What if we told you you could own a piece of your very own tropical island eco-resort - and do so with an awesome Ewok-meets-Aarnio eco-sphere hanging treehouse?
July 2008
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Thu 31 Jul 2008
Thu 31 Jul 2008
Play your music and videos. Stay entertained and up to date with podcasts and video podcasts. Discover new music with Last.fm radio. Sync your iPod and other devices. We think you’ll love the new Banshee! New for 1.2 is an equalizer, support for internet radio, music recommendations, DAAP client support, compilation album support, and more.
Thu 31 Jul 2008
Intel to lose its lead in chip manufacturing tech in 2009
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There is a lot of dirt being dished back and forth between Intel and Nvidia these days and this is yet another chapter. Nvidia’s manufacturing company is ready to introduce 40 nm chips next year, while Intel will be stuck with 45 nm until the end of 2009. Looks like it is the first time GPUs get smaller than CPUs.
Thu 31 Jul 2008
Apple Tells Retailers to Stock Up on Current Macs and iPods
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f you needed a bigger hint that new iPods and MacBooks (whatever form they take) are around the corner, AppleInsider is reporting that Apple has “strongly suggested” to its retail channel partners to stock up on at least four weeks worth of their best-selling iPod models, and at least three weeks worth of MacBooks and MacBook Pros.
Thu 31 Jul 2008
FCC: Comcast Illegally Interfered With File-Sharing Traffic
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A majority of the Federal Communications Commission has concluded that cable operator Comcast unlawfully disrupted the transfer of certain digital video files, affirming the government’s right to regulate how Internet companies manage Web traffic.Comcast violated federal rules by purposely slowing the transmission of video files shared among users
Thu 31 Jul 2008
Google is the sleeping giant when it comes to advertising in video games. While the company dominates search advertising, it has yet to make a big splash in video games. That could change soon, as the company has been quietly testing its “AdSense for Games” product for months.
Thu 31 Jul 2008
Largest Cleantech Industry is…Carbon Credits, $63 Billion
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Emerging out of thin air, it has already surpassed solar and wind as the largest cleantech industry. Carbon credits were worth a staggering $63 billion in 2007 and $59 billion in the first half of 2008 alone.
Thu 31 Jul 2008
A University of Chicago psychologist explores the dangers of loneliness, and how it can lead humans to a miserable life and even an early grave.
Thu 31 Jul 2008
Meet the Martin Jetpack, a contraption unveiled at a US air show yesterday. It is a real-life version of the toy we all fantasised about as children (and some of us as adults)
Thu 31 Jul 2008
How Science May be in Danger of Becoming a Radical Religion
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Science, it would appear, has the raw material for a new religion. But can it become a more congenial guest in the house — church, temple, mosque — of religion? It seems that science is often so determined to proselytize or even evict all of the current occupants when it should coexist as peacefully as possible with religious traditions.