http://techluver.com Science and Technology News With A Passion For Positives Fri, 07 Mar 2008 23:46:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en London -- Mar 07, `08 -- The BBC has launched a version of its iPlayer video on demand service for the Apple iPhone and iPod touch. It is the first time the service has been available on portable devices. The iPhone and iPod touch are able to stream shows from the iPlayer ... http://techluver.com/2008/03/07/bbc-iplayer-comes-to-the-iphone/ Cape Canaveral, Florida -- Mar 07, `08 -- Preparations are on track for Tuesday's 25th flight to the International Space Station, said NASA test director Steve Payne during today's STS-123 Countdown Status Briefing, the first for the mission. The launch remains on schedule for 2:28 a.m. EDT on March 11. The orbiter's ... http://techluver.com/2008/03/07/its-a-go-for-endeavour-on-march-11/ Tokyo, Japan -- Mar 07, `08 -- Consumer electronics maker Pioneer Corp said it would fall into the red for the fourth straight year on costs to scrap production of plasma displays as it rethinks its strategy in the cut-throat flat TV market. Pioneer is expected to now turn to Panasonic ... http://techluver.com/2008/03/07/pioneer-announces-restructuring-plans-exit-from-plasma-display-production/ CUPERTINO, California —Apple on Thursday, March 06, previewed its iPhone 2.0 software, scheduled for release this June, and announced the immediate availability of a beta release of the software to selected developers and enterprise customers. The iPhone 2.0 beta release includes both the iPhone Software Development Kit (SDK) as well as ... http://techluver.com/2008/03/07/apple-announces-iphone-20-software-beta/ New York, NY- March 07, `08 – CBS RADIO and AOL today announced a ground breaking partnership whereby CBS RADIO will power AOL Radio, combining two of the largest online radio networks and giving millions of listeners unlimited and free access to the most diverse lineup of programming available. Additionally, ... http://techluver.com/2008/03/07/aol-and-cbs-combine-online-radio-networks/ Feb 05, `08 -- This Slashdot article highlights future of the Internet in the US. "Time-Warner is now mulling a plan to charge a per-gigabyte fee for internet service. A leaked memo reveals they're now watching how many gigabytes customers use in a 'consumption-based' pricing experiment in Texas, which we ... http://techluver.com/2008/02/05/time-warner-considering-per-gigabyte-service-charges/ Feb 05, `08 -- Red Hat sponsored open sourced Fedoraproject today released Alpha of its next major release, Fedora 9 (Sulphur). The Fedora 9 Alpha release notes say, the development continues on Rawhide during and after the Alpha release, leading up to the Beta (March 13, `08) and Release Candidate before ... http://techluver.com/2008/02/05/feora-9-sulphur-alpha-released/ Feb 05, `08 -- Three global record companies, Universal Music Ltd, Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Hong Kong) Ltd and Warner Music Hong Kong Ltd, have launched legal proceedings against China's top Internet search engine Baidu.com, accusing it of violating copyright by giving access to music files, International Federation of the ... http://techluver.com/2008/02/05/universal-sony-bmg-and-warner-music-files-lawsuit-against-baidu-in-beijing-court/ Redmond, Wash -- Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) was released to manufacturing on Monday, Feb 04, and will start being available to customers in March, starting with Microsoft Volume Licensing customers. Windows Server 2008 was also released to manufacturing today and will be available for purchase to new customers ... http://techluver.com/2008/02/05/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-service-pack-1-windows-server-2008-to-manufacturing/ Cupertino, Calif -- Feb 05, `08 -- Apple today added new models of the iPhone and iPod touch which have double the memory, doubling the amount of music, photos and videos that customers can carry with them wherever they go. The iPhone now comes in a new 16GB model ... http://techluver.com/2008/02/05/apple-adds-new-16gb-iphone-32gb-ipod-touch-models/ Santa Clara, CA -- NVIDIA on Monday, Feb 04, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire AGEIA Technologies, the industry leader in gaming physics technology. AGEIA's PhysX software is widely adopted with more than 140 PhysX-based games shipping or in development on Sony Playstation3, Microsoft XBOX 360, ... http://techluver.com/2008/02/05/nvidia-to-acquire-ageia-technologies/ SUNNYVALE, Calif -- Feb 05, `08 --BUSINESS WIRE-- Zimbra, a Yahoo! company today announced the availability of Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) 5.0. ZCS 5.0 includes hundreds of enhancements that expand Zimbra's access across desktops and devices while setting the standard for Web-based productivity in a business environment, and showcases Yahoo!'s dedication ... http://techluver.com/2008/02/05/yahoo-launches-zimbra-collaboration-suite-50/ Feb 04, `08 -- The first chip to pack more than two billion transistors has been launched by silicon giant Intel. The quad-core chip, known as Tukwila, is designed for high-end servers rather than personal computers. It operates at speeds of up to 2Ghz, the equivalent of a standard PC chip. ... http://techluver.com/2008/02/04/intel-launches-tukwila-the-first-chip-to-pack-more-than-two-billion-transistors/ Taipei, Taiwan -- Feb 04, `08 -- AMD expects to launch its triple-core Phenom 8400 and 8600 at CeBIT 2008 along with its low-power quad-core Phenom 9100e, however the quad-core Phenom 9700 and 9900 CPUs, which were originally scheduled to launch at the same time, will be delayed for both ... http://techluver.com/2008/02/04/amd-to-display-triple-cores-at-cebit-2008-again-delays-faster-quad-cores/ Los Angeles, Calif -- Feb 04, `08 -- Yahoo will cease operating its online music subscription service and switch its customers to RealNetworks' Rhapsody music service as part of a new deal between the companies that calls for Yahoo to promote Rhapsody on its site, the AP reports. Terms of the ... http://techluver.com/2008/02/04/yahoo-music-shuttured-users-going-to-realnetworks/ LONDON, England, and TOKYO, Japan, February 4, 2008—LiMo Foundation, a global consortium of mobile leaders delivering an open handset platform for the whole industry, today announced the on-schedule availability in March 2008 of the first release of the LiMo Platform—the first globally competitive, Linux-based software platform for mobile handsets—together with ... http://techluver.com/2008/02/04/limo-rolls-out-world%e2%80%99s-first-globally-competitive-linux-based-software-platform-for-mobile-devices/ Feb 04, `08 -- The first big steps on the road to overhauling the Internet's core addressing system have been taken, Reports BBC. On Monday the master address books for the net are being updated to include records prepared in a new format known as IP version 6. Widespread use of ... http://techluver.com/2008/02/04/overhaul-of-internet-addresses-begins-root-servers-are-being-updated-for-ipv6/ San Francisco, Calif -- Feb 03, `08 -- Yahoo! would consider a business alliance with Google as one way to rebuff a $44.6 billion takeover proposal by Microsoft, Reuters reported citing a source familiar with Yahoo's strategy said on Sunday. The report further said, "a second source close to Yahoo said ... http://techluver.com/2008/02/03/is-yahoo-considering-google-alliance-or-simply-trying-to-pressure-microsoft-to-increase-its-bid/ In response to Google's foul cry over Microsoft's Yahoo! bid, Microsoft has released a statement from Bard Smith, General Counsel: REDMOND, Wash -- Feb 03, `08 -- The combination of Microsoft and Yahoo! will create a more competitive marketplace by establishing a compelling number two competitor for Internet search and online ... http://techluver.com/2008/02/03/a-response-from-brad-smith-general-counsel-microsoft-over-googles-foul-cry/ Feb 03, `08 -- In a statement released today on Google's press center, Mr. David Drummond, Google's Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer cries foul over Microsoft's Yahoo! bid. Mr. David Drummond in his rude and venomous language falsely accuses Microsoft of making " hostile bid ". He says, ... http://techluver.com/2008/02/03/is-fear-of-loosing-monopoly-makes-google-crying-foul-over-microsofts-yahoo-bid/ Feb 03, `08 -- Thousands of sailors on U.S. ships across the Pacific Ocean can thank Waltham’s Raytheon Co. for piping in live broadcasts of today’s Super Bowl showdown between the New England Patriots and New York Giants. Under an agreement with the Armed Forces Network, Raytheon is opening up its ... http://techluver.com/2008/02/03/raytheon-to-broadcast-super-bowl-xlii-on-us-navy-ships/ At Last !!!  Finally StopBadware.org brought the Real Malware, RealPlayer from RealNetworks, to the light of the day. StopBadware has brought just some of the bad practises out in the open, while you can find about it in much more details in reader comments I've found on highly recognized technology sites ... http://techluver.com/2008/02/03/realplayer-labeled-as-badware-by-stopbadwareorg/ Feb 03, `08 -- As Swedish prosecutors fixed their sights last week on The Pirate Bay, an Internet file-sharing service that is a scourge of the movie and music industries, the operators of the site responded by hoisting a defiant, digital Jolly Roger, reports the IHT. The Pirate Bay, on its ... http://techluver.com/2008/02/03/the-pirate-bay-defiant-despite-criminal-charges-says-it-cant-be-sunk/ Feb 03, `08 --This Slashdot article reports on a new Italian copyright law, in which the Italian parliament may have mistakenly legalized sharing music over P2P networks. The new copyright law, passed by both houses of parliament, would allow Italians to freely share music over the Internet as long as it ... http://techluver.com/2008/02/03/italian-parliament-mistakenly-legalizes-some-p2p-music-sharing/ Feb 03, `08 -- General Motors will showcase several gas-saving commercial vehicles at the 2008 Chicago Auto Show Feb 6 thru Feb 17. GM’s Fleet and Commercial Operations (FCO) will display vehicles featuring outstanding fuel economy, E85 ethanol and biodiesel capability, and gas-electric hybrid vehicles designed to help GM customers go ... http://techluver.com/2008/02/03/general-motors-to-display-gas-friendly-vehicles-at-chicago-auto-show-2008/ Feb 03, `08 -- This Slashdot article writes about Time Warner internet access subscribers in Texas complaining of connectivity issues on Apple's iTunes support forum. "Starting on Thursday, January 31st, Time Warner subscribers in Texas starting experiencing connectivity issues to the iTunes store to the point where the service wasn't usable. ... http://techluver.com/2008/02/03/time-warner-filtering-blocking-itunes-traffic/ Los Angeles, Calif -- Feb 03, `08 -- A breakthrough in contract talks has been reached between Hollywood studios and striking writers and could lead to a tentative deal as early as next week, a person close to the ongoing negotiations said Saturday, the AP reports. The report further said, "The ... http://techluver.com/2008/02/03/breakthrough-between-hollywood-studios-and-striking-writers/ Feb 03, `08 -- Nicki Dugan on Yahoo's Corporate Blog ( Yodel Anecdotal ) said that, "process like this is fluid and can take quite a bit of time" to weigh its strategic options, including keeping the company independent, following Microsoft's $44.6 billion offer to buy the company. Here is the ... http://techluver.com/2008/02/03/yahoos-response-to-microsoft%e2%80%99s-proposal-we-are-looking-at-all-of-our-strategic-alternatives/ Cape Canaveral, Florida -- Feb 01, `08 -- Space shuttle Atlantis’ STS-122 mission remains on schedule for launch Feb 07, `08 at 2:45 pm EST from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida now that a plan to fix a bent cooling system hose has been determined. During launch preparations at Kennedy, ... http://techluver.com/2008/02/01/shuttle-atlantis-set-for-launch-week/ SCHAUMBURG, Ill. – Feb 01, `08 – Motorola confirmed receipt of notice from Carl Icahn announcing his intent to nominate a slate of four directors to stand for election at the Company’s 2008 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The Company has not yet scheduled its 2008 Annual Meeting. Motorola is currently reviewing ... http://techluver.com/2008/02/01/motorola-confirms-receipt-of-notice-of-nomination-from-carl-icahn-entities/ Cupertino, Calif -- Apple on Wednesday, Jan 30, announced that MacBook Air, the world’s thinnest notebook, is now shipping. MacBook Air measures an unprecedented 0.16-inches at its thinnest point, while its maximum height of 0.76-inches is less than the thinnest point on competing notebooks. MacBook Air has a stunning 13.3-inch LED-backlit widescreen ... http://techluver.com/2008/02/01/macbook-air-now-shipping/ HD DVD player sales in the US during a week from Jan 6 to 12, 2008, declined 88% to 1,758 units compared with the previous week, Tech-On! is reporting citing research company NPD Group. Tech-On! further reports, "The period measured was immediately after US movie studio Warner Bros Entertainment had announced ... http://techluver.com/2008/02/01/hd-dvd-player-sales-drop-88-in-1-week/ Tokyo, Japan -- Sony Corporation on Thursday, Jan 31, announced the development of a 35mm full size (diagonal:43.3mm/Type 2.7) 24.81 effective megapixel, ultra-high speed high image quality CMOS image sensor designed to meet the increasing requirement for rapid image capture and advanced picture quality within digital SLR cameras. The newly developed ... http://techluver.com/2008/02/01/sony-develops-35mm-full-size-cmos-image-sensor-with-2481-mega-pixel/ TAIPEI, Taiwan and SAN DIEGO -- Mio Technology Corporation and Qualcomm on Wednesday, Jan 30, announced a collaboration to develop connected personal navigation devices (PNDs). These new connected PNDs will leverage Qualcomm's technology with the QST1100 chipset to deliver industry-leading GPS performance and cellular connectivity for real-time traffic updates, voice ... http://techluver.com/2008/02/01/mio-and-qualcomm-announce-collaboration-to-develop-connected-personal-navigation-devices/ Below is the text of the letter that Microsoft sent to Yahoo!’s Board of Directors: January 31, 2008 Board of Directors Yahoo! Inc. 701 First Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94089 Attention: Roy Bostock, Chairman Attention: Jerry Yang, Chief Executive Officer Dear Members of the Board: I am writing on behalf of the Board of Directors of Microsoft to make a ... http://techluver.com/2008/02/01/microsofts-letter-to-yahoo-board-of-directors/ Houston, Texas -- Feb 01, `08 -- Beating its own record to rack up the largest annual corporate profit in American history, Exxon Mobil said Friday it earned $40.6 billion for the year, reaping the benefits of crude-oil prices around $100 a barrel. Exxon Mobil also topped its own record for ... http://techluver.com/2008/02/01/exxon-chevron-post-record-profits/ MySpace will open its doors to software developers allowing them to create games and media-sharing applications for the popular social network, reports the BBC. MySpace will formally launch its "Developer Platform" next Tuesday but is already allowing people to sign up. The tools have been developed with Google and will allow ... http://techluver.com/2008/02/01/myspace-opens-doors-to-developers/ WASHINGTON -- Feb 01, `08 -- Although a major auction of prime public airwaves, the 700 MHz, is far from finished, there already appears to be a big winner: the US consumer. A bid on the largest portion of public wireless airwaves, now being auctioned by the US government, reached $4.7 ... http://techluver.com/2008/02/01/700-mhz-airwave-auction-exceeds-46-billion-a-win-for-consumers/ BOISE, Idaho & SANTA CLARA, Calif --BUSINESS WIRE-- Feb 01, `08 -- Intel and Micron Technology today unveiled a high speed NAND flash memory technology that can greatly enhance the access and transfer of data in devices that use silicon for storage. The new technology – developed jointly by Intel ... http://techluver.com/2008/02/01/intel-and-micron-develop-the-world%e2%80%99s-fastest-nand-flash-memory-with-5x-faster-performance/ Phoenix, AZ -- Feb 01, `08 -- Wal-Mart is actively working to open its first small-scale grocery stores in Arizona, according to city planning officials, as the world's largest retailer looks to fend off competition from British supermarket rival Tesco, reports Reuters. Tesco entered the US marketplace last year, opening Fresh ... http://techluver.com/2008/02/01/wal-mart-prepares-small-us-stores-to-fend-off-tesco/ Feb 01, `08 -- Four men who run one of the most popular file-sharing sites in the world have been charged with conspiracy to break copyright law in Sweden, the BBC reported on Thursday. Pirate Bay does not store music and video files on its own servers, but instead helps users ... http://techluver.com/2008/02/01/sweden-hits-pirate-bay-with-legal-action/ Chicago, IL -- Feb 01, `08 -- Motorola, which created and dominated the worldwide cell phone market, on Thursday announced it may shed that iconic business amid a breathtaking decline in sales and mounting losses in the past year. Its shares -- already down as about 55 percent since mid October ... http://techluver.com/2008/02/01/motorola-considers-breakup-phone-unit-sale/ WASHINGTON -- Feb 01, `08 -- US and European antitrust regulators aren't likely to prevent Microsoft from buying Yahoo, analysts said Friday, though scrutiny of the deal could drag on for months, the AP reported. A major factor weighing in Microsoft's favor, analysts said, is Google's dominance in the online search ... http://techluver.com/2008/02/01/us-eu-unlikely-to-stop-microsofts-yahoo-buyout/ SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- AMD on Monday, Jan 28, announced the immediate availability of the ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 graphics processor, expanding the visual boundaries of PC entertainment well beyond the 1080P High Definition (HD) threshold. The industry’s first graphics processor to break the Teraflop (one trillion floating point operations per ... http://techluver.com/2008/02/01/amd-intros-ati-radeon-hd-3870-x2/ San Francisco, CA -- Feb 01, `08 -- Microsoft made an unsolicited $44.6 billion cash and stock bid for Yahoo late Thursday, a deal that could shake up the competitive and lucrative market for online advertising. The surprise offer of $31 per share, which represents a 62% premium from where Yahoo ... http://techluver.com/2008/02/01/microsoft-makes-446-billion-bid-for-yahoo/ CES 2008 -- LAS VEGAS --BUSINESS WIRE-- Jan 07, `08 -- Hauppauge announced today the introduction of the new dual tuner WinTV-HVR-2250, USB based WinTV-HVR-1950, WinTV-HVR-950Q and WinTV-HVR-1250. -- The WinTV-HVR-2250 has two complete on-board analog and digital TV receivers, which allow users to watch and record two NTSC, ATSC or ... http://techluver.com/2008/01/07/hauppauge-intros-wintv-hvr-2250-1950-950q-and-1250/ LAKE SUCCESS, NY -- Jan 07, `08 -- Canon today announced the VIXIA family – a new lineup of consumer High-Definition camcorders embracing Canon optical and imaging technologies for superior image quality and flexibility – at the CES 2008 in Las Vegas. VIXIA Core TechnologiesAll VIXIA camcorders feature Canon core technologies ... http://techluver.com/2008/01/07/canon-intros-dual-flash-vixia-family-of-high-defination-camcorders/ CES 2008 -- Las Vegas -- Jan 07, `08 -- Intel unveiled 16 products today, including the company's first 45 nanometer (nm) processors for Intel Centrino Processor Technology based laptops. With the introduction of the new processors, Intel will offer 32 desktop, laptop and server processors based on these innovations. Intel ... http://techluver.com/2008/01/07/intel-unveils-16-next-generation-processors-including-first-notebook-chips-built-on-45nm-technology/ El Segundo, California - On Dec 31, Axiotron announced that its flagship product, the Modbook, the first fully functional Apple-authorized tablet Mac solution, is now shipping to consumers. The only Mac-based tablet computer on the market, Axiotron’s Modbook seamlessly integrates a state-of-the-art Wacom digitized pen-sensitive LCD slate-style display with Apple MacBook’s ... http://techluver.com/2008/01/01/axiotron-starts-shipping-modbook/ Jan 01, `08 -- Nathan Ramella explains his ARCwelder Project at Google code: Through a technique dubbed "Go Fighting Tabby!", or GFT for short, you can gain root access on an Archos 605 wi-fi running 1.7.13 firmware and execute arbitrary programs in its embedded Linux environment. This is the first step to ... http://techluver.com/2008/01/01/archos-605-705-wifi-hacked/