While scientists labor to find a cure for AIDS, the common cold, and other viruses, researchers in Antarctica have unearthed a life form capable of defeating our most infectious foes. And–surprise!–it’s another virus.
No really–it’s not the pitch for some direct-to-video cheesy sci-fi movie.
The virus, dubbed “Organic Lake …
There’s a lot of great music online–more than most people have time to keep up with. That’s why you’ve got us. Every week, we’ll point you toward three notably excellent new downloads or videos from chart-topping stars, cult favorites and unknown geniuses.
1. You may have encountered the Israeli musician Kutiman’s brilliant Thru-You …
Security consultant Mohamed Hassan made a shocking discovery when he bought a Samsung laptop last month: Pre-installed software was recording his every keystroke.
Writing for NetworkWorld, Hassan says he discovered the key-logging software, called Starlogger, on a Samsung R525 laptop after running a full system scan with commercial …
Some companies would take a moment to catch their breath after managing to get 30 million customers online at the same time, but not Skype. After passing the 30,000,000 user online simultaneously milestone on Monday, the VoIP company has two different plans in the offing to keep itself ahead of the crowd.
In Estonia, the inventors of …
Google has removed one more big stumbling block for Android developers by bringing in-app purchases to the Android Market.
In-app purchases allow developers to release their software for free, in hopes of hooking users with new content or extra features. Don’t underestimate the allure of such a feature; according to GigaOM, in-app …
Tornados, Amelia Earheart, Toto, and now some of the fastest broadband speeds in the Midwest–Google just picked Kansas to be the site of a brand new “ultra high-speed” fiber network.
That’s Kansas City, Kansas, to be specific–not Kansas City, Missouri, the city’s more populous municipal twin just across the border.
Google said it …
Call it the Mass Storage Effect. When comparing the PlayStation 3 vs. the Xbox, one thing developers talk about is the difference in space with the consoles’ disc formats. The DVD format’s a bit long in the tooth, and the usable space on the average Xbox 360 dual-layer disc usually tops out at around 6.8 GB out of 7.95 GB.
According …
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Research firm IDC–a sister company of my former employer, PCWorld–has released its latest estimates of the current and future marketshare of major smartphone operating systems. The headline news: It’s predicting that Android will continue to boom and that …
Google is taking another step towards its own social network without actually building its own social network (the company insists it’s only building social layers on top of the web) with the “+1” button.
If you’re down with Facebook’s “Like” button, then Google’s hoping you’ll use the new +1 button, too. Simply put, here’s how Google …
We at Techland hold firmly that video game designers are some of today’s best artists. But we also realize that mainstream art snobs sometimes dismiss the genre as not real art.
That’s why we love the work of Thibault Brunet, a photographer who’s capturing and retouching screenshots to capture the landscapes and portraits found in
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“Gmail Labs is a testing ground for experimental features that aren’t quite ready for primetime. They may change, break or disappear at any time.”
That’s the ominous message that greets you when you delve into the deepest, darkest corners of Gmail. Beware!
However, some of Gmail’s experimental features can and do make your e-mail …
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has a book coming out this month called Idea Man. You’ll find that Vanity Fair has a multi-page excerpt of the book, and the Wall Street Journal has a slightly shorter synopsis.
The chunk of the book dedicated to the story of Paul Allen and Bill Gates co-founding Microsoft together sounds eerily …
