Gaming - News - 'Super' Xbox 360 with HD-DVD rumoured - Digital Spy

Gaming - News - 'Super' Xbox 360 with HD-DVD rumoured - Digital Spy: "Speculation is rife that Microsoft is to release yet another version of its Xbox 360 console, this time with a built-in HD-DVD player, claims Joystiq.

The rumour, which also suggests the new machine will include a 320Gb hard drive and Wi-Fi, claims Bill Gates will reveal the new machine during his keynote speech at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, which begins on January 7."

Techtree.com India > News > Software > iPhone Update 1.1.3 Details Leaked

Techtree.com India > News > Software > iPhone Update 1.1.3 Details Leaked: "Information on Apple Computer's upcoming 1.1.3 iPhone update has leaked on to the Internet.

While the date of release of the update is not known, there are some exciting features expected including: the ability to send SMS to multiple people; Google Maps cell tower triangulation feature, 'My Location'; ability of Google Maps to display the Hybrid map view; ability to rearrange and drag-and-drop icons on the home screen; ability of home screen to support pagination; and ability to add Web bookmarks to the home screen."

Windows Predominates On Virtual Machines -- Virtualization -- InformationWeek

Windows Predominates On Virtual Machines -- Virtualization -- InformationWeek: "Virtual machines need an operating system with which to run, and the operating system most frequently being used in the current wave of virtualization is Windows, according to a survey sponsored by Sage Research and published in its recent Sage/CMB market Pulse newsletter.
Sage Research is the technology practice branch of custom market research firm Chadwick Martin Bailey. Sage surveyed Chadwick Martin Bailey's panel of technology service providers and panel of professional technology users and found 96% of the respondents use Windows on their virtual servers.
Many sites use more than one brand of operating system to run virtual machines. The runner-up was Linux, with 52% of the respondents using the open source operating system. Unix was third at 30% and Solaris fourth at 29%. The figures do not add up to 100% because sites in some cases are using multiple brands of operating system in their virtual machines."

BBC NEWS | Technology | Put your questions to Bill Gates

BBC NEWS Technology Put your questions to Bill Gates: "Bill Gates is to answer your questions at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
The software supremo and co-founder of Microsoft is preparing to end his day to day involvement with one of the largest and most powerful companies in the world.
Mr Gates will remain as chairman and will continue to advise on key development projects.
As he gets ready to change his role, one of the most important men in technology over the last three decades has invited readers of the BBC News website to send him questions about his life and career.Bill Gates is to answer your questions at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
The software supremo and co-founder of Microsoft is preparing to end his day to day involvement with one of the largest and most powerful companies in the world.
Mr Gates will remain as chairman and will continue to advise on key development projects.
As he gets ready to change his role, one of the most important men in technology over the last three decades has invited readers of the BBC News website to send him questions about his life and career."

Wikia Search Goes Online Next Week - Software - IT Channel News by CRN and VARBusiness

Wikia Search Goes Online Next Week - Software - IT Channel News by CRN and VARBusiness: "Wikia co-founder and chairman Jimmy Wales announced the public will get its first view of Wikia Search, an open source, community-driven search engine, on January 7. Wales admits his company's search engine is not an immediate challenger to Google or Yahoo, but hopes the community construction of the search engine will bring increased transparency to the method by which search results appear.
On Monday, search enthusiasts can start building Wikia Search by filtering and ranking search results using open-source software and community-based editorial influence that will result in a more transparent process that allows end-users to see how search results are obtained. Wales says he hopes to have an index of between 50 to 100 million Websites when the search engine launches. 'This is the public launch of a full-scale, high quality search engine,' he says. 'We're looking at every point in the process to see where we can push the editorial control out into the community.'"

PC World - Mobile Hard Drives Hit 500GB

PC World - Mobile Hard Drives Hit 500GB: "Notebook PC disk storage leaps into the stratosphere today, hitting the half-terabyte mark with Hitachi Global Storage Technologies' announcement of a 500GB 2.5-inch mobile hard drive.
Due out in February 2008, the $400 Travelstar 5K500 drive will dramatically expand the capacity possible in today's notebook PC designs.
Hitachi's announcement makes it the largest capacity mobile 2.5-inch hard drive. Previous high-water capacity marks for 2.5-inch drives included Fujitsu's 300GB drive and Toshiba's 320GB drive. Hitachi's jump to 500GB represents a whopping 36 percent increase in a single bound. (Hitachi also announced a 400GB version for $350.)"

Google to reinvent UK newspaper biz | The Register

Google is bringing its new-age advertising know-how to the UK newspaper business.

According to The Times, the world's largest search engine is chatting up "several" British newspaper publishers in the hopes of extending its Google Print Ads program across the Atlantic.

When we asked Google if this is true, the company told us "we won't be able to comment on if or when Print Ads will be launched in the UK." But they like being coy.

Launched stateside this summer, Print Ads is an outgrowth of the company's online advertising juggernaut, Google AdWords. With Print Ads, AdWords customers can bid for newspaper ad space much as they'd bid for keyword ads that turn up on Google's ridiculously-popular web search engine. But in this case, Brin, Page, and Co. are not running an auction. Once a bid is made, participating newspapers have free rein to accept it, make a counter offer, or reject it entirely.

Naturally, Google takes a cut of each ad dollar. And if advertisers are unwilling to design their own newspaper ads, Google will gladly take some extra dough to provide a helping hand.