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‘Simpsons’ movie revealed in trailer - MORE MOVIE NEWS AND FEATURES - MSNBC.com

‘Simpsons’ movie revealed in trailer - MORE MOVIE NEWS AND FEATURES - MSNBC.com

Homer Simpson hit the big screen on Friday in a short teaser trailer announcing “The Simpsons” movie.

The “Simpsons” teaser debuted prior to the opening of 20th Century Fox’s latest animated film “Ice Age: The Meltdown.” The clip announces Fox’s July 27, 2007 release date for “The Simpsons” movie.

The animated 25-second clip opens on a giant superhero S. “Leaping his way onto the silver screen,” intones a narrator, “the greatest hero in American history!” Cut to Homer Simpson sitting on his couch in his tighty whities. “I forgot what I was supposed to say,” he says. The narrator continues, “ ’The Simpsons Movie,’ coming to the screen, July 27, 2007.” “Uh, uh,” says Homer, “we better get started.”

AMD finally breaks the 3GHz barrier

AMD finally breaks the 3GHz barrier
AMD IS DESPERATELY trying to rebound against the impressive Intel Conroe demo shown at IDF, weeks back. While we know that Woodcrest is on target for a Q4 introduction as well, things are heating up in the processing arena.

AMD will use its 65 nanometre party in Prague next week to talk about the progress company is making with production ramp of its Fab 36, but at the same time, the company will introduce its fastest clocked production CPU. Yes, AMD is finally introducing a 3GHz part, breaking a "record" set by the infamous Athlon 64 FX-57, a 2.8GHz clocked part released back in 2005.

p2pnet.net - the original daily p2p and digital media news site

p2pnet.net - the original daily p2p and digital media news site
The Big Four Organized Music cartel faces what may be yet another serious setback: a possible new trend ---

--- Victims banding together.

Two John Does, one from the Southwest and the other from New York, have teamed up to fight the RIAA in Warner v Does 1-149.

"What they have in common is that both discovered recently that they are named as 'John Does' in the same case pending in Manhattan federal court," says Ray Beckerman on Recording Industry vs The People.

Comcast, Time Warner back Cablevision DVR plan | CNET News.com

Comcast, Time Warner back Cablevision DVR plan | CNET News.com

Comcast and Time Warner Cable on Thursday threw their support behind fellow cable operator Cablevision's plan to offer a digital video recording service that can replace DVR boxes.

The proposed new service will allow cable TV subscribers to record programs on Cablevision Systems' network servers, doing away with the need for digital video recorder boxes made by companies like TiVo and Cisco Systems' Scientific-Atlanta.

Slashdot | Google Accused of Bio-piracy

Slashdot | Google Accused of Bio-piracy
ZDNet is reporting that Google has been accused of being the 'biggest threat to genetic privacy' this year for its plan to create a searchable database of genetic information. From the article: 'Google was presented with an award as part of the Captain Hook Awards for Biopiracy in Curitiba, Brazil, this week. The organisers allege that Google's collaboration with genomic research institute J. Craig Venter to create a searchable online database of all the genes on the planet is a clear example of biopiracy.'

Snag an NEC HD DVD drive for just $120 - Engadget

Snag an NEC HD DVD drive for just $120 - Engadget
If you've been waiting to get your hands on one of NEC's HD-DVD HR-1100A internal HD DVD drives, now's your chance. A seller on CDFreaks is offering one of the drives, which reads HD DVD discs at 2x, for a mere $120.

Slashdot | Revolution Horsepower Revealed

Slashdot | Revolution Horsepower Revealed
IGN.com unveiled leaked specs for Nintendo's upcoming Revolution console today. The system really is about twice as powerful as a GameCube and a far cry from the Xbox 360 and PS3. Of course, the focus is on the innovative controller and the affordable price.

Slashdot | Ballmer Babies Banned From iPods and Google

Slashdot | Ballmer Babies Banned From iPods and Google
In a recent Fortune interview with Steve Ballmer, the newer kinder Microsoft CEO is not only ready to take on the videogaming, search, music download and mobile markets - but he's also laying down the law in his own house. Steve says that his kids are not allowed to use Google or have an iPod."

Apple celebrates 30 years | CNET News.com

Apple celebrates 30 years | CNET News.com
In the 1970s, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak were going door-to-door at the UC Berkeley dorms selling "blue boxes"--electronic devices that tricked the telephone network into allowing free long-distance phone calls.

Luckily for the technology world, the duo cleaned up its act and started making computers.

Google experiments with map ads | CNET News.com

Google experiments with map ads | CNET News.com
Google is adding graphical advertisements to maps on its local search site, foreshadowing the use of its pop-up balloons for various types of information and activities, an analyst said Monday.

Greg Sterling, managing editor at The Kelsey Group, said Google representatives told him several weeks ago that the company plans to let businesses add advertisements and logos to the mapping balloons that appear on Google Local

Slashdot | 60% Of Windows Vista Code To Be Rewritten

Slashdot | 60% Of Windows Vista Code To Be Rewritten
Up to 60% of the code in the new consumer version of Microsoft new Vista operating system is set to be rewritten as the Company "scrambles" to fix internal problems, according to this report. In an effort to meet a deadline of the 2007 CES show in Las Vegas Microsoft has pulled programmers from the highly succesful Xbox team to help resolve many problems associated with entertainment and media centre functionality inside the OS. Much more at the link."

10,000 Clerics Can't Be Wrong

10,000 Clerics Can't Be Wrong
Remember how the intelligent design community got the signatures of 500 scientists that doubt Darwin's theory of evolution? Well a coalition of scientists has struck back with a document signed by 10,000 clerics that defend evolution. Take that!

BT targets broadband hogs | The Register

BT targets broadband hogs | The Register

BT is pulling the plug on around 4,000 broadband hogs because of "excessive usage". The giant telco reckons these punters - who make up less than 0.2 per cent of the firm's 2.3m broadband users - are consistently hoovering up more 100 gig each a month.

Letters have already been sent to those fingered by BT with the telco insisting that the overwhelming majority of its users are unaffected by this move. It seems that these "exceptionally heavy users are in consistent breach of BT's fair usage policy and have failed to respond to requests to contact BT to discuss the matter.

Now that Lamcastic!

Slashdot | Apple MacBook Pro 'Fastest Windows XP Notebook'?

Slashdot | Apple MacBook Pro 'Fastest Windows XP Notebook'?
The Register has a great opening line in a recent article, "Want the fastest Windows XP Core Duo notebook? Then buy a Mac. According to benchmarks carried out by website GearLog, Apple's MacBook Pro running Windows XP is a better Adobe Photoshop rig than any other Core Duo laptop on the market." GearLog ran the same tests that were run by PC Magazine with the Mac coming out on top

Slashdot | Intel Launches New Pentium Extreme Edition 965

Slashdot | Intel Launches New Pentium Extreme Edition 965
Although Intel is hard at work readying their next-gen Conroe core for a proposed 2H '06 release, it seems engineers at the company are still improving upon the existing 65nm Presler core. This review of the brand-new 3.73GHz Pentium Extreme Edition 965 dual-core processor shows that the CPU is based on a new stepping of the Presler core that runs cooler and overclocks higher than older chips, while consuming a bit less power as well."

Slashdot | IE7 Separated from Windows Explorer

Slashdot | IE7 Separated from Windows Explorer
Security experts warned Microsoft 10 years ago that putting IE as a component of Windows Explorer was a bad idea, looks like Microsoft finally decided to listen to the advice. According to a short write up in Business Week, Microsoft has decided that when IE7 comes out with Vista it will no longer be a component of Windows Explorer and will be able to replace IE6 even on XP machines."

Yahoo Employees not Happy about Tom Cruise's Visit

Yahoo Employees not Happy about Tom Cruise's Visit
Yahoo's decision to invite Tom Cruise to speak today at company headquarters has generated some snide comments among employees, some of which are being aired in the blogosphere. The responses seem to highlight resentment among some in the rank and file toward the general perception that the company is trying to go Hollywood

Simpsons Renewed For 2 Seasons

The Simpsons Channel | Your Source For Simpsons News
Fox Broadcasting Company has ordered two additional seasons of The Simpsons and one additional season of King of the Hill. This will take The Simpsons, created by executive producer Matt Groening, through 19 seasons in 2007-2008. Mike Judge's King of the Hill is picked up for its 11th season.

Having debuted on Jan. 14, 1990, The Simpsons reigns as the longest-running animated series in history and the longest-running primetime series currently on television. The Simpsons is a cultural institution and will celebrate a milestone 400 episodes in May 2007.

Carbon nanotube TV trials on horizon | CNET News.com

Carbon nanotube TV trials on horizon | CNET News.com
Applied Nanotech has signed a letter of intent to enter negotiations for a trial on carbon nanotube TVs with Da Ling, a Taiwanese contract manufacturer.

Under the proposed terms, Da Ling will invest $10 million on a pilot manufacturing facility to make carbon nanotube TVs based on Applied's technology. In these TVs, nanotubes shoot electrons at a screen to create a picture. Functionally, they are similar to traditional CRT (cathode-ray tube) televisions, which still provide the best picture, but are slim, like LCD (liquid crystal display) televisions.

The Simpsons Channel | Your Source For Simpsons News

The Simpsons Channel | Your Source For Simpsons News
Following on from our report two months ago regarding four direct-to-dvd Futurama movies being greenlit, Billy West has now unofficially confirmed that these have been put on the backberner in favour of 26 brand new episodes, meaning that Futurama as we know may well be back in business the same way Family Guy was revived last year.

'South Park'-Scientology Battle Rages On

'South Park'-Scientology Battle Rages On

"South Park" has declared war on Scientology. Matt Stone and Trey Parker, creators of the animated satire, are digging in against the celebrity-endorsed religion after a controversial episode mocking outspoken Scientologist tom cruise.

Who's Need Scientology when there New Wave. Any Religion required you to pay to pray is out right scam period.

Google Wins!

Google Wins!
Google will not have to hand over any user's search queries to the government. That's what a federal judge ruled today when he decided to drastically limit a subpoena issued to Google by the Department of Justice.
Google - 1
Government - 0

Slashdot | Point and Click Cracking

Slashdot | Point and Click Cracking
"Washingtonpost.com is running a story about a number of botnets and keylogger operations being controlled by Web-sites with point-and-click type front-end software interfaces. The sites mentioned in the story look like fairly slick PHP pages designed to sort through password data from keylog victims and update infected computers with new code or instructions. From the story: 'The hacking software also features automated tools that allow the fraudsters to make minute adjustments or sweeping changes to their networks of hacked PCs. With the click of a mouse or a drag on a pull-down menu, users can add or delete files on infected computers.'

Wozniak shuts down Wheels of Zeus | CNET News.com

Wozniak shuts down Wheels of Zeus | CNET News.com
Formed in 2002, WoZ hoped to bring to market a compact, somewhat inexpensive GPS system for consumers. It also dabbled in RFID. Motorola took out a license with WoZ, but it is unclear whether Motorola, or any other company, ever used any WoZ technology in a product..

Senators renew call for .xxx domains | CNET News.com

Senators renew call for .xxx domains | CNET News.com

Controversial plans to create an Internet red-light district would be revived under a new U.S. Senate proposal.

The bill suggests, but does not require, that .xxx serve as the domain name ending. Any commercial Internet site or online service that "has as its principal or primary business the making available of material that is harmful to minors" would be required to move its site to that domain. Failure to comply with those requirements would result in civil penalties as determined by the Commerce Department

Spyware-killing Vista could take out rivals | CNET News.com

Spyware-killing Vista could take out rivals | CNET News.com
What's new:
Windows Vista, the long-awaited successor to XP due later this year, is being designed by Microsoft to shut the door on spyware.

Bottom line:
Some analysts believe that could be the final nail in the coffin for companies that specialize in anti-spyware products.

Awesome XUL Apps

Awesome XUL Apps
These only work in gecko browsers (mozilla/firefox/camino) but they are incredible display of what XUL can do

The real reason that no-one listens to current day music anymore.

The real reason that no-one listens to current day music anymore.
Ever gone into the mall and noticed that the music blasting out of all the pop-culture stores is never recent? That's because no-one listens to current music, good or bad, these days, and here's why.

And Music and Broadcaster Industries think Terrestrial HD Radio will save the day, by playing the same old same old Commercial shit on these new IBOC Audio HD channels. They better thinks again.

Roomba takes Frogger to the asphalt jungle | CNET News.com

Roomba takes Frogger to the asphalt jungle | CNET News.com AUSTIN, Texas--It's almost two in the morning and I'm standing in the middle of Austin's Sixth Street, hoping that I'm not going to get hit by a car.

On the other hand, I am hoping--as are 15 or so other people standing nearby--that one of the cars that keep rushing by will crush the tricked-out Roomba robot vacuum cleaner that Make Magazine associate editor Phillip Torrone and Eyebeam R&D fellow Limor Fried are sending back and forth across the street and through traffic.

Scanning in geek history | CNET News.com

Scanning in geek history | CNET News.com

Whether people see it as geek history or just junk, he now wants to share his stash with the world.

A computer administrator from Boston, Scott began posting photos from his extensive collection of software and hardware ads, circa 1970s-1980s, at Digitize.textfiles.com last week. Maybe Mac fans can't recall what that Apple II they considered so cutting-edge back in the mid-1980s looked like. Perhaps video-game aficionados forgot that Atari once pinned dreams of dominating the PC market on the now long-forgotten 1450 XLD computer.

Google Maps Mania: Google Map of Europa, icy moon of Jupiter

Google Maps Mania: Google Map of Europa, icy moon of Jupiter
Peter Pesti is the chap that created the NASA world-at-night Google Map. He had this to say when he saw my Google Mars post yesterday:

Hmm, Google Mars?! This is a call for tango! :) So here is Europa, the icy moon of Jupiter,another possible place for life in the Solar System:http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~pesti/europa/This is based on a 1.0 km/pixel (0.62 mi/pixel) resolution NASA image of Europa (Galileo and Voyager 1 & 2 data).

It's 'Official': Windows Vista to Launch in November!

It's 'Official': Windows Vista to Launch in November!
From the "Official Microsoft Connections" event blog we now have an official month for the Vista launch.... November come on down!

Slashdot | A Look at IPTV

Slashdot | A Look at IPTV
Ars Technica has posted an introduction to IPTV, which is the TV programming technology AT&T (and formerly BellSouth) will be using to provide TV service over its next-gen optical network. The article covers how IPTV works and how AT&T and other providers will be able to provide more interactive services once their networks are up and running."

Google Launches "Google Mars"

Google Launches "Google Mars"

Google has just launched a new service called "Google Mars" that lets you browse the martian land just as you would with Google Maps

Slashdot | Symantec Rethinks Firefox vs IE Vulnerabilities

Slashdot | Symantec Rethinks Firefox vs IE Vulnerabilities
Last September security software vendor Symantec issued a report claiming IE had fewer critical flaws than Firefox and thus was more secure. Well, it seem they have now rethought that position. 'How we did it before wasn't a fair comparison,' said Oliver Friedrichs, the senior manager of Symantec's security response group. 'It wasn't an apples to apples comparison.' The key was vendor acknowledged critical vulnerabilities. Thus, if Microsoft (or the Mozilla Foundation) didn't agree it was critical, then it didn't get counted.

Slashdot | ISP Fined $5000 For Hate Content

Slashdot | ISP Fined $5000 For Hate Content
"In a precedent-setting ruling, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has fined a hosting company for carrying 'objectionable content'. The material in question was White Supremacist postings. From the article: 'The ruling sends a very strong message that Internet servers, if they are aware there is hate content and don't take timely action to remove it, can be held liable,' said the Ottawa lawyer who filed the complaint in February 2002. The individual posters were fined thousands as well."

20 Islamic inventors/inventions that changed the world

20 Islamic inventors/inventions that changed the world
From coffee to cheques and the three-course meal, the Muslim world has given us many innovations that we take for granted in daily life

Worst Web Design Techniques Featured on Web Pages That Suck in 2005

Worst Web Design Techniques Featured on Web Pages That Suck in 2005
Here are the "winners" of the "Razzies for the Web.

Google buys Web word-processing technology | CNET News.com

Google buys Web word-processing technology | CNET News.com
Showing that it's more than a little interested in enabling people to handle office tasks over the Internet, Google said Thursday that it has acquired Upstartle, maker of a Web-based word processor called Writely.

The acquisition was noted on both Writely's main Web site and on a blog run by co-founder Claudia Carpenter.

Amazon considers DVD download service | CNET News.com

Amazon considers DVD download service | CNET News.com
Amazon.com is in talks with three Hollywood studios about starting a service that would allow consumers to download movies and TV shows for a fee and burn them onto DVDs, according to three people briefed on the discussions.

Comcast to up speeds to 16Mbit down / 1Mbit up

Comcast to up speeds to 16Mbit down / 1Mbit up

According to a post on Broadbandreports.com, Comcast has begun to rollout speed increases for its gold package to 16Mbit down / 1Mbit up. Finally!

I Recently switch to Comcast for my net access for this very reason. ATT in my area won't roll out fiber to the home for another two years as earliest. (its Ironic fact I currently live in the heart of Silicon Valley and NO IPTV thru ATT) I just only wished comcast would offer 5mbits up instead of just one.

Pacman LED rims for Bicycles

Using LEDs and a "persistence of vision" technique, ladyada has created an animated Pac-Man scene on the spokes of his bicycle. (Using the LED sign illusion technology; Pacman going for a ghost is displayed on a bicycle's wheels)
Pacman LED rims for Bicycles

MAME Running on an iPod

MAME Running on an iPod
The link shows pictures of pac man on a nano. This is all done via iPod Linux.

Build Your Linux on Demand with Your Web Browser - OSNews.com

Build Your Linux on Demand with Your Web Browser - OSNews.com: "Euronode released a web site which allows users to build pre-configured Debian GNU/Linux servers, tailor-made for their exact needs. Users can follow a simple web-based wizard to choose services (web, mail, database, samba, etc.), and options. Once done, the web site will generate a bootable .iso image, with all configuration and server parameters already set up."

NASA to Return to Moon

NASA to Return to Moon
The US space agency NASA is preparing to return to the moon, 40 years after astronaut Neil Armstrong first left human footprints there. But this time, they plan to build a lunar space station.

World's Fastest Internet

World's Fastest Internet
In article in today's (6th March) Times describes the roll-out of a 2GB/s broadband service.

Toronto to become wireless hotspot

Toronto to become wireless hotspot
Toronto Hydro Corp. will announce Tuesday that it plans to turn Canada's largest city into one giant wireless hotspot, directly challenging the country's major mobile phone carriers for a chunk of the $8 billion a year wireless market.

Mozilla made $72 million from Firefox

Mozilla made $72 million from Firefox
Last year Mozilla made $72 million from Firefox, The money comes from the Google Search box on the top right, when you search using that box and you click on Google ads on the results page Firefox gets about 80%.

broadband » News » Bandwidth Vampires - If you buy a Wi-Fi router, learn to secure it

broadband » News » Bandwidth Vampires - If you buy a Wi-Fi router, learn to secure it
A Los Angeles couple couldn't figure out why their Wi-Fi connection suddenly seemed so sluggish, begins a story in the NY Times. "I didn’t know whether to blame it on the Santa Ana winds or what,” says Christine Brodeur, CEO of Socket Media, a marketing and public relations agency. Mrs. Brodeur was apparently unaware she should secure her hotspot, and neighbors had been drinking from her broadband well.

broadband » News » AT&T to Acquire BellSouth - $65 billion deal could be announced as early as Monday

broadband » News » AT&T to Acquire BellSouth - $65 billion deal could be announced as early as Monday
Telecom giant AT&T is in negotiations to acquire BellSouth, The New York Times (Registration Required) obtained this information from several individuals who remain nameless at this time. Rumors indicate that the two companies could announce a deal as early as Monday. AT&T is expected to pay about $65 billion for BellSouth, the country's third largest phone company, which operates in a nine-state region in the Southeast. The combined company would have more than $125 billion in sales, 70 million local-line phone customers and nearly 10 million broadband subscribers.

Old Apple Brochure created by Simpsons creator Matt Groening

Old Apple Brochure created by Simpsons creator Matt Groening
This was created well before the simpsons. It features characters from Groening's Life is Hell comic strip.

Isohunt, TorrentBox, and other P2P sites to form coalition to fight MPAA

Isohunt, TorrentBox, and other P2P sites to form coalition to fight MPAA

Is you've probably heard, the MPAA has dished a new set of lawsuits against the filesharing sites Isohunt.com and TorrentBox.com, but these powerhouse P2P communities aren't taking it lying down. "Have they ever learned from the VCR or Napster? When will corporations stop fighting technology and learn to embrace it to benefit all of us?"

The Simpsons Channel | Your Source For Simpsons News

The Simpsons Channel | Your Source For Simpsons News: "The creators of The Simpsons have refilmed the show's opening titles using real actors, and you can be among the first to watch the hilarious titles, filmed over 18 months in Britain,

Firefox gets 150million downloads!

Firefox gets 150million downloads!
Firefox has now achieved 150 million downloads. It keeps growing, and growing, and growing....

Notebook Fuel Cell is ready

Notebook Fuel Cell is ready
A production-ready fuel cell insert for notebooks will be at CeBIT next week.

RIAA Wants 30% of Sirius Revenues for Royalties!

RIAA Wants 30% of Sirius Revenues for Royalties!
f the parties can't come to an agreement by June 30, 2006, they'll enter into arbitration.

Strike three for Intel | CNET News.com

Strike three for Intel | CNET News.com

Intel warned on Friday that its revenue for the first quarter would come in at between $8.7 billion and $9.1 billion, roughly $500 million lower than estimates the company issued in January. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based chipmaker cited a weak market and a "slight" market share loss.

Analysts generally agree about the market, but are putting more emphasis on the loss of share. Some have pointed to the momentum shown by Advanced Micro Devices, which has been far more aggressive over the past 18 months. The rival chipmaker has been strengthening its ties to PC makers, most prominently with Hewlett-Packard, and keeping prices low.

CrackBerry saved | CNET News.com

CrackBerry saved | CNET News.com: "The CrackBerry saga appears to be over.

Research In Motion and NTP have agreed to settle the patent dispute over the CrackBerry device for $612.5 million, the companies announced in a press release on Friday. Under the agreement, RIM will receive a license to NTP's patents going forward, they said.

Click here for a PDF of the judge's dimissial order. Click here for a PDF of the judge's order releasing the funds from escrow."

Topic list: And Now The award for the worst Minigame goes to desert bus by sega - Leoville Town Square

Topic list: And Now The award for the worst Minigame goes to desert bus by sega - Leoville Town Square
Desert Bus: There is no scenery or even other cars on the road, just plain desert, for 8 hours. Oh, and your bus veers to the right just slightly, so it’s impossible to just tape down a button and go do something else. Rumor has it that if you make it to Vegas, you score one point.

http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?s=...

More People Realizing That Copy Protection Is Just Bad

More People Realizing That Copy Protection Is Just Bad
It seems that a growing number of people are recognizing that, despite everything the entertainment industry says, copy protection simply doesn't make any sense. Not from a consumer standpoint and not from a business standpoint.

Opening up the Intel Mac Mini

Opening up the Intel Mac Mini
Macworld cracks open a new Intel-based Mac mini. The internals are an extremely tight fit and guess what - the RAM slots are no longer easily accessible. Looks like you'll have to buy one fully stocked from the beginning

Senator To AT&T: You Don't Own The Net

Senator To AT&T: You Don't Own The Net
AT&T, Verizon and other telcos have been warning that they're going to demand money from Google and other sites if those sites want adequate bandwidth. But now a senator is proposing to ban the practice, and is standing up to the telcos, who are acting more like a cybermafia than legitimate businesses.

Google Is Reportedly Switching to AMD - Los Angeles Times

Google Is Reportedly Switching to AMD - Los Angeles Times
Google Inc. is switching its servers to run on Advanced Micro Devices Inc. chips instead of those made by Intel Corp., according to a Morgan Stanley report.

Google, which has more than 200,000 servers, has started to buy Advanced Micro's Opteron processors with almost all new purchases, Morgan Stanley analyst Mark Edelstone said. He raised his earnings estimates for Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Advanced Micro.

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"Most of Google's near-term server purchases will use AMD's Opteron for the first time," Edelstone said. Google "will help AMD to enjoy a significant sequential increase in their server business in the first quarter."

Winning Google as a customer may help Advanced Micro beat analysts' estimates this quarter, San Francisco-based Edelstone wrote.

Need your PC fixed? Get ready to pay up | CNET News.com

Need your PC fixed? Get ready to pay up | CNET News.com
Technology is a wonderful thing, when it works. Just as cars run reliably but lawn mowers never start, many people wonder why humans are capable of creating amazing technology but can't make PCs that average people can understand.

As a result, demand for PC support services is booming even as retailers and PC vendors pare down their standard warranties. Fed up with pleasant but unsatisfying support answers, PC users are increasingly willing to pay for support from those companies. Third-party PC support is becoming big business, with Best Buy aggressively promoting the services of the Geek Squad and vendors like Dell jumping to provide their own touch

Geekcorps: A Peace Corps for techies | CNET News.com

Geekcorps: A Peace Corps for techies | CNET News.com
How do you bring the Internet to countries like Mali, where more than 70 percent of the population is illiterate and the telecommunications infrastructure barely exists?

You use the radio.

Equipped with dust-resistant PCs, digital audio broadcasting equipment and antennas assembled from salvage, local radio broadcasters are emerging as ersatz Internet service providers in the West African nation, thanks in part to a program initiated by Geekcorps, a U.S.-based not-for-profit organization dedicated to cultivating high-tech skills and businesses in the world's emerging nations.

Details unfolding on Microsoft's Origami | CNET News.com

Details unfolding on Microsoft's Origami | CNET News.com: "Microsoft's goal is to create a blueprint for devices that could sell for $600 or less, although the actual prices will depend greatly on what manufacturers decide to include. Origami is capable of supporting features like GPS, Bluetooth, 3G cellular technology and Wi-Fi, though each of these adds to the cost of the device.

Rumors have been swirling about the device over the past week. The Origami Project Web site, which is owned by Microsoft, pledges that more information will come Thursday. However, sources say this is likely to be more buzz, with actual details not expected until later in March, likely at the CeBit show that takes place March 9 to 15 in Hannover, Germany."

Mac Rumors: Apple Mac Rumors and News You Care About

Mac Rumors: Apple Mac Rumors and News You Care About

At the media event February 28th, Apple unveiled a revised Mac mini featuring either a 1.5Ghz Intel Core Solo or 1.66Ghz Core Duo processor, offering up to a 5x increase in overall speed from the previous model. The form factor for the machine remains unchanged.

The new mini sports the Apple Remote with Front Row, up to 2 GB memory, Intel GMA950 graphics processor, DVI connector w/ VGA out option, Slot loading optical drive, up to 120GB hard drive, built-in gigabit ethernet, analog and digital audio, USB & Firewire ports, iLife '06 and Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger.

Additionally, the new mini offers "Shared Music, Photos & Video" which allows the mini to stream music, photos and video wirelessly from other macs on the same subnetwork using Bonjour technology. iTunes TV shows can be streamed.

1.5Ghz Intel Core Solo Model: $599
1.5GHz Intel Core Solo processor
2MB L2 Cache
667MHz Frontside Bus
512MB memory (667MHz DDR2 SDRAM)
60GB Serial ATA hard drive
Combo drive (DVD-ROM/CD-RW)
Built-in AirPort Extreme and Bluetooth 2.0
Apple Remote

1.66Ghz Intel Core Duo Model: $799
1.66GHz Intel Core Duo processor
2MB L2 Cache
667MHz Frontside Bus
512MB memory (667MHz DDR2 SDRAM)
80GB Serial ATA hard drive
Double-layer SuperDrive (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
Built-in AirPort Extreme and Bluetooth 2.0
Apple Remote

All Mac mini models also include an integrated Intel GMA950 graphics processor with 64MB of shared DDR2 SDRAM(1), 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet, four external USB 2.0 ports, FireWire 400 port, optical digital and analog audio in/out, and built-in mono speaker.

Upgrade your Comcast Moto 6412 DVR to TiVo Software!

Upgrade your Comcast Moto 6412 DVR to TiVo Software!
CEO Tom Rogers sat down for a video interview with Reuters today. The big news is the TiVo-powered Comcast boxes are on target for late this year... and it sounds like our existing boxes will be upgraded over the network via a software "burst."

TiVo may give away free set-top boxes | CNET News.com

TiVo may give away free set-top boxes | CNET News.com
Facing increasing competition, TiVo on Monday said it is considering giving away TiVo set-top boxes as part of its plan to win subscribers.

Chief Executive Tom Rogers said the company, whose name has become synonymous with the ability to pause live television and skip commercials, was close to offering a range of pricing options, including one plan that would include a free set-top box.

Are Usenet fans vulnerable to copyright lawsuits? | CNET News.com

Are Usenet fans vulnerable to copyright lawsuits? | CNET News.com
In a new series of lawsuits, Hollywood studios for the first time are targeting companies that provide access to Usenet newsgroups.

Is your cell phone due for an antivirus shot? | CNET News.com

Is your cell phone due for an antivirus shot? | CNET News.com

What's new:
The antivirus industry is turning its attention to mobile phones, which represent a huge potential market.

Bottom line:
Cell service providers are reluctant to get on board, unconvinced that the handset, rather than their network, is the right place to handle security.

A 1,000-processor computer for $100K? | CNET News.com

A 1,000-processor computer for $100K? | CNET News.com

BERKELEY, Calif.--It's not easy to get hardware designers and software developers in sync when it comes to developing a new computer architecture, according to Dave Patterson, one of the pioneers of the original RISC architecture.

"If you can put 25 CPUs in one FPGA, you can put 1,000 CPUs in 40 FPGAs," Patterson said during a symposium here this week at UC Berkeley, where he is a professor of electrical engineering. Such a computer would cost about $100,000, he estimated. It would also take up relatively little space--about one-third of a rack--and consume only about 1.5 kilowatts of power.

Pluto's moon no longer an only child | CNET News.com

Pluto's moon no longer an only child | CNET News.com

The tiny, distant and frozen planet Pluto, for 30 years believed to have just one moon, has suddenly been found to have two more satellites.

Only discovered in 1930 because of its vast distance from Earth, Pluto has remained a largely enigmatic object ever since.

Google releases new Page Creator

Google releases new Page Creator

Google Page Creator is a free online tool that makes it easy for anyone to create and publish useful, attractive web pages in just minutes."

Slashdot | Google.org to Spend an Initial $1.1 Billion

Slashdot | Google.org to Spend an Initial $1.1 Billion

Google.org, the charitable branch of Google, has hired on Dr. Larry Brilliant to create a strategy for making a 'social impact.' According to the article: 'The network will focus its charitable endeavors on global poverty, energy, and the environment.' Brilliant outlines his goal: 'In 10 years, I'd like people to say Google changed the world less for its search engine than for the way in which it changed philanthropy to make the world a better place.'

broadband » News » AOL Raises Dial-Up Prices: $26 a Month - To foster a broadband migration

broadband » News » AOL Raises Dial-Up Prices: $26 a Month - To foster a broadband migration

An anonymous AOL employee in our forums has been claiming for weeks that AOL was planning to raise prices for dial-up & BYOA customers. Apparently he wasn't lying. The company is actually raising the price of its dial-up service by $2 in an effort to force their nineteen million dial-up customers to migrate to co-branded broadband service. AOL dial-up and AOL broadband service are now priced at $25.90 a month (through Charter & TWC).

Bills would boost unlicensed Wi-Fi | CNET News.com

Bills would boost unlicensed Wi-Fi | CNET News.com
Wireless Internet service providers would be allowed to operate freely on new chunks of unused TV spectrum, according to two new bills in the U.S. Senate.

A pair of similar measures introduced Friday would give wireless device manufacturers the green light to develop products for unlicensed use on the broadband airwaves' "white spaces"--that is, empty, unused channels in the broadcast TV bands.

World's largest Windows error message | NetworkWorld.com Community

World's largest Windows error message | NetworkWorld.com Community

We went down to New York for the long weekend. Despite the 16-degree weather, we walked down to Times Square - all the bright lights lured us the ten blocks from our hotel. When we got there, we stood like, well, tourists, gaping at all the electronic billboards. And then, across the square, I saw it: the world's largest Windows error message - on a two-story high e-billboard (I guess everything really is bigger in New York). It was the only billboard in the entire square with absolutely no movement - since the PC running it had obviously frozen.

A clearer view of the message for you error-message geeks:

Slashdot | ShitShack CEO Resigns

Slashdot | ShitShack CEO Resigns

Forbes is reporting that RadioShack CEO David J. Edmondson has resigned. Reeling from a 62% drop in fourth quarter net income the company has announced a sweeping restructuring plan. From the article: "Edmondson said in a separate statement Monday that new leadership was needed so the company's turnaround plan would have the best possible chance to succeed. The revamp announced Friday prompted mixed responses from analysts, who indicated the plan might be successful but, at that time, they doubted Edmondson's ability to pull it off after it became clear he had lied about his education."

Intel strikes back with next-generation chips | CNET News.com

Intel strikes back with next-generation chips | CNET News.com

Intel expects its forthcoming Conroe and Merom chips to deliver a performance advantage of at least 20 percent over chips from Advanced Micro Devices that are slated to be released at the same time, an Intel executive said Friday.

Next month's Intel Developer Forum will include a thorough airing of the company's new design philosophies, said Mooly Eden, vice president and general manager of Intel's Mobile Platforms Group. The company plans to brief hardware developers, partners, and analysts on the nitty-gritty details of its new microarchitecture, which is set to replace Intel's blueprints for desktop, mobile and server processors.

Google Trusted Tester Program

Google Trusted Tester Program

Google has been using a secret "Trusted Tester" program which lets friends and family of Google employees test confidential beta software

Wired News:

Wired News:: "Identity theft and online bank fraud were the unofficial themes of the 2006 RSA Conference, a massive security confab where Bill Gates came to announce the imminent death of the password and vendors filled the exhibition halls with iPod giveaways and promises that their product could stop everything from spam and malware to hackers and typos."

Google Maps Mania: Good Night Google Maps!

Google Maps Mania: Good Night Google Maps!: "Here is a cool new Google Map created by Peter Pesti that takes the 128 megapixel NASA 'Earth Lights' image that you might have seen before and adds a Google Map interface to it using the Google Maps API. He writes: 'There are 7 zoom levels to it - no wonder, since the source image is so big, that I can't even display it on my home computer :)'"

Rock's living history, streamed online | CNET News.com

Rock's living history, streamed online | CNET News.com

SAN FRANCISCO--In 1970, 20-year-old student Bill Sagan had his first real brush with rock and roll history at an early Led Zeppelin concert at Chicago's fabled Aragon Ballroom.

Now the entrepreneur owns one of rock's biggest treasure troves of recorded shows by Zeppelin and other history-making bands, and he's beginning to share it freely online.

TiVo Series 3 HD DVR in beta? - Engadget

TiVo Series 3 HD DVR in beta? - Engadget

If you're a TiVo fan looking for more info about the HD-capable Series 3 DVR the company showed off at CES, we've got some good news and some bad news. The good news is that it's apparently undergoing a private beta, at least according to a non-denial from TiVo Director of Service Operations E. Stephen Mack. The bad news? There's still no news on a ship date. Mack's answer when asked by Thomas Hawk: a cryptic "when it's ready." We hope it's ready soon; if not, fans may begin jumping ship to other HD options, no matter how good TiVo's offering sounds.

At RadioShack, some questions (and now, All WORNG Answers) | CNET News.com

At RadioShack, some questions (and now, answers) | CNET News.com
Can a public company express no concern for evidence that its chief executive has falsified his educational background? For two days, RadioShack concluded that it could, but that changed last nigh

Photos: Joining this fight club? Bring a pillow | CNET News.com

Photos: Joining this fight club? Bring a pillow | CNET News.com

A poster announcing the Valentine's Day Pillow Fight Club event in San Francisco. No organizer is listed on the poster. The event was organized somewhat like a flash mob: Word went out on e-mail lists, on social networking sites like Tribe.net and through general Internet word of mouth.

Techdirt:RIAA Says It's Granting You A Favor In Letting You Use Your iPod

Techdirt:RIAA Says It's Granting You A Favor In Letting You Use Your iPod
The recording industry has made it clear in the past that they feel they deserve money for every iPod sold, even though they fought the development of MP3 players every step of the way, claiming (oh, that again?) that it would destroy the music business. Of course, they seem to ignore that the success of the iPod alone has allowed them to start to build up a business in digital music sales. The latest move, however, is to suggest that the fact you can transfer (some) songs from CDs (that don't have copy protection) to your iPod has nothing to do with fair use (which they like to pretend doesn't exist) and is simply a gracious favor that the recording industry offers everyone by choice. As part of a petition they've filed with the government concerning the latest DMCA rule-making, they make it clear that the government should recognize transferring music to an iPod is because they alone have said it's okay, and does not show that copying a song to another device is fair use in any manner.

Topic list: Windows® Defender (Beta 2) Genuine Windows download - Leoville Town Square

Topic list: Windows® Defender (Beta 2) Genuine Windows download - Leoville Town Square

Windows Defender (Beta 2) is a free (Yes Shocking that this program is Still Free from Micro$haft!) program that helps you stay productive by protecting your computer against pop-ups, slow performance and security threats caused by spyware and other potentially unwanted software.

http://tinyurl.com/7remh

IBM chip architect guns for gigahertz | Newsmakers | CNET News.com

IBM chip architect guns for gigahertz | Newsmakers | CNET News.com

A 4GHz minimum puts IBM ahead of the pack, but Big Blue has hit some hurdles elsewhere in the race. In 2004, IBM said Power6 would arrive in 2006, with a faster variant called Power6+ scheduled for 2007, but McCredie said Power6 now is scheduled to emerge in 2007.

Well this news is Too Little Too Late for Apple Computers.

The Gary Radnich Fire Drill

The Gary Radnich Fire Drill

Nothing stops KRON 4 Sports Director Gary Radnich. Nothing, that is but a fire alarm. Watch as KRON 4's Tom Sinkovitz, Pam Moore, and Phil Matier laugh along with Gary when a loud fire alarm went off in the studio during Gary's World on Wednesday, February 1, 2006.

The Gary Radnich Fire Drill

The Gary Radnich Fire Drill

Nothing stops KRON 4 Sports Director Gary Radnich. Nothing, that is but a fire alarm. Watch as KRON 4's Tom Sinkovitz, Pam Moore, and Phil Matier laugh along with Gary when a loud fire alarm went off in the studio during Gary's World on Wednesday, February 1, 2006.

The Gary Radnich Fire Drill

The Gary Radnich Fire Drill

Click Here to Watch Gary, Tom, Pam, Phil, and the Studio Crew respond to a loud fire alarm going off in the studio

Nothing stops KRON 4 Sports Director Gary Radnich. Nothing, that is but a fire alarm. Watch as KRON 4's Tom Sinkovitz, Pam Moore, and Phil Matier laugh along with Gary when a loud fire alarm went off in the studio during Gary's World on Wednesday, February 1, 2006

ENIAC: A computer is born | CNET News.com

ENIAC: A computer is born | CNET News.com

In February 1946, J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly were about to unveil, for the first time, an electronic computer to the world. Their ENIAC, or Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer, could churn 5,000 addition problems in one second, far faster than any device yet invented.

The scientists knew that they had created something that would change history, but they weren't sure how to convey their breakthrough to the public. So they painted numbers on some light bulbs and screwed the resulting "translucent spheres" into ENIAC's panels. Dynamic, flashy lights would thereafter be associated with the computer in the public mind.

And No you can play Doom 3 or Halo 2 or quake 3 on it yet!

Bill Graham's rock archives stream online | CNET News.com

Bill Graham's rock archives stream online | CNET News.com.

Some of rock's most intriguing content is now in cyberspace via the Wolfgang's Vault Web site. The memorabilia seller offers treasures from the stash of promoter Bill Graham, programmer of San Francisco's legendary Fillmore, who died in 1991.

A 75-song playlist culled from 7,000 to 8,000 vintage audio and video concert recordings made between 1966 and 1999 began streaming on the Wolfgang's Vault Web site Feb. 8, at no cost to consumers. The owner of the Graham archive is optimistic that some of the seminal performances will make it to retailers' shelves as CDs and DVDs by year's end.

Slashdot | Microsoft Anti-Spyware Removes Norton Anti-Virus

Slashdot | Microsoft Anti-Spyware Removes Norton Anti-Virus

"According to a story over at Washingtonpost.com, the latest definitions file for Microsoft's Anti-Spyware beta flags Symantec's Norton Antivirus products as a password-stealing trojan and prompts users to delete portions of the program. Users who follow the instructions hose their installation of Norton, requiring delicate Windows registry edits and a complete removal/reinstall of Norton. Microsoft's support forum is quickly filling up with complaints about this problem, many from businesses that have been pretty hard hit. This should be a cautionary tale about deploying beta products in production environments."

Slashdot | Saying 'No' to an Executable Internet

Slashdot | Saying 'No' to an Executable Internet

"Applications are constantly being ported for usage on the Internet - either for a viable escape from expensive software, or because it's often helpful to have an app that you can access from anywhere. Operating systems that run from the Web will be a different story."

broadband » News » Qwest: 10-15Mbps 'Plenty for Foreseeable Future' -

broadband » News » Qwest: 10-15Mbps 'Plenty for Foreseeable Future' -

The Rocky Mountain News explores Qwest's next-gen broadband plan, which is to cherry pick developments and occasionally deploy VDSL where it makes financial sense. The company recently told Portland not to build a $470 million fiber network because they would do so when they got around to it. An executive tells the paper that the company should have 10-15Mbps VDSL deployed by 2007, "which he believes is plenty for the foreseeable future."

Google Maps Mania: Ning.com powers 3 new Google Maps Mashups!

Google Maps Mania: Ning.com powers 3 new Google Maps Mashups!: "Ning.com is a dev-site that allows you to clone one of the Google Maps powered apps that have already been created or create your own Google Maps Mashup application from scratch. Here are some of the latest Ning apps that have a dash of Google Maps. :)"