Comment Buy more games/controls for your PS3 (Score 0) 267
The PS3 is a really powerfull machine, it's not gonna be absolete in a looooong time. So yeah, i suggest you don't buy another console, if you don't need to.
Comment An alternative (Score 0) 197
Gnome Shell is still an alternative, you don't have to use it if you don't want to. Personally i use xfce, but from time to time i'll look at unity and gnome shell just to get a look of how much it's improving, not for my case, but for more 'generic' people. Cause if they want to switch to linux, at least i want to be able to show them CHOICES. Don't hate, there are lots of alternatives here ;)
Comment This is just.... (Score 0) 285
overkill !
Comment This is ... (Score 0) 288
booooring...
Comment I'd prefer... (Score 1) 89
A government that tells me when/where they monitor, than being monitor without knowing.
Submission + - EU Hopes For €1 Trillion From Cloud By 2020 (techweekeurope.co.uk)
judgecorp writes: "The European Union has outlined a cloud computing strategy which it hopes will produce 3.8 million jobs, an extra €er billion in cloud computing spend, and a €957 billion boost to gross domestic product (GDP) by 2020. The EU hopes to harmonise cloud purchasing and set up cloud standards to make the cloud market grow faster. Cloud industry spokespeople are excited — but warn against any restrictions on the inherent flexibility of cloud computing."
Submission + - Apple's downfall seen on the horizon (bgr.com)
redkemper writes: Have reports of Apple’s death been greatly exaggerated? Predicting the inevitable demise of the most successful consumer electronics company in the world is something of a pastime for many news outlets. Every leader eventually falls, of course, but predicting how and when is a sure way to attract attention. And so in Wednesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, an opinion piece proudly proclaimed that “TV will be Apple’s undoing.”...
Submission + - If Current Habits Continue, Half of U.S. Adults Will Be Obese by 2030 1
An anonymous reader writes: Experts predict that unless Americans change their eating and exercise habits, half of U.S. adults will be obese by 2030. Using a model of population and other trends based on data released by the U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, the report "F as in Fat," from the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, estimates at least a 44 percent obesity rate in every state and over 60 percent obesity rate in 30 states.
Comment Best vampire hunter ever... (Score 1) 336
Alucard ftw
Submission + - 'Apple's devices are like beautiful crystal prisons'
zacharye writes: Apple makes use of a number of open source technologies in its software products, but operating systems like iOS and OS X are hardly considered “open.” Apple has tight control over nearly every aspect of its mobile and desktop operating systems, ensuring that its products come as close as possible to resembling Apple’s vision from the moment they reach consumers’ hands until they are eventually replaced. While no one can deny the fact that Apple’s strategy has been a recipe for success thus far, a number of pundits believe Apple needs to loosen its grip on iOS and OS X if it hopes to maintain this success moving forward. Now, digital freedom fighters at the Electronic Frontier Foundation have weighed in on the issue...
Submission + - Facebook doesn't support Google Chrome anymore (facebook.com)
bhagwad writes: "It seems strange, but Facebook's page of unsupported browsers doesn't include Google Chrome as a recommended option! Given that Chrome is now one of the most popular browsers on the planet, what on earth could be the reasons for this?"
Submission + - 17% of the World's PCs are Unprotected (net-security.org)
An anonymous reader writes: Lack of consumer PC protection is a global problem. In a study that analyzed data from voluntary scans from an average of 27-28 million computers per month, McAfee researchers found 17% of the world is browsing the internet completely unprotected. Out of the 24 participating countries, the United States landed in the top 5 least protected. Research also found many of the scanned computers have disabled or expired software. Within the United States alone, 19.32% of consumers are unprotected.
Submission + - Supercharging the nervous system with biological, ion-transistor computer chips (extremetech.com)
MrSeb writes: "A bioelectronic engineer, Klas Tybrandt of Linkoping University in Sweden, has built the first “ion transistor” computer chip, which uses chemical ions and biological molecules as charge carriers instead of electrons. In essence, these ion transistors mean that we can now build computer chips that directly interface with the cells in your body. In a conventional transistor, there are three terminals: the source, drain, and gate. Electrons are the charge carrier, flowing between the source and drain. In Tybrandt's ion transistor, neurotransmitters are the charge carrier. In this case, Tybrandt's logic chip uses acetylcholine, the neurotransmitter that activates muscles. When you think about moving your arm, the message travels along your nervous system until it reaches your bicep, where a neuron transmits an acetylcholine ion to a nearby muscle cell. Tybrandt’s ion logic chip could be wired into your nervous system, and take over if something goes wrong — or, in true computer fashion, perhaps the chip could offer a level of muscle accuracy and flexibility that the default human nervous system isn’t capable of. The best bit: other common neurotransmitters also work. In theory, it might be possible to one day implant an ion chip into your brain that monitors levels of epinephrine (adrenaline), and triggers various parts of your brain or the release of other neurotransmitters in response. Ditto, it might be possible to have a chip that monitors and reacts to your serotonin levels, effectively acting as a digital anti-depressant."
Submission + - PC Fans With Noise Cancellation Coming
jones_supa writes: Noise reduction specialist RotoSub and renowned quiet cooling fan manufacturer Noctua announced Tuesday a strategic partnership agreement for the development and commercialisation of PC fans with integrated active noise cancellation. Lars Strömbäck and Mårten Oretorp from RotoSub have invented a system that allows a fan to emit the sound signal that cancels out the original sound of the fan and thereby greatly reduces the overall noise emission. 'There is still a lot of fine-tuning to be done, both in structural design and as far as the algorithms that compute the anti-noise signal are concerned, but we're working hard to achieve this goal within the next 12 to 18 months', says Oretorp. Building on the original NF-F12, a first prototype of a Noctua fan with integrated RotoSub ANC technology will be shown at Computex Taipei next week.
Submission + - Stuck on Repeat, Why We Go Back to our Favorite Songs and Shows (medicaldaily.com)
An anonymous reader writes: You may have watched that one episode of The Simpsons a hundred times or kept a song on loop, but aside from a general "I like it" why do people keep going back to reruns? Turns out it's about guaranteed results. For reruns, it is about what is expected. In your favorite song, episode or movie, a person can identify and look forward to certain parts that bring them pleasure. Additional viewings or listenings can also uncover new details or funny nuances and greatly enrich the experience.
