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Submission + - Why Doesn't 'Google Kids' Exist? 2

Submitted by theodp on Saturday June 11, 2011 @10:03PM

theodp writes: Slate's Michael Agger wishes there was a website his 6-year-old son could visit on his own to watch amateur Star Wars Lego movies and other stuff he's curious about. 'But I don't leave him alone on YouTube,' he laments, 'because I never know if some strange-ass video will appear in the 'Related Videos' section.' The now defunct TotLoL was one such site, offering handpicked child-appropriate YouTube videos, at least until it was done in by a change in YouTube's Terms of Service. Agger suggests that Google should create Google Kids, a search engine that filters the Web for children. 'Think back to when you were a kid and your parents dropped you off at the library,' explains Agger. 'In the children's section, the only 'inappropriate' stuff to be found was Judy Blume's Forever, which someone's older sister had usually already checked out anyway. Similarly, Google Kids would be a sort of children's section of the Web, focused on providing high-quality results based on age.' In the meantime, Agger can always have his kids spend a little quality time with Michael Jackson over at AOL Kids.

Submission + - JavaScript Gameboy Emulator, Redux (i-programmer.info) 1

Submitted by Prosthetic_Lips on Saturday June 11, 2011 @09:41PM

Prosthetic_Lips writes: Now we have a GameBoy Color emulator written in HTML5/JavaScript and it will run ROM images stored locally. What is amazing is that it runs the games at a playable speed.

Yes, this was first covered 6 months ago ( http://developers.slashdot.org/story/10/11/05/2334206/A-JavaScript-Gameboy-Emulator-Detailed-In-8-Parts ), but it seems like it is pretty complete at this point. You can load roms stored locally, and keep data using localStorage.

Submission + - Nook Touch is hacked, gets Bluetooth (the-digital-reader.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 11, 2011 @06:14PM

An anonymous reader writes: Barnes & Nobles latest e-reader has already been hacked. In a couple of surprise videos this morning, the hacker zoryl showed the Nook Touch running the Kindle app and running ADW Launcher. the second video also hints at the presence of Bluetooth.

Submission + - Fitbot lets you try clothes before you buy! (i-programmer.info)

Submitted by mikejuk on Saturday June 11, 2011 @02:03PM

mikejuk writes: There is one big problem with online shopping. You can't actually try out the goods until they arrive.
Now Fits.me has a sort of solution in the form of a "FitBot". This is described as a robot mannequin although this particular robot moves in ways that have to be seen to be believed. Servo motors are used to move sections of the body in and out to create different body shapes. It is very eerie and slightly disturbing to watch!

Submission + - Silverlight Developers Rally Against Windows 8 (itnews.com.au) 1

Submitted by

aesoteric

on Wednesday June 08, 2011 @06:16PM

aesoteric writes: "A legion of Silverlight developers have threatened revolt after Microsoft made no mention of Silverlight or .Net in the vendor's brief video preview for its upcoming Windows 8 operating system. Developers expressed fears Microsoft might let their investment in skills "die on the vine" as Redmond finally embraces open standards. Microsoft, for their part, have told developers they can't say more until September."

Submission + - Dutch to enforce netneutrality by law (arstechnica.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 08, 2011 @02:31PM

An anonymous reader writes: Big news out of the Netherlands this week, where a government minister announced plans to guarantee network neutrality by law. If Parliament approves the amendment to Dutch telecommunications law, and it expected to do so, it would become one of the first countries in the world to legislate against Internet providers who want to charge more for using particular applications or services.

Submission + - Federal courts to begin first digital video pilot (networkworld.com)

Submitted by

coondoggie

on Wednesday June 08, 2011 @02:17PM

coondoggie writes: "Federal district courts have been prohibited from allowing any sort of electronic dissemination of trials since 1946, but that is about to change.

Fourteen federal trial courts and 100 judges have been selected to take part in the federal Judiciary's three-year digital video pilot, which will begin July 18 and will go a long way towards determining the effect of cameras in courtrooms."

Submission + - Is it a bird? No it's a robot (i-programmer.info)

Submitted by mikejuk on Sunday March 27, 2011 @11:57AM

mikejuk writes: Festo, well known for their biologically inspired robots, have done it again SmartBird . A mechanism that flys like a bird. It is amazing to watch and all the more amazing when you realise that it just flaps its wings and all of the control is via a torsion drive which twists the wings during each flap. The whole thing depends on the constant intervention of the software to keep it under control.

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