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Portables (Games)

New Nintendo DS to Include Camera, Music 261

Posted by CmdrTaco from the and-it-fits-in-the-palm-of-your-hand dept.
BobB-nw writes "Watch out Apple, here comes Nintendo. Nintendo plans to launch a new version of its popular DS portable gaming device with a camera and music player function, according to a report in the Sunday edition of The Nikkei Business Daily. The new version will have better wireless capability for connecting to the Internet and will cost under $189, the report said. It will be offered first in Japan, it said. The DS first went on sale in 2004, and a second version, called the DS Lite, debuted two years later in 2006. Both have sold extremely well, with worldwide sales of the DS products at 77.5 million units as of the end of June this year."
Microsoft

Microsoft and Nokia Adopt OSS JQuery Framework 126

Posted by timothy from the ms-could-become-the-largest-open-source-vendor dept.
soliptic writes "The jQuery blog today announced that 'Both Microsoft and Nokia are taking the major step of adopting jQuery as part of their official application development platform.' So the open-source javascript framework will be shipped with Visual Studio and ASP.NET MVC. Microsoft's Scott Hanselman notes: 'It's Open Source, and we'll use it and ship it via its MIT license, unchanged. If there's changes we want, we'll submit a patch just like anyone else.'" There's also a story at eWeek about the decision.
OS X

OS X On the MSI Wind 219

Posted by timothy from the os-x-doesn't-make-it-a-mac dept.
Ruler of Planets writes "PlanetX64 has just published an article on loading OS X on an MSI Wind, effectively creating a machine that is smaller and lighter than a Macbook Air. The exercise was done solely for academic purposes and doing so voids all kinds of warranties, but hey, now you can slip a Mac into a lab coat pocket!"
Media (Apple)

Software Update Makes iTunes Accessible To Blind Users 148

Posted by timothy from the rockbox-already-has-voice-guidance-note dept.
rickthewizkid writes "Recent updates to the iTunes software allow blind users to access the program without assistance. From the article: 'The new software — which transforms the written information on an iTunes-linked computer screen into speech or Braille — stemmed from an agreement between Apple, the Cupertino, Calif.-based computer company, the National Federation of the Blind and Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley.'" It's not just the actual iTunes app, though; the article notes that this update makes iTunes U useable as well.
The Internet

See Who Is Whitewashing Wikipedia 478

Posted by Zonk from the who-isn't-these-days dept.
Decius6i5 writes "Caltech grad student Virgil Griffith has launched a search tool that uncovers whitewashing and other self-interested editing of Wikipedia. Users can generate lists of every edit to Wikipedia which has been made from a particular IP address range. The tool has already uncovered a number of interesting edits, such as one from the corporate offices of Diebold which removed large sections of content critical of their electronic voting machines. A Wired story provides more detail and Threat Level is running a contest to see who can come up with the most interesting Wikipedia spin job."
Biotech

HIV Vaccine Ready For Clinical Trials 385

Posted by Zonk from the go-science-go-science dept.
amigoro writes with the happy news that a possible vaccine against HIV is nearing readiness for clinical trials. The compound could provide a 'double whammy' by not only inoculating the patient against future infection, but destroying an HIV infection in progress. "The vaccine is an artificial virus-like particle whose outer casing consists of the TBI (T- and B cell epitopes containing immunogen) protein constructed by the researchers combined with the polyglucin protein. This protein contains nine components stimulating different cells of the immune system: both the ones that produce antibodies and the ones that devour the newcomer."
User Journal

Journal Journal: GeekProdigy.com work..

Journal by gh0ul

Well, today was productive...sort of.. added a little info thingy to GeekProdigy.com which tells shoppers how much dough they are currently adding up in their basket.. Also changed everything to flat-rate $4.95 shipping, and free shipping on orders over $40 (tshirts, hats, buttons etc..) going to be adding ties and dress shirts soon (woop)..
User Journal

Journal Journal: Making Magnets

Journal by gh0ul

Anyone know any handy and quick methods to mass produce magnets with easy to find materials?
User Journal

Journal Journal: BeyondGeek.com, GeekProdigy.com etc..

Journal by gh0ul

Today has been rather busy, I've re-written some of the administration sections for BeyondGeek.com as we as fixed some flaws in my codebase for GeekProdigy.com.. When visitors signed up for the GeekProdigy mailing list, they were not recieving the original "Are you sure" type email.. All fixed now (as far as I can tell)

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