Home Generators (or How DTE Energy Ruined My Holidays) We are among the thousands without power in the northeast. Day four actually, and we've decided to look into generators so that next year's New Year's doesn't involve fears of frozen pipes bursting an

Category :Technology | 7 views | read more | 2008-12-31 12:07:00

The Best Computer Mice In Every Category ThinSkin writes "Now that the folks at ExtremeTech have finished writing about the best keyboards for every occasion, they conclude their roundup of input devices with the best computer mice in every

Category :Technology | 8 views | read more | 2008-12-31 11:05:00

Banned Words List Carries Its First Emoticon DynaSoar writes "Lake Superior State University in Michigan's Upper Peninsula ('The land of four seasons: June, July, August and Winter') has just published its 34th annual List of Words to Be Banishe

Category :Technology | 8 views | read more | 2008-12-31 10:08:00

Microsoft Zunes Committing Mass Suicide! jddeluxe writes "There are multiple reports springing up all over the internet of a mass suicide of Microsoft 30Gb Zune players globally. Check Zune forums, Gizmodo, or other such sites; the reports a

Category :Technology | 9 views | read more | 2008-12-31 09:04:00

Microsoft Zunes Committing Mass Suicide jddeluxe writes "There are multiple reports springing up all over the internet of a mass suicide of Microsoft 30GB Zune players globally. Check Zune forums, Gizmodo, or other such sites; the reports a

Category :Technology | 8 views | read more | 2008-12-31 09:04:00

Wikipedia Almost Reaches $6 Million Target An anonymous reader noted a story discussing the aftermath of the Wikipedia fundraiser and says "The writer suggests that Wikipedia can earn $50-100 million a month by a simple text ad. He also sugges

Category :Technology | 8 views | read more | 2008-12-31 08:01:00

The 2008 Malware Challenge John Hering writes "With over 25 papers submitted, the results of the 2008 Malware Challenge are in. Malware has become an ever-present danger in today's connected world: The 2008 Malware Challenge wa

Category :Technology | 9 views | read more | 2008-12-31 06:57:00

A Look At the Growth of MMOs In 2008 Zonk writes with news of a collaboration between Massively and GamerDNA to analyze the state of MMO player bases for 2008. Sifting through the data brought out several interesting trends. For example,

Category :Technology | 7 views | read more | 2008-12-31 04:37:00

Terry Pratchett Knighted ackthpt writes "Headlines have been popping up on Google News: 'Terry Pratchett declared himself "flabbergasted" to receive a knighthood as he led a group of writers, actors and performers honoured to

Category :Technology | 8 views | read more | 2008-12-31 02:07:00

Content Filtering Pulled From Free Broadband Proposal huzur79 writes "Electronista is reporting that Kevin Martin, Chairman of the FCC, has dropped the content filtering provisions from the proposal for free wireless broadband service, according to an in

Category :Technology | 9 views | read more | 2008-12-30 23:23:00