Archive for March, 2008
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Monday, March 31st, 2008Stylus at the ready
A stylus wouldn’t be Register Hardware’s weapon of choice for the upcoming videogame Grand Theft Auto IV. But as the title’s rumoured to be coming to Nintendo’s DS Lite, this could become a reality.…
LG’s ice cream phone
Monday, March 31st, 2008Sundae dialer
LG has unveiled a tasty tech treat – a mobile phone designed to make users crave ice cream from morning until night.…
Exec sounds death knell for games console
Monday, March 31st, 2008R.I.P
A former Xbox executive has declared that dedicated games consoles, such as the PlayStation 3 (PS3) and Xbox 360, will become technological relics within 10 years.…
3rd Space FPS gaming vest
Monday, March 31st, 2008Could’ve been a great gaming accessory, but came up short
Review You’ve always felt you haven’t got the full gaming experience, right? You wanna wear the armour, carry the weaponry… that kind of thing. The 3rd Space FPS sensory gaming vest might be of interest then.…
Mobile phone stress stalks quivering nation
Monday, March 31st, 2008Press one for heart attack
That racing pulse and those stabbing pains in your chest may not be the fault of all those fried breakfasts. Mobile phones now cause untold amounts of stress in our daily lives, according to a survey.…
Sony’s ‘energy saving’ TV
Monday, March 31st, 2008Power down, not off
Instead of switching your TV off when it isn’t in use, Sony advocates leaving it on and watching pretty pictures instead. The electronics giant has launched an HD TV series that displays still images on-screen when you’re done watching Eastenders.…
Avast Users Must Update Their Antivirus ASAP!
Monday, March 31st, 2008Avast is quite a popular antivirus especially thanks to its freeware license which allows consumers to take advantage of its remarkable features without paying for them. And this happens in a market dominated by top security products such as Kaspersky Antivirus and Norton Antivirus, which require users to buy a license in order to use [...]
Pornography Makes New Victims, Brings Hackers on Government’s Site
Monday, March 31st, 2008Hackers are always looking for new targets for their attacks but, in case somebody instigates them, hacking a certain website becomes their main priority. This is what probably happened in Indonesia where some hackers attacked the official website of the country's information ministry after the government tried to promote a law that prohibits the distribution [...]
Revisiting "Keyboard vs. The Mouse, pt 1"
Monday, March 31st, 2008You may know Bruce Tognazzini from his days as Apple Computer employee #66, or perhaps his classic books Tog on Interface and Tog on Software Design. He’s still quite relevant today; his list of the ten most persistent UI bugs is an excellent reminder that many of the biggest computer interface problems are still essentially [...]
Just a Little Bit of Software History Repeating
Monday, March 31st, 2008I lived in the Denver area at the time Denver International Airport’s completely computer automated baggage system was unveiled in 1994. The troubled development of this system was big local news.
The premise of Denver’s plan was as big as the West. The distance from a centralized baggage check-in to the farthest gate - about a [...]
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