Comment What to use next? (Score 1) 111
I've been using Bloglines for five years. It's a great tool for a journalist trying to follow 100+ blogs every day.
The question is: what is the best available alternative nowadays?
Comment Understanding is the point (Score 1) 426
This entire situation is not a matter of "do people understand what we're saying?"
As a journalist working for major newspaper, I disagree: the point of not using 'tweet' is to make text more comprehensible. Twitter is relatively new thing. Majority of layman readers won't know it even exists. The real problem is how to explain Twitter in just one or two words, Should I write 'social media service Twitter' or 'microblog service Twitter' or what?
An Early Look At Civilization V 286
c0mpliant writes "IGN and Gamespot have each released a preview of the recently announced and eagerly awaited Civilization V. Apart from the obvious new hexagon shape of tiles and improved graphics, the articles go on to outline some of the major changes in the game, such as updated AI, new 'flavors' to world leaders, and a potentially game-changing, one-unit-per-tile system. No more will the stack of doom come to your city's doorsteps. Some features which will not be returning are religion and espionage. The removal of these two have sparked a frenzy of discussion on fan-related forums."
Dying Man Shares Unseen Challenger Video 266
longacre writes "An amateur video of the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger explosion has been made public for the first time. The Florida man who filmed it from his front yard on his new Betamax camcorder turned the tape over to an educational organization a week before he died this past December. The Space Exploration Archive has since published the video into the public domain in time for the 24th anniversary of the catastrophe. Despite being shot from about 70 miles from Cape Canaveral, the shuttle and the explosion can be seen quite clearly. It is unclear why he never shared the footage with NASA or the media. NASA officials say they were not aware of the video, but are interested in examining it now that it has been made available."
Submission + - The Pirate Bay is sold, and on its way to legality (pcpro.co.uk) 1
MattSparkes writes: "A Swedish software firm is buying The Pirate Bay and turning it into a legal business. Global Gaming Factory X (GGF) has also bought peer-to-peer research firm Peerialism. The two purchases are expected to form the basis of a new, legal download service. It's a bold move, especially as it comes in the same week that the four founders of The Pirate Bay had their application for a retrial rejected by a Swedish court."
Comment Yeah, right (Score 1) 776
Puh-leeze, try to run in Finland during the winter without shoes. And really, there's no glass, stones or shit nowhere on the ground.
Comment Edlin! (Score 1) 1131
The most annoying piece of software ever written.
Comment Tattoo gone wrong (Score 1) 364
There's this finnish wannabe-celebrity, who has had some problems with spelling.
Submission + - Watch Big Brother, Watch you
jedimaud writes: This is the most have for our tin foil wearing friends out there. An expensive but pretty cool device that allow you to "tap" into the wireless signal of those cameras around the city. I wonder what else you can do with it?
http://www.brickhousesecurity.com/dd9000.html
