Analysis: Just how different are Intel-Macs from Intel PCs?
San Francisco (CA) - The very first Apple computers, distributed nationwide in 1977, had a hood you could pry off to reveal the CPU, the memory, and the motherboard. But almost three decades later, t...
Why BlackBerry's Google Talk won't offer voice
When I first heard that Google Talk would be compatible with the BlackBerry OS starting sometime this spring, my first reaction was puzzlement. — I mean, BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion draws it...
the fiction zone that DC has become
The Washington Internet Daily (which apparently is not on the Internet) has a story predicting the Telecom Bill will pass the House this year. The only sticking point seems to be the "controversial" ...
Covert Crawler Descends on Web
WASHINGTON DC — Websites get looked at by two different kinds of visitors: the human ones who peer around, look at the graphics, think about the links and click slowly; and the spiders, those automate...
iLife '06 From the Perspective of an Anthropomorphized Brushed Metal Interface
WEDNESDAY, 11 JANUARY 2006, THE DAY AFTER THE MACWORLD EXPO KEYNOTE ADDRESS, 8:30 AM PACIFIC … SAFARI: Hey. Brushed. What's up? — BRUSHED METAL: Ah, you know. In the neighborhood, figured I'd sto...
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600,000 Xbox 360 game units sold in US: group
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq:MSFT - news) has sold 600,000 of its new Xbox 360 video game consoles in the United States since its November launch, an analyst for market researcher N...
Google's most popular and least popular top level domains
What are the most popularly used top level domains, or at least, which are the ones that show up on pages indexed in Google? — I wondered this yesterday after seeing a news article stating that the ...
Security vendors looking to define 'rootkit'
Symantec, Anti-Spyware Coalition hope to ease confusion over cloaking techniques — After being criticized for including rootkit-like cloaking software in its Norton SystemWorks product, security ven...
Wal-Mart employees expose terror cell's bulk phone purchase
Unfortunately, terrorists alwaysseem to be one step ahead of our defenses when it comes to weaponizing modern technology, from using airplanes asmissiles to re-purposing shoes into wearable bombs.
MyHeritage Face Recognition
At first, I thought it was that "monkey" spoof of a few years ago; where a site told you your monitor could serve as a camera and all you had to do was start at it and click a bogus "capture" button. ...
How Jealousy Could Destroy The Internet
from the irrational-decision-making dept. — Jealousy is a very powerful emotion. It can make for some great stories in books or movies, but it has no place in the board room — yet, that's where it ...
Web users judge sites in the blink of an eye
Potential readers can make snap decisions in just 50 milliseconds. — Like the look of our website? Whatever the answer (and hopefully it was yes), the chances are you made your mind up within the f...
PodZinger Launches Audio Search Service
Now consumers can use the same technology used by the CIA to find podcasts. — PodZinger officially launched its audio search service on Wednesday, based on speech recognition software that parent co...
A virtual catalog
The focus of the company is Delicious Library, which lets Mac users create visual on-screen representations of their personal collections of books, CDs, movies and video games. It taps into Amazon.co...
BlackBerry picking partners
GOOGLE, POCKETMAC DEALS BOOST FEATURES — Even Google appears to have a bit of a BlackBerry addiction. — Research In Motion, makers of the BlackBerry e-mail and phone device, announced partnerships...
Digital DJs 'unaware of copy law'
Many DJs are still unwittingly breaking the law by playing unlicensed digital copies of tracks months after a new permit scheme began, the BBC has found. — The annual licences, costing £200 plus VAT...
How Jealousy Could Destroy The Internet
from the irrational-decision-making dept. — Jealousy is a very powerful emotion. It can make for some great stories in books or movies, but it has no place in the board room — yet, that's where it ...
Capturing the Wumpus
Performance notes, audio, and video from November 2005 performance. — The Flux Quartet must capture the Wumpus (Anne Rhodes) As each performer navigates through the space they sense a breeze warning...
Video of MacBook Pro in action
While our own Scott McNulty got his hands on a MacBook Pro atMacworld, this is what I've been waiting to see: honest to goodness video of a MacBook Pro in action. TUAW readers Kevin and Peter fromthe...