Shuttle back home after piggyback ride

June 3, 2009 – 1:24 am

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The space shuttle Atlantis is back home in Florida, more than a week later than originally planned. The shuttle finished its cross-country trip from California on Tuesday, anchored to the top of a specially modified Boeing 747. Read More »

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Can the Donkey Kong world record be broken?

June 3, 2009 – 1:18 am

by Daniel Terdiman
The star of the documentary, “King of Kong: Fistful of quarters,” Wiebe’s past attempts–and failures–to break the “Donkey Kong” world record have been well documented and discussed. Read More »

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EC wants software makers held liable for code

May 10, 2009 – 3:48 am

by Tom Espiner

Software companies could be held responsible for the security and efficacy of their products, if a new European Commission consumer protection proposal becomes law. Read More »

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OpenOffice.org Updated With New Look

May 10, 2009 – 3:45 am

Rodney Gedda

The first major release of the 3.0 series of open source office suite OpenOffice.org, version 3.1, is now available with big improvements in usability and the user interface. OpenOffice.org now has anti-aliasing making graphics look “smoother” on screen and dragging objects now displays a “shadow” of the object, rather of a dotted outline. Read More »

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Microsoft plans 10 fake ‘updates’ for Windows 7

May 10, 2009 – 3:38 am

By Gregg Keizer

Microsoft plans to test Windows 7’s update mechanism by feeding users of the just-issued Release Candidate as many as 10 fake updates in the coming week, the company said Friday. Read More »

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How to Run Windows on a Mac

May 2, 2009 – 3:44 am

by Edward Mendelson

Planning to buy a new computer? Your best choice may be a Mac, even if you still need to use—or want to use—Windows. Current Macs run Windows XP and Vista as smoothly as almost any standard Windows machine, and with a Mac you have the choice of running Windows in two different ways. Read More »

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Illinois Programmer Sues Google Over “Android”

May 2, 2009 – 3:37 am

By John Cox

The owner of an obscure Illinois software development company is suing Google and everyone else in the Open Handset Alliance over their use of the word “Android.” Read More »

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Trying to Be Like Hulu

May 2, 2009 – 3:32 am

By Tina Wang

A patriotic Chinese TV drama about a group of soldiers from disparate backgrounds uniting to fight Japanese forces near the China-Burma border in 1942 normally wouldn’t be controversial in China. But the popular TV series My Commander, My Unit, which first aired in March, got caught in a real-life battle between China’s Internet video sites and TV broadcasters that drew even government censors into the fray. Read More »

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PhotoFrame for iPhone

May 2, 2009 – 3:25 am

You’ve got a well-stocked desk—paper, pencils, maybe even a few erasers. But something is missing… the kind of personal touch represented by a framed photo on your desk. But if you’ve got an iPhone or iPod touch, there’s no reason you have to spring for a standalone picture frame—not when Chilli X’s PhotoFrame can add that functionality to your mobile device. Read More »

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Some tech jobs see pay increases

May 2, 2009 – 3:14 am

by Dave Rosenberg
Skilled technologists tend to be able find jobs in economic downturns, even if they don’t find their ideal positions. But getting a raise in a down economy is a tough trick to pull off. The good news is that jobs in open-source software and niche application skills actually saw pay increases, according to research from Foote Partners. Read More »

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