Archive for January, 2011

No matter how many protestations the music and film industry make, the rise of services like iTunes, Netflix, Hulu and Xbox Live Arcade are all you need to prove that optical media is sounding its death knell.
By and large, that’s a good thing for consumers, but the death of optical media is still a […]

British tabloids will try to make news of anything, especially if its sleaze, so try not to have a heart attack as the venerable Sun tries to make hot coffee out of one Briton’s report that the latest Tiger Woods game, Tiger Woods PGA 11 for the Sony PlayStation 3, has a glitch that allows […]

Verizon just posted their first iPhone 4 advertisement. It doesn’t highlight the phone’s beautiful design, the slightly modified antenna, Apple’s huge app store, or even Verizon’s favorite subject (their network). Rather, Verizon highlights the simple fact that the anticipation is over. And it makes sense… after years of questions the iPhone will be finally available on […]

Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have developed a new solar reactor that has the potential to convert the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions we produce every day into a usable clean fuel.
The reactor requires sunlight which we have in abundance, and the rare earth metal cerium oxide or ceria. While it’s classed as […]

Google has just released its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2010 results, but buried in the details is a rather large change happening at the search giant.
As part of an effort to “streamline decision making and create clearer lines of responsibility and accountability at the top of the company” Eric Schmidt is stepping down as […]

Before the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, consoles tended to have roughly five year lifespans. This generation is going to be different, though: Mirosoft just released the Kinect, which they view as taking the Xbox 360 through at least a few new years, while Sony went on record at the launch of the PS3 that […]