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"3D" Time may really be the answer to Universe's "Theory of Everything" says new study

Sayan Sen — Sun, 21 Sep 2025 02:16:01 +0000

New scientific research has reckoned that "3D" time is actually what may be the root to the Universe's Theory of Everything. Read more...

Your days are indeed getting shorter and scientists now know why

Sayan Sen — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 01:00:03 +0000

If you have been feeling sometimes that the days are shorter from time to time, then you would be right, and scientists now know why. Read more...

This is the "Most Accurate Clock in the World" that took 20 years to build

Sayan Sen — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 22:10:01 +0000

Scientists have developed the "Most Accurate Clock in the World" and took two decades to design and build. Read more...

Science is almost ready to "redefine the second" with this new research

Sayan Sen — Sun, 20 Jul 2025 23:20:02 +0000

Scientists have been researching how to measure time even more accurately and with this new study, they are getting ready to "redefine the seconds." Read more...

OpenAI strikes again: TIME joins growing list of content partners for ChatGPT

Pradeep Viswanathan — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 17:40:01 +0000

TIME and OpenAI have formed a multi-year partnership, granting OpenAI access to TIME's century-long archive of journalism. This content will be integrated into OpenAI's products, like ChatGPT. Read more...

Iconic Aussie talking clock returns - it's George but not as we know him...

Boyd Chan — Tue, 15 Oct 2019 08:40:01 +0000

Having served the Australian public for 66 years, the recently decommissioned 1194 talking clock service, known affectionately as "George", has now been faithfully recreated in online form. Read more...

Apple acknowledges iPhone 6s and 6s Plus inaccurate battery percentage display issue

Andy Weir — Mon, 18 Jan 2016 17:24:01 +0000

Apple says it's investigating an issue that prevents the battery percentage indicator from updating, and which appears to be related to changing the time, or time zone, on some iPhones. Read more...

7 Days: A week of Google porn, Net Neutrality, Lollipop updates, Xbox burgers and a Wankband

Vlad Dudau — Sun, 01 Mar 2015 10:26:01 +0000

From EU investigations into Google's practices, to Net Neutrality in the US to Xbox burgers in Hong Kong, it's been a busy and exciting week for tech. And Mobile World Congress is just starting! Read more...

Time magazine gets official Windows Phone app

John Callaham — Mon, 14 May 2012 18:38:21 +0000

Time magazine has launched its official app for Windows Phone devices, allowing owners of those smartphones access to articles and more from the famed weekly news magazine. Read more...

Lots of tech names among Time's 100 most influential people

John Callaham — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:48:41 +0000

The 2012 edition of Time magazine's 100 most influential people list includes executives at Apple, Facebook and Spotify, along with Netscape creator Marc Andreessen and even Anonymous. Read more...

Mark Zuckerberg named Time's Person of the Year

Brad Sams — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 16:01:25 +0000

Facebook has changed the way we communicate and has enhanced our ability to share embarrassing photos. Facebook has been nothing short of a major success for not only connecting people around from around the world,... Read more...

ThePirateBay owners may face prison time

Andrew Lyle — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 07:14:46 +0000

ThePirateBay owners, Hans Fredrik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, Peter Sunde and Carl LundstrÃ¶mare set to appear in court on Monday and could face two years in prison and a fine as high as $180,000 each.... Read more...

Party like it's 1234567890

Christopher Vendemio — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:25:17 +0000

This is one of those tidbits only a true geek will appreciate. For those of us who are completely out of the Unix loop, the operating system measures time by counting seconds from January 1,... Read more...

Time Warner Cable to expand bandwidth caps, 40GB per month

Brad Sams — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:08:55 +0000

TWC will be expanding its test of bandwidth caps to more cities in the coming weeks. Beaumont, Texas was the testing ground for TWC and has decided that its 40 GB caps for internet... Read more...

Google make Time-Life archive public

Damien Reynolds — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:39:43 +0000

Today Google and Time Warner announced that they will be releasing millions of images from the Time-Life archive to the public. For many years most of the images have never been seen by Time-Life themselves... Read more...

Time travel to ancient Rome with Google Earth

Matthew Hopson — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:58:56 +0000

Google has today announced the launch of Ancient Rome 3D, a layer for Google Earth allowing users to explore the ancient city of Rome as it stood in 320 AD, under Emperor Constantine. Ancient Rome... Read more...

Live Search cashback offers double rewards for limited time

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 09:35:12 +0000

Microsoft is going a step further with their Live Search cashback offer. They are doubling the rewards just in time as part of their back to school deal. Here is an excerpt from Microsoft PressPass:... Read more...

World's oldest blogger signs off for the last time, aged 108

Steven Parker — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:04:27 +0000

An Australian woman renowned as the world's oldest blogger has died at the age of 108. Her last post described her ailing health but also how she still sang a happy song every day. Olive... Read more...

Time Warner Cable tries metering Internet use

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:10:53 +0000

You're used to paying extra if you use up your cell phone minutes, but will you be willing to pay extra if your home computer goes over its Internet allowance? Time Warner Cable Inc. customers... Read more...

Brown takes question time online

Tom Warren — Mon, 19 May 2008 10:48:27 +0000

Gordon Brown has taken Prime Minister's Questions online, through the magic of YouTube. The scheme will see the Prime Minister answering video clip questions sent in to the Downing Street YouTube site by members of... Read more...

The SNES is the greatest console of all time

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 10:50:37 +0000

Over the past few months, I decided to go back in time and relive the days of old. Instead of wasting my day doing things that just weren't productive, I decided to get all of... Read more...

Turkey Bans YouTube for Second Time

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 19:33:31 +0000

A Turkish court has again blocked access to the popular video-sharing Web site YouTube because of clips allegedly insulting the country's founding father; the first ban was also due to clips deemed disrespectful to Mustafa... Read more...

Time Warner Links Web Prices With Usage

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:40:20 +0000

Time Warner Cable will experiment with a new pricing structure for high-speed Internet access later this year, charging customers based on how much data they download, a company spokesman said Wednesday. The company, the second-largest... Read more...

Three reasons why CES is a waste of time

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 02:47:26 +0000

For those of you who have made it to CES at least once in your life, you probably know all about the amount walking and waiting in line and shoving that goes in to any... Read more...

Apple Trades at $200 for the First Time

Thu, 27 Dec 2007 02:56:22 +0000

On Wednesday, shares of Apple Incorporated peaked at the $200 mark for the first time ever; they now stand at $198.95. Apple shares have traded between $76.77 and $199.33 in the past year, rising steadily... Read more...

Mozilla scrambles to patch Firefox for second time this week

Steven Parker — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:59:16 +0000

Mozilla Corp. will probably release a Firefox update tomorrow to patch a bug in the just-released 2.0.0.10 version, according to the company's bug database. If so, it would mark the first time that Mozilla has... Read more...

Top 10 worst IT disasters of all time

Steven Parker — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 12:08:17 +0000

Following the loss of the personal records of some 25 million child benefit recipients by Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs this month, the UK government will be acutely aware of how quickly mismanagement of technology... Read more...

MS wins Patent Suit over tech that improves XP Boot Time

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 04:06:31 +0000

Acacia, a company that buys patents and sues other companies, bought U.S. patent 5933639, which was issued in 1999 to Acceleration Software International Corporation, and formed a company called Computer Acceleration Corporation, which then took... Read more...

NY Times: Gaming magazines having a hard time lately

Todd Tanner — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:32:32 +0000

Noel Goodman subscribes to three video game magazines, but he wants information faster than the magazines can reach his mailbox. "I can find out on the Internet information that won't be in magazines for another... Read more...

Microsoft & Daylight Savings Time in North America

Sun, 04 Nov 2007 16:32:20 +0000

Because this year, Daylight Savings Time starts three weeks earlier than normal, on March 11th, 2007, and it is ending one week later than usual, on November 4th, all software on your computer needs appropriate... Read more...

Time labels iPhone as Invention of the Year

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 23:24:34 +0000

Stop. I mean, don't stop reading this, but stop thinking what you're about to think. Or, O.K., I'll think it for you: The thing is hard to type on. It's too slow. It's too... Read more...

Scammers get jail time for Microsoft software scheme

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 02:24:34 +0000

Husband and wife, Mirza Ali, 60, and Sameena Ali, 53, have been sentenced to five years in prison and to over $25 million in fines for their role in a Microsoft software reselling scheme run... Read more...

Intel Seeking More Time on Antitrust Reply

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 17:24:38 +0000

U.S. chipmaker Intel Corp. has asked for more time to respond to antitrust charges levelled by the European Commission, an official at the European Union's executive arm said today. "We have received a request for... Read more...

Time Inc. to Close Business 2.0 Magazine

Thu, 06 Sep 2007 01:03:14 +0000

Time Inc. is closing high-tech magazine Business 2.0, abandoning efforts to salvage a publication that survived the dot-com bust only to be doomed by the rise of Internet advertising; the publication will release a final... Read more...

Hellgate: London scaring us just in time for Halloween

Todd Tanner — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 21:05:52 +0000

Get ready to hack, slash, and shoot your way through a demon-infested London this Halloween! Electronic Arts Inc. and NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. today announced that Hellgate™: London, the premier title from Flagship Studios,... Read more...

Pirate Downloads at All Time High and Set to Rise

Mon, 30 Jul 2007 21:35:32 +0000

Illegal music downloading is at an all-time high and set to rise further, according to a report out today that urges the record industry to make legal buying easier and cheaper. Although social networking sites... Read more...

Microsoft Zune 2.0 to arrive in time for Xmas

Steven Parker — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 08:57:07 +0000

Microsoft has confirmed it will detail its second-generation Zune media players in time for the Christmas sales season. Speculation as to what the software giant will announce currently centres on a higher capacity hard drive... Read more...

Apple iPhone delivers up to eight hours of talk time

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 00:54:29 +0000

Apple® today announced that iPhone™ will deliver significantly longer battery life when it ships on June 29 than was originally estimated when iPhone was unveiled in January. iPhone will feature up to 8 hours of... Read more...

Judge in MP3 case to Microsoft: time to pay up

Tom Warren — Thu, 03 May 2007 09:24:07 +0000

Microsoft has been ordered to pay up $1.5bn for violating MP3 patents owned by Alcatel and Lucent Technologies. US federal judge Rudi Brewster told the software giant that it's time to pay... Read more...

Channel Slams Microsoft For Daylight Savings Time Snafu

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 10:45:36 +0000

As the IT industry enters the last two days before daylight savings time, many solution providers are scrambling to help customers avert major impacts from computer hardware and software that have yet to be updated... Read more...