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Submission + - Poll: Best munchies for coding?

Submitted by on Monday April 16, 2007 @03:29PM

An anonymous reader writes: - Potato chips
- Nachos & cheesy salsa
- Party mix (pretzels, cheezies, doritos, corn chips)
- Ramen noodles
- Pizza pockets
- Popcorn
- CowboyNeal

Submission + - US 'no longer technology king'

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Not So Anonymous Coward

on Wednesday March 28, 2007 @04:17PM

Not So Anonymous Coward writes: "The US has lost its position as the world's primary engine of technology innovation, according to a report by the World Economic Forum. The US is now ranked seventh in the body's league table measuring the impact of technology on the development of nations. A deterioration of the political and regulatory environment in the US prompted the fall, the report said. The top spot went for the first time to Denmark, followed by Sweden. Full Story "

Submission + - The world's first iPod - made in 1924

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surburban

on Monday March 26, 2007 @04:19PM

surburban writes: "The Mikiphone was the grandfather of portable music players and was billed as an orchestra of music in the palm of your hand. The player was made in Switzerland and marked a trend for portable players. It comes in a silver tin and can play 10in records. But before you can listen to your favourite tracks, you have to assemble together the Mikiphone which was tricky without the manual. Instead of batteries, the Mikiphone is a wind up gadget, and instead of headphones or speakers, a resonator is used to play the sounds."

Submission + - SPAM: Research: Making Google show you the good stuff

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alphadogg

on Monday March 26, 2007 @04:04PM

alphadogg writes: "Researchers in Australia and England are pushing to get good stuff (such as scientific journals) floating to the top of Google and other search engines and to bury the bad stuff (including phishing or pharming sites). [spam URL stripped]1 9"

Submission + - RIAA begins to accpt reality

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cphilo

on Monday March 26, 2007 @07:00AM

cphilo writes: "The music industry is beginning to accept the inevitable — MP3 players are here to stay. They are beginning to adapt themselves to reality instead of expecting reality to adapt to them. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/26/business/media/2 6music.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin"

Submission + - RIAA Wins Worst Company In America 2007

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Anonymous Coward

on Thursday March 22, 2007 @03:25PM

Anonymous Coward writes: "After 15 punishing rounds of combat involving 32 of America's most hated companies, 100,000 voters have spoken: More hated than Halliburton, more despised than Walmart, the RIAA has defeated all-comers to become the Worst Company in America 2007. http://www.consumerist.com/consumer/worst-company- in-america/"

Submission + - Study Finds Virtual Drivers Are Really Reckless

Submitted by Nan0Guy on Monday March 19, 2007 @12:56PM

Nan0Guy writes: This CNN story relates research in which it was shown that those who played aggressive driving games tended to display aggressive driving tactics on the road. Age restrictions bandied about...what's next? A "Virtual Learners Permit"?

Submission + - U.S. leading the world in malware creation?

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PetManimal

on Monday March 19, 2007 @12:55PM

PetManimal writes: "China, Russia, and the other developing countries usually blamed for the increasing amount of malware are not the biggest culprits, according to Symantec. The security software company just released a report which claims that the U.S. leads the world in a number of malware categories, ranging from the "amount of malicious activity originating from their networks" to "underground economy servers". Preston Gralla says the U.S. lead should come as no surprise, considering the capitalist way of life and the high level of technical knowledge. He also suggests that the some of the "criminals" may actually be Internet entrepreneurs who crossed over to the dark side:

It's an inevitable result of a thriving free market and tech expertise. An underground economy often mirrors the legal, above-ground one. Scratch a criminal, and sometimes you find a misguided entrepreneur, looking to get rich a little too quick.
"

Submission + - From Hyperlinks to Hyperwords.

Submitted by

DataSurge

on Monday March 19, 2007 @11:34AM

DataSurge writes: "From an academic research project at University College London to a commercial product used by thousands, Hyperwords 2.1 is now available.

Computer pioneer Doug Engelbart, who invented personal computing (including the mouse, word processing and more) says that “this is definitely the way the Web should be expanding.” Ted Nelson, who coined the term Hypertext, feels that “Hyperwords gives a lot more power to the user.”

The simplicity of the concept belies its power; with Hyperwords all the words on the web, not just links, become interactive.

Users can select any word on the Web and choose from many powerful commands including search, references (definitions & Wikipedia etc.), maps, shop, email, tag, blog and more.Version 2.1 introduces translation and conversion directly in the page as well as technical & usability enhancements and full customizability. This is more than the left click menu, more than dynamic links.

Demonstration video is available on YouTube.com

The company site is Hyperwords.net

Hyperwords is an Extension for the Firefox web browser and is available immediately for free."

Submission + - Jack Thompson responds to Take Two

Submitted by

njkid1

on Monday March 19, 2007 @11:23AM

njkid1 writes: "In a follow-up to the blog we posted on Friday regarding Take Two's lawsuit against Jack Thompson, it appears that the Florida lawyer has struck back with a response all his own. In the blog, you'll find his full response, as well as my personal take on what he's saying...that is, if we can figure it out.Here's the response, unedited for your reading pleasure... http://www.gamedailyxl.com/2007/03/18/jack-thompso n-responds-to-take-two-hoo-boy?&ncid=AOLGAM0005000 00000019"

Submission + - Does Silicon Valley Need More H-1B Visas?

Submitted by

WSJdpatton

on Monday March 19, 2007 @10:55AM

WSJdpatton writes: "Can the U.S. visa program accommodate Silicon Valley's need for more skilled foreign workers without crowding out Americans? Oracle executive Robert Hoffman, who heads a tech-lobbying group that includes Microsoft, Intel and Hewlett-Packard, and outsourcing critic and author Ron Hira, an engineer and a professor at Rochester Institute of Technology, debate the issue."

eSATA Connectors 222

Posted by Hemos on Monday March 19, 2007 @10:24AM from the feel-the-excitment dept.

buffalocheese writes "Since the introduction of the Serial ATA 1.0a specification in 2002, many manufacturers have introduced PCI and CardBus cards with both internal and external SATA connections. At first these internal and external connectors were completely identical, but later, external connectors started to appear which were still fully compatible with the internal sockets but featured added extra screening for external use. With the introduction of the SATA II specification in mid 2004 a new external SATA connector was defined. These new external (eSATA) connectors are not compatible with the original internal SATA connection. Currently there are add-on cards and drive housings available which feature both types of SATA connection for external use. Gradually the older types will disappear and all new SATA cards will feature the eSATA connector for external drive connections."

Submission + - Google Map Spammers not so successful

Submitted by wilko11 on Monday January 29, 2007 @03:27PM

wilko11 writes: It seems that the people who wanted to Spam Google Maps may not have been too successful. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, the Google flyover had to skip many of the areas that were promised.

Submission + - What to do with a website hated by women

Submitted by

on Monday January 29, 2007 @03:19PM

An anonymous reader writes: Hi! Need some advice. I do all the PR stuff in this web design company. We have some problems with our website. Women don't like it! Yesterday I got a task to think a couple of days and tell my chief what I've decided. Keep it simple black and white as it is, tell the design department to create some flash animation with Maria Antuanette puke or draw some bees and flowers. People in UK still think we in Lithuania sit in the cave and keep inventing the wheel! As we are to establish office in London and enter new foreign markets, your opinion is really important! What you think? Women, I've been in a great dilemma since then. Two days left to decide. look please at the front page: http://www.gaumina.lt/

Submission + - Darwin debunked: Survival of the fastest theory

Submitted by

Anonymous Coward

on Monday January 29, 2007 @01:46PM

Anonymous Coward writes: "It seems Darwin was a bit wrong about his theory of evolution. Survival of the fittest does not quite explain why the rate of evolution accelerates. But survival of the fastest model does.

The new theory suggests that the speed of evolution has increased over time because bacteria and viruses constantly exchange transposable chunks of DNA between species, thus making it possible for life forms to evolve faster than they would if they relied only on sexual selection or random genetic mutations.

The moral of the story? Sex is not enough :)"

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