27th October 2007 Archive

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Robo Developer Conference in pictures II

Hi! Robot

Welcome to our second look at the Robo Developer conference in sunny San Jose. We've got even more mechanical freaks to share this round. Our first booth today is Willow Garage, which is a privately-funded research lab selling their gear as a "standardized robotics platform" for domestic robots. The bot here is a …

Rise of the Machines 27 Oct 00:41
Dreaded Blue Screen of Death mars some Leopard installs

Updated Unsanity

This article was updated on Sunday 28th October 2007 00:33 GMT to reflect new information gleaned in user forums. Apple support drones are getting an earful from Mac users who are getting the dreaded Blue Screen of Death while trying to update to the latest and greatest version of OS X. A thread in Apple's official support …

Operating Systems 27 Oct 05:03
21CN: It's not the data saviour

Column If there's more, we'll take more

It does seem to be a rule of data processing that we use all we can get of it. As BT starts to test its 21st century networking (21CN) with partners like Entanet, it's a safe bet that this rule will mean the dream of universal high speed data will turn sour as people try to squeeze more data through a limited pipe. The world …

Telecoms 27 Oct 08:02
Flaming squirrel nicked for blatant forgeries

Comments While plods drop trousers, fine barmaid for breast extravaganza

A suicide squirrel, possibly trained by the sciurine arm of Al-Qaeda, dove into and destroyed a Toyota Camry. The critter bit through a powerline and was set alight, causing it to plummet onto the car. It then slid into the engine compartment and caused an explosion that did for the vehicle. In anticipation of Halloween, the …

Letters 27 Oct 12:02
NASA extends olive branch to robots for moon mission

Robo Developer Can't we all just get along?

NASA intends to get more touchy-feely with robots before they take off for the moon again. Their attempts to reach out to the robot community really took off in the last few years when NASA changed its exploration focus from the international space station to returning to the moon. They even made an dramatic Hollywood-like " …

Space 27 Oct 12:02
Gutting of Amazon patent was helped by Amazon-owned company

Robbing Peter to rob Peter

The New Zealand performance artist who brought down Amazon.com’s one-click patent said that he gained much of his information from a subsidiary of Amazon itself. He also said that he acted because so little happens in New Zealand that he was bored. Peter Calveley told technology law podcast OUT-LAW Radio that he had gathered …

Law 27 Oct 13:02
SWsoft tries to virtualize China before VMware speaks the language

And XenSource is annoying

Virtualization player SWsoft hopes to continue its Chinese invasion via a new deal with local hardware heavyweight Inspur. While the likes of IBM, HP and Dell sell more servers in China, Inspur ranks as the top homegrown seller of corporate hardware. The company has now agreed to add a virtualization software component to its …

Virtualization 27 Oct 15:49