Rants Begin Against Grand Theft Auto IV - PC World
 Globe and Mail | Rants Begin Against Grand Theft Auto IV PC World - As was the case with the previous games in the series, activist groups, police, politicians, and surviving victims of violence criticized Grand Theft Auto IV last week, beginning shortly after the game was launched nationwide. Five Reasons They Hate GTA IV Grant Theft Auto IV: The 20.06% Review |
Space shuttle takes its place on the pad - MSNBC
 eFluxMedia | Space shuttle takes its place on the pad MSNBC - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - After an hours-long crawl, the space shuttle Discovery reached its launch pad on Saturday, in preparation for a May 31 liftoff to add the main piece of a huge Japanese research complex to the international space station. Space Shuttle Discovery Moved To The Launch Pad Hubble Telescope Project Postponed |
Adobe opens up Flash on mobiles - BBC News
 eFluxMedia | Adobe opens up Flash on mobiles BBC News - Adobe has announced a plan to try to get its Flash player installed on more mobile devices and set-top boxes. Dubbed Open Screen the initiative lifts restrictions on how its multimedia handling software can be used. Viewing Your Sites on Handsets in a Flash Open Screen: Adobe Lifts Restrictions on Mobile Flash Use |
Apple's DVD Idea To Cause Money Losses? - eFluxMedia
 DailyTech | Apple's DVD Idea To Cause Money Losses? eFluxMedia - By Chris Georg Shortly after Apple announced its latest move of making movies available for purchase on iTunes on the same day as their DVD release, new reports emerged claiming the deal might actually be causing them some financial losses. Apple to Take on Movie DVDs Apple iTunes Getting New Movies Same Day as DVD |
HP Reports Big Advance in Memory Chip Design - New York Times
 Chemistry World | HP Reports Big Advance in Memory Chip Design New York Times - By JOHN MARKOFF Hewlett-Packard scientists reported Wednesday in the science journal Nature that they have designed a simple circuit element that they believe will make it possible to build tiny powerful computers that could imitate biological ... HP Researchers Build Intelligent Memory Memristor: the fourth circuit element |
Was the new finger a 'natural' miracle? - BBC News
 The Sun | Was the new finger a 'natural' miracle? BBC News - By Caroline Parkinson The story of the man who re-grew a finger using "pixie-dust" has captured the imagination of many this week. Experts discredit regenerative 'pixie dust' Researchers Invent Dust That Helps Man Regrow Finger |
Vista 'Inevitable' at Work, Analyst Says - PC World
 ITBusiness.ca | Vista 'Inevitable' at Work, Analyst Says PC World - Although a "significant" number of corporations are hesitating to move to Windows Vista, businesses should bite the bullet because Microsoft Corp. Can Microsoft's Windows Vista bust out? Why Vista Failed? |
Study: Warmer ocean water means less oxygen - The Associated Press
 Science Centric | Study: Warmer ocean water means less oxygen The Associated Press - WASHINGTON (AP) - Low-oxygen zones where sea life is threatened or cannot survive are growing as the oceans are heated by global warming, researchers warn. Ocean Dead Zones Growing; May Be Linked to Warming Growing Ocean Dead Zones Leave Fish Gasping |
Larry Ellison couldn't buy this kind of PR - CNET News.com
 Palluxo! - Mac Dose of All Things Apple | Larry Ellison couldn't buy this kind of PR CNET News.com - And here I thought that court sycophancy died out with the demise of the ancient regime. In Forbes' annual list of top executive salaries, Oracle's Larry Ellison finished in first place, with total 2007 compensation at $192.9 million. Steve Jobs Needs A Raise? Apple CEO Out of Top 10 Best Paid CEOs Top-paid CEOs: Steve Jobs drops from No. 1 to No. 120 |
AT&T Launches Mobile TV Service For Cell Phones - InformationWeek
 eFluxMedia | AT&T Launches Mobile TV Service For Cell Phones InformationWeek - The AT&T service will be available 58 markets and give customers access to more than 150 programs from a variety of TV networks, cable channels, and exclusive content providers. AT&T launches Mobile TV service in 58 cities AT&T Wireless Delivers a Little Bit of TV |
AOL, Yahoo, RealNetworks Suffer Setback In Music Licensing Fees - InformationWeek
 eFluxMedia | AOL, Yahoo, RealNetworks Suffer Setback In Music Licensing Fees InformationWeek - ASCAP estimates that the court's formula would lead to a total payment of $100 million from the three companies. By Antone Gonsalves A federal court has decided that AOL, Yahoo and RealNetworks must pay higher licensing fees for music broadcast over ... What the ASCAP music decision means for consumers Webcasters And Music Publishers Consider Judge's Formula |
RIAA Sucker Punched: ?Making Available? Theory Shot Down - DailyTech
RIAA Sucker Punched: ?Making Available? Theory Shot Down DailyTech - Arizona District Court Judge Neil V. Wake dealt a heady blow to the RIAA last Monday, striking down its popular ?making available? theory as insufficient grounds for accusations of copyright infringement. RIAA Says Harvard Students' File-Sharing Does Not 'Warrant Legal ... Expert praises, criticizes Atlantic v. Howell decision |
Mozy Delivers Solid Online Backup - Washington Post
 TechShout! | Mozy Delivers Solid Online Backup Washington Post - As a work-from-home'r I figured it was high time I implemented a real backup solution. I'd uploaded work docs and other important files to online storage from time to time, and I use Google Docs to write anything that matters, which gives me de facto ... EMC Extends Mozy Online Storage to Macs MozyHome Finally Out |
Blu-ray player sales down despite format victory - CNET News.com
 KATU | Blu-ray player sales down despite format victory CNET News.com - Looks like it wasn't the HD DVD/Blu-ray battle that was keeping potential customers away from high-definition video players after all. Consumers Not Buying Blu-Ray Format Despite Format Win Sony BDP-S300 Blu-ray Disc Player |
Colossal Squid and Parasitic Plants - New York Times
 DigitalJournal.com | Colossal Squid and Parasitic Plants New York Times - What big eyes you have. Soon after it was caught in the Ross Sea in Antarctica in February 2007, the world's biggest known colossal squid was frozen as a preservation measure. Colossal Squid Has Glowing "Cloaking Device," Huge Eyes The Giant Squid ? An Agile Predator Of The Dark Antarctic Waters |
Microsoft to put Blu-ray Disc inside Xbox 360 to compete with ... - DailyTech
 dBTechno | Microsoft to put Blu-ray Disc inside Xbox 360 to compete with ... DailyTech - Although Microsoft has continually denied the development of a Blu-ray Disc enabled Xbox 360, reports slowly trickle in from Asian OEMs working on such an upgraded console. Chinese news reporting Blu-ray Xbox 360 coming Q3 Rumor: Blu-Ray Xbox 360 This Year |
The Victorian engine that could - CNET News.com
The Victorian engine that could CNET News.com - Calling all history buffs: Charles Babbage's Difference Engine No. 2 is making its North American debut at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif. A missing link in tech history Charles Babbage?s Proto-Brain Comes to America |
Reno Earthquake Situation May Still Be Dangerous - Enews 2.0
 Enews 2.0 | Reno Earthquake Situation May Still Be Dangerous Enews 2.0 - By Alexandre Carst On Friday, seismologists said that although things have cooled down a bit during the past few days in the strongly shaken Reno, a major earthquake is still not out of the question. Reno's swarm of quakes defies the odds Reno quake activity lessens but threat still exists |
Google to team up with IBM again - Inquirer
 Bigmouthmedia News | Google to team up with IBM again Inquirer - By Sylvie Barak: Saturday, 03 May 2008, 12:16 PM OBVIOUSLY NOT CONTENT with its plans to corner the Small and Medium Business market (SMB), IBM is now apparently looking to strike a deal with Google which would help it flog desktop applications to big ... Google CEO Eric Schmidt: Social networks are still too closed IBM To Launch Web-Based Application Market |
Feds cap rural cell phone subsidies - CNET News.com
 CNET News.com | Feds cap rural cell phone subsidies CNET News.com - The Federal Communications Commission capped a subsidy program that helps fund cell phone coverage in rural areas. In a 3-2 vote on Thursday, the FCC said it would limit payments to wireless carriers seeking funds from the Universal Service Fund to ... US FCC votes to cap fund for rural phone subsidies Federal regulators cap cell phone company payments |