Curriculum Planning, Programming, Assessment and Reporting to Parents K-12 This NSW Department of Education and Training website provides information to support parents, teachers and school leaders in understanding the requirements of NSW policy in curriculum planning and programming, assessing and reporting to parents and in planning for implementation. Parents, teachers and school leaders can access the reporting policy, sample reports formats, curriculum planning and programming resources, information brochures, question and answer documents and implementation support including School Development Day materials. From EdNA Online on June 8, 2006 at 10:30 p.m..
TAFE SA Training Resources Register This Register allows users to search for and purchase training resources. TAFE SA members can apply to have training resources listed on the Register. The sale and distribution of the resources is managed by the ESP Production House. From EdNA Online on June 8, 2006 at 10:30 p.m..
English Learning Links The site's authors, at the Univeristy of Michigan, have focused on sites that students can easily navigate, with lots of interactive stuff, and some with good quality, free programs. Users can browse all English Learning Links, or browse English Learning Links listed by specific topic, or search for English Learning Links by keyword. From EdNA Online on June 8, 2006 at 10:30 p.m..
UNESCO Courier: Desertification edition The UNESCO Courier is an online magazine in newsletter format that publishes articles, interviews and special features. This issue focusses on desertification. Articles include: Fighting desertification in Kenya, one tree at a time; Harnessing the sun's energy to make drinking water; and Are human beings to blame for desertification? From Recent Items on June 8, 2006 at 10:30 p.m..
Who's the patriot now? As predicted by anyone with ears to hear and eyes to see, the Patriot Act has more broadly defined "terrorists" as us! For instance, take Cleveland Councilman Zach Reed who compared criminals and drug dealers to "modern-day terrorists" who "...keep citizens in his southeast Cleveland ward from leaving their homes..." Yeah, don't the criminals and drug dealers know that it's law enforcement's job to keep people afraid and in their homes? Or I guess in this case it's a councilman who is seeking to keep folksUndesignated Blog on June 8, 2006 at 5:31 p.m..
What appears to be a 1080p TV, may actually not be a 1080p TV Turns out, the existence of a 1080p processor does not necessarily translate into a 1080p capable TV. From digg on June 8, 2006 at 5:31 p.m..
Forget the Glasses--3D Monitors Ready Now Several display companies are concocting, and in some cases already selling, monitors and other components that provide a simulated 3D viewing experience. Many of these new products don't require glasses. From digg on June 8, 2006 at 5:31 p.m..
AJAX Feedback Mechanism Nifty little mechanism that lets you get user feedback on a page without harassing them. Should be on your site From digg on June 8, 2006 at 5:31 p.m..
Editorial: The Secret HDMI Pact (xbox360, PS3) Why you may not need an HDMI cable to view HD movies from the PS3 and xbox360 HD-DVD drive, or any HD player for that matter. From digg on June 8, 2006 at 5:31 p.m..
Install Kazaa… Get Fined $750 - The RIAA’s Newest Plan of Attack I think the RIAA is on steroids. Coming off some huge victories against P2P and thousands of dastardly downloading teenagers, the RIAA is trying to take the definition of copyright infringement a step farther in a new case. If they win on their terms, then you’re probably violating someone’s copyright right now. From digg on June 8, 2006 at 5:31 p.m..
Remote Controlled Spy Video Car with Night Vision Drive the remote-controlled Spy Video Car into top-secret territory without being detected. See in the dark as infrared light illuminates real-time video transmitted to the eyepiece of your headset. From digg on June 8, 2006 at 5:31 p.m..
UbuntuGuide.org Reborn for Dapper The official Ubuntu Guide at ubuntuguide.org is Reborn. Based on the popular, command-driven guide by Chua, this guide simply explains how to set up Dapper. At the original ubuntuguide.org site, this non-Canonical project is now a community-based wiki; anyone can contribute to making it the best Ubuntu resource available. Jump in! From digg on June 8, 2006 at 5:31 p.m..
Microsoft Hires 'Daily Show' Comic for Windows Vista Ad Campaign "The rivalry between Microsoft and Apple apparently extends to the cast of 'The Daily Show.' Microsoft has reached a deal with Demetri Martin, the comic behind the fake news program's periodic 'Trendspotting' feature, to star in a marketing campaign for the upcoming Windows Vista. From digg on June 8, 2006 at 5:31 p.m..
Beautiful Blue Saturn Nice, natural colour shot of Saturn's northern hemisphere taken from Cassini. From digg on June 8, 2006 at 5:31 p.m..
MIT Super Battery recharges "in a matter of seconds" "It could be recharged many, many times perhaps hundreds of thousands of times, and ... it could be recharged very quickly, just in a matter of seconds rather than a matter of hours" From digg on June 8, 2006 at 5:31 p.m..
RIAA: "Search-By-Artist is Too Interactive" Tiscali is a European ISP that had a deal with IFPI, the international wing of the RIAA, to offer legal, paid for, licensed streaming music to its customers. IFPI made them remove the feature that allowed paying customers to search for the music they wanted to hear by artist (!) saying that this was too much "interactivity." From digg on June 8, 2006 at 5:31 p.m..
16GB USB Hard Drive is the size of a Credit Card! PQI has unveiled a sleek credit card-thin Card Drive USB drive with capacities of 1, 2, and 4 GB - and 8 and 16 GB editions. No pricing is available on the 16GB card yet, although the 4GB is priced at $139.99. From digg on June 8, 2006 at 5:31 p.m..
Ubuntu is Number 27 on PC World's Top 100 Ubuntu was awarded a PC World 2006 World Class Award, identifying it as one of PC World’s 100 Best Products of the Year — all the way up at number 27! From digg on June 8, 2006 at 5:31 p.m..
Get rid of Thumbs.db There’s a file called Thumbs.db in almost every one of the folders on my computer. What is it and how do I get rid of it? From digg on June 8, 2006 at 5:31 p.m..
Top 10 Strangest Clocks Cathode ray tube clock, water powered clock, functioning HDD clock and 7 others make up this list of the top 10 strangest clocks. From digg on June 8, 2006 at 2:30 p.m..
Taiwan Makers Plan to Roll Out Intel Conroe-Based Notebooks "A number of Taiwan notebook makers plan to roll out notebook models using Intel's forthcoming Conroe desktop processors instead of Merom processors, which are designed for the notebook market, as Conroe will enjoy a price advantage over Merom, according to sources at the makers." From digg on June 8, 2006 at 2:30 p.m..
Google: "The Debate over Net Neutrality" Google is urging grassroots action in favour of net neutrality. CEO Eric Schmidt has written an open letter to Google users asking them to speak out on this issue. Call your representative in Congress at 202-224-3121. From digg on June 8, 2006 at 2:30 p.m..
Feedburner Partners With TypePad Feedburner and TypePad will announce a partnership on Thursday that will allow TypePad users to automatically redirect their existing TypePad RSS feed into Feedburner. From digg on June 8, 2006 at 2:30 p.m..
Domain name price hikes come under fire A dispute over the cost of Internet domain names has spilled over onto Capitol Hill, where allegations of monopolization and unreasonable price hikes surfaced in a congressional hearing on Wednesday. From on June 8, 2006 at 12:54 p.m..
The Ubuntu Dapper Experience The latest version of Ubuntu, Dapper Drake, is so easy to install and use, it could be the one that finally breaks through the FUD. But is it too dumbed down? Nuxified takes a look in this article which also doubles as a brief install guide for newbies. From on June 8, 2006 at 12:44 p.m..
Ultrawideband Signal Passes Data Through Walls UWB technology was designed to replace wired USB connections over a year ago. Due to its high bandwidth, it's also been considered as an A/V cable replacement. The problem is that UWB radio performance degrades precipitously, effectively confining it to a single room. Until now... From on June 8, 2006 at 12:44 p.m..
MPAA Decides Not Enough People Know About ISOhunt A week ago, they were crowing about how shutting down Pirate Bay was such a huge victory for the entertainment industry. Instead, the site was back up two days later, and only suffered additional outages because so many more people started using the site... From on June 8, 2006 at 12:44 p.m..
The rise and rise of geek TV The Age is running a story on the increasing portrayal of geeks in a positive light on popular cinema and television. From on June 8, 2006 at 12:44 p.m..
Toyota's hybrid Prius sales top 500,000 worldwide More than half the sales of the world's first mass-produced gas-electric hybrid vehicle -- 266,212 -- have been in the massive US market. From on June 8, 2006 at 12:44 p.m..
Regrowing the Damaged Brain "Electrically stimulating the cerebral cortex could help stroke recovery. In recent years, scientists have discovered that the brain has a remarkable capacity for self-repair. Hoping to take advantage of this ability, researchers have developed a technology to deliver electrical stimulation directly to brain tissue." From on June 8, 2006 at 12:44 p.m..
Drug clears most HIV from blood "in a matter of hours" "In a small trial the drug rapidly cleared most HIV from the blood, driving down levels tenfold in a matter of hours” From on June 8, 2006 at 12:44 p.m..
Quark Stars Could Produce Biggest Bang In a process called quark de-confinement a normal neutron could turn into a quark star. During the birthing process, massive amounts of energy would be released, producing a quark-nova - a theoretical implosion could help scientists understand certain massive energy bursts in the universe that can be observed but not explained. From on June 8, 2006 at 12:44 p.m..
UBUNTU How To: Make your fonts smooth enough to drool over. My fonts never looked so good in linux! Just drop this file in your home directory rename it to ".fonts.conf" and log out and in again. It turns on auto hinting and makes your fonts sexy smooth. Try it and see the difference! From on June 8, 2006 at 12:44 p.m..
Apple Could Crush Creative in the Legal System This could get very ugly. From on June 8, 2006 at 12:44 p.m..
Google Office: It's About File Formats, Not MS Office Google planning to kill Microsoft Office sales? Nah. In the battle over office suites, it's not the application but the file format that matters most. From on June 8, 2006 at 12:44 p.m..
World's 'leggiest' animal rediscovered "It is a semi-mythical beast, rumoured to lurk under boulders and roam around on hundreds of pairs of legs, but it hasn't been seen for decades. Now after 80 years the world's leggiest animal has been rediscovered in a ravine in California." From on June 8, 2006 at 12:44 p.m..
AT&T Plans $8 Billion Backbone Upgrade to 40Gbit/second "AT&T Senior Vice President and CTO John Stankey announced the 40Gbit.sec upgrade, which will quadruple the backbone's current bandwidth, during a keynote address at this week's Globalcomm 2006 conference in Chicago." From on June 8, 2006 at 12:44 p.m..
Dance therapy calms boys with ADHD, and helps girls with depression. It's a little more complicated than just dancing your troubles away. The program starts at high intensity, and then has the children listening and mimicking before moving to slow controlled moves. It has been shown to help boys with school work and playing better with others. It also helps curb self-destructive behavior in girls. From on June 8, 2006 at 12:44 p.m..
Magnetic Fields May Help Brain Work Australian researchers say magnetic fields could make ordinary people capable of extraordinary mental feats. From on June 8, 2006 at 12:44 p.m..
The Stingray Hardware Firewall An option for those weary of endlessly tweaking software firewalls, the Stingray is a hardware solution that should offer your laptop a solid line of online protection. From Read laptop reviews and notebook news at the laptops weblog - Laptopical on June 8, 2006 at 11:30 a.m..
Microsoft Pulls PC-to-PC Sync From Vista Microsoft is pulling from Windows Vista PC-to-PC Sync, a P2P-based technology for keeping files up-to-date on multiple machines. From digg on June 8, 2006 at 9:31 a.m..
Contact lens designed to give athletes an edge The lens -- large enough to extend a ring around the iris -- comes in two colors: amber and grey-green. The amber lens is for fast-moving ball sports, such as tennis, baseball, football or soccer. Grey-green is better for blocking glare for runners or helping a golfer read the contour of the ground. From digg on June 8, 2006 at 9:31 a.m..
Breaking News: Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi Killed! Al-Qaida in Iraq leader, Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi, has been confirmed to have been killed by American special forces. More details to come soon. At time of this posting, no websites have any other information than a breaking news banner. From digg on June 8, 2006 at 9:31 a.m..
Scientists breed allergy-free kitty US scientists claimed Wednesday to have bred the world's first hypoallergenic kitten, opening the doors and arms of millions of pet lovers for whom cuddling a cat has, until now, been a curse. No longer be afraid to kiss your pussy! From digg on June 8, 2006 at 9:31 a.m..
Samsung squeezes 640x480 pixels on 1.98" display "Think your shiny new cellphone has a crisp display? Think again. Samsung is first to demonstrate actual VGA resolution on a cellphone-sized 1.98" display. Samsung says that the display shows ten times more detail than your average 40" high definition LCD TV." From digg on June 8, 2006 at 9:31 a.m..
The internet's favorite color Based on uploaded Flickr images, this page will show you what the most used color on Flickr is. From digg on June 8, 2006 at 9:31 a.m..
Researchers find stroke death channel New therapies for stroke patients may soon be possible, thanks to a discovery made by a team neuroscience researchers who have found a new stroke death channel – the conduit through which key chemicals are lost from brain cells during stroke, causing the cell death that disables stroke victims. From digg on June 8, 2006 at 9:31 a.m..
CARS 17 hours per FRAME using 3,000 computers. The average time to render a single frame of film for "CARS" was 17 hours. Even with a sophisticated network of 3000 computers, and state-of-the-art lightning fast processors that operate up to four times faster than they did on "The Incredibles," it still took many days to render a single second of finished film. From digg on June 8, 2006 at 9:31 a.m..
How much would it cost to make the whole world carbon neutral? Are you carbon neutral yet? It sure seems like everyone else is. Al Gore has wiped away his carbon footprint. The World Bank aims to be carbon neutral by buying only green energy. Sky Broadcasting is touting itself as the first major media company to go carbon free. From digg on June 8, 2006 at 9:31 a.m..
NASA Officially Announces the Builders of the Next Lunar Rocket Engineers at the Marshall Space Flight Center will oversee the development of NASA's next-generation lunar rocket, a companion cargo rocket and a new lunar lander, officials said Monday. From digg on June 8, 2006 at 9:31 a.m..
Yahoo rolls out photo site beta Yahoo is expected to launch on Thursday a limited beta of a new Yahoo Photos site that allows people to download high-resolution photos, tag shots with descriptors for easy search and comment on other peoples' images. From digg on June 8, 2006 at 9:31 a.m..
Fresh links for developers-updated daily dzone.com (DZ) is a link-sharing community where member participation determines what gets published and what does not. Members submit links to developer-related content into a queue, and you vote to indicate whether or not you like those links. A must read for developers CS pros and hobbyists. From digg on June 8, 2006 at 9:31 a.m..
Find out if you're being watched The Miniature Combination Detector attempts to put the power of privacy back into the hands of the consumer with an upgraded detection range. It is sensitive to surveillance equipment such as eavesdropping bugs, telephone taps, body transmitters, video cameras and GPS vehicle-tracking devices with frequencies of 1MHz to 6GHz. From digg on June 8, 2006 at 9:31 a.m..
Undergraduate Survey: iPods More Popular Than Beer "Nearly three quarters, or 73 percent, of 1,200 students surveyed said iPods were "in" - more than any other item in a list that also included text messaging, bar hopping and downloading music. In the year-ago study, only 59 percent of students named the iPod as "in," putting the gadget well below alcohol-related activities." From digg on June 8, 2006 at 9:31 a.m..
The 7Mega-Pixel Digital Camera that Works in Your Pool You can take pictures underwater up to 10ft/3m. Has a 2.5" LCD screen. From digg on June 8, 2006 at 9:31 a.m..
What Netflix Could Teach Hollywood Americans' tastes are really broad," says Reed Hastings, Netflix's chief executive. So, while the studios spend their energy promoting bland blockbusters aimed at everyone, Netflix has been catering to what people really want — and helping to keep Hollywood profitable in the process. From digg on June 8, 2006 at 9:31 a.m..
CIA - Top 25 Search Phrases This collection reports the most frequent phrases used to search for documents on this site during the previous month, along with the number of times that search phrase was entered. From digg on June 8, 2006 at 9:31 a.m..
Researchers create great balls of fire (VIDEO) Ball lightning – the mysterious slow-moving spheres of light occasionally seen during thunderstorms – has been created in the lab. Physicists used underwater electrical discharges to generate the luminous plasma clouds that lasted for nearly half a second and were up to 20 centimetres across From digg on June 8, 2006 at 9:31 a.m..
New! Mario Kart Source A new mod has arrived on the HL2 engine, Mark Kart Source. It is still in production, but it looks pretty cool. Can't wait to get some good ol' kart action when it is released. From digg on June 8, 2006 at 9:31 a.m..
Watch a GPS Phone Being Delivered via UPS Ground Live! A guy turns on a GPS phone today (Wednesday) before sending it via UPS and has a Google Maps/Earth mashup for tracking the phone. I wonder how long the battery will last? From digg on June 8, 2006 at 9:31 a.m..
Voting machine 'hacker' runs for congress The bloke who claimed that he was asked by a US elected official to build a program which would hack into electronic voting machines is standing for election.Against Congressman who sought to hire him From digg on June 8, 2006 at 9:31 a.m..
BootCamp: Vista and OS X Dual Booting on MBP Dual booting Vista and OS X is finally here. It looks like we were just one step short all along. (And please no "why would you want to run Windows on a Mac?" posts. If you aren't intelligent enough to figure out why, then don't bother reading the article.) From digg on June 8, 2006 at 9:31 a.m..
Crows Have Human-Like Intelligence, Author Says Crows make tools, play tricks on each other, and caw among kin in a dialect all their own. These are just some of the signs presented in a recent book that point to an unexpected similarity between the wise birds and humans. From digg on June 8, 2006 at 9:31 a.m..
Quality Training Company This registered training organisation delivers training nationally including corporate training workshops and traineeships across Management, Hospitality and Retail industries. The company also offers business development services, tailoring training methods and techniques to specific businesses. From EdNA Online on June 8, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
Carrick Fellowships The Carrick Fellowship Scheme Guidelines are now available. It is anticipated that Fellows will undertake their Fellowship for a 12 month period between October 2006 and October 2008. Nominations for Carrick Fellowships must be received by the Carrick Institute no later than 1 August 2006. Fellows will be announced by October 2006. From EdNA Online on June 8, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
Gurus: Australian Information Technology (IT) Careers Gurus.com.au is an Australian owned information technology (IT) employment web site. It specialises in job vacancies for employees in the IT industry. Users can post resumes online and search or browse for vacancies by category or location. From EdNA Online on June 8, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
E-book Fair to Offer Free Downloads Electronic-book devotees may want to set aside some extra screen time this summer, as two non-profits are preparing to provide free access to 300,000 texts online. Project Gutenberg and World eBook Library plan to make 'a third of a million' e-books available free for a month at the first World eBook Fair. Downloads will be available at the fair's Web site from July 4, the 35th anniversary of Project Gutenberg's founding, through 4 August. The Associated Press, 5 June 2006 From EdNA Online on June 8, 2006 at 4:30 a.m..
Sony CEO Obsessed with Xbox 360, Bill Gates When asked about the success of the Sony Pictures movie The Da Vinci Code, Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer emphasized the worldwide box office sales, then said, "It also beat Xbox 3 in Europe in its second weekend..." Reporter: "You mean X-Men..." Stringer: "God I walked into that, didn't I... Look, the skill of Bill Gates is he's so brilliant" From on June 8, 2006 at 3:10 a.m..
Minnesota sued over video game clampdown The trade group representing the video game industry sued the state of Minnesota on Tuesday to overturn a new bill that would fine children and teens for buying or renting mature or adults-only games. From on June 8, 2006 at 3:10 a.m..
This website is down because someone removed the X-Box A frugal public university installed a Linux'ed Xbox as a student server. Of course, most people wouldn't suspect that an Xbox might be a file server. You can probably guess what happens next. From on June 8, 2006 at 3:10 a.m..
The Best Google How-TO Ever Complete guide to all the most advanced features of Google search. It demonstrates how to easily find & download mp3s and complete albums too.. heh, when will the RIAA be suing Google? From digg on June 8, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..
Windows checks in daily with Microsoft Microsoft Corp. acknowledged Wednesday that it needs to better inform users that its tool for determining whether a computer is running a pirated copy of Windows also quietly checks in daily with the software maker. From digg on June 8, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..
General Electric Develops Cheap Way of Producing Hydrogen by Electrolysis Researchers at GE’s Global Research lab in Niskayuna, NY, have developed a system that produces hydrogen at a fraction of the cost and could be available commercially in just a few years.The goal of the project, is to bring down equipment costs enough to take the cost of hydrogen from $8 per kilogram to $3 per kilogram. From digg on June 8, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..
MTV Urge: You can only use 2 MP3 Players...or get a new PC! "I actually asked one if this meant that if my two players were stolen, I purchase two more to replace them, but I also don't purchase another PC (!) that I would NEVER be able to use the two new players on Urge on my original PC? The answer was yes. I actually asked, "for the rest of my life," and the answer again was, incredibly, "yes." From digg on June 8, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..
Google Browser Sync Unifies Your FireFox Browsing Google Browser Sync is a FireFox extension that unifies your bookmarks, history, saved passwords, and persistent cookies across all the computers where you install it. From digg on June 8, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..
Craigslist is being blocked by Cox Interactive Craigslist has approached Authentium several times to get it to stop blocking access by Cox internet users but it has been unresponsive. Jim wasn't aware that Cox had its own classified ads service. "That changes things, " he said. From digg on June 8, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..
Time: *Review Apple 13-inch MacBook* "The MacBook is a powerful and affordable option, especially for people who are uncertain about their Windows future. You get a computer that runs both Mac OS X and Windows XP today, and even appears to meet the minimum requirements for Vista once it gets here. Dell and HP should be very worried indeed." From digg on June 8, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..
Stop 'medicalizing' bad behavior It may be hard to recall, but once there was a time when people took responsibility for their behavior, without recourse to the psychiatric and psychological communities. From digg on June 8, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..
New Reporting for Teachers and Parents This website provides information to support parents, teachers and school leaders in understanding the requirements of this new policy. From EdNA Online on June 8, 2006 at 2:30 a.m..
VERSIONS (Versions of Eprints – a user Requirements Study and Investigation of the Need for Standards) Project The project addresses the issues and uncertainties relating to versions of academic papers in digital repositories. VERSIONS aims to help build trust in open access repository content among all stakeholders. From EdNA Online on June 8, 2006 at 2:30 a.m..
How To: Make your own high quality projection screen for under $100 Step by step instructions with several nice side-by-side picture comparisons of the home-made screen versus commercial screens. From on June 8, 2006 at 12:47 a.m..
MPAA takes aim at another BitTorrent search site isohunt.com feels the heat From on June 8, 2006 at 12:47 a.m..
Google Spreadsheets Launches - Special Review+Screenshots Another week, another Google product launches. Or almost launches in this case. Google hasn’t opened up Google Spreadsheets, an Ajax spreadsheet, to the general public yet but they have published a tour of what the product will look like once it actually does launch, and you can request an invitation to try it out. From on June 8, 2006 at 12:47 a.m..
Quake for the Nintendo DS A site with a video with of a playable work in progress of Quake 1 ported to the nintendo DS. From on June 8, 2006 at 12:47 a.m..
Six Things You Didn't Know About Linux: A Beginners' Guide Pretty good article for an absolute newbie to Linux. Lot of good links explaning basic related topics. From on June 8, 2006 at 12:47 a.m..
Wii's classic virtual console games to be priced less than US$10 Iwata revealed that games for Nintendo's "virtual console" that will allow Wii owners to play old titles on their consoles will be priced at ¥500 and ¥1,000, roughly US$4.50 to US$8.99. For reference, classic retro games for the Nintendo GameBoy sold for upwards of US$35 for some titles, US$19.99 for others. From on June 8, 2006 at 12:47 a.m..
HOW TO - Build your own band aid fuel cell This has got to be THE simplest way to build a fuel cell from scratch. The design is ridiculously simple, whilst being effective - it will allow you to explore the concepts of Fuel Cells in a ludicrously simple way. From on June 8, 2006 at 12:47 a.m..
Vista Beta 2 to be public today! Vista beta 2 will be available to download today. From on June 8, 2006 at 12:47 a.m..
Free PDF download of magazine for older gamers issue #3 2old2play.com just put up issue # 3 of their free print magazine, 2o2p Magazine, in PDF format. This months issue has an exclusive interview with Jeff Tunnell at GarageGames as well as a look back at old school gaming and much more. Totally Free. From on June 8, 2006 at 12:47 a.m..
A Cleaner, Cheaper Route to Titanium "Now a startup, Avanti Metal, using technology developed at MIT, hopes to commercialize a process that drastically reduces the cost of producing titanium, making more of it available for large, lighter-weight airplanes." From on June 8, 2006 at 12:47 a.m..
iTunes guilty of breaking Norwegian law The Norwegian Consumer Ombudsman has ruled that the Apple iTunes service breaks the law, and has given the company two weeks to fix the problem. From on June 8, 2006 at 12:47 a.m..
Secure Programming for Linux and Unix HOWTO This book provides a set of design and implementation guidelines for writing secure programs for Linux and Unix systems. Such programs include application programs used as viewers of remote data, web applications (including CGI scripts), network servers, and setuid/setgid programs. From on June 8, 2006 at 12:47 a.m..
Sydney, Australia, using Barry Manilow to drive off rowdy teenagers Officials in one Sydney district have decided to pipe the Barry's music over loudspeakers in an attempt to rid streets and car parks of hooligans whose anti-social cars and loud music annoy residents and drive customers from businesses. Heh. Freaky, isn't it? Granny gets even. From on June 8, 2006 at 12:47 a.m..
Wii Price and Ship Date Coming This September Today in Japan, Nintendo gave its Management Policy Briefing in which company President Satoru Iwata stated that the price announcement would be this September. From on June 8, 2006 at 12:47 a.m..
Pepsi Music A subway poster that has a fully functional headphone jack imbedded in it, which plays samples of various tracks. This Pepsi poster sings to you. From on June 8, 2006 at 12:47 a.m..
Strong Evidence Green Tea Lowers the Risk of Many Chronic Diseases There is a lower incidence of cardiovascular disease and cancer in Asia where people smoke heavily, which may be accounted for by high consumption of tea, particularly green tea, according to a review article published by a Yale School of Medicine researcher. From on June 8, 2006 at 12:47 a.m..
Analysts: Microsoft Has Antitrust Anxiety They say the threat of a lawsuit is what triggered the company's decision last week to pull a PDF feature from Office 2007 and to allow OEMs to yank its own electronic document format from Windows Vista. From on June 8, 2006 at 12:47 a.m..
More Smash Bros Brawl Characters News Sakurai announced Bowser Jr., the "Celda" version of Link, and Ridely, the archenemies of Samus, would all be joining the cast of characters for the Wii release. Three current characters that will not be returning: The Ice Climbers, Mr. Game & Watch, and Young Link. Sakurai stated he wants a roster 40 deep, with 1-2 more non-Nintendo characters. From on June 8, 2006 at 12:47 a.m..
Mysterious carbon excess found in infant solar system Astronomers detected unusually high quantities of carbon, the basis of all terrestrial life, in an infant solar system around nearby star Beta Pictoris, 63 light-years away. From on June 8, 2006 at 12:47 a.m..
Social Engineering, the USB Way I made my way to the credit union at about 6 a.m. to make sure no employees saw us. I then proceeded to scatter the drives in the parking lot, smoking areas, and other areas employees frequented. From on June 8, 2006 at 12:47 a.m..
Impatient Japanese make own video iPod This iPod wannabe looks like a fan-inspired mock-up – but it’s real, and on sale in Japan this month! From on June 8, 2006 at 12:47 a.m..
INSBOTS: Tiny Robots Control Cockroaches Scientists have created miniature, insect-like robots called "insbots" that can change the behavior of cockroaches. From on June 8, 2006 at 12:47 a.m..
Nightmare On Wall Street - An IT Admin's worst fear Elvira Maria Rodriguez arrived at work at 8:30 or 9 am on March 4, 2002, expecting nothing out of the ordinary. She logged into the system, and phoned into the weekly Monday-morning conference call. ... Then she glanced at her phone and saw that 60 calls had come in all at once. From on June 8, 2006 at 12:47 a.m..
Fossil mounds may be oldest life on Earth Odd-shaped mounds of dirt in Australia turn out to be fossils of the oldest life on Earth, created by billions of microbes more than 3 billion years ago, scientists say in a new report. From on June 8, 2006 at 12:47 a.m..
Chinese Capital Shuts Down 18 Websites in Internet Crackdown Beijing authorities have revoked the licenses of six Internet websites and temporarily shut down 12 others during a 90-day city-wide crackdown, state press reported. From on June 8, 2006 at 12:47 a.m..
Tired of osComerce? Drupal E-Commerce 4.7 Makes It's Debut! This new brand new Drupal E-Commerce system seamlessly adds full eStore capabilities with the best CMS packages out there. New features include robust payment auditing, a streamlined checkout system, new shipping API (multiple distribution centers!) and more. With a clean architecture, 30+ modules and 5 APIs nearly anything is possible. From on June 8, 2006 at 12:47 a.m..
TiVo Launches TiVoCast - Download Your TV Shows TiVo unveiled on Wednesday broadband video downloads, marking the latest move by the digital video recorder company to expand its Internet-related services. From on June 8, 2006 at 12:47 a.m..
Mini-dinosaurs emerge A new species of mini-dinosaur has been unearthed in northern Germany. From on June 8, 2006 at 12:47 a.m..
U.K. RIAA Sues AllofMP3.com The U.K. music-industry trade organization, the BPI, is to sue popular Russian download site AllofMP3.com, claiming it is operating outside the law and not sharing any of its profits with the artists whose music it sells. From on June 8, 2006 at 12:47 a.m..
Wii - 4 Million Consoles Available This Year Yesterday president Satoru Iwata said that they plan on shipping 4 million this year, and the remaining 2 million from January to March 2007 From on June 8, 2006 at 12:47 a.m..
F-Bomb Now Costs $325,000 To Say On The Airwaves The Federal Government just increased the price for saying the f-word on TV or radio from $32,500 to $325,000. From on June 8, 2006 at 12:47 a.m..
Do you play online poker? Do you live in WA? As of today, you're a felon. "As of June 7, it is now a felony in the state of Washington to play poker on the Internet. The bill, S.S.B. No. 6613, has stirred up great anxiety in poker forums. Many feel, correctly, that they have been blind-sided." From on June 8, 2006 at 12:47 a.m..
BECTA's vision Learning Platforms: utopian, sinister or just misguided? The ever-informative Ian Usher from Bucks LEA points me to BECTA's view of learning platforms (aka VLEs, MLEs or LMSs), and in particular their Learning Platform Matrix. I'd not come across these matrices before. They are designed to help you understand where your school is at on a scale of readiness for various initiatives. I don't run a school, but I nonetheless found them to be extremely revea From EdNA Online on June 7, 2006 at 11:30 p.m..
Time Pirates - Fun and games - Port Cities Take an interactive journey through the port of London from Roman times to the present day. Complete tasks and follow the clues along the way. From EdNA Online on June 7, 2006 at 11:30 p.m..
Have Your Say About the Government Education Portal! Complete the Education Portal user survey to enter the draw to receive one of five gift vouchers. Your response to the survey will contribute to improving this service to the Australian community. The Government Education Portal points the way to authoritative online resources, news and events about education and training in Australia. From EdNA Online on June 7, 2006 at 11:30 p.m..
Pirates : Life at sea Throughout history, there have been people willing to rob others transporting goods on the water. Thousands of pirates were active between 1650 and 1720, and these years are sometimes known as a 'Golden Age' of piracy. From EdNA Online on June 7, 2006 at 11:30 p.m..
Australian Digital Content Industry Action Agenda. DAMAP - Digital Asset Management Asia Pacific (DAMAP) The conference will provide insight, discussion and debate on emerging trends, issues and challenges facing industry today. Creating an environment for delegates to clearly identify what action needs to be taken within their organisation now. From EdNA Online on June 7, 2006 at 11:30 p.m..
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