Monitortan

Fun or fanaticism?

2006-12-13T17:35:52Z

Some liberal religious groups say that the new videogame "Left Behind: Eternal Forces" sends a message of intolerance and violence.

So of course, it should sell like hotcakes....

Making the scene

2006-12-13T17:32:33Z

Woburn's Gotuit Media creates SceneMaker, a system that lets you edit and tag individual scenes in your favorite YouTube videos.

Kinda cool.

Avatars are all too real

2006-12-13T17:29:01Z

Those electronic representations of people you find in online games like Second Life really do have a life of their own, as far as the environment is concerned. Nicholas Carr calculates the amount of energy needed to keep one of them alive--and the answer will amaze you.

Apple's next ad...

2006-12-13T16:01:46Z

...may come from a top Microsoft exec who said in 2004 that if he didn't work at Microsoft, he'd go out and buy himself a Mac.

Say it ain't so

2006-12-06T15:56:44Z

Nearly half of all users of Apple Macintosh computers are 55 or older?

Naah....

Get everything on paper

2006-12-01T21:36:53Z

A kid from India figures out how to store vast amounts of data on good old-fashioned paper. Gigabytes of the stuff on a single page.

Dude!

Maybe Zune's not doomed

2006-12-01T21:35:03Z

It seems Microsoft's new digital music player did pretty darn well during its first week on the market.

Well, duh...

2006-12-01T18:39:48Z

Microsoft's new Vista operating system and Office 2007 office suite offer little that's truly necessary to improve the computing experience. So it's no surprise that most businesses will be in no hurry to buy.

Scarcer than we thought

2006-11-30T16:55:01Z

According to the CEO of Electronic Arts, the biggest videogame maker, Sony only delivered about 200,000 PlayStation 3 consoles to the US during its first weekend on sale. That's half the number Sony was supposed to provide. The result was a sizable shortfall in sales of EA games for the PS 3

The problem with podcasting...

2006-11-28T19:14:09Z

...is that not all that many people want to listen to them. And even if they do listen, most will only tune in once.

Why am I not surprised? Besides, there's another drawback to podcasting: Life's too bloody short. Who's got time to listen to various know-it-alls nattering on for half an hour? Blogging is better because you can skim a blog in a minute or so, get the gist, and move on. With a podcast, you actually have to pay attention for an extended period to get any benefit. It's like a step backward to the age of oral tradition. What's the point?

Spyware comes to the Mac

2006-11-28T19:08:35Z

In theory, anyway. But that's bad enough.

Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!

2006-11-28T19:06:26Z

Looks like the Beatles are finally going digital. And about time too...

The tech shopper's friend

2006-11-28T16:37:56Z

Check out this impressive new gadget shopping site that puts everything you need on a single page. Quite cool it is.

Back from Thanksgiving vacation...

2006-11-28T16:36:58Z

...and ready for action!

Duck, you sucker!

2006-11-20T05:59:42Z

Twenty-three years from now, a giant asteroid will pass within 20,000 miles of Earth. Or maybe even closer...