The Feed Validator is Dead to Me
Is anyone else sick and tired of the so-called feed validator changing its mind on fundamental issues every other week? I'm sure Sam Ruby and whoever else is still working on the Validator mean well,...
A high-tech way to defrost
Humans have been getting rid of ice the wrong way for centuries, it turns out. — Dartmouth College engineering professor Victor Petrenko, not to be confused with one of the Champions on Ice, has dev...
It Does Little, and Not Very Well
The Nokia 770 Internet Tablet ought to possess all the ingredients necessary for tech success. This thin, light device — essentially, a touch-sensitive color screen framed by a few buttons — looks li...
In Silicon Valley, a Man Without a Patent
GEOFF GOODFELLOW is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur who came up with an idea that resulted in a $612.5 million payday. But he will never see a penny of it. He remains little known even in Silicon Vall...
Making and Breaking HDCP Handshakes
I wrote yesterday about the HDCP/HDMI technology that Hollywood wants to use to restrict the availability of very high-def TV content. Today I want to go under the hood, explaining how the key part o...
Auto Assault: A Perpetual Work in Progress
For 4 1/2 years NetDevil has been working on Auto Assault. — And if things go well, they'll never stop. — While most development teams move on to the next project after shipping a game, Auto Assau...
Interim Build To Be Released Monday!
We are proud to announce that build 5365 is going to be released on Connect this Monday. This build is an Interim build which will include several bug fixes and some UI changes. It will feature as w...
Why piracy in China isn't going away
Software pricing needs to be commensurate with local market conditions — Over the past few months, some of China's top PC manufacturers have pledged to purchase genuine Windows XP and other Microsof...