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Yahoo says 'Let's Groove'

Despite the seemingly lackluster venue (San Mateo Convention Center), Yahoo's holiday party sounds like it was a hip place to be on Friday. The theme was "The Bayou" with . . .
December 6, 2005 1:50 PM PST
Posted in: Yahoo

Danger of another tsunami disaster soon lurks, says professor

The devastating earthquake and tsunami that roiled Southeast Asia could repeat itself in the next few decades, said Kerry Sieh, a professor at the Tectonics Observatory at . . .
December 6, 2005 8:58 AM PST
Posted in: Science

Philips Electronics leader dies at 100

Frits Philips, the celebrated former head of Philips Electronics who helped lead the company's global expansion, died at the age of 100 on Monday.

Philips, who succumbed . . .
December 6, 2005 8:57 AM PST
Posted in: Processors

Sony "rootkit" CDs had designs on iPod

The Princeton researchers that have done much of the work deconstructing SonyBMG's recent controversial copy protection software have found an interesting new tidbit. According . . .
December 5, 2005 5:48 PM PST
Posted in: Apple , Music

Security and storage synergies continue

Call me the "Chicken Little" of storage security. Two years ago I was one lonely guy hassling IT managers and large storage vendors about the lack of security in the . . .
December 5, 2005 3:26 PM PST
Posted in: Security and the enterprise

Week-long online discussion about Web darling

How will Silicon Valley historians take the measure of Google? Starting today, SiliconValley.com is sponsoring a week-long interactive forum on the company, its achievements . . .
December 5, 2005 1:56 PM PST
Posted in: Missing Links , Google

Is it time for Google Calendar?

Rumors have surfaced yet again that Google plans to introduce a calendar service, which would let people keep track of important dates online. Word is from Blog 2.0 that the . . .
December 5, 2005 1:48 PM PST
Posted in: Google

Where will be the next Salesforce.com?

Product lifecycle management, or PLM, may not have the same buzz as CRM. But Arena Solutions CEO Michael Topolovac argues that the PLM category is ripe for the hosted model. . . .
December 5, 2005 12:49 PM PST
Posted in: Enterprise software

Xbox 360's a power hog

If the $300 price tag for Microsoft's new Xbox 360 game console seems steep to you, just wait til you get the electric bill.

The new gaming system, which has topped . . .
December 5, 2005 11:31 AM PST
Posted in: Gaming

World Economic Forum salutes tech pioneers

The World Economic Forum--an annual conference that brings together world leaders to discuss important issues and, according to past attendees, drink late into the night-- . . .
December 5, 2005 10:09 AM PST
Posted in: Future tech

Playboy launches "bodcast"

It didn't take Playboy long to put its own spin on the podcast, the free downloadable audio programs proliferating across the Web.

"First there was podcasting. And . . .
December 5, 2005 9:09 AM PST
Posted in: Media

Test version of Windows file system updated

Microsoft has posted an updated test version of its new Windows file system, called WinFS.

The company, in a blog posting, said the beta test refresh now works with . . .
December 5, 2005 6:19 AM PST
Posted in: Microsoft

Barcode-bargain iPods

The price of iPods apparently wasn't music to the ears of a do-it-yourself-discount shopper in Boulder, Colo., recently. Police say they arrested 19-year-old Jonathan . . .
December 4, 2005 6:51 PM PST
Posted in: Apple

Taipei building too much for earth to bear?

A geologist says Taipei has seen more earthquakes since a huge skyscraper was built in the Taiwanese capital city and suggests the trend may not be a coincidence. Construction . . .
December 2, 2005 5:01 PM PST
Posted in: Science

Google billionaires

In the last few weeks as Google's share price has hit record levels topping $430 Google executives have been getting richer off stock sales.

"As of late November, . . .
December 2, 2005 4:17 PM PST
Posted in: Google

Harass co-workers with USB missiles

With these USB-powered air darts, you can shoot to annoy. Just hook the contraption up to your PC and control the darts' aim and firing mechanism with your mouse. . . .
December 2, 2005 4:00 PM PST
Posted in: Gadgets

Adam Curry gets podbusted

The true genesis of podcasting has always been disputed in one corner of the blogosphere or another. In general, though, the main names that get the lion's share of the credit . . .
December 2, 2005 3:11 PM PST
Posted in: Media

Another iTunes and QuickTime flaw?

A serious security vulnerability exists in Apple Computer's iTunes and QuickTime software, bug hunter Tom Ferris reported on his Security-Protocols.com Web site Friday. . . .
December 2, 2005 1:15 PM PST
Posted in: Security

Man-sized crab creature once roamed the earth

Martin Whyte, a paleontologist at the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom has discovered 300 million year old tracks of a large crab-like creature in what was at . . .
December 2, 2005 12:59 PM PST
Posted in: Science

CompUSA Founder Nathan Morton dies

Nathan Morton, who helped turned two computer stores into the CompUSA chain, died Thursday at age 57.

Founded as Soft Warehouse in Dallas in 1984, the stores . . .
December 2, 2005 9:58 AM PST
Posted in: PCs

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