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Drizzle's Future Moving to Rackspace?
abartels writes 'It seems like there's been nothing but bad news and resignations coming from Oracle since it finally managed to close the deal on Sun. Finally, there's good news in that Drizzle seems to have a bright future ahead. It just isn't withmore
Investors Bet on Betaworks, a New York Tech Incubator
As I recently reported, there are many indications that the start-up culture in New York has flickered back to life. Here?s one more for the list: Betaworks, an incubator for early-stage technology start-ups in the meatpacking district of Manhattan, ismore
OpenGL 4.0 Spec Released
tbcpp writes 'The Khronos Group has announced the release of the OpenGL 4.0 specification. Among the new features: two new shader stages that enable the GPU to offload geometry tessellation from the CPU; per-sample fragment shaders and programmablemore
Why Use GRUB2? Good Question! (part 3)
The last two grub2 articles (Part 1, Part 2)have covered how to clean up your grub2 boot menu and make it look prettier. But writing grub2 entries can be frustrating, too. Here are some possible solutions and workarounds. Translating grub-ese Whilemore
Sony's PS3 Motion Controller Gets Demoed and Named
itwbennett writes 'In a 45-minute press conference at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, Sony announced its motion controller, officially named the Playstation Move. The Move, consists of the Eye Toy (a camera pointed at the player) and amore
Accidental Wii Suicide
Paul Taylor noted a story that I would have thought to be an april fools day joke a few weeks from now, which makes it only seem more tragic. A 3 year shot himself with a gun after mistaking it for a Wii controller.more
Six-core Intel CPU debuts in Falcon Northwest Mach V
Intel's new six-core Core i7 980X Extreme made its public debut today, and we have a review of Falcon Northwest Mach V to show it off. A problem with the graphics card complicated the system review, but the chip, which Falcon clocked to 4.183GHz, frommore
Ear Infections Could Cause Long-Term 'Lazy Ear'
Some folks who don?t seem to listen may just have a lazy ear. A new study in rats shows that short-term hearing impairments at any stage of life can lead to rewiring in the part of the brain that processes sounds, making the ear seem as if it ismore
Bill Gates No Longer World's Richest Man
alphadogg writes 'Riding surging prices of his various telecom holdings, including giant mobile outfit America Movil, Mexican tycoon Carlo Slim Helu has beaten out Americans Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to become the wealthiest person on earth and nabmore
Sex.com goes under the hammer
The internet's most valuable domain name, sex.com, is back on the auction block ? and bidding starts at $1m If you've got $1m for a starting bid, and many millions more available, you could next week be the proud owner of the internet's mostmore
Motorola bringing Bing to China, via Android
With Google's future in China uncertain, Motorola and Microsoft cut a deal to put the software giant's Bing search engine on Android handsets in China. In a statement late Wednesday, Motorola and Microsoft announced a deal to put Bing on handsets. Bingmore
Weakling processors: The ultra-light laptop conundrum
After a few weeks of laptop window shopping Im discovering a major hang-upthe Intel ultra-low voltage chips that scrimp on horsepower. This hang-up of mine began to emerge as I was scoping out a Dell Vostro v13. The laptop is light, stylish and would bemore
The lunchtime technology newsbucket: chock full o'links
A quick burst of links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team Wired Reread - seeing how well old copies of Wired forecast the past Ah, those far-off days when the year 2000 and the millennium bug were ahead of us, and handheld computersmore
Motorola Puts Bing on Android Phones
Motorola will be loading Microsoft?s Bing search onto its Android cellphones in China this month, ousting Google on its own smartphone platform. Motorola Android models will get the new feature when they are launched in this quarter. Google isn?tmore
Intel's Core I7-980X Six-Core Benchmarked
Ninjakicks writes 'Although they won't hit store shelves for a few more weeks, today Intel has officially unveiled the new Core i7-980X Extreme processor. The Core i7-980X Extreme is based on Intel's 32nm Gulftown core, derived from their Nehalemmore
N.Y. Health Insurers To Offer Virtual Doc Visits
CWmike writes 'Two insurance organizations in upstate New York said on Wednesday that they will offer their members and employers virtual physician visits beginning this summer, making New York the fourth state to provide these types of services.more
Pa. School Webcam Spying Suit Could Be Settled
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An Early Look At Civilization V
c0mpliant writes 'IGN and Gamespot have each released a preview of the recently announced and eagerly awaited Civilization V. Apart from the obvious new hexagon shape of tiles and improved graphics, the articles go on to outline some of the major changesmore
Microsoft shows Bottom to Young Ones
Microsoft was due to take the full fat version of its video player out of beta today, treating UK viewers to high-end entertainment such as Skins, Shameless and The Young Ones. The MSN Video Player will offer around 1,000 hours of shows, according to Newmore
Historic IEEE 802 Group Looks Back and Forward
An anonymous reader writes 'The IEEE MAN/LAN Standards Committee better known as the people who brought us Ethernet, WiFi, and Bluetooth is celebrating its 30th anniversary next week. This article has interviews with the original committee chairman andmore
Microsoft Shows Full 3D XNA Games On Windows Phone
suraj.sun writes 'Microsoft has shown off XNA games running on Windows Phone; full 3D is a go. From Engadget: 'Microsoft just showed us a pair of 3D games running on its ASUS Windows Phone prototype and built with its brand new XNA Game Studio 4.0 9. Themore
Sony gets its PlayStation plans on the Move
? It's heading for a year since Sony first unveiled its motion controller at E3 , in what most people considered a fairly hurried demo to combat Microsoft's Project Natal. But now the Japanese electronic giant has lifted the lid on the finishedmore
The Future of Wind Power May Be Underground
Hugh Pickens writes 'When the wind is blowing, it is usually the cheapest peaking power available. However utilities need consistent always-on power from large, cheap coal and nuclear power plants that are the backbone of the electric grid. Wired reportsmore
Intel debuts six-core gaming chip
Intel has officially introduced its six-core monster for high-end gaming boxes--its first desktop chip packing that many processing cores. , the Core i7- 980X Extreme Edition processor was introduced at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco onmore
Battery Ventures Raises a Fresh $750 Million
The venture capital industry may be shrinking, but Battery Ventures is growing. Battery, which has offices in Massachusetts, Silicon Valley and Israel, has closed a $750 million fund, the firm?s ninth. It will invest the money in both new start-upsmore
New Phone Allows Bosses To Snoop On Staff
tad001 writes 'The Japanese phone giant KDDI has developed a way to track users movements in fine detail. It works by analyzing the movement of accelerometers, found in many handsets. Activities such as walking, climbing stairs, or even cleaning can bemore
CA to buy Nimsoft
The deal will give CA a midmarket presence for IT performance management CA said Wednesday it has signed a deal to buy IT performance monitoring vendor Nimsoft for $350 million. The acquisition, which is scheduled to close this month, will strengthenmore
Former TSA Analyst Charged With Computer Tampering
angry tapir writes 'A Transportation Security Administration analyst has been indicted with tampering with databases used by the TSA to identify possible terrorists who may be trying to fly in the US. If convicted, he faces 10 years in prison.'more