In an attempt to clean up its content, YouTube has announced that it is cracking down on “sexually suggestive” videos.On its blog, the popular video-sharing website, said it would be enforcing a “stricter standard for mature content” and “tightening the standard for what is considered ’sexually suggestive.’”
YouTube, the Google-owned website, has already banned users to […]
If you are a man who likes to hunt and fish then you are going to need a good knife for your adventures in the wild. Quality is obviously going to matter a lot. Your trusty knife could mean the difference between life and death in certain climbing or hiking situations. Even if you don’t […]
An Indian-origin IBM expert has revealed that the company is all set to lead a U.S. Government-funded research project that aims at inventing electronic circuits that mimic brains.Dharmendra Modha says that “cognitive computing” is a part of the research project that will bring together neurobiologists, computer and materials scientists and psychologists.
He is of the opinion […]
Hundreds of people lined up at some Verizon Wireless stores on Friday to buy the BlackBerry Storm, the first touch-screen phone from Research In Motion that aims to compete with Apple’s iPhone. More than 200 people had waited at a Verizon store in mid-town Manhattan early in the morning, many of whom were turned away […]
Constantly checking the side-view and rear-view mirrors to ensure your car doesn’t get a scratch could soon become a thing of the past, thanks to scientists who have developed a gadget thatves drivers a 360 degree view around their car.
The gadget, developed by Fujitsu Laboratories, uses four external cameras to produce a 3-D image on […]
Mobile officials are considering providing free, wireless Internet services in the downtown district, joining the ranks of other cities with free wi-fi for roving laptop users on Main Street.Mobile spokeswoman Barbara Drummond said Tuesday the city is considering free Wi-Fi as part of its long-term planning to attract young professionals and creative people to the […]
International Business Machines Corp said on Tuesday that it plans to acquire privately-owned Transitive Corp, whose technology helps businesses use software on IBM computers that was designed to run on rival systems.Financial terms were not disclosed.
Armonk, New York-based IBM already bundles programs from Los Gatos, California-based Transitive with software that it packages with some of […]
Electronic Arts Inc unveiled its first personal training product on Thursday, tapping into the growing appeal of video games as fitness systems as seen with Nintendo Co Ltd’s hit title “Wii Fit” earlier this year.The $60 title, EA Sports Active, is exclusive to Nintendo’s Wii console, and will hit store shelves in March 2009. Targeted […]
Toshiba and Nvidia have teamed up to create Toshiba’s most powerful gaming laptop.
The laptops feature the new highly integrated GeForce 9400M graphics processing unit (GPU) along with a pair of Nvidia GeForce 9800M GTS enthusiast-class GPUs. The Toshiba Qosmio X305-Q708 and X305-Q706, the first pair of laptops to incorporate three powerful Nvidia GPUs, gives users […]
Occasionally, a video game will reshape the way gamers see virtual worlds. Much like “Wolfenstein 3D,” “Super Mario 64” and “Half-Life” before it, the stunning first-person action-adventure game “Mirror’s Edge” (Electronic Arts, for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, $59.99) smashes the conventions of its predecessors.
As a superagile courier named Faith — who’s usually being […]