PC WORLD
Augmented Reality Coming to Your Desktop Soon
A Tokyo-based start-up has taken the wraps off new software that brings to the desktop the world of augmented reality.
Chartered Semiconductor Forecasts a Loss for Q3
Chartered Semiconductor expects to post a loss in the third quarter as falling average selling prices and high energy costs...
Fugitive Spam King Dead in Apparent Murder-suicide
Convicted spammer Eddie Davidson has killed himself, apparently after murdering his wife and three year-old daughter.
WIRED
How to Make Friends With Celebrities
by Wired Magazine
25 Jul 2008 at 12:00am
With most stars you want to befriend, all it takes is simply buying yourself a basketball franchise and offering the VIP courtside seats.
How to Look Good on TV
by Wired Magazine
25 Jul 2008 at 12:00am
The Daily Show's Samantha Bee explains that in order to look good on television, it's okay to come across as a douche -- if you're funny.
Gallery: Scenes From Comic-Con 2008
by Wired.com Photo Department
25 Jul 2008 at 12:00am
: Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.com
Get ready for the wild incongruity of elaborate costumes and vacuous, sterile hallways that is Comic-Con. At this yearly sci-fi fanfest, convention-goers must use every ounce of their mental stamina as their imaginations are simultaneously piqued and suffocated by their surroundings. In addition to the mental trials, simply attending the convention is a geek triathlon of not sitting comfortably, Mountain Dew-chugging contests and enthusiastic reenactments of nerdy movie scenes. Luckily, Wired.com is bringing all the action to the safety of your computer screen
Click through the gallery for the first scenes from this barbaric event.
Left: Matthew Kuhlman waits for the elevator at the Los Angeles Convention Center with his parents, Tennille, left, and Thomas during the first day of Comic-Con. His parents are better known to the Comic-Con community as Xyon and Zarah Koreen.
: Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.com
Obi-Wan Kenobi, aka Mike Lewer, 20, of Encinitas, California, wheels through the hallways of the Los Angeles Convention Center on his way to the next panel.
: Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.com
Jacquelyn Crinnion, 19, of San Ramon, California, dressed as Sailor Mars from Sailor Moon and Samantha Scharlach, 19, also of San Ramon, dressed as Sally from Nightmare Before Christmas, take a lunch break.
: Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.com
Taylor Long, 16, of San Diego, right, gets some help from his father/bodyguard Byron Long (not pictured) during a break in the action. "He's roasting," said Byron Long. Comic-Con volunteer Daniel Scott, left, 21, of Camp Pendleton in California checks out who is behind the mask.
: Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.com
RJ Moskop has devised a clever strategy for taking in all the Comic-Con sights as he attends the Stan Lee panel.
: Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.com
Jeri Ann Boyd, of Beverly Hills, California, leaps into action to capture the lazy loitering of a few Star Wars characters.
: Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.com
Cecelia Bryant, 19, of Chula Vista, California, dressed as Holly Quinn, rides the escalator with Tommy Metropoulos, of Jamul, California, who wonders whether everyone else can see her, too.
: Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.com
Jibran Iqbal, 9, of San Diego, and his brother Ameer, 6, attend their first Comic-Con and slowly realize that they are the coolest people there.
: Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.com
With Wookies in short supply at this year's convention, this stormtrooper apprehended the next best thing.
THE INQUIRER
UK indentity card shenanigans upheld
by Mark Ballard
25 Jul 2008 at 6:07am
Mark Ballard the Inquirer, Friday 25 July 2008. 10:43:00
Infeasibility studies
AN ATTEMPT to force the government to publish the feasibility studies for its infamous Identity Card Scheme has been swatted down by the High Court. The Court upheld government appeals against a decision by the Information Tribunal last year that the feasibility studies should be published....
Invasion of big tellies planned for public spaces in time for 2012
by Emma Hughes
25 Jul 2008 at 6:07am
Emma Hughes the Inquirer, Friday 25 July 2008. 11:01:00
Councils back horrors on stalks
OUTRAGE SPREADS as plans go ahead to put up monstrous 400-inch screen TVs in 60 towns and cities over Britain in time for the 2012 Olympics. The organisers of the 2012 event say they don't want the public to miss a second of action - but does anyone actually care...
Chinese surfers outnumber Americans
by Nick Farrell
25 Jul 2008 at 4:19am
Nick Farrell the Inquirer, Friday 25 July 2008. 08:32:00
253 million and rising
THERE ARE NOW MORE than 253 million Internet surfers in China, which is much more than the US. The figures were released by the China Internet Network Information Centre which noted that there had been a 56 per cent increase in Internet surfers behind the bamboo curtain in the last...
COMPUTER WORLD
Brocade to buy Foundry for US$3 billion
25 Jul 2008 at 9:00am
Storage networking company Brocade Communications Systems has agreed to acquire enterprise LAN vendor Foundry N...
Save your data with one of these top backup programs
25 Jul 2008 at 9:00am
We tested five new apps that make saving -- and restoring -- your vital data a lot easier than tools you've tried in the past.
Fugitive spammer dead in apparent murder-suicide
25 Jul 2008 at 9:00am
Spammer and escaped convict Eddie Davidson shot his wife and three-year-old daughter before turning the gun on himself Thursday night in Bennet, Colorado.
