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Bender Forms Group to Promote OLPC's Sugar UI

jeremytoday — Fri, 16 May 2008 16:45:47 EDT

Former One Laptop Per Child President of software and content Walter Bender has launched Sugar Labs, an organization that will promote the development of the open-source user interface originally developed for the XO laptop.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Sugar Labs interface Sugar open source XO OLPC Linux UI

Record audio with the MSP430 microcontroller pt. 3

jeremytoday — Fri, 16 May 2008 16:34:31 EDT

In the first few segments I developed a digital audio recorder prototype that plays raw audio files from an SD card. This time we finish up the introductory segments by recording audio to the SD card.

Channel: Do-It-Yourself Tags: audio recorder microcontroller SD MSP430 part 3 diy electronics video audio record

AT&T reverses one-iPhone policy

jeremytoday — Fri, 16 May 2008 15:12:48 EDT

Just one day after instituting a policy of one iPhone sale per customer, AT&T said Thursday that it has ended the policy both on its Web site and in its retail stores. Customers will now be able to buy three iPhones per person, a limit that the carrier enacted when the device first went on sale almost a year ago.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: iPhone ATT Apple 3G

U.S. helps China with satellite data on quake

jeremytoday — Fri, 16 May 2008 13:55:15 EDT

The United States has provided China with satellite images of earthquake-stricken areas, and will provide two planeloads of relief for quake victims this weekend, the State Department said on Friday.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: United States China satellite satellite images earthquake

13 Geeky Baked Goods

Wil — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:37:50 EDT

From classic geek memes like "All your base..." to Mario Brothers and Tetris and robots, here are thirteen cakes, cookies and snacks that geeks will love.

Channel: Food Tags: Geeks Cupcakes Science Fiction Robots Mario Brothers Cookies Awesome

Fifty Years of DARPA: A Surprising History

jeremytoday — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:26:59 EDT

From the Internet to GPS, DARPA's Biggest Successes and Greatest Failures

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: DARPA research 50 President Eisenhower history

France's Orange signs new iPhone deal with Apple

jeremytoday — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:12:59 EDT

French wireless operator Orange said Friday it has signed a deal with Apple Inc. to sell its iPhone in the Middle East, Africa and several European countries.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Orange Apple iPhone

The New Homeless

Neophile — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:12:10 EDT

Economic hard times are forcing Americans to move out of their homes and into their cars.

Channel: Money Tags: homeless poverty economy middle class

Mono offers open-source spin on Silverlight

jeremytoday — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:03:07 EDT

The Novell-led Mono project this week made the first, though incomplete, public release of Moonlight, an open-source implementation of Microsoft's Silverlight, a browser plug-in that competes with products such as Adobe Flash, Adobe Flex, Adobe Shockwave, JavaFX, and Apple QuickTime.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Silverlight Moonlight Microsoft Novell codec

Cable sees opportunities in digital television

Ousama — Fri, 16 May 2008 11:58:46 EDT

NEW YORK (Reuters)-The U.S.cable television industry is feeling more confident going into this year's Cable Show in New Orleans,with the transition to digital television expected to pay dividends for cable operators.By February of next year,the U.S.government will require the 18 million to 22 million homes that get their television entertainment

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: U.S. cable TV digital TV

A baseball cap that reads your mind

Ousama — Fri, 16 May 2008 11:43:11 EDT

It looks like an ordinary baseball cap. But when you put it on, the cap detects and analyzes the electroencephalogram (EEG) signals from your brain. It can even tell you if you're getting too sleepy when driving based on your brain wave patterns. Similar technology could also allow you to control home electronics such as TVs, computers,

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: baseball cap mind

Rocketman flies over Alps with jet-pack strapped to his back

TheVisionary — Fri, 16 May 2008 10:16:06 EDT

Yves Rossy likes to jump out of a small plane with a pair of jet-powered wings on his back and loop the loop above the Swiss Alps. The self-built contraption took the former fighter pilot five years to build and perfect - and yesterday he gave it its maiden flight.

Channel: News Tags: cool iron man rocketman alps flying

Clinton: It'd be 'terrible mistake' to pick McCain over Obama

expursuit — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:02:16 EDT

(CNN) -- Hillary Clinton on Wednesday reiterated her vow to stay in the Democratic presidential race, but she said it would be a "terrible mistake" for her supporters to vote for John McCain over Barack Obama.

Channel: Politics Tags: Hillary Clinton Barack Obama John McCain President

Indictment Handed Down in Megan Meier "MySpace Suicide" Case

TechnologyExpert — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:59:16 EDT

You probably remember the Megan Meier case, in which a teenage girl committed suicide after a MySpace romance went bad. The romance itself and the boy involved were in fact fictional, perpetrated as a vindictive prank by the mother of a former friend who lived down the street.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Megan Meier Myspace Suicide Indictment

'$100 laptop' embraces Windows XP

jeremytoday — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:25:07 EDT

Microsoft has joined forces with the developers of the "$100 laptop" to make Windows available on the machines.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: OLPC Windows XP Microsoft XO Linux XP Windows

Google gathers 3D data with Street View

jeremytoday — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:09:57 EDT

Google confirmed today it's gathering 3D data along with the photographs it takes for its online Street View service, a potential boon for those of us who fantasize about flying like Superman through urban landscapes, at least virtually.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Google Street View lasers 3D Google Street View

New bin Laden message coming on Israel: monitor

TechnologyExpert — Thu, 15 May 2008 18:46:50 EDT

A pending new message from al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has been announced on Islamist message boards and addresses the 60th anniversary of the state of Israel, an Internet terrorism monitor said on Thursday.

Channel: News Tags: Israel Bin Laden MEssage

California Supreme Court approves gay marriage

SonOfTheMask — Thu, 15 May 2008 13:31:03 EDT

SAN FRANCISCO -- The California Supreme Court ruled today that same-sex couples should be permitted to marry, rejecting state marriage laws as discriminatory.

Channel: Gay & Lesbian Tags: Gay Marriage California

The Hum of Summer

jeremytoday — Thu, 15 May 2008 13:05:38 EDT

IT'S time to go outside, take a deep breath of fresh air, and . . . mow.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: mower lawn electric gas lawn tractors robot

Yahoo lets websites customize how searches work

Ousama — Thu, 15 May 2008 12:29:06 EDT

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc has introduced a software development tool that lets outside parties create customized views of Yahoo Web search results, the company said on Thursday.Making good on one piece of a strategy to open up its core network services, Yahoo said it was offering SearchMonkey, a technology that lets website owners display

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Yahoo websites customize search

OpenTable Adds User-Created Restaurant Reviews

sarah — Thu, 15 May 2008 12:26:54 EDT

OpenTable, the online reservations service, is now allowing users to write reviews of restaurants...

Channel: Food Tags: opentable dining out restaurants reservations user reviews

AT&T limits iPhone, one per customer

Ousama — Thu, 15 May 2008 12:24:23 EDT

San Francisco - Apple's U.S. network partner AT&T is now limiting iPhone sales to one unit per customer. despatched an internal memo to its retail staff to AppleInsider reports the company impose the new limit, conceivable designed to stretch out available stock pending release of the new version iPhone."Effective May 14, 2008,customers

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: AT T limits iPhone

Thunderbird 3 fledges with first alpha release

jeremytoday — Thu, 15 May 2008 11:55:32 EDT

Mozilla Messaging announced today the first official alpha release of the next generation Thunderbird e-mail application. Although this release offers some improvements over its predecessor, it isn't intended for production use yet. We tested some of the new functionality to see how it is shaping up.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Mozilla alpha Thunderbird Thunderbird 3 email Mozilla Messaging open source

Phone-wallets still years away

jeremytoday — Thu, 15 May 2008 11:42:55 EDT

The new technology which enables small payments from mobile phones by just flashing the handset is likely to reach masses only around 2012, when one phone from five sold will be equipped with the technology.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: phone wallet 2012 mobile phones Nokia card scan wireless payment

Reversing trend, cable modems win over DSL

jeremytoday — Thu, 15 May 2008 11:34:38 EDT

Cable companies attracted more Internet subscribers than phone companies did in the first quarter, reversing a 3 1/2-year trend, according to a research report Thursday.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Cable DSL broadband report subscribers

WiMax vs. Long Term Evolution: Let the battle begin

jeremytoday — Thu, 15 May 2008 11:28:30 EDT

A long-term battle is brewing between two emerging high-speed wireless technologies, WiMax and Long Term Evolution (LTE). Each would more than quadruple existing wireless wide-area access speeds for users.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: WiMax Long Term Evolution GSM wireless LTE carriers competition standard 700MHz

Study: Cox, Comcast Internet subscribers blocked

Ousama — Thu, 15 May 2008 11:26:23 EDT

(AP) Cox Communications appears to be interfering with file-sharing by its Internet subscribers in the same manner that has landed Comcast Corp. in hot water with regulators, according to research obtained by The Associated Press.A study based on the participation of 8,175 Internet users around the world found conclusive signs of blocked file-shari

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Cox Comcast I nternet subscribers blocked

The Original Illustrated Catalog Of ACME Products

TweekerchickQC — Thu, 15 May 2008 10:34:22 EDT

For the first time ever, information and pictures of all ACME products, specialty divisions, and services featured in Warner Bros. cartoons (made by the original studio from 1935 to 1964) are gathered here, in one convenient catalog. For more information about any ACME product, simply click on the thumbnail picture.

Channel: Humor Tags: humor looney toons acme catalog

CBS to buy CNET Networks for $1.8 Billion

freagair — Thu, 15 May 2008 08:18:23 EDT

CBS has agreed to acquire CNET Networks in a deal valued at $1.8 billion, the companies said Thursday. The acquisition will make CBS one of the 10 most popular Internet companies in the United States,

Channel: Money Tags: cnet cbs billion urloid znet

Ask.com acquires Dictionary.com, other references

MyWayOnNow — Thu, 15 May 2008 08:00:49 EDT

Besides Dictionary.com, Ask is picking up Thesaurus.com and Reference.com in its acquisition of Lexico Publishing Group LLC. Terms of the deal, set to be announced Thursday, aren't being disclosed.

Channel: Money Tags: ask dictionary internet search engine business

Research links common chemicals to obesity

bibbicletus — Thu, 15 May 2008 02:53:45 EDT

GENEVA (Reuters) - Exposure in the womb to common chemicals used to make everything from plastic bottles to pizza box liners may program a person to become obese later in life, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.

Channel: News Tags:

Other states give bears 2nd chances,but not Nebraska

Debbie — Wed, 14 May 2008 22:22:54 EDT

A day after state officials shot a young bear in northwest Nebraska, a Game and Parks official said killing an animal is never the first choice in dealing with a potentially dangerous animal. But Jeff Hoffman believed it was the right thing to do in the case of the bear that wandered through Harrison on Monday.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: Bear Killing Bears Wildlife Nebraska

Comcast to Buy Plaxo for Social Networking

jeremytoday — Wed, 14 May 2008 22:21:24 EDT

Comcast will acquire social-networking company Plaxo to power upcoming community features on its TV, broadband data and phone services.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Plaxo Comcast social networking cable

Swiss man soars above Alps with jet-powered wing

idyll — Wed, 14 May 2008 22:00:30 EDT

A Swiss pilot strapped on a jet-powered wing and leaped from a plane Wednesday for the first public demonstration of the homemade device, turning figure eights and soaring high above the Alps.

Channel: News Tags: jet powered wing switzerland

Nation's food system is collapsing

pamcak3 — Wed, 14 May 2008 21:27:02 EDT

As nearly 12 million cattle nationwide are being readied for slaughter this year to satisfy America's passion for beef, new questions have arisen about the safety of the nation's meat supply and the agency that oversees it.

Channel: Food Tags: USA United States food system failure questionable food USDA

Where The Web Is Weak

idyll — Wed, 14 May 2008 21:16:53 EDT

Tolstoy wrote that happy families are all alike, while every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. Something like the opposite might be said for Web sites. Many of the Web's millions of insecure pages can be hacked with just one or two tricks. But patching the bugs in each of those vulnerable sites requires a unique solution.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: web secuity

Los Angeles in a stew over taco trucks

sarah — Wed, 14 May 2008 20:51:55 EDT

Swarmed around Leo's Taco truck on Eagle Rock Boulevard, about 50 night patrons are stuffing their cheeks with carne asada tacos Ã;Â¢Ã¢â;;Â¬" and chewing over one of this city's big controversies: taco trucks.

Channel: Food Tags: restaurants tacos los angeles LA taco trucks

Charter to Spy on Customers' Web Histories for Ad Networks

Wil — Wed, 14 May 2008 20:36:16 EDT

Charter Communications, one of the nation's largest ISPs, plans to begin eavesdropping on customers' web surfing activity, to help web advertisers deliver targeted ads.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Phorm Charter Spyware Tracking ISP Internet Advertising Intrusive Advertising

Indiana Jones Eats Chocolate Cereal Before Raiding Temples

sarah — Wed, 14 May 2008 19:35:57 EDT

the latest in cinematic marketing on the breakfast aisle: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull cereal, or repackaged Cocoa Puffs with marshmallow blobs.

Channel: Food Tags: breakfast cereal indiana jones kids

GM still uses XP, and is considering "bypassing Vista"

TheAttacks — Wed, 14 May 2008 19:31:09 EDT

General Motors (GM), the world's fourth largest company in terms of revenue, might be going down a path that would make Microsoft very unhappy. According to an interview between BusinessWeek and GM's Chief Systems & Technology Officer Fred Killeen, the company may choose to wait for the next version of Windows.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: general motors gm windows windows vista microsoft