Technology

KidZui, The Internet for Kids, Is Now Free to Families Everywhere

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

SAN DIEGO, CA -- 06/04/08 -- KidZui, The Internet for Kids, is available to all families free-of-charge at www.KidZui.com, effective today. Designed for kids age 3-12, this revolutionary new browser and online service offers access to more than 600,000 kid-friendly websites, videos, and pictures reviewed by trained parents ...

PsyStar Sells Mac Clone, No Word from Apple Yet

Monday, April 14th, 2008

A Miami, Florida PC maker, PsyStar, started shipping Mac clones called OpenMac. The machines cost $400 and boast a 2.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 Processor, 2GB of DDR2 667 memory, onboard Intel GMA 950 Graphics, a 20x DVD+/-R SATA drive that is Lightscribe-capable, a 250GB 7200RPM hard drive and ...

Radiohead launches social networking site for gossip about Thom’s hair, Waste-Central

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

They've already asked you to create music videos for their In Rainbows album, and given you the task of remixing their single 'Nude', now they're demanding you waste even more of your time helping them own the internet, with their aptly-named new social networking site, Waste-Central.Powered by the Ning platform ...

The age of the Grid

Monday, April 7th, 2008

The first years of the new century have seen a dramatic increase in the number of internet users (1.3 billion — or 20 per cent of the world population), usage and bandwidth demand as new patterns of usage (Web 2.0) grow exponentially. Against this backdrop now comes the promise of ...

US Air Force To Replace Retired F-117 Aircrafts With F-22A Raptor

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

The U.S. Air Force is retiring the F-117 fighter pilot, replacing it with the F-22A Raptor, which has the same stealth technology. The F-117 Nighthawk, the world's first attack aircraft, has been in service for 27 years and patrolled the skies over Panama, Serbia, Iraq, and Afghanistan. It was also the first stealth aircraft designed to overcome radar by deflecting ...

Airline ticket tracker Yapta given tech industry award

Saturday, February 9th, 2008

Yapta Inc., an online travel shopping service, was named the 2008 Consumer Product or Service of the Year by the Washington Technology Industry Association. Yapta, which tracks airline ticket pricing for leisure and business travelers, was co-founded by Brett Allsop of Bellingham in 2006. Travelers can track airfare prices from most ...

New Gadget Could Make Music Social Again

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

Remember the days when you sat in a room with your friends and listened to music together? It seems almost no one shares that experience anymore, plugged into their own device. But a new gadget called miShare could change all of that, making music part of social networking again. Nathaniel Wice, ...

SkyFire Announces New Mobile Browser for Smartphones

Monday, January 28th, 2008

Skyfire has announced a new web browser for smartphones that is designed to make it faster and more user-friendly to browse the web on a smartphone. Skyfire uses proprietary technology to deliver web content to mobile phones quickly, while maintaining the site's desktop look and feel. Support for web technologies such ...