Founder of Netscape ditches Windows for the Mac

"Marc Andreessen, founder of Netscape, and co-founder of LoudCloud (Opsware) and Ning has finally said good bye to the Windows life, and switched to a Mac."



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Picture of Google's first server. Awesome.

They've come a long way...



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Bram Cohen Interview on his new BitTorrent Entertainment Network

Bram answers the tough questions on the BitTorrent Entertainment Network, as he addresses DRM, Mark Cuban, and other issues facing the file-sharing community.



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Is Bond switching to an Audi TT?

A couple days ago a sharp-eyed blogger reported to have seen a new TT wearing "007" plates. Upon inquiring, he was told it was being used in an Audi commercial being filmed the next day. That doesn't necessarily mean it's being used in the next Bond movie, but it's enough to make you think.



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What does your sleeping position say about you?

Scientists believe the position in which a person goes to sleep provides an important clue about the kind of person they are. So .... what does your sleeping position actually say about you ?



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Store Personal Data with Live Bacteria

Running out of diskspace? Want more permanent storage? How about some bacteria? "Japanese scientists found a way to literally put a message into genes. A research team said this week it had developed a technology for storing digital data in the DNA of bacteria, which unlike most living organisms can survive for millennia in the right conditions.



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Help wanted: ESRB looking for full-time game raters

The Entertainment Software Rating Board is looking for a few good gamers. The task? Work full time on reviewing and assigning ratings to video games. In a brief help-wanted posting, the ESRB says that it is looking for candidates with an "interest in and familiarity with video games," good communications skills, and "experience with children."



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Wii sales hit 5 million

With the addition of the latest numbers from the month of January, the total number of Wii hardware units moved has now reach 5 million



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Upcoming Xbox 360 Platinum Hits Titles Announced Today

Xbox 360 $30 "Platinum Hits" lineup of titles announced. Officially beginning March 16 (but many now available for $30 or less). See the listing here.



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PICTURES: Construction of the World's Highest Bridge

The Millau bridge over the River Tarn in the Massif Central mountains is more than 300m (984ft) high - taller even than the Eiffel Tower. With its concrete and steel pillars soaring high above the morning fog in the Tarn Valley, the construction makes a spectacular sight.



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$1500 guitar from a $15 IKEA table

IKEA obviously uses some really good wood for their furniture. Well, good for making musical instruments, anyway.



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Google Lays the Smack Down on Microsoft

Google announces plans to sell an expanded version of Google Apps (docs&spreadsheets, email, web publishing) and become a more direct competitor to Microsoft office.



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Red Hat endorses KVM virtualization

KVM, a new virtualization technology that lets Linux computers run multiple operating systems simultaneously, has won a significant endorsement from Red Hat. Red Hat, will include KVM (Kernel Virtual Machine) in the next version of its hobbyist Linux version, Fedora, Chief Technology Officer Brian Stevens said Tuesday.



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HOWTO: Install and Boot OS X On a Flash Drive

This is a resubmission of a story I posted back in November that didn't get much notice. Step-by-step tutorial on how to install and boot Mac OS X from a flash drive. Requirements: 30-45 minutes, Pacifist, a 1GB flash drive or larger, and an OS X Install disc.



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Apple's sales team is gearing up to convince customers to go "beyond Vista.

Apple is planning a two-pronged approach to marketing Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, trumpeting the new operating system's features and also putting down Microsoft Windows Vista



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Everybody Loves BitTorrent

BitTorrent radically shifts the economics of distribution. It's one of the most miraculous ideas ever conceived on the internet. As far as I'm concerned, there should be a Nobel prize for computing, and the inventor of BitTorrent should be its first recipient.



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Study: Surgeons who play video games more skilled

There was a strong correlation between video game skills and a surgeon's capabilities performing laparoscopic surgery in the study published in the February issue of Archives of Surgery.



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YouTube anti-piracy software policy draws fire

Google's YouTube is said to be proposing to offer anti-piracy tools only to media companies that have distribution deals with the top online video-sharing service, according to media insiders. One media industry source likens YouTube's proposition to a "mafia shakedown."



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Is Palm up for sale?

Is Palm up for sale? There's been no official word from Ed Colligan and crew, but shares of the company jumped last week on speculation that they were quietly prepping themselves for acquisition. We've heard merger rumors before -- there was some half-baked chatter back in the day that RIM was after 'em



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The Economics of Bandwidth

Jim illustrates how the unusual economics of bandwidth can make a sneakernet worthwhile-- if you're sending a terabyte of data.



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Breaking! Wal-Mart First to Offer Digital Movies From All "Big Six" Studios

Scoring a major coup over Apple, Wal-Mart has become the first (and thus far, only) digital distributor to go into business with all six major studios: Walt Disney, Warner Brothers, Paramount, Sony, 20th Century Fox and Universal will all be selling digital movies at its online store.



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Heroes Tonite: A hidden Star Trek reference!

Hiro's Father (played by George Takei) gets in his car, and they pan to the license plate and its "NCC-1701"! that is great, screen cap to come!



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Light saber MP3 player: The Opposite of a Chick Magnet

How many times a day do you say to yourself, you know, if only some company would combine an MP3 player and a lightsaber my life would be so much better? Hopefully the answer to that is "zero times," but if not there's hope yet.

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Skype for Mac beefs up SMS, conference calling features

Skype for Mac 2.5 has been released. It features the ability to send SMS messages to any mobile phone in the world. Also, Mac users can now use Skype to hold conference calls with up to nine other people.

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Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 Demo on Live

The demo Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 is now available online for Xbox Live Gold members for all regions. The demo is about 500 MB in size.

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Nintendo’s Wii, Radiating Fun, Is Eclipsing Sony Machine

Some of the video game industry
’s smartest minds thought that couch potatoes wanted richer graphics and more challenging virtual worlds. It turns out that a lot of potatoes simply wanted to get off the couch. That may be the best explanation for the growing popularity of the Nintendo Wii.

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Hands on with the new God of War Demo

The Colossus Battle Demo review

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Microsoft to Challenge Google Search Ad Model

Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer told the Financial Times that Microsoft's next big challenge, after the launch of Vista, is to address the threat posed by advertising-supported business models such as Google's.

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