Comment Oh no's (Score 2) 338
This is going to be really bad for biodiversity.
Submission + - Windows Phone 7 Marketplace possibly hacked (neowin.net)
broggyr writes: "Seems it didn't take long to hack the Windows Phone 7 marketplace..."
Submission + - Most New Phones in Europe Will Charge with USB
Hugh Pickens writes: "Dvice reports that as of next year, almost every new cellphone in Europe will have to be able to charge via micro-USB as the result of a voluntary plan agreed to by a whole host of cellphone manufacturers back in 2009, including most of the big names like Apple, Nokia, Qualcomm, RIM, LG, Motorola, and Samsung making more than 90% of the smartphones sold in the European Union. "Charger standardization is great for consumers, because we won't have to keep buying new chargers at ridiculous markups, and it's great for the environment, because we won't have to keep throwing those same chargers away whenever we get a new phone," writes Evan Ackerman. It's also worth noting that one of the first companies to agree to this standard was Apple, who has a history of making everything as proprietary as possible so maybe there will be a micro-USB on the iPhone 5."
Comment Bad news for the West (Score 1) 97
a model under development, is about the size of a large duck and has flapping wings
Any army with robotic Ducks of Death, is guaranteed to win!
Comment Why is it always Apple? (Score 1) 97
You would hope he at least did a Google search for tablet pc before choosing iPads. It seams that been first to market is the key these days.
Comment News really? (Score 1) 96
How is Microsoft not fixing a vulnerability news? I say let the Windows users rot in their crapware infested systems!
Comment I can't be the only one who wants to know... (Score 2, Insightful) 13
...did the croc make it?
The Bomb Squad Olympiad Starts Today 43
The bomb suit relay and the robot obstacle course are just two of the events you can enjoy at the Bomb Squad Olympiad. Over the next three days squads from across South Carolina will compete and showcase their bomb defusing capabilities for the public. I hear the deep fried dynamite is especially good.
Comment Well it was a good thing for me (Score 1) 551
This is why I started using Ubuntu and have never looked back.
Submission + - Pacific Vortex to become habitable island? 4
thefickler writes: The Pacific Ocean trash dump is twice the size of Texas, or the size of Spain combined with France. The Pacific Vortex as it is sometimes called, is made up of four million tons of Plastic. Now there's a proposal to turn this dump into "Recycled Island". The Netherlands Architecture Fund has provided the grant money for the project, and the WHIM architecture firm is conducting the research and design of Recycled Island. One of the three major aims of the project is to clean up the floating trash by recycling it on site. Two, the project would create new land for sustainable habitation complete with its own food sources and energy sources. Lastly, Recycled Island is to be a sea worthy island. While at the moment the project is still more or less a pipe dream, it's great that someone is trying to work out what to do with one of humanity's most bizarre environmental slip ups.
Comment Re:It has to be said: (Score 1) 16
Or a trifle.
Comment I hope not (Score 1) 56
Am I the only one who likes number 1? And what is patentable about the wall mount??
Comment Re:Much more primitive than we expect (Score 1) 648
Make sure the reality-show side has an easily-used airlock, so they can get rid of people they don't like, and encourage them to use it.
Why divert from the format? Weekly evictions and the reality tv guys probably wouldn't think twice.
Submission + - Scientific American covers Psychedelic Science (scientificamerican.com)
djabbour writes: Psychedelics are making a modern resurgence. The largest MAPS conference ever was just held last weekend, and the press coverage has been fantastic. Scientific American said, "At a conference last weekend, researchers reported positive results on the effectiveness of MDMA in relieving PTSD and talked about psilocybin in reducing stress in late-stage cancer patients." As one of the attendees, it's clear to me that we're closer than ever to psychedelics being prescribable and available at every pharmacy. MAPS has passed through stage 2 clinical trials, and isn't far from that reality...
Submission + - More evidence for Steam games on Linux
SheeEttin writes: "Back in November 2008, Phoronix reported that Linux libraries appeared in the Left 4 Dead demo (also on Slashdot), and then in March, Valve announced that Steam and the Source engine were coming to Mac OS X
Now, Phoronix reports that launcher scripts included with the (closed beta) Mac version of Steam include explicit support for launching a Linux version."
Now, Phoronix reports that launcher scripts included with the (closed beta) Mac version of Steam include explicit support for launching a Linux version."
