Comment How many gallons of fuels will be used... (Score 0, Redundant) 276
To haul all those coffee grounds around? Could we get an adjusted number instead of that "340 Million Gallons"? It doesn't all smell like cake from where I sit.
Comment Re:Why is "opensource it" always the answer? (Score 1) 379
Yes, you are right. As a casual reader of slashdot I sometimes forget to consider the source when getting outraged about the comments. Ha. Thanks for shedding light on this one.
Comment Why is "opensource it" always the answer? (Score 1) 379
Nevermind the fact that even "today's Microsoft" is making tons and tons of cash every single day, and Apple has never opened up anything, ever. Why opensource at all, when closed source has always made them more money? As a matter of fact, the closed nature of the iPod is singlehandedly what brought Apple off the brink of bankruptcy. I really don't understand why opensource wonks always think in absolutes and want to opensource everything. Are you guys supposed to be more smart or something?
Grey Lines Mar MacBook Air Displays 288
adamengst writes "Numerous users have been complaining about grey lines that muddy the crispness of the displays of the recently updated MacBook Air. Doug McLean explains the problem in TidBITS, along with what Apple appears to be doing about it."
IEEE Says Multicore is Bad News For Supercomputers 251
Richard Kelleher writes "It seems the current design of multi-core processors is
not good for the design of supercomputers. According to IEEE: 'Engineers at Sandia National Laboratories, in New Mexico, have simulated future high-performance computers containing the 8-core, 16-core, and 32-core microprocessors that chip makers say are the future of the industry. The results are distressing. Because of limited memory bandwidth and memory-management schemes that are poorly suited to supercomputers, the performance of these machines would level off or even decline with more cores.'"
Online Reporters Now the Journalists Most Often Jailed 147
bckspc writes "The Committee to Protect Journalists today released the results of its annual survey of journalists in prison. For the first time, they found more Internet journalists jailed worldwide than journalists working in any other medium. CPJ found that 45 percent of all media workers jailed worldwide are bloggers, Web-based reporters, or online editors. Their chart of journalists jailed by year is also interesting."
Players Furious Over Buggy GTA IV PC Release 384
Jupix writes "It took Rockstar most of a year to port Grand Theft Auto IV to the PC, and while they claim this was because they wanted polish and quality with their PC release, it appears the result has been less than satisfactory. Players all over the internet are furious over numerous bugs in the release, ranging from nonfunctional internet registration and graphics glitches to completely inoperative installations. One of the game's largest retailers, Steam, has reportedly gone so far as to start handing out refunds to hordes of unsatisfied (and no doubt uncomfortably noisy) customers."
Comment Re:In other news (Score 1) 857
OK so it's not really free, but if you think about it all that "free money" requires is an ISP, a nigerian bank account, plus the forged documents from government officials. It might cost like $100 USD, but when the payoff is this big, it's kinda worth it.
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The Dumber Android Is, the Better, Say Experts 165
ZDOne writes "ZDNet UK is reporting that it will not be known until the Android software development kit comes out on Monday whether the Gphone will be strictly Java-based, but security experts claim that the less smart a phone is, the less vulnerable it is. Android developers should stick to a semi-smartphone platform because the Java sandbox can protect against the normal kinds of attacks, experts claim. The article also discusses some of the pros and cons of open vs. closed source security. 'The debate about the relative security merits of open-source as opposed to proprietary software development has been a very long-running one. Open-source software development has the advantage of many pairs of eyes scrutinizing the code, meaning irregularities can be spotted and ironed out, while updates to plug vulnerabilities can be written and pushed out very quickly. However, one of the disadvantages of open-source development is that anyone can scrutinize the source code to find vulnerabilities and write exploits. The source code in proprietary software, on the other hand, can't be directly viewed, meaning vulnerabilities need to be found through reverse engineering.'"
Feed Engadget: Polls closing in the 2007 Weblogs Awards -- vote for Engadget now! (engadget.com)
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
Polls are about to close in the 2007 Weblog Awards at 5PM Eastern TODAY -- this is probably your last shot to let your voice be heard in the category of Best Technology Blog.Much love to everyone who's already voted -- and to everyone else, sorry about the spammy popularity contest angle here, we just always wanted to be Treasurer in our high school student body and are trying oh so hard to relive the dream, you know?
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Feed Engadget: 3D medical display utilizes gesture-controlled interface (engadget.com)
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Though not quite as intense as HD surgery, we'd say this thing could still project some pretty startling results. The display shown above, which was developed at the Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich-Hertz-Institut HHI in Berlin, relies on a pair of cameras mounted overhead and a single one integrated into its frame to capture exactly what angle the physician is gazing in at. Subsequently, the doctor can simply wave his / her finger and the image will rotate and shift as commanded in order to provide a more detailed look while keeping things as sterile as possible. Essentially, this system weds your average 3D display with a less common non-contact user interface, and while hard pricing deets weren't disclosed, the team suggested that even smaller medical practices should be able to squeeze this into their budget.[Via medGadget]
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Feed Engadget: Dude, you're getting a drink: Dell dude now a waiter (engadget.com)
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Oh, how the mighty have fallen: Ben Curtis, famous just a few years ago as "Steven the Dell Dude," is now a waiter / bartender at Tequila Flats in New York. Although the Steven ads were hugely popular and generated tons of buzz (and revenue) for Dell, the company eventually dropped the campaign after Ben got arrested for buying pot in 2003 -- shocking no one who actually watched the commercials, but apparently not the message Dell wanted to send the parents fronting the cash for all those machines. Although he's down to slinging drinks, Ben's taking it in stride, saying "There were times when I made boatloads of money as an actor, but here I can be myself." That doesn't mean he's given up the dream just yet: he's hoping to score big with his band, Whale, which he says has "the green light," but has "decided to take a little time off to record our EP and package ourselves properly." Hm, seems like a perfect opportunity to get back together with Dell, actually -- it could use some new music after getting caught using GarageBand's built-in loops in that XPS One teaser.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Feed Engadget: Archos TV+ hits the FCC (engadget.com)
Filed under: Home Entertainment
We already knew it was coming, but it looks like the Archos TV Plus (now known as the Archos TV+) has just cleared one of its final hurdles on the way to a release, with the device now making its all-important debut at the FCC. Of course, there's not a whole lot of surprises given that Archos already spilled all the details on the device, but the FCC has kindly provided plenty of pictures of the set-top box, including a peek at the its innards, which you can check out in the gallery below. As you can see, not much has changed from the prototype we got to check out first hand, and the specs appear to have remained the same as well, including integrated 802.11g WiFi, video recording at no more than VGA resolution, and a full complement of ports including composite, s-video, component and HDMI outputs, and composite, s-video and component inputs (plus USB, of course). Assuming nothing else has changed since the announcement, you can expect this one to set you back $200 or $350 for the 80GB or 250GB versions, respectively.
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Feed Engadget: Eizo whips up FlexScan SX2761W / SX2461W LCD monitors (engadget.com)
Filed under: Displays
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