- Is Quad HD the next big thing in HDTVs and not 3D?
August 15, 2010
The jury's still out on 3D being the next big thing in HDTVs, though it's hard to imagine every household wanting to spend hundreds of dollars to make sure each family member has a pair of glasses... - Back to School Guide 2010: Smartphones
August 15, 2010
Smartphones have dropped in price so that the top of the line is generally in the $200 range, making them more affordable for the student. Let's take a look at the top two smartphones and a... - Stupid Data Center Tricks
August 15, 2010
jcatcw writes "A university network is brought down when two network cables are plugged into the wrong hub. An employee is injured after an ill-timed entry into a data center. Overheated systems are shut down by a thermostat setting changed from Fahrenheit to Celsius. And, of course, Big Red Buttons. These are just a few of the data center disasters caused by human folly."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
- Stop the Internet Madness - Newsweek
August 15, 2010
CBC.caStop the Internet Madness
Newsweek
People who write about technology love to huff and puff and hyperbolize. The fate of the entire world seems to hang on every move made by Microsoft, or Google, or Apple. Every new smart phone gets billed as a potential “iPhone killer,” while every new ...
Net neutrality protestors lay siege to Google (for an hour) Ars Technica
AT&T defends Verizon-Google mobile exemption from net neutrality Apple Insider - Warning: Fake LinkedIn E-Mail Could Infect Your PC
August 15, 2010
A new spate of e-junk that masquerades as a message from a colleague is on the rise.
E-mail - United States - Spam - FAQs Help and Tutorials - Video Games
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August 15, 2010
- Apple Kickback Scheme: Don't Let This Happen to You
August 15, 2010
With the right tools in place, IT admins can detect and prevent unethical behavior and prevent incidents like the alleged bribery and kickback scheme at Apple.
- Sikorsky breaks Helicopter Speed Record
August 15, 2010
In an hourlong early morning flight, Sikorsky chief test pilot Kevin Bredenbeck briefly reached 225 knots, or 258 mph, at a Sikorsky facility in West Palm Beach, Fla. The previous record for a helicopter was 216 knots, or 249 mph, set by a version of the Westland Lynx in the mid-1980s. - Adobe Photoshop Express Adds iPad Support
August 15, 2010
Adobe has renamed and updated its popular free iPhone application Adobe Photoshop Mobile to Adobe Photoshop Express adding support for Apple's iPad.
- NASA launching mission to study hurricanes
August 15, 2010
Starting Sunday, GRIP project to get close-up view of tropical cyclones to learn how they become hurricanes and help people better forecast and prepare for such disasters. - Reports: Apple manager arrested over $1M in kickbacks - Computerworld
August 15, 2010
New York Daily NewsReports: Apple manager arrested over $1M in kickbacks
Computerworld
IDG News Service - An Apple manager with responsibilities for the company's contract manufacturing in Asia was arrested Friday and charged with accepting kickbacks. Global supply manager Paul Shin Devine was charged with accepting ...
WSJ: Apple Employee Cited In Alleged Kickback Scheme Wall Street Journal
Apple Manager Paul Shin Devine Busted In $1 Million Kickback - F1 Simulators Revealed
August 15, 2010
An anonymous reader writes "Racecar Engineering has posted an exclusive look inside the simulator of a leading grand prix team. Particularly interesting is that the Formula 1 team uses software based on the free simulator Racer (with source code available) albeit with a custom vehicle model and hardware interface via CAN-bus. The article highlights the importance that mainstream racing sims (rFactor, iRacing) have in simulation at the pinnacle of the worlds most advanced sport." Along similar lines - U.N. chief urges faster foreign aid for Pakistan
August 15, 2010
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged foreign donors on Sunday to speed up aid to Pakistan as the government warned of new waves of floods that have already disrupted lives of a tenth of its 170 million people. - AgBank confirms greenshoe as IPO hits record $22.1 billion
August 15, 2010
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Agricultural Bank of China (AgBank) said on Sunday it had fully exercised an over-allotment option for the Shanghai portion of its initial public offering, taking total proceeds from the offer to $22.1 billion, making the IPO the world's biggest. - Company behind magicJack to banish calling costs
August 15, 2010
The company behind the magicJack, the Internet phone gadget heavily advertised on television, has another trick up its sleeve: free phone calls from computers, smart phones and iPads. - Obama swims in Gulf, says beaches open for business
August 15, 2010
PANAMA CITY BEACH, Florida (Reuters) - President Barack Obama went swimming off the coast of Florida on Saturday and declared the Gulf area's beaches "open for business," trying to show by example that a region hit by the BP oil spill was safe for tourists to enjoy. - Foreign troops deaths in Afghanistan pass 2,000
August 15, 2010
KABUL (Reuters) - Total foreign military deaths in Afghanistan have passed 2,000 since the war began in late 2001, unofficial tallies showed on Sunday, more than 60 percent of them Americans but still far behind ever-growing civilian casualties. - Apple manager charged with taking kickbacks
August 15, 2010
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A manager at Apple Inc has been charged in California with taking kickbacks he received after leaking corporate secrets to Asian companies that supplied iPhone and iPod accessories, court documents showed. - Apple manager charged with taking kickbacks (Reuters)
August 15, 2010
Reuters - A manager at Apple Inc has been charged in California with taking kickbacks he received after leaking corporate secrets to Asian companies that supplied iPhone and iPod accessories, court documents showed.
- Apple manager charged with taking kickbacks
August 15, 2010
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A manager at Apple Inc has been charged in California with taking kickbacks he received after leaking corporate secrets to Asian companies that supplied iPhone and iPod accessories, court documents showed. - The IPv6 transition: what you can do to prepare (Podcast)
August 14, 2010
ARIN CEO John Curran and I talk about the IPv4 depletion and what you and your enterprise can do to prepare for the the IPv6 transition. - Blackberry Torch Review: The Best Blackberry Yet
August 15, 2010
The incremental upgrades in BlackBerry’s new Torch 9800 won’t win over many Android or iPhone 4 users, but they should prevent BlackBerry loyalists from jumping ship. - Ikatako Virus Replaces Victims' Files With Pictures of Squid
August 15, 2010
An anonymous reader writes "Ikatako is a virus that spreads through Japanese P2P network Winny, aided by the pirates' lack of wit. Once downloaded and run, the virus sends their data to a central server and replaces it with cephalopod and cnidarian imagery. Japanese hacker (and virus creator) Masato Nakatsuji thought he wouldn't be arrested this time. However, Japanese police considered the files in Japanese pirates' hard drives to be more important than his manga depictions of octopods and other - First Perseid sighting achieved perfection - Mail Tribune
August 15, 2010
msnbc.comFirst Perseid sighting achieved perfection
Mail Tribune
A flashing pinwheel of light streaked north in the heavens, arching in a smooth, semi-horizontal trajectory above my beloved Goose Tree late Thursday. Of course I made a wish. Secret. Shh. I will share that the sight of that single ...
Perseid meteor shower occurs during the week StarCityNews.com
Perseid Meteor Shower 2010: Did you See the Meteor Shower in the Sky? Keen Observers
Perseid - Afghanistan says finds 1.8 billion barrel oilfield
August 15, 2010
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan said on Sunday it had discovered an oilfield with an estimated 1.8 billion barrels in the north of the war-ravaged country, where U.S. and other foreign forces are trying to tame a Taliban-led insurgency. - Rainlendar 2.8 Beta 93
August 15, 2010
Rainlendar is a customizable calendar that displays the current month. It is a very lightweight application that doesn't use much system resources or take much space on your desktop.
- Mainstream & Social Media Pushing Tumblr to a Tipping Point
August 15, 2010
With over 1.5 billion page views in July, Tumblr has emerged as a relevant player in social media. Should Twitter worry? How about Wordpress? Ning? Why not all of them? - N.Korea uses Twitter for propaganda offensive (AFP)
August 14, 2010
AFP - North Korea's propaganda campaign has surged into the 21st century with a new Twitter account, hot on the heals of its foray into video with clips posted on YouTube.
- Blizzard Sues Private Server Company, Awarded $88M
August 14, 2010
Cali Thalen writes "A private server company, Scapegaming (aka Alyson Reeves), was ordered to pay Blizzard Entertainment over $88 million in damages after losing a lawsuit that was concluded last week. Scapegaming was operating unauthorized World of Warcraft servers and using a micropayment system to collect money from the servers' user base, which according to the lawsuit amounted to just over $3 million. $85 million of that settlement was for statutory damages, and surprisingly only $63,000 in - Survey:Support Is Weak Link in Open Source Software Adoption
August 14, 2010
Even with concern about support, a stagnant economy is helping drive more IT professionals toward OSS... - Personal security devices will create a stilted society...
August 14, 2010
People will soon start wearing personal security devices - tiny always-on video cameras. How will that affect our behavior? - Singularity Summit 2010: No place for human values in a 'posthuman' future?
August 14, 2010
At the first day of the Singularity Summit 2010 in San Francisco, author and biophysicist Gregory Scott shares his macro-evolutionary perspective on the singularity, proving the concept itself is... - Designing for Simplicity is Timeless
August 14, 2010
Now that 'Twitter this' and 'Like' buttons have sprouted everywhere online, and every coffee shop has their free blog and twitter account names taped to their windows, it's fair to say that... - In Weather Chaos, a Case for Global Warming - New York Times
August 14, 2010
StarNewsOnline.com (blog)In Weather Chaos, a Case for Global Warming
New York Times
The summer's heat waves baked the eastern United States, parts of Africa and eastern Asia, and above all Russia, which lost millions of acres of wheat and thousands of lives in a drought worse than any other in the historical record. ...
Environmental apocalypse: fire and flood Washington Post
Climate change alarmists ignore scientific methods Houston Chronicle - Google calls Oracle Android lawsuit 'baseless'
August 14, 2010
Google calls the Oracle Android lawsuit over Java baseless and said it's disappointed the company brought this to the table. - George Lucas, Luke, and Leia rock Orlando (photos)
August 14, 2010
Road Trip 2010: For the "Main Event" at Celebration V, "Star Wars"' creator and stars sat with Jon Stewart in front of thousands. - George Lucas on making 'Star Wars': 'It helps to be nuts'
August 14, 2010
Road Trip 2010: CNET reporter Daniel Terdiman was just one of thousands who flocked to see the "Star Wars" creator talk about the history of the mega-hit sci-fi franchise. Lucas was joined onstage by Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, and interviewer Jon Stewart. - Protesters denounce Google plan for 'two-tier internet'
August 14, 2010
Around 100 people have rallied outside Google's California offices to protest against controversial proposals to alter how data is treated over the web. - Suit alleges Disney, other top sites spied on users
August 14, 2010
The parents of a group of minors alleges that Clearspring Technologies and a host of its affiliates used "Flash cookies" to spy on consumers. - Why e-readers like Amazon Kindle will soon cost under $100
August 14, 2010
Late last month, Amazon unveiled a new version of its Kindle e-book reader that, like every new Kindle, is thinner, lighter, and smaller than the previous one. It's also the cheapest Kindle ever -- the new Wi-Fi version sells for just $139. - HTC Droid Incredible Gets Android 2.2 Update August 18 - PC Magazine
August 14, 2010
Product Reviews (blog)HTC Droid Incredible Gets Android 2.2 Update August 18
PC Magazine
HTC Droid Incredible owners can finally breathe a sigh of relief. According to Mashable's Ben Parr, sources say that the much-anticipated 2.2 update to the phone's underlying Android operating system, otherwise known as the "Froyo" update, ...
Summer of Android: Top 5 iPhone rivals Computerworld
Motorola Droid 2: Day 1 Review Roundup PC World - Oracle's FUD; Google's cud
August 14, 2010
Quotes of the Week:"Oracle is damned if they do and damned if they don't, so it figured it might as well do and try to get paid.ÃÂ There's just tons and tons of potential money in this. But... - AT&T is just bad for the wrong people in the wrong places
August 14, 2010
Here's the truth about AT&T's wireless network: On the whole, despite what you've heard, it's not actually that bad. It's just bad for the wrong people in the wrong places -- mostly tech- and media-types in New York and San Francisco, California. - Google helps find all solutions to Rubik's Cube
August 14, 2010
A group of mathematicians, desperate to discover all solutions to Rubik's Cube, get free computer time from Google and reach their Holy Grail. - 1 in 3 AT&T iPhone Customers Will Ditch for Verizon
August 14, 2010
A new study indicates that a significant chunk of current iPhone users on AT&T are waiting to ditch their carrier for an alternative Apple smartphone carrier.
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