As people get richer, families get smaller, and scientists think it’s because wealthy parents believe quality is more important that quantity. Commentary by Carl Zimmer
Archive for February 7th, 2008
Feb7
The Natural History of the Only Child
Filed in: Personal Tech
Feb7
Startup Plans to Solve Online Identity Theft, But Does Anyone Care?
A Montreal startup has a plan to make online identity theft a thing of the past. The only problem? No one gives a rat’s ass.
Filed in: Personal Tech
Feb7
Cell Phones Get Modular With Modu Pieces and Parts
Modu, a new cell phone manufacturer based in Israel, is developing a new set of modular components for cell phones, letting consumers add pieces and parts to a miniature core cell phone to enhance its functionality — or even just its look and feel. Modu’s business plan calls for three basic products in its initial lineup, which it’s calling the “Modu ecosystem.”
Filed in: Personal Tech
Feb7
MS Holds Fire Sale for Xbox HD DVD Add-On
With a marked lack of fanfare, Microsoft lowered the price of its Xbox 360 add-on HD DVD player from $179 to $129. Microsoft has also bundled five free HD DVDs with the player. The price cut comes just a few weeks after Toshiba dropped the price on its three HD DVD standalone players to $149 from $299.
Filed in: Personal Tech
Feb7
Apple Event in Last Week of February?
TUAW tentatively claims that Mira Mobile is hiring for an unannounced Apple event in the last week of February.
The company reportedly coordinates television services for sporting and other live events, including Apple’s events. TUAW …
Filed in: Apple/Mac
Feb7
Google Apps Team Edition helps everyone collaborate
Google Apps Team Edition is nothing more than simply re-positioning the existing Google Apps product, but it lets people within an organization or group choose to collaborate using Google Apps — even if decision makers in those groups haven’t chosen to adopt the system. It couldn’t be easier to get started either.
First thing you […]
Filed in: Google
Feb7
Some won’t have to wait until March for Vista SP1, after all
Surprise! If you were among the 15,000 chosen testers who got the Vista Service Pack (SP) 1 Release Candidate (RC) 1 Refresh 2 test build in late January, you already have the final SP1 bits.
Filed in: Microsoft
Feb7
Protect your network with the Cisco IOS Firewall
Why buy another expensive device if your router can also provide firewall functionality? Any “Firewall Feature Set” version of the Cisco IOS contains the IOS Firewall, a built-in firewall inside the Cisco router. Let’s find out what the IOS Firewall can do and learn how to configure it. …
Filed in: Security
Feb7
Apple Pulls out of NAB 2008
Macenstein reports that Apple has decided not to exhibit at the 2008 National Association of Broadcasters conference which takes place from April 11-17 in Las Vegas, NV.
“Apple is participating in fewer trade shows this year,” said An…
Filed in: Apple/Mac
Feb7
Apple Developing Interactive Widgets for Apple TV
MacNN reports on a number of new patents from Apple, one of which involves an interesting use of “widgets” alongside streaming video that would allow for more interactivity.
The August 2006 filing introduces the possbility of incorporating Das…
Filed in: Apple/Mac
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