Today’s Tech News - Feb. 15, 2007
The Force (will be) Unleashed in November - GameSpot
LucasArts makes it official with Web destination dating, detailing new game which casts players as Darth Vader’s apprentice.
IBM to Ditch SRAM for Embedded DRAM on Power CPUs - IT Jungle
According to a presentation that chip designers from IBM made today at the IEEE’s annual International Solid State Circuits Conference in San Francisco, the company has perfected a way to embed Dynamic RAM, or DRAM–the …
Google continues receiving flak over text copyright - DailyTech
As Google continues its project on reproducing the world’s printed material into a searchable digital format, the search giant also continues to face discontentment from a number of news print organizations.
Microsoft Issues a Dozen Security Patches, Fixes Security Tools - IT Jungle
It’s that time again–time to get your patches on, and to do so quickly. Microsoft yesterday hosted the biggest Patch Tuesday event of the young year when it posted 12 security fixes for 20 security flaws in its products.
Tony Hawk’s Downhill Jam - The Age
Downhill Jam is a fun departure from the more technical trick-based skateboarding that gamers have come to associate with the Tony Hawk brand.
BlackBerry 8800 Poised for Battle - PC World
RIM’s new multimedia BlackBerry set to compete with Apple iPhone and high-end handsets from Samsung and LG. Research In Motion has finally announced the BlackBerry 8800, the multimedia business handset whose details RIM leaked following Apple’s iPhone …
Mobile music motion - Variety
Edgar Bronfman Jr. defended the use of digital rights management — a reaction to recent criticism from Apple CEO Steve Jobs — but then praised the Apple iPhone for raising the bar on what customers should expect from a mobile phone.
Sign Up for Gmail; No Invitations Needed - Techtree.com
As per an Associated Press (AP) report, starting today, Google’s free email service, Gmail, will shed whatever remains of its invitation only restrictions, to become truly open to people world-wide.
Start-up demos quantum computer - ZDNet
About a year from now, banks, pharmaceutical companies and other large institutions will be able to rent time on a computer that calculates by studying the behavior of a niobium atom, according to D-Wave Systems.
MIT student invents device for wall crawling - ZDNet
Nathan Ball, a mechanical-engineering graduate student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, led a team that has invented a motorized pulley that will let paramedics and firefighters zip up the side of buildings …
Giant luminescent squid captured on film for first time - Ninemsn
Japanese scientists have released video footage of a live giant squid in what is believed to be the first time the elusive creature has been filmed in its natural environment.
Intel Builds the Fastest Chip Ever - BusinessWeek
Computing took a leap forward when chipmakers started putting more than one core or central brain on a single chip.
Hardware horrors #2 - The Age
With the BBC’s Watchdog program covering the Xbox 360 this week, the “red rings of death” just won’t go away for Microsoft.
