Internet Explorer Revised in Response to Security Concerns, Loss of Users. The Washington Post reports here: Internet users were given a peek yesterday at a revamped version of Microsoft Corp.’s Internet Explorer, a response to criticism that the most popular tool for Web surfing and hacking made users vulnerable to the Internet’s dangers and caused […]
Ronaldinho, the world footballer of the year who calls himself “ugly but nice,” ended David Beckham’s three-year tenure as soccer’s richest player, according to France Football magazine’s annual rich list. The buck-toothed Brazilian playmaker’s earnings more than tripled in the last year to 23 million euros ($28.5 million), 5 million euros more than Beckham’s, the […]
ZDNet writes here: Microsoft wants you to put Internet Explorer 7 through its paces. And if you have any problems, just call the company. The software giant is planning Monday night to release an updated test version of IE 7 for Windows XP and is hoping to convince the masses to try out the still-in-the-works software. […]
BBC News reports here: Computer games have long been derided by critics as mindless, brain-rotting fun. But a new wave of games is turning the cliché on its head. Nintendo has sold nearly five million copies of its three Nintendo DS brain training games since the series launched in Japan a year ago. The first […]
The drive will be sold as an add-in for existing PCs, Martyn Williams from the IDG News Service writes here at the PC world website: Panasonic plans to begin selling a Blu-ray Disc drive in Japan in June for use in desktop computers, the company said Friday. The Blu-ray Disc drive is the first to be announced […]
BBC reports here: Electrical power has changed our lives and given us phenomenal freedoms, from talking to people around the world, to going to the moon. But do we know just how much power we are using when we switch things off or put them into standby mode?
Figures from the Energy Saving Trust on […]
Mayor Daley outlined 10 simple things that everyone in Chicago (or any other place) can do to fulfill the goal of making Chicago “the greenest and most environmentally-friendly city in America.”
The Top Ten Earth Day Tips are:
1) Walk, bike or take public transportation to protect air quality
2) Recycle
3) Disconnect downspouts where appropriate, to […]
The Washington Post writes here: Sony and iRex Technologies are among the first to manufacture and sell eBook readers. The $350 Sony Reader, which is expected to hit online and retail stores in the coming months, will accommodate USB, Memory Stick and SD memory card slots and will offer both wired and wireless Internet connectivity. […]
"We Get Hooked on Toshiba’s HD-DVD Player", PC World writes here: "The $500 player has some quirks, such as a slow response time, but it offers impressive video quality."
High Definition DVD video recordings are becoming available. Until now pre-recorded DVD were widescreen but not HD. The Toshiba HD-A1 is among the first to be capable […]