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Submitted by actz
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Tuesday, 12 June 2007 |
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Apple Computer, in another move to reach out to a broader market, unveiled test software on Wednesday that enables its Mac computers with Intel processors to run Microsoft's Windows XP operating system.
Apple said that its software, called Boot Camp, is available for download starting on Wednesday, and that the application will be a feature in Leopard, the company's next major release of the Mac operating system.
The move marks another shift for Apple to reach out to computer users, the vast majority of whom use the Microsoft operating system. Source: Hindustan Times
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Submitted by actz
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Monday, 28 May 2007 |
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 French gaming mag Joypad landed an exclusive interview with Gran Turismo producer Kazunori Yamauchi in their June edition, and with that interview they squeezed out some juicy information regarding the next release of GT, including a frequently asked for damage system.
In regards to the cars…- All cars from Gran Turismo 4 will be in Gran Turismo 5, in addition to all Ferrari and F1 cars.
- There will be downloadable cars and tracks.
- The cars will take and show damage.
- You, as the user, will have your choice of 4 driving views.
Plus, - There will be new city tracks.
- There will be online multiplayer, with 12-20 users being able to participate any one online race at a given time.
- The weather can and will change, on some tracks, as your driving through them.
View Source: Neowin.net
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Submitted by shravan
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Sunday, 13 May 2007 |
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 The Pirate Bay, arguably the largest torrent tracker and easily the most controversial one, has apologetically notified its users that a group of hackers managed to grab a copy of the user database, including usernames, passwords and e-mails, via a security hole in the site’s official blog. Although the organization believes it knows who the hackers are, it has not said what it plans to do with this knowledge.
On the positive side of things, the stolen information was encrypted and although the Pirate Bay seems confident with their encryption method, they still “encourage all our users to change passwords as soon as possible - and if you have the same password on the bay as other places, you should update them as well”. Upon logging in, the user should be automatically prompted to change their password. Source: Pirate Bay Blog
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Submitted by psYchotic
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Saturday, 05 May 2007 |
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 Some of Microsoft's most important customers aren't happy with the battery life offered by notebooks running Windows Vista.
"It's a little scary," said John Wozniak, a distinguished technologist in Hewlett-Packard's notebook engineering department, referring to the work HP needed to do on making Windows Vista more suitable for notebooks. Source: C|Net news Full story
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Submitted by psYchotic
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Saturday, 05 May 2007 |
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 MENLO PARK, Calif.--If you want to pack a room of mechanical engineers in Silicon Valley, just trot out its hottest new symbol of status and geekery, the Tesla Roadster.
Tesla Motors, maker of the electric-powered sports car formerly code-named DarkStar, showed off the Roadster's second engineering prototype here Thursday evening at a networking event of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Perhaps even more compelling for the engineers than to see the car was the chance to pick the brain of Doug Bourn, senior electrical engineer for Tesla, who tried to illuminate the inner workings of the Roadster to a sophisticated crowd. Jean-Claude Roy, an engineer at Lockheed Martin, said: "Of course, this car is too expensive, but I wanted to understand it." Source: C|Net news Full story
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Submitted by shravan
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Wednesday, 02 May 2007 |
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 Joost, the Internet TV platform being developed by the influential creators of Skype and Kazaa, said Tuesday it had signed several new content distribution agreements, including one to show CNN programs. The company also planned to expand availability by the end of the month, letting "beta" testers invite anyone else to download the software from its Web site and view programs on Joost as well.
"This is the way you normally ramp up peer-to-peer software ... and it's a way to give our (beta tester) friends a little bit of a scoop," said Yvette Alberdingk Thijm, the company's top executive for content acquisition.Joost — pronounced "juiced" — was co-founded by Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom, the entrepreneurs who upset the music industry with the Kazaa file-sharing service and then developed Skype, the Internet telephone system that was bought by eBay Inc. for at least $2.6 billion in 2005. View: Full Story Source: AP
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Submitted by shravan
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Saturday, 28 April 2007 |
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 Sensing an opportunity in the bustling world of online video distribution, Sony is scheduled to it try out its new "YouTube killer" tomorrow that will also allow users to upload and distribute their own videos. "This is part of Sony's quiet software revolution," CEO Howard Stringer said at a news conference.
Sony plans to establish itself as an attractive destination for companies looking to release and publish content. Sony plans to eventually make a profit on the service through the sale of advertising and media company partnerships, both of which will be particularly attractive to companies because Sony plans to closely monitor the service for any copyright violations committed by users.
Google's deep pockets have made YouTube an attractive target for companies like Viacom alleging rampant copyright violations, a selling point that Sony emphasizes won't be a concern with eyeVio. Rather than companies having to monitor and report any copyright violations to Sony, Sony will be instead be pro-active and continuously monitor the site for any infractions on its own. View: eyeVio View: Full Story Source: ZeroPaid
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Submitted by psYchotic
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Wednesday, 18 April 2007 |
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 Here's a story that perhaps shouldn't be taken too seriously:
Rumors swept through Afghanistan on Monday that a deadly virus was being spread by mobile telephone calls, and government officials scrambled to reassure the public the talk was rubbish. Many worried Afghan mobile phone users called family and friends, warning them not to answer calls from strange numbers. Some people said they had heard that several people had been killed by the mystery virus in Kabul at the weekend. "Don't answer any strange number because it contains a virus that will kill you," said Ahmad Fawad, a shop owner in Kabul. The rumors appear to have spread from neighboring Pakistan where last week a similar scare frightened countless mobile phone users. Afghan officials appeared on television and said the talk was baseless. Source: C|Net news
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Submitted by shravan
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Monday, 16 April 2007 |
OK, OK, don't go all mushy on me; they aren't dead, well not yet exactly. Rumors about the demise of one of the first hardware related websites on the web have made it to the surface recently and have come
as somewhat of a shock to many. But this shouldn't be the case, because it's been a long habit of companies to take in as much as they can, when an opportunity is presented to them. The initial rumor was that the website had been sold for somewhere between $15 and $20 million, with new updates on the news being made available by theinquirer.net. It seems that TG Publishing, the publisher of Tom's Hardware Guide website had been sold, and the buyer appears to be a French company called Best of Media.
Omid Rahmat, the CEO of Tom's Publishing LLC said: "TG Publishing, the publisher of Tom's Hardware Guide, has been sold. We expect the deal to close this month, and will make an official announcement at the appropriate time. We believe that there are some very exciting times ahead for the company, and that our readers have a lot to look forward to. I hope that I can share our expectations with you shortly." This comes as no surprise as partner website TGDaily.com, the former Hardnews section from Tom's Hardware, has had a recent change of face, the design of the website as well as the content that are presented being modified to what they call “the second version” (TG Daily v2). What I can hope for is that they will continue, under any type of leadership, to bring us with the same kind of professionally-made hardware reviews and practical tips for everybody. View: Full Story Source: SoftPedia
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Submitted by actz
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Friday, 13 April 2007 |
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 Apple announced a delay of the next version of the Apple operating OS X Leopard.
In a brief note Apple blames the complexity of the upcoming iPhone as the reason for the delay of the highly anticipated Leopard.
Apple had to shift resources from the OS X developer and QA team to the iPhone team.
Source: I4uNews
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