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Researchers explore scrapping Internet AP - Fri Apr 13, 11:04 PM ET NEW YORK - Although it has already taken nearly four decades to get this far in building the Internet, some university researchers with the federal government’s blessing want to scrap all that and start over.
Pieces of Titanic transformed into luxury watches Reuters - Fri Apr 13, 8:44 AM ET BASEL, Switzerland (Reuters) - Steel and coal from the Titanic have been transformed into a new line of luxury wristwatches that claim to capture the essence of the legendary oceanliner which sank in 1912.
Time is Running Out for Windows XP PC World - Thu Apr 12, 12:00 PM ET Microsoft will force PC makers to stop selling machines running XP by the end of this year, despite ongoing compatibility problems and demand for XP from users.
Google to acquire DoubleClick for $3.1B AP - Sat Apr 14, 1:42 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO - Seeking to expand its already well-honed ability to sell targeted Internet advertisements, online search leader Google Inc. said it has agreed to pay $3.1 billion in cash to acquire ad-management technology company DoubleClick Inc.
Titanic’s passenger list goes online Reuters - 2 hours, 39 minutes ago LONDON (Reuters) - The names, ages and professions of passengers listed on the Titanic’s fateful journey have gone online for the first time, 95 years after the luxury ocean liner sank on its maiden voyage.
Sony says to sell ultra-thin OLED TVs this year Reuters - Thu Apr 12, 6:00 AM ET TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp. said on Thursday it planned to start selling ultra-thin TVs using organic light-emitting diode (OLED) technology this year, aiming to become the first to market with a TV using the promising next-generation display.
Old-school games in “barcade” renaissance Reuters - Thu Apr 12, 11:11 AM ET LOS ANGELES, April 12 (Reuters) - In Brooklyn’s warehouse-turned-artist district of Williamsburg, young hipsters flock to Barcade to sample its roster of microbrews and mingle with the likes of Pac-Man, the Mario brothers and Frogger.
Game accessories strain relationships, decor Reuters - Fri Apr 13, 4:57 PM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - Enter the video game accessory as date killer.
Intel may have upper hand in processor war, for now Reuters - Fri Apr 13, 5:54 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - What a difference a year has made in the microprocessor industry.
Yesterday’s T. Rex is today’s chicken USATODAY.com - Fri Apr 13, 6:43 AM ET The discovery of traces of flesh in a 68-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex bone ties the King of the Dinosaurs to modern-day species and, scientists say, heralds a “milestone” shift in paleontology.
US military plans to put Internet router in space InfoWorld - Thu Apr 12, 11:00 AM ET San Francisco (IDGNS) - The U.S. military plan to test an Internet router in space, in a project that could also benefit civilian broadband satellite communications.
Difficulties abound in move to new ‘Net AP - Fri Apr 13, 1:20 PM ET NEW YORK - Transitioning to a next-generation Internet could be akin to changing the engines on a moving airplane.
Apple’s Leopard-Release Delay A Sign Of Growing Pains TechWeb - Fri Apr 13, 3:35 PM ET Company cites lack of resources for both Leopard and iPhone development as explanation for delaying release of new OS to October.
Women outnumber men online in United States: study AFP - Thu Apr 12, 6:59 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - A study released on Thursday indicates that more women than men go online in the United States, defying the perception of the Internet as a male-dominated realm.
Microsoft Pressures Testers After Software Leak PC World - Thu Apr 12, 8:00 PM ET Microsoft Corp. is taking tough measures to find out who leaked a Community Technology Preview (CTP) of Windows Home Server to The Hotfix.net blog after the software preview was posted on the site by a user named “Richard” soon after it was released to a small group of testers.
Senators Want Porn Site Owners To Clean Up Home Pages, Label Content TechWeb - Fri Apr 13, 7:44 PM ET A new bill is latest in a long string of attempts by federal lawmakers to pass protections that would help protect minors from obscenity and pornography.
Windows XP to be discontinued in early 2008 InfoWorld - Fri Apr 13, 3:17 PM ET San Francisco (InfoWorld) - Microsoft’s plan to phase out OEM shipments of Windows XP, the predecessor to the new Windows Vista platform, is not sitting well with some observers, based on Internet-driven feedback.
Leopard delay jeopardizes Apple Boot Camp users InfoWorld - Fri Apr 13, 4:59 PM ET San Francisco (InfoWorld) - When Apple Thursday announced it would delay the release of Mac OS X 10.5 “Leopard” until October, it also put users now running Windows on their Macs in a bind.
New Storm Worm Outbreak Blasting The Internet TechWeb - Fri Apr 13, 6:05 AM ET The latest variant is dangerous because it’s encrypted to hide from antivirus programs and uses a hard-to-squash peer-to-peer network.
Report: Tech Wages Going Up and Up PC World - Fri Apr 13, 11:00 AM ET Technical consultants, SAP AG functional consultants and hardware engineers were the highest paid hourly IT workers during the first quarter, according to the Yoh Index of Technology Wages, a compensation index that tracks outsourced tech workers.
Net challenges lead to clean-slate work AP - Fri Apr 13, 1:22 PM ET NEW YORK - Government and university researchers have been exploring ways to redesign the Internet from scratch. Some of the challenges that led researchers to start thinking of clean-slate approaches:
New DOE Energy-Assessment Software is Vital for Home Repair PC Magazine - Fri Apr 13, 12:41 PM ET The U.S. Department of Energy on Friday announced the release of EnergyPlus 2.0, the second generation of its free software tool to help homeowners and home builders “model their energy flows” as the summer approaches. It’s an incredibly cool tool for home DIYers.
Samsung Plans Blu-ray-HD DVD Disc Player TechWeb - Fri Apr 13, 7:51 PM ET Though not the first, the player will allow consumers access to every HD movie title available regardless of the authoring format.