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• Et Cetera: Words are like bullets; if they escape, you can?t catch them again (arstechnica.com)
  Round-up: More DOOM III action, news of a white virus, DNA computing, and more …
• Schlage's new smart lock will unlock the door for you - completely hands-free (zdnet.com)
  The new Sense Pro Deadbolt lock knows when you approach via Ultra Wideband signals. A new software patch will also redesign and add feature…
• AMD's next mobile chipset promises to provide faster 3D rendering than Apple's M4 Pro (zdnet.com)
  The AMD Ryzen AI 300 series aims to take on the MacBook Pro at its own game. Also, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D CPU seeks to blow gamers away with i…
• Apple ships the G5 (arstechnica.com)
  I just recently got back from a fishing/camping trip up near Whitehorse, Yukon …
• Palm splits - Destroys brand name (arstechnica.com)
  Palm splits into two seperate entities. PalmSource for software, and PalmOne …
• Mac.Ars takes on the nature of Apple, plus the prognosis for OS 9 (arstechnica.com)
  This week's edition of Mac.Ars tries to figure out what Apple is these days.
• Game.Ars beckons you into the abyss (arstechnica.com)
  A trip to the abyss is what Calvin's asking for after tryin' to front on my …
• This iOS 18 feature shares your photos with Apple for analysis. Should you be worried? (zdnet.com)
  Enhanced Visual Search sends photos to Apple to help identify landmarks and other items. Here's why it has some users concerned and how to…
• Et Cetera: Bullets do not win Bullet fights, people do. (arstechnica.com)
  Round-up: Wave 2 of the Blaster worm is just a ripple, the insecure nature of …
• HP shows off three next-gen laptops and revamps its desktops at CES 2025 (zdnet.com)
  HP starts the year strong by giving its EliteBook series an AI boost, the Omen Max 16 gaming rig, and the new OmniStudio X, which could dom…
• So true, it hurts: the best Nigerian spam scam yet: a parody on SCO (arstechnica.com)
  This has got to be the best Nigerian spam scam yet: a parody on SCO.
• The Nigerian SCO connection (arstechnica.com)
  This has got to be the best Nigerian spam scam yet: a parody on SCO.
• Technical terminology in the movies: what is the problem? (arstechnica.com)
  Technical terminology in the movies is horrible... what's stopping the studios …
• Apple's $95 million Siri settlement could mean a payout for you - here's how much (zdnet.com)
  A class action suit contends that Siri recorded and shared Apple users' conversations - and Google is under fire, too.
• Netflix: is it time for the vitamin P? (arstechnica.com)
  With Wal-Mart and BLockbuster closing in, should Netflix consider adding adult …
• Et Cetera: Bullets Included No Thought Required (arstechnica.com)
  Round-up: DOOM III previews, the real cost of fighting spam, the plight of …
• Hisense unveils a monster 136-inch TV with Micro LED display (zdnet.com)
  Battling burn-in on super-sized OLED panels, Hisense releases the 136MX with a first stab at using Micro LED technology.
• Prosecutors used ChatGPT logs as evidence in the Palisades fire trial (theverge.com)
  Jurors were unconvinced, and the arson case against Jonathan Ringerknecht in the Palisades wildfires ended in a mistrial despite his ChatGP…
• The Cube is Jim Henson’s little-known proto-Black Mirror masterpiece (theverge.com)
  Jim Henson’s surreal teleplay The Cube from 1969 is a weird, funny, and disturbing proto-Black Mirror.
• Push-to-Talk: the next big thing in telecom? (arstechnica.com)
  Verizon Wireless is scheduled to unveil Push-to-Talk (PTT) service on Monday...
• Redesign ruminations: your feedback (arstechnica.com)
  Thanks to your feedback to our earlier request, we now have a better idea of …
• Move over, Roku? TiVo is joining the smart TV party in the US (zdnet.com)
  In a television market crowded with Roku, Tizen, webOS, Google TV, and other operating systems, how will the DVR pioneer add value?
• Sony rolls out 8-MPixel "enthusiast" digital camera (arstechnica.com)
  if you wanted a digital camera with a 6-MegaPixel resolution or higher, you …
• China claims the world’s fastest supercomputer (theverge.com)
  China’s LineShine has pushed the US out of the number-one spot on the TOP500 supercomputer ranking.
• ...and then there was light (arstechnica.com)
  Power grid failure plunges the northeast US in the dark...
• McAfee's new AI tool detects email and text scams before you fall for them (zdnet.com)
  Current McAfee customers won't have to do a thing to utilize the new feature, introduced this week at CES 2025.
• This Thunderbolt 4 cable alternative offers the same speed and longer sizes for 40% less (zdnet.com)
  OWC's USB4 optical cables offer the same data transfer speeds and come in longer sizes than Apple offers, but are almost half off.
• SCO says GPL is invalid because of US copyright law (arstechnica.com)
  SCO intends to battle IBM by showing the GPL to be invalid. The catch? US …
• This is the most detailed image of the Milky Way’s crowded heart yet. (theverge.com)
  The ESA’s Euclid telescope captured an enormous image containing some 60 million stars and nebulae. It took 26 hours to amass, starting Mar…
• ATI secures Xbox2 contract (arstechnica.com)
  Bill giveth, and Bill taketh away. And in this case, the wonderful contract …
• Kinda annoyed with OS X? Here's $25 bucks! (arstechnica.com)
  Apple reaches a partial settlement in a class action suit that accused the …
• Office 2003 pricing leaked (arstechnica.com)
  Through a mistake by Amazon.com, the UK pricing and release schedule for …
• Telemarketers are still up to their slimy tricks (arstechnica.com)
  Don't expect your DNC entry to act as an overriding shield for you: if …
• Do you need a smart doggy door? I wasn't convinced until I saw this at CES (zdnet.com)
  Pawport launched a new line of high-security pet doors that easily integrate into a smart home.
• LG drops 5 new AI features for 2025 TVs (and older ones, too) (zdnet.com)
  The AI TV features keep coming - and you may not even have to upgrade your TV to enjoy them.
• Bush administration wants Supreme Court to get tougher on porn (arstechnica.com)
  The Bush administration is asking the Supreme Court to reconsider its stance …
• First legal action against RIAA by "targeted individual" (arstechnica.com)
  The act of having a file in an exposed share shouldn't necessarily be …
• X's Grok did surprisingly well in my AI coding tests (zdnet.com)
  Does Grok grok code? Pretty much, yeah. Dig in to read the full story and find out the one challenge that Grok couldn't fully grok.
• Max Payne 2: aka, the game I'm really waiting for (arstechnica.com)
  Max Payne 2 looks promising in its sequel, as Max gets his chance to try and …
• Et Cetera: October is Bullet-Time, baby! (arstechnica.com)
  Round-up: SCO bulls IBM license, Transmeta struggles to stay viable, the ZIP …
• I found a malicious Chrome extension on my system - here's how and what I did next (zdnet.com)
  When Chrome flagged an extension for malware, it triggered hours of cleanup. Learn how to check your extensions, clear malware, and keep yo…
• Buggy OSes: who's to blame? (arstechnica.com)
  A chief security strategist for Microsoft has said that half of the crash data …
• Goodbye Outlook Express? (arstechnica.com)
  With the death of Outlook Express looming, are we witnesses the death of "free …
• Ecobee just launched a surprisingly affordable smart thermostat at CES 2025 (zdnet.com)
  At CES 2025, Ecobee announced a new budget-friendly smart thermostat called the Smart Thermostat Essential.
• Perseids peaking & Mars a maxing (arstechnica.com)
  Perseid meteor showers peak tonight, Mars closest in 60,000 years.
• Qualcomm set to bring fast Snapdragon X performance to mid-range laptops with new chipset (zdnet.com)
  Laptops with the hardware are said to be powerful yet energy efficient. Also, Qualcomm is developing a Snapdragon X Series desktop.
• China’s Z.ai claims it can match Mythos on cybersecurity (theverge.com)
  China’s Zhipu AI released GLM-5.2, which can apparently match Anthropic’s Mythos on cybersecurity and bug-finding.
• Spiraling problems for electronic voting (arstechnica.com)
  It's a curious conundrum: should the government require that all such voting …
• The politics of supercomputing (arstechnica.com)
  Is it better to custom design supercomputers from essentially the ground-up …