Volkswagen apparently has developed a car that drives itself. Codenamed Golf GTi ’53 plus 1′, the prototype uses grill-mounted radar and laser sensors to read the road and send back details to the car’s computer, and a GPS navigation system can pinpoint the car’s position to within an inch.One can’t help but wonder what operating… Read More: Redefining the meaning of auto »
Bridgestone (yes, the tire company) has released what it claims is the thinnest colour electronic paper. For those of you who have been in the woods, e-paper (or electronic paper display) is one of the coolest ideas in the future of technology. Up until now, e-paper is mostly in black and white. Bridgestone’s QR-LPD, short… Read More: Electronic paper goes colour »
Robert Scoble, Microsoft’s alpha blogger, is leaving the software giant for startup PodTech.net. In an interview with Microsoft Watch, Scoble said this about his soon-to-be former employer: “Another surprise? That every bad decision that I thought was bad had a logical explanation behind it. I didn’t always agree with the decisions, but there was always… Read More: Scoble circumstances »
Two years ago, when Dell revealed its enterprise strategy, I mentioned that the company will drive industry standards even if such standards happen to be proprietary, presumably because of its customer focus. Hell, I was wrong. Dell’s recent announcement that it will start shipping AMD-based servers was not about putting customers first. If the company… Read More: Can Dell continue to deliver? »
It seems that virus writers have created a Trojan that, in addition to harvesting data, deletes illicit files such as warez and porn from infected machines. Called “Erazer-A” (how appropriate!), the malware spreads across P2P networks, where it poses as useful program files. If executed, it scours folders used for P2P applications and erases matching… Read More: Is this a virus or what? »
So, Creative finally sued Apple for alleged patent infringement. But why the wait? After all, the Singapore company received a patent for its Zen music player on 9 August 2005 and has been threatening to sue Apple ever since. Well, here are some conspiracy theories. Either way, it shows how creative a sore loser can… Read More: Is Creative creative? »