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Geek and Gadgets Set Cross-US Speed Record 805
Brikus writes "And you thought your car had gadgets. In this story from Wired magazine, we hear about Alex Roy and his quest to break the record time for a cross-USA road trip. One of the biggest roadblocks to breaking the record: highway patrol officers, about 31,000 along the way. So Roy decked out his E39 BMW M5 with a thermal camera, radar/laser detectors, GPS devices, police scanners, and other high-tech gadgets and toys."
'30 Year Laptop Battery' is Unscientific Myth 322
An anonymous reader wrote to mention the wonderful news: "A research group funded by U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory is developing a battery which can provide continuous power to your laptop for 30 years! Betavoltaic power cells are constructed from semiconductors and use radioisotopes as the energy source..." Except, not so much. ZDNet's Mixed Signals blog with Rupert Goodwins explains why (as always) if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is: "The sort of atomic structures that generate power when bombarded with high energy electrons are the sort that tend to fall apart when bombarded with high energy electrons. While solar cells have the same problem, it's to a much lesser extent. There's a lot of research into making materials that don't suffer so much, but it remains a serious issue ... while it's true that a tritium-powered battery will eventually turn into an inert, safe lump of nothing much, and while it's also true that a modest amount of shielding will keep the radioactivity within the the battery the while, there's the small problem that if you break the battery during its life the nasties come out."
Daniel Lyons of Forbes Admits Being Snowed by SCO 403
certain death writes "Daniel Lyons of Forbes Magazine has admitted to being snowed by SCO, regarding their lawsuit over Linux and SCO code. He specifically mentions Groklaw's role in the case, and regrets his early articles giving the company the benefit of the doubt. 'I still thought it would be foolish to predict how this lawsuit (or any lawsuit) would play out. I even wrote an article called "Revenge of the Nerds," which poked fun at the pack of amateur sleuths who were following the case on a Web site called Groklaw and who claimed to know for sure that SCO was going to lose. Turns out those amateur sleuths were right. Now some of them are writing to me asking how I'd like my crow cooked, and where I'd like it delivered. Others in that highly partisan crowd have suggested that I wanted SCO to win, and even that I was paid off by SCO or Microsoft. Of course that's not true. I've told these folks it's not true. Hasn't stopped them. The truth, as is often the case, is far less exciting than the conspiracy theorists would like to believe. It is simply this: I got it wrong. The nerds got it right.'"
Submission + - VBA to AppleScript Transition Guide
raque writes: "http://www.mactech.com/vba-transition-guide/
MacTech wants the world to know that they've written a transition guide for VBA to Applescript. And they're giving me goodies to tell you. A free personalized copy. How do you personalize something like this anyway?? Have it say "You! YES You! Stand Still and click this!!"
MacTech wants the world to know that they've written a transition guide for VBA to Applescript. And they're giving me goodies to tell you. A free personalized copy. How do you personalize something like this anyway?? Have it say "You! YES You! Stand Still and click this!!"
Bookmark VBA to AppleScript Transition Guide (mactech.com)
OSX To Feature Portable User Accounts? 245
eldavojohn writes "A new patent filed by Apple is causing speculation that OSX is soon to receive a new feature. From the article: '[the patent states] that the user account may be stored alongside general data storage or "other functionality". All of which seems to suggest that at some time soon we may be able to load our user accounts onto an iPod, hard drive or USB keydrive and take them wherever we go.'"
Journal Journal: iTunes Music Store is pretty cool
For a first version, the iTunes music store is pretty cool.
- 200,000 songs on day 1
- Songs from 5 lables (other services may have more songs, but from fewer labels)
- Windows support coming
- International support coming
- AAC is not a proprietary format, it's part of MPEG 4.
That's not to say that there's no room for improvement, but you have to release your new products sometime. They can't be in development forever.
