2008 Feb 18
Date : 2008 02 18 Technology ZDNet News
Redmond aims to create a more competitive, profitable search business, but Bill Gates says company would "get there faster" with Y read more »
Redmond aims to create a more competitive, profitable search business, but Bill Gates says company would "get there faster" with Y read more »
Date : 2008 02 18 Technology CNET News.com
Use a virtual private network to protect yourself when connecting to the Internet from your hotel room. read more »
Use a virtual private network to protect yourself when connecting to the Internet from your hotel room. read more »
Date : 2008 02 18 Technology CNET News.com
Aiming to recruit more students to programming and to its set of tools, Microsoft plans to give away full versions of its Visual S read more »
Aiming to recruit more students to programming and to its set of tools, Microsoft plans to give away full versions of its Visual S read more »
Date : 2008 02 18 Technology CNET News.com
TI to TSMC, Sun is doing more than just adding a few letters. read more »
TI to TSMC, Sun is doing more than just adding a few letters. read more »
Date : 2008 02 18 Web
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A new Mozilla Foundation effort to improve its Thunderbird open-source e-mail software now has an official name--and its first pu read more »
A new Mozilla Foundation effort to improve its Thunderbird open-source e-mail software now has an official name--and its first pu read more »
Date : 2008 02 18 Technology CNET News.com
Norwegian hacker's DoubleTwist Ventures unveils its first product, a desktop client for sharing any kind of video, photo, or music read more »
Norwegian hacker's DoubleTwist Ventures unveils its first product, a desktop client for sharing any kind of video, photo, or music read more »
Date : 2008 02 18 Technology CNET News.com
Social network in talks with all four major labels about starting ad-supported music service, says source. read more »
Social network in talks with all four major labels about starting ad-supported music service, says source. read more »
Date : 2008 02 18 Technology Slashdot
An anonymous reader writes "There have been complaints within the World Health Organization of some oddly familiar-sounding tactic read more »
An anonymous reader writes "There have been complaints within the World Health Organization of some oddly familiar-sounding tactic read more »
Date : 2008 02 18 Technology Slashdot
Thomas Nybergh lets us know about the secret list maintained by the Finnish National Bureau of Investigation, containing an estima read more »
Thomas Nybergh lets us know about the secret list maintained by the Finnish National Bureau of Investigation, containing an estima read more »
Date : 2008 02 18 Technology ZDNet News
Company will officially declare exit from HD DVD business on Tuesday, according to Nikkei business daily. Japan's Toshiba will read more »
Company will officially declare exit from HD DVD business on Tuesday, according to Nikkei business daily. Japan's Toshiba will read more »
Date : 2008 02 18 Technology Slashdot
An anonymous reader writes "Amateur satellite watcher Ted Molczan notes that a "Notice to Airmen" (NOTAM) has been issued announci read more »
An anonymous reader writes "Amateur satellite watcher Ted Molczan notes that a "Notice to Airmen" (NOTAM) has been issued announci read more »
Date : 2008 02 18 Technology ZDNet News
Toshiba reportedly plans to announce exit from the HD DVD business on Tuesday; Redmond says such a move would not have "any materi read more »
Toshiba reportedly plans to announce exit from the HD DVD business on Tuesday; Redmond says such a move would not have "any materi read more »
Date : 2008 02 18 Technology Slashdot
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Now that a small Texas company has a patent on scanning and archiving checks — read more »
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Now that a small Texas company has a patent on scanning and archiving checks — read more »
Date : 2008 02 18 Technology ZDNet News
The company is bundling dozens of smaller kids sites to build one big marketplace in an effort to appeal to advertisers. Club Pe read more »
The company is bundling dozens of smaller kids sites to build one big marketplace in an effort to appeal to advertisers. Club Pe read more »
Date : 2008 02 18 Technology Slashdot
TechDirt has an interesting article about a UK-based company that is trying to work with ISPs to make use of user surfing data to read more »
TechDirt has an interesting article about a UK-based company that is trying to work with ISPs to make use of user surfing data to read more »
Date : 2008 02 18 Technology CNET News.com
Google not only has the largest market share among search engines, but it also tends to attract older, more affluent users who spe read more »
Google not only has the largest market share among search engines, but it also tends to attract older, more affluent users who spe read more »
Date : 2008 02 18 Technology Slashdot
The Register is reporting that Mozilla's handling of a recent security exploit that affected both browsers has drawn an unhappy re read more »
The Register is reporting that Mozilla's handling of a recent security exploit that affected both browsers has drawn an unhappy re read more »
Date : 2008 02 18 Technology Slashdot
Heartless Gamer writes to tell us that Gen Con LLC announced late last week that they have filed for Chapter 11. This move will no read more »
Heartless Gamer writes to tell us that Gen Con LLC announced late last week that they have filed for Chapter 11. This move will no read more »
Date : 2008 02 18 Technology Slashdot
Wired has a great pictorial tour of their recent visit to Stanford University's linear accelerator, the longest in the world. The read more »
Wired has a great pictorial tour of their recent visit to Stanford University's linear accelerator, the longest in the world. The read more »
Date : 2008 02 18 Technology Slashdot
DrButts writes "An inventor in British Columbia wants to be the first to launch a pop bottle rocket into space. 'This could be imp read more »
DrButts writes "An inventor in British Columbia wants to be the first to launch a pop bottle rocket into space. 'This could be imp read more »
Date : 2008 02 18 Technology ZDNet News
BlackBerry maker also accuses the company of "demanding exorbitant royalties," according to court documents. MONTREAL--BlackBerr read more »
BlackBerry maker also accuses the company of "demanding exorbitant royalties," according to court documents. MONTREAL--BlackBerr read more »
Date : 2008 02 18 Technology ZDNet News
Companies file suit against one another, each making claims of patent infringement for technology used in their handsets. MONTRE read more »
Companies file suit against one another, each making claims of patent infringement for technology used in their handsets. MONTRE read more »
Date : 2008 02 18 Technology Slashdot
foobarx writes "Digital artists have created a humanoid robot which uses brainwave activity recorded during sleep to playback an i read more »
foobarx writes "Digital artists have created a humanoid robot which uses brainwave activity recorded during sleep to playback an i read more »
Date : 2008 02 18 Technology Slashdot
Engadgets is reporting that researchers at Penn State have built a new kind of solar cell that can harvest hydrogen directly from read more »
Engadgets is reporting that researchers at Penn State have built a new kind of solar cell that can harvest hydrogen directly from read more »
Date : 2008 02 18 Technology CNET News.com
Adobe lowers the price of its Shockwave graphics tool which adds support for Ageia PhysX and DirectX 9. read more »
Adobe lowers the price of its Shockwave graphics tool which adds support for Ageia PhysX and DirectX 9. read more »
Date : 2008 02 18 Technology CNET News.com
Company says new version will make it easier for designers to create more realistic 3D images. read more »
Company says new version will make it easier for designers to create more realistic 3D images. read more »
Date : 2008 02 18 Technology Slashdot
lazyguyuk writes "Tim Bray posts a lengthy blog on the birth of XML, formalized as 1.0 in Feb 1998. 'XML is ten years old today. I read more »
lazyguyuk writes "Tim Bray posts a lengthy blog on the birth of XML, formalized as 1.0 in Feb 1998. 'XML is ten years old today. I read more »
Date : 2008 02 18 Technology Slashdot
An anonymous reader found an interesting little story about satellite spotters and how, not surprisingly, their painstakingly meth read more »
An anonymous reader found an interesting little story about satellite spotters and how, not surprisingly, their painstakingly meth read more »
Date : 2008 02 18 Technology ZDNet News
Aimed at the education sector, the laptop will feature, among other things, a flash-based hard drive and a "wireless music server. read more »
Aimed at the education sector, the laptop will feature, among other things, a flash-based hard drive and a "wireless music server. read more »
Date : 2008 02 18 Technology Slashdot
An anonymous reader writes "It looks like the courts may finally be gearing up to overturn the ruling that opened the floodgates f read more »
An anonymous reader writes "It looks like the courts may finally be gearing up to overturn the ruling that opened the floodgates f read more »
Date : 2008 02 18 Technology Slashdot
Raphael Emportu writes "BBC news is reporting that rocky planets, possibly with conditions suitable for life, may be more common t read more »
Raphael Emportu writes "BBC news is reporting that rocky planets, possibly with conditions suitable for life, may be more common t read more »
Date : 2008 02 18 Technology CNET News.com
DeviantArt, which hosts a wide range of user-generated artwork, may well be the most popular site you've never heard of. read more »
DeviantArt, which hosts a wide range of user-generated artwork, may well be the most popular site you've never heard of. read more »
Date : 2008 02 18 Technology CNET News.com
Here are just a few of DeviantArt.com's 50 million submissions, ranging in medium from photography to computer graphics to traditi read more »
Here are just a few of DeviantArt.com's 50 million submissions, ranging in medium from photography to computer graphics to traditi read more »
Date : 2008 02 18 Technology Slashdot
kan0r writes "The transparency group WikiLeaks.org currently seems to be under heavy fire. The main WikiLeaks.org DNS entry is una read more »
kan0r writes "The transparency group WikiLeaks.org currently seems to be under heavy fire. The main WikiLeaks.org DNS entry is una read more »
Date : 2008 02 18 Technology CNET News.com
CNET News.com's Stephen Shankland is going on vacation for a month, and he's lugging an SLR. What's the best way to keep pictures read more »
CNET News.com's Stephen Shankland is going on vacation for a month, and he's lugging an SLR. What's the best way to keep pictures read more »
Date : 2008 02 18 Technology CNET News.com
At this week's Game Developers Conference, industry's leaders will talk about where they're going, how they can work with Hollywoo read more »
At this week's Game Developers Conference, industry's leaders will talk about where they're going, how they can work with Hollywoo read more »
Date : 2008 02 18 Technology Slashdot
Multiple users have written to tell us that Toshiba is planning to halt production of devices related to HD-DVD. According to Japa read more »
Multiple users have written to tell us that Toshiba is planning to halt production of devices related to HD-DVD. According to Japa read more »
Date : 2008 02 18 Technology CNET News.com
Organize and safeguard your messages by storing them in separate folders on your hard drive or other local storage device. read more »
Organize and safeguard your messages by storing them in separate folders on your hard drive or other local storage device. read more »
Date : 2008 02 18 Technology Slashdot
SoyChemist writes "Sociologists at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting have reported that China read more »
SoyChemist writes "Sociologists at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting have reported that China read more »
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