slots that are secreted in a hidden alcove in the top of the case, and you're pissed off because ...

2. Steam bans Modern Warfare "grey market" keys

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Saturday, 21 November 2009

   ... added that Activision's ban of legally purchased keys has turned into a "hot topic" for debate. "EULAs state that you simply own a license, and that the manufacturer can do whatever it likes to your ...

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. Tech Economy in the Hands of Nude Entrepreuners

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

   Thursday, 19 November 2009

   ... I drew a line from a weird charity calendar to the end of civilization as we know it and back again. It's the back again part I am interested in, the part where we all stop being so damn in to ourselves. ...

5. Sony takes on Apple's iTunes

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Thursday, 19 November 2009

   ... signed an agreement with Netflix that allows PSN members to stream movies and other content. See Also Rumor: Sony planning Firefox PS3 port 
Wii regains top hardware spot as PS3 sales slip Nintendo ...

6. Google rolls out Chrome OS source code

   (Software/Software Features)

   Thursday, 19 November 2009

   ...  "First, it's all about the web. All apps are web apps. The entire experience takes place within the browser and there are no conventional desktop applications. This means users do not have to deal with ...

7. Rumor: Sony planning Firefox PS3 port

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Thursday, 19 November 2009

   ... models and change the OS, they can do so," explained Koller. "We wanted to standardize our OS." See Also Wii regains top hardware spot as PS3 sales slip Nintendo poised to "regain control" of console ...

8. Space walkers will drink their own urine, dammit

   (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

   Thursday, 19 November 2009

   ... their own pee, but they have to put up with all sorts of toilet problems. (God, they can't even call it a toilet -- it's the "Waste and Hygiene Compartment.") When the station's urine disposal system stopped ...

9. 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. ...

10. Energy-saving lightbulbs get dimmer over time

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    Thursday, 19 November 2009

    ... just 18 compact fluorescent bulbs (CFBs), but found that after 10,000 hours - the advertised lifetime of the bulbs - three had stopped working and the rest showed an average 22 percent reduction in brightness. ...

11. Casio caters for the clumsy cameraman

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Wednesday, 18 November 2009

    ... in the ‘endurance’ category, and is aimed at ‘top athletes and adventurers’. That obviously rules out the staff of TG Daily, then. The EX-G1 has a stainless steel outer case and its inner resin body ...

12. Thieves scrump thousands of Apple iPhones

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 18 November 2009

    ... satisfy demand over the holiday period. Mobistar says it's blacklisted the serial numbers of the stolen phones, so that they can't be used on its network. But this won't stop them being used: iPhones ...

13. 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 ...

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

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 18 November 2009

    ... testicles.   Chrome OS – Android Light or a Bad Copy of Splashtop or Hyperspace The idea of a thin OS that largely supports a browser and boots quickly is a brand new innovative idea, if you forget the ...

15. 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 ...

16. Adobe upgrades Flash player with improved HD support

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 17 November 2009

    ... browsing of expressive applications, content and high definition (HD) videos across the desktop and devices. "Flash Player 10.1 takes advantage of new media delivery options using HTTP streaming coupled ...

17. 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 ...

18. Phenom II overclockers shatter 7GHz barrier

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 16 November 2009

    ... prevented overclocking." Solotko also noted that the "golden days" of computing have not ended. "Nostalgia aside, we are still living in the 'golden days' of computing. AMD hasn’t stopped innovating ...

19. Russian airport massacre prompts Modern Warfare 2 ban

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 16 November 2009

    ... the entire industry forward. "You need top quality in games in other categories. For example, Uncharted 2: Amongst Thieves was the best-selling game in October according to the NPD. And the new SuperMario ...

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

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 16 November 2009

    ... has fired out a statement claiming that 402 systems on the Top 500 list use Intel microprocessors. And, it said, three of those are in the top 10 systems. It's using this call to announce a High Performance ...

21. Last ice age took hold in just six months

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    Monday, 16 November 2009

    ... and disrupted the Gulf Stream. Professor Patterson bases his conclusions on carbon isotope measurements from mud samples taken in Ireland. He used precision robotic scalpel to scrape off layers of mud ...

22. 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 ...

23. 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 ...

24. 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 ...

25. Getting paid to watch porn

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Saturday, 14 November 2009

    ... at least - of the effects of prolonged exposure to the sadness and misery of the child images. That's an interesting topic, but not a suitable one for a semi-lighthearted piece like this. What about the ...

26. Audi gives up designing cars

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Friday, 13 November 2009

    ... users for input on the topic of connectivity, the Audi Design Team received overwhelming demand to stay in touch with users' digital worlds - even behind the wheel. Taking this insight to heart, the design ...

27. 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 ...

28. Bill Gates says people get paid too much

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 12 November 2009

    ... So what do top execs earn? Intel's Paul Otellini earns $1,000,000 a year and also collected a bonus of $3,873,300.  Steve Ballmer, the successor to Gates as CEO, has a salary of $665,833 and a bonus ...

29. HP has $2.7 billion to buy 3COM

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 11 November 2009

    ... the fastest growth areas left in these dire times. With this acquisition, HP goes head to head with yet another of the big corporate computing giants, Cisco, becoming a one stop shop for everything from ...

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

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 11 November 2009

    ... Macri. “This is the Fusion era, the watershed event. Year over year you’ll see it extending further abroad. We’ll be top to bottom with DX11,” said Macri. In 2011 we’ll see the Sabine Platform, the Llano ...

31. The cloud turns CIOs into services entrepreneurs

    (Networking/Networking Opinion)

    Wednesday, 11 November 2009

    ... this is a self-selected group interested in a hot topic. So it's not surprising that only a few (3.8 percent) thought cloud computing was being overhyped. Everyone else is taking it quite seriously. And ...

32. CO2 levels 'stable since 1850'

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    Wednesday, 11 November 2009

    ... the atmosphere as the ice melts - the British Antarctic Survey found that phytoplankton is thriving in stretches of open water produced by melting of ice shelves. But Knorr observes that the quantity ...

33. 55 inch B&O TV a snip at $18,700

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Wednesday, 11 November 2009

    ... over the house." Nielsen fails to point out that owners of the new mega TV will still have to watch the same old crap as the rest of us with ten year old $49.99 sets with a bent coathanger stuck on top ...

34. Google Latitude reminds you where you've been

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 11 November 2009

    ... track their location history, to see exactly where they were at any point in time. In response, the company has now launched a Location History feature that does exactly that. "For example, I stopped ...

35. TSMC scoops $200 million from SMIC

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 11 November 2009

    ... SMIC will make cash payments of $200 million - that's on top of $135 million already paid to TSMC in a previous court case. The two companies will also terminate a cross licensing agreement they had in ...

36. 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 ...

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

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 10 November 2009

    ... make the prediction that the New Super Mario Bros. for the Nintendo Wii will be one of the top titles this holiday season." 
 However, Divnich did note that Xbox 360 sales of CoD: Modern Warfare 2 could ...

38. 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 ...

39. Best Buy sells Acer notebook for $250

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 10 November 2009

    ... give away six months of AV protection through the holiday season. It will offer over 30 laptops from Acer, Apple, Asus, Dell, Gateway, Sony, Toshiba and Lenovo in prices that range from $250 to $2,000. ...

40. Messenger probe reveals new areas of Mercury

    (Space/Space Features)

    Tuesday, 10 November 2009

    ... which had never before been seen by a spacecraft. Cameras took more than 1,200 pictures of the surface, while topography beneath the spacecraft was profiled with a laser altimeter. The comparison of magnetosphere ...

41. 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 ...

42. Apple update fixes critical Snow Leopard bugs

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 09 November 2009

    ... when composing a new message. Address Book and/or Mail stop responding when opened. Some email messages received from an Exchange Server are not formatted correctly. Mail reports "Account exceeded bandwidth ...

43. 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 ...

44. Microprocessor sales aided by Atom smasher

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 09 November 2009

    ... the pack with sales of Intel's Atom increasing by 35.7 percent in Q3, compared to Q2 2009. But desktop PC CPUs also rose by 11.4 percent, and X86 server processor sales rose by 12.2 percent quarter on ...

45. Murdoch plans to block Google News

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 09 November 2009

    ... the difference between stealing and linking, or how he thinks blocking link aggregators would help him. If he stops Google or NewsNow from linking to his websites, people won't all simply start going to ...

46. Nokia phone chargers could fall to bits

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Monday, 09 November 2009

    ... not aware of any incidents or injuries related to the dodgy chargers, but recommends anyone with a suspect devices should stop using it and exchange it for a free replacement. The faulty devices are the ...

47. OpenOffice debuts analog joystick mouse

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Saturday, 07 November 2009

    ... 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 ...

48. Beatles download site told to cease and desist

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Friday, 06 November 2009

    ... 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 ...