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Blogging from space
1pointsI bet that many of you envy Anousheh Ansari, an American businesswoman born in Iran, who will become on September 18 the first female space tourist. As the previous male ones, Ansari had to pay about $20 million for 10 days in space
Daily Show on violent video games
1pointsJon Stewart blasts US Congress' ignorance towards video games
Google goes into the charity business
1pointsTHE founders of Google, the popular search engine company, have set up a philanthropy fund, giving it seed money of about $US1 billion ($1.3 billion) and a mandate to tackle poverty, disease and global warming.
Microsoft officially announces Zune player (or iPod killer?)
1pointsMicrosoft officially announced its Zune media player and new online music service today. As previously reported, the Zune player will feature a 30GB hard drive, Wi-Fi wireless technology, a built-in FM tuner and a 3-inch screen.
Google Earth & Multimedia Featured Content
1pointsGoogle has just announced that Google Earth will be integrating multimedia educational information overlays under the Featured Content for Google Earth program.
Apple's new iTunes version branded a lemon
1pointsA steady flow of complaints about bugs in the latest version of iTunes are popping up on Apple's discussion boards, with numerous forum posts reporting poor sound quality and skipping tracks.
Lonelygirl: a Rose by any other name
1pointsThe secret's out. YouTube mystery woman Lonelygirl15 has been identified as 19-year-old New Zealand actress Jessica Rose.
Summary of today's Apple announcements (no iPod phone)
1pointsAn 80Gb iPod, 8Gb iPod Nanos is five colours, a shuffle smaller the size of my thumb and downloadabe movies (for US customers *sigh*) ... Apple's getting its groove back!
Amazon unveils video download service
1pointsAmazon has launched a video download service, selling films, TV episodes and video content from over 30 studios to US customers. The online retail giant is promising that its Amazon Unbox service will offer DVD-quality downloads. The service was…
Lithium Ion batteries under scrutiny after Dell, Apple recalls
1pointsIt has not been a great year for Sony. PlayStation 3 delays and Blu-ray production problems are bad enough. However, exploding notebook batteries and massive product recalls by major manufacturers such as Dell and Apple take the cake.
Google News Going Back, Going Waaay Back with Archives Search
1pointsIn their never ending quest to index all the world's information, Google's recently discovered that quite a lot of that info was produced before 1998 or so. Last week, Google Book Search began offering scans of public domain works for free download,…
Apple invitation fuels speculation it may distribute movies online
1pointsApple Computer sent out invitations Tuesday to an event next week in San Francisco with the clue ``It's Showtime'' -- fueling speculation about its plans to distribute movies online. One rumor has Apple Computer announcing it will begin to sell fu…
The Vista download craze is coming
1pointsRemember the frenzy that ensued when Windows Vista Beta 2 was released to the public? In case you don't, Microsoft's servers were hit with an amplitude of downloaders in the first few days of release. At the time, Microsoft went as far as saying that…
Google labeler highly addictive
1pointsGoogle has come up with a fun way to improve its image search results. But be warned it's addictive.
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