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Psystar Antitrust Claim Against Apple Dismissed
Wednesday, 19 November 2008, 4:40 am
CNet has a report that a federal judge has dismissed Psystar’s antitrust suit against Apple. Observers had said that the counter-suit embodied the Mac clone-maker’s best chance of prevailing and stayi. […]
Oldest Nuclear Family Found Murdered In Germany
Wednesday, 19 November 2008, 2:16 am
Pickens writes “The oldest genetically identifiable nuclear family met a violent death, according to analysis of remains from 4,600-year-old burials in Germany where the broken bones of these stone ag. […]
The Importance of Procedural Content Generation In Games
Wednesday, 19 November 2008, 1:09 am
Gamasutra reports on a talk by Far Cry 2 developer Dominic Guay in which he discussed why procedural content generation is becoming more and more important as games get bigger and more complex. He als. […]
Court Slams Door On Sale of Spyware
Tuesday, 18 November 2008, 11:55 pm
coondoggie writes “The Federal Trade Commission yesterday had a US District Court issue a temporary restraining order halting the sale of RemoteSpy keylogger spyware. According to the FTC’s complaint,. […]
Should You Get Paid While Your Computer Boots?
Tuesday, 18 November 2008, 11:02 pm
An anonymous reader notes a posting up at a law blog with the provocative title Does Your Boss Have to Pay You While You Wait for Vista to Boot Up?. (Provocative because Vista doesn’t boot more slowly. […]
Ted Stevens Loses Senate Re-Election Bid
Tuesday, 18 November 2008, 10:06 pm
JakartaDean writes “Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska, famed Internet regulator, has lost his Senate seat. The AP is reporting that ‘ Stevens was declared the loser in Alaska on Tuesday night after a two-. […]
Microsoft To Offer Free Anti-Virus Software
Tuesday, 18 November 2008, 8:19 pm
Dynamoo writes “The good news is that Microsoft have announced free anti-virus software for consumers, dubbed Morro, available late next year. The bad news is… well, exactly the same. Although Micro. […]
NASA Tests Deep-Space Network Modeled On the Internet
Tuesday, 18 November 2008, 6:31 pm
hcg50a writes “NASA has successfully tested the first deep space communications network modeled on the Internet. Working as part of a NASA-wide team, engineers from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in. […]
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Phonecam Stunner Adds Web, GPS and Image Editing to Super Optics
Tuesday, 18 November 2008, 11:00 pm
The Nokia N82 is still the best phonecam on the market. Fine optics and a good image-editing suite pal around with GPS, Bluetooth, WiFi and a music player to make this one well-rounded rig.
Nov. 19, 1981: Marcos Regime Puts the Kibosh on Games
Tuesday, 18 November 2008, 11:00 pm
1981: Citing their socially destructive effects, Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos bans videogames in his country. Filipinos are given two weeks to hand over or destroy their game consoles. Marco. […]
Datastream: Measuring Our World, From Decibels to Blood
Tuesday, 18 November 2008, 11:00 pm
Datastream: Normal Blood Composition Per Microliter Platelets: 200,000 - 500,000 >>> White Blood Cells: 5,000 - 10,000 >>> Lymphocytes: 1,000 - 4,000 >>> Segmented Neutrophils: 2,500 - 6,000 >>>. […]
Watching the Watchmen: Geeky French ’70s Timepieces Make a Comeback
Tuesday, 18 November 2008, 8:00 pm
: Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.comUnless you’re a deeply geeky watch aficionado, a frequent patron of Barney’s or a protesting student during the French labor strikes of the mid-1970s, then you’ve probably. […]
Supercomputers Break Petaflop Barrier, Transform Science
Tuesday, 18 November 2008, 7:24 pm
With two supercomputers reaching petaflop-per-second speeds, and a crop of other petascale rigs in the making, science will get a major boost.
Facebook’s New App Verification Program Offers Protection — for a Price
Tuesday, 18 November 2008, 7:00 pm
Facebook’s new application vetting program is designed to help you decide which Facebook apps to trust — but the program bears a striking resemblance to basic, mob-style extortion schemes and might. […]
Video Chat With Wired.com’s David Kravets
Tuesday, 18 November 2008, 6:39 pm
Threat Level’s David Kravets will be on justin.tv at 11 a.m. PST Wednesday discussing the Recording Industry Association of America’s five-year litigation campaign. Kravets will discuss the conflictin. […]
4 Things to Keep in Mind While Killing Zombies in ‘Left 4 Dead’
Tuesday, 18 November 2008, 6:13 pm
This isn’t your typical survivor horror videogame. These tips will keep you the blood bath going just a little bit longer.
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The Assistant Robot cleans almost all that you soil
Wednesday, 29 October 2008, 4:55 am
Filed under: Robots Sure, it looks like a friendly robot strapped to a mobile toilet, but this robo-maid developed by Tokyo University’s Information and Robot Technology (IRT) center won’t be assistin. […]
Sony makes it pretty clear: no PS3 price drops this holiday season
Wednesday, 29 October 2008, 4:08 am
Filed under: Gaming There’s no doubt that Microsoft’s Xbox 360 will have the price advantage this holiday season, and if you were hoping to see a bona fide price cut following Sony’s introduction of t. […]
Motorola expected to cut more jobs as it simplifies around Android
Wednesday, 29 October 2008, 3:17 am
Filed under: CellphonesUgh, it looks like Thursday is shaping up to be another sad Moto day. The Wall Street Journal is reporting this morning that Sanjay Jha, former Qualcomm exec and Motorola co-CEO. […]
Thecus debuts N3200 Pro NAS: now with more AMD Geode CPU
Wednesday, 29 October 2008, 2:28 am
Filed under: Storage, Networking Thecus Technology has retooled the N3200 and come up with the aptly named N3200 Pro — a brand new NAS now featuring an AMD Geode CPU. The device boasts a veritable co. […]
pureSilicon’s rugged Renegade SSD touts hardware-based encryption
Wednesday, 29 October 2008, 1:21 am
Filed under: StoragepureSilicon isn’t offering up the first rugged SSD or anything, but its Renegade line is still tough enough to be compliant with MIL-STD-810F (and this guy’s) standards. Hailed as. […]
HP Mini 1000 hands-on
Wednesday, 29 October 2008, 12:19 am
Filed under: Laptops If our overly fannish announcement post didn’t give it away, we’re pretty excited about the HP Mini 1000. It has little to do with the specs — the drop in screen resolution from. […]
HP’s new Mini 1000 and MIE Linux make netbooks fun again
Wednesday, 29 October 2008, 12:01 am
Filed under: Laptops We’ve been struggling to keep awake for the large majority of this year, as netbook after netbook lands in our laps with identical specs, form factors and general shoddiness. No l. […]
New Xbox 360 Experience hands-on and impressions
Wednesday, 29 October 2008, 12:01 am
Filed under: Gaming Thanks to a special blessing from the folks in Redmond, we’ve had an opportunity to thoroughly give the rejiggered Xbox 360 Dash (AKA, the New Xbox Experience) a serious run throug. […]
