2008 Feb 22
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology Slashdot
Stony Stevenson writes to point out that Netscape has finally reached end of line with the release of version 9.0.0.6. A pop-up wi read more »
Stony Stevenson writes to point out that Netscape has finally reached end of line with the release of version 9.0.0.6. A pop-up wi read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology Slashdot
fab writes "Italian car designer Leonardo Fioravanti (who worked for Pininfarina for a number of years) has developed a car protot read more »
fab writes "Italian car designer Leonardo Fioravanti (who worked for Pininfarina for a number of years) has developed a car protot read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology CNET News.com
California Representative Zoe Lofgren says that foreign-born engineering, science, and math students in the United States should b read more »
California Representative Zoe Lofgren says that foreign-born engineering, science, and math students in the United States should b read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology CNET News.com
If you need to change planes in Europe, be sure to choose Munich over London and especially Paris. read more »
If you need to change planes in Europe, be sure to choose Munich over London and especially Paris. read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology CNET News.com
Piczo, a once red hot social-networking site, is trying to battle back from layoffs, executive departures, and shrinking traffic. read more »
Piczo, a once red hot social-networking site, is trying to battle back from layoffs, executive departures, and shrinking traffic. read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Web
Webware.com
Put this in the category of neat looking but potentially headache-inducing. It's a recently-introduced YouTube feature that lets y read more »
Put this in the category of neat looking but potentially headache-inducing. It's a recently-introduced YouTube feature that lets y read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology ZDNet News
Video of two young women looting stores during rioting in the Serbian capital draws scornful comments on video site. A video of read more »
Video of two young women looting stores during rioting in the Serbian capital draws scornful comments on video site. A video of read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology ZDNet News
Homeland Security chief says the system will fight illegal crossings all along the frontier. A high-tech "virtual fence" on part read more »
Homeland Security chief says the system will fight illegal crossings all along the frontier. A high-tech "virtual fence" on part read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology CNET News.com
Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), whose home turf of Silicon Valley is abuzz with talk of a Microsoft-Yahoo merger, says she's "pretty confi read more »
Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), whose home turf of Silicon Valley is abuzz with talk of a Microsoft-Yahoo merger, says she's "pretty confi read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology CNET News.com
Millions of little rubber stumps hold this bandage on through wet conditions. read more »
Millions of little rubber stumps hold this bandage on through wet conditions. read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology Slashdot
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Groklaw has examined that 'new leaf' Microsoft turned the other day. PJ has a length read more »
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Groklaw has examined that 'new leaf' Microsoft turned the other day. PJ has a length read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology CNET News.com
You're rich. You've got golf courses and all sorts of toys. Why not start a venture fund? read more »
You're rich. You've got golf courses and all sorts of toys. Why not start a venture fund? read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology CNET News.com
You're rich. You've got golf courses and all sorts of toys. Why not start a venture fund? read more »
You're rich. You've got golf courses and all sorts of toys. Why not start a venture fund? read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology CNET News.com
Robert Vamosi talks software vulnerabilities with Chris Wysopal of Veracode. read more »
Robert Vamosi talks software vulnerabilities with Chris Wysopal of Veracode. read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology ZDNet News
In their marketing claims around getting OOXML anointed as an International Standard, Microsoft claims that more standards mean gr read more »
In their marketing claims around getting OOXML anointed as an International Standard, Microsoft claims that more standards mean gr read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Web
Webware.com
Don't have a missing iPhone, but want another Twitter-aided tool that can save you from life's annoyances? Check out Commuter Feed read more »
Don't have a missing iPhone, but want another Twitter-aided tool that can save you from life's annoyances? Check out Commuter Feed read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology Slashdot
Mark writes "Big Blue inadvertently revealed details about its new z10 Enterprise Class mainframe set to launch on Feb. 26, as wel read more »
Mark writes "Big Blue inadvertently revealed details about its new z10 Enterprise Class mainframe set to launch on Feb. 26, as wel read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology CNET News.com
Electric and traditional carmakers speak at a Silicon Valley conference about why alternative carmakers are attracted to the Valle read more »
Electric and traditional carmakers speak at a Silicon Valley conference about why alternative carmakers are attracted to the Valle read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology CNET News.com
Attendees at Black Hat D.C 2008 learn about vulnerabilities in hardware and wireless systems. read more »
Attendees at Black Hat D.C 2008 learn about vulnerabilities in hardware and wireless systems. read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology Slashdot
An anonymous reader writes "National Geographic has a fascinating article on the God Particle, which can help explain the Standard read more »
An anonymous reader writes "National Geographic has a fascinating article on the God Particle, which can help explain the Standard read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology CNET News.com
Raptr allows gamers to keep very good track of their own gamer statistics, as well as those of their friends, and also keep any ga read more »
Raptr allows gamers to keep very good track of their own gamer statistics, as well as those of their friends, and also keep any ga read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology CNET News.com
Two Detroit-area funds are the latest shareholders trying to get Yahoo to the table. Meanwhile, Windows Live boss Kevin Johnson pe read more »
Two Detroit-area funds are the latest shareholders trying to get Yahoo to the table. Meanwhile, Windows Live boss Kevin Johnson pe read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology Slashdot
eldavojohn writes "How much would you pay to be the leading video media technology right now? Is $400 million too much? Sony didn' read more »
eldavojohn writes "How much would you pay to be the leading video media technology right now? Is $400 million too much? Sony didn' read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology CNET News.com
Case could force the mega retailers and Gillette to rework the way they manage inventory. The companies, however, say the patent i read more »
Case could force the mega retailers and Gillette to rework the way they manage inventory. The companies, however, say the patent i read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology CNET News.com
CNET News.com's Charles Cooper reflects on the early leadership of the once-thriving Netscape, which was entrusted to an experienc read more »
CNET News.com's Charles Cooper reflects on the early leadership of the once-thriving Netscape, which was entrusted to an experienc read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology CNET News.com
After settling lawsuit over jailing of Chinese Internet users, Yahoo's Yang asks Secretary of State Rice to help get men released. read more »
After settling lawsuit over jailing of Chinese Internet users, Yahoo's Yang asks Secretary of State Rice to help get men released. read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology CNET News.com
News.com's Stephen Shankland breaks down the differences in the two best options for editing and cataloguing raw images. read more »
News.com's Stephen Shankland breaks down the differences in the two best options for editing and cataloguing raw images. read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology Slashdot
coondoggie writes to mention that the first ten teams racing for the $30 million Google Lunar X Prize have been announced. The com read more »
coondoggie writes to mention that the first ten teams racing for the $30 million Google Lunar X Prize have been announced. The com read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Web
Webware.com
We're big fans of the ShareThis button here at Webware. It's tiny and speedy when it comes to bookmarking or passing along interes read more »
We're big fans of the ShareThis button here at Webware. It's tiny and speedy when it comes to bookmarking or passing along interes read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology CNET News.com
Steven Lee has been replaced as leader of Leica Camera, a maker of prestigious but pricey cameras. read more »
Steven Lee has been replaced as leader of Leica Camera, a maker of prestigious but pricey cameras. read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology CNET News.com
Cable company and foes to be questioned as agency considers new nondiscrimination regulations targeting broadband providers. read more »
Cable company and foes to be questioned as agency considers new nondiscrimination regulations targeting broadband providers. read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Web
Webware.com
There's been a lot of buzz this week about Facebook's traffic leveling off or declining, and naturally, it's been accompanied by s read more »
There's been a lot of buzz this week about Facebook's traffic leveling off or declining, and naturally, it's been accompanied by s read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology Slashdot
Tom's Hardware is reporting that the Optimus keyboard that everyone was so anxious for (although maybe less so when they saw the p read more »
Tom's Hardware is reporting that the Optimus keyboard that everyone was so anxious for (although maybe less so when they saw the p read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology CNET News.com
LucasArts' game includes two new technologies that will make video games more realistic, even as players get to immerse themselves read more »
LucasArts' game includes two new technologies that will make video games more realistic, even as players get to immerse themselves read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology CNET News.com
Also: Computers diagnose Alzheimer's disease. See what people are saying on News.com Extra. read more »
Also: Computers diagnose Alzheimer's disease. See what people are saying on News.com Extra. read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology CNET News.com
Microsoft is said to have made significant strides with its desktop telescope application, allowing users to really feel as if the read more »
Microsoft is said to have made significant strides with its desktop telescope application, allowing users to really feel as if the read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology CNET News.com
Video: Game puts players inside the 'Star Wars' saga. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed uses groundbreaking new techno read more »
Video: Game puts players inside the 'Star Wars' saga. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed uses groundbreaking new techno read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology CNET News.com
Picasa bailed CNET News.com's Stephen Shankland out of a minor crisis recently, but lesson spotlights the industry nightmare that read more »
Picasa bailed CNET News.com's Stephen Shankland out of a minor crisis recently, but lesson spotlights the industry nightmare that read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology Slashdot
Cornell's Duffield Hall has acquired a new electron microscope that is enabling scientists to see individual atoms in color for th read more »
Cornell's Duffield Hall has acquired a new electron microscope that is enabling scientists to see individual atoms in color for th read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Web
Webware.com
Erica Sadun over at The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) has come up with a useful mobile application/hack for the iPhone. It's call read more »
Erica Sadun over at The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) has come up with a useful mobile application/hack for the iPhone. It's call read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology CNET News.com
Studio builds new media center to test how consumers respond to Warner content on Web sites, handheld devices, and VOD services. read more »
Studio builds new media center to test how consumers respond to Warner content on Web sites, handheld devices, and VOD services. read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology CNET News.com
Microsoft says it wants to be more open with other software makers, while Toshiba closes down HD DVD. Also: Gates wants Yahoo for read more »
Microsoft says it wants to be more open with other software makers, while Toshiba closes down HD DVD. Also: Gates wants Yahoo for read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology Slashdot
IGN has some interesting coverage of a panel at GDC 2008 that featured some of the top names in the MMO world who got together to read more »
IGN has some interesting coverage of a panel at GDC 2008 that featured some of the top names in the MMO world who got together to read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology CNET News.com
Technology has outpaced legal system's ability to regulate its use in issues of privacy and fair use rights, says Australian High read more »
Technology has outpaced legal system's ability to regulate its use in issues of privacy and fair use rights, says Australian High read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology CNET News.com
A London publishing house finds, and wipes out, hundreds of thousands of rogue fonts that could have cost it dearly in fines. read more »
A London publishing house finds, and wipes out, hundreds of thousands of rogue fonts that could have cost it dearly in fines. read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology CNET News.com
It seems like security and log management are great businesses to be; however, a few vendors that should be in the security and lo read more »
It seems like security and log management are great businesses to be; however, a few vendors that should be in the security and lo read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology ZDNet News
RealNetworks said on Friday that it has acquired the assets of online game technology company TryMedia from Macrovision. The com read more »
RealNetworks said on Friday that it has acquired the assets of online game technology company TryMedia from Macrovision. The com read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology CNET News.com
The agency has reached a compromise with U.S. broadcasters over advertisements that are to be aired to educate the public about th read more »
The agency has reached a compromise with U.S. broadcasters over advertisements that are to be aired to educate the public about th read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology Slashdot
superbrose notes that despite lots of legal difficulties regarding Internet privacy, the UK government is going ahead with plans t read more »
superbrose notes that despite lots of legal difficulties regarding Internet privacy, the UK government is going ahead with plans t read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology ZDNet News
The move is part of government efforts to exert greater control over China's rapidly growing Internet sector. China has called o read more »
The move is part of government efforts to exert greater control over China's rapidly growing Internet sector. China has called o read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology ZDNet News
Metacritic distills a pool of reviews for a given game down to a single number--and that's ruffling some feathers in the industry. read more »
Metacritic distills a pool of reviews for a given game down to a single number--and that's ruffling some feathers in the industry. read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology CNET News.com
Video: Google headquarters through a 13-year-old's eyes. During the search giant's "National Engineer's Week" progr read more »
Video: Google headquarters through a 13-year-old's eyes. During the search giant's "National Engineer's Week" progr read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology CNET News.com
Aaron Greenspan warns that Facebook is sacrificing user privacy on the altar of hyper growth. read more »
Aaron Greenspan warns that Facebook is sacrificing user privacy on the altar of hyper growth. read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology Slashdot
An anonymous reader writes "Two months ago I donated my old PC to my little sister, who is 7 — I had promised she would get read more »
An anonymous reader writes "Two months ago I donated my old PC to my little sister, who is 7 — I had promised she would get read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology CNET News.com
The struggling handset maker appointed Paul Liska, a former private equity executive, to the chief financial officer post Thursday read more »
The struggling handset maker appointed Paul Liska, a former private equity executive, to the chief financial officer post Thursday read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology ZDNet News
LG Electronics says premium models and difficulties at Motorola can help "increase market share sharply." LG Electronics, the wo read more »
LG Electronics says premium models and difficulties at Motorola can help "increase market share sharply." LG Electronics, the wo read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology CNET News.com
The Vista update, which was slated to be released mid-March, inadvertently gets into the hands of a broad group of users. read more »
The Vista update, which was slated to be released mid-March, inadvertently gets into the hands of a broad group of users. read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology Slashdot
An anonymous reader sends us to Popular Mechanics for word on a New York automaker with plans to introduce a US version of the air read more »
An anonymous reader sends us to Popular Mechanics for word on a New York automaker with plans to introduce a US version of the air read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology Slashdot
penfold69 writes "Dave Tomlinson is one of the network gurus at PlusNET PLC, a Tier-2 ISP in the UK. He recently put up a blog pos read more »
penfold69 writes "Dave Tomlinson is one of the network gurus at PlusNET PLC, a Tier-2 ISP in the UK. He recently put up a blog pos read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology ZDNet News
The U.K. is close to stepping into the ongoing dispute between Internet service providers and the creative industries over curbin read more »
The U.K. is close to stepping into the ongoing dispute between Internet service providers and the creative industries over curbin read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology ZDNet News
Customs officials say component fakes, impacting "critical infrastructure," are largely smuggled in from China via aircraft. EU read more »
Customs officials say component fakes, impacting "critical infrastructure," are largely smuggled in from China via aircraft. EU read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology Slashdot
mickq writes "The Age reports that Melbourne scientists have built and demonstrated tiny CMOS chips, 5 mm per side, that can trans read more »
mickq writes "The Age reports that Melbourne scientists have built and demonstrated tiny CMOS chips, 5 mm per side, that can trans read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology CNET News.com
Is fertilizing the ocean with iron to grow plankton a viable way to fight global warming? Climos, and its backers, want to find ou read more »
Is fertilizing the ocean with iron to grow plankton a viable way to fight global warming? Climos, and its backers, want to find ou read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology CNET News.com
Mozilla's open-source Web browser crosses the half-billion mark, as it continues to spread at a rate just shy of 20 million downlo read more »
Mozilla's open-source Web browser crosses the half-billion mark, as it continues to spread at a rate just shy of 20 million downlo read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology CNET News.com
The real world isn't black-and-white, meaning that negotiation skills are critical to success, especially in the workplace. Here a read more »
The real world isn't black-and-white, meaning that negotiation skills are critical to success, especially in the workplace. Here a read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology Slashdot
An anonymous reader writes "We've known for ages that IPv4 was going to run out of addresses — now, it's happening. IPv6 was read more »
An anonymous reader writes "We've known for ages that IPv4 was going to run out of addresses — now, it's happening. IPv6 was read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology CNET News.com
The company addresses questions about solid-state drive reliability and discusses the burgeoning market for the devices in enterpr read more »
The company addresses questions about solid-state drive reliability and discusses the burgeoning market for the devices in enterpr read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology CNET News.com
Ocean iron fertilization company Climos is securing an initial $4 million in venture funding to pursue its plan to capture carbon read more »
Ocean iron fertilization company Climos is securing an initial $4 million in venture funding to pursue its plan to capture carbon read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology ZDNet News
Renowned inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil explains how tech will give people superhuman abilities and near immortality. SAN FR read more »
Renowned inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil explains how tech will give people superhuman abilities and near immortality. SAN FR read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology ZDNet News
Shortly after rival Planktos folds, ocean fertilization start-up Climos is set to announce $4 million in series A venture funding. read more »
Shortly after rival Planktos folds, ocean fertilization start-up Climos is set to announce $4 million in series A venture funding. read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology Slashdot
Dan100 brings us an announcement that Sandia and Oak Ridge National Laboratories are setting their sights on an exaflop supercompu read more »
Dan100 brings us an announcement that Sandia and Oak Ridge National Laboratories are setting their sights on an exaflop supercompu read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology CNET News.com
With Aperture 2.0, Apple made up ground it had lost to Adobe Lightroom. What software for processing and cataloging raw images sho read more »
With Aperture 2.0, Apple made up ground it had lost to Adobe Lightroom. What software for processing and cataloging raw images sho read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology CNET News.com
Playing music in bars has taken on a new meaning with Share, an open audio-video jam session that takes place weekly and is gainin read more »
Playing music in bars has taken on a new meaning with Share, an open audio-video jam session that takes place weekly and is gainin read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology Slashdot
mklickman writes "I've been hearing more and more about mobile broadband offered by the big wireless phone providers, and for the read more »
mklickman writes "I've been hearing more and more about mobile broadband offered by the big wireless phone providers, and for the read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology CNET News.com
Speaking at an event for the Google Lunar X Prize on Thursday, Google co-founder Sergey Brin reiterates his company's position on read more »
Speaking at an event for the Google Lunar X Prize on Thursday, Google co-founder Sergey Brin reiterates his company's position on read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology CNET News.com
Speaking at an event for the Google Lunar X Prize, Google co-founder Sergey Brin reiterates his company's position on a Microsoft- read more »
Speaking at an event for the Google Lunar X Prize, Google co-founder Sergey Brin reiterates his company's position on a Microsoft- read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology Slashdot
Saxophonist brings us a story from Forbes about security researchers who demonstrated a new method for breaking the encryption on read more »
Saxophonist brings us a story from Forbes about security researchers who demonstrated a new method for breaking the encryption on read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology CNET News.com
LucasArts for the first time publicly shows off its ground-breaking new game, which bridges the gap between the film prequels and read more »
LucasArts for the first time publicly shows off its ground-breaking new game, which bridges the gap between the film prequels and read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology CNET News.com
LucasArts for the first time publicly shows off its ground-breaking new game, which bridges the gap between the film prequels and read more »
LucasArts for the first time publicly shows off its ground-breaking new game, which bridges the gap between the film prequels and read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology CNET News.com
When dealing with a blue screen of death, Lenovo technical support won't look at minidumps or event logs. read more »
When dealing with a blue screen of death, Lenovo technical support won't look at minidumps or event logs. read more »
Date : 2008 02 22 Technology CNET News.com
LucasArts gives the first real public glimpse at its forthcoming game and the ground-breaking technologies that help it look more read more »
LucasArts gives the first real public glimpse at its forthcoming game and the ground-breaking technologies that help it look more read more »
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