Steve Jobs wants to patent a process that will save customers the hassle of waiting to order a cup of coffee at a local Starbucks or a fresh burger at the nearest fast food restaurant. Even better: The technology would let you jump the line of those ordering in person
Japanese sources have confirmed that the Japanese master disc for Super Smash Brothers Brawl is now on the printing press. We don’t know for sure if this means the US version is complete or if this simply refers to the Japanese version but either way further “developmental delays” look less likely today.
If a new iPhone or iPod touch found its way under your tree and you just can’t wait until Apple officially supports third-party application development to extend its functionality , it’s time you jailbreak your favorite new portable device.
Today several news sources again reported that 36.4% of all PCs have Limewire installed. The reports are based on a press release published by Digital Music News, who misinterpreted their own data. The acual install base is less than 18%, 17.92 to be exact.
Spicebird is built on Thunderbird and Lightning, the powerful extension that adds calendaring functions to Thunderbird. Additionally it seems to integrate SamePlace, a Firefox extension that provides instant messaging capabilities based on the Jabber protoco
“Hardware hacking genius and electromagician JKK has published a video tutorial showing how to add an internal 3G HSDPA card to the Asus Eee PC, allowing you to connect to the Internet from anywhere in the world. We talked with JKK and according to him “the hack is doable by any amateur with a solder iron.” The price is quite affordable too.
Can you imagine a world before the iPhone? It’s difficult, isn’t it? But there was a time earlier in the year when instead of reviewing the iPhone, we were making predictions about it.
Two NASA Great Observatories — Hubble Space Telescope and Spitzer Space Telescope — teamed up for this spectacular, whoppingly huge photo of the Helix Nebula (NGC 7293). And it’s a beauty! The Earth-sized star (white dot in the center of the image) resides in the constellation Aquarius, a mere 650 light-years from Earth.
The Debian project is pleased to announce the second update of its stable distribution Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (codename etch). This update mainly adds corrections for security problems to the stable release, along with a few adjustment to serious problems.
An article on Yougamers.com which shows data based on what hardware on PC gamers are using. The data is gathered from 3dMark 06.
The WTO has decided that the United States was wrong in preventing Antigua and Barbuda from operating their online gambling sites to the US while also allowing online betting on horse racing–a dual standard. The ruling will allow the two the right to pirate copyrighted US properties up to a value of $21 million in return.
Please observe a moment of silence for the Netscape browser. Netscape Navigator, the browser that launched the commercial Internet in October 1994, will die on February 1, 2008. AOL, which acquired Netscape in November 1998 for $4.2 billion, will announce today that they will discontinue development of the browser, currently on version 9.
