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Comment On another note (Score 2, Funny) 555

by lumenistan (#31417378) Attached to: Making Sense of CPU and GPU Model Numbers?
Like many of you, I haven't built a box in a while because what I have now still works fine and my needs haven't grown enough to deal with the hassle of getting current with the newest tech. While reading this discussion I happened to revisit Pricewatch, just to see what their offerings look like and see how much stuff costs and so forth. This led to this very uh... interesting discovery. When the hell did THIS happen?

I believe this adds a whole new dimension to the compatibility and benchmark question...
Software

The Final Release of Apache HTTP Server 1.3 104

Posted by timothy from the people-of-earth-you're-on-your-own dept.
Kyle Hamilton writes "The Apache Software Foundation and the Apache HTTP Server Project are pleased to announce the release of version 1.3.42 of the Apache HTTP Server ('Apache'). This release is intended as the final release of version 1.3 of the Apache HTTP Server, which has reached end of life status There will be no more full releases of Apache HTTP Server 1.3. However, critical security updates may be made available."
Google

Google Toolbar Tracks Your Browsing, Even When Off 118

Posted by CmdrTaco from the yeah-that-was-like-a-bug-or-something dept.
garg0yle writes "Google's Toolbar is supposed to allow the user to disable it. However, it was discovered by a researcher that it was still sending information even when disabled. A patch is now available, and Google claims this was just a bug, not a feature."
Cellphones

Motorola Takes Android To China, With Or Without Google 42

Posted by timothy from the alternative-paths dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Google's spat with China could affect Motorola as it vies to crawl back into the mobile market, but recent partnerships will allow it to pursue the Chinese mobile market alone. Circumventing the fallout, Motorola on Thursday introduced its own Android app store for China and a deal with Baidu, the leading search provider in China."

Submission + - Survey links health insurance affordability and us (bizjournals.com)

Submitted by lumenistan
lumenistan writes: A 2009 Employer Health Benefits Survey, released Sept. 15 by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research & Educational Trust, found that family health insurance premiums rose about 5 percent in 2009. What's interesting is what one might infer from the average family total premium: n00bz should pay an amount that makes it clear they're not 133t and are not worthy.
Communications

Speculating On the Far Future of Cellphones 220

Posted by timothy from the how-about-just-better-coverage? dept.
Trio writes "What will cellphones look like in in future? silicon.com explores five future characteristics that could shape tomorrow's phones — from a wearable prototype such as MIT's SixthSense device which projects mobile data into the user's world, to a mobile that mixes the real and the virtual by using holographic telepresence. So far, so futuristic, but one question remains: will there be enough spectrum to support all this wireless communication?"

Comment Very effective in at least one area (Score 4, Funny) 295

by lumenistan (#29138525) Attached to: A Video Ad, In a Paper Magazine
The fools at the Academy for the Slightly Evil laughed at me when I introduced my doctoral dissertation proposal last month, but now look, the winds are shifting in my favor! This is going to go far to aid my goal of getting as many batteries as possible into the landfills that service Los Angeles and New York.

1. Average Joe gets/reads/disposes of newspaper
2. Batteries get dumped along with newspaper
3. ???
4. Profit!

Looks like I WILL get my D.Ev after all!
Displays

A Video Ad, In a Paper Magazine 295

Posted by timothy from the who'dathunkit dept.
lee1 writes "The first-ever video advertisement will be published in a traditional paper magazine — Entertainment Weekly — in September. The video will be displayed on slim-line screens around the size of a mobile phone display and will have rechargeable batteries. The associated chip can hold up to 40 minutes of video, and uses technology similar to that used in singing greeting cards, playing the movie when the page is turned. The first clips will preview CBS shows and advertise Pepsi, but they will only be distributed in Los Angeles and New York. Imagine the fun hacking possibilities."
Education

Parents Baffled By Science Questions 656

Posted by samzenpus from the don't-get-smart-with-me dept.
Pickens writes "The BBC reports that four out of five parents living in the UK have been stumped by a science question posed by their children with the top three most-asked questions: 'Where do babies come from?', 'What makes a rainbow?' and 'Why is the sky blue?'. The survey was carried out to mark the launch of a new website by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills called Science: So what? So everything."

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