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Botnet Worm Targets DSL Modems and Routers
Monday, 23 March 2009, 7:12 pm
CoreDuo writes “The people who bring you the DroneBL DNS Blacklist services, while investigating an ongoing DDoS incident, have discovered a botnet composed of exploited DSL modems and routers. OpenWR. […]
Colbert Wins Space Station Name Contest
Monday, 23 March 2009, 6:25 pm
As we speculated a couple of weeks back, it has come to pass. Reader mknewman writes to tell us that comedian Stephen Colbert has won the vote to have his name immortalized (or at least until it crash. […]
Tim Bray On the Future of the Web
Monday, 23 March 2009, 5:40 pm
snitch writes “In a recent interview at QCon SF 2008,Tim Bray talks about why he is not convinced with the buzz surrounding Rich Internet Applications and shares his ideas on Cloud Computing. He also. […]
German Police Union Chief Wants Violent Game Ban After Shooting
Monday, 23 March 2009, 4:58 pm
A recent shooting in Germany has raised the ire of many politicians and officials, and they’re turning to video games as a scapegoat after it was revealed that the shooter was a fan of Counterstrike a. […]
Princeton Student Finds Bug In LHC Experiment
Monday, 23 March 2009, 4:09 pm
An anonymous reader writes “A Princeton senior has found a bug in the hardware design for the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). In the hardware used to record. […]
Microsoft Launches Free Web Software Eco-System
Monday, 23 March 2009, 3:16 pm
An anonymous reader writes “Microsoft, inspired perhaps by the ease of selecting and installing iPhone apps, has taken a similar approach to gather back market share of its IIS web server in a predomi. […]
20 Years After Cold Fusion Debut, Another Team Claims Success
Monday, 23 March 2009, 2:20 pm
New Scientist is reporting that twenty years to the day since the initial announcement of a cold fusion discovery another Utah-based team is trying again. This announcement is being taken a little mor. […]
Skype Courts Businesses With "Skype for SIP"
Monday, 23 March 2009, 1:28 pm
Skype has made a new foray into the business front with their announcement of “Skype for SIP.” This allows businesses to migrate to Skype without having to move off of their old PBX systems. “Skype ha. […]
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Big Demand for the Tiny Tata Nano
Monday, 23 March 2009, 5:17 pm
Demand for the world’s cheapest car is so high Tata will select the first 100,000 customers at random, and environmentalists bemoan the little car’s big environmental impact.
In iPhone’s Wake, Nintendo, Sony Push Handheld Game Downloads
Monday, 23 March 2009, 5:01 pm
Following Apple’s lead, Nintendo and Sony are ditching physical media in favor of online distribution for selling games.
Net-Neutrality Backers, Telcos Spar Over Stimulus’ Broadband Rules
Monday, 23 March 2009, 4:59 pm
Congress put aside more than $4 billion for rural broadband in the stimulus package, but interest groups want to attach strong openness and transparency rules to the new networks. The operators say th. […]
Strange Errors Bedevil Yahoo Mail, Users Locked Out
Monday, 23 March 2009, 4:00 pm
Yahoo’s free e-mail service was returning errors for many users Monday. The company says it’s working to resolve the issue, but angry users are venting their frustrations on social websites, underscor. […]
Masked Developer Demos iPhone 3.0 Beta
Monday, 23 March 2009, 4:00 pm
The iPhone 3.0 won’t launch until summer, but a mysterious, anonymous developer walks us through the beta version of the operating system. Don’t Twitter this!
The Kenny Rogers Effect: Music Helps Stroke Victims
Monday, 23 March 2009, 3:00 pm
Stroke victims who listened to their favorite music temporarily lessened their impairment. Music they didn’t like wasn’t as effective. Kenny Rogers seemed to have the most positive impact.
Apple Aggressively Pursues ‘Pod’ Trademarks
Monday, 23 March 2009, 2:53 pm
Apple has an elaborate history of chasing down businesses that try to use the word “pod” in their products or businesses. A start-up called Sector Labs is fighting Apple over the use of the name “Vide. […]
10 Time-Lapse Videos Show Nature at Work
Monday, 23 March 2009, 2:45 pm
Watch amazing time-lapse videos of natural phenomena including a lunar eclipse, the northern lights and an apple rotting.
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DJ Hero’s site goes live, doesn’t drop any clues, beats
Monday, 23 March 2009, 8:13 pm
A little while back, Activision — the fine folks responsible for bringing Guitar Hero to the world — confirmed that it was working on a similarly named new title, DJ Hero. Well, the official site’s. […]
Get your votes in for the 2008 Engadget Awards!
Monday, 23 March 2009, 7:50 pm
Time is running out folks! The nominations are in, the picks have been sorted, and now it’s time for you, the reader, to help us judge the best in tech from 2008! We’ve put together a long, long list. […]
Ballmer: Zune’s future might be as software on non-Zune devices
Monday, 23 March 2009, 7:10 pm
Fear not, Zune lovers, your beloved media player isn’t going anywhere just yet. Interviewed at the McGraw-Hill media conference, Microsoft’s head honcho Steve Ballmer said that the hardware will cont. […]
Dice speakers sure to be a fashion gamble
Monday, 23 March 2009, 6:47 pm
Buffalo’s just unleashed some portable little iPod speakers that you might want to try to get your hands on. With an output of one hot watt, the Dice speaker series is sure to turn your morning commu. […]
Dell Adamo battery not user-replaceable, says bearer of harsh truths
Monday, 23 March 2009, 6:07 pm
Possibly not surprising, but certainly to be filed under “subtly disappointing” is the news that has just recently been confirmed: Adamo’s battery is not able to be replaced by the user. No fun, you. […]
Motorola cancels Alexander smartphone?
Monday, 23 March 2009, 5:23 pm
So much for the “last stand,” huh? After getting pictured way back in August of last year, Motorola has quietly let CES, Mobile World Congress and (almost) CTIA slip by with nary a peep on why this t. […]
Epoq’s HH07 pico projector now on sale in US
Monday, 23 March 2009, 4:32 pm
Calm down, vaquero. You’ve definitely seen this sucker before, but it was rockin’ the BeamBox Evolution R-1 label and headed for a release across the pond. Epoq’s iteration, however, is on track for. […]
R2D2 casemod is affordable, convincing evidence of our continued love for old sci-fi epic
Monday, 23 March 2009, 4:12 pm
We’ll let you in on a little secret: we find the constant stream of Star Wars-inspired you-name-it to be a little, shall we say… played? That said, this R2D2 casemod is totally, impressively rad. M. […]
