Microsoft Prefers Flash To Silverlight An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft still has not adopted Silverlight, and uses Flash all over it's websites. "Despite all the controversy over Microsoft using Silverlight to take over the rich inte

Category :Technology | 5 views | read more | 2008-05-10 09:39:00

NASA Will Man Destruct Switch Just In Case Ant writes "Popular Mechanics reports if the looming Discovery mission or any other between now and the spacecraft's retirement loses control, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is p

Category :Technology | 5 views | read more | 2008-05-10 08:28:00

BioShock Movie to be Made by Universal azuredrake writes "Gamasutra reports that Universal Pictures has just announced a completion of licensing negotiations to bring the game BioShock to the silver screen. For those unfamiliar with the pr

Category :Technology | 6 views | read more | 2008-05-10 06:28:00

NVIDIA GeForce To Quadro Software Mod babyshiori writes "The NVIDIA Quadro family of professional graphics cards are very, very expensive. But many people know that Quadro and GeForce graphics cards are virtually identical in hardware. Ob

Category :Technology | 7 views | read more | 2008-05-10 04:21:00

First Release Candidate of Wine 1.0 Released moronikos writes to mention that the first release candidate of Wine 1.0 was announced and released into the wild today. This new version includes only bug fixes as the team is in a code freeze while

Category :Technology | 6 views | read more | 2008-05-10 02:31:00

Google's Street View Meets Resistance in France Ian Lamont writes "Google has begun to scan the streets of Paris as part of its Street View service, but the company may be hindered from publishing them unedited. The reason? French privacy laws. Goo

Category :Technology | 8 views | read more | 2008-05-10 00:34:00

EA Loosens Spore, Mass Effect DRM An anonymous reader writes "In response to recent criticism, EA has decided to eliminate the periodic validation of Mass Effect and Spore. 'Specifically, EA's plan to dial in to game owner's computers

Category :Technology | 8 views | read more | 2008-05-09 22:26:00

The Worst Workspaces in Tech nicholas.m.carlson writes help you feel better about your hovel. Vallywag recently compiled a list of the top ten places to work, but the resulting submissions and exploration also provided them with

Category :Technology | 8 views | read more | 2008-05-09 20:30:00

RIAA Lawyer Jumps Ship NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "The RIAA's top litigation lawyer, who has been personally leading the RIAA's litigation campaign for the past several years, Richard Gabriel, will be leaving his law pract

Category :Technology | 6 views | read more | 2008-05-09 18:22:00

UK Uses CCTV, Terrorism Laws, Against Pooping Dogs An anonymous reader writes to tell us that it seems the UK is trying make up for their judicious use of surveillance cameras that, according to recent research, do not actually deter crime, by using t

Category :Technology | 6 views | read more | 2008-05-09 17:11:00