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US Considers Some Free Wireless Broadband Service
gollum123 writes US regulators may dedicate spectrum to free wireless Internet service for some Americans to increase affordable broadband service nationwide, the Federal Communications Commission said on Tuesday. The FCC provided few details about how it would carry out such
US Gamers Spend $3.8 Billion On MMOs Yearly
eldavojohn writes A new report from Games Industry indicates that MMO gamers in the United States paid $3.8 billion to play last year, with an analysis of five European countries bringing the total close to $4.5 billion USD. In America,
The World's First Commercially Available Jetpack
ElectricSteve writes Its been a long time coming. While Arthur C. Clarkes geosync satellites have taken to space, and James Bonds futuristic mobile technology has become commonplace, still the dream of sustained personal flight has eluded us — until now.
Google's Computing Power Refines Translation
gollum123 sends an excerpt from the NY Times on how Google has taken a lead in language translation, in one of the companys few unqualified successes as it attempts to broaden is offerings beyond search. ...Googles quick rise to the
Jeff Jaffe Named CEO of W3C
blozza2070 notes the news that Jeff Jaffe has been appointed CEO of the World Wide Web Consortium. Until January Jaffe was CTO at Novell and, while his name hasnt come up very often in this community, he is one of
NewEgg Confirms Shipping Fake Core i7s
adeelarshad82 writes After originally rejecting the story, online retailer NewEgg confirmed that a shipment of Core i7s were indeed fake, and apologized for the affair. NewEgg has also broken off its relationship with IPEX, the supplier of the phony lot.
Dot-Com Craze Peaked 10 Years Ago This Week
netbuzz writes When the NASDAQ stock index hit its all-time high of 5,133 on March 10, 2000, it had more than doubled in a year and the dot-com bubble was already leaking in a big way. A week later the
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Nokia Files Patent for Self-Charging Phone
Kinetically powered cell phones have been relegated to futuristic concepts..or have they? Nokia files a patent that could lead to the first real piezoelectric mobile phone.
Apple's Long History of Lousy First Reviews
Though the iPad has drawn some harsh reviews, its hardly the first Apple product to get trashed (at first). A look back at 25 years of flops
Cisco's New Router To Delivers 322 Terabits per Second
Cisco Systems, has announced the launch of a super-fast and effeciency-focused router technology which will be at the heart of the next generation of the Internet.
If Old Spice Made Commercials For Apple (VIDEO)
Hello, Geeks. Look at your phone. Now back to mine. Now back at your phone. Now back to mine. Sadly, yours isnt from Apple, but if you stopped buying those girly phones from Sprint and Tmobile and...
Apple's Secret iPhone Developer Agreement Goes Public
The first rule of the iPhone developer program is: You do not talk about the iPhone developer program...
The Rise of Netbooks (Infographic)
2009 saw dramatic growth in the popularity of netbooks. This trend is expected to continue in 2010 as they become increasingly affordable.
10 awesome yet forgotten CD-ROMs from the 90's
Before the Internet provided instant access to vast stores of reference information, news, entertainment, and the like, there were CD-ROMs.
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Google Maps to add bike maps, directions
Cyclists will be able to use Google Maps to plot directions around 150 U.S. cities when bike directions go live on Google later on Tuesday.
Lindsay Lohan sues E-Trade over Super Bowl spot
The troubled actress is suing E-Trade, claiming that it mocked her in one of its cute baby ads. She is asking for $100 million.
How Epic fit the Unreal Engine into the iPhone
The Unreal Engine 3 is on its way to the iPhone, though creators Epic Games have had to make some compromises to get there.
Google announces business app store for Google Apps
Software developers can cater to Google Apps customers through a new application store announced at Googles Campfire One event in Mountain View.
Rock Band 3 confirmed for holidays
Harmonix and MTV Games are getting the band back together, with Electronic Arts handling distribution once more.
Online dating finally recognized by restaurant guide
A new restaurant guide has a section specifically dedicated to the difficult area of online dating. Its author believes only certain very specific places are suitable for an online date.
Pink Floyd sues EMI over iTunes payments
One of the most imposing (and wealthiest) bands of all time sues EMI over online royalties. EMI is reportedly arguing that an album-unbundling ban applies only to physical products.
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LHC to restart following break and glitches
The The Large Hadron Collider, the worlds largest particle accelerator is to restart on Monday following a technical break and glitches in the machine. by Tom Espiner ZDNet UK
Google launches people finder for Chile earthquake
Google has launched a tool to help people locate friends and loved ones who might have been affected by the 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Chile on Saturday. by Steven Musil CNET News
Skype drops Windows Mobile and Skype Lite
Skype has announced it is pulling Skype for Windows Mobile phones and Skype Lite for Java handsets, including Android. by Jessica Dolcourt CNET News
Mozilla patches critical Firefox bugs
Mozilla has released fixes for five security holes in older versions of Firefox, while a security company has warned of a zero-day flaw in the latest version of the popular browser. by Matthew Broersma
Drudge Report accused of serving malware
For the second time in less than six months, visitors to the Drudge Report say they got malware in addition to the Web sites usual sensational headlines. by Elinor Mills CNET News
Curt Schilling's 38 Studios, EA in Big Huge game deal
Ex-baseballer Curt Schillings developer 38 Studios has struck a deal with EA to publish an upcoming single-player role-playing game. by Tor Thorsen GameSpot
HP sues Asian firms over patents
Hewlett-Packard has filed a suit against four companies based in Hong Kong and Taiwan, accusing the defendants of patent infringement, according to various reports. by Vivian Yeo ZDNet Asia
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Bottled Wind Could Be as Constant as Coal
Wind power has made incredible inroads into the U.S. energy system thanks to big, efficient machines standing hundreds of feet tall. But the future of wind power may be underground.In the abandoned mines and sandstones of the Midwest, compressed-air storage
Better Than Apollo: The Space Program We Almost Had
SAN FRANCISCO — In the late 1950s, American space companies jumped into a headlong race to build an aerospace industry that could launch missiles across the world and rockets above it.In her new book Another Science Fiction, archivist Megan Prelinger
Your Computer Really Is a Part of You
An empirical test of ideas proposed by Martin Heidegger shows the great German philosopher to be correct: Everyday tools really do become part of ourselves.The findings come from a deceptively simple study of people using a computer mouse rigged to
Mile-High Mega-Kites Could Pull Giant, Floating Power-Plant Ships
Take a huge oceanic catamaran, stick a hydroelectric turbine underneath it, and hitch it to a 6.5 million-square-foot parafoil flying nearly a mile in the air. That’s a Korean research team’s new proposal for generating gigawatts of clean energy.As the
Low Tolerance for Pain May Be Genetic
One form of a common genetic variant may ratchet up pain sensitivity in people who have it, researchers report online March 8 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.The discovery could lead to more powerful pain treatments that
All of Life’s Ingredients Found in Orion Nebula
The ingredients for life as we know it have been found in the Orion Nebula.By finely separating the spectrum of incoming light, astronomers are able to detect the chemical fingerprints of molecules like water and methanol. The spectrograph that their
Kindness Breeds More Kindness, Study Shows
In findings sure to gladden the heart of anyone who’s ever wondered whether tiny acts of kindness have larger consequences, researchers have shown that generosity is contagious.Goodness spurs goodness, they found: A single act can influence dozens more.In a game
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Updated: Tuning Cool'n'Quiet: Maximize Power And Performance
Think your Athlon or Phenom processor is already tuned to deliver the best balance between performance and power consumption? Think again.
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Best Graphics Cards For The Money: March 2010
With three new Radeon HD 5000-series cards launched last month, older models being put out to pasture. And an
3.5” Enterprise Hard Drive Development Analyzed
SSDs might be the fastest storage option today, but by no means is it the most popular. Magnetic media offers high throughput and
Two Portable 500GB Drives Benchmarked (And Dropped)
If youre the sort of power user whos hard on technology, especially out in the field, then ruggedized mobile storage might be apropos. Today, were looking at a pair of portable disks that can take drops and spills, while serving
Web Browser Grand Prix: The Top Five, Tested And Ranked
Weve put Apple Safari, Google Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla FireFox, and Opera through a gauntlet of speed tests and time trials to find out which Web browser is truly the fastest. How does your favorite land in our rankings?
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feature: True story: the making of the Terminator's laser-sighted .45 pistol
One of the most striking images from The Terminator was the weapon he carried and used in his first attempt on Sarah Connors life: the .45 Longslide, with laser sighting. Who can
HTC lawsuit came after warning by Apple to handset makers
Apple COO Tim Cooks warning from early 2009 wasnt the only one that handset makers received before Apple sicced the lawyers on HTC last week. According to a research note from Oppenheimer
MRI's successes put the brain on trial
A typical neuroscience paper (or a typical report on one) is a laundry list of structure:function relationships between brain regions and the mental tasks they perform. The amygdala deals with registering rewards,
Facebook's location feature expected to launch next month
Facebook is allegedly planning to roll out location sharing capabilities next month, once again playing catch-up to other services that have gained popularity thanks to location data. The rumor comes courtesy of anonymous sources who have been briefed on the
Microsoft browser ballot gives Opera, Firefox a boost
The Microsoft browser ballot released this month to Windows users in the EU is already doing Microsofts rivals a favor. Two of the major competitors to Internet Explorer have seen an increase in downloads, while the other two are not
The Internet of tomorrow: 100Gbps to your house by 2030
Googles recent announcement of a 1Gbps fiber-to-the-home testbed has communities across the US salivating—but imagine what the Internet might be like if that connection to your home were even faster. Say... 100Gbps.
FileMaker Pro goes to 11, admits people like spreadsheets
Apple subsidiary FileMaker has released version 11 of its flagship FileMaker Pro database. The updated software purports to make building and maintaining databases even easier, while acknowledging that many users are accustomed
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DRM is Dead, RIAA Says
The RIAA says DRM is dead. Wait. What? Who are you people and what have you done with the real RIAA?For years the RIAA has defended the use of DRM, much to the dislike of millions of honest customers who
Undercover Cop Arrests Undercover Cop
You have to wonder how effective an undercover operation is when one undercover cop arrests another undercover cop for trying to sell him drugs. Regardless, once the newspaper ran this story, everyone’s cover was blown. If either police department bothered
Apple Approves Marijuana App
Let’s see, you can’t get an iPhone app showing boobies but you can get an app to help you find weed. I guess I’m not surprised by an iToke app, we are after all talking about Apple here. You now
Microsoft Responds to Obama’s Xbox Criticism
Damn you Xbox machine for making our kids stay up late and be stupid. If my kid ends up being a high school drop out, we know who to blame now! For our kids to excel, we must accept our
New Pirate Bay to Be Based on Give-And-Take Models
Does anyone seriously think this is going to work? Remember how much everyone loved Napster? Remember how much they liked it once it became a legit site? Yeah, that’s what is going to happen here too. The more you give,
Creating Font Using a Car
Here is your creative font of the day (its free too). A group of people made a new font using a computer, a sophisticated camera tracking system and a car. I use my car all the time to make fonts
Ping Pong Table-Door
From the why didn’t I think of that files comes the amazing ping pong table/door! From the looks of it, this amazing product not only makes you popular, it gets you chicks too! Comments
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ASUS M4A89GTD Pro - A Core Unlocking 890GX for $140
With less than a week of public release mileage under its belt, how close have ASUS come to hitting a home run with the M4A89GTD Pro? ...
AVA Direct Clevo X8100 SLI Gaming Notebook
AVA Direct, the custom computer manufacturer, has announced their most powerful notebook for gamers. The powerhouse notebook is an update of the older Clevo M980NU, replacing the Intel Core 2 Duo and NVIDIA GTX 280M SLI with a Core i7
Dell M6500: A Precision Strike on Bling
The Dell Precision M6500 is what we expect from a mobile workstation: high on quality and low on fluff. It’s also very expensive, but the cost of the hardware likely pales in comparison to the software it’s designed to run....
10Gbit Ethernet: Killing Another Bottleneck?
More cores (32 to 48) in medium-range servers results in 20 to 50 VMs on one virtualized server. We investigate if 10Gbit Ethernet is finally ready to solve the NIC I/O bottleneck. Is 10Gbit Ethernet still a technology for the
NVIDIA 196.75 Driver Alert
As many of you are aware, NVIDIA has hit some snags with their latest round of WHQL drivers. The drivers have been interfering with the fan operation on certain NVIDIA video cards, resulting in the GPU overheating. NVIDIA has taken
THX Certified HDTVs - Useful or Just Marketing?
THX is well known for its audio standards. But when you see THX on an HDTV panel, what does that mean? Loyd digs in to find out....
Dell Inspiron 1564: Mobile i3/i5 for the Masses
Dells 15-inch Inspiron line has evolved over the years; gone are the bulky grey-and-white monstrosities, replaced by sleeker, more colorful designs. The latest Inspiron 1564 also sports an i3/i5 CPU, providing a powerful platform thats not as heavy as the
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The state of open government in Canada
David Eaves, a public policy entrepreneur and a speaker at this weeks Gov 2.0 International online conference, discusses the rise of open government in Canadas cities. He also looks at the countrys federal inertia, and he explains how a beta
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Cooperative Behaviour Spreads Through a Group, But So Does Cheating (Not Exactly Rocket Science) -- Fowler and Christakis suggest that people tend to mimic the actions of those they played with. They could be directly imitating the actions of other
Truly Open Data
Im kicking myself. I have spent a non-trivial number of hours talking to government departments and scientists about open data, talking up an open source approach to data, pushing hard to get them to release datasets in machine readable formats
Simple Log Review Checklist Released!
The log cheat sheet presents a checklist for reviewing critical system, network and security logs when responding to a security incident. It can also be used for routine periodic log review. It was authored by Dr. Anton Chuvakin and Lenny
Three lessons from the Chipotle iPhone app
The iPhone app from Chipotle, the restaurant chain best known for its burritos, is an interesting mix of simple design, e-commerce functionality and location tools. Digging into the apps development reveals three aspects that could prove useful for businesses and
Four short links: 8 March 2010
Chinas Cyberposse (NY Times) -- is vigilante justice ok if the cause is right? Is it okay if there wouldnt be justice without it? Does the end justify the means? Many interesting questions raised by this large-scale Internet-based human-flesh-search in
Amazon Fires Its Colorado Associates
I just got interesting email from Amazon: the Colorado government recently enacted a law to impose sales tax regulations on online retailers We and many others strongly opposed this legislation, known as HB 10-1193, but it was enacted anyway. Regrettably,
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AeroThermal outlines advanced anaerobic digestion vision
BusinessGreen.com staff, BusinessGreen, Wednesday 10 March 2010 at 00:15:00Latest funding round to drive forward waste-to-energy commercialisation planThe British developer of a new advanced waste-to-energy technology designedto turn both food waste and mixed household waste
Exclusive: Capgemini preps carbon consultancy push
James Murray, BusinessGreen, Wednesday 10 March 2010 at 00:15:00Company aims to tackle Wild West carbon accounting marketConsultancy giantCapgeminiis preparing a range of new carbon accounting and management services designedto tap growing demand from firms
Cisco promises world changer with CRS-3
David Neal, V3.co.uk, Tuesday 9 March 2010 at 17:55:00New Carrier Routing System to power the next-generation internet, saysChambersCisco has launched its Carrier Routing System 3 (CRS-3), which it claims is avery important addition to
Nominet consults on short .uk domain names
Dan Worth, V3.co.uk, Tuesday 9 March 2010 at 17:42:00Registry gears up for one-letter, two-letter and single-number domainsNominet has announced athree-monthconsultation to decide how it should release one-letter, two-letter andsingle-number domains for registration.The organisation, which
ISPs escape further Digital Economy Bill burdens
Rosalie Marshall, V3.co.uk, Tuesday 9 March 2010 at 17:30:00Amendment concerning web filtering to protect children dropped for the timebeingInternet service providers (ISPs) escaped being saddled with furtherregulation yesterday when the Digital Economy Bill completed
Telephony sales continue to slump
Doug Woodburn, CRN, Tuesday 9 March 2010 at 17:23:00Global shipments down 10 per cent in Q4Despite the recent rebound in PC sales, figures fromMZA reveal the embattled telephonymarket continued to shrink in the final
Probrand claims NHS spending win
Caroline Donnelly, CRN, Tuesday 9 March 2010 at 17:03:00VAR attributes NHS savings to e-procurement strategyVAR Probrand claims to have helped the NHS save £2m on the cost of USBdevices.The Birmingham-based VAR is the only
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Ogg Frog Magazine #6
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The Secret: A Review of Dulcinea Technologies Corporation's Debut Product
After weeks of e-mails and days of phone calls, yesterday I drove to San Jose for a demo of Michael David Crawfords secret project. Michael was eager to show off his work, but urged me not to share my interest
Cars, Value Engineering, and Bugs
Two trends in automotive development, value engineering and drive-by-wire have the potential to reduce driver safety. Toyotas recent travails provide some food for thought.
Hopeless romantic Chinese Ph.D candidate arrested
He did it for love and he is a model employee with his employer The Rutgers University according to his friends and colleagues And the TSA security officer that should have been stationed where the trespass occurred is on administrative
The Jarmidor, Part 3
Having discovered that Im not the only pipe-faggot on Kuro5hin I decided to see whether I could get my loose shag as moist as a 14 year old baptist girl at her first Jonas brothers concert. Unfortunately my girlfriend doesnt
15 Yards: The Unsportsmanlike Tax Evasion of the NFL
Superbowl XLIV approaches, pitting two potent offensive teams against one another. The inimitable Peyton Manning, this years winner of the National Football Leagues MVP award (his fourth, most of any player all time), will try to use his bottomless well
Obama The First Year
Hes accomplished quite a lot his first year. Heres my list of the most talked about on liberal blogs.
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Transmedia Storytelling... With A CwF+RtB Twist
Ross Pruden points us to the news that Zen Films, a decade old production house, is launching a new storytelling project, which they admit is partly inspired by the CwF+RtB model that we talk about here. One of the cool
Rescuecom Declares Victory... In Dropping Its Lawsuit Against Google
Weve covered some of Rescuecoms bizarre lawsuit against Google for selling Adwords based on Rescuecoms trademarks. The lawsuit has been going on for a while, without Rescuecom getting very far. At almost every turn it was pointed out that what
EU Politicians Get Serious Demanding ACTA Transparency And No Three Strikes
Last week, there were reports that the EU trade policy folks had decided to stand up for ACTA transparency, and now it looks like theyre really doing it. As various reports are noting, a joint resolution was put forth by
White House Cyber Security Guy: There Is No Cyberwar
We recently wrote how some special interests have been playing up the idea that theres some sort of cyberwar going on that the US is losing. Of course, there have been similar claims going back for a decade, without anything
Where Are The European Regulators In Charge Of Protecting Freedom Of Expression?
Michael Scott points us to a blog post by Peter Fleischer, the Global Privacy Counsel for Google -- perhaps better known as one of the three Google execs to be convicted on criminal charges due to a video some kids
Record Labels Put Out Misleading Study Trying To Get ISPs To Setup Broken Music Streaming Services
The record labels have been trying out all sorts of schemes for a while now to try to get ISPs over to its side in propping up their old business models, and the latest is pretty laughable. BPI at the
US Government Working With Pharma Companies To Raise Drug Prices In Other Countries
A series of stories from Jamie Love at KEI highlight the troubling cozy relationship between pharmaceutical companies and the US government in trying to raise drug prices in other countries -- which very likely will come at the expense of
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New Blu-Ray Licensing Organization Initiates Operations
BD4C Licensing Group Begins Operation
Intel Readies Dual-Core Atom Processor for Netbooks
Intel Preps Atom N500 Microprocessor
Contemporary Graphics Cards Performance in Battlefield: Bad Company 2
One of the most anticipated game titles - Battlefield: Bad Company 2 - has just hit the market. X-bit labs decided to take a closer look at this game in order to help you pick up the right graphics card
Dell Adamo XPS Still Available - Company
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Microsoft's Chief Exec Predicts New Xbox 360 Form-Factors
Microsoft Promises Different Xbox 360 Form-Factors
Prices of Blu-Ray Optical Disk Drives Drop to $70 - Media Report
Costs of Blu-Ray ODDs Still Much Higher Compared to DVD
Nvidia Warns: Latest Drivers May Damage Graphics Cards
Nvidia Withdraws Faulty Drivers for Graphics Cards
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