Archive for February 10, 2007

Top 150 Tech Heroes on IT Conversations

On wednesday SYS-CON published their final list of 150 all time technology heroes. The list is a mix of people who might have made the list if it were published 10 or even 20 years ago (like Claude Shannon). 36 people on this list have been on IT Conversations. Many of them multiple times. We’ve made a lit of their shows.

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Defense Department sued over “censorship unit” disclosure

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has sued the Department of Defense for information on an army unit that monitors web sites

Microsoft: We Like DRM –Forbes

Steve Jobs wants the music business to drop restrictions for digital tunes. But Microsoft, which began competing head to head with Apple in the digital music business last fall, is happy with the way things are, says media exec Robbie Bach.

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Nokia’s E90 Communicator: first pics!

Check it QWERTY geeks, we’ve got a trio of clandestine snaps of Nokia’s oft rumored, but never seen E90 communicator. As you can see from the pics

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Developers Finally Getting Wii Online Dev Kits

In an interview with the Mercury News, Reggie Fils-Aime goes on record stating that developers are finally getting the kits they need to make their titles online capable.

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Windows Mobile 6 Standard In Pictures

Great way to get to know Mobile 6.

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Microsoft Clippy, RIP: 1997 - 2007

Not too long after MobileESPN breathed new life, now we’ve got the unfortunate duty of informing the world that Microsoft finally axed the most annoying aspect of Office has decided to leave “Clippy” behind in Office 2007.

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Jack Tretton Wants To Give You $1,200

“If you can find a PS3 anywhere in North America that’s been on shelves for more than five minutes, I’ll give you 1,200 bucks for it.

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Mac OS X 10.5, iLife ‘07, iWork ‘07 tracking for March

Development of Mac OS X 10.5 is wrapping up faster than many at Apple even anticipated, and at present, a release can be expected by the end of March, sources say. Alongside the release of Version 10.5, code-named Leopard, will be new versions of Apple’s consumer software suites, iLife ‘07 and iWork ‘07.

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World of Warcraft Super Mario Theme

World of Warcraft meets Super Mario Bros. in a big way in this mashup. Frankly, we’re surprised it’s taken someone this long to do this. But here it is in the flesh, and it ain’t looking too bad! The editing is top notch, and that underwater level is done really well.

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Modder takes Wii, sticks into PC, attempts to sell it to you

“Ebay user thef1ea has done something that is downright cool. In taking a Wii and fitting it into a PC tower, thef1ea has created a PC-Wii hybrid. Affectionately dubbed the Wiiputer by reader Dave, it allows one to game on both the PC and Wii [...] “

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Wired put Wii over PS3

Next-gen smackdown - Wii on top!

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