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Mozilla

Submission + - Firefox Memory Hogging Is Due to Fragmentation (pavlov.net)

Submitted by A beautiful mind
A beautiful mind writes: It has been long claimed by users that Firefox leaks memory, and on the other hand the developers claimed the number of leaks are minimal. It turns out both groups were right. Stuart Parmenter, one of the authors of the RAMBack extension started investigating and found out that the issue is memory fragmentation. He discovered that while loading about:blank uses 12,589,696 bytes of memory in the test he performed (image), after exercising Firefox with different websites and then clearing the caches with the help of the RAMBack extension the picture is wholly different: "Our heap is now 29,999,872 bytes! 16,118,072 of that is used (up 4,634,208 bytes from before... which caches am I forgetting to clear?). The rest, a whopping 13,881,800 bytes, is in free blocks!"
Nintendo

Submission + - Altoids DS Game Case

Submitted by
Callum
Callum writes: "Its a Sunday and exams are coming up, its the perfect time to cut and stick some pokemon cards into an altoids tin, no?
My old DS Games holder reached it limit so I made my own, it holds 10 games, a stylus, and has room for a cloth.
http://callum.dlpwd.co.uk/?p=137"
The Media

Submission + - UK charme offensive to extend copyright protection

Submitted by
benesch
benesch writes: "An ageing UK star lineup tries to charm parliament into exending copyright protection of their songs: "Sir Paul McCartney and Sir Cliff Richard are among the artists who will see the current 50-year limit on their early sound recordings expire soon. The House of Commons culture committee said people had a "moral right" to keep control of their creations while alive. The copyright term for sound recordings should be extended to at least 70 years, the committee recommended. That would allow ageing performers to continue to benefit from their early recordings throughout their lifetimes.""
PC Games (Games)

Submission + - Games and Storytelling White Paper

Submitted by
Corvus Elrod
Corvus Elrod writes: "PJ's Attic has published a white paper titled Games and Storytelling. The white paper describes a storytelling model which our studio developed as a foundation for our game design. While the model was designed to be inclusive of video games and new media, it also can be used to describe traditional storytelling media such as folkloric oral traditions, music, literature and film. The model's development was influenced by the writing of Umberto Eco and Marshal McLuhan, improvisational theater techniques, game design principles and over twenty years experience in designing participatory storytelling experiences. The paper is available as a free download at PJ's Attic. Direct Download: Link PJ's Attic Publications Page: Link"
Software

Submission + - A Better Open Source Webmail?

Submitted by
CandyMan
CandyMan writes: "Recently I have been forced to go back to a certain open source webmail (name withheld to protect the touchy), and I can't say I would recommend it to anyone. For emergencies maybe, but not for daily use. Lightning-quick full-text indexing and Javascript UI tricks in Gmail and Yahoo! mail have spoilt me forever, and I guess that most webmail users out there would feel the same. Old-style html-only webmail applications just don't cut it anymore. Which is your favourite webmail client? Is it a bare-bones html-only application, or does it have a fancier interface?"
Linux Business

Submission + - dell installs ubuntu, sells windows

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: the fact: dell said they will install ubuntu on their desktops, to give a coiche to the costumers.
real fact: dell still sells you windows, but they just delete it and install ubuntu, or just delete everything. thats right, you still give money to microsoft: dell is basically saying "since we don't know if you will install a pirated copy of windows, we still sell you windows (xp), but we don't give you the licence, since you don't want it" ... O_o

just try asking them what price difference is there between a notebook with windows and the very same notebook without anything.

-sorry, the article i linked below is in italian, and i couldn't find the translation...
http://gizmo2.dyndns.org/?p=29#comment-27
Businesses

13-Year-Old CEO Steals the Show At TiECON 259

Posted by kdawson
An anonymous reader tells us about a 13-year old Silicon Valley CEO with a plan to change the way kids learn chemistry. Yesterday he stole the show at TiECON 2007, the big entrepreneur conference held in Santa Clara, CA. VentureBeat has the story and a video interview. The company's VP of sales is the CEO's sister. She's 11. They're looking for $100K to ramp up production and distribution.
Wii

Submission + - OpenWii 2.2 now supports DVD

Submitted by
crkian
crkian writes: "The people responsible for the open-source Wii mod OpenWii have announced the release of OpenWii v2.2, which includes a DVD upgrade. Those who love the Wii and find the DVD format handy for their archival purposes are probably rejoicing right now. Anyhow, before you go on a DVD spree, they do note that you must still use the setup disk to set the region. Triforce, a member of the OpenWii forums notes that he's tested the new release on a D2A/DMS USA Wii. Here are the results: Wii Originals: Yes Wii Backups: Yes Wii Imports: Not Tested Wii Imports Backups: Not Tested Gamecube Originals: Yes Gamecube Backups 8cm: Not Tested Gamecube Imports: Yes Gamecube Backup Imports 8cm: Not Tested Gamecube Imports Backup 12cm: No http://wampago.com/2007/05/20/openwii-22-now-suppo rts-dvd/"
Patents

Submission + - SCO Delisted

Submitted by Technician
Technician writes: I have been following the fall of SCO stock. When I checked their stock tonight I found the anouncement of the delisting instead of a chart. http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=SCOX "SCOX has failed to meet NASDAQ Capital Market continued listing requirement(s)."
Hardware Hacking

Submission + - Girl Puts Computer Parts In Stuffed Beaver

Submitted by
ErikInterlude
ErikInterlude writes: "First off, here's the link.

It's a slideshow demonstrating how an enterprising young lady acquired a stuffed beaver, hollowed it out, and placed all necessary parts inside to make it a computer. It's even got a DVD drive coming out of its belly!

I had no idea beavers were big enough to store all that hardware..."
Microsoft

Submission + - Microsoft: Popfly is not a Yahoo or Google ripoff

Submitted by thefickler
thefickler writes: Microsoft's new Popfly service, which the company describes as an easy way to build and share mashups, gadgets, Web pages, and applications, is now officially in alpha release. While comparisons have been made between Popfly and some of the other Web 2.0 gadget/mashup services from companies such as Yahoo and Google, Microsoft has made it clear that Popfly is what the company has been all about since the day it launched BASIC for the Altair 8080.

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