2008 Jan 04
Date : 2008 01 04 Technology Slashdot
coondoggie writes to mention NASA and the National Science Foundation (NSF) have announced a new record in the history of scientif read more »
coondoggie writes to mention NASA and the National Science Foundation (NSF) have announced a new record in the history of scientif read more »
Date : 2008 01 04 Technology Slashdot
An anonymous reader writes "GM has introduced a new website called GMnext. The site utilizes Wordpress and launching in spring a W read more »
An anonymous reader writes "GM has introduced a new website called GMnext. The site utilizes Wordpress and launching in spring a W read more »
Date : 2008 01 04 Technology CNET News.com
Warner leaves the HD DVD consortium, so HD DVD cancels its CES party. read more »
Warner leaves the HD DVD consortium, so HD DVD cancels its CES party. read more »
Date : 2008 01 04 Technology CNET News.com
This analog clock has a twist: the only number appearing on the clock face is nine, but it's calibrated correctly once you do the read more »
This analog clock has a twist: the only number appearing on the clock face is nine, but it's calibrated correctly once you do the read more »
Date : 2008 01 04 Technology Slashdot
buzzardsbay writes "The good folks over at Baseline Magazine have an intriguing — and worrisome — report on a movement read more »
buzzardsbay writes "The good folks over at Baseline Magazine have an intriguing — and worrisome — report on a movement read more »
Date : 2008 01 04 Technology ZDNet News
Move seen by some as an end to the format war; Toshiba, maker of the rival HD DVD technology, vows to fight on. Time Warner's Wa read more »
Move seen by some as an end to the format war; Toshiba, maker of the rival HD DVD technology, vows to fight on. Time Warner's Wa read more »
Date : 2008 01 04 Technology CNET News.com
Lawyers have filed a suit that aims to be a class action, representing all those who have had problems connecting to Xbox Live in read more »
Lawyers have filed a suit that aims to be a class action, representing all those who have had problems connecting to Xbox Live in read more »
Date : 2008 01 04 Technology Slashdot
eweekhickins writes "Mad about Facebook's treatment of Robert Scoble? 'The idea for people to move their social graph from one ser read more »
eweekhickins writes "Mad about Facebook's treatment of Robert Scoble? 'The idea for people to move their social graph from one ser read more »
Date : 2008 01 04 Technology CNET News.com
Neither side comes out looking good in public row between chip giant and the nonprofit One Laptop Per Child. read more »
Neither side comes out looking good in public row between chip giant and the nonprofit One Laptop Per Child. read more »
Date : 2008 01 04 Technology CNET News.com
If your data is stolen, how do you really know that is was? CNET's Robert Vamosi speaks with Verdasys CTO Dan Geer about data thef read more »
If your data is stolen, how do you really know that is was? CNET's Robert Vamosi speaks with Verdasys CTO Dan Geer about data thef read more »
Date : 2008 01 04 Technology CNET News.com
Warner Brothers is dumping HD DVD and going Blu-ray exclusively. Does this spell the end of the format war? read more »
Warner Brothers is dumping HD DVD and going Blu-ray exclusively. Does this spell the end of the format war? read more »
Date : 2008 01 04 Technology Slashdot
mjasay writes "Red Hat just got a new CEO, Jim Whitehurst, but based on a recent CNET interview with him, he's cut from the same c read more »
mjasay writes "Red Hat just got a new CEO, Jim Whitehurst, but based on a recent CNET interview with him, he's cut from the same c read more »
Date : 2008 01 04 Web
Webware.com
Google and Microsoft haven't quite cornered the market on mobile search and directions apps, at least not yet. Infospace Find It read more »
Google and Microsoft haven't quite cornered the market on mobile search and directions apps, at least not yet. Infospace Find It read more »
Date : 2008 01 04 Technology CNET News.com
Yet presidential candidate also calls for revamping how all contracts are awarded. "I'm hard on people who waste the taxpayers' ha read more »
Yet presidential candidate also calls for revamping how all contracts are awarded. "I'm hard on people who waste the taxpayers' ha read more »
Date : 2008 01 04 Technology CNET News.com
Want to get some VC funds? Come up with a cool energy-storage concept like the flow battery from Deeya Energy. read more »
Want to get some VC funds? Come up with a cool energy-storage concept like the flow battery from Deeya Energy. read more »
Date : 2008 01 04 Technology CNET News.com
FindMeOn, a small social media company, claims that the name of Google's OpenSocial developer initiative is too close for comfort read more »
FindMeOn, a small social media company, claims that the name of Google's OpenSocial developer initiative is too close for comfort read more »
Date : 2008 01 04 Technology Slashdot
Lally Singh writes "BusinessWeek is reporting that Sony BMG is planning on dropping DRM from their music. Salon's Machinest had an read more »
Lally Singh writes "BusinessWeek is reporting that Sony BMG is planning on dropping DRM from their music. Salon's Machinest had an read more »
Date : 2008 01 04 Technology ZDNet News
Pressure on electronics firms to implement green practices comes from many sources, including regulators, consumers, and even reta read more »
Pressure on electronics firms to implement green practices comes from many sources, including regulators, consumers, and even reta read more »
Date : 2008 01 04 Technology CNET News.com
What's behind the fallout between Intel and the One Laptop Per Child program; News.com's Stephen Shankland talks with Red Hat's ne read more »
What's behind the fallout between Intel and the One Laptop Per Child program; News.com's Stephen Shankland talks with Red Hat's ne read more »
Date : 2008 01 04 Technology Slashdot
Brandee07 writes "Designed for a 90 day mission, the Spirit Mars Rover is starting its 4th year of exploration. Spirit's sister-mo read more »
Brandee07 writes "Designed for a 90 day mission, the Spirit Mars Rover is starting its 4th year of exploration. Spirit's sister-mo read more »
Date : 2008 01 04 Technology CNET News.com
Those 100-inch plus TVs aren't for everyone, but Mark Cuban has one. read more »
Those 100-inch plus TVs aren't for everyone, but Mark Cuban has one. read more »
Date : 2008 01 04 Technology CNET News.com
Looking to beef up interest in plasma, Hitachi makes a thin one, which the company will debut at the Consumer Electronics Show in read more »
Looking to beef up interest in plasma, Hitachi makes a thin one, which the company will debut at the Consumer Electronics Show in read more »
Date : 2008 01 04 Technology CNET News.com
Even the bullish say it's destined to be a niche product, with one analyst projecting that even in five years, only about 3 percen read more »
Even the bullish say it's destined to be a niche product, with one analyst projecting that even in five years, only about 3 percen read more »
Date : 2008 01 04 Technology CNET News.com
BusinessWeek.com reports that Sony BMG will offer some of its collection free of copy-protection software in coming weeks. read more »
BusinessWeek.com reports that Sony BMG will offer some of its collection free of copy-protection software in coming weeks. read more »
Date : 2008 01 04 Technology CNET News.com
Better Biodiesel, a Utah-based producer of biodiesel fuel, says it plans to buy GeoAlgae Technologies for an undisclosed sum. read more »
Better Biodiesel, a Utah-based producer of biodiesel fuel, says it plans to buy GeoAlgae Technologies for an undisclosed sum. read more »
Date : 2008 01 04 Web
Webware.com
Glogster is a new publishing tool that's been making the rounds over the last week. The service is focused on letting people creat read more »
Glogster is a new publishing tool that's been making the rounds over the last week. The service is focused on letting people creat read more »
Date : 2008 01 04 Technology CNET News.com
Nothing warms the soul more than watching two organizations try to claim moral high ground while belittling goals and methods of t read more »
Nothing warms the soul more than watching two organizations try to claim moral high ground while belittling goals and methods of t read more »
Date : 2008 01 04 Technology Slashdot
Domains May Disappear writes "Chris Howard has an interesting commentary at Apple Matters on recent trends in OS market share that read more »
Domains May Disappear writes "Chris Howard has an interesting commentary at Apple Matters on recent trends in OS market share that read more »
Date : 2008 01 04 Technology CNET News.com
ABC News has invited the presidential candidate to a debate Saturday. Bloggers, online activists are irked because Fox News is exc read more »
ABC News has invited the presidential candidate to a debate Saturday. Bloggers, online activists are irked because Fox News is exc read more »
Date : 2008 01 04 Technology Slashdot
Googling Yourself writes "Researchers in the UK plan to use Google's PageRank algorithm to find how super-bugs like MRSA spread in read more »
Googling Yourself writes "Researchers in the UK plan to use Google's PageRank algorithm to find how super-bugs like MRSA spread in read more »
Date : 2008 01 04 Technology CNET News.com
Jim Whitehurst, 40, thinks his experience as Delta's COO will help him turn Red Hat into a big company. Also, he talks the open-so read more »
Jim Whitehurst, 40, thinks his experience as Delta's COO will help him turn Red Hat into a big company. Also, he talks the open-so read more »
Date : 2008 01 04 Technology ZDNet News
Chipmaker gets a few more days to file response to alleged illegal attempt to drive AMD out of market, the Commission says. Chip read more »
Chipmaker gets a few more days to file response to alleged illegal attempt to drive AMD out of market, the Commission says. Chip read more »
Date : 2008 01 04 Technology Slashdot
Ponca City, We Love You writes "Asteroid impacts, massive volcanic flows, and now biting, disease-carrying insects have been put f read more »
Ponca City, We Love You writes "Asteroid impacts, massive volcanic flows, and now biting, disease-carrying insects have been put f read more »
Date : 2008 01 04 Technology CNET News.com
News report looks at Redmond's program that has 'Softies taking home the company's digital living room products and seeing how the read more »
News report looks at Redmond's program that has 'Softies taking home the company's digital living room products and seeing how the read more »
Date : 2008 01 04 Technology Slashdot
holy_calamity writes "A New Zealand physicist has written a paper saying that physicists should seriously explore the possibility read more »
holy_calamity writes "A New Zealand physicist has written a paper saying that physicists should seriously explore the possibility read more »
Date : 2008 01 04 Web
Webware.com
(Credit: nekogames) It might not have much competition yet, but the most entertaining Flash game of 2008 so far is the inventive read more »
(Credit: nekogames) It might not have much competition yet, but the most entertaining Flash game of 2008 so far is the inventive read more »
Date : 2008 01 04 Technology CNET News.com
India looks to put its stamp on some established car lines. Meanwhile, the upcoming Detroit auto show has folks focused on new des read more »
India looks to put its stamp on some established car lines. Meanwhile, the upcoming Detroit auto show has folks focused on new des read more »
Date : 2008 01 04 Technology CNET News.com
Fortinet warns Facebook users to be wary of the Secret Crush widget. read more »
Fortinet warns Facebook users to be wary of the Secret Crush widget. read more »
Date : 2008 01 04 Technology CNET News.com
In her first New Hampshire campaign stop after a third-place Iowa finish, the Democrat also calls for oil companies to fund resear read more »
In her first New Hampshire campaign stop after a third-place Iowa finish, the Democrat also calls for oil companies to fund resear read more »
Date : 2008 01 04 Technology CNET News.com
Featured links from the CNET Blog Network Ubuntu Linux: Built-in apps get an "A", wireless support an "F" -- The "Gutsy Gibbo read more »
Featured links from the CNET Blog Network Ubuntu Linux: Built-in apps get an "A", wireless support an "F" -- The "Gutsy Gibbo read more »
Date : 2008 01 04 Technology Slashdot
bensafrickingenius writes "CNET's Crave site has an interesting article on Amazon's Kindle eBook reader, and the extensive reverse read more »
bensafrickingenius writes "CNET's Crave site has an interesting article on Amazon's Kindle eBook reader, and the extensive reverse read more »
Date : 2008 01 04 Technology Slashdot
alphadogg writes with a link to a NetworkWorld article about a troubling security scenario. Indiana University IT researchers are read more »
alphadogg writes with a link to a NetworkWorld article about a troubling security scenario. Indiana University IT researchers are read more »
Date : 2008 01 04 Technology ZDNet News
Posted on Prime Minister Brown's Web site, petition signed by 30,000 says host of TV show about cars would be a better PM. He's read more »
Posted on Prime Minister Brown's Web site, petition signed by 30,000 says host of TV show about cars would be a better PM. He's read more »
Date : 2008 01 04 Technology Slashdot
Panaqqa writes "It's taken some time, but the EFF's Patent Busting Project is making progress. In the latest news, the USPTO has n read more »
Panaqqa writes "It's taken some time, but the EFF's Patent Busting Project is making progress. In the latest news, the USPTO has n read more »
Date : 2008 01 04 Technology ZDNet News
As competition with NAND flash memory chips heats up, Fujitsu also shelves plans to make 1.8-inch hard drives. Hitachi said it i read more »
As competition with NAND flash memory chips heats up, Fujitsu also shelves plans to make 1.8-inch hard drives. Hitachi said it i read more »
Date : 2008 01 04 Technology ZDNet News
University of Missouri and U.K.'s De Montfort University team up for computational-intelligence project. Technology aimed at imp read more »
University of Missouri and U.K.'s De Montfort University team up for computational-intelligence project. Technology aimed at imp read more »
Date : 2008 01 04 Technology Slashdot
hairyfeet writes "Aviv Raff, an Israeli researcher known for his work in hunting browser bugs, has revealed a Firefox spoofing vul read more »
hairyfeet writes "Aviv Raff, an Israeli researcher known for his work in hunting browser bugs, has revealed a Firefox spoofing vul read more »
Date : 2008 01 04 Technology ZDNet News
Larry Hryb, director of programming for Xbox Live, is hard-core Xbox gamers' Walter Cronkite. He runs a mini empire of related med read more »
Larry Hryb, director of programming for Xbox Live, is hard-core Xbox gamers' Walter Cronkite. He runs a mini empire of related med read more »
Date : 2008 01 04 Technology ZDNet News
Sales of physical and digital albums tumble to 500.5 million units in '07, as music industry is pillaged by piracy and competition read more »
Sales of physical and digital albums tumble to 500.5 million units in '07, as music industry is pillaged by piracy and competition read more »
Date : 2008 01 04 Technology Slashdot
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Microsoft has patented a frustration-detection help system that would monitor your c read more »
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Microsoft has patented a frustration-detection help system that would monitor your c read more »
Date : 2008 01 04 Technology ZDNet News
Complexity of deal between the two satellite radio companies said to prolong investigations at Department of Justice and FCC. U. read more »
Complexity of deal between the two satellite radio companies said to prolong investigations at Department of Justice and FCC. U. read more »
Date : 2008 01 04 Technology Slashdot
theodp writes "Reportedly angered by the One Laptop Per Child project's demand that it curtail work on its Classmate PC and other read more »
theodp writes "Reportedly angered by the One Laptop Per Child project's demand that it curtail work on its Classmate PC and other read more »
Date : 2008 01 04 Technology CNET News.com
The "two battery" rule applies only to "large" batteries. read more »
The "two battery" rule applies only to "large" batteries. read more »
Date : 2008 01 04 Technology CNET News.com
Democrat, who dropped out of the race on Thursday after the Iowa caucuses, supports Net neutrality and opposes the "idea of assign read more »
Democrat, who dropped out of the race on Thursday after the Iowa caucuses, supports Net neutrality and opposes the "idea of assign read more »
Date : 2008 01 04 Technology CNET News.com
Former senator aims for universal broadband, supports Net neutrality, and pledges to "recharge" American innovation.Special covera read more »
Former senator aims for universal broadband, supports Net neutrality, and pledges to "recharge" American innovation.Special covera read more »
Date : 2008 01 04 Technology CNET News.com
CNET News.com's Charles Cooper, who spent a good part of his Christmas vacation perusing Internet posts about Jewish cabals and mi read more »
CNET News.com's Charles Cooper, who spent a good part of his Christmas vacation perusing Internet posts about Jewish cabals and mi read more »
Date : 2008 01 04 Technology CNET News.com
Hitachi conglomerate has around 19 different companies, and they are contributing parts and know-how to TVs. read more »
Hitachi conglomerate has around 19 different companies, and they are contributing parts and know-how to TVs. read more »
Date : 2008 01 04 Technology CNET News.com
New production facility intended to meet growing demand from customers in India for Audi cars, says company. read more »
New production facility intended to meet growing demand from customers in India for Audi cars, says company. read more »
Date : 2008 01 04 Technology Slashdot
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "The European Commission is trying to encourage a standard licensing and DRM scheme f read more »
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "The European Commission is trying to encourage a standard licensing and DRM scheme f read more »
Date : 2008 01 04 Web
Webware.com
It has to stop to ask for directions.(Credit: CNET Networks) I hope and expect that the majority of dash-top GPS products for c read more »
It has to stop to ask for directions.(Credit: CNET Networks) I hope and expect that the majority of dash-top GPS products for c read more »
Date : 2008 01 04 Technology Slashdot
eldavojohn sends us an article about a discovery by Carnegie Mellon researchers that explains why repetitive studying or training read more »
eldavojohn sends us an article about a discovery by Carnegie Mellon researchers that explains why repetitive studying or training read more »
Date : 2008 01 04 Technology ZDNet News
Tech titan says it sold 4.3 million video game consoles in the last three months of 2007, thanks to titles such as Halo 3 and Mass read more »
Tech titan says it sold 4.3 million video game consoles in the last three months of 2007, thanks to titles such as Halo 3 and Mass read more »
Date : 2008 01 04 Technology ZDNet News
Microsoft says it will offer a free downloadable video game to users of its Xbox online gaming service after the network was plagu read more »
Microsoft says it will offer a free downloadable video game to users of its Xbox online gaming service after the network was plagu read more »
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