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    Wired: Gadgets

  • High Performing Laptop Is Stuck Squarely in the Past (28.07 20:30) Meet the Ava Direct gaming rig, a notebook computer with modern components but with mid '00s styling and heft. ... ]\" id=\"f_224064604\">High Performing Laptop Is Stuck Squarely in the Past
  • Burning in a Heat Wave? Let Dyson's Latest Fan Blow You Away (28.07 19:50) A fan without blades? That could only come from a company that makes a vacuum without bags. ... ]\" id=\"f_224064605\">Burning in a Heat Wave? Let Dyson's Latest Fan Blow You Away
  • $20 Wikipedia Reader Uses 8-Bit Computing Power (28.07 01:44) A digital book reader could bring information to students in developing countries using a technology that is long past its prime: 8-bit computing. ... ]\" id=\"f_224064606\">$20 Wikipedia Reader Uses 8-Bit Computing Power
  • High-Speed Laser Chips Move Data at 50 Gbps (27.07 21:55) Intel researchers combine silicon chips and lasers to transmit data at 50 gigabits per second. The technology should be able to achieve a terabit per second in the future. ... ]\" id=\"f_224064607\">High-Speed Laser Chips Move Data at 50 Gbps
  • Take the Plunge for Swiss Army's Dive Master Watch (27.07 21:50) Fancy a timepiece that's colored like a traffic cone and can survive a descent of a quarter-mile below the surface of the water? Have we got a watch for you. ... ]\" id=\"f_224064608\">Take the Plunge for Swiss Army's Dive Master Watch
  • Adorable Walking Robot Sets Distance Record (27.07 21:33) A four-legged robot nicknamed Ranger sets a distance record, walking 14.3 miles before running out of juice. ... ]\" id=\"f_224064609\">Adorable Walking Robot Sets Distance Record
  • Apple Pumps Up iMacs With Faster Processors, TV-Like Displays (27.07 20:00) The iMac just got a little bit faster thanks to an update across the line. Processors, graphics and even the displays have been improved, although prices have stayed the same. ... ]\" id=\"f_224064610\">Apple Pumps Up iMacs With Faster Processors, TV-Like Displays
  • OLED Shortage Forces HTC to Switch Displays (26.07 22:25) The new HTC phones coming this summer will include a technology called SLCD, or Super LCD, instead of the newer organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays used in some current-model smartphones. ... ]\" id=\"f_224064611\">OLED Shortage Forces HTC to Switch Displays
  • Camera Software Lets You See Into the Past (26.07 17:01) Researchers at MIT create software that compares the scene in front of the camera with an historical photograph. You can then see the old shots lined up over the new, like a window into the past. ... ]\" id=\"f_224064612\">Camera Software Lets You See Into the Past
  • Upstart E-readers Fade to Black as Tablets Gain Momentum (23.07 21:59) Squeezed by larger companies such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble, smaller e-reader makers are going out of business even as consumer interest shifts toward tablets. ... ]\" id=\"f_224064613\">Upstart E-readers Fade to Black as Tablets Gain Momentum

    Wired: Software

  • W3C's Unicorn Validator Checks Multiple Standards at Once (29.07 01:00) Want to find out how magically terrible your web code is? Just ask the Unicorn. The web's governing body has launched a new validation tool called Unicorn that checks the quality of your website's code against multiple web standards simultaneously. ... ]\" id=\"f_224064561\">W3C's Unicorn Validator Checks Multiple Standards at Once
  • Apple Updates Safari, Turns on Extensions (28.07 21:12) Safari 5.0.1 has been released. This version updates support for lightweight extensions, and Apple has launched a gallery featuring over 100 of them created by third parties. ... ]\" id=\"f_224064562\">Apple Updates Safari, Turns on Extensions
  • Firefox 4 Beta 2 Arrives, Gives Macs 'Tabs on Top' (27.07 22:24) The second beta release of the next version of Firefox is now available. It has a number of new features, but the one sure to draw the most attention is a new look for Mac OS X users. ... ]\" id=\"f_224064563\">Firefox 4 Beta 2 Arrives, Gives Macs 'Tabs on Top'
  • Reddit Versus Digg: A Rivalry by the Numbers (27.07 19:00) Reddit and Digg are the net's oil and water of social news services — with an ongoing rivalry. This handy infographic lays out some of the differences. ... ]\" id=\"f_224064564\">Reddit Versus Digg: A Rivalry by the Numbers
  • Play 'Pac-Man' in HTML5 (26.07 21:00) Programmer Dale Harvey has recreated the classic arcade game, Pac-Man, using only HTML5 and other emerging web standards. ... ]\" id=\"f_224064565\">Play 'Pac-Man' in HTML5
  • Early Birds Will Dig Chrome Canary (26.07 20:00) People who like to use pre-release versions of browsers to get the latest features have a new choice: Google Chrome Canary. It allows you to run a regular version of Chrome and a pre-release, auto-updating version of Chrome on the same computer at the same time. ... ]\" id=\"f_224064566\">Early Birds Will Dig Chrome Canary
  • CSS3 Pie Lets You Have Your CSS and IE It, Too (21.07 16:01) When it arrives later this year, Internet Explorer 9 will support most of the latest decorations and behaviors in CSS3. But until then, you’re stuck with the same old workarounds for IE users. Here’s something that might make your life as a designer a little bit easier: CSS3 Pie is a new library that lets you use several of the latest CSS3 enhancements and still have them show up in Internet Explo... ]\" id=\"f_223401485\">CSS3 Pie Lets You Have Your CSS and IE It, Too
  • 5 Things That Could Topple Facebook's Empire (21.07 01:00) Facebook's about to announce it has 500 million users and looks unstoppable. Here's five things that could plausibly (or implausibly) undo the social network's net prominence. ... ]\" id=\"f_223401486\">5 Things That Could Topple Facebook's Empire
  • Get Free Design Advice From Czech Web Experts (20.07 23:55) A group of design experts called Not Pixel Perfect Yet is offering free web-design advice. They’ll post a screen shot of your website on Facebook and critique it publicly. Others can learn from the remarks and join in the conversation. ... ]\" id=\"f_223401487\">Get Free Design Advice From Czech Web Experts
  • Google Buzz Turns On the Firehose (20.07 21:34) Google Buzz is launching a firehose feature for its API, making all public activities by Buzz users available to third-party applications as soon as they are published. ... ]\" id=\"f_223401488\">Google Buzz Turns On the Firehose

    Wired: Multimedia

  • Editors' Picks for the Wired.com Sleep Photo Contest (25.11 02:00) : Though Wired.com readers selected 10 excellent photos in our sleep photo contest, we here at the photo department like to fight for the underdog. Here are our 10 favorite submissions that we think deserved more attention. The morning after by J.C. Rojas Morning comes and you know the sun will wake her up pretty soon. You take a mental note on how the light looks on her legs before leaving. : ..... ]\" id=\"f_177820183\">Editors' Picks for the Wired.com Sleep Photo Contest
  • Playlist: The Elements, Atlas Sound, Star Wars in Concert (25.09 02:00) : For a document that organizes the building blocks of everything in the universe, the periodic table is awfully dull. Enter science writer Theodore Gray. He spent years collecting and photographing samples of elements from aluminum to zinc, and his book The Elements is a loving reimagination of the classic table, detailing not only atomic weight and structure but also how each substance is used. ... ]\" id=\"f_138538407\">Playlist: The Elements, Atlas Sound, Star Wars in Concert
  • Found: Rehab Center From the Future (24.09 02:00) photo: Photo: Daniel Salo Click on the thumbnails below for a closer look at rehabilitation in the year 2019. What do you think our world will look like in 10, 20, or 100 years? We need your help creating a new artifact from the future for every issue of Wired magazine. Each month, we'll propose a scenario and ask for your prognostications. Sketch out your vision, then return here to... ]\" id=\"f_136628076\">Found: Rehab Center From the Future
  • Gallery: Vintage Culture on the Line -- Novelty Phones Recall the Past (11.08 06:00) : Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.comPutting a fart app on your iPhone does not turn the faceless gadget into a unique signifier of your individuality. For true phone freaks, nothing tops a vintage novelty squawk box for making the kind of ringing statement that cannot be ignored, even at 20 feet. Just don't try slipping one of these bad boys into your pocket: While most modern phones look almost antis... ]\" id=\"f_85216049\">Gallery: Vintage Culture on the Line -- Novelty Phones Recall the Past
  • Gadget Gallery: Google Phone Redux, Waterproof Backpack and Retro Camera (07.08 19:45) : The most immediately noticeable thing about the myTouch 3G is its new styling. Gone is the clumsy, Sidekick-like chassis of the G1, replaced with a classic, scalloped shell and — more importantly — a much smaller size. At just 4.1 ounces it's tiny in comparison to the G1 (though the screen is almost the same size, at 3.2 inches diagonally), easily fitting in a pocket and comfortable to hold. A ... ]\" id=\"f_82578850\">Gadget Gallery: Google Phone Redux, Waterproof Backpack and Retro Camera
  • Playlist: Yoostar, Tweeting Too Hard, Wii Sports Resort (24.07 19:00) : Illustration: Christoph NiemannJames Cameron should have known you'd make a better Sarah Connor than Linda Hamilton. Now you can prove it. The $170 Yoostar system's greenscreen and video camera let you digitally remove actors from famous scenes and put yourself in their places. If you grow bored with The Terminator, choose from clips of dozens of other films like The Godfather and Ferris Bueller... ]\" id=\"f_59903205\">Playlist: Yoostar, Tweeting Too Hard, Wii Sports Resort
  • Artifacts From the Future: Online Dating Site (23.07 06:00) : Click on the thumbnails below for a closer look at an online dating site from 2020. What do you think our world will look like in 10, 20, or 100 years? We need your help creating a new artifact from the future for every issue of Wired magazine. Each month, we'll propose a scenario and ask for your prognostications. Sketch out your vision, then return here to upload your ideas, see other subm... ]\" id=\"f_55979151\">Artifacts From the Future: Online Dating Site
  • Performing Thinkpad, Fine Kettle, Solid Slider (25.06 06:00) : The T400s has performance that is simply outstanding: While graphics are a tad weak due to the lack of a video card, the high-end CPU (the newest Core 2 Duo SP9600, running at 2.53 GHz), 2 GB of RAM and 128-GB solid-state drive give the T400s plenty of juice to power through general apps, running rings around nearly all other notebooks we've benchmarked this year. The screen, now backlit by LEDs... ]\" id=\"f_27543215\">Performing Thinkpad, Fine Kettle, Solid Slider
  • Gallery: World's Fastest Car, Touchscreen Netbook, Infrared Weenie Roaster (25.06 06:00) : The acceleration is so immediate you can feel your eyeballs deform under the G-forces. It's a sensation of isolationist joy, an out-of-body awareness that you're moving faster than the world can react. Bystanders vaguely remember seeing a flash of expensive paint a few seconds after you disappear over the horizon; entire generations of insects die on your prow. Passing other motorists becomes a ... ]\" id=\"f_44802692\">Gallery: World's Fastest Car, Touchscreen Netbook, Infrared Weenie Roaster
  • Playlist: Spherical Ice, Day-Glo Brothers, Maru the Cat, and More (24.06 06:00) : The carefully hand-carved orb of ice used to chill our last Yamazaki single malt in Tokyo wasn't just for show. As master bartenders there know, a 2-inch diameter ball of cold has a lower surface-area-to-volume ratio than a typical cube. That means it melts more slowly, preventing vintage hooch from warming up and getting watered down. Japan's mixologists hire apprentices to chisel perfect froze... ]\" id=\"f_27543216\">Playlist: Spherical Ice, Day-Glo Brothers, Maru the Cat, and More

    Wired: Tech Biz

  • What's the Fastest and Best ISP in Your City? Look It Up Here (29.07 01:25) Rankings of the best and fastest ISPs in U.S. cities are now available, thanks to stats from Speedtest.net. And while the country is far from leading the world, the nation's tubes aren't nearly as bad as many suspect. ... ]\" id=\"f_224055532\">What's the Fastest and Best ISP in Your City? Look It Up Here
  • Letter From Silicon Valley: Doing the Math on Android vs. Apple (28.07 21:05) The fight between Google and Apple is not over phones: It's a software-platform war. The trouble with this horse race is that one horse's progress is measured in meters and the other in yards. The comparison between Android and the iPhone is meaningless. ... ]\" id=\"f_224055533\">Letter From Silicon Valley: Doing the Math on Android vs. Apple
  • @Twitter Users #Fail as Branding Automatons (28.07 20:28) Just about everything people say on Twitter is public, offering marketers a rare chance to listen in on what folks are saying about their brands, and to trumpet their messages to the masses. But Twitter users fail spectacularly when it comes to disseminating branding messages to each other. ... ]\" id=\"f_224055534\">@Twitter Users #Fail as Branding Automatons
  • Report: Mobile Geo-Marketing Not Where It's At, Yet (27.07 20:17) Marketers should avoid advertising on Foursquare and other location-based social networks because not enough people use them, according to a Forrester Research report. ... ]\" id=\"f_224055535\">Report: Mobile Geo-Marketing Not Where It's At, Yet
  • Ask.com Returns To Answering Questions, Web 2.0 Style (27.07 16:19) Starting Tuesday, the search site that refuses to die is re-re-inventing itself as a question answering service. This time Ask.com is adding a Web 2.0 twist on its origins as a site that promised to understand what you were asking and provide the one right answer. ... ]\" id=\"f_224055536\">Ask.com Returns To Answering Questions, Web 2.0 Style
  • iPad Owners Are 'Selfish Elites.' Critics Are 'Independent Geeks.' Discuss. (26.07 23:53) According to a survey of more than 20,000 internet users, iPad owners are uncaring elites, while those who denigrate the device lack sex appeal. That's about what our personal anecdotal experience has been ... ... ]\" id=\"f_224055537\">iPad Owners Are 'Selfish Elites.' Critics Are 'Independent Geeks.' Discuss.
  • Results Show Interactive Old Spice Ads Work (26.07 21:35) Sales of Old Spice have more than doubled since the brand launched its viral video sensation featuring Isaiah Mustafa addressing his viewers directly in near-real-time. ... ]\" id=\"f_224055538\">Results Show Interactive Old Spice Ads Work
  • Energy Department Has a New Commitment to Solar (and a New Blog) (25.07 16:35) The Department of Energy launched a new blog last week, the aptly named (yet uninspiring) Energy Blog. Among other announcements and musings (OK, really more statements than deep thoughts) is a call to develop three Energy Innovation Hubs, one of which will drive research to turn sunlight into fuels. ... ]\" id=\"f_224055539\">Energy Department Has a New Commitment to Solar (and a New Blog)
  • IPad Goes Under the Gauntlet at Universities This Fall (24.07 16:35) The iPad is about to have its academic chops put to the test this fall in a number of programs around the country. Colleges and universities are looking to adopt the iPad as a collaborative tool, a standardized mobile device to integrate into curriculums, and, in some cases, even a cost-saving device. ... ]\" id=\"f_224055540\">IPad Goes Under the Gauntlet at Universities This Fall
  • Facebook 'Suspects' Zuckerberg Contract Was 'Forged' (23.07 15:23) Facebook says it 'strongly suspects' forgery is involved in a contract showing its founder Mark Zuckerberg signed away more than half the rights to Facebook for $1,000 in 2003. The suit to take over the company seven years later is “absurd,” the company says. Paul Argentieri, the lawyer for the man who says he paid Zuckerberg in 2003 in part to 'The Face Book,' countered that he finds such stateme... ]\" id=\"f_224055541\">Facebook 'Suspects' Zuckerberg Contract Was 'Forged'

    Wired: Entertainment

  • Making of a Meme: The Story Behind Wookieeleaks, a Hash Tag With Legs (28.07 23:45) A storm of Star Wars-themed jokes hit Twitter, mimicking WikiLeaks' recent disclosure of U.S. military memos. Only this stuff is funny. Greg Storm DiCostanzo shares techniques he used to get the #wookieeleaks hashtag to take off. ... ]\" id=\"f_224064551\">Making of a Meme: The Story Behind Wookieeleaks, a Hash Tag With Legs
  • Wired.com Video: Is Comic-Con Still a Comic-Book Convention? (28.07 21:58) This year's Comic-Con International in San Diego marks the 41st year of a comic-book convention gone pop. Originally, Comic-Con consisted of a few nerds swapping comics, but now it's a multimillion-dollar event. Wired.com asks Grant Morrison, Thomas Jane and others how the convention has changed over the years. ... ]\" id=\"f_224064552\">Wired.com Video: Is Comic-Con Still a Comic-Book Convention?
  • Comic-Con Costumes: Don't Forget the Pee Hole! (26.07 21:30) Seth Rogen (The Green Hornet), Beau Garret (Tron: Legacy), Mike Relm and others weigh in on what you should and should not do when creating your custom Comic-Con costume. ... ]\" id=\"f_224064553\">Comic-Con Costumes: Don't Forget the Pee Hole!
  • Zombie Sharks and Double Rambos: The Best Booty From Comic-Con's Secret Stash (25.07 22:20) Wired.com patrols the show floor at the annual geek gathering in San Diego in search of Futurama, Shepard Fairey and more obscure finds. ... ]\" id=\"f_224064554\">Zombie Sharks and Double Rambos: The Best Booty From Comic-Con's Secret Stash
  • Marvel Assembles Avengers at Comic-Con, Including New Hulk (25.07 06:00) Samuel L. Jackson introduced the full lineup of The Avengers onstage Saturday at Comic-Con, including Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man), Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow) and Chris Evans (Captain America). The big casting news: Mark Ruffalo will play Bruce Banner and Jeremy Renner will play Hawkeye. ... ]\" id=\"f_224064555\">Marvel Assembles Avengers at Comic-Con, Including New Hulk
  • Gods Smile Upon Mighty Thor at Comic-Con (25.07 06:00) Marvel Studios showed off a ballsy new Thor trailer at Comic-Con and quelled any doubts about the upcoming movie based on the Norse god comic book character. ... ]\" id=\"f_224064556\">Gods Smile Upon Mighty Thor at Comic-Con
  • Photos: Comic-Con's Cauldron of Geek Wonders (24.07 17:50) Young or old, famous or fanboy, the geeky siren call of Comic-Con International draws all types of people to the San Diego Convention Center each year. See some of the costumed attendees (plus Tron: Legacy star Jeff Bridges!). ... ]\" id=\"f_224064557\">Photos: Comic-Con's Cauldron of Geek Wonders
  • 'Battle: Los Angeles' Mixes UFO Lore, Fallujah Feel (24.07 15:30) Graft urban combat's raw intensity and a back story based on real events onto an explosive alien invasion and you’ve got Battle: Los Angeles, an upcoming sci-fi movie that attempts to convey what an alien invasion might actually look like. ... ]\" id=\"f_224064558\">'Battle: Los Angeles' Mixes UFO Lore, Fallujah Feel
  • Comic-Con 2010 Touts 'Tron', Goes 'Green' (24.07 06:00) Wired.com takes a look at the trends of Comic-Con 2010. The Green Hornet, The Green Lantern and Tron: Legacy steal the movie spotlight while classic and new comics keep the old feel of Comic-Con alive. ... ]\" id=\"f_224064559\">Comic-Con 2010 Touts 'Tron', Goes 'Green'
  • Cast Reveals Details of Tron: Legacy's Skin-Tight Costumes (24.07 00:15) Wired.com chats with the cast of Tron: Legacy to hear about the streamlined, technology-laced costume designs created for the highly anticipated film. ... ]\" id=\"f_224064560\">Cast Reveals Details of Tron: Legacy 's Skin-Tight Costumes

    Wired: Culture

  • The Great Bacon Odyssey: Is Bacon Ice Cream Worth the Effort? (27.07 14:30) Our bacon-loving foodie tries making bacon ice cream at home. It may be good, but is it worth the time, effort and dirty dishes? ... ]\" id=\"f_224064579\">The Great Bacon Odyssey: Is Bacon Ice Cream Worth the Effort?
  • How to Write about Haiti (25.07 01:15) For starters, always use the phrase 'the poorest country in the Western hemisphere.' Your audience must be reminded again of Haiti's exceptional poverty. It's doubtful that other articles have mentioned this fact. ... ]\" id=\"f_224064580\">How to Write about Haiti
  • Help Film a Time Capsule for Future Generations (23.07 20:40) Director Kevin MacDonald and producer Ridley Scott beseech you to film a slice of your day on Saturday, July 24, and upload it to a special channel on YouTube, so that they can weave the footage into a documentary to inform and amuse future generations. ... ]\" id=\"f_224064581\">Help Film a Time Capsule for Future Generations
  • Comic-Con Exclusive Toys Will Thrill Your Inner Fanboy (23.07 20:40) From devilishly plush pork to serious-looking alien weaponry, toy makers roll out the geeky goods at San Diego's massive pop-culture convention. ... ]\" id=\"f_224064582\">Comic-Con Exclusive Toys Will Thrill Your Inner Fanboy
  • Alt Text: Hef Invites You to Check Out His Stuff at Work (23.07 06:00) Playboy Enterprises unveils The Smoking Jacket, a new website that's completely safe for work, provided your workplace has no issues with articles like Ballin' at the Bowling Alley and How to Get Laid at Work. ... ]\" id=\"f_224064583\">Alt Text: Hef Invites You to Check Out His Stuff at Work
  • Walk Quickly Through a Crowd (21.07 22:00) Here are some tips that make the stroll through a tight pack of people seem effortless. ... ]\" id=\"f_223401442\">Walk Quickly Through a Crowd
  • Exclusive: Tribbles Infest Alamo Drafthouse's New 'Star Trek' Posters (20.07 23:19) Limited-edition art prints featuring Spock, Uhura and sci-fi's most lovable critter scourge go on sale Friday. ... ]\" id=\"f_223401443\">Exclusive: Tribbles Infest Alamo Drafthouse's New 'Star Trek' Posters
  • Fan's $4,000 War Machine Costume Comes to Comic-Con (19.07 14:00) Anthony Le's detailed version of Rhodey's gun-lust getup is just one of the cosplayer's amazing Iron Man-inspired armors. See several of the impressive pieces, including one designed for Pepper Potts, in this photo gallery. ... ]\" id=\"f_223401444\">Fan's $4,000 War Machine Costume Comes to Comic-Con
  • Survive a Plane Crash (19.07 06:00) Is your flight home taking an unexpected turn for the worse? Bummer. Here's how to increase your chances of emerging from an air disaster relatively unharmed. ... ]\" id=\"f_223401445\">Survive a Plane Crash
  • Brainy 'Revolver' Darts Between Alternate Realities (14.07 19:53) In Matt Kindt's compelling new graphic novel, a working stiff shifts like clockwork between his dead-end job and a heroic mission in an alternate world filled with hot lead, bombs and other lethal distractions. ... ]\" id=\"f_222820940\">Brainy 'Revolver' Darts Between Alternate Realities

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  • Lionfish Approaches Swirl of Baitfish (PIC) (21.10 12:20) Beautiful pic -- enlargeable/wallpaper -- though not likely a good outcome for some of the baitfish... ... ]\" id=\"f_154388975\">Lionfish Approaches Swirl of Baitfish (PIC)
  • How Green is Tofu, Really? It doesn't grow on trees. (21.10 12:20) Experts say your potential emissions savings depend more on what protein you're swapping out instead. ... ]\" id=\"f_154388976\">How Green is Tofu, Really? It doesn't grow on trees.
  • Escaped Ostrich Rampage Ends In Truck Death (21.10 12:20) Two ostriches went on the rampage after they escaped from a Cheshire farm - but their adventure ended in tragedy, as one of them.... ... ]\" id=\"f_154388977\">Escaped Ostrich Rampage Ends In Truck Death
  • McLovin Induces Public Nudity (Video) (21.10 11:58) 25-year-old Hawaiian organ donor McLovin is still scoring huge with the ladies -- and last night, he not only got a busty babe to flash him ... he also took her home! ... ]\" id=\"f_154338955\">McLovin Induces Public Nudity (Video)
  • xkcd - A Webcomic - More Accurate (21.10 11:57) ***** ... ]\" id=\"f_154338956\">xkcd - A Webcomic - More Accurate
  • Rush Limbaugh Will Leave if Florida Raises Taxes (21.10 11:56) Whattaya say, Broward Dems? Are you willing to pay higher taxes purely for the sake of watching the portly pontificator pack his bags and move to Texas? Am I hearing a yes? Thought so. A recent St. Pete Times article cited a portion of Rush Limbaugh's radio show in which he declared that the high taxes in New York were the reason he stayed close.. ... ]\" id=\"f_154338957\">Rush Limbaugh Will Leave if Florida Raises Taxes
  • U.S. decision can't wait for Afghan legitimacy: Gates (21.10 11:55) By Phil Stewart ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT (Reuters) - The United States cannot wait for problems surrounding the legitimacy of the Afghan government to be resolved before making a decision on troops, U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates... ... ]\" id=\"f_154338958\">U.S. decision can't wait for Afghan legitimacy: Gates
  • 30 Superb Examples of Infographic Maps (21.10 11:50) Map illustrations are a dime a dozen however, a strong and balanced display of graphics, information, and colors is what makes an infographic stand out and reach its target audience effectively. Here are 30 awesome infographics and sites. ... ]\" id=\"f_154338959\">30 Superb Examples of Infographic Maps
  • Symphony of Science - 'We Are All Connected' (21.10 11:50) We Are All Connected was made from sampling Carl Sagan's Cosmos, The History Channel's Universe series, Richard Feynman's 1983 interviews, Neil deGrasse Tyson's cosmic sermon, and Bill Nye's Eyes of Nye Series, plus added visuals from The Elegant Universe (NOVA), Stephen Hawking's Universe, Cosmos, the Powers of 10, and more. ... ]\" id=\"f_154338960\">Symphony of Science - 'We Are All Connected'
  • UFC Fighter Drinks Own Urine to Strengthen Immune System (21.10 11:40) In a recent interview, UFC light-heavyweight Lyoto Machida reveals his winning ways and his unusual health drink. ... ]\" id=\"f_154338961\">UFC Fighter Drinks Own Urine to Strengthen Immune System
  • Clash of Rriver and Sea Water will generate energy (21.10 11:40) Two companies are trying to develop an alternative that provides low-cost renewable energy by harnessing power from the clash of river and sea water. ... ]\" id=\"f_154338962\">Clash of Rriver and Sea Water will generate energy
  • Stars Reveal Who They'd Like to See Pose Nude (21.10 11:20) ESPN The Magazine celebrated the launch of The Body Issue, the first ever issue devoted solely to the human form had athletes posing in the nude, prompting RadarOnline.com to ask: Who would you like to see take it all off? ... ]\" id=\"f_154338963\">Stars Reveal Who They'd Like to See Pose Nude
  • Whitewater 101 (21.10 11:10) A quick and dirty, layman's guide to the whitewater classification system ... ]\" id=\"f_154338964\">Whitewater 101
  • Growth of social media in real time (21.10 10:30) Based on a research carried out a social media counter was designed to get a measure of this enormous social media growth. ... ]\" id=\"f_154338965\">Growth of social media in real time
  • Illustrator R. Crumb is drawn to God with his latest project (21.10 10:30) Behold! Robert Crumb has found God, or at least a hint of what he looks like. With a mixture of anticipation and anxiety, the art world has been awaiting Crumb's long-rumored illuminated manuscript. ... ]\" id=\"f_154338966\">Illustrator R. Crumb is drawn to God with his latest project
  • Ten Old TV Shows That People Want Back On the Air (21.10 10:20) So, in the wake of the current Curb Your Enthusiasm plotline—in which the fictional Larry David fictionally attempts to reunite his fictional Seinfeld pals—we got to thinking: Which TV shows deserve a second go-round? There are no shortage of candidates, but only 10 truly enticing ones. ... ]\" id=\"f_154338967\">Ten Old TV Shows That People Want Back On the Air
  • Corn Pops Commercial = Childhood Nightmare (Vid) (21.10 10:20) So I was watching some wholesome kid's television today...and this Corn Pops commercial featuring zombies came on... ... ]\" id=\"f_154338968\">Corn Pops Commercial = Childhood Nightmare (Vid)
  • How Do You Tame a Terrible Boss? Treat Them Like a Toddler. (21.10 10:10) “I realized there were striking similarities between troublesome bosses and toddlers,” she tells me. “And, not surprisingly, the solutions to ending the bad behavior were often very similar.” ... ]\" id=\"f_154301837\">How Do You Tame a Terrible Boss? Treat Them Like a Toddler.
  • Improv Everywhere: Grocery Store Musical (21.10 10:10) For our latest mission, six undercover actors burst into song in a grocery store in Queens. Three minutes and lots of silly choreography later, they returned to their roles as shoppers and stock boys. The mission was filmed with hidden robotic, lipstick, and wearable cameras. Enjoy the video first and then go behind the scenes with our report below ... ]\" id=\"f_154301838\">Improv Everywhere: Grocery Store Musical
  • Atacama's Inhospitable Valley of the Moon (21.10 10:00) There are spots on earth that seem not of this earth; Chile's Valle de la Luna, or Valley of the Moon, is one of those places. Barren, inhospitable and brimming with bizarre, polychromatic rock formations, it's easy to see why this unique setting gets its name. Those who didn't know better might think the scenes on the desert planet of Tatooine... ... ]\" id=\"f_154301839\">Atacama's Inhospitable Valley of the Moon

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  • 'Bizarre' Nanobubbles Found In Strained Graphene (30.07 11:04) schliz writes Physicists have observed 'bizarre' behaviour in graphene electrons that they say could make the material even more suitable to replace silicon in future electronic devices. When strained in a particular manner, nanobubbles formed on a sheet of graphene, within which electrons came to occupy particular, quantum energy levels rather than the usual, continuous range of energies in unst.... ]\" id=\"f_224127572\">'Bizarre' Nanobubbles Found In Strained Graphene
  • 1-in-1,000 Chance of Asteroid Impact In ... 2182? (30.07 07:57) astroengine writes Sure, we're looking 172 years into the future, but an international collaboration of scientists have developed two mathematical models to help predict when a potentially hazardous asteroid (or PHA) may hit us, not in this century, but the next. The rationale is that to stand any hope in deflecting a civilization-ending or extinction-level impact, we need as much time as possibl.... ]\" id=\"f_224127573\">1-in-1,000 Chance of Asteroid Impact In ... 2182?
  • 2 Chinese ISPs Serve 20% of World Broadband Users (30.07 04:46) suraj.sun writes with this excerpt from Ars Technica: If you need a reminder of just how big China is—and just how important the Internet has become there—consider this stat: between them, two Chinese ISPs serve 20 percent of all broadband subscribers in the entire world and both companies continue to grow, even as growth slows significantly in more developed markets. Every other ISP trails drama.... ]\" id=\"f_224127574\">2 Chinese ISPs Serve 20% of World Broadband Users
  • World's Fastest Hybrid OK'd For Production (30.07 01:40) thecarchik writes The Porsche 918 Spyder hybrid supercar, first shown as a concept at this spring's Geneva Motor Show, got official approval as a production model today from the company's board of directors. Just consider the specs: a 500-horsepower, 3.6-liter V-8 engine with a 9200-rpm redline, 0-to-62-mph acceleration of 3.2 seconds, and top speed of 198 miles per hour. Oh, and did we mention i.... ]\" id=\"f_224127575\">World's Fastest Hybrid OK'd For Production
  • Sometimes It's OK To Steal My Games (30.07 00:54) spidweb writes One Indie developer has written a nuanced article on a how software piracy affects him, approaching the issue from the opposite direction. He lists the ways in which the widespread piracy of PC games helps him. From the article: 'You don't get everything you want in this world. You can get piles of cool stuff for free. Or you can be an honorable, ethical being. You don't get both. .... ]\" id=\"f_224127576\">Sometimes It's OK To Steal My Games
  • Thermoelectrics Could Let You Feel the Heat In Games (30.07 00:03) myshadows writes Tech Review has an interesting article on how Tokyo Metropolitan University researchers have been able to give a sensory addition to gaming peripherals — namely, temperature. 'As the range of interactions with digital environments expands, it's logical to ask what's next: Smell-o-vision has been on the horizon for something like 50 years, but there's a dark horse stalking this ra.... ]\" id=\"f_224109660\">Thermoelectrics Could Let You Feel the Heat In Games
  • KDE SC 4.7 May Use OpenGL 3 For Compositing (29.07 23:40) An anonymous reader writes KDE SC 4.5 is about to be released and KDE SC 4.6 is being discussed. However, Martin Graesslin has revealed some details about what they are planning for KDE 4.7. According to Martin's blog post, they are looking at OpenGL 3.0 to provide the compositing effects in KDE SC 4.7. OpenGL 3.0 provides support for frame buffer objects, hardware instancing, vertex array object.... ]\" id=\"f_224109661\">KDE SC 4.7 May Use OpenGL 3 For Compositing
  • Perl 6, Early, With Rakudo Star (29.07 23:22) Perl 6 may have been finally coming within reach in 2004, but now it's even closer. Reader rnddim writes The Perl 6 implementation Rakudo Star has been released today for 'early adopters.' This release of Rakudo is different from the normal monthly compiler releases in that is it bundled with a draft of a Perl 6 book, and several modules. It's not complete, and it's not as fast as it should be,... ]\" id=\"f_224109662\">Perl 6, Early, With Rakudo Star
  • Internal Costs Per Gigabyte — What Do You Pay? (29.07 22:29) CodePwned writes I recently took over a position at a rather large company where I discovered my group was paying $30 per gigabyte per month! That's $360 per year per gigabyte to our own IT department. While I understand costs are different depending on the scale, redundancy, backup and support methods, there doesn't seem to be any good papers on what range you should expect your costs to be. So .... ]\" id=\"f_224109663\">Internal Costs Per Gigabyte — What Do You Pay?
  • Stieg Larsson Is First Author To Sell 1M E-Books (29.07 21:46) Hugh Pickens writes The Guardian reports that the late Swedish journalist Stieg Larsson, author of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, has become the first author to sell more than one million e-books on Amazon. The Swedish noir thrillers features Lisbeth Salander, an asocial and extremely intelligent hacker and researcher, sp.... ]\" id=\"f_224109664\">Stieg Larsson Is First Author To Sell 1M E-Books
  • A $20 8-Bit Wikipedia Reader For Your TV (29.07 21:00) An anonymous reader writes with this excerpt from Wired about another entry in the ongoing quest for low-tech-high-tech educational tools to take advantage of distributed knowledge: The Humane Reader, a device designed by computer consultant Braddock Gaskill, takes two 8-bit microcontrollers and packages them in a 'classic style console' that connects to a TV. The device includes an optional keyb.... ]\" id=\"f_224109665\">A $20 8-Bit Wikipedia Reader For Your TV
  • HDMI Labeling Requirements Promise a Stew of Confusion (29.07 20:14) An anonymous reader writes In many ways HDMI has revolutionized the way we connect devices. By unifying video and audio into a single cable manufacturers have been able to make their products easier to set up than ever before. Until recently there hasn't actually been much difference in HDMI cables. But things are about to get confusing with the introduction of HDMI 1.4. By the 1st of January 201.... ]\" id=\"f_224109666\">HDMI Labeling Requirements Promise a Stew of Confusion
  • LCD 'Engine' For Spacecraft Attitude Control (29.07 19:29) Bruce Perens writes Japan's IKAROS satellite, which earlier performed the first successful demonstration of a solar sail, has broken more new ground. Liquid-crystal displays — yes, like in your video monitor — were fabricated into strips on the edges of the solar sail. By energizing some of the LCDs and changing the reflective characteristics of parts of the sail from specular to diffuse, JAXA sc.... ]\" id=\"f_224109667\">LCD 'Engine' For Spacecraft Attitude Control
  • Global Warming 'Undeniable,' Report Says (29.07 18:46) BergZ writes Scientists from around the world are providing even more evidence of global warming. 'A comprehensive review of key climate indicators confirms the world is warming and the past decade was the warmest on record,' the annual State of the Climate report declares. Compiled by more than 300 scientists from 48 countries, including Canada, the report from the National Oceanic and Atmospher.... ]\" id=\"f_224109668\">Global Warming 'Undeniable,' Report Says
  • Android Data Stealing App Downloaded By Millions (29.07 18:04) wisebabo writes A wallpaper utility (that presents purloined copyrighted material) 'quietly collects personal information such as SIM card numbers, text messages, subscriber identification, and voicemail passwords. The data is then sent to www.imnet.us, a site that hails from Shenzen, China.' Read more of this story at Slashdot. ... ]\" id=\"f_224109669\">Android Data Stealing App Downloaded By Millions
  • Man Wants to Donate His Heart Before He Dies (29.07 17:36) Gary Phebus wants to donate his heart, lungs, and liver. The problem is he wants to donate them before he dies. Gary was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, better known as Lou Gehrig's disease, in 2008. Phebus says he'd like to be able to donate his organs before they deteriorate, and doesn't consider his request suicide because he's dead anyway. Read more of this story at S..... ]\" id=\"f_224109670\">Man Wants to Donate His Heart Before He Dies
  • Suspected Mariposa Botnet Creator Arrested (29.07 17:26) mehemiah writes The writer of the Mariposa Botnet has been arrested through international effort. The FBI said this arrest and the arrests of three alleged operators in February were the result of a two-year joint investigation into the Mariposa Botnet, which may have infected as many as eight million to 12 million computers around the world. Read more of this story at Slashdot. ... ]\" id=\"f_224109671\">Suspected Mariposa Botnet Creator Arrested
  • NASA's Top 10 Space Junk Missions (29.07 16:45) Ant writes NASA has identified the top ten space junk missions and said over 19,000 pieces of space junk are known to exist... That's nothing: You should see my living room. Read more of this story at Slashdot. ... ]\" id=\"f_224109672\">NASA's Top 10 Space Junk Missions
  • FBI May Get Easier Access To Internet Activity (29.07 16:00) olsmeister writes It appears the White House would like to make it easier for the FBI to obtain records of a person's internet activities without a court order to do so, via the use of an NSL. While they have been able to this this for a long time, this may expand the type of information able to be gathered without a court order to include things like web browsing histories. Read more ..... ]\" id=\"f_224109673\">FBI May Get Easier Access To Internet Activity
  • Could Open Source Render Facebook the Next AOL? (29.07 15:18) joabj writes Now that Facebook has amassed more than 500 million users, a growing number of open source social networking developers are wondering if Facebook's photo sharing, status updates and other features wouldn't work better as Internet-wide standardized services. At the OSCON conference last week, the head of Identi.ca, an open source Twitter-like microblogging service, likened today's soc.... ]\" id=\"f_224094470\">Could Open Source Render Facebook the Next AOL?

    Techdirt

  • Connecting With Fans... In The Porn Industry? (30.07 13:35) The same professors who recently wrote on the Freakonomics blog about how restaurant innovation thrives without copyright recently wrote another post about how the porn industry is also thriving despite widespread infringement. Even though there is copyright on porn works, with rampant infringement, there doesn't seem to be any evidence of less porn being made these days. The professors make the... ]\" id=\"f_224127874\">Connecting With Fans... In The Porn Industry?
  • Copyright Getting In The Way Of Preserving Video Game History (30.07 11:30) We keep hearing stories of how copyright is getting in the way of preserving or archiving cultural works. The latest is video games, which face a double whammy of obsolete proprietary hardware and restrictive copyright laws, making it quite difficult to legally preserve those games: Even if preservationists had the resources to develop the kind of emulators that can stand the test of time, their... ]\" id=\"f_224127875\">Copyright Getting In The Way Of Preserving Video Game History
  • Debunking The Logic In Favor Of Paywalls (30.07 08:28) This is a guest post from regular commenter, Ima Fish, and is cross posted from his own blog: Marion Maneker over at the Big Money website wrote a piece entitled The Weird Logic of Paywall Challengers. He attempts to show that the arguments used by those against paywalls are illogical. He also attempts to show that paywalls are not only a good idea but a necessity for news websites. First, a..... ]\" id=\"f_224127876\">Debunking The Logic In Favor Of Paywalls
  • Kristin Hersh Turns An Album Into A Book (30.07 05:31) Back in 2007, musician Kristin Hersh was one of the first musicians we wrote about who had put in place a tiered support offering, which these days are becoming quite common. It looks like she's continuing to break new ground with experimental business models as well. Her latest album is actually going to be released as a book via Harper Collins' The Friday Project. The book/album, called Cro..... ]\" id=\"f_224127877\">Kristin Hersh Turns An Album Into A Book
  • Jury Dumps Patent Used To Sue Facebook (30.07 03:28) Nearly two years ago, we wrote about a company, called Leader Technologies with an incredibly broad patent (7,139,761) that covered associating a piece of data with multiple categories, that was suing Facebook for infringement. Our usual group of patent system defenders rushed to the comments to quickly declare that I was an idiot for daring to question this patent. The case took a weird turn wh... ]\" id=\"f_224127878\">Jury Dumps Patent Used To Sue Facebook
  • Don't Read Too Much Into The Claims That Intellectual Ventures Returns Are Negative (30.07 01:53) A bunch of folks have sent over the story from TechCrunch, based on a tweet from Chris Dixon that patent hoarding giant Intellectual Ventures isn't doing so hot for those who invested in it. Now, it's no secret that I'm no fan of Intellectual Ventures. I believe the company represents a huge tax on innovation and has a variety of very questionable business practices. I would be very happy to he... ]\" id=\"f_224127879\">Don't Read Too Much Into The Claims That Intellectual Ventures Returns Are Negative
  • White House Seeks Easier FBI Access To Internet Records, Blocks Oversight Attempt... Just As FBI Cau... (30.07 00:31) We're still at a loss to explain why there's been so little outrage over the fact that the FBI got a total free pass for its massive abuse in getting phone records. As you may recall, reports came out about how the FBI regularly abused the official process for obtaining phone records, avoiding any of the required oversight, but right before that info came out the White House issued a ruling sayin... ]\" id=\"f_224110051\">White House Seeks Easier FBI Access To Internet Records, Blocks Oversight Attempt... Just As FBI Caught Cheating On Exam To Stop Abuse
  • UK Gov't Review Says Google WiFi Sniffing Didn't Sniff Anything Significant (29.07 23:22) It's been funny watching the usual anti-Google forces try to make something bigger out of Google's accidental WiFi sniffing via its Street View vehicles. As has been explained in detail, it's not hard to understand how the data was collected accidentally. Even though it is bad that Google didn't realize this, there is no indication that Google ever did anything with the data, or that any sensiti... ]\" id=\"f_224110052\">UK Gov't Review Says Google WiFi Sniffing Didn't Sniff Anything Significant
  • Forging Science: The Story Of How Famed Painting Authenticator Likely Duped The Art World (29.07 22:19) A couple years ago, on a whim, knowing nothing at all about the movie, I rented the documentary Who the #$&% Is Jackson Pollock?. It's a really amazing documentary. Compelling, well-done and really entertaining. The reviewers loved it too. It tells the story of a truck driver woman, who bought a painting for $5 at a garage sale, and is convinced that it's actually done by Jackson Pollock. The... ]\" id=\"f_224110053\">Forging Science: The Story Of How Famed Painting Authenticator Likely Duped The Art World
  • Comcast Cares: Pay Us The $0.00 You Owe, Or We Cut You Off (29.07 21:12) Years back, I was a Comcast cable modem subscriber. That was until they spent a whole month cutting off my service, every single day, from 10am until about 4:30pm. Each day I would call to ask what was up, and I was told it was scheduled maintenance. I asked for said schedule so I could plan around it, and was told that there was no schedule -- which made for an odd form of scheduled maint... ]\" id=\"f_224110054\">Comcast Cares: Pay Us The $0.00 You Owe, Or We Cut You Off
  • Software Firms Overwhelmingly Against Patents (29.07 20:05) There's been plenty of talk about whether or not software patents should be legal, and one of the debates we often run into in the comments is over whether or not the software industry really believes in patents or not. Some patent system supporters claim that most of the industry does, in fact, support patents, but it's a noisy bunch who is against them. Unfortunately for those who believe ... ]\" id=\"f_224110055\">Software Firms Overwhelmingly Against Patents
  • Second Lawsuit Over School Webcams Involves Student Who Was Photographed 469 Times Over 2 Months (29.07 18:51) Remember the school district in suburban Philadelphia involved in a lawsuit over secretly taking webcam images of students? The school initially denied things, and later said that it had only used the feature 42 times to help find lost or stolen laptops. However, a law firm brought on by the school to investigate its use of the LanRev system found 58,000 images were taken. That's led some other... ]\" id=\"f_224110056\">Second Lawsuit Over School Webcams Involves Student Who Was Photographed 469 Times Over 2 Months
  • Perfect 10 Loses Again, As Court Says DMCA Notices Need To Be Properly Filed (29.07 17:31) Just last week we were talking about Perfect 10's lawsuit against Google in Canada, where we noted that in Perfect 10's own bragging press release, it effectively admits that its takedown filings were not properly filed. They admit that they just sent images to Google saying that it owned the images, without telling Google where they were actually located to take down. This was the same charge t... ]\" id=\"f_224110057\">Perfect 10 Loses Again, As Court Says DMCA Notices Need To Be Properly Filed
  • Old Spice Man Gets Backed Up With A Few Numbers, Sales Up 107 Percent (29.07 16:10) With all of the buzz lately around the fantastically successful Old Spice campaign, some numbers are finally starting to trickle in about whether or not the campaign actually translated into more sales of the body wash. Although initial reports suggested that the ads did little to boost sales, according to Nielsen, sales of the body wash rose 107 percent in the past month. That said, the increas... ]\" id=\"f_224094619\">Old Spice Man Gets Backed Up With A Few Numbers, Sales Up 107 Percent
  • Michael Jackson's Estate Complains About Dancing MJ Zombie In Game (29.07 14:29) ReallyEvilCanine alerts us to the news that the game Plants vs. Zombies has decided to change its dancing zombie, because Michael Jackson's estate complained that the zombie looked too much like Jackson. It's true. The zombie is obviously designed to look like Michael Jackson, and my guess (details are lacking) is that the estate threatened a publicity rights claim over the use: This seems pr... ]\" id=\"f_224094620\">Michael Jackson's Estate Complains About Dancing MJ Zombie In Game
  • Lawyer For Mother Accused Of Killing Baby, Threatens Separate Lawsuit Over People Copying His Facebo... (29.07 12:12) Ah, the perils of lawyers confused about the internet. Reader kb alerts us to the news of lawyer Jose Baez, who apparently has received plenty of attention for defending Casey Anthony, a mother who stands accused of killing her 2-year-old child. Apparently, some of the blogs that are reporting on the case pulled some photos from Baez's Facebook profile and Photoshopped them to include in blog p... ]\" id=\"f_224094621\">Lawyer For Mother Accused Of Killing Baby, Threatens Separate Lawsuit Over People Copying His Facebook Photos
  • Barney Frank's Attempt To Allow & Tax Online Gambling Moves Forward (Again) (29.07 08:12) Back in 2006, some politicians included a bill that effectively banned online gambling as a part of a law designed to protect our ports (don't ask what one has to do with the other). Pretty much since then, Rep. Barney Frank has been seeking to legalize online gambling (in order to tax it), and he just got a step closer to that as the House Finance Committee has passed a version of his bill. The... ]\" id=\"f_224094622\">Barney Frank's Attempt To Allow & Tax Online Gambling Moves Forward (Again)
  • Colbert Helps Save World From Polka Pirates (29.07 05:09) A few of you have sent in the fact that the Colbert Report recently did a fun segment about a guy arrested for selling polka DVDs: The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cNailed 'Em - Polka Piracywww.colbertnation.comColbert Report Full Episodes2010 ElectionFox News For all the talk we hear about how DVD counterfeiters are connected to organized crime and terrorists, a lot of the ... ]\" id=\"f_224082678\">Colbert Helps Save World From Polka Pirates
  • Yes, People Can Comment On Content Business Models Without Having Produced Hit Content (29.07 03:10) We've seen it over and over again in the comments on Techdirt. We'll talk about the impact of copyright or patents, and a lawyer will claim that unless we're an IP lawyer, we should not comment. Or we'll talk about content business models for the music or movie industry, and someone will claim that until we've had a hit song or movie, we should not comment. The argument always struck me as a cu... ]\" id=\"f_224082679\">Yes, People Can Comment On Content Business Models Without Having Produced Hit Content
  • Wikileaks Afghan War Document Leak Again Raises Questions: Treason Or Whistleblowing? (29.07 01:48) A few weeks back, as part of our discussion on the arrest of Bradley Manning for handing over classified documents to Wikileaks, we questioned where to draw the line between whistleblowing and criminal leaking of military secrets. At the time, we compared the situation to Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers. With the the new leak of nearly 100,000 documents about the war in Afghanistan, ... ]\" id=\"f_224082680\">Wikileaks Afghan War Document Leak Again Raises Questions: Treason Or Whistleblowing?

    BoingBoing

  • The 100 best magazine articles ever (30.07 06:04) Kevin Kelly has compiled a list of the 100 greatest long-form magazine articles ever published. He has found links to the text of each article, and says: I'd like to have folks start to vote up the best (although they can still add). There's a Top Five that has emerged. Maybe we can get a top 10. Here are the top 5 (based on the number of people who have recommended them to Kevin): David Fost..... ]\" id=\"f_224127867\">The 100 best magazine articles ever
  • Girls Like Boys With Skills - new song from Rocky and Balls (30.07 03:03) Rocky and Balls's Girls Like Boys With Skills is probably the dirtiest double-entendre ukulele ditty since George Formby sang With My Little Ukulele In My Hand. ... ]\" id=\"f_224127868\">Girls Like Boys With Skills - new song from Rocky and Balls
  • Burmese protesters using Team America likeness of Kim Jong-Il on posters (30.07 02:46) Team America lives on. Jeff Koyen sends this along and asks, Anyone remember Evil Bert spotted alongside Osama in Bangladesh? Indeed. At left, a snapshot of the original Kim Jong Il puppet from the Team America movie. I shot the photo during a visit earlier this year to South Park Studios. The little guy does get around. Team America preview screening in Hollywood Team America puppet sex sce..... ]\" id=\"f_224127869\">Burmese protesters using Team America likeness of Kim Jong-Il on posters
  • Wikileaks source suspect Manning transferred from Kuwait to Quantico, VA (30.07 02:20) A press alert received by Boing Boing from the U.S. Army Public Affairs Office reports that PFC Bradley Manning— who is believed to have provided Wikileaks with a trove of classified data including the Collateral Murder video and the recent Afghan War Diaries archive— was today transferred from the Theater Field Confinement Facility in Kuwait to the Marine Corps Base Quantico Brig in Quantico... ]\" id=\"f_224127870\">Wikileaks source suspect Manning transferred from Kuwait to Quantico, VA
  • Report: Army admonished Manning for YouTube uploads referencing classified facilities (30.07 02:12) An Army private suspected of leaking classified information to WikiLeaks was admonished as a trainee in 2008 for uploading YouTube videos discussing classified facilities, according to an Army official with direct knowledge of the incident. Wired News has more. ... ]\" id=\"f_224127871\">Report: Army admonished Manning for YouTube uploads referencing classified facilities
  • Google computer and Western media report China outage, actual humans in China beg to differ (30.07 02:01) Rebecca MacKinnon reports: Numerous major American and European news outlets are reporting that Google is blocked in China, based on the information appearing on Google's Mainland China service availability page. However no journalist has actually confirmed with a human being at Google that this information is correct. What's more, I've heard from several dozen people all over China who say that .... ]\" id=\"f_224127872\">Google computer and Western media report China outage, actual humans in China beg to differ
  • DIY Kitty Crack: ultra-potent catnip extract (30.07 01:21) In this Instructable, talbotron22 shows how to make Kitty Crack, an ultra-potent catnip extract containing nepetalactone, catnip's active ingredient. One pound of catnip yielded 143mg of nepetalactone. A note about safety. Yes, it is safe to use this extract on cats. I have looked into it, and there are a number of studies (very interesting in their own right) using pure nepetalactone on ..... ]\" id=\"f_224127873\">DIY Kitty Crack: ultra-potent catnip extract
  • When 2 dinosaurs become 1 (30.07 00:19) Prepare to have your mind blown. Certain dinosaurs—physically disparate enough that we've always thought of them as different species—may actually be the same animal at different stages of its life cycle. Also: Those big, protective-looking bone formations surrounding some dinos' heads and necks probably weren't all that useful as a defense against predators. Case in point, triceratops. Or, ma... ]\" id=\"f_224110058\">When 2 dinosaurs become 1
  • 3D-printed clothing (29.07 23:38) Via our Submitterator, Fang McGee points us to this novel use of 3D printers: spitting out fabric structures for clothing. From Ecouterre: ...Designer-researchers like Freedom of Creation in Amsterdam and Philip Delamore at the London College of Fashion are cranking out seamless, flexible textile structures using software that converts three-dimensional body data into skin-conforming fabric st... ]\" id=\"f_224110060\">3D-printed clothing
  • Kite-flying in a thunderstorm leads to pseudo-telekinesis (29.07 23:34) Kite designer Tim Elverston sent in this video through Submitterator, showing his friend making a piece of kite line move magically with the help of static electricity. Also, they got shocked. If you listen to the video through headphones, you can clearly hear an electrical buzzing every time their fingers get close to the kite line. Interestingly, the effect seems to have been dependent on ..... ]\" id=\"f_224110059\">Kite-flying in a thunderstorm leads to pseudo-telekinesis
  • Win free tickets to Outside Lands 2010! (29.07 22:56) On August 14-15, San Francisco's Golden Gate Park will host Outside Lands, a massive music festival with several dozen excellent bands, food, wine, art, and a big dose of Bay Area culture. Main stage performers include Kings of Leon, Furthur featuring Phil Lesh and Bob Weir, The Strokes, My Morning Jacket, Al Green, and Cat Power. There are also a slew of killer acts throughout the day on smal... ]\" id=\"f_224110062\">Win free tickets to Outside Lands 2010!
  • Maggie speaking in Albuquerque Aug. 16 (29.07 22:26) I'm speaking Monday, Aug. 16th, at the University of New Mexico's INCBN IGERT Symposium, which focuses on the integration of neuroscience and nanotechnology. As the pre-symposium dinner entertainment, I'll be talking about Those Fabulous Octopus Brains—looking at cephalopod intelligence and brain structure. I fully admit that my topic choice is a blatant attempt to curry audience favor w/ cute p..... ]\" id=\"f_224110061\">Maggie speaking in Albuquerque Aug. 16
  • Moresukine -- a comic book about a German cartoonist's experiences in Tokyo (29.07 22:26) In late 2005 Dirk Schwieger, a German cartoonist, went to live in Japan for a year. He got an office job, and started keeping a journal of his experiences in Tokyo. On his blog, he invited readers to email him assignments, which he dutifully carried out and reported in comic strip format in a Moleskine notebook. The assignments included eating fugu (blowfish sashimi that has a toxin that ..... ]\" id=\"f_224110063\">Moresukine -- a comic book about a German cartoonist's experiences in Tokyo
  • Tokyo's oldest man actually dead for 30 years (29.07 21:36) Sogen Kato was believed to be the oldest man in Tokyo. Officials heading out to congratulate him on his 111th birthday, however, met not an ancient gent but a corpse, mummified in his own bed for perhaps 30 years. (BBC; photo and cake by Ann Larie Valentine) ... ]\" id=\"f_224110064\">Tokyo's oldest man actually dead for 30 years
  • Refutation of a children's book (29.07 20:25) I admire Sheila C. Bair, the chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, more than any other official in government. Ms. Bair's actions during the financial meltdown in 2008 and in intervening years has shown a steady hand, remarkably free of partisan favor, that likely prevented a much worse banking and mortgage catastrophe. Thus it is with a heavy heart I must reveal a book she's w... ]\" id=\"f_224110066\">Refutation of a children's book
  • Haircuts and Popsicles (29.07 20:01) I like haircuts and I like Popsicles -- hell, who doesn't? But I will apparently never be an art impresario, let alone a performance art impresario, because it never would have occurred to me to combine the two, as the downtown Los Angeles gallery Actual Size is doing this Saturday: Filmmaker Josh Lee will sell his inventively flavored popsicles to onlookers while they watch haircuts and buzz cut... ]\" id=\"f_224110065\">Haircuts and Popsicles
  • Hallucinogen to be tested as cure for opiate addiction (29.07 19:42) Ibogaine, a hallucinogen derived from an African plant, is used (illegally) as a cure for opiate addiction. This month, the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Research will test the effectiveness of Ibogaine on heroin addicts. Popular Science has a brief article about the upcoming trial. “As great as ibogaine seems, no one knows exactly how effective it is as a treatment,” says Valer... ]\" id=\"f_224110067\">Hallucinogen to be tested as cure for opiate addiction
  • MAKE Volume 23 is on newsstands! (29.07 19:17) MAKE Volume 23 is on newsstands now! In this special GADGETS issue, we show you how to make a menagerie of delightful machines: a miniature electronic Whac-a-Mole arcade game, a tiny but mighty see-through audio amplifier, a magic mirror that contains an interactive animated soothsayer, a self-balancing one-wheeled Gyrocar, and the Most Useless Machine — the creepy mechanical box whose only ... ]\" id=\"f_224110068\">MAKE Volume 23 is on newsstands!
  • Hard Russian hardware (29.07 19:14) Russian manufacturer Lenpolygrafmash makes the computer component equivalent of brutalist architecture. According to the Russian culture blog Metkere.com, the devices such as the printer and scanner above are designed for harsh mechanical and climatic conditions. Lenpolygrafmash (via Submitterator, thanks Metkere!)... ]\" id=\"f_224110069\">Hard Russian hardware
  • Glenn Beck's website gives him something to cry about (29.07 19:11) Glenn Beck's website, it turns out, can be manipulated into doing strange and NSFW things by messing with the URL. An insecure PHP utility accessible at the site allows for shenanigans like directory traversal, exposing all sorts of things that should not be exposed. Like password files, and a user group named for Rush Limbaugh. (Thanks, Dean!) Update: the discussion thread is down. Here's the Go... ]\" id=\"f_224110070\">Glenn Beck's website gives him something to cry about

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  • Microsoft officially unveils key Office 2011 for Mac features - Apple Insider (28.07 20:04) MacworldMicrosoft officially unveils key Office 2011 for Mac featuresApple InsiderMicrosoft has added official notice of a variety of key features in the upcoming release of its Office 2011 suite for Mac users. A new Template Gallery allows you to quickly and easily pick a template from the built-in designs to ...Video previews Microsoft's Office 2011 plansMacworldOffice for Mac to get conversati.... ]\" id=\"f_224001777\">Microsoft officially unveils key Office 2011 for Mac features - Apple Insider
  • Ocean greenery under warming stress - Nature.com (28.07 19:44) Globe and MailOcean greenery under warming stressNature.comSince 1950, phytoplankton in the world's oceans have declined by 40%.Karl Bruun, Nostoca Algae Laboratory. Courtesy of Nikon Small World Marine phytoplankton — the vast range of tiny algae species accounting for roughly half of Earth's total ...Plankton decline across oceans as waters warmBBC NewsRising Temperatures Harm Ocean Plant LifeWa... ]\" id=\"f_224001765\">Ocean greenery under warming stress - Nature.com
  • Apple patches Safari ahead of Black Hat talk, launches add-on gallery - Computerworld (28.07 19:31) Geeky gadgetsApple patches Safari ahead of Black Hat talk, launches add-on galleryComputerworldComputerworld - Barely 24 hours before a researcher was set to dive deeper into a Safari bug at the Black Hat security conference, Apple today fixed that flaw and 14 others. Apple also switched on extensions in Safari 5.0.1, ...Apple upgrades Safari, adds extensions from Twitter, Amazon, othersSan Jose M... ]\" id=\"f_224001761\">Apple patches Safari ahead of Black Hat talk, launches add-on gallery - Computerworld
  • Porsche to build amazing hybrid 918 supercar - USA Today (28.07 19:02) AutoWeekPorsche to build amazing hybrid 918 supercarUSA TodayPorsche's supervisory board approved production of stunning supercar that can catapult from zero to 60 mph in about 3.2 seconds, Bloomberg reports. Expected to be fabulously expensive, perhaps as much as $650000, the 918 Spyder will be a poster child ...Porsche To Produce New Hybrid High-Performance CarWall Street Journal78 MPG Hybrid Po... ]\" id=\"f_224001747\">Porsche to build amazing hybrid 918 supercar - USA Today
  • Dell's Streak tablet launch off to rough start - msnbc.com (28.07 18:54) msnbc.comDell's Streak tablet launch off to rough startmsnbc.comFor now, the Dell Streak release date is sometime this summer. Someone needs to tell that to whoever runs the product information sign-up page, which still says, The Dell Streak will be available for purchase in late July! by Jared Newman The launch ...Dell Streak Will Run Froyo, But Not on T-MobileeWeekNo Dell Streak in July, Comin..... ]\" id=\"f_224001773\">Dell's Streak tablet launch off to rough start - msnbc.com
  • Panasonic Launching 'World's First' Consumer 3D Camcorder - PC Magazine (28.07 16:40) Telegraph.co.ukPanasonic Launching 'World's First' Consumer 3D CamcorderPC MagazineThanks to a number of new HDTV and Blu-ray players, 3D technology seems about ready to explode into the world's living rooms. Without the ability to create 3D content, however, those methods for consumption aren't worth a whole lot. ...Panasonic Shows Prototype 3D Lens for Lumix CamerasPC WorldPanasonic launches 3D ... ]\" id=\"f_224001752\">Panasonic Launching 'World's First' Consumer 3D Camcorder - PC Magazine
  • Kindle Sells Out: 5 Reasons Amazon Shouldn't Celebrate - PC World (28.07 16:26) Times LIVEKindle Sells Out: 5 Reasons Amazon Shouldn't CelebratePC WorldJust weeks after slashing the price of its Kindle e-reader to $189, Amazon has sold out of the device. A note posted on Amazon's site says that the Kindle is temporarily out of stock. Order now and we'll deliver when available. ...Amazon Reports Kindle Sold OuteWeekAmazon's $189 Kindle Sells OutDailyFinanceStieg Larsson Sells.... ]\" id=\"f_224001756\">Kindle Sells Out: 5 Reasons Amazon Shouldn't Celebrate - PC World
  • First look: Apple's Magic Trackpad - BusinessWeek (28.07 15:31) msnbc.comFirst look: Apple's Magic TrackpadBusinessWeekEarly Tuesday, Apple announced the Magic Trackpad, the company's new standalone, Bluetooth trackpad. Using the same glass surface as the trackpad on Apple's current laptop line, the Magic Trackpad supports the same Multi-Touch gestures, ...Is Apple's Magic Trackpad a gesture too far?CNET (blog)Apple Updates Mac OS XInformationWeekApple's First... ]\" id=\"f_224001737\">First look: Apple's Magic Trackpad - BusinessWeek
  • Blackberry 6 and Bold 9800 May Debut Next Week - PC World (28.07 15:18) CBC.caBlackberry 6 and Bold 9800 May Debut Next WeekPC WorldCourtesy: Blackberry TimeNext week may see the debut of the Blackberry 6 operating system running on a brand new slider phone, suggested by an upcoming press announcement. Many sites and blogs are getting excited about invitations from Research In ...RIM Seen Unveiling iPhone Killer Next WeekABC NewsRIM BlackBerry 9800 soon to challenge..... ]\" id=\"f_224001769\">Blackberry 6 and Bold 9800 May Debut Next Week - PC World
  • What's Missing From StarCraft II's Launch? Pirate Copies - PC World (28.07 15:01) USA TodayWhat's Missing From StarCraft II's Launch? Pirate CopiesPC WorldStarCraft II has been circulating in beta since February 2010. A preload version's been downloadable for the past week. Boxed copies of the game went on sale last night at midnight. The game code's been hypothetically available, more or less in full, ...Blizzard details bugs and issues with StarCraft IINeoseekerStarcraft II R... ]\" id=\"f_224001781\">What's Missing From StarCraft II's Launch? Pirate Copies - PC World
  • More doctored BP photos come to light - Washington Post (22.07 03:17) The HinduMore doctored BP photos come to lightWashington PostThe search for doctored BP photos is on. And it's a bit like finding Waldo in the famous game. On Wednesday, for the second time this week, a blog has identified an altered photograph about BP's oil spill response on the company's Web ...BP Busted for Altering Image of Crisis ResponsePC WorldBP Admits Photoshopping Crisis Response ImageP... ]\" id=\"f_223349158\">More doctored BP photos come to light - Washington Post
  • Facebook tops 500 million users worldwide - Los Angeles Times (22.07 03:17) Telegraph.co.ukFacebook tops 500 million users worldwideLos Angeles TimesThe 6-year-old firm is already the most popular social networking site but aspires to reach 1 billion members. At its current growth rate, it could reach that goal within a year. By Jessica Guynn, Los Angeles Times Facebook Inc. on Wednesday issued its ...O'Brien: Lessons from the rise of FacebookSan Jose Mercury NewsFacebook... ]\" id=\"f_223349152\">Facebook tops 500 million users worldwide - Los Angeles Times
  • Microsoft Launches 'Fix It' Tool For .LNK Flaw - ChannelWeb (22.07 02:32) New York Times (blog)Microsoft Launches 'Fix It' Tool For .LNK FlawChannelWebMicrosoft updated a security advisory warning users of a critical .LNK vulnerability with an automated Fix It tool that serves as a stop gap until the company issues a patch. Microsoft implemented the Fix It tool in an ...Automated Workaround for Windows Shell Flaw ReleasedVirtualization ReviewWindows Live Essentials ... ]\" id=\"f_223349155\">Microsoft Launches 'Fix It' Tool For .LNK Flaw - ChannelWeb
  • Ars reviews the Motorola Droid X - Ars Technica (22.07 02:15) PC WorldArs reviews the Motorola Droid XArs TechnicaMotorola's Droid X is an impressive new contender in the emerging category of large form-factor touchscreen smartphones. The device's high-end hardware specifications and massive 4-inch touchscreen set ...Verizon, Motorola React Quickly To Droid X IssueChannelWebDroid X display down? Only a 'very small number' of Droid units affected.Christian Sc... ]\" id=\"f_223349151\">Ars reviews the Motorola Droid X - Ars Technica
  • Zuckerberg on the evening news: Yawn - CNET (22.07 01:55) Moneycontrol.comZuckerberg on the evening news: YawnCNETLet's be honest: none of us was expecting Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's landmark ABC World News interview with Diane Sawyer on Wednesday night--coincided with the Palo Alto, Calif.-based social-networking giant's announcement of ...Facebook IPO When Makes Sense, Zuckerberg Tells ABCABC NewsMassive hole in Facebook legal challengeFortuneAt ..... ]\" id=\"f_223349156\">Zuckerberg on the evening news: Yawn - CNET
  • Is The $99 E-Reader on The Horizon? - PC World (22.07 01:52) CBC.caIs The $99 E-Reader on The Horizon?PC WorldThe e-book market came of age Tuesday when Amazon trumpeted some impressive news:The online retailer is now selling more Kindle titles than hardcover books. Over the past three months, in fact, Kindle e-books have outsold hardcovers 143 to 100, ...Earnings Preview: Amazon to report 2Q resultsThe Associated PressAmazon Now Sells More E-Books Than Har... ]\" id=\"f_223349157\">Is The $99 E-Reader on The Horizon? - PC World
  • Flipboard launches 'social magazine' for iPad, struggles with demand - BetaNews (21.07 23:59) NEWS.com.auFlipboard launches 'social magazine' for iPad, struggles with demandBetaNewsPalo Alto, Calif. based Flipboard launched what it called the first social magazine for the iPad Wednesday, however it quickly found out that a much-hyped launch can lead to trouble in keeping the ...Hands On with FlipboardPC MagazineHarris: Flipboard gives you a magazine just for youSan Jose Mercury NewsNew i..... ]\" id=\"f_223349153\">Flipboard launches 'social magazine' for iPad, struggles with demand - BetaNews
  • Huge star that dwarfs the sun may be heaviest ever - USA Today (21.07 21:19) Daily MailHuge star that dwarfs the sun may be heaviest everUSA TodayA team of astronomers says a huge ball of burning gas drifting in a neighboring galaxy may be the heaviest star ever discovered, burning itself off at 10 million times the luminosity of the sun, the Royal Astronomical Society reports. ...Heftiest star discovery shatters cosmic recordmsnbc.comAstronomers detect 'monster star'BBC N... ]\" id=\"f_223349154\">Huge star that dwarfs the sun may be heaviest ever - USA Today
  • HP's slate may yet live - CNET (21.07 19:37) CNETHP's slate may yet liveCNETThe rumors of the death of Hewlett-Packard's slate computer may be greatly exaggerated, at least if a few HP Web pages are any judge. One page on HP's Web site provides a few details on the once-thought-to-be-demised tablet device. ...HP Slate 500 vs. HP PalmPad: Choices, ChoicesPC WorldWindows 7 Tablet Spied on HP WebsiteeWeekIs HP's Windows-7-Powered Slate Still Al... ]\" id=\"f_223349159\">HP's slate may yet live - CNET
  • Marmots fatten up on climate change - Nature.com (21.07 19:11) Telegraph.co.ukMarmots fatten up on climate changeNature.comIn the Upper East River Valley of Colorado's Rocky Mountains, yellow-bellied marmots (Marmota flaviventis) are thriving thanks to climate change. The rodents' startling population boom — their numbers have tripled in ten years — has now been linked to ...Global warming is a plus for marmots – for nowLos Angeles TimesWarmer climates bring ... ]\" id=\"f_223349160\">Marmots fatten up on climate change - Nature.com

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  • Pareto Principle – The 80-20 Rule (06.05 05:57) We can apply the Pareto Principle in design. 80% of all design work can be produced with only 20% of the Photoshop functionality. We will show you as a real example here ....... ]\" id=\"f_211494634\">Pareto Principle – The 80-20 Rule
  • SlickEdit: More Than Just An Editor (Video) (06.05 05:51) Scott Westfall is the VP of software development for the SlickEdit tool. He says that SlickEdit's President/CEO is also their CTO and the head developer on the product. Westfall says he enjoys coming up with new features that can remove the frustrations that are common in programming.... ]\" id=\"f_211494635\">SlickEdit: More Than Just An Editor (Video)
  • TimeShot, JavaFX photography post-production tool (06.05 05:51) This is a good showcase of a graphic JavaFX application that handles huge amount of photos. The article talks about why JavaFX was chosen for it's development over Flash and Javascript.... ]\" id=\"f_211494636\">TimeShot, JavaFX photography post-production tool
  • Anonymous Blogger (06.05 03:08) Reasons for becoming an anonymous blogger... ]\" id=\"f_211494637\">Anonymous Blogger
  • How to Submit a Form Using Jquery? (06.05 01:27) Here we shall discuss how we are going to submit the form from a jquery program. Earlier, we had discussed how to submit a program using javascript. Now, we shall discuss how to submit a program using Jquery. Like javascript that provides the submit() method, we have a submit method in Jquery as well.... ]\" id=\"f_211457606\">How to Submit a Form Using Jquery?
  • Javamelody 1.15.0 released (06.05 00:57) The goal of JavaMelody is to monitor Java or Java EE applications servers in QA and production environments. It is not a tool to simulate requests from users, it is a tool to measure and calculate statistics on real operation of an application depending on the usage of the application by users. ... ]\" id=\"f_211457607\">Javamelody 1.15.0 released
  • Better exception handling in Java 7 : Multicatch and final rethrow (06.05 00:41) I’m happy to announce that an other improvement from the Project Coin has be marked for inclusion in Java 7 : Improved Exception Handling for Java, from Neil Gafter. This has been announced by Joe Darcy on his blog.In this post, I'll explain these two improvements. ... ]\" id=\"f_211457608\">Better exception handling in Java 7 : Multicatch and final rethrow
  • Four ways to do pair programming (05.05 23:57) The idea is very simple – you change places, after a predetermined interval. Whoever wrote code (driver) becomes the one who reviews the code (passenger) and vise versa. You could switch places each time you finish a feature or every 30 seconds it’s up to you. The important thing is that you do switch roles according to some event you both agree on.... ]\" id=\"f_211457609\">Four ways to do pair programming
  • Beautiful Background Image Navigation with jQuery (05.05 23:40) In this tutorial we are going to create a beautiful navigation that has a background image slide effect. The main idea is to have three list items that contain the same background image but with a different position. The background image for each item will be animated to slide into place in different times, creating a really nice effect. The background image sliding direction from the list item in... ]\" id=\"f_211457610\">Beautiful Background Image Navigation with jQuery
  • Daily Dose - Microsoft's CLI for Browsers? (05.05 22:34) Miguel de Icaza suggests that browser makers integrate the Common Language Infrastructure, which lies underneath the .NET framework. It could lead to higher performance web apps, he says. Would it save IE from falling even further in market share?... ]\" id=\"f_211457611\">Daily Dose - Microsoft's CLI for Browsers?
  • The Cubic Earth Society: Using 3D Features of the JavaFX 1.3 API (05.05 22:33) The EarthCubeFX example program features a cube that contains Google Map tiles on its faces. You can download the NetBeans project containing this example here. After downloading and unzipping the file, open the project in NetBeans. To enable the stack that implements 3D capabilities, the NetBeans project contains the following JVM argument in the Run pane of its Project Properties dialog:... ]\" id=\"f_211457612\">The Cubic Earth Society: Using 3D Features of the JavaFX 1.3 API
  • Ubuntu 10.04 Released, Bumpy Upgrade (05.05 22:31) Ubuntu 10.04 was released two days ago. And I spent the last two days upgrading my workstation/server to it. The good news is that the upgrade process went smoothly. All the downloading, installing, configuring, removing of packages went as prescribed. I encountered two issues after the final Upgrade is completed, please reboot your computer.... ]\" id=\"f_211457613\">Ubuntu 10.04 Released, Bumpy Upgrade
  • OAuth is the New Hotness: 76 OAuth-enabled APIs (05.05 22:28) The promise of sharing our data from one site with another raises plenty of privacy concerns. While not all of these worries can be solved by technology, one definitely can. You should not have to share your password in order for services to access your content on other sites. That’s where OAuth comes in. It’s “an open protocol to allow secure API authorization in a simple and standard method from... ]\" id=\"f_211457614\">OAuth is the New Hotness: 76 OAuth-enabled APIs
  • The Anatomy of a Website (05.05 21:23) Because what makes up a website can be related and linked to the physiology of a human body, this article’s comparison should help clients and beginners alike understand the complex nature of a site’s creation and components.... ]\" id=\"f_211457615\">The Anatomy of a Website
  • Top 10 JavaScript Frameworks (05.05 21:15) Javascript Frameworks always make your Java-scripting easy & fun. “JavaScript” is a trademark of Sun Microsystems and one of the most popular programming languages on the web. It was used under license for technology invented and implemented by Netscape Communications and current entities such as the MozillaFoundation.... ]\" id=\"f_211457616\">Top 10 JavaScript Frameworks
  • Jclouds Gets Friendly With Clojure (05.05 21:12) jclouds 1.0 beta 5 is out now with various new features including support for Clojure. Along with some new features for cloud provisioning, the fifth beta also includes a polished ComputeService API, location compatibility across ComputeService and BlobStore, and more supported services. jclouds currently has complete support for 9 out of the 18 supported services listed on their google code pag... ]\" id=\"f_211457617\">Jclouds Gets Friendly With Clojure
  • 10 Reasons Why Apple's iPad 3G Isn't Worth the Extra Money (05.05 21:10) Now that Apple's iPad 3G is finally available to U.S. customers, it's time to consider whether or not the more capable version of the company's tablet is really worth the price. Here are 10 reasons why we think the iPad 3G just isn't worth an additional $130.... ]\" id=\"f_211457618\">10 Reasons Why Apple's iPad 3G Isn't Worth the Extra Money
  • Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch: We’re Going To Make The Best Tools In The World For HTML5 (05.05 20:53) One of of today’s keynote speakers at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco is Adobe exec Kevin Lynch, who serves as the company’s CTO and SVP, Experience & Technology Organization. The keynote talk is a timely one — Adobe has been in the headlines over the last few weeks as it engages in a very public battle with Apple. Lynch sat down with Web 2.0 Expo SF program chair Brady Forrest. My live notes ab... ]\" id=\"f_211457619\">Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch: We’re Going To Make The Best Tools In The World For HTML5
  • OpenFaces 3.0 Preview with JSF 2.0 Support (05.05 20:29) We're glad to announce a preview of the JSF 2.0 compliant version of OpenFaces. This is not yet the 3.0 EAP1 milestone mentioned in our Roadmap, which will be published soon but you can already check out OpenFaces in a JSF 2.0 environment and give us some valuable feedback before the upcoming EAP1 version.... ]\" id=\"f_211457620\">OpenFaces 3.0 Preview with JSF 2.0 Support
  • JSConf 2010 Slides (05.05 20:19) For those of us who didn’t make it, I’ve compiled a list of slides + blog posts from the JSConf 2010 Track A speakers... ]\" id=\"f_211457621\">JSConf 2010 Slides

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  • NZXT Sentry LXE Review (30.07 09:17) Monitor temperatures on five components and control up to five fans—without sacrificing a 5.25-inch drive bay—with NZXT's Sentry LXE. ... ]\" id=\"f_224128033\">NZXT Sentry LXE Review
  • NZXT Phantom Case Review (28.07 07:50) The NZXT Phantom is a spacious and potentially stylish Extended ATX case with lots of storage and cooling possibilities. ... ]\" id=\"f_223897727\">NZXT Phantom Case Review
  • Intel's Silicon Photonics Technology Promises 50-Gbps Transfer Speeds (27.07 22:38) The silicon-based optical data transfer technology could make transfer speeds of 50, 100, or 400 Gbps possible—and 1-Tbps speeds may not be far off. ... ]\" id=\"f_223878554\">Intel's Silicon Photonics Technology Promises 50-Gbps Transfer Speeds
  • OpenGL 4.1 Specification Released (26.07 19:02) Among other things, the new specification allows for easier porting between mobile and desktop computing platforms. ... ]\" id=\"f_223737462\">OpenGL 4.1 Specification Released
  • Build a $200 Linux PC (23.07 07:00) If you need a second or third computer but money is tight, you don't need to buy a full system. You can build a surprisingly speedy Linux PC that will excel at everyday tasks, and cost less than $200. ... ]\" id=\"f_223462969\">Build a $200 Linux PC
  • Accell UltraAV DisplayPort Multi-Monitor Adapter Review (22.07 07:38) Accell's adapter is a useful (but expensive) way to split one DisplayPort output into three DVI connections. ... ]\" id=\"f_223427771\">Accell UltraAV DisplayPort Multi-Monitor Adapter Review
  • ATI Radeon HD 5550 (GDDR5) Review (21.07 08:38) Priced at about $75-$79, the GDDR5-based ATI Radeon HD 5550 is a (small) step up from the 5450, but far from the best you can do for the money. ... ]\" id=\"f_223221494\">ATI Radeon HD 5550 (GDDR5) Review
  • The State of Windows 7 Gaming (16.07 06:50) PC gaming has matured in the nine months since Windows 7 debuted—and it's moved in a few surprising directions. ... ]\" id=\"f_222690269\">The State of Windows 7 Gaming
  • The LaCie XtremKey: A USB Drive that Can Take a Beating (16.07 05:53) The XtremKey can withstand temperatures from -60 to 400 degrees Fahrenheit, is watertight up to 100 meters, and can survive a five-meter drop. ... ]\" id=\"f_222690270\">The LaCie XtremKey: A USB Drive that Can Take a Beating
  • WarMouse Meta Review (15.07 06:42) With 19 programmable buttons, the WarMouse Meta may be a dream for some gamers, but it's potentially complex enough to give soft-core players nightmares. ... ]\" id=\"f_222444096\">WarMouse Meta Review

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  • Nude trampolinist bounces free from court (30.07 12:47) Hey, Mr Trampoline Man... what's that in your hand? A 55-year-old described by the BBC as a 'man' and by Scotland's Daily Record as a 'pervert' has avoided jail after being spotted by neighbours having too much fun with too few clothes on a trampoline.…... ]\" id=\"f_224128367\">Nude trampolinist bounces free from court
  • Nexus One phone rockets to 28,000ft (30.07 12:45) Android in spaaace If you've ever wondered what happens when you stick a Google Nexus One phone in a rocket and blast it to 28,000ft from the Nevada desert, then here's your answer:…Free On-Demand Webcast - Virtualizing the Hard Stuff... ]\" id=\"f_224128368\">Nexus One phone rockets to 28,000ft
  • UK.gov drops £6m on Google (30.07 12:44) Fat dollar spent on health advice sites Four Whitehall departments gave Google and similar search engines more than £6m in two years to encourage web users to do more exercise, emit less CO2 and stop smoking, among other initiatives.…... ]\" id=\"f_224128369\">UK.gov drops £6m on Google
  • Fake Firefox update used to sling scareware (30.07 12:23) Watch where you click Online con artists have developed a strain of scareware that poses as a Firefox update.…... ]\" id=\"f_224128370\">Fake Firefox update used to sling scareware
  • Happy Sysadmin Day! (30.07 12:21) Today's the day to pat yourselves on the back It’s the last Friday in July, so that can mean only one thing - happy SysAdmin Day!…... ]\" id=\"f_224128371\">Happy Sysadmin Day!
  • Chaos surrounds New Zealand iPhone 4 day (30.07 12:18) Launch? What launch! Apple's iPhone 4 went on sale today in New Zealand. But Vodafone NZ's handling of the launch left much to be desired, with hundreds of customers left in the lurch.…... ]\" id=\"f_224128372\">Chaos surrounds New Zealand iPhone 4 day
  • NVIDIA and HPC's second act (30.07 11:57) Sitting pretty - but for how long? In a lot of ways, NVIDIA is the belle of the GPU/accelerator ball these days. (Make your reservations early for the upcoming GPU Fancy Dress Cotillion later on this year; tuxedo t-shirts encouraged.) Intel withdrew Larrabee, IBM isn't pushing Cell, FPGAs aren't gaining a lot of traction yet, and AMD is late to the party with Fusion.…Free On-Demand Webcast - Vir..... ]\" id=\"f_224128373\">NVIDIA and HPC's second act
  • French operator pooh-poohs iOS4 (30.07 11:55) Dismissed with a 'non' and a Gallic shrug French network operator SFR is thumbing its nose at Apple by telling customers to think carefully before upgrading to iOS 4.…... ]\" id=\"f_224128374\">French operator pooh-poohs iOS4
  • Beware the blizzard of torrents of Starcraft 2 (30.07 11:36) Expense accounts Starcraft 2 was released this week and at the hefty RRP of £45. Many games sites are hopping mad at this, although typically retailers are selling Blizzard's strategy game at £10 less than RRP.…... ]\" id=\"f_224128375\">Beware the blizzard of torrents of Starcraft 2
  • Street View spooked by 10 Rillington Place? (30.07 11:14) Orwellian black Opel scoots past infamous murder site Until now, we at El Reg have assumed that Google's Street View spymobiles are as fearless as they are all-seeing, but it appears this may not be entirely true.…... ]\" id=\"f_224128376\">Street View spooked by 10 Rillington Place?

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  • Lara Croft, the Way in Derby (28.07 22:15) Ring-road opens Lara Croft Way, part of a new ring road in Derby, officially opened this week, with a Tomb Raider look-a-like posing for photos.…... ]\" id=\"f_224041062\"> Lara Croft, the Way in Derby
  • Swiss do lady-friendly iPhone 4 launch (28.07 20:12) Mildly diverting breakfasty promo shenanigans The iPhone 4 gets its Swiss launch on Friday, with an odd choice of attendant gender-related promotional faff.…... ]\" id=\"f_224041063\"> Swiss do lady-friendly iPhone 4 launch
  • Samsung Galaxy S Android smartphone (28.07 14:04) The Android iPhone clone that has it all? Review The Galaxy S is Samsung's hero handset for 2010 and one the company clearly has high hopes for. It's the closest thing to an iPhone the Korean firm has yet produced, and packs in Android 2.1 OS, multi-touch screen, powerful 1GHz processor, 5Mp camera, GPS, an updated TouchWiz UI, social networking and Samsung's own App store in addition to Android'... ]\" id=\"f_224041064\"> Samsung Galaxy S Android smartphone
  • UK bans Nintendo DS homebrew code installer (28.07 14:02) King R4 uncrowned The R4 card, a Nintendo DS add-on that allows users to transfer Rom code to the handheld, has been banned in the UK.…... ]\" id=\"f_224041065\"> UK bans Nintendo DS homebrew code installer
  • WIN a Belkin Play Max ADSL wireless router (28.07 12:02) State-of-the-art kit could be yours Giveaway Belkin's latest line of broadband modems and wireless network gadgets are finally shipping, and Reg Hardware has one to give away.… ... ]\" id=\"f_224041066\"> WIN a Belkin Play Max ADSL wireless router
  • SanDisk launches Cruzer Blade USB thumblet drive (28.07 11:39) Fits in a thimble SanDisk has launched what it calls a paperclip-size USB thumb drive, designed to fit on a key ring and store from 2GB to 16GB of data.…... ]\" id=\"f_224041067\"> SanDisk launches Cruzer Blade USB thumblet drive
  • Apple posts Magic Trackpad drivers for Windows (28.07 10:49) Only Boot Campers need apply Windows users keen to make use of Apple's Magic Trackpad, announced yesterday, can now do so - possibly.…... ]\" id=\"f_224041068\"> Apple posts Magic Trackpad drivers for Windows
  • HTC says sorry for Orange Hero Android 2.1 update delay (28.07 10:18) Mea culpa HTC may have posted the very long awaited Android 2.1 update for its Hero smartphone last month, but it's been taking Orange rather longer to release a version for its own-brand Hero.…... ]\" id=\"f_224041069\"> HTC says sorry for Orange Hero Android 2.1 update delay
  • Toshiba intros second-gen Cell tellies (28.07 09:50) 3D ready with 2D-to-3D conversion Toshiba has been talking up tellies based on the Sony PlayStation 3's Cell chip for years, and today unwrapped three new models due to go on sale in October.…... ]\" id=\"f_224041070\"> Toshiba intros second-gen Cell tellies
  • Sony Walkman NWZ-A845 media player (28.07 09:02) Thinnest Walkman yet Review If you can live without support for FLAC or Ogg Vorbis, then Sony's Walkman PMPs have long been the obvious choice for anyone concerned about sound quality but not wanting to chance lesser known players from Cowon or iRiver.…... ]\" id=\"f_224041071\"> Sony Walkman NWZ-A845 media player

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  • Productie Japanse digitale camera's daalt met ruim een kwart (08.07 18:27) De productie van Japanse digitale camera's is in de eerste vijf maanden van 2009 met 28,9 procent gekrompen ten opzichte van dezelfde periode vorig jaar, zo blijkt uit recente productiecijfers. Vooral camera's met een vaste lens verkochten slecht.... ]\" id=\"f_35232352\">Productie Japanse digitale camera's daalt met ruim een kwart
  • Onderzoekers maken energiezuinig kleurenpalet voor oled (08.07 17:37) Onderzoekers van een Canadese universiteit hebben een kleurenpalet voor oled-schermen ontwikkeld dat het energieverbruik van de displays met rond de veertig procent kan terugbrengen. Het palet is echter niet universeel toepasbaar.... ]\" id=\"f_35222877\">Onderzoekers maken energiezuinig kleurenpalet voor oled
  • Mushkin komt met GTX295 (08.07 16:56) Geheugenfabrikant Mushkin heeft, na eerder al een uitstapje naar ssd's te hebben gemaakt, een uitbreiding op zijn kersverse assortiment grafische kaarten aangekondigd. Het gaat om een Nvidia GTX295-kaart met overklokpotentieel.... ]\" id=\"f_35147419\">Mushkin komt met GTX295
  • 'Microsoft onderhandelt met EU over schikkingen' (08.07 16:20) Microsoft onderhandelt met eurocommissaris Kroes om tot een schikking te komen in twee mededingingszaken die tegen de softwaregigant lopen. Dat meldt het financiële persbureau Bloomberg op basis van anonieme bronnen.... ]\" id=\"f_35113236\">'Microsoft onderhandelt met EU over schikkingen'
  • Eerste update van Telecom Pricewatch: Sim-Only (08.07 16:13) Tweakers.net breidt zijn Pricewatch verder uit met sim-only abonnementen. Door de uitbreiding van de Telecom Pricewatch beschikt Tweakers.net nu over de grootste mobieletelefonie-prijsvergelijker van de Benelux.... ]\" id=\"f_35113237\">Eerste update van Telecom Pricewatch: Sim-Only
  • Corsair stopt tijdelijk met verkoop Dominator GT-geheugen (08.07 15:53) Corsair stopt tijdelijk met de verkoop van zijn Dominator GT-ddr3 omdat sommige modules met Elpida Hyper-ram spontaan kapot kunnen gaan. De fabrikant onderzoekt de gebreken maar heeft nog geen terugroepactie op touw gezet.... ]\" id=\"f_35113238\">Corsair stopt tijdelijk met verkoop Dominator GT-geheugen
  • Sharp kondigt nieuwe Aquos-tv's met led-backlights aan (08.07 15:32) Sharp heeft in de Verenigde Staten vier nieuwe lcd-tv's in de Aquos LED-serie uitgebracht. De toestellen beschikken over energiezuinige led-backlights, al zijn ze niet voorzien van met Sharps local dimming-technologie.... ]\" id=\"f_35101659\">Sharp kondigt nieuwe Aquos-tv's met led-backlights aan
  • Konami schrapt Konami ID voor PES 2010-multiplayer (08.07 14:56) De Japanse ontwikkelaar Konami zal het eerstvolgende deel in de Pro Evolution Soccer-reeks voorzien van een compleet herziene multiplayermodus. Een van de veranderingen is dat het niet langer nodig is om een Konami ID te gebruiken.... ]\" id=\"f_35097021\">Konami schrapt Konami ID voor PES 2010-multiplayer
  • BWMeter 5.0.0 (08.07 14:21) DeskSoft heeft versie 5.0.0 van BWMeter uitgebracht. Met dit programma kan het dataverkeer van en naar de computer of op het netwerk in de gaten worden gehouden, waarbij onderscheid gemaakt kan worden tussen lokaal- en internetverkeer. Het programma kijkt niet alleen naar de hoeveelheid bits en bytes die af- en aangevoerd worden; de datapakketten worden ook geanalyseerd. Zo kan worden gezien wa... ]\" id=\"f_34999120\">BWMeter 5.0.0
  • Sony introduceert twee nieuwe hd-camcorders (08.07 14:20) Sony heeft twee nieuwe hd-camcorders uitgebracht. De videocamera's, die de opnames opslaan in het interne flashgeheugen, beschikken volgens de fabrikant over een verbeterd beeldstabilisatiesysteem en zijn voorzien van een gps-chip.... ]\" id=\"f_34999121\">Sony introduceert twee nieuwe hd-camcorders

    Gizmodo

  • Froyo Update for European HTC Desires Will Turn On 720p Recording this Weekend (Android) (30.07 12:29) We've just heard from HTC, who's confirmed that European HTC Desires will be receiving the Android 2.2 Froyo update from this weekend, with a couple of extras—namely, 720p video recording and the ability to sync music with iTunes. More » ... ]\" id=\"f_224127850\">Froyo Update for European HTC Desires Will Turn On 720p Recording this Weekend (Android)
  • Toy Story Scalextric Makes Me Wish I Were a Kid Again (Toys) (30.07 12:12) I love my nephew's visits, if only so we can pull the old Scalextric set out and pretend we're both eight-year-olds. While this special Toy Story edition is only a 1:64 scale, I still really, really want it. More » ... ]\" id=\"f_224127851\">Toy Story Scalextric Makes Me Wish I Were a Kid Again (Toys)
  • Convert Gizmodo's Posts to Audio Podcasts for Nokia Phones (Ovi Apps) (30.07 11:35) What's this? An Ovi app, on Gizmodo? Finally, we've found one worth talking about—though admittedly this technology isn't exactly new, having been kicking around desktops for a few years. More » ... ]\" id=\"f_224127852\">Convert Gizmodo's Posts to Audio Podcasts for Nokia Phones (Ovi Apps)
  • Budget Space Airline Now Taking Reservations—Got $95k? (Space) (30.07 10:40) XCOR Aerospace is throwing their hat into the ring, offering budget return flights to space for less than half what Richard Branson is asking for. Who do they think they are, the JetBlue of the interplanetary travel world? More » ... ]\" id=\"f_224127853\">Budget Space Airline Now Taking Reservations—Got $95k? (Space)
  • Go Pew Pew in the Space Invaders Couch (Concepts) (30.07 09:40) This sofa is likely to never see the dawn of a waking day, nor the imprints of your buttocks as you settle in for a marathon 15-hour Space Invaders sesh. Shame, Igor Chak, shame. (Igor Chak via Kotaku) More » ... ]\" id=\"f_224127854\">Go Pew Pew in the Space Invaders Couch (Concepts)
  • Motorola Droid 2 Cases Rock Up at Best Buy, But Where's the Phone? (Android) (30.07 09:08) An employee at Best Buy Mobile spotted these suspicious cases in a new delivery, and whaddya know—they're emblazoned with the product name of Motorola's much-hyped Droid 2. More » ... ]\" id=\"f_224127855\">Motorola Droid 2 Cases Rock Up at Best Buy, But Where's the Phone? (Android)
  • Photoshop Opens Time Portals Into World War II Ghost Dimension (Image Cache) (30.07 07:00) Russian photographer Sergey Larenkov took some old photographs from World War II and combined them with new perspective-matching photos. The result are a series of time portals that help us contextualize the war into our current reality. More » ... ]\" id=\"f_224127856\">Photoshop Opens Time Portals Into World War II Ghost Dimension (Image Cache)
  • Get Your Segway Kick For A Seventh Of The Price (Mobility) (30.07 06:20) The Ewee-PT—or the Segway's Little Sister—is essentially a cheap way to own an awkward personal transportation system. On the plus side, you're only paying a fraction of the price to look ridiculous, er, get around faster. More » ... ]\" id=\"f_224127857\">Get Your Segway Kick For A Seventh Of The Price (Mobility)
  • The Tardigotchi: It's A Tamagatchi Whose Needs Mirror Its Living Twin (Electronic Pet) (30.07 05:40) Remember Tamagatchis, those little electronic pets on a keyring you strived vainly to keep alive and grow to adulthood? The Tardigotchi is its successor, but get this—it houses both a virtual pet AND a living organism, a tardigrade. More » ... ]\" id=\"f_224127858\">The Tardigotchi: It's A Tamagatchi Whose Needs Mirror Its Living Twin (Electronic Pet)
  • Enviable Android Live Wallpaper #55: aSpiritBomb (Android) (30.07 05:20) As a recent iPhone convert, things are going well. But one feature that keeps me glancing over in Android's direction is those damn live wallpapers. ASpiritBomb, from the maker of aCircuitBoard, is yet another pang in my heart. (Thanks Smith!) More » ... ]\" id=\"f_224127859\">Enviable Android Live Wallpaper #55: aSpiritBomb (Android)

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    Lifehacker

  • Prefsearch Searches and Explains Firefox's about:config Settings (Downloads) (30.07 13:30) Firefox: There are a lot of great little configuration tweaks one can pull off by editing Firefox's about:config settings, but only if one knows what those sometimes cryptically-named settings do....... ]\" id=\"f_67564897\">Prefsearch Searches and Explains Firefox's about:config Settings (Downloads)
  • Turn a Pizza Box into Serving Plates and a Leftovers Container (Clever Uses) (30.07 02:00) The next time you order a pie for yourself and those near and dear to you, don't just toss the box aside. With a few quick steps, you can transform it into four serving plates and a container for...... ]\" id=\"f_66739745\">Turn a Pizza Box into Serving Plates and a Leftovers Container (Clever Uses)
  • Remains of the Day: Google's Theoretical Revenge Edition (For What It's Worth) (30.07 01:00) The Hulu of movies is coming for Verizon customers, Twitter emphasizes search, and Google hits back at Apple's decision to refuse Google Voice on the iPhone (okay, not really). Photo via Gizmodo. ...... ]\" id=\"f_66698608\">Remains of the Day: Google's Theoretical Revenge Edition (For What It's Worth)
  • Use a 3:2 Inhale-Exhale Ratio for Improved Runs (Running) (30.07 00:30) The right equipment, training, and running route isn't always enough to ensure a good run, especially if your breathing is all over the map. To help stabilize yours, try incorporating a set...... ]\" id=\"f_66698609\">Use a 3:2 Inhale-Exhale Ratio for Improved Runs (Running)
  • Why the Manager’s Schedule Blows Creative Productivity (Workflow) (30.07 00:00) In his latest essay, Paul Graham describes the difference between what he calls the maker's schedule and the manager's schedule, explaining how the two are often at odds with each other....... ]\" id=\"f_66609686\">Why the Manager’s Schedule Blows Creative Productivity (Workflow)
  • Make Your Own Toxin-Free Insect Repellent with a Splash of Vodka (Summer) (29.07 23:30) You've got plans to explore the great outdoors but no insect repellent? No problem. Just use leftovers from last night's party and this eco-friendly mix that's as customizable as the cocktails you...... ]\" id=\"f_66585068\">Make Your Own Toxin-Free Insect Repellent with a Splash of Vodka (Summer)
  • Become a Better Proofreader By Distancing Yourself from the Text (Writing Tips) (29.07 23:00) Cursive writing may be going extinct, but hopefully good grammar and spelling will never go out of style. If you have trouble catching your typos, writing blogger Ghostwriter Dad offers a list of...... ]\" id=\"f_66558855\">Become a Better Proofreader By Distancing Yourself from the Text (Writing Tips)
  • Catch Phrases That May Tip You Off to a Lie (Communication) (29.07 22:30) Apart from more obvious signs, non-verbal gestures and other cues can also help to determine whether someone is telling the truth or not. Forbes outlines 11 ways to potentially sniff out a liar,...... ]\" id=\"f_66488058\">Catch Phrases That May Tip You Off to a Lie (Communication)
  • The Black Mac Desktop (Featured Desktop) (29.07 22:00) Reader Ian Michael Smith's desktop proves that every Mac doesn't have to look the same—you can have a dark theme too. The desktop is a combination of: Custom finder backgrounds (Custom for...... ]\" id=\"f_66449702\">The Black Mac Desktop (Featured Desktop)
  • Share Your Expertise in Our Tricks of the Trade Series (Tricks Of The Trade) (29.07 21:30) Years back, we obsessively followed Tricks of the Trade, a now-defunct weblog that dished out tips and tricks from experts in various fields—from waiters and lawyers to flight attendants and...... ]\" id=\"f_66437036\">Share Your Expertise in Our Tricks of the Trade Series (Tricks Of The Trade)
  • MP3Extractor Flags and Separates Large MP3 Files (Downloads) (29.07 21:00) Windows only: Lengthy MP3s, like a poorly converted audiobook or an analog to digital recording, often need to be chopped into smaller, easily managed MP3s. MP3Extractor will make short work of it....... ]\" id=\"f_66358410\">MP3Extractor Flags and Separates Large MP3 Files (Downloads)
  • Copy Music to Your Android Phone Over USB (Android) (29.07 20:00) Android: The Simple Help tech blog walks through the process of adding music to your Android-based phone using a USB cable and some simple file copy action. The guide covers how to connect the phone...... ]\" id=\"f_66328583\">Copy Music to Your Android Phone Over USB (Android)
  • Windows 7 RTM Activation Already Cracked (Windows 7) (29.07 19:30) It's been less than a week since Windows 7 was released to manufacturer and already we're seeing reports that Windows 7 RTM Ultimate has been cracked using an OEM product key from computer...... ]\" id=\"f_66254606\">Windows 7 RTM Activation Already Cracked (Windows 7)
  • Daily Record of Events Makes Ubiquitous Capture a Snap (Downloads) (29.07 19:00) Windows only: Daily Record of Events is a lightweight tool that creates an easy point of entry for inserting notes, musings, and other capture-worthy snippets into your organization system with a...... ]\" id=\"f_66217055\">Daily Record of Events Makes Ubiquitous Capture a Snap (Downloads)
  • The Hidden Risks of Cloud Computing (Cloud Computing) (29.07 18:00) Every day more users move their computing lives from the desktop to the cloud and rely on hosted web applications to store and access email, photos, and documents. But this new frontier involves...... ]\" id=\"f_66127344\">The Hidden Risks of Cloud Computing (Cloud Computing)

    lifehack.org

  • How to Grow Your Small Business in Any Economy, Part 1 (28.07 16:40) Think your small business can’t grow in this economy? You’re wrong. Improving your mindset and minimizing your risk are possible in all economies.If you pay attention to the media and get sucked into an “economic panic,” you might think that trying to grow a business in today’s economy is a crazy notion. But many of the companies you know and trust were started in economic conditions much like th... ]\" id=\"f_224095150\">How to Grow Your Small Business in Any Economy, Part 1
  • 6 Steps To Remove TV From Your Life (26.07 15:06) A couple of months ago I wrote an article on 10 reasons to quit TV on my blog. I was half expecting resistant replies, but was surprised to read many readers expressing the same sentiments. Some of them have removed TV from their lives since years ago, while some are on the way towards cutting TV out. Many of them expressed improved quality of life after they stopped / reduced TV viewing.You migh... ]\" id=\"f_223754149\">6 Steps To Remove TV From Your Life
  • 11 Paradoxes of Being a Better Public Speaker (24.07 02:11) We’ve all heard how frightened nearly everyone is of public speaking. Maybe that’s understandable, but it creates the potential for lots of misinformed conventional wisdom spread by people who have to make presentations but haven’t had the opportunity to learn what really works.To help correct some misperceptions about what creates better presenters and presentations, here are eleven public speak... ]\" id=\"f_223632480\">11 Paradoxes of Being a Better Public Speaker
  • 31 Proven Ways To Get More Comments On Your Blog (16.07 13:37) Do you want more comments on your blog? Let’s assume you already know how valuable comments are to your blogging experience. But how do you get more of them? Here are 31 ways to increase comments on your blog. Some are concepts I use regularly on my own blogs. Others I know about from watching other bloggers. (Note that I don’t necessarily endorse all methods. You have to decide what is right for... ]\" id=\"f_223030968\">31 Proven Ways To Get More Comments On Your Blog
  • 3 Reasons To Join Lifehack On Facebook (15.07 15:00) Have you joined Lifehack on Facebook? Here are three quick reasons why you’ll want to consider doing so!Great conversations – Questions, confessions, thoughts, and inspirations… all come together on our page with thoughtful commentary you won’t get to see here on Lifehack.org.New content – The layout here on the main site makes quick thoughts a bit hard to navigate. As such, we’ve taken all the q... ]\" id=\"f_222690522\">3 Reasons To Join Lifehack On Facebook
  • Bring Nature Inside to Improve Performance (13.07 13:13) This week I went conference room shopping with a fellow speaker, Shirley T. Burke. Fortunately Shirley T. “gets” feng shui and understood that I would have some very specific requirements for the meeting room in which we’ll present our seminar, “Back on Track: Get More of What You Really Want From Life.” I speak best in spaces that feel good. And, I want the space to have a life-affirming energy ... ]\" id=\"f_222231707\">Bring Nature Inside to Improve Performance
  • A New Productivity for the Smartphone Era (08.07 15:13) About a year ago, I published a question in a Blackberry forum asking how the devices had helped to make professionals more productive.The responses I received were typified by the one that I remember the most: “I am more productive because I can check my email on the train to and from work.”This seemed like a reasonable response at the time. As a person who gets a bit nervous when I have nothin... ]\" id=\"f_221723672\">A New Productivity for the Smartphone Era
  • Lessons in Discomfort (07.07 15:52) “In many instances, the likelihood of an individual succeeding (no matter what the goal) will be dependant on how uncomfortable that person is prepared to get and for how long.” C.A.H.The Application of the InformationThis morning I coached someone who asked me to expand on the ‘growth comes through discomfort’ theory. It’s something I’m always teaching and it’s a concept my client was having tro... ]\" id=\"f_221061399\">Lessons in Discomfort
  • 20 Quick Tips For Better Time Management (04.07 18:15) Are you usually punctual or late? Do you finish things within the time you stipulate? Do you hand in your reports/work on time? Are you able to accomplish what you want to do before deadlines? Are you a good time manager?If your answer is “no” to any of the questions above, that means you’re not managing your time as well as you want. Here are 20 tips on how to be a better time manager:Create a d... ]\" id=\"f_220796565\">20 Quick Tips For Better Time Management
  • 8 Ways to Recharge a Tired Old Job (02.07 17:00) There’s been speculation that as the economy recovers, many people who’ve been stuck in their jobs and unable to find new ones, will suddenly pick up and move to greener pastures. In contrast there are also predictions of a “jobless recovery,” which may mean being stuck in a lackluster job longer than these people (or maybe you) expected or would prefer. If that scenario plays out, it’s vital to ... ]\" id=\"f_220519533\">8 Ways to Recharge a Tired Old Job
  • Which Gang do you Belong To? (30.06 16:02) Lessons on the FreewaySo there I was, cruising along the freeway at 110 kph (70mph) on my big, comfortable Suzuki, complete with the electric (up/down) screen to deflect wind and rain, full-face helmet (which covers the entire head, including face), waterproof jacket (with body-armour inserts) and waterproof gloves, when a guy on a Harley passes me doing around 120 kph (75 mph). Gotta say, he loo... ]\" id=\"f_220162146\">Which Gang do you Belong To?
  • 9 Ways To Manage People Who Bother You (28.06 13:45) Ever faced people who bother you? I’m sure all of us have faced such people before. It’s okay when we have to face them just once or twice, but there are times when these people emerge in facets of our life where we have to deal with them on an ongoing basis. They can be business associates, fellow colleagues, friends, or even family members and relatives. In such cases, we have to learn how to d... ]\" id=\"f_219672291\">9 Ways To Manage People Who Bother You
  • 21 First Date Ideas (26.06 03:40) You’re going on a first date with somebody special and you need some ideas of what to do? You’ve come to the right place! When I first started dating, my idea of a date was the stereotypical cheap-dinner-and-a-movie. Don’t hate on me, I didn’t know any better! By the time I finished high school I was pretty comfortable in my own skin and got pretty good at coming up with ideas for dates. I’ve put... ]\" id=\"f_219390598\">21 First Date Ideas
  • 5 Steps To Move Out Of Stagnancy In Life (24.06 01:25) In the journey of growth, there are times when we grow and excel. We are endlessly driven and hyped up, motivated to get our goals.Then there are times when we stagnate. We feel uninspired and unmotivated. We keep procrastinating on our plans. More often than not, we get out of a rut, only to get back into another one.How do you know if you are stagnating? Here are some tell-tale signs:If you hav... ]\" id=\"f_219064980\">5 Steps To Move Out Of Stagnancy In Life
  • 8 Ways To Bring Your Creative Passions to Work (22.06 14:10) A “creative” person I worked with at a “trucking company” developed a reputation as frustrated and bitter over her 30-year career. At her retirement, I inquired about her plans, particularly since she was relatively young. Asking if she hoped to create more art since she was now freed from cranking out corporate brochures, she told me, “No.” Instead, she was going to work at a garden center, sin... ]\" id=\"f_218588669\">8 Ways To Bring Your Creative Passions to Work

    Forever Geek

  • If Women Were Browsers Infographic (28.07 17:03) You’ve certainly noticed the infographics that Darice has been posting on the site regularly, and I have to say that she has opened up a whole new world for me. Sometimes, I find myself reading infographics for an hour – that’s saying a lot as my attention span is rather short. Anyhow, in one of those infographics sprees, I ran across one that I simply couldn’t pass up on. It’s meant to be taken... ]\" id=\"f_223967362\">If Women Were Browsers Infographic
  • Incredibly intricate tattoos on LEGO Minifigs (28.07 15:11) Pilot Pens has a new “extra fine” point pen available, and to demonstrate its needle-like size, a Barcelona ad agency came up with this series of adverts that feature LEGO Minifigures. The Minifigs have been inked using the extra fine Pilot pens, and are shown in extreme close-ups so you can see for yourself just how intricate these drawn-on tats are. It’s a brilliant strategy, as everyone in th... ]\" id=\"f_223967363\">Incredibly intricate tattoos on LEGO Minifigs
  • Blue Beetle: Live Action Footage From Comic-Con (28.07 06:07) A little while back we showed off some Blue Beetle transformation footage from the upcoming live-action TV series, now as promised, live action footage has debuted at CES. Alex Winter, best known for his role as Bill from Bill and Ted created this short. In the short we get to see Jaime Reyes transform into his alter ego. Winter created the short through his own company Trouper Productions, the c... ]\" id=\"f_223967364\">Blue Beetle: Live Action Footage From Comic-Con
  • Inception Timeline (27.07 15:50) Inception is the new cool thing, everywhere you look there is talk about Inception. There is so much talk on every channel that I went to see it as soon as I could so I wouldn’t be spoiled by people online. If you have yet to learn about Inception read our Inception spoiler-free guide. If you have yet to see the movie and don’t want to be spoiled do not keep reading the rest of this entry. You ha... ]\" id=\"f_223967365\">Inception Timeline
  • Starcraft II: A Ghost of the Past I Wouldn’t Mind Seeing (27.07 13:21) Do you know what day it is today? July 27, 2010, for sure. Gamers would know that today is the launch day for Starcraft II, the much awaited sequel to that “little” game released about 12 years ago. (Note to self: Wow, it has been that long?) I still remember when I first played Starcraft. I wasn’t that good at it, but I just couldn’t stop playing. My mother would remember the game because sh... ]\" id=\"f_223967366\">Starcraft II: A Ghost of the Past I Wouldn’t Mind Seeing
  • New Star Discovered: It’s Fricken’ Huge And Proves Somes Scientists Wrong (27.07 05:24) A few weeks ago I reported that Protons may be smaller than originally thought , today I’m wondering if scientists are just sitting around kicking themselves at the moment as it has been discovered that stars can in fact grow more than 150 times the size of our own sun, the “upper limit” estimate originally believed possible by much of the scientific community. The new star is around 2 times as b... ]\" id=\"f_223967367\">New Star Discovered: It’s Fricken’ Huge And Proves Somes Scientists Wrong
  • Flipboard makes magazines personal (26.07 19:00) I have a very strict morning routine. 6:00 am hits the clock and I pivot out of the bed to my right, put my feet on the floor, and grab my iPhone with my right hand. Once I disconnect it from the wall, I go through my ritual: e-mail, Facebook, Twitter. Then I get up, feed the dogs, and I go on about my day. Since I got my iPhone 4, I’ve noticed that Twitter loads slower from my iPhone. I’m not su... ]\" id=\"f_223967368\">Flipboard makes magazines personal
  • Cooking for Geeks: Real Science, Great Hacks, and Good Food (26.07 15:00) What more can one ask for? You’ve got science, hacks, and good food all in one! This is the title of Jeff Potter’s new book, which was recently launched by O’Reilly Media. I hadn’t heard of the book till today, courtesy of Mark Baard. Cooking for Geeks: Real Science, Great Hacks, and Good Food is for people who love good food but go beyond appreciating the finished product. If you’re the type ... ]\" id=\"f_223967369\">Cooking for Geeks: Real Science, Great Hacks, and Good Food
  • Black Rock Shooter OVA: A Work of Art or Random Doodles? (26.07 13:00) The Black Rock Shooter (BRS) OVA was undoubtedly one of the most anticipated anime released this year. Trailers for the anime have been out for quite a while, and the animation in them looked superb, but does the OVA match the quality shown in the trailers? In a way, yes, and in a way, no. The thing about the BRS anime is that it was split into two different parts: one in the real world, and one i... ]\" id=\"f_223967370\">Black Rock Shooter OVA: A Work of Art or Random Doodles?
  • 150+ Comic-Con costumes from Twitter (25.07 21:41) Ah, Comic-Con. That time of the year when freaks, geeks, and the downright inexplicable annually migrate to San Diego to pay tribute to the almighty Pop Culture. For many of them, their love is so great that they’re compelled to dress up in elaborate outfits and costumes — most of which are homemade. I grabbed over 150 of the best costumes, as seen on Twitpic, Yfrog, and other Twitter-related ph... ]\" id=\"f_223967371\">150+ Comic-Con costumes from Twitter
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