Kelson - Slashdot User

Submission + - Releasing the Chromium OS open source project (blogspot.com)

Submitted by Kelson on Thursday November 19, 2009 @03:15PM

Kelson writes: Google has released the source to what will eventually become Chrome OS, and will begin developing it as an open source project like Chromium. The OS differs from the usual computing model by (1) making all apps web apps (2) sandboxing everything and (3) removing anything unnecessary, to focus on speed.

Submission + - SANS: The Top Cyber Security Risks (sans.org)

Submitted by Kelson on Tuesday September 15, 2009 @12:17PM

Kelson writes: Operating systems are becoming less and less of a problem, as attackers focus on client applications like Adobe Reader, QuickTime, and so forth.

Submission + - Bringing the 80s Back: Super Powers 25th (onceuponageek.com)

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Kelson

on Tuesday August 25, 2009 @12:52PM

Kelson writes: "In 1984, Kenner launched the Super Powers line of DC super-hero action figures. The toys were tied to the Super Friends cartoon, and each had an action: If you squeezed Superman's legs, he would throw a punch. If you squeezed the Flash's arms, he would run. Each figure also came with a 16-page minicomic starring the character and others from the toy line. Today, fourteen websites join together in celebrating this landmark toy line."

Submission + - How to Make a Golden-Age Flash Helmet (speedforce.org)

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Kelson

on Thursday August 06, 2009 @03:45AM

Kelson writes: "Most people these days know the Flash as that super-fast guy in a red suit. (Or else they confuse him with Flash Gordon.) But back in the 1940s, the Flash wore a costume based on classical depictions of the Roman god Mercury, complete with a winged helmet and boots. Winged helmets, of course, aren't exactly easy to track down, so here's how to make one if you ever feel the need for speed."

Submission + - Browser-sniffing websites force Opera 10 to spoof (opera.com) 1

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Kelson

on Wednesday May 27, 2009 @06:08PM

Kelson writes: "As the first major web browser to reach a double-digit version, Opera has been testing out alpha releases of version 10 for months now. One of the early problems they encountered was bad browser detection scripts that only looked at the first digit of a version number, concluding that Opera 10 was actually Opera 1, and therefore too old to handle modern web pages. After extensive testing, they've concluded that the best way to work around this is to pretend to be Version 9.80. It'll be some time before Firefox or Safari runs into this issue, but with Internet Explorer 8 in wide release, you have to wonder what Microsoft will do when they get to IE 10."

Submission + - Kindle DX: A Digital Comics Platform? (speedforce.org)

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Kelson

on Wednesday May 06, 2009 @01:17PM

Kelson writes: "Amazon's new Kindle DX has a screen size comparable to a typical manga page, and the device itself is about the size of a typical trade paperback. It's black and white, but it could easily handle print-formatted comics without chopping them into individual panels or zooming and panning. Imagine 30 years of Spider-Man or Justice League of America in the space of the latest trade."

Submission + - Google Mows (with) Goats (blogspot.com)

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Kelson

on Friday May 01, 2009 @01:38PM

Kelson writes: "Google's Mountain View headquarters has fields that need to be kept clear of fire hazards. This year instead of mowing them, they took a low-carbon approach: they hired a herd of goats to eat the grass for a week. "It costs us about the same as mowing, and goats are a lot cuter to watch than lawn mowers.""

Submission + - Opera Web Browser Celebrates 15th Birthday (opera.com)

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Kelson

on Tuesday April 28, 2009 @12:25PM

Kelson writes: "Fifteen years ago, two computer scientists sat at their desks in a research lab in what is today Telenor, Norway's telecommunications incumbent, itching to begin a new project. They were going to build their own Web browser. Those first keystrokes would become Opera, the browser that has set — and continues to set — the standard for browser innovation. Today, about 40 million people use Opera on their Windows, Mac and Linux computers."

Submission + - Amazonfail: How Metadata and Sex Broke the Amazon (infotoday.com)

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Kelson

on Monday April 20, 2009 @03:12PM

Kelson writes: "Information Today analyzes last week's #AmazonFail, and how it involved books, metadata, sex, search results, traditionally disenfranchised groups, a possible hacker, the Kindle, the absence of institutional response, and the emergence of Twitter for sharing information very quickly on a massive scale."

Submission + - Comic Sans, Font of Ill Will (wsj.com)

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Kelson

on Friday April 17, 2009 @02:02PM

Kelson writes: "the Wall Street Journal profiles Vincent Connare, designer of the web's most-hated font, Comic Sans. Not surprisingly, the font's origins go back to Microsoft Bob, where he saw a talking dog speaking in Times New Roman. Connare pulled out Watchmen and The Dark Knight Returns for reference, and created the comic book-style font over the next week."

Submission + - Apple patent claim threatens to block or delay W3C (opera.com)

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Kelson

on Tuesday April 07, 2009 @12:38PM

Kelson writes: "The W3C Widget specification is running into a problem: Apple claims a patent on automatic updates and is unwilling to license it royalty-free in the event that it impacts the spec. The W3C is investigating to determine whether the spec includes anything covered by the patent, and decide what to do."

Submission + - iPhones 50% of US smartphone traffic? Not Exactly (opera.com)

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Kelson

on Friday April 03, 2009 @08:32PM

Kelson writes: "Much was made over AdMob's statistics showing that the iPhone makes up 50% of web traffic from US smartphones...but it turns out that these stats are skewed by a large ad presence in iPhone apps (which do not appear on any other phone) and on iPhone-specific websites. The result is not unlike polling for soft drink preferences in the Coca-Cola break room."

Submission + - DC Comics Brings Back 80s Icon (speedforce.org)

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Kelson

on Wednesday April 01, 2009 @11:54AM

Kelson writes: "No, not the Flash — Based on pre-release buzz for the return of Barry Allen, who died in 1986's Crisis on Infinite Earths, DC Comics has decided to bring back Vibe, a character from the 1980s Justice League series who became the first Leaguer to die in battle with the team — way back in 1987. The "Rebirth" team of Geoff Johns and Ethan Van Sciver return once more, picking up on Vibe: Rebirth as soon as they finish Flash: Rebirth. The first issue of the Flash miniseries hits stores today."

Submission + - How Much Would You Pay for Digital Comics? (newsarama.com) 1

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Kelson

on Thursday March 26, 2009 @03:02PM

Kelson writes: "Newsarama wants to know how much readers would be willing to pay for digital comic books. $0.99 like iTunes? Subscription models? Is free the only viable price point? Or does it depend on the target format — small screen, desktop, or tablet?"

Submission + - Site Compatibility and IE8 (msdn.com)

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Kelson

on Friday March 13, 2009 @05:21PM

Kelson writes: "As the release of Internet Explorer 8 approaches, Microsoft's IE Team has published a list of differences between IE7 and IE8, and how to fix code so that it will work on both. Most of the page focuses on IE8 Standards mode, but it also turns out that IE7 compatibility mode isn't quite the same as IE7 itself."

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