Download this story to your iPod - Memphis Commercial Appeal Click the “Get the story in iPod format” button above. You’ll be prompted to save a file. Save it to your computer, and unzip it. It should create a folder called “Memphis Commercial Appeal”. Connect your iPod to your computer and mount it as an
Hubble camera back up, returning images - Baltimore Sun This image was released this morning by NASA to demonstrate that the Hubble’s workhorse Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 is functional again. ( NASA / October 30, 2008) A month after its main instruments were idled by a computer failure, the Hubble
Michigan GOP chief video blogging across state - Detroit Free Press John McCain may not be into the Internet and technology and may have pulled out of Michigan but Saul Anuzis, the state GOP chairman, is embracing it in a big way, vblogging across the state from his car and a briefcase full of tech gear. Anuzis
The FatMan iTube ValveDock - Time The iPod obviously is the greatest thing since unicorns and rainbows, but it can produce a slightly thin, cold sound. Valve amps, while they put out warm, rich audio goodness, are hilariously clunky and outdated. But if you run the one through t
The Tech Lab: Andrew Herbert - BBC News Andrew Herbert is head of Microsoft Research in Cambridge. Here he takes a look at the changes that multi-core computers could usher in. If you’ve been looking at buying a new computer lately, you can’t fail to have noticed that multi-core technology
Outlook roundup: Symantec, Allergan - MSN MoneyCentral Pall Corp ( PLL ) Stock Quote , Chart , News , Add to Watchlist (AP) - Among the earnings projection stories for Wednesday, Oct. 29, from AP Financial News: CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) Symantec Corp., which makes the Norton suite of computer security
Hover chair hopes to rise above economic woes - Reuters LONDON (Reuters) - A “Star Wars” inspired hover chair, a 125 mph electric motorbike and hi-fi speakers that cost as much as a small house are among the attractions at Britain’s biggest gadget show in London this weekend. Organizers of Stuff Live hope
Windows 7 security: An overall improvement? - CNET News Since Monday, I have been running a prebeta copy of Windows 7 , the next operating system from Microsoft. At first glance, build 6801 of Windows 7 appears very much like Windows Vista ; that’s because enhancements to the look and feel part of the
Move over, my pretty, ugly is here - International Herald Tribune It would be close to impossible to tally all the magazine articles, scholarly treatises and philosophical works, reality shows and Internet sites, college courses, lectures and books devoted to the subject of beauty. But what about ugliness? It is an
Microsoft sees Windows Azure profitable - Reuters LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ) expects its new “cloud computing platform, Windows Azure, to be profitable at launch, the company’s top software executive said on Monday. Cloud computing is
Microsoft looks to rent Web “cloud” computing space - Reuters India LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp took the wraps off a new computing service that allows companies to use its data centers to run their Web applications in a bid to become a player in the “cloud computing” trend. Ray Ozzie, Microsoft’s chief
Election Stress Getting to Party Faithful - The Ledger CHICAGO | Victoria St. Gelais is panicky. Tami Brewster-Barnes feels the nerves in the pit of her stomach. Steven Valentine is losing sleep as his mood rises and falls with John McCain’s poll numbers. Voters around the country, whether they support
Penn State Surges, but Still Trails in BCS - ABC News Penn State surged in the Bowl Championship Series standings after its big win at Ohio State, closing the gap on first-place Texas and second-place Alabama on Sunday. Still, the Nittany Lions are in danger of being unbeaten and left out of the BCS
PC makers roll out machines that can boot up in no time - Seattle Times SAN FRANCISCO It is the black hole of the digital age: the three minutes it can take for your computer to boot up. “Half the time, I go brush my teeth,” said Monica Loos, 40, who is starting a business selling stationery online from her home in
Disney Learns Lessons From Pixar - Wall Street Journal When “Bolt” opens around Thanksgiving, audiences might be forgiven for thinking the 3-D computer-animated film came from Pixar Studios, the Walt Disney Co. animation powerhouse behind hits like “Toy Story” and “Wall-E.” But “Bolt,” a comedy about a
Georgia jumps a spot in BCS standings - Atlanta Journal Constitution New York Penn State surged in the Bowl Championship Series standings after its big win at Ohio State, closing the gap on first-place Texas and second-place Alabama on Sunday. Still, the Nittany Lions are in danger of being unbeaten and left out
The OSM guide to computer games - Guardian Unlimited 1958 Nuclear physicist William Higinbotham creates the world’s first computer game, a tennis simulation called Tennis For Two, played on an oscilloscope by visitors to the Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York. 1972 With the instruction to ‘Keep
Texas expands computer system to include 30,000 recipients - KHOU AUSTIN — State officials say they ve added about 30,000 more people in Central Texas who receive social services to an updated computer system. Over the weekend, the state shifted food stamp, Medicaid and welfare recipients served by nine state
OrecX expands its partnerships, customer base - CNET News I wrote about OrecX a few months ago, and its open-source voice recording technology. Yesterday, OrecX delivered news about its partnership with NICS to provide simplified voice recording for utilities and public safety organizations. NICS has
Penn hacker sentenced, avoids child porn charges - Miami Herald PHILADELPHIA — A federal judge questioned why a white Ivy League student found during a computer hacking probe with thousands of images of child pornography was not charged with that crime, sparing him a decade-long prison sentence that a black
FalconStor Software Signs Distribution Agreement with Starline - Earthtimes MUNICH, Germany - (Business Wire) FalconStor Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: FALC), the provider of TOTALLY Open data protection solutions, today announced an agreement with distributor Starline Computer GmbH. Under the terms of the agreement, Starline
Texas opens at No. 1, USC at No. 5 in BCS standings - Los Angeles Times Texas is No. 1 in the first Bowl Championship Series standings, released Sunday, with USC at No. 5 and three powerhouse programs in between. Texas tops the list with a BCS average of .9979, followed by Alabama (.9487), Penn State (.8666), Oklahoma
Dogs 7th, Tech 18th in first BCS rankings - Atlanta Journal Constitution Georgia is ranked No. 7 in the first BSC standings that were released Sunday. The Bulldogs moved up to No. 9 in both the AP and Coaches top 25 polls. Georgia Tech is also ranked in the first BSC standings, entering at No. 18. The Yellow Jackets
Texas a clear No. 1 in first BCS rankings - Houston Chronicle Colt McCoy and Texas ran away from Missouri on the field and from the rest of college football in the BCS standings. NEW YORK Texas held first place in the first BCS standings Sunday, with Alabama second and Penn State not far behind the Crimson
Cern Says Atom Smasher Back In Action In Spring - Guardian Unlimited Associated Press Writer= GENEVA (AP) - Damage to the world’s largest atom smasher caused by a bad electrical connection will take much of the planned winter shutdown to repair, but it will be back in action as planned next spring, a spokesman for the
News - Digital Media - CNET News Functional MRI brain scans show how searching the Internet dramatically engages brain neural networks (in red). The image on the left displays brain activity while reading a book; the image on the right displays activity while engaging in an Internet
Norwich: Computer program workshop offered - Record-Journal A six-hour workshop Ribbons, Ribbons, and More and Microsoft Excel 2007 is being offered at Three Rivers Community College. This instructor-led workshop provides students with the basic features of Excel 2007. During the workshop, students
5 Ways Your Computer Use Can Get You Fired - US News and World Report Online Gaffes That Can Sink Your Career 8 Ways to Buff Your Professional Image Online 5 Tips on Finding a New Job Video: Recession-Proof Jobs The parameters for computer use at work (and even at home) are often confusing. We communicate, network
Obama Mocks McCain as Computer Illiterate in Ad - ABC News Republican presidential candidate, Sen., John McCain, R-Ariz., left, greets Democratic presidential Republican presidential candidate, Sen., John McCain, R-Ariz., left, greets Democratic presidential candidate, Sen., Barack Obama, D-Ill., before
WTO probes Japanese tariff on Hynix computer chips - FOX News GENEVA The World Trade Organization will examine whether Japan is complying with a ruling against its punitive import charge on South Korean computer chips. The WTO has twice ruled against a 27.2 percent charge Tokyo levies on dynamic random
IT at sea: Google to launch a computer navy - CNN LONDON, England (CNN) — Forget the Royal Navy and the U.S. Marines — the ‘computer navy’ is on its way, and digital media on the high seas are set to make a steaming comeback. New home? Barges like this one could soon play host to Google’s massive
Computer disk containing prison officers’ data goes missing - Guardian Unlimited The justice secretary Jack Straw today ordered an inquiry after a computer hard disk drive containing the personal details of 5,000 prison officers went missing. The loss of the data by private computing firm EDS was reported to the prison service in
‘Muslim massacre’ computer game condemned - The Independent A computer game in which players control an American soldier sent to “wipe out the Muslim race” has been condemned as offensive and tasteless by a British Muslim group. The goal of Muslim Massacre, which can be downloaded for free on the internet, is
Computer terror teenager jailed - BBC News He was accused by prosecutors of “inciting others to take part in [jihad] and arranging for himself and others to attend military training in Pakistan in preparation for going to fight and, inevitably, to kill”. Munshi was said to have been recruited
Computer delivers Chinese to home - The Washington Times One of the advantages of home-schooling is the range of technologies constantly being developed that we can use for our families’ education. If, like many millions of families, yours followed the Beijing Olympics, you may have become curious about
‘Intelligent’ computers put to the test’ - Guardian Unlimited Can machines think? That was the question posed by the great mathematician Alan Turing. Half a century later six computers are about to converse with human interrogators in an experiment that will attempt to prove that the answer is yes. In the
Tyler Perry unveils new studio in Atlanta - Miami Herald ATLANTA — Tyler Perry unveiled a new multimillion-dollar TV and film studio Saturday on 30 acres in southwest Atlanta. His renewed commitment to the city came after he once flirted with departing. Perry said he had considered leaving Atlanta for
Macs now have 8% of computer market - Techradar.com Apple is celebrating a new milestone after a research company reported that Macs have now taken an 8% market share in computing for the first time. Net Applications conducted a survey on 40,000 sites, and came to the conclusion that 8.2% of computers
Fast Forward Help File - Washington Post Q We have upgraded to a digital TV, but we get only the local stations’ analog signals, not their digital broadcasts. In the ads, they make it sound so simple. Am I the only one having this problem ? A I told this reader that if he wasn’t getting any
Computer powering on & off repeatedly. Please advise! - Toms Hardware Hello - I built a computer about two years ago - we had a power outage, and it was dead for six months.. I finally got around to cracking open the case to figure out whats wrong. My first thought was the power supply unit. So i bought a new one
City’s computer network is down - Wisconsin State Journal Residents might not be able to get connected to various city departments Thursday due to network difficulties affecting both computer and telephone access. The city clerk’s office was contacted by phone, but staff was having problems going online
Computers help docs spot breast cancer on X-rays - Miami Herald NEW YORK — A computer is as good as a second pair of eyes for helping a radiologist spot breast cancer on a mammogram, one of the largest and most rigorous tests of computer-aided detection found. Like spell-checkers looking for mistakes, the
Leaving no tracks - International Herald Tribune How is using a “private browsing” mode in a Web browser any different from just clearing out the temporary Internet files in a computer? Certain Web browsers, like Apple’s Safari and Microsoft’s planned Internet Explorer 8, include a “private
Palmtop computer stolen from open window in M15 hideout - Times Online A handheld computer containing secret intelligence documents about terrorism has been stolen through the open window of an MI5 hideout, in a fresh data embarrassment. A burglar who climbed into the property in Greater Manchester on Sunday night got
2009 U.S. Computer & Software Stores Industry Report Features 2009 - Forbes Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/e8b910/2009_u_s_computer) has announced the addition of the “2009 U.S. Computer & Software Stores Industry Report” report to their offering. The Computer & Software Stores Industry
How green is your computer? - International Herald Tribune Reusable tote bag? Check. Prius? Check. Rooftop solar panels? Check. In the bid to secure your green bragging rights, you have the usual suspects covered. But what about your personal computer? After all, the object that, via the Internet, can
Computers aid in detecting breast cancer - Boston Globe NEW YORK - A computer is as good as a second pair of eyes for helping a radiologist spot breast cancer on a mammogram, one of the largest and most rigorous tests of computer-aided detection found. Like spell-checkers looking for mistakes, the
Report: MI5 computer missing after break-in - PR Inside LONDON (AP) - A handheld computer has been stolen from a house in northern England that was used by Britain’s domestic spy service, the British Press Association reported Thursday. Police in the city of Manchester confirmed in a statement that a