No amount of secrecy or security can really stop an obsessive fan from getting the information he wants especially if it is something as “serious” as Star Trek.
An intrepid fan was able to shoot some pictures of the Star Trek shoot at Cal State Northridge. The JJ Abrams directed reboot of the esteemed Star Trek [...]

I don’t know what is better, the fact hat WiMAX is so powerful that it could disrupt satellite communications, or that satellite communications weren’t thought about when developing WiMAX?
From Engadget:
a report from the Satellite Users Interference Reduction Group (SUIRG). Apparently those folks found “conclusive” results of “unacceptable” levels of interference from WiMAX of satellite signals [...]

Joe Wilcox has written up a great post on ten things he warned Microsoft about when they were developing Windows Vista. This post addresses many of the errors in judgement the company made with the operating system.
My favourite:
5. Vista reminds too much of Windows Me. In late 2006, I had dinner with some Vista user [...]

One of my fascinations is solar technology, and I especially love to see things going on in the Canadian market, since I live in Canada. Much to my surprise, Kelowna, British Columbia is getting some solar street lamps.
I think this is a great use of solar technology. As we continually light up our world, [...]

There are some rather tasty looking films coming out this year, and make no mistake.  Here, I’ve decided to look at what in my opinion will be the top five best films of the year.    Of course, I’m only looking at only the top five Hollywood blockbusters - I’ll look at indie films in a [...]

In a very rare move, Microsoft recently unveiled a plethora of screenshots that showed early interface prototypes. Some of them feel closer to Office 2k3’s interface, and some of them are even “wilder” than the Ribbon interface that they ended up adopting in the end.

Read on to see more pictures of how the interface evolved [...]

An interesting article emerged today about some of the features that Google lost, or had to drop, over the years. While the tendency back then was to see more and more applications and projects emerging, not all of them worked out.

One of the smallest, but most beloved projects, was Google X, a small homage to [...]

I have always been worried about security and even more so as we place small radio transmitter chips on a variety of items. RFID tags, continue to be added at an increasing rate to the variety of shipments traveling the world, but it is quickly filtering down to the more common place world that we [...]

There’s a new movie trailer out for The Incredible Hulk.  Scene by scene, we see Edward Norton discussing his symptoms of being the Hulk, the lack of control he has over it.  We see the army coming to kidnap him, as he’s classed as army property.  It also reveals how Emil Blonsky (aka Abomination) is [...]

I was browsing the web and saw a post on The Wall Street Journal about computer monitors, and the title is the same as this post. I was all giddy with excitement. Could this be the text I need to convince the wife to let me get a second monitor to go with my boring [...]

When the first MP3 players emerged iRiver was the most popular brand of music players. I still know a couple of people who own their first (or second) CD players that could read MP3-format files. Unfortunately for them, Apple’s dominance, and the lack of innovation in their products, brought them down to the level [...]

Nintendo’s Super Smash Brothers Brawl is already out in stores and I can’t wait till I get my hands on a copy of what could probably be the best game of 2008. Just the opportunity to choose Kirby in order to kick Mario’s Italian ass is well worth the price of admission.
Unfortunately, there seems to [...]

Now, bear with me. Whilst you might be thinking that the two title products are completely erroneous and totally non-related, then you’d be wrong. The astute amongst you will of course point out the familiarities - one is a game system, the other is a game played on a game system - albeit [...]

Europe’s orbital cargo platform (an ATV or Automated Transfer Vehicle) has been launched from French Guiana to resupply the space station.  It weighs a whopping 20 tonnes and is of course unmanned, relying on technology and accuracy to get in to position for the ISS (International Space Station).
The vehicle was launched on an Ariane 5 [...]

I own a Philips DVD player that includes DivX technology, allowing me to feel confident that my player can pretty much play any disc that I throw into it. I really enjoy the player and I am happy to announce that Philips and DivX has signed an agreement that will see Philips continue to license [...]

According to the recently-published 2008 Digital Entertainment Study (PDF file) by Entertainment Media Research, the lack of choices and alternatives contributes more to piracy than than the fact that bootlegged wares come free or cheap.
At least 70% of respondents in the UK study says that legal sites don’t offer as much downloads than their illegal [...]