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Google Moves to Increase User Privacy

One of the oft cited concerns towards search engine giant Google is the fact that it has access to mountains upon mountains of potentially confidential user data. From email to documents to even web browsing, Google potentially has its arms in every part of person's digital life. Today, the company announced on their blog a new measure to protect its users' privacy: Google has cut its old 18 month IP address retention policy to only 9 months, after which it will anonymize the IP addresses on the server logs. The move comes after several months of discussions with both US and EU privacy regulators.

Fable 2: Hands all over

Fable 2 is the follow up to the oft maligned Xbox game, Fable. In Fable 2, players take control of a hero and is set loose in a world chock full of people and various adventures to pursue. You can choose to play the game however you like, but your actions will have consequences and will ultimately alter your entire persona.

New York State Will Award 150 Million CPU Hours to Industry, Academia and Government Organizations

The New York State Office of the Chief Information Officer and Office for Technology (CIO/OFT) and the New York State Foundation for Science, Technology and Innovation (NYSTAR) today announced that public and private researchers and businesses in New York state have nearly 150 million CPU hours on one of the world's most powerful supercomputers. Over the next three years businesses, universities and state agencies can apply for time on the supercomputer located at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Computational Center for Nanotechnology Innovations (CCNI).

McAfee debuts protection for offline virtual environments

Offline virtual images, those kept as backups for disaster recovery or as gold images for new virtual machines, are an oft-forgotten security hole in virtual environments. Vendors and developers are quick to note the ease and speed which these images can be brought up into production or test environments. But images are often brought up without being scanned for tampering, or to determine whether antimalware signatures are up to date or their configuration is still in line with policy.

Manhunt 2 Dated in UK

"Via a slip of innocuous paper and a frankly terrifying promotional gimp mask, Rockstar has revealed to IGN that its oft-delayed Manhunt 2 is finally set to release on Wii, PS2 and PSP in the UK on October 31."

Apple's iPhones: 10 Million and Counting?

Seeking Alpha authors Andy Zaky and Turley Muller estimate that 9 months into 2008, Apple has already surpassed Steve Jobs’ widely quoted (and oft-ridiculed) projection of selling 10 million iPhones this year. In particular, they calculate that Apple sold 7-7.5 million units in Q3, the final quarter of the Apple fiscal year, building on the strong sales spurt with July’s release of the iPhone 3G.

Windows XP Piracy Badgering Set To Begin

Microsoft this week plans to update the Windows Genuine Advantage anti-piracy mechanism for Windows XP Professional, which the software giant claims is the most oft-pirated version of Windows.

Windows XP Piracy Badgering Set To Begin

Techzonez Microsoft this week plans to update the Windows Genuine Advantage anti-piracy mechanism for Windows XP Professional, which the software giant claims is the most oft-pirated version of Windows.

Wrap Artists

From Burrito Boyz to Big Fat Burrito, there seems to be endless purveyors of Mexico’s missile of meat, beans and cheese. But with taquerias popping up all over the city, the oft-forgotten taco—the burrito’s corn-based cousin—is finally earning its props. Here, two vastly different tacos that don’t require a run for the border.

SAT prep services get into video games

With SAT scores at their lowest level in years, two of the country's largest test-prep course providers are pairing with video game companies for the first time, to give students another way to practice for these oft-dreaded exams.

SAT prep services get into video games

With SAT scores at their lowest level in years, two of the country's largest test-prep course providers are pairing with video game companies for the first time, to give students another way to practice for these oft-dreaded exams.

Numbers Behind the War on Piracy Could Be Completely Bogus

Ars Technica did an in-depth investigation into the numbers behind the war against piracy and found that Congress might as well be telling people counterfeit goods cost the economy eleventy billion zillion, for all the truth behind its figures. The oft invoked $250 billion and 750,000 jobs lost because of intellectual property theft have been repeated for over a decade, with virtually no research to back it up.

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