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Swine Flu?
So yeah, Swine Flu. Kind of mysterious, don’t you think? I mean, hardly noticeable in Mexicans, being that the symptoms are fatigue, excessive sweating, vomiting and general ignorance of work. So no wonder that after the UK thought they would be nice and let hordes of diseased Britons back into our clean sanctuary we ended [...]
iPhone 3.0 More Than Just a Firmware Boost?
Like many ‘iPhoners’ I am anticipating the new 3.0 firmware and all its esteemed new functionalities. Apple have already announced over 100 new features, including the long awaited copy and paste (about time if you ask me), MMS messaging as well as apples solution to background apps, push notifications. Also, developers will now be able [...]
Xbox 360 - Lips
Lips. It’s like SingStar but with added percussion. You use the wireless microphones to sing along to the words onscreen, and fill in drums, cymbal crashes and tambourine shakes with a wave of the motion sensitive mic.
There are 40 songs to choose from, as well as the ability to plug your mp3 player into [...]
Net TV
Testers are being sought for technology that may help TV migrate to the net.
The P2P Next project has created a trial, or beta, version of software that can stream video across a file-sharing network. The EU has put 19m euros into the project hoping the software the team creates will become a Europe-wide standard for [...]
Windows 7
Windows 7 (formerly known as Blackcomb and Vienna) is the working name for the next major version of Microsoft Windows as the successor to Windows Vista. Microsoft has announced that it is “scoping Windows 7 development to a three-year timeframe”, and that “the specific release date will ultimately be determined by meeting the quality bar.” [...]
Firefox 3 download record now official
Mozilla has officially made history with a new Guinness world record for the largest number of software downloads in a 24-hour period. The final record breaking 8,002,530 downloads for Firefox 3.0 took place in June with parties in over 25 countries. “The enthusiasm and creativity of Firefox fans was key to making this happen” said [...]
45% of internet browsers are not secure
Computer security researchers from ETH Zurich, Google, and IBM believe computer software would be more secure if, like a perishable food product, it were labeled with an expiration date. In a newly published paper, Stefan Frei and Martin May of the Computer Engineering and Networks Laboratory at ETH Zurich, Thomas Dubendorfer of Google Switzerland, and [...]
The end of Windows XP next Monday
Software giant Microsoft will stop selling its ubiquitous XP operating system on Monday. But that doesn’t mean the seven-year-old software won’t continue contributing to the company’s financial performance for years to come. Terminating XP was expected. It comes just 18 months after Redmond, Wash.- based Microsoft introduced a new, more advanced operating system called Vista. [...]
Beatles edition of Guitar Hero to possibly appear
Beatles music may soon be strumming a new tune via air guitar video games, according to a report in the Financial Times. Apple Corps and EMI, which respectively represent The Beatles’ business interests and ownership of its master recordings, have reportedly been in discussions with video game publishers Activision and MTV Games.Under a possible deal [...]
Teenager faces 38 years in jail for school hacks
Graduation time is near for most students at Tesoro High School in Orange County California. However, two students are facing the prospect of beginning a prison term rather than walking across the stage to receive their diplomas. One of the teens faces the possibility of 38 years in prison.The two teens, Omar Khan and Tanvir [...]