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Water-Cooler Effect: Internet Can Be TV’s Friend
That hasn’t been the case lately, judging by the record television ratings for big-ticket events. The Vancouver Olympics are shaping up to be the most-watched foreign Winter Games since 1994. This year’s Super Bowl was the most-watched program in United States history, beating out the final episode of “M*A*S*H” in 1983. Awards shows like the [...]
Full StoryBorderlands Opens Up “Secret Armory”
Borderlands reloads with new downloadable content this week. The Secret Armory of General Knoxx is the third add-on pack for Gearbox’s post-apocalyptic FPS and raises the game’s level cap to 61.
Full StorySneak Peek: The Awesome Vertigo Of Hubble 3D
Every day, it seems like we’re racing to cover more and more 3D movie news. For starters, Avatar just passed the $200 million mark on IMAX 3D screens alone. Beyond that, there’s the uproar over the 3D Alice in Wonderland, and how Disney is trying to limit the film’s run on movie screens. Far more [...]
Full StoryBoard Game Film News: Battleship Signs Oscar Nominee, Keeps Subject Matter
When I’m not wearing my Techland goggles, I’m just your average film buff. Or maybe that should be film snob. Either way.And right at the top of my list as one of 2009′s best films is The Hurt Locker, the awesome, exhilarating day-to-day chronicling of a year in the life of a bomb-defusal unit in [...]
Full StoryLaptop Encryption Chips: Dissolved, Needled, Prodded And Hacked
About 100 million personal computers out there have been built with special TPM chips, which enable disc encryption if users choose to activate them. For years it’s been a trusted method for keeping info secret, but a hacker has revealed a way to bypass the encryption the chips provide through a delicate operation using solvents [...]
Full StoryGoogle Buzz Biffs It Big-Time on Privacy
Despite what the leaders of Facebook and Google say, lots of people still like privacy. That was the message many early Buzz users shouted in the days following the launch of Google’s new social networking system. Google seems to have taken quick action to patch some of the privacy flaws people were complaining about, but [...]
Full StoryMicrosoft To Take Another Stab At Mobile
If Microsoft unveils Zune-like software for mobile phones on Monday, it might attract some badly needed interest. The company’s efforts in the smartphone realm have paled next to the successful Apple and RIM models in recent years. “This is kind of their last chance,” said Forrester analyst Charles Golvin. “If Windows Mobile doesn’t get it [...]
Full StoryReport: EU To Approve Microsoft-Yahoo search deal
Microsoft and Yahoo appear to have cleared one hurdle in getting their search outsourcing deal approved, according to a report.
Full StoryWi-Fi Turns Rowdy Bus Into Rolling Study Hall
VAIL, Ariz. — Students endure hundreds of hours on yellow buses each year getting to and from school in this desert exurb of Tucson, and stir-crazy teenagers break the monotony by teasing, texting, flirting, shouting, climbing (over seats) and sometimes punching (seats or seatmates).
Full StoryChina Alarmed By Threat To Security From Cyberattacks
BEIJING — Deep inside a Chinese military engineering institute in September 2008, a researcher took a break from his duties and decided — against official policy — to check his private e-mail messages. Among the new arrivals was an electronic holiday greeting card that purported to be from a state defense office.
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