Comment emoji (Score 1) 195
What is the point of recreating this idea? Emoji have been around for a long time and they have native support on the iPhone.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emoji
Comment Re:[sigh] (Score 1) 457
The kind of idot that develop using frameworks like Qt to have PORTABLE applications.
Do you get the point?
Comment The Last Photo has a bird flying! (Score 1) 378
I'm very impressed but in the last picture (the landscape one) i think that is really impossible.
The process even put a flying bird in the upper left corner.
It doesn't feel like that is even possible.
Submission + - Google's PageRank Fooled by Invicible Links (searchenginejournal.com)
Steve writes: "Loren Baker from Search Engine Journal found a new way spamers use to get into Google search results.
Sites are poisoned by a malicious hit counter that sends an image and hidden text links to other sites. Moral of the story, choose your free counter carefully."
Submission + - Tatooine's Double-Sunset a Common Site
anthemaniac writes: Thirty years ago, Luke Skywalker saw what scientists are just now realizing, that double sunsets are likely common in the universe. Astronomers have long known that binary star systems are common. And models suggested that planets could form in these systems, even though there's a double-tug of gravity on the material that would have to form a planet. Observations from NASA's Spitzer telescope, show that binary systems are just as likely to be surrounded by planet-forming debris disks are are lone stars.
Submission + - MS Confirms Zeroday Flaw, Drive-by Exploits
Automatic Pow writes: Microsoft has issued a security advisory with confirmation of a zero-day Windows vulnerability in the way animated cursor (.ani) files are handled. The threat is caused by insufficient format validation prior to rendering cursors, animated cursors, and icons. Drive-by exploits against Internet Explorer users have already been picked up in the wild. Windows Vista is confirmed vulnerable.
Submission + - 389,090 U.S. programmer jobs going offshore
nbauman writes: "Free trade isn't win-win after all. WSJ, 28 Mar 2007, Job prospects: Pain from free trade spurs second thoughts; Mr. Blinder's shift spotlights warnings of deeper downside, David Wessel and Bob Davis. http://online.wsj.com/article_print/SB117500805386 350446.html Alan S. Blinder, Princeton U., former Federal Reserve Board vice chairman and advisor to Democratic presidential candidates, who used to say that free trade enriches the U.S. and its trading partners, now admits that new communication technology will put 30-40 million American jobs at risk in 10-20 years. Ready to lose their jobs to offshore: 389,090 computer programmers, 1,815,340 bookkeepers, acounting and auditing clerks. Blinder still believes in free trade, comparative advantage, but wants more for displaced workers, better education system. Blinder helped Clinton sell NAFTA, but now admits it wouldn't create U.S. jobs after all. Trade changes types of jobs, not number. Technology allowed Indians in call centers to do the work of Americans, at lower wages. "Tens of millions of additional American workers will start to experience an element of job insecurity that has heretofore been reserved for manufacturing workers." Debate: Should government encourage forces of globalization or try to restrain them? Latin America did poorly since tariff cuts in 1980s and 1990s, compared to protectionist China and Southeast Asia. Paul Samuelson, in 2004 essay, condemned "economists' over-simple complacencies about globalization" and said workers don't always win. Lawrence Summers, advocate for trade expansion as Clinton Treasury Secretary, said retraining is "pretty thin gruel". Ralph Gomory, former IBM chief scientist, says rise of China and India could make the U.S. lose important industries. Harvard economist Dani Rodrik says trade barriers should help poor nations build domestic industries and give rich nations time to retrain workers. But Jagdish N. Bhagwati says jobs will grow in medicine, law and accounting."
Dvorak to Apple - Stop The iPhone 409
eldavojohn writes "John Dvorak is advising Apple to cease all efforts on the iPhone, citing the mobile handset business as a 'buzz saw waiting to chop up newbies.' With Apple's image as a 'hot company that can do no wrong' on the line, Dvorak warns that the extremely fad-prone marketplace for cell phones will quickly turn the 'hot' iPhone passe'. Unless the company has several new models in the pipeline to release after the original offering, he says, they're likely to fail. 'If it's smart it will call the iPhone a "reference design" and pass it to some suckers to build with someone else's marketing budget. Then it can wash its hands of any marketplace failures.'"
Submission + - Satellite TV to Cars in '08
An anonymous reader writes: Looks like in 2008 that Chrysler vehicles will include the 3 childrens channel's via the sirius satellite radio network. Sirius has managed to cram a tv signal into it's airwaves so that kids can watch tv anywhere and everywhere.
http://digital-lifestyles.info/2005/01/05/sirius-t o-satellite-childrens-tv-to-cars/
http://digital-lifestyles.info/2005/01/05/sirius-
First Technical Look at the Second Life Client 52
An anonymous reader writes "Second Life is a virtual world, maintained through a combination of client software and hosting servers. It has the unusual quality that nearly all of the content is user-provided. It is also unusual in that Linden Labs recently announced the release of its client software as open source. This is something that is rarely, if ever, done in commercial MMO apps. This article introduces the client (or "viewer" in Linden terminology) and explores the Second Life development environment."
Top 12 Operating Systems Vulnerability Survey 206
markmcb writes "Have you ever wondered how vulnerable your computer is from the first bit you write to the hard drive all the way until you have a fully patched system? If so, Matthew Vea has posted a concise summary of security strengths and shortcomings for twelve of the major operating systems of 2006/2007. In his summary, Matt tests each OS with widely available tools like nmap and Nessus, and notes responses at install, pre-patch, and post-patch times for each system. After the tedious job is done, he produces results that will make both the Apple and Windows communities cringe with regards to security. From the article: 'As far as straight-out-of-box conditions go, both Microsoft's Windows and Apple's OS X are ripe with remotely accessible vulnerabilities ... The UNIX and Linux variants present a much more robust exterior to the outside. Even when the pre-configured server binaries are enabled, each [Linux] system generally maintained its integrity against remote attacks.'"
Guild Wars Expansion, Sequel Officially Announced 52
katalin writes "Arenanet, makers of the Guild Wars Massive game, have announced the first 'true' expansion pack to the game - Eye of the North. Next year will also see the beginning of a Beta test for a true sequel to the original Guild Wars. The new game will be substantially different from the current offering, with many elements similar to a more traditional fantasy Massively Multiplayer game. It still, however, will not require a monthly fee to play."
Sony May Be Planning 80GB PS3 107
narramissic writes "Included in a filing made by Sony to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) earlier this month regarding a change to the PlayStation 3's Bluetooth module is notification of a new PS3 game console with a higher-capacity hard-disk drive. From the cover letter: 'The model CECHE01 to be added by the difference of the capacity of hard disk.' It then says the new model will have an 80G-byte drive. Of course, Sony is downplaying these rumours, saying that 'Application to the FCC has been made with various possibilities in mind, however, it does not lead to a new product announcement at this time.'
Submission + - Interview with Alex St John, creator of DirectX
David Craddock writes: "Shacknews conducted a two-part interview with Alex St John, former Microsoft employee and the founding father of their DirectX gaming architecture. Alex discusses his time at Microsoft, working on DirectX, how he was taught the Microsoft method of "persuading" developers to their technology, and why he thinks Vista is terrible for gaming. He also reveals the origin of the green "X" Xbox logo.
http://www.shacknews.com/extras/2007/032907_alexst john1_1.x"
Submission + - Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Announced
Headcase88 writes: Sega and Nintendo are collaborating to make a Wii and DS game for the upcoming 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. The main characters from both franchises will be featured, including Mario, Sonic, Luigi, Knuckles, Yoshi, and Tails. Sega of America president Simon Jeffery claims that the game is being built predominately by Sega's sports team (but not AM2 studio), and contends that "Miyamoto-san himself is actually very closely involved". Could this reverse the trend of mediocore Olympics games?
