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Archive for December 30th, 2007
Dec30
Should Web Giants Let Startups Use the Information They Have About You?
They call it scraping — when Web companies automatically harvest information from the likes of Yahoo, Google and craigslist. Now the Internet establishment is clamping down.
Filed in: Personal Tech
Dec30
Dec. 31, 1999: Horror or Hype? Y2K Arrives and the World Trembles
Doomsayers predict pandemonium as computer clocks make the switch from 99 to 00. Count on it: The whole rotten structure is going to tumble like the walls of Jericho.
Filed in: Personal Tech
Dec30
More Leaked iPhone 1.1.3 Firmware Details, Evidence and Videos
After the initial publishing of pre-release screenshots of the iPhone 1.1.3 firmware, there have been a couple of videos and details posted — adding to the credibility of the original claims.
Gizmodo provided a short video demonstrati…
Filed in: Apple/Mac
Dec30
Will CES 2008 Live Up to the iPhone? (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft chair Bill Gates has a tough job ahead of him at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next week.
Filed in: Apple/Mac
Dec30
Reminders of how little I know, and how much I take for granted
There’s a stereotype of a know-it-all computer support guy that has gotten some traction in the media (cf. The Office and Saturday Night Live). The personal style of these characters can be variable—taped glasses and an abrasive nerdiness or sarcastic stoicism paired with a fetish for sci-fi in-jokes—but universally they’re…
Filed in: Software
Dec30
Data Theft Soars to Unprecedented Levels
The loss or theft of personal data such as credit card and Social Security numbers is soaring to unprecedented levels, and the trend isn’t expected to turn around anytime soon as hackers stay a step ahead of security and laptops disappear with sensitive information.
Filed in: Personal Tech
Dec30
Survey: Techie Gen Y Is Also Library-Savvy
Today’s libraries are definitely not the same places where today’s senior citizens did their homework after school. Indeed, based on the results of a recent study, today’s seniors — and even many baby boomers — probably wouldn’t recognize half the resources available to patrons. However, younger generations do.
Filed in: Personal Tech
Dec30
Putting Green Technology in the Black
There’s little about the building where Vinod Khosla runs his tiny venture-capital firm to suggest he’s at the forefront of a global effort to revolutionize how the world gets energy. Small signs point discreetly to Khosla Ventures and other tenants at the low-slung building tucked inside a quiet Silicon Valley office park.
Filed in: Personal Tech
Dec30
Highs and Lows for Geeks in 2007
“The Simpsons” finally hit the big screen in 2007, and “Futurama” finally returned to the little screen. Comic books have become respectable and video games now look better than movies. Speaking of movies, we recently learned that Peter Jackson will be returning to Middle-Earth for two Hobbit films.
Filed in: Personal Tech
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