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Submission + - Google shows cell phone prototype to vendors

Submitted by taoman1 on Thursday August 02, 2007 @01:42PM

taoman1 writes: Google Inc. has developed a prototype cell phone that could reach markets within a year, and plans to offer consumers free subscriptions by bundling advertisements with its search engine, e-mail and Web browser software applications, according to a story published Thursday in The Wall Street Journal.

Submission + - Gmail accounts hacked - no response from Google (livejournal.com)

Submitted by jared51 on Thursday August 02, 2007 @01:20PM

jared51 writes: A few friends have recently had their Gmail accounts hacked, causing immense life complications. With Gmail storing all information (many people have a handy label "Accounts" making life easier) that has ever been emailed, a hijacker can easily move on to eBay, PayPal and credit card accounts to turn the crime into cash. Making matters worse, Google is impossible to contact by human. Hijacked users must contend with an endless series of forms.

Submission + - What language should game art students be taught?

Submitted by on Tuesday January 23, 2007 @02:59AM

An anonymous reader writes: My college started offering a degree in Game Art & Design around a year and half ago, my classmates and I are the first ones through, so we are basically the guinea pigs in their little experiment. We have recently discovered that for a scripting language, the school plans to teach ActionScript. We have already taken one programming class (logic and fundamentals) and are taking a C++ course now. The two scripting classes are a ways off, but my classmates and I are trying to pressure the school to change the language to something a bit more useful in game development. Flash games are great, but we would like something a bit more general, like Lua, Python, Ruby, etc. Sure, we have some ideas, but I figured I would ask slashdot for some help. SO the question, what language do you think we should learn, and, any tips on getting our school to listen to us? Thanks for any help you can offer.

Submission + - Modder Creates Xbox 360 Tilt Controller

Submitted by

Peter F

on Tuesday January 23, 2007 @02:43AM

Peter F writes: "Adam Thole, a Electrical & Computer Engineering student, has modified an Xbox 360 controller to make one of the analog sticks controlled by the tilting motion of the controller. Instead of moving the left analog stick, this mod allows you to tilt the controller forward, backward, left or right. The mod uses a two-axis accelerometer that measures the left/right and up/down tilt, which is determined by measuring the force of gravity on the axis. The only part of the left analog stick that works after the modification is the button...

http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/12601/Modder-Creates -Xbox-360-Tilt-Controller/

So, it only transports matter, huh?"

Submission + - Google.de drops, now owned by domainer firm

Submitted by

Daily Domainer

on Tuesday January 23, 2007 @02:43AM

Daily Domainer writes: "Earlier today, the domain google.de displayed a "no site available" notice by a German webhosting provider, and google.de's whois details show that the domain is now owned by a firm that specializes in registering expired domains.

http://www.dailydomainer.com/news/200734-googlede- hijacked-by-favo.html"

Submission + - The Death of Domain Parking

Submitted by

Anonymous Coward

on Tuesday January 23, 2007 @02:37AM

Anonymous Coward writes: "Is Richard Rosenblatt, the former MySpace CEO, about to revolutionize the domain industry? Quote: "I thought, it can't be that easy. So I talked to some domainers, and they said, 'We own 300,000 domains, we make $20 million a year, we have just four employees and some servers in the Caymans.'" Rosenblatt wants to use millions of currently unused domains to create a new vertical Web 2.0 empire.

http://www.dailydomainer.com/news/200733-200733-de ath-of-domain-parking.html"

Submission + - Is Solaris a bright choice for developers?

Submitted by

anilg

on Tuesday January 23, 2007 @02:10AM

anilg writes: "The register writes about the emergence of solaris as a Developer platform

So, why wouldn't you use OpenSolaris as your developer desktop, perhaps to work up "proofs of concept" in your own time — to sell to your CIO and thus help to develop your career. I'd be interested in reader feedback as to why any people thinking of Linux aren't also thinking of OpenSolaris. Or perhaps they are...
With Sun studio with sun's compilers and Java, Sun is looking to open itself to developers. And, its giving away DVDs! FD : anilg works on LiveUSB and BeleniX, an opensolaris distribution, in his spare time."

Journal Journal: Microsoft Confirms DRM Driver Crippling in Vista

Journal by PoliTech on Tuesday January 23, 2007 @02:03AM

From the horses mouth (the "Windows Vista Team Blog") comes confirmation of every horrible charge leveled at Vista by Gutmann. http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.html/

Submission + - HostedToday to Donate 10% of Revenue to Charity

Submitted by

Rodney Ringler

on Tuesday January 23, 2007 @01:41AM

Rodney Ringler writes: "HostedToday to Donate 10% of Revenue to Charity. January 22, 2007 Hostedtoday.com, a leader in affordable linux web hosting has announced plans to donate 10% of all revenue in 2007 to charity. HostedTodays committment to help make our society better is not just talk. Leading the way for a better tomorrow starts with every company doing their part. We allow our employees paid time off to volunteer their time to local charities, but we felt like as a company we needed to make more of a commitment to a better tomorrow. said President, Rachel Daghir. We hope this will help set an example for other companies and let our customers know that we care about more then just providing the best possible hosting solution. Hostedtoday continues its astonishing growth rate by providing many faeatures like a FREE Website Builder tool, Ruby on Rails support, a new set of servers, and all their servers having been upgraded to new Dual Xeon 2.4 GHz with hyperthreading, Dual Drive RAID1 mirroring technology, and off-site backups. Fantastico Deluxe has been included with all hosting plans free of charge, and HostedToday offers a 100% customer safisfaction 30 money back refund policy. Hostedtoday includes all the tools you need to be successful on the internet. During its 5 year history, HostedToday has been providing the utmost support to its customer with affordable web hosting accounts, no hidden charges, fast servers, and feature rich hosting plans. About Hostedtoday.com Hostedtoday is a leading web hosting company that has been in business for 5 years. HostedToday prides itself on the best customer service and support. All servers have multiple cpus, RAID mirrored drives, and are spread across multiple datacenters to ensure maximum uptime. HostedToday has been awarded numerous industry awards and enjoys one of the highest rention rates in the industry. They also provide a 1000% satisfaction guarantee 30 day money back refund with no questions asked."

Submission + - Clever Garbage Disposal methods

Submitted by

Grumbeys

on Tuesday January 23, 2007 @01:22AM

Grumbeys writes: "So after a recent college visit i realized that garbage just tends to accumulate in any space of living, pretty much no matter how often you clean. So i thought, perhaps there is a lazy mans way to avoid this constant picking up of beer cans and such. Something that involves a few of the following -A wet/dry vac on reverse -Some tubing of some sort, either pbc or duct i'm assuming. my plan is to construct a device that will allow one to throw garbage into a vat and have the garbage propelled by the wet/dry vac into a large garbage container far away from the living quarters. I need some ideas, and comments. could this work or can i not get enough propulsion from a wet/dry vac.."

Journal Journal: Making sense of Star Wars 3

Journal by peacefinder on Tuesday January 23, 2007 @12:55AM

A number of people have tried to patch up George Lucas' leaky storyline into something coherent.

Here's an alternate backstory that - in addition to being hilarious - seems to work.

Submission + - Indian Capsule Returns From Space

Submitted by GodOfCode on Tuesday January 23, 2007 @12:50AM

GodOfCode writes: http://edition.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/01/22/india .space.reut/index.html

Submission + - Laptop Cooling - A Worst Case Scenario

Submitted by

Jim Richmond

on Friday December 29, 2006 @03:27AM

Jim Richmond writes: "After experiencing frequent cpu slow downs on my Dell Inspiron 9100 Laptop, I went frantically searching for fixes. The fix: the fan exhaust vents were severely clogged. Included are some pictures to show just how extreme a case it was. I half-jokingly wonder if this would of caused my laptop battery to explode.

http://www.pressingtheredbutton.com/laptop_cooling _-_a_worst_case_scenario/"

Submission + - Microsoft laptop recipient auctioning laptop

Submitted by

Salvance

on Friday December 29, 2006 @03:09AM

Salvance writes: "While most bloggers who received the controversial Vista powered Acer from Microsoft are keeping them, Laughing Squid has decided to auction off his free laptop from Microsoft and donate all proceeds to the The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). He saw this as a great opportunity to support a worthy cause, and some other bloggers are following suit.

What's both ironic and funny is that Microsoft is now backpedaling and telling bloggers to send back the laptops. Do they even have a legal right to do so?"

Submission + - Statements at Boycott Blackboard Site Vanish

Submitted by

Resident M. Turdstile

on Friday December 29, 2006 @02:58AM

Resident M. Turdstile writes: "As of Thursday. December 28th, 2006, statements from users opposed to the Blackboard Patent have mysteriously vanished from the Boycott Blackboard online petition site. Statements of opposition included developers of online instructional technology who took issue with what they perceived to be Blackboard's hijacking of prior art in their patent filing. Others pointed out that Blackboard was in fact interested in maintaining an intellectual monopoly on online instructional technology and course management, contradicting claims by legal council that Blackboard only wants to protect its intellectual property. Readers who wish to see a Google cache of some of the responses of petition signers may click here."

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