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  • Does a "World of Warcraft" EULA compliance mechanism count as spyware?
    October 24, 2005 – 6:28 PM
    An anti-cheating mechanism deployed by Blizzard Software for use by players of their popular game, World of Warcraft, has been discovered to collect information about gamers' running Windows environment, and report that back to the server. If gamers were warned in advance - albeit with very fine print - does that make it exempt from privacy concerns?
  • World's Most Powerful Laser Fired Up
    April 8, 2008 – 1:54 PM
    Austin (TX) - Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have turned on the Texas Petawatt laser on March 31 for, well, a very brief period of time.
  • Bill Gates Slips To Third-richest Person In The World
    March 6, 2008 – 4:48 PM
    Bill Gates ran for 13 years as the richest man in the world, but now he has slunk back to the third spot.
  • Intel Preps Atom For World Domination
    March 2, 2008 – 9:44 PM
    Intel today released the brand name of its Silverthorne and Diamondville processors for mobile devices - products the company has called its most significant product since the introduction of the Pentium processor: While the chips won't set new performance records for your desktop PC or your notebook, they are very low cost chips pumped out in huge volumes to conquer the market of portable devices and low-end PCs.
  • Storage Networking World conference opens its doors
    October 27, 2004 – 12:29 PM
    Several storage suppliers are adding to their arsenal of products and technologies aimed at IT managers dealing with the explosion of data storage at Storage Networking World in Orlando this week.
  • Gerber Ships World's First Cationic Ink Jet Printer
    March 24, 2008 – 6:27 PM
    Imagine an ink jet printer that is capable of printing on virtually any surface and creates prints that are dry and ready to use immediately after printing.
  • Toshiba Launches IBM Cell-based Video Processor For The Blu-ray World
    April 8, 2008 – 6:47 PM
    Tokyo (Japan) - There has been been a lot of speculation what Toshiba will change its high definition strategy now that HD DVD is officially gone .
  • China Opens World's Largest Airport Terminal
    February 29, 2008 – 4:51 PM
    In preparation for this summer's Olympics, China has just opened the world's largest airport terminal in Beijing. More than 50 million people will scamper through this terminal which is nearly two miles long and has 120 gates along with 73 aircraft parking spots.
  • NASA Helps Build World's Fastest Swimsuit
    February 14, 2008 – 3:45 PM
    NASA and Speedo have teamed up to develop the world's fastest swimsuit.
  • Electric Dragster Sets World Record Quarter Mile
    December 17, 2007 – 2:00 PM
    The Super Pro class world speed record for an all-electric dragster was set on December 15th at Speedworld Motorplex in Tucscon, Arizona. How fast did the electric dragster go? Faster than Tom Slick's Thunderbolt Greaseslapper .
  • Micron Creates "world's Smallest" DDR2 Memory Chip
    December 12, 2007 – 12:03 PM
    Micron claims it has built the smallest DDR2 memory chip so far: The 1 Gb device has a die size of just 56 mm².
  • China Remains World's Top Malware Hosting Country
    December 3, 2007 – 3:43 PM
    Malware hosted on websites more and more focuses on China, Russia and the U.
  • Epson develops world's slimmest e-paper
    September 21, 2006 – 11:05 AM
    Seiko Epson has developed the world's slimmest electronic paper (e-paper), according to the Japanese-language Nihon Keizai Shimbun.
  • Microsoft offers new window to the world
    December 8, 2005 – 3:58 PM
    A few months ago, the pilot of a small Cessna flew low in the skies over Seattle, taking pictures from 3,000 feet.
  • A chat with a World of Warcraft bot programmer
    December 5, 2005 – 9:10 PM
    Every day, millions of people trade their real-life personas for virtual characters in World of Warcraft. Instead of spending countless hours controlling virtual counterparts to gain experience and power, some have started using bot programs to autonomously control their characters. We took a close look into one such 'bot" program and chatted with its developer.

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