Contracts in Iraq spend over 50% on overhead A report by a federal oversight agency provides the first official estimate that in some cases, more money is being spent on things like housing and feeding employees, completing paperwork and providing security than on actual construction. The highest proportions of overhead were found to be incurred by Halliburton. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..
I am not a number! Well, the most used bar code, based on the Universal Product Code (UPC) standard, first appeared in 1974 on a pack of Wrigley's chewing gum in Ohio. - However, isn't RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) going to replace bar codes? From digg on October 25, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..
Adult Swim's Metalocalypse Band Featured in Guitar Hero II DethKlok, the fictional band in Adult Swim's Metalocalypse, have a song in the upcoming Guitar Hero II. The song, "Thunderhorse," will be an unlockable track "along with some other secret music from other bands," according to the official DethKlok MySpace page. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..
Jack Thompson NOT going to jail, but... According to Niero, who was at the scene of more Thompson drama, the judge has removed himself from the case, because he feels that “I’ll let Thompson be someone else’s problem.”But the courtroom was heated, at one point 4 police officers were summoned because Thompson was repeatedly holding up a giant posterboard sign that was angering the judge From digg on October 25, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..
Parkinson Foundation Debunks Limbaugh’s False Smears on Michael J. Fox The Parkinson Foundation just might know more than Rush. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..
Local Realism, Loopholes, and the God Delusion The recent discussion of reviews of The God Delusion has been interesting and remarkably civil, and I am grateful to the participants for both of those facts. In thinking a bit more about this, I thought of a good and relatively non-controversial analogy to explain the point I've been trying to make about the reviews. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..
Capcom gets their hands dirty with porn site If you were to look on the game box for Capcom's Killer 7, you may notice the "official" URL to the game's website. In reality, if you type the address into your web browser (hopefully FireFox) you'll end up at a hardcore porn site. Whoops, bad slip-up Capcom! From digg on October 25, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..
YouTube version of 'Saw 3' announcement by Lion's Gate Lion's Gate has done this on MySpace as well From digg on October 25, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..
Review: Firefox 2.0 is a solid improvement Not to be outdone by the debut of Internet Explorer 7 last week, the Mozilla team has released Firefox 2.0 with a minor makeover, a few new features, and a number of enhancements to existing features. It's not a drastic change from the 1.5 series, but Firefox 2.0 bring enough improvements to make the upgrade worthwhile. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..
AMD Planning Combined Processor-Graphics Chip Aiming to leapfrog archrival Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices will deliver a wide range of merged x86 CPUs with on-board graphics accelerators starting in late 2008. The Fusion chips aim to increase performance-per-Watt for applications such as 3D graphics, digital media and technical computing. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..
New Gears of War Ad Doesn't show much, instead going for the emotional response, which I think it achieves. Man, I can't wait to get this game. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..
Dell to launch sub-$500 AMD laptop next month Digitimes is reporting that contract manufacturers in Asia have confirmed that 500,000 notebooks with AMD Turion processors will be available through Dell beginning next month. Dell, always known for low prices, will try to win over the value crowd with a sub-$500, 15-inch laptop. A 17-inch model will follow next year. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..
Gears of War Ad Hits Xbox Live Marketplace! "Exclusive “Gears of War” commercial that will run in Cinema and on TV. This gripping ad was produced entirely in game engine. Emergence Day is imminent!" Available Free only to Gold Members in 480p and 720p. After watching the ad All I can say is............... From digg on October 25, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..
The Secret World Of Domainers A look at the world of "Domainer", people who make huge money on buying, selling and developing domain names. Find out how they do it. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..
Outside.In -- Great Geotagging Google Mash-up After you locate yourself on a map, real-time blog posts, reviews, and news relevant to that area appear. Drag the map and the content changes. The system draws from a wide variety of placeblogs, user-contributed links, and tagged neighborhood data. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..
News Map This global map mashup allows users to select a continent or location, and click to get the links to current news headlines for that continent, country or major city. From Recent Items on October 25, 2006 at 9:31 p.m..
Phosphor FPS This is one of the first FPS's to come to internet gaming- complete with total 3d control and multiplayer! From digg on October 25, 2006 at 8:31 p.m..
This is the coolest thing ever - 6 minutes, but just kept getting better!! Another amazing creation from small town America. Check this out - should be seen by every Physics student. The best example of a chain reaction using multiple materials, not just the standard domino. VERY COOL!! From digg on October 25, 2006 at 8:31 p.m..
New Wii Browser/Channel shots Some pictures showing the Wii browser, Wii Play and Wii Sports. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 8:31 p.m..
Intel P965 Showdown - Abit vs. GIGABYTE Gigabyte's GA-965P-DQ6 and Abit's AB9 Pro are both aimed squarely at the enthusiast crowd. Companies with wildly different pasts are now vying for the same piece of the enthusiast pie. Gigabyte coming from the high-end with the DQ6, packed with features galore, Abit coming from the budget segment with the AB9 Pro, a no-nonsense overclocker. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 8:31 p.m..
US online brokers hit by pump and dump fraud Hackers in Eastern Europe and Asia have been infiltrating customer accounts at US online brokers and making unauthorised trades to artificially inflate the price of some stocks. The 'pump and dump' fraud has reportedly cost E*Trade at least $18 million in the third quarter alone. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 8:31 p.m..
Hamburger: $0.12; car: $600; house: $9,000 What if the money supply had been fixed since 1959 and the economy remained on a steady growth path? An economist crunches the numbers and find price heaven. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 8:31 p.m..
SC: 25/10 WinAMP has 'Highly Critical' vulnerability - upgrade to 5.31 now The security company Secunia is reporting a vulnerability in the popular media playing program 'WinAMP'; the vulnerabilities are reported in versions 2.666 through 5.3.; the new version 5.31 is reported secure and should be downloaded and installed immediately if you use WinAMP The flaw can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system ... From MCS Safe Computing Bulletins on October 25, 2006 at 8:31 p.m..
HOW TO make a secret bookshelf door "We were running out of shelf space in our back room, so I thought it'd be a fun project to build a shelf unit. It took about a month longer than I had planned and significantly more money (you can never have too many power tools...) but we were really happy with the end result." From digg on October 25, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..
Michael Moore vs. Bill O'Reilly Pt. 2of 2 Moore says he would give his life to track down the bad guys in Afghanistan From digg on October 25, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..
A "Napster Moment" for TV Downloads The "Tape it off the Internet" project is currently in the final stages of the closed Beta program. TIOTI might very well be a realistic representation of what the future of TV will look like. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..
Prisoner dilemma and the evolution of cooperation The prisoner dilemma is one of the oldest mathematical games in the book. This game is being studied because it can be used to draw parallels between simple mathematical models and social networking, economics, and other group behavior in the the human and animal worlds. Can the prisoner dilemma explain how Digg works? From digg on October 25, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..
Big broadcasters want to control more media outlets Major broadcasters let the FCC know this week that they want the agency to relax or remove most of its media ownership rules. They claim that this would be good for customers, but four academic studies and one FCC Commissioner aren't so sure. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..
Voice Recognition Software Beats Fastest Text Messenger Ben Cook's fingers flurried so fast you couldn't see what he was doing until he had done it. But when the cell-phone screens cleared, the world's fastest text messenger was handed his first head-to-head defeat Tuesday: a voice-recognition computer had bested his record time on a complicated 27-word message. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 6:31 p.m..
13 Greatest Horror Movies. Ever! Frightening list! From digg on October 25, 2006 at 6:31 p.m..
List of Homer Simpson's Jobs A list of every job Homer Simpson has ever taken. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 6:31 p.m..
Firefox 2.0 Tweak Guide This guide refers to the latest official version of Mozilla Firefox Version 2.0. The guide is designed specifically for those running Firefox on Windows XP, however most of the tweaks in this guide apply to Firefox on other platforms. Make sure to check back regularly for updates. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 6:31 p.m..
Toddler gets stuck in vending machine! Three-year-old Robert Moore went fishing for a stuffed replica of Sponge Bob and ended up trapped in a vending machine. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 6:31 p.m..
Video: FOX's John Gibson warns if Dems win, insurgents win The increase in violence in Iraq is an effort by insurgents to defeat Republicans and put Democrats in control of Congress, warns John Gibson of FOX News. Gibson says, "If Democrats who hate Bush and who hate the war in Iraq win, the insurgents win. I'm sorry but it's true. America will set a date to get out and Jihad will have carried the day." From digg on October 25, 2006 at 6:31 p.m..
Local Businesses Pimping MySpace Local businesses are having success by promoting on MySpace.com via setting up MySpace profiles. Seems that bars, clothing shops, coffee shops and gift stores in the area are focusing highly on establishing popular MySpace profiles and connecting with users in their local areas. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 6:31 p.m..
Meditation Has a Measurable Effect on Alertness Meditation is often credited with helping people feel more focused and energetic, but are the benefits measurable? When researchers tested the alertness of volunteers, they found that the practice proved more effective than naps, exercise or caffeine. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 6:31 p.m..
Web 3.0 "...My assignment in Monaco was to lead a panel in defining Web 3.0--this when people are struggling to get their heads around Web 2.0. I wouldn't say we emerged from the session with a clear picture of this third generation..." From digg on October 25, 2006 at 6:31 p.m..
Best Buy Employees May be Forbidden to Purchase PS3s "Don't have a PS3 pre-order? Launch is gonna suck. If only, if only you worked at Best Buy, then you could take home consoles by the truckload. Right? Nope, not according to one insider who claims that Best Buy is attempting to lock all staff out from getting a console." From digg on October 25, 2006 at 6:31 p.m..
File search (free music) "Pop in a search term - like "death cab" - and a file type - like "audio" - and Briefli searches open directories all over the web as well as Amazon for links to download or buy music, all Ajaxy-like..." - via lifehacker From digg on October 25, 2006 at 6:31 p.m..
PS3 Out of the Box And Undressed If you like ogling hardcore Sony hardware, well, IGN's got you covered. The site received its PS3, unwrapped it (slowly) and snapped photos of the goodies. What did the site's freebie box contain? A USB cord, an AV cable, a LAN cable and what looks like a complimentary HDMI cable. And that's weeks before consumers get a crack at the console. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 6:31 p.m..
U.S. military's blocking of liberal websites getting worse A soldier on his third tour of Iraq writes, "Every non-conservative politics website has been blocked. They don’t have a reason to block it but they do, just in time for mid-term elections. Liberal sites are blocked. Conservative site are not. They have taken away many of the freedoms that we are supposedly fighting for." From digg on October 25, 2006 at 6:31 p.m..
How To Make a Great Cup of Coffee Think you know how to make a great cup of coffee? Think again. It's all about the best beans, a careful roast and optimal brewing. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 6:31 p.m..
The Best Ad the Democrats Have Had In Years If this gets seen by enough people, the Dems may just win this...Nothing is more powerful than your opponents words to make your case. Glad they borrowed this tactic from the GOP. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
NYT: Science Image: The Periodic Table Gets a Full-Body Makeover "Nearly 140 years after the periodic table was introduced, new elements are still being discovered, including one just last week. Numerous redesigns of the table have been proposed. But none have gained the popularity of the traditional table." Image also has a comparison of traditional table vs. some of the proposed spiral versions. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
Boobkini - The Invisible Bikini The japanese have invented what just may be the greatest invention of all time. A waterproof adhesive bikini that actually looks like the real deal. Coming to a beach near you! From digg on October 25, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
Hilarious Dane Cook Impression Making fun of Dane Cook's style of comedy and joke structures.Good stuff. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
A Huge List of Dumb and Horrible Things That Happened Around The World Example:'A man in Taormina, Italy was hospitalized after swallowing 46 teaspoons, 2 cigarette lighters, and a pair of salad tongs. 'Or: 'Iraqi terrorist, Khay Rahnajet, didn't pay enough postage on a letter bomb. It came back with "return to sender" stamped on it. Forgetting it was the bomb, he opened it and was blown to bits. ' From digg on October 25, 2006 at 5:31 p.m..
Why Sony had to kill Lik-Sang - the PS3 publicity An interesting discussion on why Sony had to put Lik-Sang out of business - the negative publicity that would otherwise be generated for the PS3. The system is likely to be flakey and Lik-Sang won't have a full warranty, lining Sony up for even more criticism in the EU countries it has spurned for launch. An cool take on the situation. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 5:31 p.m..
Study Defines RFID System Capacity, Sets Performance Metrics for Gen2 Proto Engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas have developed a novel mathematical model that describes how radio-frequency-identification (RFID) readers capture tag data on a single inquiry From digg on October 25, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
John Locke = Luke Skywalker ''Lost'' theories: EW's Jeff Jensen explains why John Locke = Luke Skywalker. Plus: He peeks inside the polar bear's cave, and gets hints from Carlton Cuse From digg on October 25, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
Your bookmarks aren't lost, they're just hiding. Some digg members have reported losing their bookmarks after installing Firefox 2. We took this report seriously and worked with some users experiencing the problem. We have steps to reproduce the issue, and have some easy steps users can take to make their bookmarks appear again, without having to restore them from a back-up. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
Ubunt Edgy Eft out tomorrow- How to prepare for and execute your upgrade Ubuntu’s Edgy Eft (6.10) is out tomorrow, provided no last minute changes to the release schedule. If you’re planning to upgrade from 6.06 to 6.10, then here are a few steps you may want to take before you preform the upgrade and then a quick guide to upgrading. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
The Enron Case Drags On Skilling is sentenced and Lay's conviction is thrown out, but the legal battles are far from over From digg on October 25, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
ACLU v. Gonzales: An eight-year struggle over Internet censorship The Child Online Protection Act (COPA) is once again being examined in court as the legal controversy surrounding the Internet censorship law continues. Originally passed by Congress and signed into law by President Clinton in 1998, COPA institutes fines of $50,000 per day and up to six months of imprisonment for commercial entities From digg on October 25, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
Top 10 Apple Innovations With the 5th Anniversary of the iPod upon us, we’re seeing lots of posts from various blogs (including our own) about the revolution that was (and is) the iPod. It’s one of Apple’s greatest innovations…but is it their greatest? I started thinking about that a few weeks ago, and have been researching it ever since. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
Europe Warns China on Trade Practices At least the EU gets it. While the U.S.does nothing to stem a growing trade deficit with China. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
Hidden Costs of Vista Upgrade Coupon Microsoft today announced its Express Upgrade to Windows Vista program. It provides a coupon--if you buy a PC from a participating vendor from October 26, 2006 through March 15, 2007--that will allow a buyer to upgrade a Windows XP PC to Windows Vista when it becomes available next year. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
Top Firefox 2 config tweaks Lifehacker dives deep into the bowels of Firefox's config settings with a handful of my favorite Firefox 2 (and older) tweaks. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
'Apple didn't need NeXT' - Woz Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak doesn’t believe that Apple should have bought NeXT, the company that provided the foundation for Mac OS X. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
Test your reflexes with Marvin Spectrum! title says it all. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
Hint of Apple iPhone? Motorolla's 2nd Gen Touchscreen Rokr; Drops iTunes The phone will get a touchscreen that is substantially larger and will house controls such as the dial pad. Physical control buttons include main call accept/hang-up, access of media files, a function to access the main menu and a central track point that looks much more like an Ipod control than the rather complicated track point in the first Rokr From digg on October 25, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
50-inch Apple monitor in early 2007 Now that the "when are MacBook Pros going Core 2 Duo" question is solved, let's move on to an even larger rumor: a 50-inch Apple monitor. A source tells someone's cousin who told her guitar instructor that a monitor refresh is coming in 2007, most likely being tied to Apple's iTV. Why sell just the computer, the router, and the video streamer w From digg on October 25, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
In U.K. town, it's fingerprint before you drink. Town council says biometric program has contributed to a drop in alcohol-related crime. A biometric project that scans drinkers' thumbprints before they enter a pub has helped cut alcohol-related crime in the South Somerset town of Yeovil, England. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
Grammar Perfectionist Claims, "Punctuation is Dying" Truman Capote said once, of Jack Kerouac, "That's not writing, it's typing". It's becoming clear he may have a valid point. Online publications are becoming a whole different medium ("Netspeak"?) to writing; part speech, part writing. Punctuation, online at least, is dying. The question he asks, "Do people care?" From digg on October 25, 2006 at 3:31 p.m..
Chuck Norris: Evolution Is ‘Not Real. It Is Not The Way We Got Here’ Now, the right-wing website World Net Daily has given Chuck Norris a regular weekly column. In his first column, he takes on an “alleged” Chuck Norris fact: From digg on October 25, 2006 at 3:31 p.m..
A first look at Gaim 2.0 The Gaim team released beta4 last week, with a number of new features and UI improvements. Gaim 2.0 is shaping up as a net improvement over Gaim 1.5, though some features have not changed for the better, and voice support for Google Talk is still missing in action. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 3:31 p.m..
Borat's Press Conference on Kazakhstan National Television Borat Sagdiyev's press conference in Washington, DC where Borat talks about his thoughts on improving the United States of America. This press conference was shown live on Kazakhstan National Television. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 3:31 p.m..
How to create a business layout In this tutorial, you will learn step by step how to create a web layout with Adobe Photoshop. Really amazing and useful for web design beginners! From digg on October 25, 2006 at 3:31 p.m..
iTV 11 years old!?!? Not sure if many of you know this or not. Apple's "new" iTV is 11 years old!Apple in 1995, released an amazing product that was called the "Apple Interactive Television Box" It was designed to stream content into a television. This product looks awfully familiar to something Steve (11 years later) invented and called the iTV. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..
Apple adds 750GB hard drive option to 24-inch iMac, Mac Pro Apple is now offering a 750GB hard drive option in the 24" iMac and the Mac Pro. The massive drive isn't available in any other iMac (they still cap out 500GB), but with 4 available bays in the Mac Pro, they can now be configured with 3 terabytes of storage straight out the gate. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..
OSx86 10.4.8 Cracked....Legally? "The world of 'OSx86' gets more interesting every day. Kernel hacker semthex has found a way to build a 100% legal 10.4.8 kernel for OS X which runs on everyday PCs." Now with GUI! From digg on October 25, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..
Blatant Facebook Rip-Off Gets Acquired It was announced today that China’s leading college social networking site has been acquired for an undisclosed sum. That sounds reasonable, since the Chinese social networking space is growing fast. But I was shocked to load up the site and see that it’s an exact clone of Facebook. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..
Amazon.com Refuses to Provide Search Details As expected, online retailer Amazon.com Inc. has objected to providing details about its book search feature to rival Google Inc., which says it needs them to fight copyright infringement allegations from a group of authors and book publishers. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..
Photos: April 2006; World's Largest Aircraft (C5-B) Crash Lands 1 Million Lbs. of Plane Plowed the Soil At Over 200 MPH. The C5-B, at more than 6 stories tall & nearly the length of a football field, is one of the world's largest aircraft. It's big enough to carry tanks, helicopters & trucks. "We don't know why there wasn't a fire." -- U.S. Air Force - From digg on October 25, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..
How NOT to die... The Dumbest Deaths in Recorded History. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..
Girl Addicted To Sex - A True Story (Documentary not Porn) A shocking interview with a female model from the UK who is addicted to sex. Lucky for her she's kinda hot. Nudity (15 min) From digg on October 25, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..
Taliban attacks up 300% - War on Terror is a Complete Failure U.S. military officials tell ABC News cross-border attacks by the Taliban are up "300 percent" since President Musharraf declared a "truce" with tribal leaders in the troubled Northern Waziristan region that borders Afghanistan. U.S. military officials say militants are openly ignoring the truce's requirement that they lay down down their weapons. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..
Classic Original: Microsoft Windows 1.0 video Now that you watch it seems so funny. Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer sells Windows 1.0 in this video from 1985. Write, Calendar, a Clock, and Reversi! From digg on October 25, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..
Killing brain tumors from within: A 'Trojan horse' approach A new method for targeting malignant brain tumors through inducing the cancerous cells to "commit suicide" has been developed by a team of researchers headed by a Hebrew University of Jerusalem professor of biochemistry. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..
Vista kernel fix 'worse than useless' Microsoft has modified Windows Vista to prevent a high-profile exploit demonstrated at security conferences this summer but the fix creates as many problems as it solves, according to the security researcher who identified the original problem. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..
Intense Competition Hurts Profits At Intel And AMD 2006 has been the year of the price war between rivals AMD and Intel. Naysayers claim that neither company wanted to do that, mainly because no one ever wins a price war. That may be true, but as the most recent financial results from these two companies show, that doesn't mean you can stop the shooting. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..
VIDEO: Michael J. Fox Responds To Limbaugh Smear On Monday, Rush Limbaugh accused actor Michael J. Fox of faking symptoms of Parkinson’s disease in advertisements supporting stem cell research. Limbaugh said Fox was “exaggerating the effects of the disease. He’s moving all around and shaking and it’s purely an act." Yesterday in Illinois, Fox responded to Limbaugh’s smear. Watch it: From digg on October 25, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..
PS3 and Nintendo Wii Launch Day Camp-Out Guide ....some folks just can’t stand to be away from the action. After all, launch days are kinda like the Olympics they only come around once every four years... From digg on October 25, 2006 at 1:31 p.m..
Man Smokes Pipe Through His Eyes! Scientifically speaking, the tear ducts connect the throat through a passage. But who cares about the science of this, just sit back for the next 30 seconds and watch a man smoke a pipe through his eyes. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 1:31 p.m..
AMD Completes Acquisition of ATI Ahead Of Schedule AMD announced the completion of its $5.4 billion acquisition of ATI. Combining the complementary strengths of the two technology leaders, the new AMD opens for business as a processing powerhouse. With 15,000 employees, the company merges AMD's technology in microprocessors together with ATI's in graphics, chipsets and CE devices. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 1:31 p.m..
CLOCK!!! The coolest clock/calendar you will ever see! From digg on October 25, 2006 at 1:31 p.m..
Use your own domain with your WordPress.com hosted blog It’s here: you can now use your own custom domain with your WordPress.com blog. For example, if your blog was currently at example.wordpress.com you could buy example.com from WordPress and they will automatically move your blog over and redirect all your links and readers to the new domain. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 1:31 p.m..
Sweet. Bananas To Fuel Methane Plant With a grant of almost $200,000 AUD just awarded by the Sustainable Industries Division of the Queensland Environmental Protection Agency, it's 'all systems go' to build a pilot plant in the town of Tully. This test unit will service a 400 acre banana plantation. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 12:32 p.m..
Hacking contactless credit cards made easy US security researchers have demonstrated how easy it might be for crooks to read sensitive personal information from RFID-based credit and debit cards. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 12:32 p.m..
Open source VoIP calling is finally a reality A bunch of strongly motivated and skilled open source developers (W. Dittman, F. Pouzols, M. De Boer amongst others) created a fully secure, free VoIP stack ready to be used in applications. Will secure communication apps pop up like mushrooms now? From digg on October 25, 2006 at 12:32 p.m..
Hackers penetrate online brokers Customer accounts at online brokers including ETrade Financial Corp. and TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. have been infiltrated by computer hackers in one of the biggest cases of identity theft to strike the U.S. securities industry. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 12:32 p.m..
The 30 Products and Services We Miss Most Time and technology march on, but not without a few tears shed by our editors in memory of their favorite products and services of times past. Sure, we love our high-powered computers; our wireless networks; and our always-on, anytime/anywhere Internet access--but we also remember the good old days of DOS and diskettes and, later, the dot-com/dot-b From digg on October 25, 2006 at 12:32 p.m..
...And so the Election Fraud begins! U.S. Senate Democratic candidate James Webb's last name has been cut off on part of the electronic ballot used by voters in Alexandria, Falls Church and Charlottesville because of "a computer glitch". Error Cannot Be Fixed by Nov. 7. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 12:32 p.m..
Speaker Hastert Unexpectedly Testifies Over Page Scandal (Picture) Video cameras unexpectedly caught Hastert entering the ethics committee meeting on the page scandal. It was not previously known that he would be testifying. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 12:31 p.m..
Mark Shuttleworth: We need to make Ubuntu prettier If we want the world to embrace free software, we have to make it beautiful. I’m not talking about inner beauty, not elegance, not ideological purity… pure, unadulterated, raw, visceral, lustful, shallow, skin deep beauty. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..
MacBook (PRODUCT) RED already in production? Color me crazy, but the MacBook in this music video looks a lot like it could be one of those (PRODUCT) RED MacBooks that have been rumored before. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..
Wii Launch Guide From IGN Tired of tracking down videos, FAQs, and photos to send to those new to the Wii? IGN has put it all together in their own launch guide, with links, feature breakdowns, and specs. All the facts you need on one page, without all the rumors to confuse people. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..
Fox News Let Press Secretary Snow Peddle False Stock Market Stats Fox News' Neil Cavuto did not challenge Tony Snow's false claim that "since the president cut taxes in 2003, the Dow Jones is up 60 percent. The Nasdaq is up 80 percent." But even under the most favorable criteria, Snow's statistics are plainly wrong. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..
Trogdor burninates his way into Guitar Hero II's bonus tracks! A good majority of you out there right now are probably flipping out and calling “shenanigans” on the above statement. However, it appears to be all true. Trogdor the Burninator of Homestar Runner fame has now found his catchy theme song from his respective “Strong Bad e-mail” episode that sparked an internet craze in Guitar Hero II. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..
Police Video of Civil Protests "The right of the people peaceably to assemble" has been infringed, again and again. This video, recorded by the police (and distributed by their victims), provides some insight into how they think, who they target, and why. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..
The world's most sophisticated Trojan uncovered Botnet software installs its own anti-virus engine. Security experts have discovered new spambot software that installs its own anti-virus scanner to eliminate competition, alongside a number of other sophisticated features. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 10:30 a.m..
NFL Owners OK two games per year outside USA Two NFL regular-season games will be played each year outside the United States in Mexico, Canada and Europe, starting in 2007. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 10:30 a.m..
iPhone and iTV will add 3rd and 4th 'Cylinder' to Apple's Growth Engine The upcoming iTV will add the living room as a fourth driver to the growth engine, according to the analyst, providing integrated operability between iTunes media content and televisions. "Both the iPhone and the iTV represent initiatives that could add iPod-like growth to the Apple story." From digg on October 25, 2006 at 10:30 a.m..
Snoop Dogg Caught with 'Dangerous Weapon' on Flight Snoop Dogg may be charged with carrying a weapon after authorities found a 21-inch collapsible baton in his bags at California's John Wayne International Airport as he was about to board a New York-bound flight. The rapper said the baton, which was in his laptop case, was a prop for a movie he was filming in New York. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 10:30 a.m..
Apple Will Define the Future of the Consumer Technology Industry Apple is on a path to become the Sony of the Digital World. The key difference is Sony could never string together their different businesses to feed one another and Apple is making that their operating model. Let's examine the pieces Apple has... From digg on October 25, 2006 at 10:30 a.m..
Sending baby to the shrink: Infant psychotherapy getting popular Therapists are increasingly moving their treatments from the couch to the crib. While the field of infant mental health, which encompasses the study of children from birth through age three, has been around for decades, new research on everything from brain development to maternal depression is giving it a boost. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 10:30 a.m..
1976 Viking Mission May Have Missed Mars Life... "The Viking Mars mission may have missed signs of life when it visited the red planet 30 years ago, a new study suggests. If future missions are to set the record straight, the study's authors add, scientists may need to change the ways in which they search..." From digg on October 25, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..
Debugging make make and utilities like it are fundamental tools for streamlining the application build process. Learn the structure of the makefile, how to avoid common mistakes in its creation, and how to solve or work around portability issues and other problems as they crop up. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..
Yahoo Bookmarks Enters 21st Century. Yahoo is unveiling an entirely new Bookmarks product this evening at new.bookmarks.yahoo.com - new interface, new back-end, the works. A screencast created by Yahoo developer Tom Chi is here which gives an excellent overview of the service (Chi also created the background music for the screencast). From digg on October 25, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..
AMD & Intel Trim Processor Pricing Fall is here, and so are processor price cuts. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..
Make a robosheep for your shagging/amusement Very nice introduction to robotics. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 9:31 a.m..
Venezuela drops UN Security Council bid Venezuela has agreed to drop out of the hotly contested race for Latin America's open seat on the UN Security Council and asked Bolivia to run in its place, Bolivia's president, Evo Morales, said. Morales is one of Chavez' closest allies. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 9:31 a.m..
Hellraiser Puzzlebox Case Mod This Hellraiser casemod (complete with red-glowing embedded Pinhead) is stupendously badass. Even the mouse has heads embedded in it. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 9:31 a.m..
New Technology Turns Food Leftovers Into Electricity, Vehicle Fuels Starting today, tons of table scraps from the Bay Area's finest restaurants will be turned into clean, renewable energy at a new UC Davis research and technology demonstration facility. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 9:31 a.m..
Apple’s gift to travelers: Magsafe airline power adapter Tucked deep within the product pages for Apple's new Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro is mention of a new product that will make frequent flyers happy - the Magsafe Airline Power Adapter. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 8:32 a.m..
9rules Round 5 Opens! The submissions for 9rules are open again. Submit your site, there may be free hosting from Media Temple in it for you. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 8:32 a.m..
The Fountain Check out the trailer, then go in for the experience, Chapter One the Rebirth From digg on October 25, 2006 at 8:32 a.m..
Many follow U.S. example on detainees Manfred Nowak, the U.N. special investigator on torture, said that when he criticizes governments for their questionable treatment of detainees, they respond by telling him that if the United States does something, it must be all right. He would not name any countries except for Jordan. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 8:32 a.m..
Underwater sound breaks the surface Low frequency sound can travel almost unimpeded from water into air, claims a theoretical physicist in the US. The results are in stark contrast to the conventional view that the underwater world is largely silent to those above water and could have important implications for marine biology, climatology and geophysics From digg on October 25, 2006 at 8:32 a.m..
Telephone banking system recognizes your voice RSA Security has introduced a product that adds voice as a way for automated telephone banking services to identify users. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 8:32 a.m..
AllOfMP3's MusicForMasses DRM Cracked A software named MusicForMe strips out the DRM from any of the free MP3s downloaded from AllOfMP3. I tried and it works. Enjoy while you can. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 8:32 a.m..
Digg Users - Stop Double Posting In the span of 1 hour and 19 minutes there were 18 submitted stories about the release of the new Mac Book Pro. None of the 18 cited included any new commentary or speculation. They were just re-hashes of the same material. Culprits are named! This practice must stop! From digg on October 25, 2006 at 8:32 a.m..
IE7 ZEN Garden Zen Garden for IE7 oriented CSS web Designs From digg on October 25, 2006 at 7:32 a.m..
Interview with FeedBurner Most services these days seem to have one or two founders, but FeedBurner has four. How did you and the other three founders meet each other? How did the idea for FeedBurner develop, and why did you choose the name? From digg on October 25, 2006 at 7:32 a.m..
The Ultimate WGA Bypass - Bypass any WGA infested product. Using the following 8 steps you will be able to bypass ANY genuine advantage infested Microsoft product! Digg to spread the wealth of knowledge! (Originally seen in the Windows Defender story on digg in my comment) From digg on October 25, 2006 at 7:32 a.m..
Laptops Have No Right To Privacy At U.S. Borders Employers have a new worry--that business travelers' laptops, containing private corporate information, will be seized at customs and immigration checkpoints. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 7:32 a.m..
Drug raid in NM turns up classified Los Alamos documents A drug raid on a Los Alamos scientist's home in New Mexico turned up what appeared to be classified documents taken from the nuclear weapons lab. Police discovered the documents at the scientist's home while making an arrest in a methamphetamine investigation, according to an FBI official in Washington From digg on October 25, 2006 at 7:32 a.m..
How Bush Administration is Spinning the Course The latest rounds of spin from the Bush administration are really straining the credulity of the press corps and the public. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 7:32 a.m..
Is The World Better Off Because Of Iraq War? I would not bet against Iraq’s future. That country retains extraordinary attributes. To declare it dead and buried a meager three years after Saddam’s demise is, to me, premature folly. After all, would the recovery of Germany and Japan have been anticipated in 1948, three years after their surrender? Or the fate of Russia accurately assessed ... From digg on October 25, 2006 at 6:32 a.m..
The FOSS community makes new users feel welcome After being semi-comfortably ensconced in the world of Microsoft products since the days of Windows 3.0, I recently joined the growing ranks of people who realize the value in switching to open source software. What surprised me most about changing operating systems wasn't the myriad of different Linux distributions ... From digg on October 25, 2006 at 6:32 a.m..
Bugs Aren't Features I have no idea how they pulled this off. I think it probably has to do with their initial market being people who are perfectly happy to have broken products, because it gives them a chance to tinker around and find some hack to avoid the bug. But I bet the same thing happened with cars in the 1920's, and it didn't stick there-- From digg on October 25, 2006 at 6:32 a.m..
George Clooney's Footage from Sudan and Chad Nick and George Clooney capture interviews and footage from refugee camps in Sudan and Chad. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 6:32 a.m..
Subliminal Nude Pictures Focus Attention Nothing focuses the mind's eye like an erotic picture, according to the results of a new study. Even when such pictures were actively canceled out, subliminal images of female nudes helped heterosexual men find the orientation of a briefly shown abstract shape. Such nudity-driven focusing worked almost as well for women. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 6:32 a.m..
It's Cobain over Elvis as top-earning dead celeb Rock 'n' roll legend Elvis Presley ceded his crown to Nirvana lead singer Kurt Cobain on Forbes.com's list as the top-earning dead celebrity. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 6:32 a.m..
SC: 25/10 Sony VAIO laptops - Battery recall Sony has announced a recall of some 300,000 batteries fitted to its own-brand VAIO laptops ... From MCS Safe Computing Bulletins on October 25, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..
Firefox 2.0 Recommended Plug-ins Announced In anticipation of the imminent release of Firefox 2.0, Mozilla has relaunched its “recommended add-ons page” this afternoon. Out goes the old list of 11 recommendations and in comes a new list of 20. AdaptiveBlue's BlueOrganizer, StumleUpon, JaJah... From digg on October 25, 2006 at 5:32 a.m..
Who will buy Digg and how powerful is Digg ? Michael Arrington just gave the news about Digg being in recent acquisition discussions with a number of companies, including News Corp. This had to come for some time now, simply because of Digg’s inability to monetize the website and/or keep up with the bandwidth costs. They supposedly use 75 servers that do the work of what 25 servers should do From digg on October 25, 2006 at 5:32 a.m..
Old-age testosterone decline leads to falls, study says Lower testosterone levels were associated with increased fall risk generally, and men with the lowest testosterone levels had a 40 percent higher risk of falling than those with the highest levels. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 5:32 a.m..
MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo means great deals on yesterday's MBP Core Duo Here's a savvy shopper tip for those of you not impressed enough with the new Core 2 Duo MacBook Pros to pay full retail - visit Apple's refurb section [US store link] to save 22%-37% on the portables that were top of the line just yesterday. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 4:32 a.m..
Jack Bauer is Back - Web Only Trailer for "24" Launches at 3pm EST Today Jack was last seen, bound and tortured, on a ship headed for China. Although the new season doesn't begin until January, Fox has created a special extended, web-only trailer to taunt us all. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 4:32 a.m..
Presentation by Professor Paul Ramsden, Chief Executive, Higher Education Academy, UK Presentation title: 'Enhancing the student learning experience'. From EdNA Online on October 25, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..
Year Book Australia 2006: early childhood education This section from the Australian Bureau of Statistics Year Book Australia provides a description of early childhood education in Australia with statistical data on Indigenous enrolments from 2002. From EdNA Online on October 25, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..
Teen abuse DVD a sobering reminder of the dangers of the Net The emergence of a shocking DVD that allegedly contains evidence of abuse and acts of vandalism is a reminder of how important teaching internet safety is, and how parents must monitor the activities of children online. From EdNA Online on October 25, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..
Year Book Australia, 2006: education and training Chapter 10 - education and training from the ABS publication Year Book Australia. Included are sections on: government responsibilities in education, educational participation and attainment, expenditure and sections on each education sector. From EdNA Online on October 25, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..
Year Book Australia 2006: vocational education and training This section from the Australian Bureau of Statistics Year Book Australia provides a description of vocational education and training in Australia, with associated statistical data. From EdNA Online on October 25, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..
Year Book Australia 2006: primary and secondary education This section from the Australian Bureau of Statistics Year Book Australia provides a description of primary and secondary schooling in Australia, with statistical data on: schools, students and teaching staff; attendance; student/teacher ratios; retention rates and Indigenous students. From EdNA Online on October 25, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..
Alliance of Girls' Schools Annual Conference Opportunity for networking with colleagues who are Heads and senior staff of girls' schools and to be involved in presentations concerning; leadership in education mentoring, developing staff, innovation, communication; demographics - trends in girls' values, aims, educational needs, includes student voices, girls' involvement in education; knowledge management, sharing information, accessing and distributing information, learning communities, change management, using data to inform teaching and learning. From EdNA Online on October 25, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..
Year Book Australia 2006: adult and community education (ACE) This section from the Australian Bureau of Statistics Year Book Australia provides a description of adult and community education (ACE) in Australia, with associated student enrolment statistical data. From EdNA Online on October 25, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..
Year Book Australia 2006: higher education This section from the Australian Bureau of Statistics Year Book Australia provides a description of higher education in Australia, with associated staff and student enrolment statistical data. From EdNA Online on October 25, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..
New evidence of early horse domestication Soil from a Copper Age site in northern Kazakhstan has yielded new evidence for domesticated horses up to 5,600 years ago. The discovery, consisting of phosphorus-enriched soils inside what appear to be the remains of horse corrals beside pit houses, matches what would be expected from Earth once enriched by horse manure. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 3:32 a.m..
The Windows 3.1 Hotdog theme. Ahh.. the bad old days. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 3:32 a.m..
Best Buy Wii Section Design The Wii is looking like retailers favorite game system this holiday season. A countdown clock is included. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 3:32 a.m..
Hubble Yields Direct Proof of Stellar Sorting in a Globular Cluster! NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has provided astronomers with the best observational evidence to date that globular clusters sort out stars according to their mass, governed by a gravitational billiard ball game between stars. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 3:32 a.m..
Wal-mart selling PS3 for $299. Oh baby! The world's largest retailer, Wal-mart, just posted that they're selling PS3 for $299. It obviously has to be a mess up on their part, but it's pretty funny to see a huge corporation screw up something that big. I think every one would become a Sony fan if that were true. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 3:32 a.m..
Apple Patent: for a new speech recognition system....for iPhone? Being that the granted patent discusses the use of this system in relation to a user calling up a document, licence, memo and/or a producer’s agreement, it’s apparent that this patent could easily apply to a future iPhone. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 3:32 a.m..
Bill Gates' First Reaction to the iPod in 2001; Great iPod Article "Have you seen this yet?" I asked. Gates went into a zone that recalls those science fiction films where a space alien, confronted with a novel object, creates some sort of force tunnel between him and the object...Gates' fingers, racing at Nascar speed, played over the scroll wheel and pushed every button combination; "It's only for Macintosh?" From digg on October 25, 2006 at 3:32 a.m..
US emails troops on How to vote for GOP's Foley stand-in A State Department email to troops, provided soldiers from Florida's 16th district with instructions for how to vote for the Republican replacement for Congressman Mark Foley, but omitted other candidates. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 3:32 a.m..
Interview: Tangerine for Mac Tangerine for Mac just got released into Beta by Potionfactory last week. It's an app that anlyzes the BMP of your iTunes library in order to create customized playlists for working out. Here's an interview with Potionfactory about this awesome little piece of software. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..
NASA Seeks Volunteers to Spend 3 Weeks in Bed (It’s Tougher Than You Think) "NASA’s Johnson Space Center is conducting experiments on counteracting the effects of weightlessness. To simulate a zero-gravity environment, volunteers lie down for three weeks on beds with their feet about five inches higher than their heads. They do not get up: they eat propped on an elbow, use bedpans and shower lying down on" From digg on October 25, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..
Many cows, pigs and chickens will soon be living cushier lives. "Whole Foods Market is preparing to roll out a line of meat that will carry labels saying “animal compassionate,” indicating the animals were raised in a humane manner until they were slaughtered." Now I just want to know if my steak will taste better, because it was a happy steak. Mmmmmmnnnnnn From digg on October 25, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..
Ubuntu more popular than Mac....not quite There was an earlier digg about how ubuntu is crushing mac os on google trends, but who in the heck does a search for mac os? every time I do a mac related search, I just type in three simple letters: mac. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..
Digg in talks with News Corp about possible acquisition San Francisco-based startup Digg has been in recent acquisition discussions with a number of companies, including News Corp., according to multiple sources close to the negotiations. However, the company was unable to land an offer in the price range they’re looking for - at least $150 million - and will likely close a Series B round of financing i From digg on October 25, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..
Mystery surrounds Easynet 'robbery' Easynet suffered a large and embarrassing robbery earlier this week and is doing its best to keep what happened under wraps. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..
HOW TO - Make a "Roller-Bot" a robot made from a paint roller! "The Roller-Bot I© is a small dumb light activated robot built on a paint roller and can be activated by a flashlight." From digg on October 25, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..
Coins Don't Smell, You Do Scientists have sniffed out the reason for the musty, "metallic" odor you smell after handling money. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..
Why your next cell phone must be Dual-Mode A dual-mode phone is able to use both cellular Wi-Fi radio signal for communication. This technology is not quite ready yet, but it has huge implications for the future of mobile communication. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..
Microsoft: Windows Defender for Windows XP Released. Its not been officially announced but Its out of beta and has been released. Windows Defender is a free program that helps protect your computer against pop-ups, slow performance, and security threats caused by spyware and other unwanted software. It features Real-Time Protection, a monitoring system that recommends actions against spyware.. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..
Einstein's Twin Paradox But by 2018, NASA plans to send humans outside of that protective bubble to return to the moon and eventually travel to Mars. Astronauts on those missions could be exposed to cosmic rays for weeks or months at a time. Naturally, NASA is keen to find out whether or not the danger of "radiation aging" really exists, and if so, how to handle it. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..
Tony Snow Falsely Claims Bush Said ‘Stay The Course’ Only Eight Times White House Press Secretary Tony Snow today said “we went back and looked today and could only find eight times where he [Bush] ever used the phrase stay the course.” Apparently, the White House research team isn’t very good at “the Google.” He has actually used the term 30 times. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..
US Midterm Election Spending : $ 2.6 Billion & Rising "Candidates still in the running for House have raised on average about 760,000 dollars, while Senate candidates have raised 5.8 million dollars since 2001," Krumholz said of the study released exactly two weeks before Election Day. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..
Take 2 Interactive wants to send Jack Thompson to Jail. "He challenged us, he took us to court over our games, and we're going to find a way to teach him a lesson. We will stay within the confines of the law, but we want to see this man behind bars." From digg on October 25, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..
Nintendo Begins Large-Scale Wii Advertising in New York Times Square It has begun. Check out the giant 3-story ad that Nintendo has up in the Toys"R"Us located in Times Square that faces a busy intersection. A nice simple ad showing people having fun with Wii. Check comments for more. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 12:32 a.m..
Lik-Sang tells their side of the story It was just a few days ago that popular import gaming site, Lik-Sang, was rocked by a judge's ruling that it could no longer sell Sony's systems out of region. Now, Lik-Sang is giving their side of the story. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 12:32 a.m..
OpenGL 2.1 may double performance in Leopard A new implementation of the OpenGL industry-standard interface for developing portable, interactive 2D and 3D applications could offer as much as a twofold increase in performance when running under Apple's forthcoming Leopard operating system. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 12:32 a.m..
Washington Post: Rush Limbaugh accuses Michael J. Fox of faking Parkinson's Conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh today attacked actor Michael J. Fox for faking Parkinson's Disease in an attempt to garner support for stem cell research. "He is exaggerating the effects of the disease," Limbaugh told listeners today. "He's moving all around and shaking and it's purely an act." From digg on October 25, 2006 at 12:32 a.m..
CD Zapping Take one CD, Microwave at full power for 5 seconds, and place on top of tesla coil. Enjoy! From digg on October 25, 2006 at 12:31 a.m..
Grammy winner: Music can't be "stolen" Singer/songwriter Jeff Tweedy is part of the growing group of artists that understands that there's more to music than selling pieces of plastic, and suing your fans. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 12:31 a.m..
52% Believe Applications Deployments Will Fail When They Go Live The instant response at Vulture Central was "another statement of the blindingly obvious", which must be the result of our renowned levels of elevated cynicism, because according to Michael Allen, the company's global director of performance solutions, most people he'd talked to seemed quite shocked at the suggestion. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 12:31 a.m..
Transcend 4Gb Ultra Speed SDHC Card - Class 6 Transfer Rate For Digicams 4GB high-speed SD High Capacity (SDHC) Class 6 card. The SDHC is the new generation of SD cards (Version 2.0) that, formatted in FAT32, can reach up to an enormous 32GB capacity. Transcend's SDHC card (Class 6) features high data transfer speeds and can fulfill the high-capacity demand of the new SDHC devices such as Casio Exilim Z1000/Z600/S600... From digg on October 25, 2006 at 12:31 a.m..
Barenaked Ladies successfully stick it to the recording industry The Barenaked Ladies are offering their latest album, “Barenaked Ladies Are Me,” as a download from their website without digital rights management. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 12:31 a.m..
Who Supports The Troops? Democrats, As It Turns Out... The Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America took a look at 324 legislative votes in the last five years which affected American troops and veterans. Based on these votes, IAVA calculated which senators and congressmen had a history of supporting the troops, and which didn't, and graded them on a curve. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 12:31 a.m..
Lightning Volcano A lighning storm illuminated clouds in such a way as to make it look almost likea volcanic eruption. Moonlight helped capture the motion of the clouds duringthe time exposure to accentuate the look, Monument Peak, Payson, Arizona From digg on October 25, 2006 at 12:31 a.m..
I work for MS but even I struggle to get a hot-fix Obtaining a hot-fix from Microsoft is far from easy, even if you work for the software giant. That's what Microsoft Developer Solutions group manager Josh Ledgard discovered when he tried to obtain a software patch for Visual Studio 2005 to correct performance problems he was experiencing. From digg on October 25, 2006 at 12:31 a.m..
Video: Mitch Hedburg stand-up Almost 6 minute long clip of an older show(maybe late 80s). RIP Mitch From digg on October 25, 2006 at 12:31 a.m..
Cheney: Clinton could win the White House US Vice President Dick Cheney said that Democratic Senator Hillary Clinton could win the White House if she ran in 2008 and warned Republicans "nobody should underestimate her." "I think Hillary Clinton is a formidable candidate," Cheney told Fox television in an interview with just two weeks left before critical November 7 US legislative elections From digg on October 24, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
How To:Recover Data From a dead hard drive using ddrescue this is simple tutorial how to Recover Data From a dead hard drive using ddrescue From digg on October 24, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
'Jobs couldn't have done it without me' - Woz Steve Wozniak discusses who should take the credit for the success of Apple. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
Mac OS X Tiger Now Enhanced for Intel Core 2 Duo Mac OS X Tiger has been enhanced for the Intel Core 2 Duo processors as stated by Apple in today's MacBook Pro Press Release From digg on October 24, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
How to hack a marathon I'm going to give you a brief day-by-day rundown (pun intended!) of my marathon experience, highlighting where I went right and where I went wrong, to give you an idea of what tack you might want to take the weekend of your race. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
Chinese River Mysteriously Turns Red A half-mile section of China's Yellow River turned "red and smelly" after an unknown discharge was poured into it from a sewage pipe. A photo from the local paper showed a stretch of the river - a drinking water source for millions - that was rose-colored instead of the usual milky brown. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
How Much Should You Weigh? BMI calculators are in abdundance but this one, from the now revamped healthatoz.com, seems to be more on the money. It not only asks you your height, but also your frame size and gives you a simple way to determine your frame size. You'll probably be surprised at how much you should REALLY weigh... From digg on October 24, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
New AMAZING Direct Feed Crysis Trailer - Watch this now!!! A new Crysis direct feed, high resolution Crysis Trailer has surfaced. Shown is some amazing game footage with more of the most life-life graphics seen yet in a game. Watch this now! From digg on October 24, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
Battle ensues over 1998 anti-porn law targeting Internet Salon.com, Nerve.com and other plaintiffs backed by the American Civil Liberties Union are suing over the 1998 Child Online Protection Act. They believe the law could restrict legitimate material they publish online - exposing them to fines or even jail time. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
38th Australasian Science Education Research Association (ASERA) Conference The aim of this conference is to promote science education and science education research in all contexts and at all levels of education. From EdNA Online on October 24, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..
Parent Child 2006: Happy families? This conference from the National Family and Parenting Institute (UK) will focus on supporting parents, improving relationships, and strengthening families - what works, what we know, what we need to know. It will look at the broad range of services that support happy healthy relationships in families, and showcase a range of research, policy and practice issues relevant to improving the emotional well being of families, parents and children, in the UK and across the world. From EdNA Online on October 24, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..
Carrick Fellowships 2006 Announced The Carrick Fellowships have been recently announced. For further information visit the site. From EdNA Online on October 24, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..
e-learning: multiply your choices A national campaign has been launched to encourage 15 – 19 year olds to 'put the hard word' on education and training providers about having greater access to e-learning options. The edgy and vibrant campaign is designed to appeal to teenagers who are making higher education and training choices. From EdNA Online on October 24, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..
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