Am I the only one who has seemed to notice the TechCrunch redesign? I dont mean to be rude to the tech leader, but I wouldnt quite settle calling them a blog anymore...
Wednesday, 7 January 2009
Tuesday, 6 January 2009
Seagate First To Demo USB 30
Seagate has announced that it will showing off "the world's first consumer product application of USB 3.0" at this year's CES.
The full story is here:
http://www.techradar.com/news/computing/pc/seagate-first-to-demo-usb-3-0-498082
First 14YearOld Already in Line for Macworld 09 Keynote
It wouldn't be the eve of a Macworld Expo keynote if there wasn't already some crazy person waiting in line to be first into the hall.
This year, that crazy person is already there, and has been there for (as of this writing) more than 10 hours.
The full story is here:
http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2009/01/05/first-14-year-old-already-in-line-for-macworld-09-keynote
Mininovas Torrent Downloads Double to 7 Billion in a Year
The BitTorrent popularity surge is still underway, with more users discovering that its the fastest way to transfer large files online.
One of the most frequently visited torrent sites, Mininova, has seen the number of torrent downloads double from 3.5 billion to 7 billion during 2008, and this download rate is still increasing.
Link:
http://torrentfreak.com/mininovas-torrent-downloads-doubled-in-a-year-090105/
Update Twitter blames celebrity hack on individual
CNN anchor Rick Sanchez wasn't really high on crack this morning, and the reason his Twitter feed said so wasn't the phishing scam that's been going around--it was a lone hacker, the microblogging service said later on Monday.
The full story is here:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10131700-36.html
Monday, 5 January 2009
Treasure Hunter Claims Google Maps Treasure Find
A treasure hunter testified in a Texas courtroom Tuesday that he used Google Maps to locate a shipwreck. 39-year-old musician and filmmaker from Los Angeles has been fighting representatives of an estate in Refugio County, Texas, for the right to excavate.
