2008 Feb 21
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology Slashdot
mytrip writes with news that Google's health record archive is about to be tested with the assistance of the Cleveland Clinic. Tho read more »
mytrip writes with news that Google's health record archive is about to be tested with the assistance of the Cleveland Clinic. Tho read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology Slashdot
Ward D points out a story about a recent study that predicts significant economic growth through increased broadband adoption in t read more »
Ward D points out a story about a recent study that predicts significant economic growth through increased broadband adoption in t read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology CNET News.com
The Chicago-based foundation awards 17 teams a total of $2 million for developing technologies for kids' education and digital med read more »
The Chicago-based foundation awards 17 teams a total of $2 million for developing technologies for kids' education and digital med read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology CNET News.com
The utilities, which convert Office 2007 file formats for use in Office 2004 for Mac, should have been ready more than a year ago, read more »
The utilities, which convert Office 2007 file formats for use in Office 2004 for Mac, should have been ready more than a year ago, read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology CNET News.com
Software maker removes the beta tag from Windows Live SkyDrive and increases the storage limit to 5GB. read more »
Software maker removes the beta tag from Windows Live SkyDrive and increases the storage limit to 5GB. read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology CNET News.com
New Google AdSense for Video ads fail to thrill. read more »
New Google AdSense for Video ads fail to thrill. read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology Slashdot
ethericalzen writes "The LA Times has published an opinion article about the legal semantics and analogies of file sharing. The ar read more »
ethericalzen writes "The LA Times has published an opinion article about the legal semantics and analogies of file sharing. The ar read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology CNET News.com
A company named Zero Pollution Motors plans on bringing a car powered by air to the U.S. sometime in 2009 or 2010. read more »
A company named Zero Pollution Motors plans on bringing a car powered by air to the U.S. sometime in 2009 or 2010. read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Web
Webware.com
Getting things done service The Class Connection is nowhere near as exciting as The French Connection, but potentially useful for read more »
Getting things done service The Class Connection is nowhere near as exciting as The French Connection, but potentially useful for read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology CNET News.com
Sources say that Yahoo's CEO is working out details of a plan he intends to submit to investors if Microsoft attempts to enlist sh read more »
Sources say that Yahoo's CEO is working out details of a plan he intends to submit to investors if Microsoft attempts to enlist sh read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology CNET News.com
Open-source representatives are both warm and cool about Microsoft's move to share its documentation and interface, if not its pat read more »
Open-source representatives are both warm and cool about Microsoft's move to share its documentation and interface, if not its pat read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology CNET News.com
Anything that takes a three-year step back in performance, such as Palm's ill-fated Foleo device, can't be considered a blueprint read more »
Anything that takes a three-year step back in performance, such as Palm's ill-fated Foleo device, can't be considered a blueprint read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Web
Webware.com
On Monday when we launch the voting for the Webware 100 awards, we're also going to go live with our partnership with the Web read more »
On Monday when we launch the voting for the Webware 100 awards, we're also going to go live with our partnership with the Web read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology ZDNet News
Google and the X Prize Foundation kick off their Google Lunar X Prize, announcing the first 10 registered competitors. MOUNTAIN read more »
Google and the X Prize Foundation kick off their Google Lunar X Prize, announcing the first 10 registered competitors. MOUNTAIN read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology Slashdot
The Narrative Fallacy brings news that NASA has awarded a $500,000 grant to develop plans for an array of radio telescopes to be l read more »
The Narrative Fallacy brings news that NASA has awarded a $500,000 grant to develop plans for an array of radio telescopes to be l read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology ZDNet News
Nintendo promising wide range of titles for North American WiiWare launch; says it doesn't want to place limits on developer ideas read more »
Nintendo promising wide range of titles for North American WiiWare launch; says it doesn't want to place limits on developer ideas read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology CNET News.com
Pi founder and former Microsoft exec Paul Maritz will head up EMC's cloud computing infrastructure division. read more »
Pi founder and former Microsoft exec Paul Maritz will head up EMC's cloud computing infrastructure division. read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology Slashdot
bowser100 writes "The EFF has named their 2008 Pioneer Award winners, picking three people very familiar to this community — read more »
bowser100 writes "The EFF has named their 2008 Pioneer Award winners, picking three people very familiar to this community — read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology CNET News.com
The serial entrepreneur's start-up aims to create a new model in the in-game ads industry. read more »
The serial entrepreneur's start-up aims to create a new model in the in-game ads industry. read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Web
Webware.com
PageOnce is a very new take on an old idea. Take your standard widget-based feed reader such as Pageflakes or Netvibes and repla read more »
PageOnce is a very new take on an old idea. Take your standard widget-based feed reader such as Pageflakes or Netvibes and repla read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology CNET News.com
The moon turns red; a camera that sees in 3D; and MacGyver on your computer. read more »
The moon turns red; a camera that sees in 3D; and MacGyver on your computer. read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology Slashdot
genji256 writes "Adding to his first impressions, Walt Mossberg has published a full review of the soon-to-come Lenovo X300. As a read more »
genji256 writes "Adding to his first impressions, Walt Mossberg has published a full review of the soon-to-come Lenovo X300. As a read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology CNET News.com
Johnny Knoxville talks about his recent groin injury and his new MTV-backed Web site, Jackassworld.com. read more »
Johnny Knoxville talks about his recent groin injury and his new MTV-backed Web site, Jackassworld.com. read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology Slashdot
theodp writes "A recent Amazon SEC filing sheds light on the puzzling departure of Microsoft Sr. VP Brian Valentine in Sept. 2006. read more »
theodp writes "A recent Amazon SEC filing sheds light on the puzzling departure of Microsoft Sr. VP Brian Valentine in Sept. 2006. read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology CNET News.com
Gateway stops offering hardware customization on online orders read more »
Gateway stops offering hardware customization on online orders read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Web
Webware.com
Read It Later offers a simple interface with several useful options(Credit: CNET Networks, Inc.) Read It Later is a Firefox exten read more »
Read It Later offers a simple interface with several useful options(Credit: CNET Networks, Inc.) Read It Later is a Firefox exten read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology CNET News.com
Move to help open-source programmers but not open-source companies is a new chapter in the company's ambivalence toward the moveme read more »
Move to help open-source programmers but not open-source companies is a new chapter in the company's ambivalence toward the moveme read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology CNET News.com
Hitwise offers its own way of measuring Web site traffic and focuses on competitive intelligence, not ad buying. read more »
Hitwise offers its own way of measuring Web site traffic and focuses on competitive intelligence, not ad buying. read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology Slashdot
Firebones writes "In 1986, the book Programmers at Work presented interviews with 19 programmers and software designers from the e read more »
Firebones writes "In 1986, the book Programmers at Work presented interviews with 19 programmers and software designers from the e read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology CNET News.com
With the deadline fast approaching for Microsoft to name an opposition slate to Yahoo's board of directors, chances are the softwa read more »
With the deadline fast approaching for Microsoft to name an opposition slate to Yahoo's board of directors, chances are the softwa read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology CNET News.com
The software giant's latest move offers a nice dose of kumbaya to open-source developers, but it goes only so far. read more »
The software giant's latest move offers a nice dose of kumbaya to open-source developers, but it goes only so far. read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology CNET News.com
The corporate bureaucracy has been slow to grasp that customers actually may want to take data from an Excel spreadsheet and pump read more »
The corporate bureaucracy has been slow to grasp that customers actually may want to take data from an Excel spreadsheet and pump read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology CNET News.com
The recording industry has now sent more than 5,400 letters accusing college students nationwide of downloading music files illega read more »
The recording industry has now sent more than 5,400 letters accusing college students nationwide of downloading music files illega read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology Slashdot
Regular Slashdot contributor Bennett Haselton has cyber-bullying on his mind; that and the laws proposed to deal with it. His arti read more »
Regular Slashdot contributor Bennett Haselton has cyber-bullying on his mind; that and the laws proposed to deal with it. His arti read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology CNET News.com
Featured links from the CNET Blog Network Disk encryption: Can you trust it? Researchers say they see "no easy remedy" for a read more »
Featured links from the CNET Blog Network Disk encryption: Can you trust it? Researchers say they see "no easy remedy" for a read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology ZDNet News
Announcement won't affect its antitrust investigations against the software giant, says European Commission. The European Commis read more »
Announcement won't affect its antitrust investigations against the software giant, says European Commission. The European Commis read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology CNET News.com
What does the ArcSight IPO mean for the enterprise security market? read more »
What does the ArcSight IPO mean for the enterprise security market? read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology ZDNet News
IBM has figured out how much force it takes to move atoms. Next, it will try to build things with those atoms. Seventeen piconew read more »
IBM has figured out how much force it takes to move atoms. Next, it will try to build things with those atoms. Seventeen piconew read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology Slashdot
A large number of readers are submitting the news that Microsoft has made a major announcement about interoperating with others in read more »
A large number of readers are submitting the news that Microsoft has made a major announcement about interoperating with others in read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology CNET News.com
Microsoft truly is sharing more--but it still insists that companies selling or using some open-source software must license Micro read more »
Microsoft truly is sharing more--but it still insists that companies selling or using some open-source software must license Micro read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology CNET News.com
The BlackBerry is still a hit with the business community despite recent network troubles, and the holiday shopping season was kin read more »
The BlackBerry is still a hit with the business community despite recent network troubles, and the holiday shopping season was kin read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology CNET News.com
Company's pledges to improve openness with standards and open source recognize its antitrust legal requirements and higher market read more »
Company's pledges to improve openness with standards and open source recognize its antitrust legal requirements and higher market read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology CNET News.com
E-voting is not secure now and will never be in the foreseeable future, says guest blogger and security specialist Rebecca Mercuri read more »
E-voting is not secure now and will never be in the foreseeable future, says guest blogger and security specialist Rebecca Mercuri read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology CNET News.com
Upping the ante in its attempts to compete against AT&T and Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile's new service offers voice over IP serv read more »
Upping the ante in its attempts to compete against AT&T and Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile's new service offers voice over IP serv read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology Slashdot
eldavojohn writes "The startup company Ohloh has a database listing 70,000 developers working on 11,000 open source projects. Thei read more »
eldavojohn writes "The startup company Ohloh has a database listing 70,000 developers working on 11,000 open source projects. Thei read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology CNET News.com
The Pentagon quickly pronounced the mission a success, not just in hitting the satellite at all, but also in apparently rupturing read more »
The Pentagon quickly pronounced the mission a success, not just in hitting the satellite at all, but also in apparently rupturing read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Web
Webware.com
As Meebo, Pidgin, and Trillian are to instant messaging, Sociagami is to social networking. Enter your passwords into the bran read more »
As Meebo, Pidgin, and Trillian are to instant messaging, Sociagami is to social networking. Enter your passwords into the bran read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology CNET News.com
Researchers claim they can bypass encryption on file systems including Apple's FileVault. We hand them an encrypted OS X laptop an read more »
Researchers claim they can bypass encryption on file systems including Apple's FileVault. We hand them an encrypted OS X laptop an read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology ZDNet News
Company says it has sold 140 Halo rooms since the product's launch in December 2005; the rooms have been installed in 22 countries read more »
Company says it has sold 140 Halo rooms since the product's launch in December 2005; the rooms have been installed in 22 countries read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology CNET News.com
Video: Taking Wi-Fi on a ride. Cisco Systems is collaborating with cities around the world to see if broadband can read more »
Video: Taking Wi-Fi on a ride. Cisco Systems is collaborating with cities around the world to see if broadband can read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology CNET News.com
Let's give the company a little credit: it's a great step in the right direction. But it's not exactly manna from heaven. read more »
Let's give the company a little credit: it's a great step in the right direction. But it's not exactly manna from heaven. read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology Slashdot
An anonymous reader writes "Google is reportedly looking into investing in or buying a company called Space Data, which provides w read more »
An anonymous reader writes "Google is reportedly looking into investing in or buying a company called Space Data, which provides w read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology Slashdot
jcrouthamel writes "Contrary to popular assumption, DRAMs used in most modern computers retain their contents for seconds to minut read more »
jcrouthamel writes "Contrary to popular assumption, DRAMs used in most modern computers retain their contents for seconds to minut read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology CNET News.com
Microsoft's BitLocker, Apple's FileVault, and Linux's dm-crypt won't protect your data in many circumstances, including having you read more »
Microsoft's BitLocker, Apple's FileVault, and Linux's dm-crypt won't protect your data in many circumstances, including having you read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology CNET News.com
What little wind Novell got puffed into its sails from its lock-up with Microsoft just dissipated with Redmond's new interoperabil read more »
What little wind Novell got puffed into its sails from its lock-up with Microsoft just dissipated with Redmond's new interoperabil read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology CNET News.com
The network has added five classic TV shows to its streaming Web lineup, which it shares with partner sites, and has hinted that m read more »
The network has added five classic TV shows to its streaming Web lineup, which it shares with partner sites, and has hinted that m read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology CNET News.com
Want to know how to get an even better mobile Internet experience, without having to do business with either AT&T or Apple--and no read more »
Want to know how to get an even better mobile Internet experience, without having to do business with either AT&T or Apple--and no read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology CNET News.com
Frustrated that the renewable-energy tax credit has apparently become a political football, the solar industry is quickly assembli read more »
Frustrated that the renewable-energy tax credit has apparently become a political football, the solar industry is quickly assembli read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology ZDNet News
Prospective space travelers have so far placed deposits totaling more than $31 million for tickets that cost $200,000 each. Virg read more »
Prospective space travelers have so far placed deposits totaling more than $31 million for tickets that cost $200,000 each. Virg read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology CNET News.com
As part of a new interoperability strategy, the software maker says it won't take legal action against those who develop open sour read more »
As part of a new interoperability strategy, the software maker says it won't take legal action against those who develop open sour read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology Slashdot
eldavojohn writes "Perhaps it's obvious to you and perhaps you'll be pleasantly surprised by his answer but Gates revealed to CNet read more »
eldavojohn writes "Perhaps it's obvious to you and perhaps you'll be pleasantly surprised by his answer but Gates revealed to CNet read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology Slashdot
eldavojohn writes "Perhaps it's obvious to you and perhaps you'll be pleasantly surprised by his answer but Gates revealed to CNet read more »
eldavojohn writes "Perhaps it's obvious to you and perhaps you'll be pleasantly surprised by his answer but Gates revealed to CNet read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology CNET News.com
The photo-sharing site has chosen to allow nofollow tags in photograph descriptions, thus negating linking attributes. read more »
The photo-sharing site has chosen to allow nofollow tags in photograph descriptions, thus negating linking attributes. read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology CNET News.com
Nielsen figures seem to indicate that unique visitors to Facebook, MySpace, and Bebo in the U.K. dropped noticeably from December read more »
Nielsen figures seem to indicate that unique visitors to Facebook, MySpace, and Bebo in the U.K. dropped noticeably from December read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology CNET News.com
Nielsen figures indicate that unique visitors to Facebook, MySpace, and Bebo in the U.K. dropped noticeably from December to Janua read more »
Nielsen figures indicate that unique visitors to Facebook, MySpace, and Bebo in the U.K. dropped noticeably from December to Janua read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology CNET News.com
What do you do when a spy satellite goes kerflooey and starts to fall back to Earth? Call in the U.S. Navy, and send up a missile. read more »
What do you do when a spy satellite goes kerflooey and starts to fall back to Earth? Call in the U.S. Navy, and send up a missile. read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology CNET News.com
Teleconference is scheduled for Thursday morning for an announcement unrelated to Microsoft's proposed multibillion-dollar takeove read more »
Teleconference is scheduled for Thursday morning for an announcement unrelated to Microsoft's proposed multibillion-dollar takeove read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology Slashdot
vieux schnock writes "Police raided several homes across Quebec on Wednesday and arrested 16 people in their investigation, which read more »
vieux schnock writes "Police raided several homes across Quebec on Wednesday and arrested 16 people in their investigation, which read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology CNET News.com
List of applications affected by service pack installation include Trend Micro's Internet Security 2008 and the Times Reader. read more »
List of applications affected by service pack installation include Trend Micro's Internet Security 2008 and the Times Reader. read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology ZDNet News
The last holdout, Paramount, quietly comes onboard following Toshiba's decision earlier this week to pull the plug on HD DVD. Al read more »
The last holdout, Paramount, quietly comes onboard following Toshiba's decision earlier this week to pull the plug on HD DVD. Al read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology CNET News.com
Maker of solar-thermal power plants plans to raise additional venture rounds and project financing this year--and to go public in read more »
Maker of solar-thermal power plants plans to raise additional venture rounds and project financing this year--and to go public in read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology CNET News.com
Chipmaker's Framewave software, now available on SourceForge, is a set of libraries for optimizing multimedia applications on x86 read more »
Chipmaker's Framewave software, now available on SourceForge, is a set of libraries for optimizing multimedia applications on x86 read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology CNET News.com
As anticipated, the tech giant is launching a project to digitize medical records and make them accessible with a Google account. read more »
As anticipated, the tech giant is launching a project to digitize medical records and make them accessible with a Google account. read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology Slashdot
Readers of Slashdot last valentines day will remember discussing US Plans to Shoot down a damaged spy satellite. An anonymous read read more »
Readers of Slashdot last valentines day will remember discussing US Plans to Shoot down a damaged spy satellite. An anonymous read read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology CNET News.com
Even if Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang has a plan for life without the software giant, events are passing him by, CNET News.com's Charles Co read more »
Even if Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang has a plan for life without the software giant, events are passing him by, CNET News.com's Charles Co read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Web
Webware.com
GenieTown, a new services matchmaking service, launched yesterday. It helps you find service people. CEO Hassan Chafi told me read more »
GenieTown, a new services matchmaking service, launched yesterday. It helps you find service people. CEO Hassan Chafi told me read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology Slashdot
Ponca City, We Love You writes "Scientists at University College London have found the link between what we expect to see, and wha read more »
Ponca City, We Love You writes "Scientists at University College London have found the link between what we expect to see, and wha read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology CNET News.com
Researcher both reads and decodes an audience member's Smart chip-enabled American Express card without removing it from its walle read more »
Researcher both reads and decodes an audience member's Smart chip-enabled American Express card without removing it from its walle read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology CNET News.com
Chip designers develop image sensor that can judge the distance of different elements in a scene, but it takes a good deal of comp read more »
Chip designers develop image sensor that can judge the distance of different elements in a scene, but it takes a good deal of comp read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology CNET News.com
Asus, Everex, and soon perhaps even Hewlett-Packard and Acer, are making subnotebooks for niche markets. And we probably owe a sma read more »
Asus, Everex, and soon perhaps even Hewlett-Packard and Acer, are making subnotebooks for niche markets. And we probably owe a sma read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology Slashdot
Hugh Pickens writes "Contrary to previous beliefs, identical twins are not genetically identical. Researchers studied 19 pairs of read more »
Hugh Pickens writes "Contrary to previous beliefs, identical twins are not genetically identical. Researchers studied 19 pairs of read more »
Date : 2008 02 21 Technology Slashdot
AC50 writes "According to research from Trend Micro's TrendLabs compromised Web sites are gaining in importance on malicious sites read more »
AC50 writes "According to research from Trend Micro's TrendLabs compromised Web sites are gaining in importance on malicious sites read more »
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