The Browser Wars are back on! Tuesday Google will release Chrome, a web browser that will challenge Internet Explorer and Firefox for Internet dominance. Reuters: http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSWEN771820080901
Check out Google directly for the straight scoop: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/fresh-take-on-browser.html
The Commodore is back! The Commodore UMMD 8010/F Netbook was announced at the IFA in Berlin. Unfortunately, the only thing this Commodore has to the computer manufacturer of yore is its name. CNet:http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10029963-1.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5
A look at the upcoming game Spore by Will Wright by a couple of evolutionary biologists. NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/02/science/02spor.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Electronic Arts releases Command & Conquer: Red Alert for free as a promotion for the upcoming Red Alert 3: http://www.ea.com/redalert/news-detail.jsp?id=62
Remember a few weeks ago when Cuil, a new search engine touted as the first serious competition for Google was launched? There are reports that when Cuil finds a website and starts the index process, it hits the site so hard that it may slow it or crash it entirely. TechCrunch: http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/01/is-cuil-killing-websites/
The RIAA won a $40,850 judgement against an Arizona resident for sharing music on Kazaa. It’s rare for such a case to make it to trial and not many actually make it to judgement. However, this defendant didn’t help matters when he acted as his own counsel during the trial, and ignored the judge’s instructions to not tamper with the evidence, instead attempting to delete all traces of P2P networking from his computer: Ars Technica: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080901-howell-verdict-riaa-wins-40850-p2p-judgment.html
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station observed a rare, but beautiful, phenomenon this summer: clouds forming around an altitude of 50 miles, where the atmosphere gives way to space. For comparison, most high altitude clouds top out around 11 miles. While these noctilucent clouds have been known for 120 years, scientists are still unsure what causes them. Space.com: http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/080901-mm-night-shining.htm
Researchers have found that people who lose their jobs tend to withdraw from society, foregoing common social circles such as church or hobby groups. The ramification is that such withdrawal makes it even more difficult to find a new job. LiveScience: http://www.livescience.com/culture/080901-jobless-hermits.html
Well, that seems rude. Michael Phelps, the Olympic swimming champion, was presented with an early copy of Call of Duty: World at War from Activision. This seemed unusual, as the industry buzz is that the game is at least a month from completion. Activision later admitted that Phelps was presented with an empty box, but promised to get the game to him as soon as it’s actually, you know, done. MTV: http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2008/08/29/michael-phelps-call-of-duty-early/
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