Monthly Archives: December 2010

A US woman who earlier this year unsuccessfully tried to sue Microsoft for allegedly charging her extra to downgrade from Windows Vista to XP has brought another lawsuit against the software giant. Emma Alvarado of Los Angeles, California, filed a … Continue reading →

With 2010 rapidly coming to an end, so are a handful of holiday sales from Apple’s authorized resellers who are offering deep discounts of up to $250 on Mac notebooks and desktops through midnight. In particular, the websites of leading … Continue reading →

Sexy, sleeper spy cells. Nuke-scientists-turned-triple-agents. Secret space planes. Growing drone wars. Pentagon cyborgs. Mad dictators flipping their lids even worse than before. 2010 wasn’t just the most dangerous year ever. It might’ve been the weirdest, too. More

At CES 2011, Gigabyte will launch several Intel P67- and H67-based motherboards including P67M-D2 and P67A-UD3 that feature solid capacitors and the company’s exclusively designed power management software as well as support for USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gbps. In addition … Continue reading →

A newly filed trademark from Taiwan-based smartphone maker HTC revealed the company may be working on a tablet computer named the “HTC Scribe,” in hopes of challenging Apple’s wildly successful iPad. The Dec. 26 filing from HTC describes “a handheld … Continue reading →

Giving up smoking may be a New Year’s resolution for some, but all US sailors will now have to follow suit, as the US Navy moves to ban its crews from smoking aboard submarines starting Friday. In a country where … Continue reading →

From The Inquirer: TELECOMS ANALYST Steve Sechrist has shuffled his tarot cards to foresee what the future has in store for Google’s Chrome operating system. He predicts that the free Chrome OS will displace the Vole’s Windows OS on netbooks. … Continue reading →

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Fractal Design shows off the Define Mini, the little brother of the Define R2/R3 cases. This new Micro-ATX case focuses on low noise, it’s pre-fitted with noise absorbing material and features a ModuVent design that enables the user to choose … Continue reading →

Several weeks ago Amazon said that Kindle book lending would arrive by the “end of the year,” and true to its word, it’s now here. The terms are the same as what Barnes & Noble has been offering for a … Continue reading →

A Florida woman accidentally strangled herself on Christmas Eve while attempting to relieve some pain with an electric neck massager. Michelle Ferrari-Gegerson, a 37-year-old physician residing in a suburb of Fort Lauderdale, was discovered lying unconscious on her bedroom floor … Continue reading →

Earlier this week Apple was sued, along with several app developers, for allegedly sending personal information to ad networks without the users’ knowledge or consent. According to one industry lawyer, there could be more lawsuits on the way. Speaking with … Continue reading →

A debate has sprung up on my campus lately about whether it is acceptable to use a laptop in class, with a technology panel and two school paper articles on the subject. I wrote last January about my decision not … Continue reading →

Perhaps rather than worrying so much about Wikileaks, or buying up hundreds of domain names involving various combinations of their top executives along with “sucks” or “blows,” Bank of America should get its actual banking house in order. Consumerist has … Continue reading →

Intel’s highly-anticipated new lineup of Sandy Bridge processors are already set to be replaced by the successor Ivy Bridge chips, which could significantly change the industry. The 22 nanometer Ivy Bridge is a die shrink of the 32 nanometer Sandy … Continue reading →