2009
Roach says Hatton out in nine minutes
(via)MANILA, Philippines - Freddie Roach is giving Manny Pacquiao nine minutes to put Ricky Hatton away on May 2 in Las Vegas.
2006
Apple decides to step up and defend itself
Creative Labs, makers of the Nomad and Zen line of portable MP3 players, decided to sue its biggest MP3 competitor, Apple Computers. The suit that Creative filed claims that Apple infringed on patents over the interface that's used in Apple's iPods. Creative claims that it had designed the easy to use interface over 6 years ago. Many are asking why Creative waited so long if it had the patents 6 years ago.
Apple Mac back in black!
Apple officially ditches iBook in favour of a slinky new MacBook, that’s also available in panther black. Grrr…
Softbank and Apple to co-develop iPod phones
Softbank Corp. and Apple Computer Inc. plan to jointly develop cellular phone handsets that have built-in iPod digital music players and can download songs directly from Apple's iTunes Music Store, The Nihon Keizai Shimbun is reporting.
Google goes after Microsoft
Google Inc. took direct aim at rival Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday by unveiling several search products while simultaneously calling the Redmond, Wash., software giant a "convicted monopoly."
Wozniak Memoir Cover Revealed, Dig at Jobs in Title?
by 1 otherAmazon has posted what appears to be the final cover to Steve Wozniak's memoir, I, Woz: How I Invented the Personal Computer and Had Fun Along the Way.
Apple offers QuickTime, Front Row, Security updates
Apple said the 49.1MB QuickTime 7.1 update is an important release that delivers numerous bug fixes, support for iLife ’06, and H.264 performance improvements. This update is highly recommended for all QuickTime 7 users.
New Standard for Opulence in iPod Cases
Owning an iPod in the first place is one of the top ways to conspicuously demonstrate your disposable income level (or at least that of your parents).
Google has its eye on Vista search
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--Google executives downplayed their legendary battle with Microsoft but said they were keeping an eye on their larger rival's plans for embedding Web search functionality into Vista, its delayed next-generation operating system.
Technology Cult: World of Warcraft to the Big Screen
Warner Bros.-based Legendary Pictures has picked up film rights to adapt the popular fantasy video game franchise World of Warcraft and will develop the project with game publisher Blizzard Entertainment, which is owned by Vivendi.
Technology Cult: iTunes customers are Red Hot angry
A large number of Apple Computer's iTunes customers, who paid in advance for rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers' new album "Stadium Arcadium" in order to receive a Ticketmaster code that would allow them to purchase advance tickets for the bands upcoming tour, did not receive those codes before ticket pre-sales began on Tuesday and are now enraged with the iPod maker.
Experts Trash Mac Security Warnings
NewsFactor has a story today that puts to the test the claims of a recent white paper (PDF link) from McAfee that warned Mac OS X could be the next Windows.
Fight spammers - Sign up at Blue Frog
by 1 otherBlue Security’s Blue Frog has an interesting defense against spammers. If you constantly receive spam from a specific merchant, Blue Frog will bombard that spammer with email asking him to desist.
Recording of MacBook Pro Whine
For all those who have been wondering exactly what a MacBook Pro whose processor is whining sounds like, wonder no more. Someone has uploaded an audio file of the noise.
More MacBook News
ThinkSecret has been able to confirm the release of the Apple MacBook for this Tuesday, May 9th. It also looks like they will be thinner than current iBooks and come in White and Black.
Linux kernel 'getting buggier,' leader says
Andrew Morton, the lead maintainer of the Linux production kernel, is worried that an increasing number of defects are appearing in the 2.6 version and is considering drastic action to resolve it.
Watch 70 legal TV stations for free
Here is a collection of 70 free legal channels that you can watch from your browser. Includes Game Network, Tv Cartoons, Horror Channel, Comedy Channel, Sci-Fi Channel, Lifestyle Network, 8 Adult channels and a lot more.
MacBook Next Week?
MacRumors is quoting an unverified anonymous source that Apple may announce the MacBook notebooks as early as May 9.
Arcane Denial: Windows Live Product search launches
Microsoft adds yet another search vertical to the Windows Live family: Windows Live Product search.
Games hacked for militants' jihad
THE makers of combat video games have unwittingly become part of a global propaganda campaign by Islamic militants against the United States, US Defence officals say.
Othercott The Da Vinci Code?
Barbara Nicolsi, a writer for Christianity Today, suggests a different strategy for the release of The Da Vinci Code (2 weeks away at the time of this post). Nicolsi says don't boycott the movie, don't use it as a means for evangelism, instead ... othercott it.
