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Submission + - What are the best Google clients?

Submitted by epine on Saturday May 05, 2007 @08:46PM

epine writes: Today I noticed that Google has yet again arbitrarily changed the layout of my Google search results page, and in the process, effectively eliminating an excellent Google feature I've depended upon for as long as I can remember, the search result counter. Where the banner at the top of the search results page used to include the information 11,300,000 results (0.11 seconds) this information has now been moved to the offscreen banner at the bottom of my search results page, where it is next to useless, as I have long been in the habit of immediately checking the number of results to determine if I've typed my query correctly, before scanning the result set. Common misspellings produce thousands of results where millions of results are normal, and Google suggest doesn't always catch these. What Google clients or user-agent plug-ins exist to put control back into the hands of the end user concerning the placement of information in Google results pages?

Submission + - Quake Author Gets Drunk to Save Lives

Submitted by

ddt

on Saturday May 05, 2007 @08:01PM

ddt writes: "My friend Naomi Mercer and I get sh*tfaced in the 10th episode of Gadget Gossip in order to review two portable breathalyzers, which could conceivably save lives, assuming we can convince a critical mass of drunk driving slashdot readers to get one of these little doohickeys so that there's a closed feedback loop on their debauchery. Happy Cinco de Mayo, and avoid Paris Hilton's fate, or you could end up in there with her!"

Submission + - Origins of The OK Button

Submitted by

Ant

on Saturday May 05, 2007 @05:59PM

Ant writes: "The History of Button's article on the origins of the OK button. It asks where the OK button came from and said it first appeared widespread on Mac OS 1.0, but it really started before that during the development of the Apple Lisa... Seen on Neatorama."

Submission + - Egoboo creator releases a new game, SoulFu

Submitted by tupletuple on Saturday May 05, 2007 @05:34PM

tupletuple writes: Aaron Bishop, the creator of the once popular Open Source game Egoboo has released SoulFu , or Secret Of Ultimate Legendary Fantasy Unleashed, a name which his site claims is "funny name so I don't get sued". Owing a great deal to it's apparent Egoboo heritage, SoulFu includes random dungeon generation, cell shaded graphics, a large variety of monsters and items, and complex gameplay including secrets to be discovered and characters to hire. Fans of Nethack or Rogue looking for an OpenGL version will find that this game fits the bill.

The free version features two classes to play, the Soldier and the Wizard. The full version gives you the option of 8 classes to choose from. Allowing up to 4 person local multiplayer, the manual states that there is network code that may be released at a future date.

As a side note, I am not affiliated with or employed by Aaron Bishop Games, though I have donated some bandwidth to mirror the download.

Submission + - Cold Fusionat room temperature possible after all?

Submitted by StarfishOne on Saturday May 05, 2007 @03:25PM

StarfishOne writes: DailyTech reports the following interesting bit of news today:

" Cold fusion, the ability to generate nuclear power at room temperatures, has proven to be a highly elusive feat. In fact, it is considered by many experts to be a mere pipe dream — a potentially unlimited source of clean energy that remains tantalizing, but so far unattainable.

However, a recently published academic paper from the Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (Spawar) in San Diego throws cold water on skeptics of cold fusion. Appearing in the respected journal Naturwissenschaften, which counts Albert Einstein among its distinguished authors, the article claims that Spawar scientists Stanislaw Szpak and Pamela Mosier-Boss have achieved a low energy nuclear reaction (LERN) that can be replicated and verified by the scientific community."

NewScientist is also running an article on this subject, but that article is only available for subscribers.

Journal Journal: Elevator effect on second life 167

Journal by razpones on Saturday May 05, 2007 @02:40PM

There is an interesting video on npr on how real human reactions translate to the virtual world, it's interesting in the view of the question posted here about rape on second life . The video is about a little experiment on second life where the reporter gets together with a psychologist to see if breaking some unspoken human rules apply on the virtual world, such as staring or being too close

Submission + - The Future of Spam

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 04, 2007 @09:05AM

An anonymous reader writes: In the 1930s, the US psychologist Abraham Maslow formulated a theory that according to which, everybody has a series of basic needs that must be covered in a certain order, so that until one has been covered, the next cannot be fulfilled. Spammers target several layers of the Maslow pyramid with a wide range of email messages. If you stop for a moment to think about the history of spam, you will be able to see what messages users have received. It is highly possible that in the near future, spam aimed at social networks will appear, targeting the maximum level of the Maslow pyramid: achieving the final aims in life, even if it is in Second Life.

Submission + - Microsoft eyeing Yahoo deal

Submitted by pH03n1X on Friday May 04, 2007 @08:58AM

pH03n1X writes: With the shadow of Google looming over both companies, the software giant wants Yahoo to consider a buyout.

Submission + - Nanotech tablecloth that charges your laptop

Submitted by moscowde on Wednesday May 02, 2007 @05:52PM

moscowde writes: Research scientists at the University of Tokyo have come up with a unique sheet-like material that can transmit electrical energy over a large area to nearby devices without the need for direct contact, so it can be made into a tablecloth or wallpaper and your appliance can be anywhere on a surface to get charged. The system uses organic molecules as transistors, microelectromechanical switches, and miniature copper coils to transmit energy using electromagnetic induction. http://www.justchromatography.com/general/world-wi thout-wires

Submission + - Top 15 most controversial Microsoft quotes ever

Submitted by

coondoggie

on Wednesday May 02, 2007 @04:51PM

coondoggie writes: "In the pantheon of controversial Microsoft comments CEO Steve Ballmer's quote this week about the Apple iPod: "There's no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. No chance. It's a $500 subsidized item," ranks right up there. But Between Ballmer and Chairman Bill Gates that comment would be hard pressed to crack the Top 15 all-time most controversial or even colorful things the two of them have uttered in the past oh, 20 years or so. Who could forget: 1. Ballmer lambasting technology stock valuations, including those of his own company: "There is such an overvaluation of technology stocks that it is absurd. I would include our stock in that category. It is bad for the long-term worth of the economy." 2. Ballmer on those pesky iPods and Google. "My children — in many dimensions they're as poorly behaved as many other children, but at least on this dimension I've got my kids brainwashed: You don't use Google, and you don't use an iPod." 3. More on Google of course, by Ballmer: "Google's not a real company. It's a house of cards. " http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/1479 6"

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