Technology news
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NASA Images Deliver White Christmas
For those who have never seen a white Christmas, this is your chance.
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Los Alamos Employees Critical of Lab Decision
Opened in 1943 with the mission of creating atomic bomb and still is.
Although the lab is charged for protecting the nation's nuclear weapons, nothing much has been done. Double standards again. US attacked Iraq because Bush believed that there are WMDs in Iraq. Now could Iraq attack US because of this?
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Analysis: Seagate consolidates a market under pressure
One part of the news said that merging will usually bring about a drop in revenues. Why on earth would they want to acquire in the first place? -
Symantec Bug Not Cut Out For Worm, Says Rival
The vulnerability in Symantec's anti-virus line disclosed earlier this week isn't a big risk, a rival security firm said Friday.
The rival seems to be helping Symantec, but in fact, is trying to harm Symantec.
Don't agree with the analysts. Stop misleading. -
NBC Buys Majority Stake In MSNBC From Microsoft
Microsoft needs to prioritize. News are not your forte, leave this job to others. I suggest that NBC buys the whole thing, rather than having a stake in it. -
Stacked SRAM cells support programmable startup
Sounds like an expensive technology. Have no idea what this news article is talking about. Too chim. -
Symantec, McAfee Problems May Lead To Sea Change In Antivirus Industry
Humans are not perfect. No matter how hard you try to perfect the technology, you will end up with more errors. -
NSA eavesdropping wider than W.House admitted: report
Don't go US. Your telephone calls may have been tapped without your permission.
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Google's AOL Investment May Lead to '08 IPO
Google says it will not be biased towards AOL, but part of deal requires Google to help AOL makes its content easier to index. This means that search results will be biased to a certain extent.
Time to switch to Yahoo search engine. -
The 50 Greatest Gadgets of the Past 50 Years
This news article very long wor.
Anyway, Sony Walkman tops this list. 50 years later when this list comes out again, which product do you think will top the world again? -
College Launches Cell Phone Film Contest
Wah, like that quality worse than those taken video cameras. How to determine winners? -
Legal threats kill Mac navigation system software
Apple's TamTam is quite similar to the software that TomTom develops. While many software are similar to some extent, giving a similar name to a similar software is bound to create trouble. TamTam, TomTom is only a difference of one letter. No wonder TomTom wants to sue. -
Visa deals with possible data breach
What happens to other people who are not US citizens but have shopped at US shops online? Nothing is said in the news. -
Take your cable channels with you on the road
Hope that it will come to Singapore soon. Tired of TV mobile shows. -
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Google can sell AOL stake as early as July 2008
Looks like Google is trying to earn as much as Microsoft. The competition is heating up. -
From an English pub to the skies: airline e-ticketing takes off
They have set a target date that by 2007, they will not be printing any more paper tickets. It will be paperless. Hope that it can be achieved. We can chop down less trees and therefore reduce CO2 emission. Kyoto Protocol fulfilled.
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South African mobile phone companies look back on bright year
Wah, South Africa getting more high tech. Out of 53 countries in the Africa region, 43 countries have more mobile phone subscribers than fixed line subscribers. Want to start a mobile phone business go Africa. Sure earn a lot one. -
Video Game Sheds NFL License, Gets Violent
This game very violent sia. Thank goodness that is marked as mature content, meaning only adults' access only. High chance that it won't be in Singapore because it is too violent. -
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Tech Flops of the Year
Well, there's an article on 50 greatest tech gadgets. Now, here's an article on tech flops of the year.
As again, Sony tops the list again.
Tops the list for the best gadget, and tops the list for the worst tech flop. After become Singapore. Good one also top, bad ones also top. -
Cell phone lodged in woman's throat
Well, this is extreme.
Here's a short summary of this story: This woman was arguing with her boyfriend over the phone. She doesn't want to give the phone to her boyfriend, so she swallowed it.