2008 Jan 22
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology Slashdot
An anonymous reader writes "The Associated Press reports that in a 2005 study the MPAA conducted through an outfit called LEK, the read more »
An anonymous reader writes "The Associated Press reports that in a 2005 study the MPAA conducted through an outfit called LEK, the read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology CNET News.com
HP's new Compaq DC7800 is more proof of concept than mainstream product. read more »
HP's new Compaq DC7800 is more proof of concept than mainstream product. read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology CNET News.com
Is your solar system running? No. It's not the prelude to a crank call. Fat Spaniel Technologies sells software that says if it wo read more »
Is your solar system running? No. It's not the prelude to a crank call. Fat Spaniel Technologies sells software that says if it wo read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Web
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Picnik's online photo-editing site is getting gradually more sophisticated.(Credit: Picnik) Picnik, an online photo-editin read more »
Picnik's online photo-editing site is getting gradually more sophisticated.(Credit: Picnik) Picnik, an online photo-editin read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology Slashdot
cpudney writes "An article in Computerworld UK reports on a new open source analysis initiative launched by Hewlett-Packard. The F read more »
cpudney writes "An article in Computerworld UK reports on a new open source analysis initiative launched by Hewlett-Packard. The F read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Web
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(Credit: Eric Meyer / CNET Networks)Here's an evening treat for your eyes. CSS guru Eric Meyer has put together a spiffy looking t read more »
(Credit: Eric Meyer / CNET Networks)Here's an evening treat for your eyes. CSS guru Eric Meyer has put together a spiffy looking t read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology Slashdot
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Last November, EU regulators in the European Parliament's Committee on Culture and E read more »
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Last November, EU regulators in the European Parliament's Committee on Culture and E read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology CNET News.com
The two tech giants plan to announce a total of three (Product) Red PCs, with a portion of sales to go to the African AIDS charity read more »
The two tech giants plan to announce a total of three (Product) Red PCs, with a portion of sales to go to the African AIDS charity read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology ZDNet News
Samsung had accused Sharp of infringing four patents on LCDs, which are often used in computer monitors. A U.S. trade panel that read more »
Samsung had accused Sharp of infringing four patents on LCDs, which are often used in computer monitors. A U.S. trade panel that read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology ZDNet News
Shares rise on news of a healthy quarter and a positive outlook for first-quarter earnings. Texas Instruments posted a higher fo read more »
Shares rise on news of a healthy quarter and a positive outlook for first-quarter earnings. Texas Instruments posted a higher fo read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology ZDNet News
Revenue projected to get a boost as strong computer sales drive demand for company's Windows operating system and Office software. read more »
Revenue projected to get a boost as strong computer sales drive demand for company's Windows operating system and Office software. read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Web
Webware.com
CBS has alerted media that on Wednesday morning, the company will be announcing "a new unprecedented service" involving social mus read more »
CBS has alerted media that on Wednesday morning, the company will be announcing "a new unprecedented service" involving social mus read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Web
Webware.com
Tripit, which I mentioned in an earlier post about Planjam, is a do-it-all travel service that helps people organize their travel read more »
Tripit, which I mentioned in an earlier post about Planjam, is a do-it-all travel service that helps people organize their travel read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology CNET News.com
It's too early to tell, but the film looks like a realistic examination of the cult and emotions surrounding Apple's computers. read more »
It's too early to tell, but the film looks like a realistic examination of the cult and emotions surrounding Apple's computers. read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology CNET News.com
Blog compares various stats on the oratories of the two tech titans. Of note, Gates' keynote requires comprehension at the ninth g read more »
Blog compares various stats on the oratories of the two tech titans. Of note, Gates' keynote requires comprehension at the ninth g read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology Slashdot
An anonymous reader writes "Symantec reported Tuesday that the first case of drive-by pharming, in which a hacker changes the DNS read more »
An anonymous reader writes "Symantec reported Tuesday that the first case of drive-by pharming, in which a hacker changes the DNS read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology CNET News.com
Scientists from Rice University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute figured out a way to trap light efficiently with nanotubes; 9 read more »
Scientists from Rice University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute figured out a way to trap light efficiently with nanotubes; 9 read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology Slashdot
The Nation has up a sobering article from its upcoming issue about how colleges and universities are being turned into homeland se read more »
The Nation has up a sobering article from its upcoming issue about how colleges and universities are being turned into homeland se read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology Slashdot
Linnen writes in to note that one of developers of Sun's open source system tracing tool, DTrace, has discovered that Apple crippl read more »
Linnen writes in to note that one of developers of Sun's open source system tracing tool, DTrace, has discovered that Apple crippl read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology CNET News.com
Despite encouraging words that the new generation of 3D technology would help me see 3D films the way everyone else does, it didn' read more »
Despite encouraging words that the new generation of 3D technology would help me see 3D films the way everyone else does, it didn' read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology CNET News.com
Mix silver particles in household paint and you can disinfect the place. read more »
Mix silver particles in household paint and you can disinfect the place. read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology CNET News.com
Gridskipper publishes a list of "New York blogger bars." It's either a list of places to go or places to avoid, depending on your read more »
Gridskipper publishes a list of "New York blogger bars." It's either a list of places to go or places to avoid, depending on your read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology Slashdot
Roland Piquepaille writes "The Tree of Life is an expression first used by Charles Darwin to describe the diversity of organisms o read more »
Roland Piquepaille writes "The Tree of Life is an expression first used by Charles Darwin to describe the diversity of organisms o read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology CNET News.com
Earnings are strong, but the company disappoints financial analysts with its second-quarter guidance amid a nervous stock market. read more »
Earnings are strong, but the company disappoints financial analysts with its second-quarter guidance amid a nervous stock market. read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology CNET News.com
Wireless carriers are fighting state and local laws that, in their view, force them to "hide" government taxes and fees from their read more »
Wireless carriers are fighting state and local laws that, in their view, force them to "hide" government taxes and fees from their read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Web
Webware.com
Maybe they were pulled voluntarily due to embarrassing content, or involuntarily due to inappropriate material--either way, someti read more »
Maybe they were pulled voluntarily due to embarrassing content, or involuntarily due to inappropriate material--either way, someti read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology CNET News.com
Three open-source software firms announced investments today: $27 million for Greenplum, $11 million for Zenoss, and $9 million fo read more »
Three open-source software firms announced investments today: $27 million for Greenplum, $11 million for Zenoss, and $9 million fo read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology CNET News.com
Filmmakers at a decades-old festival continue to push the envelope; Microsoft has good news for Mac users; and what Google million read more »
Filmmakers at a decades-old festival continue to push the envelope; Microsoft has good news for Mac users; and what Google million read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology Slashdot
Dak RIT writes "In a blog post this week, Microsoft's IE Platform Architect, Chris Wilson, confirmed that IE8 will use three disti read more »
Dak RIT writes "In a blog post this week, Microsoft's IE Platform Architect, Chris Wilson, confirmed that IE8 will use three disti read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology CNET News.com
CNET Blog Network contributor Tim Leberecht asks whether Apple's "shock and awe" approach to product announcements is a dinosaur i read more »
CNET Blog Network contributor Tim Leberecht asks whether Apple's "shock and awe" approach to product announcements is a dinosaur i read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology ZDNet News
WAAS Mobile software client could overcome the increased WAN-load problems caused by server consolidation, Cisco has claimed. Ci read more »
WAAS Mobile software client could overcome the increased WAN-load problems caused by server consolidation, Cisco has claimed. Ci read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology CNET News.com
Slate, a popular news site, seems to be openly violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Will the MPAA let Slate's probable read more »
Slate, a popular news site, seems to be openly violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Will the MPAA let Slate's probable read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology CNET News.com
As part of its move to open its network to new devices, company is inviting gadget developers to swap ideas at a two-day conferenc read more »
As part of its move to open its network to new devices, company is inviting gadget developers to swap ideas at a two-day conferenc read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Web
Webware.com
If you've ever been put in charge of a guys night out, there's a new app for you. Personally I just go out and see what happens, b read more »
If you've ever been put in charge of a guys night out, there's a new app for you. Personally I just go out and see what happens, b read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology Slashdot
link915 writes "For the last seven years I have moved around from job to job climbing the rungs of the IT ladder. I've worked in t read more »
link915 writes "For the last seven years I have moved around from job to job climbing the rungs of the IT ladder. I've worked in t read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology Slashdot
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Jennifer Stoddart, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, has criticized the proposed C read more »
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Jennifer Stoddart, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, has criticized the proposed C read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Web
Webware.com
Article updated and corrected on January 22, 2008 at 3:10 pm PST. Microsoft and Zumobi, a content distribution platform for mob read more »
Article updated and corrected on January 22, 2008 at 3:10 pm PST. Microsoft and Zumobi, a content distribution platform for mob read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology ZDNet News
Social networking Web site Facebook is being snubbed by a jury of CIOs because of the increasing number of "silly applications" an read more »
Social networking Web site Facebook is being snubbed by a jury of CIOs because of the increasing number of "silly applications" an read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Web
Webware.com
Rocker Trent Reznor is angry with CNET News.com. On Monday afternoon, the leader of the band Nine Inch Nails posted a blog at N read more »
Rocker Trent Reznor is angry with CNET News.com. On Monday afternoon, the leader of the band Nine Inch Nails posted a blog at N read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology Slashdot
theodp writes "Self-professed patent reformer IBM snagged a patent Tuesday for the Variable Rate Toll System, which covers the rat read more »
theodp writes "Self-professed patent reformer IBM snagged a patent Tuesday for the Variable Rate Toll System, which covers the rat read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Web
Webware.com
If Sex and the City popularized the punishments of urban dating, IceBrkr, a London start-up, offers a chance to get through them read more »
If Sex and the City popularized the punishments of urban dating, IceBrkr, a London start-up, offers a chance to get through them read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Web
Webware.com
Pownce, the multi-function Web app for microblogging and file sharing is now open to every one, sans the need for invites. While i read more »
Pownce, the multi-function Web app for microblogging and file sharing is now open to every one, sans the need for invites. While i read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology Slashdot
Lachlan Hunt writes "Today W3C announced that the HTML Working Group has published the first public working draft of HTML 5 &mdash read more »
Lachlan Hunt writes "Today W3C announced that the HTML Working Group has published the first public working draft of HTML 5 &mdash read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology Slashdot
Technical Writing Geek writes "An Ars Technica article argues that after many years of stagnation, the US broadband landscape is f read more »
Technical Writing Geek writes "An Ars Technica article argues that after many years of stagnation, the US broadband landscape is f read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology CNET News.com
RFID is out there, but the onslaught has been slowed by practical and economic considerations. read more »
RFID is out there, but the onslaught has been slowed by practical and economic considerations. read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology ZDNet News
Details not disclosed, but pact will allow Google to provide tech expertise while Publicis handles analysis, media planning. Fra read more »
Details not disclosed, but pact will allow Google to provide tech expertise while Publicis handles analysis, media planning. Fra read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology Slashdot
E5Rebel writes "Microsoft will spend $235m in schools worldwide over the next five years, part of a plan to triple the number of s read more »
E5Rebel writes "Microsoft will spend $235m in schools worldwide over the next five years, part of a plan to triple the number of s read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology CNET News.com
It's still just a prototype at the University of Washington, but eventually electronic circuitry could create virtual displays bef read more »
It's still just a prototype at the University of Washington, but eventually electronic circuitry could create virtual displays bef read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology CNET News.com
Company dismisses reports that the launch of Lotus Notes for the iPhone and iPod Touch is imminent. read more »
Company dismisses reports that the launch of Lotus Notes for the iPhone and iPod Touch is imminent. read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology CNET News.com
James LeVoy Sorenson, the 86-year-old founder of Sorenson Squeeze digital video compression and encoding technology, dies of cance read more »
James LeVoy Sorenson, the 86-year-old founder of Sorenson Squeeze digital video compression and encoding technology, dies of cance read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology CNET News.com
The digital-media festival is often thought of as an incubator for some of the next big ideas. So what will show up this year? read more »
The digital-media festival is often thought of as an incubator for some of the next big ideas. So what will show up this year? read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology Slashdot
DeviceGuru writes "Harvard University's tiny microrobotic fly, hailed by its creators as 'the first robotic fly that is able to ge read more »
DeviceGuru writes "Harvard University's tiny microrobotic fly, hailed by its creators as 'the first robotic fly that is able to ge read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology ZDNet News
Japan plans government-backed exams for phone guides who will help users navigate their increasingly complicated mobiles. Baffle read more »
Japan plans government-backed exams for phone guides who will help users navigate their increasingly complicated mobiles. Baffle read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology CNET News.com
Security researchers issue a warning about new worms that are targeting smart phones running the Symbian S60 second-edition phones read more »
Security researchers issue a warning about new worms that are targeting smart phones running the Symbian S60 second-edition phones read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology Slashdot
mbravo writes "I work in a largish company, heavily into IT, and in a complex and quickly changing market. Employees are predomina read more »
mbravo writes "I work in a largish company, heavily into IT, and in a complex and quickly changing market. Employees are predomina read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology CNET News.com
Security agency breaks its normal silence, warning about successful attacks against critical national infrastructures outside the read more »
Security agency breaks its normal silence, warning about successful attacks against critical national infrastructures outside the read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology CNET News.com
If Linus and the other key kernel developers were to back a shift to GPLv3, and if there were reasonable legal air cover from resp read more »
If Linus and the other key kernel developers were to back a shift to GPLv3, and if there were reasonable legal air cover from resp read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology ZDNet News
Japanese electronics maker plans to put struggling chipmaking operations in new unit and transfer some development from Tokyo to M read more »
Japanese electronics maker plans to put struggling chipmaking operations in new unit and transfer some development from Tokyo to M read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology Slashdot
Nephrite writes "By removing a gene from the virus Ebola, UW-Madison scientists have managed to stop the deadly pathogen from repl read more »
Nephrite writes "By removing a gene from the virus Ebola, UW-Madison scientists have managed to stop the deadly pathogen from repl read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology CNET News.com
The Audiophiliac says "The Album is Dead" mantra surely isn't true yet. Some albums aren't merely slapped-together assortments of read more »
The Audiophiliac says "The Album is Dead" mantra surely isn't true yet. Some albums aren't merely slapped-together assortments of read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology ZDNet News
23andMe, which is co-founded by the wife of Google's Sergey Brin, already sells its service for $999 service in the U.S. A priva read more »
23andMe, which is co-founded by the wife of Google's Sergey Brin, already sells its service for $999 service in the U.S. A priva read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology Slashdot
Unequivocal writes "According to the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Yahoo has filed a patent for 'smart' drag and drop. From the read more »
Unequivocal writes "According to the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Yahoo has filed a patent for 'smart' drag and drop. From the read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology CNET News.com
TigerDirect has the Logitech AudioStation iPod speaker dock/radio for $49.99 after a mail-in rebate. It sold for $300 when CNET fi read more »
TigerDirect has the Logitech AudioStation iPod speaker dock/radio for $49.99 after a mail-in rebate. It sold for $300 when CNET fi read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology CNET News.com
If blown to bits, modular construction allows two or more of these patrol vehicles to be recombined in the field for drivable unit read more »
If blown to bits, modular construction allows two or more of these patrol vehicles to be recombined in the field for drivable unit read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology CNET News.com
A professor argues that it's possible to put a break on climate change by injecting sulfates above the stratosphere. read more »
A professor argues that it's possible to put a break on climate change by injecting sulfates above the stratosphere. read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology CNET News.com
The Office of Naval Research narrows the field in search for Sea Base Connector Transformable-Craft. read more »
The Office of Naval Research narrows the field in search for Sea Base Connector Transformable-Craft. read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology Slashdot
KrispySausage writes "A recently-release roadmap for the next major Window release — Windows 7 — indicates that Micros read more »
KrispySausage writes "A recently-release roadmap for the next major Window release — Windows 7 — indicates that Micros read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology ZDNet News
Down since January 9, site has become symbol of U.S. tension with Panama after election of controversial figure. An Internet hac read more »
Down since January 9, site has become symbol of U.S. tension with Panama after election of controversial figure. An Internet hac read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Web
Webware.com
My favorite start page, Netvibes, is getting an interesting upgrade. The new "Ginger" version gets social features for sharing read more »
My favorite start page, Netvibes, is getting an interesting upgrade. The new "Ginger" version gets social features for sharing read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology Slashdot
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "PJ of Groklaw has written in more detail about the lawyer trying to get a servicemar read more »
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "PJ of Groklaw has written in more detail about the lawyer trying to get a servicemar read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology CNET News.com
The mini-fridge maker wants to make it big in TVs and lifestyle products, and why not? It's got friends in the NBA and at Macy's a read more »
The mini-fridge maker wants to make it big in TVs and lifestyle products, and why not? It's got friends in the NBA and at Macy's a read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology CNET News.com
A horde of nouveau riche have moved on from the company, trading on Google credentials to reach new heights in tech or attempting read more »
A horde of nouveau riche have moved on from the company, trading on Google credentials to reach new heights in tech or attempting read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology CNET News.com
Microsoft's decision to allow broader virtualization of Vista has an impact beyond obvious beneficiaries: it paves the way for fri read more »
Microsoft's decision to allow broader virtualization of Vista has an impact beyond obvious beneficiaries: it paves the way for fri read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology CNET News.com
Chinese appliance maker Haier is trying to expand its presence globally and go upmarket. read more »
Chinese appliance maker Haier is trying to expand its presence globally and go upmarket. read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology Slashdot
billstewart writes "The Wall Street Journal reports that Microsoft will be announcing a virtualization strategy on Tuesday. Of cou read more »
billstewart writes "The Wall Street Journal reports that Microsoft will be announcing a virtualization strategy on Tuesday. Of cou read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology CNET News.com
At its Government Leaders Forum in Berlin, the company touts tools to help municipalities provide citizen services online. read more »
At its Government Leaders Forum in Berlin, the company touts tools to help municipalities provide citizen services online. read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology CNET News.com
Find the best time for meetings, remove hidden data, send text messages from Outlook, teach Excel new tricks, and add YouTube vide read more »
Find the best time for meetings, remove hidden data, send text messages from Outlook, teach Excel new tricks, and add YouTube vide read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology CNET News.com
After a decade in the top post, Meg Whitman likely to retire soon, reports The Wall Street Journal. read more »
After a decade in the top post, Meg Whitman likely to retire soon, reports The Wall Street Journal. read more »
Date : 2008 01 22 Technology Slashdot
wikinerd writes "Following an online petition in November 2007 by members of an OS/2 online community to open-source OS/2, IBM ans read more »
wikinerd writes "Following an online petition in November 2007 by members of an OS/2 online community to open-source OS/2, IBM ans read more »
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