bowman9991 writes “Could this be the new Blade Runner? SFFMedia reports that Celluloid Dreams has obtained the movie rights to Philip K. Dick’s science fiction masterpiece ‘Ubik’. First published in 1969, Ubik’s central character is Joe Chip, a technician for a telepathic organization that employs people with the ability to block certain psychic powers so […]
The Phoenix Mars Lander has successfully deployed its robotic arm and tested other instruments including a laser designed to detect dust, clouds, and fog. The arm will be used to dig up samples of the Martian surface which will be analyzed as a possible habitat for life. A camera on the arm will allow pictures […]
Next Gen recently had a chance to sit down with Ubisoft and discuss the next addition to the Prince of Persia franchise. The team is excited that this isn’t just another tired rehash of the same characters and setting, however, promising a new prince and open world adventuring on top of the already rich world […]
Lucas123 writes “Seagate CEO Bill Watkins said today that the company plans to put out its first solid state disk drive next year as well as a 2TB version of its Barracuda hard disk drive. Watkins also alluded to Seagate’s inevitable move from spinning disk to solid state drives, but emphasized it will be years […]
I Don’t Believe in Imaginary Property writes “India is now the third country to appeal the ISO’s approval of OOXML, with their appeal arriving just before the deadline last night. According to PC World, this makes OOXML the first BRM process under ISO/JTC 1 to be appealed, which leaves us in uncharted territory. Although there […]
Wired is running a story about Christopher Tarnovsky, the man who was accused of working for NDS, a company owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp., to sabotage a competitor’s satellite TV system. Wired had a chance to speak with Tarnovsky and get his description of how the smart-card hacking war developed. Quoting: “Tarnovsky, who was […]
Linux.com (who shares corporate overlords with Slashdot) is reporting that gNewSense has gone 2.0. For the uninitiated gNewSense is a stripped down version of Ubuntu’s Hardy Heron for the free software purist. Removing over 100 pieces of proprietary code and firmware, gNewSense offers a user the ability to run an OS where everything is able […]
CNet is reporting that while Novell still has a long way to go before they start making Red Hat nervous, they have at least gotten a seat at the grown-up table. Reporting 31% year-over-year growth in their Linux business, Novell attributes very little of this success to their Microsoft partnership, looking to their Redmond connection […]
Google announced this week that their Google Earth application can now be used from the browser, instead of having to download and install the desktop application. “Google also launched an JavaScript API that lets you interact with the globe, draw markers, add layers or integrate with Google Maps. ‘The Google Earth Plug-in and its APIs […]
An anonymous reader writes “The Industry Standard has put together a list of 10 dot-com stars from the Internet bubble of the late 1990s, and tracked down what happened to the services and their founders. A lot of the services are still around, albeit under new ownership, including eToys, Garden.com, and DrKoop.com. Others have been […]