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Opera Offers Web Browsing For Low-End Mobile Phones August 11, 2005 Opera Software on Wednesday unveiled a cellular phone client and server that make it possible to access web pages with low-end cellular phones running a Java-based application platform.   website >>>

You Say You Want a Web Revolution August 8, 2005 The Netscape threat that led Microsoft to wage the browser war and cross swords with antitrust regulators around the world is -- at long last -- poised to become reality. Software experts say recent innovations in web design are ushering in a new era for internet-based software applications, some of the best of which already rival desktop applications in power and efficiency. That’s giving software developers a wide open platform for creating new programs that have no relation to the underlying operating system that runs a PC.   website >>>

Brain Workouts May Tone Memory August 4, 2005 It's common knowledge that a proper exercise regimen can do wonders for the body. Only recently, however, have psychologists and gerontologists aggressively applied the same principle to the mind.   website >>>

The Print Shop: Business Inkjet Takes on Color Lasers August 3, 2005 With some color laser printers now selling for as little as $299, it's surprising that a small business or home user would even consider an inkjet printer. And conventional wisdom says laser printers are the business tool of choice because they tend to be faster, offer more paper handling options, and print razor-sharp text. But sub-$1000 color lasers for the small office or home haven't heeded conventional wisdom, delivering very mixed results in our tests.   website >>>

Apple introduces the Mighty Mouse August 2, 2005 Apple Computer on Tuesday introduced Mighty Mouse, the company's next generation USB 1.1 and 2.0 mouse. Mighty Mouse offers users up to four independently programmable buttons and a Scroll Ball that lets users scroll in any direction -- vertically, horizontally and even diagonally, according to Apple.   website >>>

Hackers Demonstrate Their Skills in Vegas August 2, 2005 Even the ATM machines were suspect at this year's Defcon conference, where hackers play intrusion games at the bleeding edge of computer security.   website >>>

It knows where you are... July 30, 2005 A new electronic guide tailors information to the spot on which you’re standing. Nicholas Roe puts it to the test. In The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams conjures up a device that gives tourists such huge amounts of on-the-spot information about life, the universe and everything that it's like having God in your rucksack.   website >>>

Longhorn's new name: Windows Vista July 22, 2005 The next version of Windows finally has an official name: Windows Vista. The advertising tagline for Vista is "Clear, Confident, Connected: Bringing clarity to your world," according to a video of the announcement posted by Microsoft.   website >>>

Really cool invention brings teens awards July 21, 2005 Physics students: They came up with an environmentally friendly, economical air conditioner Tyler Lyon, Daniel Winegar and Chad Thornley were overtired and giddy as they tackled a science fair project. Their idea: Eliminate the use of Freon in automobile air-conditioning systems by relying on the Peltier effect - of course.   website >>>

Birds think they are mobile phones July 20, 2005 GERMAN ORNITHOLOGISTS fear that birds in that country have started to imitate the ring tones.   website >>>

Unorthodox Chess From an Odd Mind July 20, 2005 Two dozen programmers from around the world have signed up to compete in Germany next month in the first computer chess tournament devoted to Chess960, a game variant invented by fugitive chess genius Bobby Fischer that's slowly gaining rank among grandmasters.   website >>>

Mind May Affect Machines July 19, 2005 For 26 years, strange conversations have been taking place in a basement lab at Princeton University. No one can hear them, but they can see their apparent effect: balls that go in certain directions on command, water fountains that seem to rise higher with a wish and drums that quicken their beat. Yet no one hears the conversations because they occur between the minds of experimenters and the machines they will to action. Researchers at the Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research program, or Pear, have been attempting to measure the effect of human consciousness on machines since 1979.   website >>>

Tools Give Video Freaks the Power July 15, 2005 Chris Neumann and his two buddies work together to produce a half-hour television show featuring amusing how-to tips like "How to Send a Girl a Drink," "How to Drive a Forklift" and "How to be Gourmet." But the program isn't exactly burning up the Nielsen ratings. How To Behave airs just once a month on a San Francisco public-access channel.   website >>>

BlueBear Network Acquires Breakthrough 3D Face Camera July 14, 2005 Fast, Simultaneous 3D and 2D Mugshots Will Improve Forensic Identification OTTAWA, July 14, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- BlueBear Network International, Inc. announced today it has successfully tested proprietary 3D MugShot camera technology for the law enforcement market worldwide.   website >>>

New TV to bring whole family together -- watching different shows July 14, 2005 TOKYO (AFP) - Parents will no longer miss their news programs or movies if their children insist on watching cartoons. A new television will allow two different programs to air at the same time depending where one sits.   website >>>

Sun to open-source single sign-on code July 14, 2005 Sun Microsystems plans to release part of the blueprints of its Java Access Manager single sign-on product to the open-source community, it said Wednesday.   website >>>

Electronic paper debuts in Tokyo July 14, 2005 Forever just on the horizon, but year after year never getting closer. As well as holographic displays and integrated speech processing and pervasive computing, you could add electronic paper to the set of key technologies that seem to be always just out of reach.   website >>>

Laptops Are Hot; Maybe Too Hot July 13, 2005 It may be hard to fry an egg on a new laptop today, but notebook surface temperatures remain too hot for many users -- and the situation could get worse. Contemporary laptops are generally cooler than their predecessors. In IBM's case, what it calls the maximum "skin temperature," or surface temperature, is 45 degrees Celsius (113 Fahrenheit), which is considered an optimal threshold in the industry. However, laptop makers increasingly struggle to accommodate components that are more powerful and, consequently, hotter.   website >>>

Firefox update squashes security bugs July 12, 2005 The Mozilla Foundation has fixed several security flaws in its Firefox browser, but initially left people in the dark about what some of the issues entail.   website >>>

Interview: NVIDIA, RSX and the future July 11, 2005 On Thursday, bit-tech.net sat down with David Kirk for a chat about the future of NVIDIA and its technology. David is the Chief Scientist at NVIDIA: his job is to oversee the technology progression, and, simply, to create the next generations of graphics technology. If there's a man that knows what the future holds for PC gamers, then, it's him.   website >>>