http://blogs.artvoice.com/techvoice Science, tech, computers, gadgets and more Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:01:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en While it may sound like a headline straight off the presses at The Onion, I assure you it is not. NASA will be "bombing" the Moon tomorrow morning - not once, but twice. To be accurate, there is no bomb per se. The NASA LCROSS mission will slam a spacecraft ... http://blogs.artvoice.com/techvoice/2009/10/08/nasa-to-bomb-the-moon-friday-morning/ As those of you who don't surf the web under a virtual rock are already aware, the "Pirate Bay Four" were found guilty by a Swedish court of "assisting in making copyright content available" back in April. Site operators Peter Sunde, Fredrik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm, and apparent tech facilitator Carl ... http://blogs.artvoice.com/techvoice/2009/07/01/pirate-bay-so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-megabytes/ Though the rumor mill has had this pegged for over a month, it's now official, according to this morning's press conference - Yahoo! is coming to WNY, and bringing at least 75 jobs with them.  According to Yahoo!, ground will be broken this August on a 190,000 square foot facility ... http://blogs.artvoice.com/techvoice/2009/06/30/yahoo-confirms-plan-to-build-data-center-in-wny/ This morning, in an unanimous vote, the U.S. Senate has agreed to delay the government mandated digital television transition. The target has been moved from the original February 17th date to June 12th. (Updated: The bill has been voted down in the house. More info at the bottom.) Media reports have been ... http://blogs.artvoice.com/techvoice/2009/01/27/the-great-digital-delay/ [caption id="attachment_291" align="alignright" width="287" caption="The original 1984 Macintosh 128K"][/caption] It was 25 years ago to the day: January 24th, 1984, that the very first Macintosh personal computer first went on sale, changing the computer industry - and perhaps history as a whole - forever.  While we might fondly look back with ... http://blogs.artvoice.com/techvoice/2009/01/24/happy-25th-birthday-macintosh/ To celebrate the launch of "House Hub" - a new YouTube channel designed to connect viewers with their representatives in the Internet Age, Nancy Pelosi has posted a video to honor the event. There's a surprise ending, but I won't spoil it. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtOW1CxHvNY What's next?  The Senate responds to Pelosi's video with Harry ... http://blogs.artvoice.com/techvoice/2009/01/14/nancy-pelosi-welcomes-viewers-on-youtube/ Five years on, and 350,000 lawsuits later, the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) announced this morning that the're finally giving up on small-time file sharers.  Well, sort of. Wading through the blogosphere (as opposed to wading through the two feet of snow outside), it looks like the story starts here: ... http://blogs.artvoice.com/techvoice/2008/12/19/riaa-shifts-tactics-in-internet-piracy-fight/ For many, Black Friday marks the start of the holiday shopping season.  For others, it's the newly coined "Cyber Monday."  Some of you might have even started on December 26th last year.  So my apologies in advance, but I don't fall into any of those categories.  I wait until at ... http://blogs.artvoice.com/techvoice/2008/12/05/geeky-gifts/ Election '08 is now in the history books - so I figured it's time to take a look backward, and a look forward at some relevant headlines. Hacking Democracy First, we'll take a look at one of the best kept secrets of the campaign season, from both sides, care of a Newsweek ... http://blogs.artvoice.com/techvoice/2008/11/07/post-election-bits-bytes/ Buffalo sports fan and a Mac user?  Here's some quick links to quickly add schedules for our hometown teams to your iCal calendar.  Just give them a click (should work OK in Firefox or Safari), and iCal should automatically launch and allow you to accept the calendar subscription. Buffalo Sabres Schedule Buffalo ... http://blogs.artvoice.com/techvoice/2008/10/12/quick-tip-buffalo-bills-sabres-schedules-in-ical/