Is Google’s Quantum Computer a Hoax?
A Google scientist will join a controversial demonstration of a claimed quantum computer on Monday–but scientists have their doubts.
Archive for November 13, 2007
Zune 80 Better Than iPod Classic? Bye Bye Monopoly!
Gizmodo summarized the first Zune 80 reviews from CNET, Wired, Dean Takahashi, PCWorld and YahooTech. Their verdicts? The cup has not yet been breeched, but Microsoft is making very solid improvements on the brand. And some think it blows away the iPod classic.
Petition on Apple’s forums: iTunes for Linux or iPod unlock
Are you fed up with Apple trying to prevent you from syncing your iPod nano/classic/touch on Linux machines? Let them know that you want a solution and fast. Either they develop iTunes for Linux, or they unlock the iPod.
Next Up for Verizon FiOS: Invading Manhattan, Japan-Like Uber-Bandwidth
You might have heard about Verizon’s new 20/20 symmetric FiOS
—a sweet 20Mbps upstream and down. But 20 ain’t 100, and we’re damn jealous of the Japanese, so we got on the phone and asked the guys managing Verizon’s tubes what’s around the bend. The scoop for citydwellers is that we can expect “not too distant” announcements about FiOS availability
NY Times Archive: 9/11 Hijackers trained on US Military Bases?
(By The New York Times), WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 — Three of the men identified as the hijackers in the attacks on Tuesday have the same names as alumni of American military schools, the authorities said today. The men were identified as Mohamed Atta, Abdulaziz al-Omari and Saeed al-Ghamdi.
iPhone to gain Apple Spotlight search in 2008
The next significant software update for Apple Inc.’s iPhone handset is unlikely to surface until early next year but will pack a system-wide search feature when it finally does arrive, according information obtained by investment bank Piper Jaffray.
Windows 7 “top feature request list” leaked to the public
An internal list of the most popular requests for improving Windows has been leaked, giving a glimpse of what users want in the next version of Windows. Strangely, ‘make Firefox the default browser’ is not one of them.
DX10 Fails AGAIN! Lord of the Rings Online Pretty, But Slow as a Dog.
Turbine’s DirectX 10 client for The Lord of the Rings Online is upon us. Though company admits that its DirectX 10 offers “minor visual upgrades,” we seek to find what kind of performance penalty comes with the new DX10 code. All is not well in the land of Middle-Earth…with DX10.
Nintendo cracks down on Korea
DS only got released in Korea in January this year, but the region known for its notorious levels of software piracy has already put it under Nintendo’s legal spotlight as the Japanese company demands an investigation into DS piracy.
After they made Diablo series, Hellgate: London was launch..
The fate of this game was decided long before the actual work for it had even started. The developers are the same ones who left from Blizzard a long time ago and are the authors of the Diablo game series.
Complete Guide to Zune 2’s Software and Firmware
Zune 2 and its batch of new features are finally upon us, bringing new players and an entirely new experience. Read on to find out how Microsoft has managed to change a lot on the one hand, and very little on the other
—then see how the Zune stacks up against iTunes and iPod.
Is Microsoft Building a Flickr Competitor?
You gotta love job postings. Depending on the description provided, you can often times determine some underlying plans for a company. And the only companies we care about in this regard would be the ones big enough to lend some interesting job postings and descriptions. In this case, WebProNews was tipped off to a posting from Microsoft, and …
