Comment Lots of intranet apps still stuck on IE6.0 (Score 2, Insightful) 476
I think Microsoft is going to find plenty of issues trying to roll this out in the US.
Comment Glucose anyone? (Score 2, Interesting) 1017
Given that glucose is what our bodies run on, I'd have to say no, sugar is NOT toxic to us. Is having too much sugar bad for you? Certainly. It's about balance. Too much of nearly anything (even water) is going to be bad for you.
Comment Can't be cold fusion yet... (Score 1, Funny) 815
"...the experiment provides a power gain of 12,400/400 = 31"
Well since the power gain was only 31, it can't possibly be cold fusion.
When they hit '42'....let me know....*goes back to sleep*
Comment Re:Fuel-Saving? (Score 1) 572
Current method of starting a car may indeed do so. (Mythbusters, find this out!)
The article mentions 'quickly restarting'.... might involve a different method for starting the vehicle.
Gosh, I'd hate to think what this would do to your car battery when stuck in NY/LA traffic or something....
Comment But it's already here!!! (Score 1) 121
"It won't be long before video from the Internet is always within reach — whether it's on a smart phone, a tablet computer or a high-end television in your living room."
Umm.... I thought video from the internet already was always within reach? I can get to video from the internet via my smartphone, iPad, AND TV already!!!
Comment Re:How about most mice/trackballs. (Score 1) 426
Logitech makes 'thumb marbles'...not trackballs... I don't care what they call 'em, not a single one of them are a full sized trackball.
Kensington's Expert Mouse trackball has always been ambidexterous and provides for switching the buttons in the drivers/companion software. Love these things. Have used 'em for well over a decade.
http://us.kensington.com/html/2200.html
In fact, -all- of kensington's trackballs are ambidexterous.
Comment Re:How Does the Same Company Make iPods and iTunes (Score 5, Insightful) 390
Or, more simply put:
The products Apple make are the closest thing to 'appliances' you can get in the computer world.
Most people look at PCs as appliances, like a toaster or a TV. That's why they get frustrated and confused when something doesn't work like it always did - like a toaster. Most people don't understand just how mind-bendingly complex a PC and its OS is and that it just takes one of a brazillion things to go wrong and think we look like jerks because we cannot articulate why it doesn't work anymore. Apple's computers and consumer electronics are all about simplifying the user experence. To do that, it has to be limited, consistent and work the same way every time; otherwise you get the support nightmare that Windows PCs have been for a very long time.
Some people are fine with that... others aren't. The whole 'choice' argument against apple is sort of a red herring really. Your choices are: Apple and their appliance model or PC's and their DIY model. Pick one.
Yes
Comment Re:"Negative Effects" (Score 5, Informative) 317
Perhaps you should get your shocks replaced....
Comment WebOS can run CPU's other than ARM (Score 1) 170
No, they wouldn't have to go with ARM. WebOS is linux based, they'd just need to recompile the kernel and libraries, and include whatever drivers are needed for the slate hardware. Oh, and a boot loader, I guess. None of that takes long to do tho - Hell, they might have already done it.
In fact, the webOS sdk runs on a virtual x86 cpu with virtualbox. It's just a cross-compile of the kernel and libs with hardware drivers for the VirtualBox hardware.
Comment Re:Arrgh (Score 2, Funny) 911
Apparently Apple's 'technology' has become sufficiently advanced to have become 'magic' to us mere mortals.
Submission + - SETI Inst Announces Availability of Telescope Data (prnewswire.com)
An anonymous reader writes: The SETI Institute, an interdisciplinary scientific organization that explores the nature of life throughout the universe, announced that starting today it will make large quantities of astronomical radio telescope data accessible to astronomers and other scientists as part of an effort to build a global community of searchers for evidence of extra-terrestrial intelligence. The radio telescope data will be made available through setiQuest
Submission + - Universities Ban iPads for wifi "malfunctions" (yahoo.com)
amitava writes: Some US universities, including Princeton, George Washington University has blocked a number of the new iPads for DHCP malfunction where the device stops renewing DHCP Lease and keeps using IP address.
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. Princeton University in New Jersey has blocked 20 percent of the iPads on campus because of "malfunctions that can affect the entire school's computer system."
In a report, Princeton said the iPad causes DHCP client malfunctions, which basically means the tablet causes interference for other devices using the school's wireless network. In order to prevent that interference, Princeton has been blocking the offending iPads.
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Source:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100419/sc_livescience/universitiesbanipads
Read more about it
http://www.net.princeton.edu/announcements/ipad-iphoneos32-stops-renewing-lease-keeps-using-IP-address.html
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. Princeton University in New Jersey has blocked 20 percent of the iPads on campus because of "malfunctions that can affect the entire school's computer system."
In a report, Princeton said the iPad causes DHCP client malfunctions, which basically means the tablet causes interference for other devices using the school's wireless network. In order to prevent that interference, Princeton has been blocking the offending iPads.
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Source:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100419/sc_livescience/universitiesbanipads
Read more about it
http://www.net.princeton.edu/announcements/ipad-iphoneos32-stops-renewing-lease-keeps-using-IP-address.html
Submission + - Indie Developers Beat Huge Publishers In iPad Race
andylim writes: Two developers, one based in London, the other in Seattle, have managed to wrestle international publishers to the floor with a book that is over 145 years old. Alice for iPad is an interactive version of the classic Alice in Wonderland story. Over the past few weeks Alice for iPad has become the iPad's best-selling children's book to date. "So how did we, as if by magic, wrestle Disney and Marvel to the floor with a book that is over 145 years old? The answer seems to be the marriage between physics and storytelling. Alice uses cutting edge physics and accelerometer readings to create the effect that brings static illustrations to life. Ben is unique in being able to code this stuff, and I like drawing. I think Carroll would have loved it."
Submission + - Microsoft Unveils 'Pink' Phones
adeelarshad82 writes: Microsoft has recently launched two new phones known as the Kin One and Kin Two; previously codenamed as Pink. The phones are designed to appeal to social-networking focused teens, which is probably why the marketing team has tried to spice up the packaging of the phones. According to a Microsoft official the phones are named Kin because it "knits together... kindred spirits." The Kin One contains a 5-Megapixel camera, while the Kin Two contains a more powerful 8-Megapixel camera that can shoot 720p HD video. The One also includes a mono speaker, while the Two supports stereo sound. Both cameras include an LED flash, to better illuminate subjects in low-light environments. The One version also includes 4GB of on-board memory, while the Two version includes double that amount, at 8GB. Both Kin phones have touch screens. According to the hands-on, the Kin phones are based on the same Windows CE core as Windows Phone 7, and they have an Internet Explorer based browser. Unfortunately though these phones have no downloadable apps, no games, not even a calendar. They're not meant to be expandable smart phones; instead very good messaging phones.
Comment Columbia, MO (Score 0, Offtopic) 363
Hey Google! Make Columbia, MO one of your test areas and sign me the HELL up!
