Archive for July 2006
July 2, 2006
· Estonians reign at wife-carrying championships
July 4, 2006
· Hyperthreading vs. Dual Core
· Man prefers jail to being at home with grandpa
· OSX.Exploit.Launchd: A false security flag
· Putting the Nix on SCO's Code Lawsuit
July 5, 2006
· Apple rolls out $899, 17-inch iMac education model
· Mac OS X 10.4.7 adds ‘spy’ daemon?
· How To Disable Apple's "Dashboard Advisor"
July 6, 2006
· Apple and beleaguered Creative ‘open’ to settling iPod patent lawsuits
· Free, legal and ignored: Mac- and iPod-incompatible beleaguered Napster dying at colleges
· Microsoft Plans to Release IPod Rival for Christmas
July 7, 2006
· Widget "phone home" function actually a security measure; Erratic Bluetooth behavior, more
July 10, 2006
· Wi-Fi Cloud Of Hot Zones Planned For NYC
· Dell's Exploding Computer and Other Image Problems
· Vonage sued for patent infringement
· How beleaguered Creative got stomped by Apple Computer
· Analyst: ‘Boot Camp Effect’ to play significant role in Apple Mac market share gains
· Boy, 4, survives fall from 11th storey window
· Man dies hoisting flag for World Cup final
July 11, 2006
· HTML-Optimizer Pro 4.5.7 now available.
· The Cult of Leia's Metal Bikini
· Anybody Got Duct Tape?
· ‘Apple consumer backlash’ doesn’t exist; Apple is selling more Macs and iPods than ever
· BMW Makes Self-Parking Car
· Big Brother Gives Out Free Cellphones
· Federal Judge: Sanitizing Movies is Illegal
· Built-In Software Security Flaws Have Companies Up In Arms
· Blogger starts with paper clip, ends with house
· Mushroom drug produces mystical experience
· As more people play, advertisers devise game plan
· You can now watch "Star Wars" on Telnet
· Google to Put a Research Center in Michigan
· Oracle talks smack about Red Hat
· On space station, droids get a workout
· Argo aims guns at more than iPod
· Windows apps cross over to the Mac
July 12, 2006
· MySpace gains top ranking of U.S. websites
· Europe Is Expected to Fine Microsoft Hundreds of Millions
· Emergency alerts to ping cellphones, Internet
· Japanese gadget records, replicates odor
· Data miners dig a little deeper
· Date set for phase 2 of Intel's Core launch
· Self-stirring coffee mug
· Out of left field: the Frisbee camera
· Vermont to start offering manure power
· Boeing 747-8 makes the skies a bit more friendly
· Condé Nast Buys Wired News
· Microsoft Patches 18 Security Flaws in Windows, Office
· Mickey Dee's Harnesses McSun for Chicago Billboard
July 13, 2006
· MySpace parent company pledges millions for safety campaign
· Free Virtual PC from Microsoft
· Christie's launches real-time virtual sale
· Fossil find suggests killer kangaroos
· IBM sued over hacked e-mail server
· Apple + Nike Sport Kit Ships
· Apple denies new education iMac to individuals
July 14, 2006
· "Mac OS X: Viruses and Security" at Symantec
· China jails journalist over internet articles
· Reseller scheme to extend Apple's reach
· Apple to shy away from creative image
· Thirty-Four States Sue DRAM Companies For Price Fixing
· RIAA loses in file sharing case
· Microsoft fights back against spammers
· Galileo GPS system hacked at Cornell
· Apple gives up on hunt for moles
· Congress Identifies Pornography Purchasers
· Intel to slash 1,000 management jobs
· Thirty-four states to sue chip makers over price-fixing
· Sony to offer movies on Memory Sticks
· Apple trying to negotiate movie-download price with studios
· Referee stops game after rocket lands near home
· Dog blamed for hitting woman with truck
· Vegas sex workers demand rights, respect
· Suspected thief robs judge at own trial
· Real-bearded Santas flood toasty Missouri town
· "Wear nice pants" - police tell women drinkers
· Cannabis plants removed from Berlin foster home
July 15, 2006
· IBM accused of hacking, asks judge to toss case
· Police blotter: Mortgage 'spammers' sued by ISP
· Mac Pro To Get Dual Optical Drive Slots?
· Fingerprint-reading USB drive: for your eyes only
· Enlightening iPod Statistics For 2006
· Apple and Microsoft showdown over Blu-ray vs. HD DVD?
· Uproar in Peru over genetically-engineered diarrhea treatment
· Ghost Radar detects Casper
July 16, 2006
· NTSB looks to laptop batteries as possible cause of plane fire
· Nude sunbather: Cheekies helps disorder
· Seal moves in to paddock with horses
· Patient wearing oxygen mask sparks fire
· Beer baron Coors loses license for DUI
July 17, 2006
· Apple shares rise in pre-open trading
· RFID-enabled passports could pose security threat
· Symantec now corrects self, says no file infecting Mac OS X viruses exist
July 18, 2006
· Sky offers 'free' broadband service - UPDATED
· New Xbox 360 Bundle coming?
· Timberlake 'too lazy' for an iPod
· Rumour: WWDC launch for iTunes movies, iPod nano?
· Samsung unveils GSM WiFi phone
· Cingular claims US first with HSDPA handset
· Arrest Made in Crackdown on Internet Betting
· More airports try to keep drivers out of the loop
· World Cup head butt used as Trojan bait
· Googling for malicious software
· Virtual Windows on a Mac coming to stores
· Hunting for the world's worst sound
· Survey: Intel chips make some more likely to buy Macs
· Acquittal in sushi theft, harrowing chase
· CBS raids the henhouse for latest promotion
· Doctor, your sponge is beeping
· Men try to wash stolen cash after heist
July 19, 2006
· HTML-Optimizer Pro X 4.5.8 now available.
· UK MacExpo opens for registration
· iPods, USB storage to gain from Samsung chip
· Apple prepping a video gaming iPod with NVIDIA 3D graphics?
· A look at the best of Summer NAMM
· Apple’s ITunes Movie Store to offer feature film downloads that can be burned to DVD?
· Sony announces plethora of new products
· Stranded Australian motorist tries to summon help by playing dead
· Airline scraps online 'Hoffa' game
· Vegetables to get Olympic identity codes
· China to crack down on karaoke piracy: paper
· Con man accused of stealing Degas bronze
· Misyar offers marriage-lite in strict Saudi society
· Runaway circus kangaroo on the loose in Ireland
· Apple's 3rd Quarter 2006 Financial Results
July 20, 2006
· Apple reports $472 million profit
· Customer Subdues Robber With Applesauce
· Sales at eBay Climb, but Net Income Declines
· Google site to aid the blind
· NZ cop censured for under the covers work
· Python gulps queen-size electric blanket
· Consonant-Loving Thief Takes Rs From Signs
· Wyoming police pledge crackdown on streakers
· Apple hints at iPod phone
· Gizmo Project VoIP service goes free
· Amnesty blasts Google, Yahoo, Microsoft over China
· Skype introduces WiFi phones
· iPod abuse creates 'deaf generation'
July 21, 2006
· Yahoo! calls for DRM-free music
· Apple confirms 2,900 Universal apps
· Intel's first quad-core chips to arrive this year
· More info surfaces regarding Apple’s latest iPod touch-screen patent filing
· Flaming dog meat sets Chinese school afire
· Finns use pig slurry to clean polluted pond
· Bad-tempered parrot leaves a bloody clue
· For the richest guy in Margaritaville...
· Sex in a boat? Come to Lake Balaton, Hungary says
July 22, 2006
· Man in chicken suit cries foul over abuse
July 23, 2006
· Unique bottle of tequila sold for $225,000
July 24, 2006
· Dell CEO takes swipes at Apple
· Hacktivismo releases secure IM for dissidents
· Apple patents 'none-touch' iPod UI
· Microsoft changes tune with Zune
· Missile falls off truck onto New York highway
· Fish from heavens rain on India's Manna
· At swinging convention, sex is on everyone's mind
· Amazon to offer online movie store
· Apple to counter Zune with innovation
· Paris Hilton accused of hacking Lindsay Lohan's Blackberry
· Beware of ransomware, firm warns
· Symantec, Yahoo team up on security
· Apple leaps to #10 in ‘S&P 500 stocks with biggest weekly changes
· Report: Apple to debut wireless Bluetooth Mighty Mouse soon
· How to make Windows on the Mac flow like Wine
· Dutch nuns on bikes chase suspected thief
· Apple 13-Inch MacBook benchmarked
July 25, 2006
· Roxio Toast 7 gets Blu-ray Disc support
· 74,000 .eu domain names suspended
· License Plate Tracking for All
· Apple's two-button mouse loses its tail
· "You call that a knife?"
· India's bank ordered to pay up over "dead" sweeper
· Group files complaint against Miss Indonesia
· Woman mails 1.5 metre-long python
· Warner Bros. & Apple Bring Television Favorites to the iTunes Music Store
· Metallica catalog added to iTunes
· Google adds traffic info to mobile Maps application
· Alleged library foot kisser indicted
July 26, 2006
· Google launches new search service for visually impaired users
· Motion Picture Association declares raids a success
· Symantec details more security holes in Microsoft’s Windows Vista
· Zune: Apple cannot lose. Microsoft cannot win
July 27, 2006
· 10+ year old Apple Newton handheld beats latest handheld PC offering today
· Tricky Software announces Armado
· Sharing networks @ Macworld
· Kazaa pays $100m to become legit
· Judge OKs Google click-fraud settlement
· Intel rolls out Core 2 Duo chips
· Court says border agents have the right to search your laptop
· iPods have 4-year life, says Apple
· Sony Launches PSP Wi-Fi Network in Europe, Australia
· Sony adds video podcast support to PSP
· Mossberg: Jump through hoops trying to secure Windows or just get a Mac
· High-def video add-on coming to iPod
· PC World writer’s advice for Microsoft: ‘Stop making crap’
· Man saves dog thrown from window
· Moose carcass disappears from Conn. road
· Kan. workers find pot in potted plants
July 28, 2006
· Apple brand equity climbs 14%
· Google creates repository for open-source projects
· Apple confirms focus on iPod/car integration
· Powering Up, One Step at a Time
· High-Tech Carpet Knows You are Fat, Old
· Depeche Mode i.Beat Vision MP3 Player
· Apple acknowledges MacBook, MB Pro problems
· Opera reveals version 10 vision
· A Cingular Stones Concert
July 30, 2006
· Giant dead eel tossing contest canceled
· Man accused of biting off rooster's head