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2013 will be better for AMD

TG Daily Staff — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:26:03 +0000

AMD has been in a flux as of late, with the company building an almost entirely new management team headed by CEO Rory Read, CTO Mark Papermaster, CSO Rajan Naik and Lisa Su as VP of the company's Global Business Unit.  

New Battleship trailer puts you in a bubble

CB Droege — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:20:03 +0000

Hasbro recently debuted a new full-length trailer for its upcoming boardgame-based film Battleship.

PS3 firmware pushed to version 4.10

Mike Luttrell — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:34:55 +0000

The first firmware upgrade of 2012 for Sony's PS3 has been announced.

Renewables will bring golden age of free energy

Susan Kraemer, EarthTechling — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:32:03 +0000

Most people understand that once solar panels are paid off, the energy they provide is free. But what about on a national level?   

Star Wars-themed Xbox 360 heading out April 3

Mike Luttrell — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:23:00 +0000

Although originally scheduled to be released last November for the holiday season, the special edition Xbox 360 with a Star Wars motif is shipping out in two months.

LG plans 5-inch smartphone

Mark Raby — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:22:00 +0000

Right on the heels of Samsung's large Galaxy Note phone, LG is coming forward with a larger-than-usual handset.

Team beefs up solar cell efficiency

Kate Taylor — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:59:59 +0000

University of Cambridge scientists have developed a new type of solar cell that could increase the maximum efficiency of solar panels by over 25 percent.

Nokia announces more major layoffs

Mark Raby — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:35:10 +0000

Nokia has announced that it plans to cut another 4,400 jobs at its manufacturing plants by the end of the year.

Biological computer reads encrypted logos

Kate Taylor — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:47:30 +0000

Scientists at the Scripps Research Institute and the Technion–Israel Institute of Technology have developed a 'biological computer' - made entirely from biomolecules - that can encrypt and decipher images.

Path and Hipster swipe users' address books

Emma Woollacott — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:53:57 +0000

The popular Path photo-sharing app is uploading users' entire address books to its servers, a developer has discovered - and Path says it's not a mistake. Hipster's claimed to be doing the same.

Fall of communism hit US mathematicians hard

Kate Taylor — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:29:00 +0000

The collapse of the Soviet Union had a powerful effect on American mathematicians, crowding them out of jobs.

Google praised by Greenpeace for energy record: Apple, not so much

Emma Woollacott — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:08:01 +0000

Google's support for a stronger US clean energy policy and EU clean energy targets has seen it leap to the top of Greenpeace's annual Cool IT Leaderboard.

Extinct human's genome placed on internet

Kate Taylor — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:49:47 +0000

Scientists have reconstructed the entire genome of an extinct type of human from a 30,000-year-old finger bone, and made it available on the internet.

Heat-based recording speeds hard drives

Emma Woollacott — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:26:14 +0000

A new method of recording information to hard drives could increase their speed by hundreds of times.

Awake trailer straddles two worlds

CB Droege — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:34:03 +0000

NBC, which has been making lots of news lately about its new genre shows for next year, has finally posted an extended trailer for Awake.

Sci-fi and horror films hold their own

David Konow — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:26:03 +0000

Whether you follow the box office horserace every weekend or not, Superbowl weekend was a nice one at the movies.

Apocalyptic Age of Miracles headed to the big screen

TG Daily Staff — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:09:03 +0000

The Age of Miracles, an apocalyptic sci-fi novel written by Karen Thompson Walker, is headed to the big screen.   

No, Harrison Ford won't revisit Blade Runner

David Konow — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:53:03 +0000

Rumors of Harrison Ford returning for another Blade Runner film spread like wildfire across the 'Net over the past few days, but were doused almost as quickly.   

Is Facebook more addictive than cigarettes or alcohol?

Shane McGlaun — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:16:03 +0000

I'm sure we all know people who just can't seem to put down their smartphone and stay off Twitter or Facebook for even a couple of hours at a time.

Google rolls out Chrome for Android

TG Daily Staff — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:33:03 +0000

Google has introduced a beta version of its flagship Chrome browser for Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) smartphones and tablets.

CPU-GPU "collaboration" boosts processor performance

Trent Nouveau — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:11:03 +0000

 Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a technique that allows graphics processing units (GPUs) and central processing units (CPUs) on a single chip to improve their level of collaboration.  

New trailer for The River gets pulled underground

CB Droege — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:50:03 +0000

ABC has released a long form trailer for tonight’s pilot episode of The River.

Apple could take 5% of HDTV market

Mark Raby — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:47:02 +0000

In an industry dominated by power players from Samsung to Panasonic, Apple is expected to make a significant mark.

Apple eyes ARM for Mac OS X

TG Daily Staff — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:29:03 +0000

Mac OS X currently runs on Intel-based x86 systems. However, it seems as if Apple has seriously considered the possibility of porting the popular operating system to ARM chipsets.

Anonymous doxes Oakland officials over OWS crackdown

Trent Nouveau — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:54:03 +0000

  Cyber activists associated with Anonymous have posted the private information of Oakland city officials in response to an ongoing crackdown against OccupyWallStreet (OWS) protestors.

Verizon plans 4G pricing promotion

Mark Raby — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:46:35 +0000

If you want to pick up a Verizon 4G LTE phone, this weekend is the time to do it.

The Amazing Spider-Man trailer climbs the walls

CB Droege — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:54:03 +0000

Columbia Pictures has released its first full-length trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man.

Cryoscope tells you the temperature with a touch

Shane McGlaun — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:44:10 +0000

There are a few common things we all deal with in our daily lives, no matter where we live. Take the weather, for example.

RIM says Blackberry apps are popular

Mark Raby — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:43:07 +0000

We're not sure if this is RIM toting its usual "nothing's wrong" attitude or just a new strategy to encourage people to stay with the Blackberry brand.

This electric ride does it on just one wheel

Steve Duda, EarthTechling — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:27:03 +0000

With the rush to introduce all manner of electric vehicles to the public, we've seen an explosion of transportation ideas over the last few years.   