Comment No hardware keyboard... (Score 3, Insightful) 284
Too bad there's no hardware keyboard on this beast. I can't stand using touchscreen keyboards. Hopefully this isn't becoming the norm.
Awesome Pics of CERN's Large Hadron Collider 249
mactard submitted a collection of insanely beautiful pictures of the Large Hadron Collider. I've always had a warm place for amazing photgraphs, and these really don't disappoint. Science really is beautiful sometimes.
Dutch Unveil Robot Gas Station Attendant 287
Lucas123 writes "According to a Reuters' story, Dutch inventors today took the wraps off a $110,000 car-fueling robot they say is the first of its kind. (It was inspired by a cow milking robot.) After registering the car as it pulls up to the pump, the machine matches your fuel cap design with those in a database and your car's fuel type, and then a robotic arm fitted with multiple sensors extends from a regular gas pump, 'opens the car's flap, unscrews the cap, picks up the fuel nozzle and directs it towards the tank opening, much as a human arm would, and as efficiently.' Wait till Hollywood gets hold of this scenario."
Comment Re:Honesty... (Score 4, Interesting) 333
You give Thompson a lot of credit... Ann Coulter is a very smart woman. She's made a career from shock politics - talking about her like she's insane or something only plays into the image that she's selling. It keeps her in the limelight, sells books, and gets her column space. Don't play her game by buying it.
Where the Highest Paying Tech Jobs Are 574
prostoalex writes "Where would you look for a high-paying tech job? If your answer is Silicon Valley or Research Triangle, Forbes magazine suggests some other destinations. When you take the cost of living and consider the net pay adjusted for that cost, places like Montgomery, Ala., Idaho Falls, Idaho, and Fort Smith, Ark. suddenly seem quite attractive."
Dvorak Avocates Open Sourcing OS X 571
xzvf writes "Dvorak claims OS X and Apple in trouble. He suggests open sourcing OS X for an epic battle with Linux. In many ways, this is just insane rambling, but it's certainly entertaining on some levels." From the article: "That would make the battle between OS X and Linux the most interesting one on the computer scene. With all attention turned in that direction, there would be nothing Microsoft could do to stem a reversal of its fortunes. Let's start at the beginning. There's been a lot of fuss over Apple's rollout of the unsupported Boot Camp product, which lets Mac users run Microsoft Windows easily on an Intel-based Macintosh. I got into various levels of trouble when I suggested that Apple was going to gravitate towards Windows since it would be easy to do and there was some evidence that the company might want to do it."
Everglide s-500 Headphone Review 190
Lincoln 'PrOpHeT' Grixti writes "The Everglide s-500 Headphone is the ultimate tool for gamers that pass long hours using their headset for their gaming needs. It has been designed for gamers, by gamers, with the aid of leading world-wide professionals such as Sander "Voo" Kaasjager and other CPL World Tour Winners. The headset is available for sale with a price tag of $99.99 from Everglide Store. Some might say it's quite expensive for a headset, but when compared to other professional gaming headsets, the price is quite cheap." update Sorry folks, apparently the linked website barfed.
Comment Re:Did somebody pay them ? (Score 1) 549
Right, but if that article was written for another paper, it would almost certainly also mention the ad early in the text, given that's the biggest recent "hard" news related to Firefox.
That doesn't mean that the NYT is writing this article because of the ad for non-editorial reasons.
It's entirely possible that the ad -- the notoriety and newsworthyness, not the financial gain -- is a factor in this article getting published. I'm just saying you can't accuse the NYT of bias from the ad just because it ran in the same publication. Are folks saying that once they accepted the Firefox ad, they should cease publishing stories about it?
That doesn't mean that the NYT is writing this article because of the ad for non-editorial reasons.
It's entirely possible that the ad -- the notoriety and newsworthyness, not the financial gain -- is a factor in this article getting published. I'm just saying you can't accuse the NYT of bias from the ad just because it ran in the same publication. Are folks saying that once they accepted the Firefox ad, they should cease publishing stories about it?
