April 26, 2006

Fujitsu announces 1.3 petabyte array

1,024 gigabytes = 1 terrabyte; 1,024 terrabytes = a petabyte, so this system comprises 1,363,148.8 gigs of hard drive space. How many MP3s would *that* hold?

The Brain Port, neural tongue interface of the future

No teaser/blurb can do better than that title, so we'll just leave that as-is. You may pretend that these sentences do not exist.

April 25, 2006

YamiPod - standalone iPod manager

Break the chains of iTunes!

Windows Live Goes to College

But with 78 problems and stupid design flaws per square inch, it shouldn't.

video projectors now small enough for cell phones

"should hit the market in about one year"

Intellicot

Finally! Someone has produced a crib that will do most of the parenting for you. It rocks the baby, uses a fan to keep it cool, monitors it via video, and even raises it up to you when you have to interact.

The Ultimate Chair for gamers, geeks

"An $800 plush swiveling chair from Hammacher Schlemmer features Air Force simulator technology for producing lifelike sounds and vibrations from any PC, video game console or TV that you plug into it. "

April 24, 2006

Judge Rules in Favor of Websurfing at Work

"'It should be observed that the Internet has become the modern equivalent of a telephone or a daily newspaper, providing a combination of communication and information that most employees use as frequently in their personal lives as for their work.'' "

Brain games aim to boost your IQ

"Computer games have long been derided by critics as mindless, brain-rotting fun."

Top 10 Windows XP Tips Of All Time

"Here you'll find the tips that give you the most bang for your buck; that are most useful in terms of security, functionality, and PC performance..."

April 21, 2006

J.J. Abrams To Direct New 'Star Trek' Film

"The movie will be set at Starfleet Academy and will feature younger versions of James T. Kirk and Spock, chronicling their first meeting at the Academy and their first outer space mission."

Embedded experts: Fix code bugs or cost lives

"People's lives as well as millions of dollars in investments often depend on software engineering, but too many projects fail for lack of good programming discipline and management support."

Embedded experts: Fix code bugs or cost lives

"People's lives as well as millions of dollars in investments often depend on software engineering, but too many projects fail for lack of good programming discipline and management support."

Gonzales calls for mandatory Web labeling law

"Web site operators posting sexually explicit information must place official government warning labels on their pages or risk being imprisoned for up to five years, the Bush administration proposed Thursday. "

April 19, 2006

Philips Patents Technology to Force Ad Viewing

But, they explain, you can always pay a fee to be able to fast-forward again. Thanks, Philips!

April 18, 2006

Prez a Music Thief, According to RIAA

"Don’t feel so bad that your iPod contains illegally-obtained music, because US President George Bush has also been stealing music."

Health Problems Related to the Geek Lifestyle

And no, "Mountain Dew Elbow" isn't one of them.

April 13, 2006

Search users 'stop at page three'

More like page one.

Natural light to reinvent bulbs

"The material, described in the journal Nature, can be printed in wafer thin sheets that could transform walls, ceilings or even furniture into lights." And might reach 100% efficiency!

April 11, 2006

Users urged to fix browser flaw

"PC users are being urged to apply software patches that close 'critical' vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows. "

April 07, 2006

Caveat eBay Emptor

"It didn't have to be this way if eBay had kept focusing on its core product, instead of chasing the grail of growth at all costs."

April 05, 2006

How Dare You Actually Want Secure And Valid Elections?!?

RIAA Recommends Students Drop out of College

TV's flat new world

"Television as you've always known it is about to be history. "

Build you own PVR, then trash it

"Plummeting storage costs and the availability of special hardware have finally made it cheap and easy to shrug off the shackles of TiVo and build your own personal video recorder out of an old PC."

April 04, 2006

America's War on the Web

"... the Pentagon says it will wage war against the internet in order to dominate the realm of communications, prevent digital attacks on the US and its allies, and to have the upper hand when launching cyber-attacks against enemies.'"