I just returned home from a nice vacation in Kauai. I was surprised at how few internet cafes there were. In fact, there seemed to be a general contempt for computers at large. For example, while eating at a local bakery I read a sign that said “please use your computers outside - especially if [...]
“In what may be the least astonishing news of the day, some major US companies who say they are environmentally recycling electronic waste — aren’t. Rather more startling — they are dumping everything from cell phones and old computers to televisions in countries such as China and India where disposal practices are unsafe to people [...]
“According to an article in NewScientst Tech, there is now software that can identify the amount of spin in a politician or candidate’s speech. From the article, ‘Blink and you would have missed it. The expression of disgust on former US president Bill Clinton’s face during his speech to the Democratic National Convention as he [...]
Apple rolled out version 2.1 of its iPhone software last Friday, and widespread reports suggest that it successfully fixes numerous problems, including 3G data reception.
Here’s is the lowdown on the iPhone 2.1’s enhancements.
Fewer dropped calls. In a survey conducted by Wired.com, 40 percent of readers report that they’re getting fewer dropped calls than they did before the update. [...]
If we take the word of Citigroup analyst Richard Gardner, the much rumored new aluminum MacBooks are already winging their way from China to Apple’s secret underground storage facility. This fits with speculation that we’ll see a notebook refresh from Apple some time in October.
Gardner’s “field checks” (read: crystal ball) have told him that the [...]
“Gameplayer has gone live with their winners for the best gaming laptops money can buy as of Q3 2008. The analysis is broken into three sections to cater for three different budget requirements. There is a detailed explanation of why each laptop was selected, going into each hardware component individually. Regular slashdot users will remember [...]
MarketWatch reports that Best Buy has decided to spend 54 million dollars to purchase Napster. In total the deal amounts to approximately $121 million, with an estimated $67 million put towards getting cash and short-term investments from Napster’s balance sheet. “The deal will give Best Buy an online digital music retail outlet as well as a subscription streaming service that [...]
“Microsoft has defended the Internet Explorer 8 tool that suggests sites based on URLs typed into its address bar, claiming that the browser “phones home” only a very limited amount of information to Microsoft and that the company discards all user IP information almost immediately. (I love the usage of the word “almost” in that [...]
“Scientists in Pisa, Italy claim to have set a new world record for the fastest wireless data transmission. They report that they were able to achieve throughput speeds above 1.2 Terabits per second, which they say beats the previous wireless data transmission speed record of 160 Gigabits per second by Korean scientists. The technology that [...]
In the U.S., the movie and video industries continue to search for what they feel to be acceptable ways to let consumers copy and watch DVD content on their computers. But the end result of their efforts are often clumsy and painfully unusable — and always laden with warnings, restrictions and Digital Rights Management software that is intended [...]
