Google: Vista Desktop Search Unfair
Microsoft's desktop search in Vista blocks use of Google's competitor in violation of antitrust settlement, search giant alleges.
Medicine Man
If there are any London makers going to this please take some photos! WHERE can you find a torture chair, Napoleon?s toothbrush and Florence Nightingale?s slippers? Answer: In a free exhibition opening in London today. They are among more than a MILLION bizarre objects stockpiled by eccentric tycoon Sir Henry Wellcome, an obsessive collector. (Read on Source)
Moore's Tech Web Reader - Thursday, June 21, 2007
... virtual machine." "Last week, more than 230 Linux leaders converged on Google's Mountain View, Calif. ... event a success. The group -- comprising kernel developers, distribution vendors, IHVs (independent hardware vendors), ...
Angels finally flex muscles - Los Angeles Times
 Point-Spreads.com | Angels finally flex muscles Los Angeles Times - Anderson hits a three-run home run to break an eighth-inning tie, and Cabrera also homers. By Eric Sondheimer, Times Staff Writer So much for all that talk of an Angels home run drought. Anderson Lifts Angels Past Tigers Anderson's big fly beats Tigers |
InnoWed Deux: Al Gore On Innovation - Build It And They Will Come
A bit more on Current TV. One of the most intriguing elements of the Current TV trajectory thus far, is how clear Gore and Hyatt were from the start that they wanted to do something completely different. In part, it...
Linux 0.10, How Linux Became Usable
Anonymous Reader writes "KernelTrap offers an informative look back in time at the November 1991 release of the 0.10 Linux kernel, continuing their historical series of articles about the early beginnings of Linux. Quite entertaining is a quote from Linus Torvalds talking about when he accidently deleted the Minix partition that he was developing Linux from, causing him to make Linux usable for more than just reading and posting to newsgroups. The article also discusses the creation of the linux-activists mailing list, offering browsable archives of that first Linux discussion forum, full of interesting gems. And finally it describes the first Linux distribution, MCC Interim, which was created and used by the University of Manchester to teach C programming and UNIX."
The Special Issue Spotter
We trawl the world's journals so you don't have to: The baby's place in the world (Infant Mental Health Journal). According to the editorial, this collection aims to "truly consider 'the baby?s place in the world,' and to rethink our understanding of the impact of the many problematic experiences that the developing infant encounters?both ... (Read on Source)
Breathe Easily: Protect Your Linux Box with Snort
iTWire: "An IDS is a must-have app, and Snort is rapidly becoming the tool of choice..."
Meet the Beetles
A couple of years ago, scientists at Cornell named a new species of beetle after President Bush. The fact that it was a slime-mold beetle only heightened the attention. The act was apparently an homage, and Bush even thanked those involved. Around the time, I recall some talk about how animals acquired their names--and a few proposals that ... (Read on Source)
How to increase email timeouts
How to increase email timeouts - Outlook 2000 (CW) 1. Start Outlook. 2. On the Tools menu, click Services. 3. On the Services tab, select Internet E-mail, and then click Properties. 4. Cli...
Points leader starts Martinsville weekend on top.
With the 48 Nextel Cup contenders in attendance this weekend at the half-mile paperclip shaped Martinsville Speedway only able to get a handful of practice laps in due to the schedule altering autumnal showers the current points leader managed to outpace his rivals despite running just three laps. (Read on Source)
Legal Aid Lawyer Pleads Guilty in Co-Worker Voyeurism Case
A former Legal Aid Society lawyer pleaded guilty Wednesday to illegally using a hidden video camera to spy on female co-workers as they changed clothes in their offices. Peter Barta used a camera hidden in a clock to videotape five co-workers in the public defense agency's Manhattan offices, recording at least one woman with her breasts and buttocks bared. The women told police they regularly changed clothes in their offices before and after work.
Video: Jesus' Language Still Spoken
 | Villagers in a small, isolated town in Syria still use the same language Jesus spoke?Aramaic. |
Relationship Between Mobile Web and Web Content Accessibility (First Public Working Draft)
2008-01-22: The Mobile Web Best Practices Working Group and the WAI Education and Outreach Working Group have published the First Public Working Draft of Relationship Between Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0 and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. See the announcement email.
Saturn moon awash with oil
Saturn moon Titan has hundreds of times more liquid hydrocarbons than all the known oil and natural gas reserves on Earth, scientists report.
Local News Anchor Accidently 'Outs' Maybe-Maybe-Not-Gay Weatherman
This might have been amusing, but I wasn't authorized to view it. I guess you are required to be gay...I seldom enter unauthorized places, myself. (Read on Source)
Web Content Is Best For Traffic
A lot of web content is merely a thinly-veiled sales pitch, sharing little information with the reader that is new, original or interesting. Even though your intent is to write web content that target...
Nvidia Lowers Sales Guidance amid Chipset Flaws
Nvidia Corp., the world’s largest supplier of graphics processing units, has issued a warning regarding lower sales during the ongoing quarter. The company blamed issues with its chipsets as well as low prices of graphics processing units for its fiscal results.
According to Nvidia, second quarter revenue and gross margin are expected to be lower than guidance provided during its first quarter financial conference call and be from $875 million to $950 million. The company said that the estimated decrease in revenue and gross margin is due to several reasons, including the delayed ramp of a next generation core-logic set, price adjustments of the graphics processors to respond to competitive products as well as “end-market weakness around the world”.
This is the first time in years when Nvidia admitted that it has to lower pricing of its graphics processing units to respond to a relatively successful product launch of its main rival, ATI, graphics product group of Advanced Micro Devices.
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Convert collections of files at a time --- Flash Video MX Pro Batch Converter
Convert collections of files at a time --- Flash Video MX Pro Batch Converter Flash Video MX Pro Batch Converter does exactly w...
Dossier Uses Google Technology to Invade Privacy of Google Exec
According to Computerworld, the National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC) is turning the tables on Google–demonstrating how you can easily use Google services to invade the privacy of a top Google executive. The dossier includes a photo of what appears to be the front gate and car park area of the exec’s opulent California manor, including [...]
Infineon Chip May Be Causing iPhone Troubles
According to a research report from Nomura, complaints of dropped calls and unreliable Internet connections on the new iPhone 3G may be caused by faulty software on a chip made by Infineon. Nomura analyst Richard Windsor wrote in a research note that the problem likely involved the 3G cellular network communications chip: "We believe that these issues are typical of an immature chipset and radio protocol stack where we are almost certain that Infineon is the 3G supplier."
Although representatives for Apple and Infineon declined comment, BusinessWeek reported that Apple plans to fix the problem with a software update in the near future. At any rate, a spokesman for AT&T, the exclusive U.S. carrier for iPhone, said that it was working well on AT&T's network and that the carrier had received very few complaints: "This is not something that's high on our radar screen. It's not something we've had a lot of complaints about," said AT&T's Mark Siegel. View: Full Story at Reuters
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Zune 16 leak confirms modest upgrade
A leak from a Canadian source to Zunited suggests the next Zune update will be limited chiefly to capacity upgrades. The cameraphone image, which also includes the previously confirmed 120GB Zune, shows a 16GB version of the flash-based Zune which is all but identical to the existing model outside of a glossy surface, indicating that both of Microsoft's existing music players will see few actual ...
Life as a top UK pro-gamer
How UK team won the Championship Gaming Series.
Kernel tuning with sysctl
The Linux kernel is flexible, and you can even modify the way it works on the fly by dynamically changing some of its parameters, thanks to the sysctl command. Sysctl provides an interface that allows you to examine and change several hundred kernel parameters in Linux or BSD. Changes take effect immediately, and there's even a way to make them persist after a reboot. By using sysctl judiciously, you can optimize your box without having to recompile your kernel, and get the results immediately.
LG Xnote Mini Hits Korea
LG's Xnote Mini has been announced in Korea, and just like every other netbook, the specifications rarely differ from one another. Inside this you will find :-
- Intel Atom 1.6GHz processor
- 160GB hard drive
- 1.3 megapixel camera
- 10" LCD display
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VUDU intros 1080p movies, $200 credit
VUDU upped its stakes in the online movie rental arena today by confirming a rumor and introducing some of the first 1080p online movie rentals. Labeled as HDX, the format is roughly twice as sharp as the 720p offered for most VUDU and Apple TV movies but attempts to avoid some of the compression artifacts that often crop up in attempting to shrink HD video to download-friendly sizes. A new algo...
CAPA to open Aviation Training Campus in India
CAPA to open Aviation Training Campus in India.
FA to investigate Drogba 'punch' claim
The Football Association are to study Didier Drogba?s comments in his autobiography saying he wished he had punched Nemanja Vidic in the Champions League final.
Phony Friends? Rejected People Better Able To Spot Fake Smiles
All of us have "faked a smile" at some point. Now, a new study might make us think twice about sending out a phony grin. It has been shown that individuals who are experiencing rejection are better at picking up subtle social cues and according to a recent study published in Psychological Science, socially rejected people are particularly good at discerning fake smiles from real ones.
How the Second Amendment Was Restored
On the last date of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2008 spring session, justices declared by a 5-4 decision in D.C. v. Heller that, yes, the Second Amendment does secure an individual right to keep and bear arms. With that, the high court voided the District of Columbia’s extreme regulations on gun ownership, which had amounted in practice ... (Read on Source)
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