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December 25, 2006
Archive for December, 2006
BBC embraces Internet file-sharing network; it may get swallowed whole
December 24, 2006
The news that the British BBC plans to make hundreds of episodes of its popular British television programs available on a file-sharing network has three separate stories behind it.
Jimmy Wales turns beautiful Wikiasari into ugly Wikia Search, while admitting that ‘it sucks’
December 24, 2006
Wikipedia’s founder, Jimmy Wales, is ready to release a new search engine for the Internet; properly named “Wikia Search” , Wales plans his new search engine to one day be a contender to Google and Yahoo. However, the real news lies in the fact that Jimmy’s strategy has changed over the last year, and in a not so user-friendly way.
Coalition for space exploration’s new web site
December 23, 2006
Space exploration technology has spawned the addition of over 1,500 commercial products such as water purification, satellite radio and television, cell phone technology, and other various wireless devices among many other things, and The Coalition for Space Exploration wants you to acknowledge it.
Netobjects Fusion reaches version 10
December 23, 2006
Want to create your own website, but don’t want to mess around with HTML? NetObjects Fusion came out years ago promising to make web design easy, and although it has gone through at least a couple of owners over the last 10 versions, it’s still a great way for people wanting a ‘normal’ website (and not a blog site) to create one easily.
Microsoft monitoring new Vista vulnerability
December 23, 2006
A new Vista vulnerability involving the “Client Server Run-Time Subsystem” is being monitored by Microsoft, according to a blog post by employee Mike Reavey. At the moment Microsoft has not observed any actual attack involving the vulnerability.
The end of the world is nigh (in 5 billion years)
December 22, 2006
It’s been accepted as conventional scientific wisdom that in about 5 billion years our Sun will start to burn out its Hydrogen fuel and in the process swell out to 200 times its current size scorching the Earth and everyone on it.
UK Govt study: equal rights for robots and much more
December 21, 2006
A research paper commissioned by the UK Government has suggested that robots may be self aware and be demanding equal rights by 2056. The paper also predicts that robots will be increasingly used for war and housekeeping, and may even have brains provided by rats.
NASA and Google to bring the stars to your desktop
December 21, 2006
Google and NASA have signed a Space Act Agreement that will make NASA’s vast amounts of public domain information easier for non-experts to access and understand.
Nintendo sued over flimsy wrist straps
December 21, 2006
Nintendo of America is facing a class action lawsuit for the “defective nature of the Nintendo Wii wrist strap”. The class action lawsuit was taken out by Green Welling LLP in the US District Court for the Western District of Washington.
Polar Rose facial recognition faces challenges
December 20, 2006
A Swedish company, Polar Rose, is releasing a plug-in for Firefox and Internet Explorer that will allow Internet users to search for images of faces based on visual cues, rather than the surrounding text.
NotifyWire: interest in PS3 waning
December 20, 2006
Just in case you need anymore evidence that the launch of the Playstation 3 has not lived up to the game industry’s expectations, the CEO of NotifyWire.com has issued a statement expressing surprise about the easy online availability of the Playstation 3.
Accoona search engine plays China card
December 20, 2006
Accoona — not a noise similar to a sneeze but a search engine with problems — has been around for a year. In New York recently Accoona announced that it is going to try hard to get into the Chinese market. It is apparently a major move, for Bill Clinton was there to do the honors.
Opera browser brings web to Wii
December 20, 2006
A free beta version of Opera Software’s Opera browser will be available to Wii users from December 22, giving them access to the web from the comfort of their lounge room.
Social networks and World Cup top 2006 Google searches
December 20, 2006
The top search term on Google.com in 2006 was “Bebo” followed by “MySpace” in second place, which shows how embedded the two top social networking sites are in our “collective consciousness”, as Google puts it.
Skype worm is not a worm
December 20, 2006
The recently reported Skype “worm” is actually a trojan horse virus, and its threat is relatively low, is the latest advice from security company Websense.
Line Rider: the new version is here for the holidays!
December 19, 2006
The much anticipated new version of Line Rider is now available. TECH.BLORGE.com covered the story a while back, Line Rider: strangely addictive Flash game consuming Internet, and now we’re back with the update!
