Find Files With Google
If you’re looking for a particular kind of file (and yes, you can potentially abuse this), try searching for this on Google:FILE_NAME_HERE intitle:"index.of" "parent directory" "size" "last modified" "descri…
NTT DoCoMo will demo LTE prototype at MWC, launch service this year
Still on track to launch its LTE network this year, Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo has today announced that its first prototype handset designed specifically to handle all that bandwidth will be unveiled at MWC 2010. We already knew a cool $10.4 billio…
CBI says small firms’ orders rising
Small and medium-sized manufacturers are starting to benefit from the relative weakness of Sterling, with overseas orders stabilising after seven quarters of decline
Xbox 360 Hard Drive accessory bumped to 250GB in Japan
On March 11th, Microsoft will kick out its 250GB external hard drive to the good people of Japan; notable, as the first time that this 250GB drive has been sold anywhere outside of a new console bundle. The slab of external magnetic storage is set t…
ODF 1.2 Part 1 out for review – How do you make useful comments on a draft standard?
It is good to see ODF 1.2 Part 1 is now out for public review, according to the OASIS Public Announce Lists. The review is 60 days, ending 26 March 2010. There is a web form. How do you make…
Oracle-Sun versus commodity hardware
Can Oracle-Sun be successful in an age of “good enough” hardware? Or will the company pull the ripcord on the hardware business in the near future?
‘Imcompletelynaked’: WiFi Network Names Get Dirty and Nasty
As in the Harry Potter books, this is an alternate universe not visible to the naked eye. It’s a new sublayer of New York. “They get dirty and nasty and mildly inappropriate, but that’s what makes them fun.” Some Wi-Fi users on the East Side display…
Google Chrome 4.0
The major advantage Firefox users have claimed over Google Chrome is the ability to customize their browser by choosing from a vast library of extensions. But that advantage falls away with the introduction of extension support in Google Chrome 4.0.
White Goat Machine Chews Up TPS Reports, Spits Out Toilet Paper
By Evan AckermanIt’s nice that paper can be recycled, but usually you don’t get to experience the end result of that recycling process in a direct and immediate manner. Not this direct of a manner, anyway. This machine is called White Go…
NTT DoCoMo Working On Prototype LTE Handset
It looks like LTE is going to be the next big thing in Japan, as NTT DoCoMo is planning to demonstrate a prototype cellular handset running the next-generation LTE technology at the upcoming Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona. LTE, as most of …