Dead Space Launches as EA’s New Sci-Fi Horror Franchise Amid Crowded Fall Release Schedule
EA launched Dead Space on October 14, 2008, introducing a new sci-fi horror franchise built on atmospheric tension and strategic dismemberment mechanics…
Intel just fixed the reason SSDs have been disappointing
Recent SSD reviews highlight a common issue: brief stutters during use due to poorly designed controller chips, not the flash memory itself.…
The first cable that can refuse to work
Replacing five cables with one is a straightforwardly good change and I do not want to be churlish about it. Anyone who…
Your recycled computer probably went to a landfill in China
Many recycling programs offer a convenient way to dispose of old computers, but investigations reveal that many machines are shipped to countries…
Blu-ray won the right to fight DVD
The format war ended in February and Blu-ray won it comprehensively. Seven months later the prize turns out to be the right…
SpaceX Falcon 1 Reaches Orbit: The Fourth Attempt That Saved the Company
SpaceX puts the Falcon 1 into orbit on its fourth attempt, becoming the first privately funded company to reach orbit with a…
The fourth time we have centralised the desktop
Running desktops centrally and giving people a small terminal on the desk is being presented as an emerging idea. It is the…
The switch-off is about frequencies, not pictures
In February a government is going to switch off a working consumer technology on a fixed date, and millions of television sets…
Your monitor is the wrong shape because of films
Computer monitors are getting wider and shorter, and the reason has nothing to do with computers. The panels being fitted to new…
PayPal became one enormous merchant
PayPal became unavoidable by solving something the card networks had declined to solve for thirty years, which is how a private individual…
The cable was not a problem
A wireless mouse on a desk is the clearest example I can think of of paying a real cost to solve a…
A light switch has never failed in your house
The protocol most home automation equipment still runs on was designed in 1975. That is the single most useful fact about this…
Google Launches Chrome Browser with Multi-Process Architecture, Challenges IE Dominance
Google launched Google Chrome web browser on September 2, 2008 for Windows platform featuring innovative multi-process architecture isolating individual tabs preventing browser-wide…
Microsoft brought XP back from the dead to stop Linux winning netbooks
Microsoft initially phased out Windows XP for Vista, but extended its life due to the rise of netbooks, which couldn't run Vista…
Openness that describes the protocol, not the situation
Syndication is the one part of the web that worked exactly as designed. A publisher lists what is new in a standard…