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Boarding now for Mars

Google is the latest Web site to offer detailed images of Mars for folks looking to get a closer look at the Red planet. Google Mars dishes up three types of data that users can . . .
March 13, 2006 6:29 AM PST
Posted in: Google

Second Life: fantasy site a prep for life

Can online avatars help you? Sometimes, asserted Philip Rosedale, creator of Second Life, a site where people create their own products a lead imagined lives. In one experiment, . . .
March 12, 2006 5:05 PM PST
Posted in: Media

Killing me softly with salad dressing choices

Those who live in North America and Western Europe have more options in terms of food, careers, consumer items and everything else, said Barry Schwartz, Swarthmore professor . . .
March 12, 2006 5:04 PM PST
Posted in: Future tech

SXSW has Macs, is cool

AUSTIN, Texas--Everyone who goes to South by Southwest knows that it's the coolest conference there is. That's what they tell each other, that is, given its unmatched collection . . .
March 12, 2006 2:45 PM PST
Posted in: Apple

Dooce and Jason Kottke on blogging

AUSTIN, Texas--If you were a blogger at the South by Southwest conference here Sunday, then you were almost certainly in the afternoon keynote. That's because two of the blogosphere's . . .
March 12, 2006 1:05 PM PST
Posted in: Blogs

Bloggers: Use caution

AUSTIN, Texas--Laina Dawes and Elaine Liner are pretty sure they were fired for blogging. It's not 100 percent certain, of course, because no one ever told them so officially, . . .
March 12, 2006 10:25 AM PST
Posted in: Workplace

The business lessons of World of Warcraft

AUSTIN, Texas--"World of Warcraft" is a game. There's no doubt about it. More than 6 million people around the world have signed up to go questing, kill beasts, search out loot, . . .
March 12, 2006 9:50 AM PST
Posted in: Gaming

How can tagging be more useful?

AUSTIN, TEXAS--These days, two of the hottest words in interactive Web circles are "folksonomy" and "tagging." In general, the words are somewhat interchangeable and refer to . . .
March 11, 2006 11:39 AM PST
Posted in: Media

Deal of the day: Plextor DVD writer for $50

TigerDirect's price for this DVD writer is competitive to begin with, but the $90 rebate is the clincher. What: Plextor PX-740UF / 16x8x16x DVD+RW / 16x6x16x DVD-RW / 8x DVD+R . . .
March 11, 2006 11:20 AM PST
Posted in: Deal of the day

Try on clothes without undressing

I like wearing new clothes, but I hate oh so much shopping for them. Schlepping from store to store trying on outfits in search of just the right one can be a hassle. I was therefore . . .
March 10, 2006 5:48 PM PST
Posted in: Gadgets , Future tech

A closer look at an S.F. earthquake zone

The U.S. Geological Survey put up this week a virtual helicopter tour of Northern California's deadliest trigger point for earthquakes, the Hayward fault, via an extension to Google . . .
March 10, 2006 5:14 PM PST
Posted in: Science

Animation contest highlights handheld video challenges

The Cinequest Film Festival in San Jose, Calif., is winding down this weekend, but its independent filmmakers are starting to think smaller than the big screen. A panel discussion . . .
March 10, 2006 4:42 PM PST
Posted in: Gadgets

z/OS meets Zen: mainframe haiku

Launching contests to try to attract programmer interest in the latest hardware is nothing new. But launching a contest to write poetry about a decades-old server lineage is not . . .
March 10, 2006 4:33 PM PST
Posted in: IBM

Star Wars rocks your iPod

We've mentioned Iconz iPod cases before, but thought this limited edition video iPod case warranted another mention, especially given our readers Star Wars inclinations. . . .
March 10, 2006 4:22 PM PST
Posted in: Apple

YouTube to reconsider review process for 'objectionable' clips

YouTube is rethinking the way it decides whether material posted on the video-upload site violates its user agreement, according to reports. Any video clip can be pulled if . . .
March 10, 2006 4:04 PM PST
Posted in: Media

Analyst: Lower-priced models boost iPod demand

American Technology Research analyst Shaw Wu is raising his March quarter estimates for Apple Computer due to better than expected demand for iPods, which he says is driven by . . .
March 10, 2006 2:45 PM PST
Posted in: Apple

Deal of the day: Pink Razr phone for $40

Of course, the $39.99 price tag doesn't includ the Cingular service. Pink is cute, but if you opt for black instead, you can get $10 back and a free Bluetooth headset. What: Pink . . .
March 10, 2006 11:46 AM PST
Posted in: Deal of the day

Fat wallets

Once again, Bill Gates has topped the list of Forbes' annual ranking of billionaire boys and girls. The software giant founder - worth a cool $50 billion - is one of more than . . .
March 10, 2006 11:00 AM PST
Posted in: Microsoft

Quote of the day: 'Lego moment' of a lifetime

In a story about Thursday's San Francisco stop of Legoland California's seven-city search for a new master model builder, contestant Robin Dodd described how it felt to compete . . .
March 10, 2006 9:13 AM PST
Posted in: Quote of the day

Super-fast hand dryer blows onto U.S. shores

Good news for germ haters of America. The Mitsubishi Jet Towel, a high-speed commercial hand dryer that offers extra-sanitary operation fast, went on sale nationwide this week. . . .
March 9, 2006 5:29 PM PST
Posted in: Gadgets

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