(computerworld) -- The Robonova-1 robot isn't some toy or a gadget that vacuums the rug. It's a kit that requires construction and programming.
But once built and programmed, it can defeat the neighbor's dog in a battle for dominance over the yard. Robonova-1 can also walk, run, do gymnastics and even dance.
The Robonova-1, which is about a foot high, comes with robot programming software and a remote control unit. You can also buy additional servos and modules to customize and add functionality.
Hitec list price: $1,200, or $1,050 on PriceGrabber.com
31 March 2008
Robonova-1 home robot
Sophos Warns of Mac Trojan Malware
(pcworld) -- Security consultant Sophos is warning of the appearance of money-grabbing Trojan Horse malware aimed at Macs
The firm isn't being alarmist with news of the Imunizator Trojan, which makes false claims that Macs have privacy problems as part of its attempt to install itself. Sophos advises users not to panic.
The Trojan, also known as Troj/MacSwp-B, tries to scare Mac users into purchasing unnecessary software by claiming that privacy issues have been discovered on the computer.
"Windows users are no stranger to scareware like this, but it is rarer on the Mac. Nevertheless, the discovery of this Trojan horse does follow fast on the heels of other malware that has been identified on Mac OS X in recent months," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos. full story
3G iPhone launch seen in 2nd quarter
NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Apple Inc is expected to launch a high-speed wireless version of iPhone in the second quarter and produce as many as 8 million of the devices in the third quarter, according to Bank of America.
Apple shares closed up $2.76, or 2 percent, at $143.01 after the prediction in a research report about the third-generation phone from Bank of America analyst Scott Craig. Shares in AT&T Inc, the exclusive U.S. carrier for iPhone, closed up flat at $37.66 after rising to $38.39 earlier in the day.
"Our latest channel checks point to a significant production build of a 3G iPhone beginning in the month of June after an initial small build in May," he said. full story
Windows Vista Falls To Hackers. Linux Remains Unbroken
(wired) -- CanSecWest has claimed its second victim. After last week's pwnage of a MacBook Air, there were two notebook computers left to win by hacking them: one running Widows Vista and one running Ubuntu Linux. The Linux box remained uncracked, but hacker Shane Macaulay successfully compromised a fully patched Vista system using a Flash exploit.
According to The Register, the attack took a good deal longer than Charlie Miller's two-minute subjugation of the MacBook Air. Macaulay's attack was initially neutralized by Windows Vista Service Pack One, but after some more work he and his accomplice Alex Sotirov managed to route around it with a little javascript.
The perpetrators get to keep the Fujitsu U810 and $5,000 as a prize. Might we suggest that the first things they do is to wipe the Windows install and load it up with Hardy Heron.
Apple has biggest impact on world consumers
The Apple Store on Chicago's Magnificent Mile in a file photo.
LONDON (Reuters) -- The Apple brand has the biggest impact on the world's consumers, while Microsoft and the United States nation brand are those considered most in need of a remake, a survey showed on Monday.
The poll by online magazine brandchannel.com asked its readers to identify the brands with the greatest impact on their lives, and say how they affected readers' behaviour and their view of the world.
The nearly 2,000 professionals and students who voted named Apple overwhelming winner. The creator of the iPod and Mac computer triumphed in six categories including most inspiring brand and the one readers cannot live without. full story
Sony films headed to mobile phones
The studio has signed a deal with AT&T and MediaFLO USA to launch the linear channel as one of two exclusive channels coming to the newly announced AT&T Mobile TV with FLO service in May. The channel, to be known as PIX, will be stocked with such titles as "Ghostbusters," "Philadelphia" and "Stand by Me." Mobile has been viewed mostly as a marketing platform for theatricals in the U.S. With the domestic mobile video category for even shortform clips lagging behind markets in Europe and Asia, Sony is looking to entice viewers with more diverse content offerings. full story
In this file photo the Sony-Ericsson C702 cyber-shot mobile is displayed
during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, February 14, 2008.
(reuters) -- LAS VEGAS (Hollywood Reporter) -- Sony Pictures Television is looking to launch the first movie network on mobile phones in the United States.
30 March 2008
Apple secures Japanese iPhone naming rights - 3G release all but certain now
Nagoya-based Aiphone chose this week to tell the world that it has been in talks with Apple since last summer about giving the US firm the right to use the ‘iPhone’ trademark in Japan. You say iPhone, we say… The possible conflict arose because, although ‘Aiphone’ and ‘iPhone’ are spelled differently in English, the Japanese rendering of both is exactly the same. Aiphone the company says it has “reached a friendly agreement with Apple” that allows both to use the Japanese version within Japan. Naturally, we have to ask why Apple should even bother going to such lengths unless it has concrete plans to bestow a 3G iPhone upon the GSM-free islands of Japan. 
(digitalworldtokyo) -- A seemingly insignificant press release from a Japanese company we’ve never even heard of has suddenly set tongues wagging about everyone’s favorite rumor – the fabled 3G iPhone.
New Canadian "Sea Monster" Discovered
(nationalgeographic) -- The remarkably well-preserved fossil of a dinosaur-era sea creature found in a Canadian mine is turning out to be a gold mine for paleontologists.
The Cretaceous-period reptile, dubbed Nichollsia borealis, is not only a new species—it represents a whole new genus, scientists announced on March 20.
It's also one of the oldest and most complete plesiosaur fossils ever unearthed in North America.
Plesiosaurs were carnivorous reptiles that roamed the seas between about 205 million to 65 million years ago. full story
First cities go dark for Earth Hour
The shells of Sydney's iconic Opera House were illuminated as usual before 8p.m. Saturday night before they went dark to mark this year's Earth Hour, held to raise awareness of climate change.SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- The iconic Opera House and Harbour Bridge went dark Saturday night as Sydney became the world's first major city to turn off its lights for this year's Earth Hour, a global campaign to raise awareness about climate change.
Thousands of homes were dark for an hour in Christchurch, New Zealand. The famed Wat Arun Buddhist temple in Bangkok, Thailand switched off its lights.
The three major cities were among 23 worldwide, along with 300 smaller towns, taking part in Earth Hour -- a campaign by environmental group WWF to highlight the need to conserve energy and fight global warming. full story
Samsung Adidas miCoach F110
The miCoach F100 is a phone like no other. Inside it lurks your very own personal trainer -- or the voice of one, at least -- ready to dish out advice on when to pick up your pace or back off before you give yourself a heart attack. The handset is available for free on most contracts, but is it good enough to take on the role of Mr Motivator? full story
The F110 includes a phone, pedometer, heart rate monitor and headphones -- but no shoe(gametab) -- Do you need extra motivation to do up the laces on your trainers and head out to pound the pavement? This tie-up between Samsung and Adidas may provide just the kick start you need.
Curiously Strong Magnets
These Curiously Strong magnets ($19.99 - $29.99) have amazing strength in a very small size. Five to fifteen times the strength of common fridge magnets, these magnets can lift 400 times their own weight in steel.
Their power will astonish you. This type of magnet is generally used in expensive electronic equipment such as computer hard drives, cell phones and loudspeakers.
Your choice of two different sets, each containing grade 40 neodymium-iron-boron rare-earth permanent magnets plated in nickel:
- 87 regular piece set - lots of smaller magnets in this set. Entire set weighs in at about 115 grams.
- 50 larger piece set - includes fewer overall magnets, but features more larger magnets. This set weighs in at 160 grams.
29 March 2008
World’s most powerful particle smasher will not destroy Earth
Part of a detector to study results of proton collisions by CERN
a particle accelerator outside Geneva.
London, March 29 (topnews) -- Experts have claimed that the fears expressed by campaigners in the US about the world’s most powerful particle smasher posing a threat to the planet, do not hold any ground.
According to a report in New Scientist, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), is nearing completion at CERN, the European centre for particle physics near Geneva, Switzerland.
The collider will simulate conditions less than a billionth of a second after the big bang, by smashing protons together at enormous energies. Physicists hope to resolve long-standing questions, such as why particles have mass and whether space has hidden extra dimensions. full story
Irrational motive pains family / Youth says he pushed man from railway platform to 'get into prison'
The platform from which Kariya was pushed is picturedat JR Okayama Station on Wednesday.
JAPAN, OKAYAMA (yomiuri) -- The family and colleagues of a man killed by a train after being pushed off a platform at JR Okayama Station on Tuesday were further pained to learn the suspect's irrational motive.
Police have quoted the 18-year-old suspect from Daito, Osaka Prefecture, as saying: "I can go to prison if I kill somebody--it doesn't matter who."
The suspect allegedly pushed Kuniaki Kariya, 38, an Okayama prefectural government employee of Kurashiki, in the prefecture, onto the train tracks at about 11 p.m. Tuesday. full story Read More......
Nintendo titles dominate German charts
(gameindustry) -- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games remains on top as Nintendo titles dominate the German charts in sales data released today by GfK International.
In Spain, Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 was the top selling game, with Mario & Sonic at the Olympics coming in at number three (DS) and five (Wii).
Six DS titles and one Wii title placed in the top ten for Germany for the week ending March 14, as opposed to three DS and two Wii titles in Spain's top ten sales chart. full story
Software sales lifts DS in Japan
(gamesindustry) -- Sales of the Nintendo DS picked up in Japan to coincide with the launch of Pokemon Ranger: Battonage, which went straight into the software chart at number one.
The DS sold over 65,000 units in the sales week ending March 23, according to Media Create, up from 53,000 the previous week.
The Nintendo Wii also moved up a place to second, shifting over 62,000 units, pushing the PlayStation Portable down to third place with just under 60,000 units.
The PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2 and Xbox 360 remained static in fourth, fifth and sixth places respectively.
The chart is as follows:
- 1. Nintendo DS (65,055)
- 2. Nintendo Wii (62,404)
- 3. PlayStation Portable (59,833)
- 4. PlayStation 3 (12,874)
- 5. PlayStation 2 (9990)
- 6. Xbox 360 (1407)
Hackers Assault Epilepsy Patients via Computer
The nonprofit Epilepsy Foundation, which runs the forum, briefly closed the site Sunday to purge the offending messages and to boost security. "We are seeing people affected," says Ken Lowenberg, senior director of web and print publishing at the Epilepsy Foundation. "It's fortunately only a handful. It's possible that people are just not reporting yet -- people affected by it may not be coming back to the forum so fast." full story
RyAnne Fultz, 33, says she suffered her worst epileptic attack in a year after she clicked on the wrong post at a forum run by the nonprofit Epilepsy Foundation. Photo courtesy RyAnne Fultz
(weird) -- Internet griefers descended on an epilepsy support message board last weekend and used JavaScript code and flashing computer animation to trigger migraine headaches and seizures in some users.
Is the Intel vs. AMD Chip War Back On?
(pcworld) -- With Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. pushing out a slew of new products this month, its long chilled chip war with Intel Corp. may just be heating up again, analysts say.
After struggling with delayed products and bad market and mindshare woes through 2007, a lot of industry pundits started writing off AMD. And while AMD struggled, Intel held strong over the last year and a half, coming out with quad-core chips and a 45-nanometer (nm) processor family and staying well ahead of AMD's roadmap. full story
US forces launch airstrikes in Iraq
The American support occurred as Iraqi troops struggled against strong resistance in Basra and retaliation elsewhere in Shiite areas - including more salvos of rockets or mortars into the U.S.-protected Green Zone in Baghdad. It was the first time American jets have been called to attack militia positions since Iraqi ground forces launched an operation Tuesday to clear Basra of the armed groups that have effectively ruled the streets of the country's second-largest city for nearly three years. full story
Iraqis inspect vehicles destroyed in an airstrike in Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 28, 2008. Iraqi police and hospital officials in Sadr City said five civilians were killed and four others wounded in the attack. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
BAGHDAD (AP) -- U.S. forces stepped deeper Friday into the Iraqi government's fight to cripple Shiite militias, launching airstrikes in the southern city of Basra and firing a missile into the main Shiite stronghold in Baghdad.
USB Illuminated Roll-up Keyboard
(gadget4all) -- USB Illuminated Roll-up Keyboard is portable, washable and durable. It fits in your briefcase, backpack or carrying bag and you don't have to worry any sharp edges. Its illuminated function lets users work at night or dark place conveniently. The USB Illuminated Roll-up Keyboard will retail for US$26.00.
Sony unveils new Gran Turismo in London "pit lane"
A screenshot from the race driving videogame "Gran Turismo 5 Prologue". LONDON, March 28 (Reuters) - A national competition, a selection of real super cars and a mocked up "pit lane" in London greeted the European preview of Sony PlayStation's newest version of race driving videogame Gran Turismo this week.
Red Ferraris, a yellow Lotus convertible and the newly unveiled Nissan GT-R were some of the 17 cars assembled in an underground car park in central London decorated to look like a pit lane and packed with gamers, models, a bar with staff dressed as pit crew and a DJ pumping out music. full story
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Is Vista prettier in pink?
Every now and then, though, one of Microsoft's subsidiaries goes out on a limb. Such is the case with a new bundle Microsoft has in Japan that combines Windows Vista Home Premium with Windows Live OneCare in one eye-popping hot pink box. (Kudos to Long Zheng for spotting this one.) full story
(news) -- Sometimes, internationalizing Microsoft's products just means translating the same, boring packaging into another language.
Sonic Screwdriver for Secret Messages
(techfresh) -- This Sonic Screwdriver works as a hidden ultraviolet pen with a special UV light. In other words you can use it to scribble secret messages which can only be revealed using the sonic screwdriver. The instrument also features sound effects and includes a spare standard ink nib and a wipe on wipe off psychic note pad. Available for a retail price of £9.99.
SATA HDD Dock with Hub
(gadgetusers) -- This 2.5″ and 3.5″ SATA HDD Dock with Hub from Brando is one of the more useful gadgets released thus far, featuring ample space for you to stuff in just about any 2.5″ or 3.5″ SATA hard drive through the USB port. In addition, it is the perfect tool to have whether you’re a big fan of info transfer, backup and cloning.
Other features include a 4-port hub for you to stuff even more USB toys on your already cluttered desktop. Measuring 130mm x 68mm x 90mm and weighing 892 grams (hefty!), the 2.5″ and 3.5″ SATA HDD Dock with Hub retails for $82.
Palette-Digital Artist, a hand-held PC for les artistes
(dvice) -- Here’s a design concept that old-school artists who wear berets and paint with palettes will like. The gorgeous Palette-Digital Artist is an entry into the Microsoft NextGen PC Design Competition for 2008. It's a handheld touchscreen PC, and looky there, it has a thumbhole for easy handling.
This stylish design will give you that painterly feeling that's sorely lacking with conventional computers, letting you digitally paint your masterpiece with a special stylus while holding your digital palette in your hand. Hey, this could be just like the good old days.
Of course, all the connections for the Palette are wireless, but we were surprised to see an old-timey spinning DVD drive designed into the mix. Despite its odd-shaped screen, we’re thinking this shape makes sense for more than just painting. Beautiful.
Luminous Stylus Handy Strap
(ubergizmo) -- The Luminous Stylus Handy Strap makes it easier for you to find it even if you're in the most disorganized of bedrooms - all you need to do is leave the light on for a while, turn it off and hope that it glows bright enough for you to locate it. Otherwise, it makes for a suitable companion in the cinema (make sure it absorbs some light before you go in), enabling you to go about your stylus-enabled tasks without any hassle. The Luminous Stylus Handy Strap will set you back by $5.
Paramount to become publisher
(gamespot) -- Paramount has become the latest studio to muscle in on the games industry, following on from fellow Viacom-owned Nickelodeon's recent announcement that it would be launching an additional 1,600 (mainly casual) Web-browser based games.
According to a report in Variety magazine, Paramount is looking to invest in all types of games, although it is particularly interested in the casual, handheld, and mobile markets. full story
Wii and iPhone to help military control freaks
(NS) -- IF YOU see a soldier in action waving a Nintendo Wii remote-control unit with one hand and holding an Apple iPhone in the other, don't assume they're slacking off. Soldiers may soon be using such devices to interact with their robotic assistants. full story
28 March 2008
Glowing Rug Footlume provides Electroluminescent Flooring
(newlaunches) -- The future of floors has moved away from tiles, marbles and wood to glowing rugs (like the Footlume) that light up at night when you make the nightly loo-trek.
"The glow that the rug emits is very soft," says co-inventor Leona Dean, of London South Bank University, who also noted the innovation's party applications, "It can provide ambient mood lighting or flash in time to music as a talking point at a party." The rug uses rechargeable batteries and lights up whenever pressure is applied to it.
Leona Dean and Zoe Robson developed the Footlume prototype for a college course, and they will showcase it at the Daily Mail Ideal Home Show in London this month.
YouTube: Turkey will restore access
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) — YouTube has removed several video clips that had prompted Turkish authorities to block access to the video-sharing website, a move the company believes will lead to a restoration of access soon.
In a statement in Turkish sent to The Associated Press on Thursday, YouTube said the company "reviewed the videos that led to the most recent ban on access and removed them because of their content, which violate YouTube's content policy."
A court in the capital of Ankara imposed a ban on access to the site at the request of a prosecutor who had argued the clips were disrespectful to Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, a war hero who founded Turkey from the ruins of the Ottoman Empire. full story
Scientists train fish to 'catch' themselves
BOSTON (AP) -- Call them Pavlov's fish: Scientists are testing a plan to train fish to catch themselves by swimming into a net when they hear a tone that signals feeding time.
If it works, the system could eventually allow black sea bass to be released into the open ocean, where they would grow to market size, then swim into an underwater cage to be harvested when they hear the signal.
What's next, teaching them to coat themselves in batter and hop inside a fryer? full story
Australian farmer finds mystery space junk
Australian farmer James Stirton stands next to a ball of twisted metal, purported to be fallen space junk, on his farm in southwestern Queensland in this undated handout
photograph received March 28, 2008.CANBERRA (Reuters) - A cattle farmer in Australia's remote northern outback on Friday said he had found a giant ball of twisted metal, which he believes is space junk from a rocket used to launch communications satellites.
Farmer James Stirton found the odd-shaped ball last year on his 40,000 hectare property, about 800 kilometers (500 miles) west of the northern Queensland state capital of Brisbane. full story
iPhone Magic
Amaze the people around you with hillarious gags and amazing magic tricks on your iPhone.
Voiis pocket messenger phone
(theage) -- Voiis' Mini Pocket Messenger Phone lets you roam around the house making phone calls over the internet or listening to music from your PC.
It's smaller than a bar of soap, comfortably slipping into a shirt pocket. But it doesn't have a belt clip or arm strap. Also in the box is a charger and Bluetooth receiver that connects to a Windows PC (2000/XP/Vista) via USB, allowing you to make internet phone calls using Skype, AIM or MSN Messenger. full story
Bluetooth Headsets for Cell Phones
(pcworld) -- The best Bluetooth headsets, such as Aliph's Jawbone and Samsung's WEP500, offer a good balance of sound quality. Plantronics' Voyager 855 doubles as stereo music headphones, and Jabra's solid BT8040 can connect to two cell phones at the same time.
Given how much time your ear is likely to spend glued to a Bluetooth cell-phone headset (especially if you are a car commuter), the device needs to balance audio quality and comfort. full story
Hackers Exploit Excel Hole
(pcworld) -- Researchers at Symantec said late Tuesday they've spotted a Web site that tries to exploit computers lacking one of the recently issued patches for versions of Microsoft's Excel spreadsheet program.
The vulnerability involves a malicious Excel file that when opened can allow a hacker to execute other code on a PC. full story
Wii Leads Jump in Japan's Game Market
(pcworld) -- The console game market in Japan grew 13.4 percent in 2007 thanks largely to the popularity of Nintendo's Wii, according to a report due to be published on Friday.
The entire game console market was worth ¥685 billion (US$6.9 billion) in 2007, with the hardware and software markets about evenly matched. In the previous year the software side of the market had led the industry but the sector was rebalanced last year due to the availability of the Wii and Sony's PlayStation 3, said Media Create in its annual "Game Market White Paper." full story
AMD rolls out new Phenom processors
AMD's Phenom processor is seen in an undated handout photo.
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Advanced Micro Devices Inc on Wednesday unveiled new microprocessors for the desktop personal computer market, in a move that could sharpen its competitive edge against rival Intel Corp.
Among the chips in AMD's Phenom family of processors is one that has three cores, or electronics brains, compared with the two or four most generally available. AMD said that its Phenom X3 has as much as a 30 percent performance improvement in some instances compared to a dual-core chip operating at the same frequency. full story
Iraq's Maliki says he'll fight militia to the end
Mehdi Army fighters loyal to cleric Moqtada al-Sadr remained in control of much of Basra, Iraq's second biggest city and main oil hub, defying a three-day government offensive that has led to violence spreading across the south and Baghdad. Saboteurs blew up one of Iraq's two main oil export pipelines from Basra, cutting at least a third of the exports from the southern oilfields, a Southern Oil Company official said. U.S. oil prices briefly rose more than $1 a barrel. full story
Mehdi Army fighters loyal to cleric Moqtada al-Sadr hold their weapons while flashing the "V" sign in Basra, 550 km (340 miles) south of Baghdad March 27, 2008.
BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraq's U.S.-backed Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki vowed on Thursday that security forces would battle Shi'ite militia in Basra "to the end", despite huge demonstrations to demand his resignation.
Pilot Error Cited in Indonesia Crash
Tatang Kurniadi, the head of Indonesian Transportation Safety Board shows the investigation report on Adam Air's Boeing-737 that plunged into the sea killing 102 passengers on board on the new year's day last year, during a press conference in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, March 25, 2008. Investigation has blamed pilot error and a faulty navigation device for the accident. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- An Indonesian pilot shouted "Pull up! Pull up!" seconds before his jetliner plunged into the sea last year, killing all 102 people on board, according to an investigation Tuesday that blamed his errors and a faulty navigation system for the disaster.
"This is really bad. It is starting to fly like a bamboo ship," said one of the two pilots before the Boeing 737 crashed, according to comments captured by the cockpit voice recorder. "This is crazy!"
Last week, the government revoked low-cost carrier Adam Air's operating license because of its poor safety record. full story
Adobe Launches Free Online Photoshop Version
(technologyexpert.blogspot.com) -- Thursday Adobe launched Photoshop Express, an free, online version of its popular Photoshop picture and graphics-editing software. In doing so, Adobe joins the crowd of vendors offering online versions of productivity software. Typical of such offerings, Photoshop Express (PE) arrives in beta form.
Registered users will have 2 GB of storage available as well. Once you sign up, you get a "personal sharing URL," such as http://xxxx.photoshop.com. And before you ask, no, you can't edit local files, only files that are uploaded to your account - or at other sites (more on that below). full story
27 March 2008
Skinnier second-gen iPhone "out by Christmas"
(gadgetshow.five.tv) -- Apple is gearing up to unleash an entirely new 3G iPhone by the end of 2008, according to research firm Gartner.
Based on info gleaned from his Asian electronics industry contacts, Gartner's iPhone specialist Ken Dulaney believes Apple has ordered as many as 10 million additional iPhone units for delivery before the end of the year, each of which will sport a new OLED screen, which could mean a thinner body and less power consumption - so an even longer battery life could be on the cards too.
These new iPhones will also be 3G compatible for improved on-the-move web access, as Apple feels the current model's appeal in Europe has been diminished by its sluggish EDGE connection.
Analyst statements like this should always be taken with a generous pinch of salt, but many of them have been on the money (or near enough) in the past, so we could well be seeing that mythical 3G iPhone in a tighter-fitting suit before the year is out.
Video: Gecko-inspired robots
(news) -- From their hands and feet all the way down to their tails, geckos are inspiring all sorts of robotics technology. CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi speaks with UC Berkeley research scientists about how they're mimicking nature's gifts in high-tech ways. Read More......
Scientists discover biggest meteorite ever to hit Britain
Anyone nearby would have been burnt to a crisp by the scorching 200mph winds that swept across the land in its wake. Such a terrifying spectacle would certainly have done little for the tourist industry in the tranquil Highland port of Ullapool, which stood at the very centre of Britain's biggest meteorite strike. If anybody had been around to witness it. full story
Curious coast: Sculpted by the ancient meteorite
(dailymail) -- It hurtled to Earth at 38,000mph and exploded on impact with the force of more than 1,000 nuclear bombs.
SP3 for Windows XP due next month
(computerworld) -- Microsoft will release Windows XP Service Pack 3 during the second half of April, according to a report from a website that has correctly predicted recent Windows ship dates.
TechARP.com, a Malaysian website that nailed Vista SP1's release-to-manufacturing (RTM) date last month as well as its release to Windows Update last week, said that Microsoft will wrap up work on XP's third and final service pack next month. The site pegged RTM for Windows XP SP3 as "second half of April 2008" for seven languages, with a follow-on RTM of the remaining supported languages "approximately 21 days" later. full story