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Submission + - iPhone Lives Up To Hype

Submitted by soldrinero on Tuesday June 26, 2007 @08:02PM

soldrinero writes: The New York Times columnist and Missing Manual writer David Pogue has had his hands on an iPhone for the past few weeks, and is ready to give us mere mortals an early glimpse of its features. The verdict? It lives up to its hype.

Submission + - Internet Radio (pandora.com)

Submitted by

cychem1

on Tuesday June 26, 2007 @07:58PM

cychem1 writes: "A Day of Silence Hi, it's Tim from Pandora, I'm sorry to say that today Pandora, along with most Internet radio sites, is going off the air in observance of a Day Of Silence. We are doing this to bring to your attention a disastrous turn of events that threatens the existence of Pandora and all of internet radio. We need your help. Ignoring all rationality and responding only to the lobbying of the RIAA, an arbitration committee in Washington DC has drastically increased the licensing fees Internet radio sites must pay to stream songs. Pandora's fees will triple, and are retroactive for eighteen months! Left unchanged by Congress, every day will be like today as internet radio sites start shutting down and the music dies. A bill called the "Internet Radio Equality Act" has already been introduced in both the Senate (S. 1353) and House of Representatives (H.R. 2060) to fix the problem and save Internet radio — and Pandora — from obliteration. I'd like to ask you to call your Congressional representatives today and ask them to become co-sponsors of the bill. It will only take a few minutes and you can find your Congresspersons and their phone numbers by entering your zip code here. Your opinion matters to your representatives — so please take just a minute to call. Visit www.savenetradio.org to continue following the fight to Save Internet Radio. As always, and now more than ever, thank you for your support. -Tim Westergren (Pandora founder)"

Submission + - A Third Series of Stargate coming soon? (scifi.com)

Submitted by Kirkex on Tuesday June 12, 2007 @07:10PM

Kirkex writes: Robert C. Cooper, executive producer of SCI FI Channel's Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis, confirmed to SCI FI Wire that he's developing a third series with the working title Stargate Universe, but remained mum on details. (The project has not yet been picked up by any network, including SCI FI Channel.)

Submission + - Venezuela launches Linux 'Bolivarian Computers' (venezuelanalysis.com)

Submitted by Voline on Tuesday June 12, 2007 @06:56PM

Voline writes: In the pursuit of technological independence Venezuela has begun shipping the first 'Bolivarian Computers'. Named after the hero of the South American independence struggle against Spain, they are made by VIT (Venezuela de Industria Tecnológica), which is a joint venture of the Chinese company Lang Chao and the Venezuelan government. The four desktop and single laptop models all run Gnu/Linux. VIT hopes to eventually begin distributing the inexpensive computers throughout Latin America.

Submission + - General Relativity Experimentally Confirmed!

Submitted by Anonymous Reader on Tuesday June 12, 2007 @06:43PM

Anonymous Reader writes: I have been watching this project for some years now, eagerly anticipating the results to incorporate them into my own theories on gravity being faster than light. I had feared the experiment was critially flawed because it was so delicate. However when I checked the site today it appears that Gravity Probe B is being hailed as a success!

"GP-B SUCCEEDED IN COLLECTING THE DATA TO TEST EINSTEIN'S PREDICTIONS ABOUT GRAVITY
Over four decades of planning, inventing, designing, developing, testing, training and rehearsing paid off handsomely for GP-B. The 17.3-month flight mission succeeded in collecting all the data needed to carry out this unprecedented, direct experimental test of Einstein's general theory of relativity — his theory of gravity.
...
THE EFFECTS OF GENERAL RELATIVITY ARE CLEARLY VISIBLE"

This is big scientific news. I have yet to peruse the detailed results myself and absorb them into my personal view of the universe, but I am curious what readers here make of the results.

Submission + - Personal Search Syndication (pssdir.com)

Submitted by

James Bruni

on Tuesday June 12, 2007 @06:42PM

James Bruni writes: "Hate Google's Custom Search? There's an alternative called Personal Search Syndication (www.pssdir.com) developed by Septet Systems that allows you to build customized search engines and "knowledge collections". PSS! is being revamped in the coming wks in response to customer input, but it still beats Google's Custom Search service by miles."

Submission + - ActiveScaffold Eliminates Ruby on Rails Drudgery

Submitted by LinucksGirl on Tuesday June 12, 2007 @06:33PM

LinucksGirl writes: Save time and headaches, and create a more easily maintainable set of pages, with the Ruby on Rails ActiveScaffold plugin. ActiveScaffold handles all your CRUD (create, read, update, delete) user interface needs, leaving you more time to focus on more challenging (and interesting!) problems.

Submission + - How to build a boombox out of parts from cars... (jalopnik.com)

Submitted by

Ant

on Tuesday June 12, 2007 @06:15PM

Ant writes: "This two-part series Jalopnik story shows how to make a boombox by taking parts from over one dozen cars ranging from 80's BMW's to a 1990 Toyota Tercel. It shows how they created a fully-functional boombox with an 8-track player, FM, AM, aux-in, retractable bunny-ear antenna, a cup holder, plug-in battery and yes, even brake lights. There are also instructions for people can do their own too. Seen on Digg."

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