What the earth would look like if there were only 100 people A short flash animation that shows what our world really looks like. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..
Craigslist Pic Viewer - listpic.com - see all pics in forsale on 1 page New website that lets you see all the pics in the For Sale and Housing Craigslist sections all on 1 page. Similar to iPhoto you can see and scroll through many pics at once, plus iPhoto-like pic resizing. No need to click in/out of all listings to see the pics. Has all cities, search, prices and locations, quick listing preview. Find things better. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..
Once again: Do not delete the Prefetch folder on Windows The myth that deleting the Prefetch folder on Windows improves the shutdown time is false. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..
The Story Disneyland Doesn't Want You To Know Families visiting Disneyland on their holiday this week saw a life-size Guantanamo bay inmate statue placed inside Rocky Mountain Railroad ride at Disneyland in Anaheim California. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..
First PLAYSTATION 3 commercial, 3 minutes and 20 seconds long. At last, SONY's marketing machine is moving forward and the first act is this 3 minutes and 20 seconds short (5 more to come). The object of this film is to cover the "Real-time" aspect of the console, in fact it is more about the benefits of a non-scripted AI. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..
Mark Shuttleworth talks about the strengths of Debain and Ubuntu In his, recent blog post, Mark Shuttleworth talks about what makes Debian so strong, why there is so much conflict about it and where his sees its chances. Of oucrse, he also relates it to Ubuntu. "I’m of the opinion that Ubuntu could not exist without Debian." From digg on September 9, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..
iMac Core 2 Duo Benchmarks MacCentral tested the new 17" 2GHz iMac and 20" 2.16GHz iMac and compared them to the previous 20" 2GHz Core Duo and the 2.66GHz Mac Pro. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..
Atomic Clocks Are Getting More Precise Some physicists are creating a revolution in the arcane world of ultra-precise clocks. And among them is a researcher who has trouble getting anywhere on time. "I do tend to be a little bit late," said Jim Bergquist, 58. "Quite a bit late." From digg on September 9, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..
Amazing: Who thought shadow puppets could be cool? Amazing hand shadow skills! From digg on September 9, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..
Woman in Wheelchair Shoots Mugger With Her .357 NEW YORK -- Margaret Johnson's wheelchair might have made her look like an easy target. But when a mugger tried to grab a chain off her neck Friday, the 56-year-old pulled out her licensed .357 pistol and shot him, police said. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..
Halliburton Secretly Doing Business with member of Iran's Nuke Team This is not "new" news, but you may not have seen it before. It was written on August 25th 2005 -- Submitting to Digg Inspired by the SF Bay Guardian's "Top 10 Big Stories You Aren't Hearing About" story. This story was #2 on the list. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..
Handicapping the 6th Generation iPod Place your bets as MP3 Newswire lays out the odds on 17 iPod rumors and their chances of coming true in the upcoming 6th generation. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..
Microsoft Shuts Down Fan Halo RTS Project Halogen, an unofficial attempt to make a real-time strategy game based on the Halo universe, has been asked by Microsoft to cease development on the grounds that they are infringing on Bungie Studios' intellectual property. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..
Worlds largest "NO TRESPASSING" sign The Department of Energy convened a conclave of scientists, linguists, anthropologists and sci-fi thinkers to develop an elaborate system intended to shout "Danger!" to any human being for the next 10,000 years -- regardless of what language they speak or technology they use. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..
Oregon nurse returning home discovers intruder, strangles him A nurse returning home from work discovered an intruder armed with a hammer in her home and strangled him with her bare hands, police said. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..
Network of Small Telescopes Find a Big Planet A network of amateur astronomers has discovered an extrasolar planet located 500 light years away. This incredible discovery was made using a technique that measures the brightness of thousands of stars, watching for a periodic dimming. In this case, the Jupiter-sized planet, TrES-2, orbits its host star every 2.5 days, dimming it by 1.5%. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..
Man spends 48 days without a heart. A Miami man received a second heart transplant recently after spending 48 days without a heart. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..
Bush faces "Republican Revolt" over Terror Trials President George Bush yesterday faced growing opposition from his fellow Republicans to a pillar of his war on terror: his plans to prosecute detainees at Guantánamo at military commissions. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..
How to Configure OpenVPN OpenVPN may seem a little daunting at first, but once you get your feet wet this can be an incredibly useful (and free!) tool. In this article, Michael Riley shows you how to use OpenVPN for secure internet surfing on your client PCs. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..
Rumsfeld prevented military from developing post-war security plan for Iraq Months before the Iraq invasion, Rumsfeld forbade military strategists from developing plans for securing a post-war Iraq, the retiring commander of the Army Transportation Corps said Thursday. In fact, said Brig. Gen. Mark Scheid, Rumsfeld said "he would fire the next person" who talked about the need for a post-war plan. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..
Leaving dot Mac!! Apple hasn't improved much of dot Mac, so it's logical users are leaving. Here are even some great tips for alteratives to dot Mac. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..
Looking for the best Disk Image (DMG) design. DMG - Disk Image file is the standard software distribution format on Mac OS X. However, being standard does not mean that all DMGs look the same, in fact it is the opposite! I downloaded popular Mac applications with unique DMG design and posted the screenshots. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..
McDonald's Rips Off the Gordon College Mario Show for Nintendo Promotion Remember that Gordon College talent show video in which one student, Andrew Breton, played Mario running through World 1-1? McDonalds commercial borrows liberally from Breton's performance, even going so far as to recycle that fancy pause effect. Check out both videos embedded. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..
OSX Leopard's Spaces with Dual Monitors A screenshot of what OSX Leopard's Spaces looks like on a dual monitor setup. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..
Sex On a Plane- For $299? Georgia corporate pilot Bob Smith has a soaring sideline: helping couples join the infamous "mile-high club." For $299, he'll take a frisky twosome past 5,280 feet in a Piper Cherokee 6 fitted with a mattress. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..
Microsoft YouTube Clone Coming Microsoft’s new YouTube competitor will be all about user generated videos if its name, Soapbox, is any indication (Hunterstrat calls it “personal whine”). There aren’t many details yet, but LiveSide is saying this will be a MSN, not Live.com product, and will eventually be launched at soapbox.msn.com. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..
Hollywood studios fear Apple and its Mighty iPod Apple’s problem is that it has frightened most of the Hollywood studios by achieving a three-quarters share of music downloading, giving it power over the future of the music industry From digg on September 9, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..
Amazing FPS with Doom 3 quality Graphics.. but it's only 1mb! I dont' know how this is possible, but it's a 3D First Person Sooter that is actually less than 1mb (98kb), yet has the graphics equivelant to Half-life 2 or quake 4. You'll need a high end PC to play. The minimum specs are: 128MB graphics Card with pixel shader 1.3, 512MB ram, and Athlon 1.5Ghz. The game is well made too, great level design. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..
Konqueror: the Linux Killer App This short article introduces some interesting features of Konqueror that may have escaped the casual user's notice. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 3:29 p.m..
New Google Maps Aerial/Satellite Photos Update - September 8, 2006 Just today it has been discovered Google has pushed out a new update to its aerial and satellite photos for Google Maps (Google Earth hasn't been updated yet). So far, we have discovered new high res photos in California, Texas, New Hampshire, Conn., NC, and the Netherlands. Check this blog for a updating list. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 3:29 p.m..
Inner City Aquaculture: It's what's for dinner Although it's counterintuitive, growing fish in the inner city could ameliorate some of the issues confronting both traditional fish farming and the wild-catch industry. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 3:29 p.m..
H.P. Chairwoman Aims Not to Be the Scapegoat Patricia C. Dunn will have to convince Hewlett-Packard’s board that she should not be dumped for the scandal rocking the company. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 3:29 p.m..
98% of Marijuana Eradidicated By the DEA is Not Really Marijuana More than 98 percent of all of the marijuana plants seized by law enforcement in the United States is feral hemp not cultivated cannabis, according to newly released data by the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Domestic Cannabis Eradication/Suppression Program and the Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 3:29 p.m..
Beautiful Mind - Watch it to believe it! Very cool. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 3:29 p.m..
Build a Holodeck! A cool computer 3D digital display and interface ala Minority Report. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 3:29 p.m..
The Gamecube is Outselling the Xbox 360 in Japan Microsoft has sold 75,837 Xbox 360 units in Japan in 2006 so far, according to Enterbrain's data. Nintendo, meanwhile, has sold 77,124 GameCubes during the same period. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 3:29 p.m..
BMW begins testing hydrogen combustion engine BMW was not kidding when it said it would offer a 7-Series with a hydrogen combustion engine within two years. The company is now testing actual production prototypes. The cars can run on both gasoline and hydrogen. No electric motors are involved. When running on hydrogen, there are no emissions. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 3:29 p.m..
Mac OS X 10.4.8 build - Sept 12th to Be Released with Movie Store Apple recently updated it's preview build of 10.4.8 to 8L2112 and it's nearly 300mb, it has significant changes since the last beta of 10.4.8. Specifically in test OpenGL and Video Performance was amazing. Running Test I got double the framerates in opengl, and played h.264 videos more fluidly. Spotlight uses different indexing as wel From digg on September 9, 2006 at 3:29 p.m..
Humans Strange, Neanderthals Normal Neanderthals are often thought of as the stray branch in the human family tree, but research now suggests the modern human is likely the odd man out. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 3:29 p.m..
Iran's Khatami says suicide bombers hurt Islam Former Iranian President Mohammed Khatami on Friday condemned the September 11 attacks against the United States as an atrocity and said suicide bombers did Islam an injustice and would not go to heaven. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 3:29 p.m..
Developing Software by the 15% Rule I just found this great manifesto written by eKiwi, the developers of screen-scraper. It's a cross between a statement of their approach and a client bill of rights. It includes something they call the 15% rule. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 3:29 p.m..
Mac Ad with Hal 9000: Can you hear me, Dave? Ingenious Mac ad. This video blends scifi and the white apple of computing . Check out Hal's take on the Y2K fear of the Computercaust. Do you still love me, Dave? You want to switch me for a Mac, don't you Dave? Hell Yes! From digg on September 9, 2006 at 3:29 p.m..
BREAKING NEWS - Space shuttle Atlantis blasts off from Kennedy Space Center NEW: Controllers give space shuttle 'go' for launch • Fueling completed, weather appears cooperative • If no launch Saturday, mission must be delayed for weeks • Shuttle carrying new parts for space station for 1st time since Columbia disaster From digg on September 9, 2006 at 3:29 p.m..
Men Smarter than Women, Scientist Claims A controversial new study adds another cinder to the fiery debate over whether gender impacts general intelligence. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 3:29 p.m..
It's No Game: IBM Uses PlayStation Chip For New Supercomputer IBM is working with Los Alamos to install the first phase of the latest supercomputer, dubbed Roadrunner, by next month. The hybrid machine will get a speed boost enabling it to break the petaflop barrier when the Cell processors are added to AMD's Opteron technology. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 3:29 p.m..
Errors: errno in UNIX programs -- Working with the standard error mechanism Learn more than you ever wanted to know about the UNIX® standard error reporting mechanism, the errno global variable. You'll also learn about a couple of associated global variables (sys_nerr and sys_errlist) and the standard functions that help you report errors to the user. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 3:29 p.m..
New battery technology announced Uniross Batteries Corp. says it's created a technology that will outlast standard alkaline rechargable or disposable AA/AAA batteries.Now, instead of having to constantly replace batteries, Hybrio gives consumers access to a battery that is ready to use out of the package, lasts up to four times longer than standard alkalines. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 3:29 p.m..
Original Signal outdoes Digg -- with Digg's own content In many ways it's a better Digg front page than Digg itself. It displays more content than Digg's own site, and also has sections for top headlines from different time periods (recent, today, and the week). From digg on September 9, 2006 at 3:29 p.m..
Ford Chairman Receives Call From Bush Although he has put off a meeting with Detroit automotive leaders until after the November elections, President Bush called the chairman of Ford Motor on Friday, only days after the struggling automaker named a new chief executive. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 3:29 p.m..
First fully programmable Linux phone (w/PICTURES) Trolltech announced the Greenphone, which is thought to be the first fully reprogrammable Linux phone. CEO Haavard Nord says, "It's kind of mind-boggling for developers, everybody usually wants to protect the software in their phone, but we want to let the developers experiment and innovate." From digg on September 9, 2006 at 3:29 p.m..
Announcing Splinter Cell: Double Agent for Wii Launch! Pictures and first details included. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 3:29 p.m..
10 Years Of ESPN.com Homepages (Screenshots since 1995) A screen shot of every espn.com homepage since 1995. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 3:29 p.m..
Heck..Even Sony holds doubts of PS3 "After a recall involving millions of Sony-made personal computer batteries and yet another delay for the PlayStation 3 game console, even one of Sony's top executives is questioning whether the company is on the right track." Click link for more info and quote from exec. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 9:04 a.m..
Police blotter: Cops raid Usenet provider over porn - CNET News.com In this week's installment, judge lets civil rights lawsuit proceed that Usenet provider filed against Pa. police after being raided. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 9:04 a.m..
An Atari 2600 Plug and Play Keychain!!! What looks like a novelty keychain, is actually embedded with 2 or 3 classic games for easy plug and play. Games include Pong, Breakout, Asteriod, Millipede, Centipede etc At such a small price, a must for the retro gamer. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 9:04 a.m..
JBL unveils 'Mt. Everest' speaker system Now these are some speakers. JBL's new Mt. Everest speaker system lives up to its name, weighing in at a 313 pounds and measuring 8 x 18.5 x 44-inches. This monster will require a pretty serious receiver to power the 500-watt behemoth. A real bargain at $30,000. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 9:04 a.m..
YouTube - Cheerleader Stunt Gone Wrong This was from Westfield High School in Houston. The camera man doesn't know how to react to this. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 9:04 a.m..
The ULTIMATE Secure Home Concealed into the side of a Mountain! Strategically located in the mountains of Southwest Colorado, this patented steel-reinforced concrete earth home was built to withstand almost any natural or man-made disaster you can name. Yet still has a level of comfort that one might not expect to find in an underground home. Also has OFFGRID solar power backup and natural gas heating. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 9:04 a.m..
Wil Wheaton reviews Star Trek: TNG episodes on TV Squad Just when you thought Retro Squad was over, Wil Wheaton has graciously agreed to review episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation for TV Squad. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 9:04 a.m..
Do It Yourself - Short movie on how a geek would handle his woman This is a short movie that came second in a film contest in Geneva, it's pretty well made and was done in less than 2 days! From digg on September 9, 2006 at 9:04 a.m..
Clarett found competent to stand trial So he's not literally insane I guess..."A mental health evaluation of former Ohio State football star Maurice Clarett found he is competent to stand trial on robbery charges, his attorney said Friday." Trial starts Sept. 18th. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 9:04 a.m..
What would happen if the top diggers stopped? Over the past week there has been a lot of abuse and accusations leveled at the so-called 'cabal' of users who make up the top 30 most prolific front page submitters. DuggTrends has mapped out statistics of the immediate consequences of this episode, numbers of front page promoted stories stand out as having the most impact since this story broke. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 9:04 a.m..
Willam Shatner in a Commodore Vic-20 commercial (1980's) "Why buy just a video game from Atari or Intellivision? Invest in the wonder computer of the 1980's for under $300!" Complete with Transporter beam action! From digg on September 9, 2006 at 9:04 a.m..
Pimp Your Cubicle Gadgets and gizmos to make cube life more tolerable. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 9:04 a.m..
Linux4Kids: Tools and toys for all ages Linux4Kids applications include flashcard creators, basic and scientific calculators, typing tutors, and an assortment of other useful programs. VBuilder, a vocabulary skills testing tool, is ideal for students learning a new language, while Wikindx is a browser-based index card system useful for organizing research notes and bibliographic info. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 9:04 a.m..
Schwarzenegger: Cubans, Puerto Ricans 'all very hot' Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger told advisers during a taped conversation that Cubans and Puerto Ricans are naturally temperamental because of their combination of "black blood" and "Latino blood." From digg on September 9, 2006 at 9:04 a.m..
Breaking News(!): It's official, no link between Saddam and Al-Qaeda There is no evidence of links between former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda leaders in Iraq prior to the 2003 war, a US Senate report has said. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 4:43 a.m..
Kubuntu Edgy Packages of KDE 4 Development Snapshot, Krash, Available! Life just became a bit easier for potential KDE applications developers running Kubuntu. "The first development snapshot of KDE 4, codenamed Krash, has been released and packages are available for Kubuntu Edgy. These are intended for developers only." Sure beats compiling from source ala http://developer.kde.org/build/trunk.html From digg on September 9, 2006 at 4:43 a.m..
Redesigning Crops to Harvest Fuel More miles to the bushel. That is the new mission of crop scientists. In an era of $3-a-gallon gasoline and growing concern about global warming from fossil fuels, seed and biotechnology companies see a big new opportunity in developing corn and other crops tailored for use in ethanol and other biofuels. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 4:43 a.m..
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill: Seven Decades of Skyscrapers This year, SOM, the only design firm in the U.S. to win more than 800 design awards, marks it's 70th anniversary. Known for some of the world's tallest buildings, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has reached retirement age but shows no sign of slowing down. Great bonus slideshow: http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/09/som/slideshow.htm From digg on September 9, 2006 at 4:43 a.m..
When open source is not enough The case for open development. If we are to move software away from the constant reinvention of the same wheels in thousands of jealously-guarded ghettos, and towards a meaningful software commons, then open source is necessary but not sufficient! From digg on September 9, 2006 at 4:43 a.m..
Ben Affleck gets drunk (and creepily pervy); picks up TV host In this super bizarre interview with Montreal TV host Anne-Marie Losique back in 2004, a drunk Ben Affleck does stuff us mere mortals would typically be arrested for. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 4:43 a.m..
DiggRiver: Official Digg Page For Mobile Devices Soo, I stumbled upon DiggRiver today, and it seems Digg is planning on starting to support moible devices due to several user made mobile pages for cell phones, PDAs, and other devices that now Digg wants to create its an official Digg mobile page for on the go. After doing a WHOIS, I found that this was an official Digg service, currently in beta. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 4:43 a.m..
Smart Birds use cars to open their food These birds are getting very smart and learning to adapt. Very fascinating stuff. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 4:43 a.m..
Apple's top-end laptop runs Vista better than a high-end Sony Vaio "Apple's hardware runs Windows, and does so quite well. In fact, the MacBook Pro I bought in May is better equipped to run Vista than the Sony Vaio I bought less than a year ago." From digg on September 9, 2006 at 4:43 a.m..
The Nintendo 64DD: The Best Worst Nintendo Peripheral The 64DD was an addon that went underneath the Nintendo 64. It was only released in Japan and 7 games were made for it... Being one of Nintendo's most hyped console add-ons, it's sad to say the Virtual Boy did better... From digg on September 9, 2006 at 4:43 a.m..
How Many Diggs Does It Take To Make The Front Page? Stuart Brown set up a nice script that logged the average Diggs it takes to make the Digg homepage. The average was quite astounding. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 4:43 a.m..
Ten major news stories the media is ignoring SANTA MONICA, Calif. (MarketWatch) -- The San Francisco Bay Guardian newspaper has printed a list of stories we in the media seem to have largely ignored over the past year. The story is gleaned from an annual list developed by Project Censored, a media research group out of Sonoma State University that tracks the news published in independent jour From digg on September 9, 2006 at 4:43 a.m..
Hackers gain private information on all 642,720+ Second Life users Linden Labs has forced a password reset for every one of its 642,720+ residents after it was revealed hackers gained access to the entire user database. Customer service will not begin to address password issues until Monday, September 11. (the news story link is a "blog" because that is the "official" lines of communications from Linden Labs From digg on September 9, 2006 at 4:43 a.m..
Researchers Identify "Male Warrior Effect" New research has shown that men bond together and cooperate well in the face of adversity to protect their interests more than women, which could explain why war is almost exclusively a male business. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 4:43 a.m..
AMD's low-cost PIC boots Edubuntu AMD's PIC (personal Internet computer), an inexpensive Windows CE-based computer aimed at developing nations, has successfully booted Edubuntu, an educationally-oriented version of Ubuntu Linux, according to a Siamese Wiki devoted to the OLPC (One Laptop per Child) initiative. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 4:43 a.m..
Original Simpsons Cartoons Free for Download The Simpsons began as a series of animated shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show. You can download all 48 episodes here. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 4:43 a.m..
How the Nintendo Amusement Park Works We'll give you a behind-the-scenes tour of the Nintendo Amusement Park and explain the differences between augmented reality, physically-augmented reality and virtual reality. We'll also describe how the parts of the Nintendo Amusement Park work together and take a look at some similar projects. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 4:43 a.m..
Cop finds thief that stole HIS OWN lawnmower Watch as a routine traffic stop turns into an arrest when this cop finds HIS OWN lawnmower in the back of the thief's car. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 4:43 a.m..
The top-secret warplanes of Area 51 "Stealth jets? Hypersonic bombers? What's really being developed at the military's most famous classified base? " From digg on September 9, 2006 at 4:43 a.m..
Geotagging files with libferris and Google Earth Here's how you can tag your photos, documents and other files so you can search for place-related information on your PC using Google Earth. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 4:43 a.m..
Wii Wheel confirmed! To ship with GT Pro Series. Photo Included! Also a Wii head-mounted display. Just kidding. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 4:43 a.m..
Beautiful 2-story home w/4 story below ground 'fortress' - for sale! (pics) " The Underground Fortress is an 8th wonder of the world! ...The Fortress goes a total of 45 feet under the house! That is below sea level! The fortress has over 1600 sq. ft. of living area, plus hundreds of more square feet of passages and secrets rooms." Reminds me of the bunkers in 'Lost.' Many photos. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 4:43 a.m..
Click the Colour and Not the Word Simple concept, frustrating result. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 4:43 a.m..
Surprise! Your expensive laptop battery is just 6 AAs and some cicruitry The truth is that those expensive (and sometimes exploding) batteries are little more than repackaged NiMH AA cells. Replacement batteries run over $100. The cost of 6 AAs? Under $20. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 4:43 a.m..
Netflix sues Blockbuster for patent infringement "The litigation presents a crucial question: Is the concept of renting movies over the Internet an original idea that deserves patent protection?" From digg on September 9, 2006 at 4:43 a.m..
Swallowable Sensors The SmartPill is an ingested, wireless device for measuring the health of the digestive system. As it passes through the digestive tract, the capsule transmits data to a receiver. From digg on September 9, 2006 at 4:43 a.m..
How Digg is a game. Can Game Theory be applied to Digg? -- "In graduate school, I played a really fun and revealing game called “The Urn Game.” The game shows very simply the concepts of GroupThink, Conformity, Paradigm Shift, and Information Cascades work." From digg on September 9, 2006 at 4:43 a.m..
SC: 09/09 ICQ security flaws reported AOL client and ICQ toolbar affected If you use the ICQ system supplied by AOL to chat to other users, you should check the version you are using; AOL is advising users to update to the latest version of the ICQ software following the discovery of a bug in an older version of the product - although the bug doesn't affect more recent ICQ software like ICQ 5.1, it could mean serious problems for ICQ Pro 2003b users ... From MCS Safe Computing Bulletins on September 9, 2006 at 4:43 a.m..
Cardiac Auscultation 3.0 Cardiac Ausculation 3.0 allows you to select one of the 16 cardiac abnormalities presented and your mouse acts as a stethoscope, enabling you to hear the heart sounds. Cardiac Auscultation is now available as a free download (windows only). With Cardiac Auscultation, students can spend as much time as they need with the "patient", listening to heart sounds again and again until they are able to identify cardiac abnormalities readily. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on September 9, 2006 at 4:42 a.m..
Takin' Care of Business Education Handbook This handbook prepared by the AICPA and National Business Education Association and the National Teachers of Mathematicscontains 15 lesson plans designed to teach various aspects of accounting to high school students. Each lesson includes objectives, instruction procedures, a learning overview, activities and solutions. Topics include: financial statement analysis, budgeting and forecasting, break-even analysis, cost/benefit analysis, time value of money, financial planning, writing a business plan among others. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on September 9, 2006 at 4:42 a.m..
Developing Interactive Health Learning Objects with PowerPoint The site is a repository of interactive activities that support learning outcomes through the use of PowerPoint. Various ways to use PowerPoint in the area of health can be accessed and downloaded. Select PowerPoint-based activities that support learning objectives, that are easy to assemble, that accommodate the technology capabilities of their school/institution and that encourage students’ interaction with the learning materials. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on September 9, 2006 at 4:42 a.m..
A Visual Guide to Human Dissection Medical school at Jefferson Medical College begins with a 12-week course titled "Human Form and Development," which consists of Human Anatomy and Embryology lectures and Human Anatomy lab. With just under 200 structures to be identified during the first week of anatomy lab, adjustment to medical school can be overwhelming. Jefferson students, working with a faculty supervisor and AISR media and instructional specialists, have created a series of dissection videos as an educational support resource to help students learn anatomy. Eight areas were completed in 2005, as part of Jefferso From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on September 9, 2006 at 4:42 a.m..
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