- AT&T ends sponsorship of Tiger Woods (AP)
December 31, 2009
AP - AT&T says it will no longer sponsor Tiger Woods, joining Accenture and Gillette in dropping support for the golfer after numerous allegations of infidelities. - Technology not as advanced by 2010 as some had hoped (Reuters)
December 31, 2009
Reuters - Despite iPods, genetic sequencing, the Internet and Twitter, nearly a third of Americans said they thought there would be more technological advances by the year 2010. - Gunman kills five then himself in Finland
December 31, 2009
HELSINKI (Reuters) - A Kosovan-born gunman shot dead four people in a Finnish shopping mall on Thursday and killed his ex-girlfriend in an apartment before killing himself in Finland's third shooting spree in as many years. - Scientists Postulate Extinct Hominid With 150 IQ
December 31, 2009
Hugh Pickens writes "Neuroscientists Gary Lynch and Richard Granger have an interesting article in Discover Magazine about the Boskops, an extinct hominid that had big eyes, child-like faces, and forebrains roughly 50% larger than modern man indicating they may have had an average intelligence of around 150, making them geniuses among Homo sapiens. The combination of a large cranium and immature face would look decidedly unusual to modern eyes, but not entirely unfamiliar. Such faces peer out from - Make or break year for health IT
December 31, 2009
This past year has seen the Obama Administration create a change process, and methods for measuring the success of that process. Now it's up to reformers to prove their case. - Ten Science Letdowns of the New Millennium
December 31, 2009
Ever since the wildly optimistic projections of progress from the mid-20th century--robot companions, extra-orbital sojourns , 200-year life spans--scientists have been gently dialing back the public's expectations. So, perhaps it is no sobering surprise that many of the hopeful predictions for scientific advancements for the new millennium have yet to come to pass. [More]
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- What can open source do next decade?
December 31, 2009
What might open source do in the teens? - Google: Never Mind the Nexus One, How About a Cheaper Cell Plan?
December 31, 2009
Google's phone sounds like a fairly conventional consumer product--not unlike the Apple iPhone, Motorola Droid, and other high-end handsets. And that's the problem.
- Technology not as advanced by 2010 as some had hoped
December 31, 2009
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Despite iPods, genetic sequencing, the Internet and Twitter, nearly a third of Americans said they thought there would be more technological advances by the year 2010. - Universities, schools and non-profits targeted with new power management software
December 31, 2009
New power management software carries special pricing for schools and non-profit organizations. - Tweets, sexting "unfriended" in U.S. banned word list
December 31, 2009
KANSAS CITY (Reuters) - If you recently tweeted about how you were chillaxin for the holiday, take note: Fifteen particularly over- or mis-used words and phrases have been declared "shovel-ready" to be "unfriended" by a U.S. university's annual list of terms that deserve to be banned. - Tweets, sexting "unfriended" in U.S. banned word list
December 31, 2009
KANSAS CITY (Reuters) - If you recently tweeted about how you were chillaxin for the holiday, take note: Fifteen particularly over- or mis-used words and phrases have been declared "shovel-ready" to be "unfriended" by a U.S. university's annual list of terms that deserve to be banned. - Afghan insurgents seize 2 French journalists
December 31, 2009
KABUL (Reuters) - Two French journalists have been kidnapped by insurgents northeast of the Afghan capital together with their translator and driver, a police official said on Thursday. - Billings 3.5 paves the way for iPhone companion (Macworld.com)
December 31, 2009
Macworld.com - Designers, writers, and other independent and/or indentured laborers will soon be able to get more things done on the road. Actually, to be more specific: they’ll be able to keep track of what they’ve done and bill their employers for it, now that Billings 3.5 from Marketcircle has arrived. - Pakistan seeks terrorism charges against Americans
December 31, 2009
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani police will ask a court to charge five Americans detained in the country this month with planning terrorist attacks and jail them for life, a police official said on Thursday. - Apple misses Boot Camp update deadline
December 31, 2009
Apple has less than 24 hours to meet a self-imposed deadline to produce a version of its Boot Camp software that supports Windows 7. - Looking ahead
December 31, 2009
Bill Thompson keeps an eye on the future - Clearwire Stayed Ahead in Big Year for WiMax
December 31, 2009
2009 was a very big year for Clearwire, as the wireless Internet provider took its ambitious rollout of mobile WiMax from just two cities to nearly 30 markets.
- South Korea Closes Flash Memory Antitrust Investigation
December 31, 2009
South Korea's Fair Trade Commission ended an antitrust investigation of the flash memory industry, concluding that there is no evidence of a pricing cartel.
- Macworld.com's Top Stories of 2009
December 31, 2009
It's that time of year where we venture down into the basement of the mighty Macworld industrial complex, to run maintenance tasks on the complex coal-burning...
- Sir Patrick Stewart
December 31, 2009
david.emery was one of a few folks who noted that Patrick Stewart can now be referred to as Sir Captain as he will be knighted by the Queen. This should bring balance to any future X-Men movies.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
- Facebook Reunites Indonesian Siblings After 35 Years
December 31, 2009
- Afghan attacks kill 8 CIA employees, 5 Canadians
December 31, 2009
KABUL (Reuters) - A suicide bomber penetrated a foreign army base in Afghanistan and killed eight CIA employees on Wednesday, one of the U.S. agency's largest death tolls, while four Canadian troops and a journalist died in a separate attack. - Is OpenOffice.org a Threat? Microsoft Seems To Think So
December 31, 2009
One of the unusual aspects of open source is the fact that the software development philosophy spills over into the way that the project is run. This means that how and why things are done, and by whom, is plain for all to see. - BlackBerry's feed student 'texting and IM addictions'
December 31, 2009
BlackBerry devices are now more popular with university students than ever, after a massive boom in social networking and texting since only the last 2 years, - Top 10 tech news stories of the decade
December 31, 2009
It's hard to remember now, but the dot-com boom was nearing its dizzying peak in 2000. Since then, the tech world has taken some dramatic turns. - Techno thrills and shocks of 2009
December 31, 2009
- Top storage trends for 2010
December 31, 2009
- Recommended: Secrets of the Universe: How We Discovered the Cosmos
December 31, 2009
Secrets of the Universe: How We Discovered the Cosmos by Paul Murdin. University of Chicago Press, 2009 [More]
- Top trends in networking industry for 2010
December 31, 2009
- DRM and the Destruction of the Book
December 31, 2009
Hugh Pickens writes "EFF reports that Cory Doctorow spoke to a crowd of about a hundred librarians, educators, publishers, authors, and students at the National Reading Summit on How to Destroy the Book and said that 'anyone who claims that readers can’t and won’t and shouldn’t own their books are bent on the destruction of the book, the destruction of publishing, and the destruction of authorship itself.' Doctorow says that for centuries, copyright has acknowledged that sacred - En route to GPS-based air traffic control (images)
December 31, 2009
The FAA is moving away from its antiquated radar-reliant air traffic control system toward one based on satellite navigation. Key to this next-gen system is a technology called ADS-B. - Firefox 4 slips to 2011
December 31, 2009
Mozilla has admitted the next point release of its Firefox browser, slated for release this month, won't appear until some time in Q1 2010 and the next major release, originally targeted for the middle of next year, is likely to slip into 2011. - McAfee predicting 2010 woe for Adobe
December 31, 2009
McAfee has suggested that Adobe programs will remain the favoured entry point for hackers in 2010 – with exploits in the likes of Acrobat and Flash pushing it clear of Microsoft's Office applications. - Nokia E63 Comes down the Price Ladder
December 31, 2009
After E72 was launched recently - Apple iSlate-iGuide Tablet Rumor Turmoil
December 31, 2009
Based on two trademarks, rumor mills are juggling between names for Apple Tablet - iSlate or iGuide - Web highlights
December 31, 2009
Podcasters pick 2009's best web moments - Rumor: Motorola to launch 2 Android phones at CES
December 31, 2009
One of the devices will sport a physical keyboard - Samsung Corby Speed, Mpower 219 and Duo Launched
December 31, 2009
All three devices are multimedia capable - 'Start-up' visas to boost US tech
December 31, 2009
Plans to create "start-up" visas in the US for foreign entrepreneurs with hi-tech business ideas will be debated in 2010. - Apple wins iPod hearing loss lawsuit appeal
December 31, 2009
Sued for loud sound producing iPod and stock headphones could cause potential hearing loss - The year in review: Between the Lines' top 25
December 31, 2009
It's New Year's Eve and the 2009 is just about history. Here's a look at the top 25 posts of the year. - Ion netbooks head-to-head: Atom, overcharged?
December 31, 2009
It's been more than a year since NVIDIA announced its Ion platform, promising to bring HD video and gaming to the underpowered Atom CPU. After all the hold ups, we started to wonder if we'd ever see the platform packed inside a netbook, so imagine our surprise when no less than four Ion-based machines launched in the past few months. - Lian-Li Lancool PC-K62 [Review]
December 31, 2009
Finally, a true tool less cabinet arrives - That Viral Thing: My Year in Status on Facebook
December 31, 2009
Try the Facebook app that gathers a year's worth of your status updates together in one place -- and find out how very boring you really are
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