Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Banning Laptops in Class: It's Academic, Silly
Academics finding hope in blocking technology had better think again, it's a battle that can't win, and it's not the battle they should be fighting.
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Microsoft Unveils Mac Keyboard, Mouse
Includes "Wireless Laser Desktop" for Macâ??s Comfort Curve Keyboard, and a high-definition laser mouse.
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Type a function - get a graph. An online user-friendly graphic calculator.
Of course, you have to know what the functions are and how to use them if you want it to work. Charting 1+1 isn't that much fun.
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Supreme Court won't consider Yahoo case
"A French judge had ordered yahoo to take Nazi paraphernalia off its site, yahoo.com. The judge proposed a fine of about $15 million for running an auction site in which French users could buy and sell the memorabilia banned in France."
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SlingBox Demoed on the Motorola Q (w/ video)
Check out this awesome clip of a Motorola Q user demoâ??ing SlingBox Mobile â?? browsing live TV, accessing TiVo, and more.
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Microsoft Officially launches OneCare Security for Windows
Windows Live OneCare, which will protect up to three computers for $49.95 per year, marks the latest step in Microsoft's effort over the years to make its operating system less vulnerable to crippling Internet attacks.
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Google's Anti-Phishing Tech to be part of FireFox 2
You won't need a Google toolbar once FireFox 2 comes out as it bakes in Google's Safe Browsing tech
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ThePirateBay.org Raided - Servers Seized
ThePirageBay.org, a longtime fixture of the BitTorrent community, is currently under investigation.
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Simple sounds make for sound investments
For those of you struggling to pick a winner in the complex world of stocks and shares, help is at hand. A psychology study has found that, at least in the short-term, stocks with names that are easier to pronounce consistently outperform those with more confusing monikers.
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Microsoft execs slam Sony Blu-Ray strategy
The war of words between bitter rivals Microsoft and Sony has intensified, with top Xbox Europe execs launching an astonishing attack on the Japanese firm's decision to include its next-generation DVD technology in PlayStation 3 as standard.
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A different kind of Wal-Mart SuperCenter
Wal-Mart has a "secret" 460-terabyte capacity datacenter nestled in nowhere Missouri, just up the road from its Bentonville, AR headquarters. I wonder if they are logging phonecalls there.
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Google Earth coming to Linux
Just after Picasa was released we find out they are also working on Google Earth for Linux also. (info is under "Picasa Port to Linux" section)
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Back to the Future DeLorean on eBay
A 1983 DeLorean modeled to look exactly like the one from 'Back to the Future'. It includes a "working" flux capacitor and film-accurate interior and exterior details!
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Why the Democratic Ethic of the World Wide Web May Be About to End
"Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the British computer scientist who invented the Web in 1989, envisioned a platform on which everyone in the world could communicate on an equal basis. But his vision is being threatened . . ."
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Who's Sorry Now?
Pip Coburn was a star research analyst during the Internet boom. Today, he thinks the entire industry has to change.
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Slowed By the Vacuum
In the 26 May PRL researchers propose an experiment to detect "friction" in the quantum vacuum, the effect of virtual particles on vibrating objects.If successful, it would demonstrate that virtual particles are not just convenient theoretical constructs.
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Wells Fargo Introduces Envelope-Free ATM Deposit System...
In a bid to make it even easier to separate you from your money, Wells Fargo is converting 400 of it's Bay Area ATMs using digital imaging technology. This will eliminate deposit envelopes...
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US Marshals Switching to Red Hat Linux
The U.S. Marshals Service is switching the databases at all 94 of its district offices in the United States and its territories to Red Hat.
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Replacing The Desktop: What's Missing In Web 2.0?
Web applications replacing the desktop? Here are two problems we need to solve before that can happen. Problem 1: Offline Access. Problem 2: Encrypted, Searchable Storage.
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Judge used Wikipedia as a Source to Blast Steve Jobs over Blogger Case
Judge Rushing cites Wikipedia as a source, a mistake which earns students an 'F' grade today. He talks about the need to disregard economics and sociology in favor of a "memetic marketplace", and allows himself some flights of technological rapture
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Do Modems Still Matter?
With broadband adoption at an all-time high in the United States, can we finally assume that all users will have high-speed internet connections-- and by association, an enjoyable, responsive, non-painful way to use the internet? Or do web developers still need to accommodate dial-up users?
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Sidekick III to debut June 26
Several â??reliable leadsâ?? appear to be pointing to a launch party for the Sidekick III taking place on June 20th, followed by a release to the general public on June 26th
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The Most Important Exercise Tip
They lack six-pack abs. They could lose a few. Yet they're happy, body and soul. How are such people possible in body-centric America?
They exercise. They work out. It's part of their routine. Maybe not as often as they would like or think they should, but they do something.
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They exercise. They work out. It's part of their routine. Maybe not as often as they would like or think they should, but they do something.
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First mobile phone virus nears 2nd birthday
The first real mobile phone virus, which was found in the wild and could replicate on its own, was discovered almost two years ago. F-Secure's chief research officer Mikko Hyppönen reports that although there are now over 200 mobile phone viruses -- many of which are variants of Cabir -- the problem is unlikely to get as bad as it has with PCs.
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Stay Awake and Alert for DAYS on End
Eye-opening stimulant Provigil is today's wake-up drug of choice, but the experimental compound CX717 may help the bleary stay awake, and productive, for days -- yes, DAYS -- on end.
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A Very Economical Personal Organiser! (Free)
The PocketMod is a new way to keep yourself organized. Lets face it, PDAs are too expensive and cumbersome, and organizers are bulky and hard to carry around. Nothing beats a folded up piece of paper. That is until now. With the PocketMod, you can carry around the days notes, keep them organized in any way you wish.
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We Feel Fine - the Internet has emotion apparently
It searches blogs for emotion words then records the blog entries they're in. Then it turns it into a giant particle structure of clickable color coded emotion. It can be filtered pretty well into region specific, certain emotions, gender and such.
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A look at the FreeNAS server
FreeNAS, an open source NAS server, can convert a PC into a network-attached storage server. The software, which is based on FreeBSD, Samba, and PHP, includes an operating system that supports various software RAID models and a Web user interface. The server supports access from Windows machines, Apple Macs, FTP, SSH, and Network File System (NFS).
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Internet2 To Get GigaFast
Internet2 is plenty fast when it comes to speed. It currently runs at about 10 gigabits per second. But that might seem downright glacial when the network operators are done with an upgrade. Plans are afoot to use 80 channels to pump 10 gigabits per second per channel, and upgrade the total backbone bandwidth to a whopping 800 Gbps.
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How To: Design for Web 2.0
This Photoshop tutorial will show you how to easily create some of the more popular "Web 2.0" design effects.
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How Big Is Your Console?
For all those size queens out there, here are the dimensions for all current consoles. The 360, PS3, Xbox, PS2, PS2 slim, GameCube, Wii and Mac Mini (?) all put in facetime. Conclusions? The waffle iron isn't that big, and the Wii could fit in a large man's pocket. Hit the jump for the measured machines.
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Scientists discover 100,000 year old sea weed that's 6 miles long.
The boffins have found a strand of Posidonia which measures an incredible 8 kilometres and has been growing for at least 100,000 years. This makes it the biggest and oldest living organism in the world today.
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