Archive for October, 2007
October 31, 2007
It’s no secret the PS3 packs a real punch when it comes to computing power. Add in some of Stanford’s Folding@home project, 600,000 registered consoles, and some good ol’ scientific elbow grease and you have a legitimate entry in the Guinness Book of World Records.
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Posted in Uncategorized | 17 Comments » Posted by: Danny Mendez
October 31, 2007
You really can’t expect much when buying a $200 desktop that’s from a somewhat “off brand” company but Walmart has done its research and that research shows many Walmart customers are not too bright when it comes to computers.
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Posted in Linux, Uncategorized | 6 Comments » Posted by: Jonathan Schlaffer
October 31, 2007
Tomorrow, Google will unvail what many feel could either pose a serious threat to Facebook or could flop terrifically: OpenSocial, its new social networking platform.
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Posted in Advertising, Blogosphere, Google, Internet, Online video, Open source, Opinion | 3 Comments » Posted by: Triston McIntyre
October 31, 2007
According to a recent investigation by British authorities, there is a world full of virtual pedophilia going on in Second Life.
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Posted in Uncategorized | 4 Comments » Posted by: Sean P. Aune
October 30, 2007
While most companies think that the best time to release a product is when it is fully completed, big companies like Microsoft and Apple seem to take different approach.
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Posted in Apple, Microsoft | 1 Comment » Posted by: Ruben Francia
October 30, 2007
The Pirate Bay, one of the largest BitTorrent trackers in the world, is reported to be actively working on developing a new peer to peer file sharing protocol. The reason? Brokep, One of the head honchos at TPB, claims that BitTorrent as a protocol won’t last longer than 12 months.
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Posted in Online video, Piracy, Technology | 5 Comments » Posted by: Dave Parrack
October 30, 2007
On its second birthday, online messaging service Meebo has unwrapped the Meebo Platform, a way for outside developers to build applications that integrate with the Meebo desktop.
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Posted in Web2.0 | 1 Comment » Posted by: Ema Kwiatkowski
October 30, 2007
The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that Google plans a series of announcements over the next two weeks about its mobile-phone software, which would bundle together most Google applications — search, maps, YouTube, instant-messaging — on a mobile platform.
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Posted in Cell phones, Google | 1 Comment » Posted by: Ema Kwiatkowski
October 30, 2007
UK mobile phone carrier 3 has decided the old saying of "if you can’t beat them, join them" is a mantra to live by, and has teamed up with Skype to bring the service to their handsets.
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Posted in Cell phones | No Comments » Posted by: Sean P. Aune
October 30, 2007
Jeff Zucker, chief of NBC Universal, took the stage at Syracuse University for questioning. While there he made the position of NBC Universal quite clear: they’re not making enough money, and it’s everyone else’s fault.
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Posted in Apple, Online video | No Comments » Posted by: Luke McKinney
October 30, 2007
The UK Government’s computer agency has advised schools not to sign licensing agreements with Microsoft because of alleged anti-competitive practices.
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Posted in Microsoft | No Comments » Posted by: Ruben Francia
October 29, 2007
We all know him. He’s Tom, that guy that’s automatically added to your friends list the moment you join MySpace. Tom is also a MySpace cofounder, and he lies about his age.
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Posted in Scams | No Comments » Posted by: Danny Mendez
October 29, 2007
The PS3 may not be living up to it’s reputation as a revolutionary and ultra powerful games machine, but it is good for one thing, at least if you have 8 of the damn things and enough computing knowledge to hook them all up together to create a supercomputer.
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Posted in Open source, Technology | 3 Comments » Posted by: Dave Parrack
October 29, 2007
For the third time in a month, Google has updated the PageRanks of many blogs, and it seems to do nothing but add more confusion.
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Posted in Google | No Comments » Posted by: Sean P. Aune
October 29, 2007
If you’ve spent countless sleepless nights, tossing and turning, wondering which European nation spends the most money on technology and gadgetry, be prepared for a restful evening: Great Britain has officially been deemed the home to the biggest technology spenders in all of Europe.
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Posted in Media players, Technology | No Comments » Posted by: Triston McIntyre
October 29, 2007
As if the circle of personal privacy hasn’t shrank enough with the advent of the late technology boom, that uncomfortably snug circle might get just a bit snugger; new cell phone technology could allow cell phone providers to monitor your text messages to improve text advertising.
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Posted in Advertising, Cell phones, Legal, Opinion | No Comments » Posted by: Triston McIntyre
October 29, 2007
He stole 130 laptops, police suspect, from 24 different companies in five states.
For over 12 years, Eric Almly travelled the country committing robberies, according to the St. Petersburg Times. Once he even called his victim and taunted them from a payphone.
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Posted in Crime | 6 Comments » Posted by: David Cassel