Friday, May 26, 2006

List of Universal Binaries for Intel (and PPC) Mac OS X

A nice list for all you new MacBook, MacBook Pro, iMac, Mac mini owners that are wanting to run native programs. Make sure you bookmark to check for updates!

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Won't You Be My Neighbor (Mr. Rogers vs. the US Senate)

Kind of creepy, but the R O G got his point across with kindness... click the link for some wholsome goodness...



Won't You Be My Neighbor (Mr. Rogers vs. the US Senate)

Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Voyager 2 Detects Odd Shape of Solar System\'s Edge

Voyager 2 could pass beyond the outermost layer of our solar system, called the \"termination shock,\" sometime within the next year, NASA scientists announced at a media teleconference today.

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Ballmer Hints at Possible Further Vista Delay!

Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer has played down the recent slide in the software giant\'s share price but hinted at a possible further delay to the release of its new operating system.

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1000+ public domain images

Scanned remains of castles, deserted abbeys, old manor houses, mansions and stately homes; also engravings, woodcuts and pictures of Old England and Wales. Most are public domain unless otherwise noted, and can be used as historical reference in teaching, royalty-free stock images, scrapbook clip art and/or on websites.

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Tuesday, May 23, 2006

X-Men: Last Stand Post-Credits Scene?

At the theater this weekend, when the credits roll, when the audiences begins to filter out of the exits... keep your seat. And then, perhaps, share this little secret with a few of your friends: the movie isn\'t over.

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Repairing Windows XP in Eight Commands

Article describing how to repair Windows XP when your PC is inaccessible from the standard boot procedures, and you have to use the recovery console as your last resort!

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Aston Martin racecar flies farther than Wright Bros.

Last weekend an Aston Martin flew off the track at Mid-Ohio Raceway and flew 142 feet, completely level, before landing in the dirt. That beats the first recorded powered flight by the Wright Bros. (120 feet) by 22 feet.

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The Truth about global warming- It\'s the sun\'s fault

An astrophysicist friend of mind told me some time ago that SUV\'s and smog producing factories couldn\'t be to blame for global warming because Mars was warming at nearly the same rate. Maybe we should blame the sun that is currently hotter and brighter than its been in 1000 years.

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Apple + Nike

Could the two companies have a partnership as early as tomorrow?

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Friday, May 19, 2006

XM Satellite Radio responds to the Stupid RIAA lawsuit.

XM Radio basically tells the RIAA to shove it! They won't be bullied around by the RIAA and they'll fight them!
"We will vigorously defend these radios and your right to enjoy them in court and before Congress, and we expect to win."

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U.S. Patent Office re-examines Amazon's 'One Click' patent

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is re-examining Amazon.com Inc.'s patent for ``one-click'' online shopping at the request of a New Zealand actor who says he's upset over slow book delivery.

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Pro-Carbon-Dioxide Ad Sponsored by Exxon. [It's real, not a joke]

WOW... I am not sure how i feel about this...

"The Competitive Enterprise Institute has produced two 60-second television spots focusing on the alleged global warming crisis and the calls by some environmental groups and politicians for reduced energy use. The ads are airing in 14 U.S. cities from May 18 to May 28, 2006."

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Cure for cancers 'in five years'

The world's first patient trials will take place later this year. The treatment - gene-modified t-cell therapy - could replace more intrusive treatments like chemotherapy. The cells are fitted with a "tracker" device to kill cancer cells before being injected back into the patient.

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Monday, May 15, 2006

Secret gov't source tells ABC News: 'Get new cellphones'.

Holy F'in Shite!! Dude whats the F'in world coming to?


The Swamp - Chicago Tribune - Blogs.

SkypeOut now FREE for US & Canada!

Yes. It is really very, very free. There�s no prepayment, no minimum use, no subscription, no monthly fee, no nothing. You just download and install Skype and then you start calling. Both the caller and the number called must be in either the US or Canada. There are no strings attached.

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Friday, May 12, 2006

Telcos Could Be Liable For Tens of Billions of Dollars

For every 1 million Americans whose records were turned over to NSA, the telcos could be liable for $1 billion in penalties, plus attorneys fees. You do the math.

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What does AT&T have to say to its customers about the NSA?

A Madison reporter asks AT&T point-blank about their involvement with the NSA's domestic wiretapping and documents their Kafkaesque runaround.

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Thursday, May 11, 2006

Google Notebook Screenshot!

Google Notebook is suppose be out next week, but Erica got some nice screenshots for you!

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Skype Universal for Mac FINALLY!

We released Skype for Mac 1.4.0.49 today, which is our first Universal build of Skype. Universal means that Skype now runs natively on both Intel- and PowerPC-based Mac computers, boosting the performance of Skype running on Intel Macs.

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Wednesday, May 10, 2006

The End of ALLOFMP3.com?

The RIAA wins another battle. Russian President Vladimir Putin proclaims, "We must defend copyright inside the country. That is our obligation to our foreign partners", It appears that AllofMP3.com may be in it's last days.

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A 4.1 GHz Dual Core at £79.95 - Can it be True?

Intel has offered a budget Pentium as part of its processor line-up for a little while now. With a simple modification, however, this CPU can outperform every top-of-the-line processor around

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Sony bows to Apple format (AAC)

Sony Corp. on Tuesday announced a symbolic concession to Apple Computer Corp. on digital audio technology. The company will make its latest music management software compatible with the AAC data compression technology used by Apple

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iTunes customers are Red Hot angry

Those who bought Red Hot Chili Pepper's new album "Stadium Arcadium" from iTunes with the intent to get advanced tickets to their upcoming tour are asking Apple where their advance ticket codes are. Meanwhile some shows are already selling out floor seats.

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Wii for under $200?

According to Sega VP of marketing it is.

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Opera confirms: Their browser will be on the Wii

Opera has in a press release confirmed that their browser will come as an optional feature with Nintendo's new console Wii. Awesome.

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Tuesday, May 09, 2006

Nintendo Wii Classic Controller Revealed!

The classic non remote Wii controller has been revealed by Nintendo, check it out exclusivly first here!

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Apple's Intel Mac mini sales strong; being purchased as "Media Centers"

Apple Computer's new line of Intel-based Macs remain strong sellers this month, with "solid" demand for not only the company's iMac and MacBook Pro offerings but also the Mac mini, according to a new research note from UBS Investment Research

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The Six Minute Project

The six minute project is an interactive multimedia experiment, in which people take a picture of whatever they are doing, wherever they are, every six minutes for 24 waking hours. The result of each contributing gallery is 240 connecting snapshots that tell one story.

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Internet on Cellphones Will be Next Tech Battleground

The push by the world's biggest Internet search firms to dominate what customers see when they turn on their cellphones has accelerated in recent months with Google Inc., Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp. all striking deals with service providers and others in the cellphone industry.

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Big Bang Theory Obsolete? A New Theory Emerges...

"It can be thought of as a child of the previous universe."

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Explosive sting of jellyfish captured on film

The explosion of stingers released when a jellyfish brushes against its victim has been captured for the first time on film � and the footage shows what may be the fastest cellular process in nature. What's more the little darts hit with the force of bullets. The most rapid camera available was needed - it takes 1.4 million frames per second

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The Famous $25,000 Mac OS X Virus Challenge - A Year Later

More than a year has passed. Surprisingly (or not, to some of us), there is still NOT ONE self-replicating virus in the wild that attacks the Mac OS X operating system. That's right, folks... NOT ONE. Not the first. Ever. Never. Zero.

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Monday, May 08, 2006

Fetus crying in the womb (video)

Amazing research out of the Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, N.C. Babies were "startled" with an audio tone played through speakers directed into the stomach of pregnant women, and babies' responses were monitored via ultrasound. The authors maintain that fetal crying may occur as early as 28 weeks!

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1st images from E3 06

first images of E3's show floor and outdoors

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Friday, May 05, 2006

Making Bootable Movies with eMoviX

"If you are like me and do all your video recording in Linux, you may wonder how you can share the TV shows, personal videos, and other multimedia content with friends and family who don't use Linux. How can you get the video from your hard disk to the people you care about in a way that you know they can play it?" Using eMoviX ...

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Amazing super detailed, interactive "Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci

Click on the orange 1 to launch it...prepare to be amazed at the detail.

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Amazing, Innovative ways to fool people!

Scott Granneman's latest column looks at recent security examples where people have been fooled in increasingly innovative ways: from keyloggers used in a massive bank heist and new Trojans that encrypt data and request ransom money, to real financial rip-offs that extend out from online virtual gaming worlds like World of Warcraft.

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Amazing, Innovative ways to fool people!

Scott Granneman's latest column looks at recent security examples where people have been fooled in increasingly innovative ways: from keyloggers used in a massive bank heist and new Trojans that encrypt data and request ransom money, to real financial rip-offs that extend out from online virtual gaming worlds like World of Warcraft.

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Thursday, May 04, 2006

‘World’s oldest person’ turns 128 - Americas - MSNBC.com

Space Cube - World's Smallest PC...

Here is the Space Cubed which is claimed to be the world's smallest personal computer. At the size of 2 x 2 x 2.2 inch, it has a 300 MHz processor and 64MB of SDRAM. Shown in the picture, it includes number of ports such as USB, Ethernet, flash memory. monitor port, serial connection and microphone. Pocket PC anyone?

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Wednesday, May 03, 2006

A Real life cloaking device!

Scientists in the UK have done the math(s) required to develop a real life cloaking device... now if only we could get the warp engine down.

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Apple - Trailers - Superman Returns - Large

Feel like Rioting? Well, start Slipping in Slime!

The institute has developed a super-slimy substance. When fired at an unruly mob it causes rioters to simply slip over

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Monday, May 01, 2006

Why isn't Vista built on .NET? You may not believe the answer.

Vista and .NET. Type safety anyone?
Gary McGraw is CTO of Cigital Inc and author of : Software Security: Building Security In www.awprofessional.com/title/0321356705

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Howto watch ABC TV Streams outside the USA

Describes a way to view ABC tv streams from outside the USA. All you need is a proxy that is hosted in the USA and does not spill your IP. The article helps you find those proxies.

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ABC Launches Free Online Episode Streaming

Starting today, you can stream episodes of ABC's LOST, Desperate Housewives, Commander in Chief, and Alias for free at ABC.com. The ad-supported episodes will be available for at least a two-month trial period.

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Bruce Lee's One Inch Punch - The How, The Why, The Wow

Ok, so, "The Wow" is mostly on the viewers part.. and "The Why" - well to basically kick ass. For the How - watch the video.. its pretty amazing stuff! (there are some great old kung fu movie clips in there too!)

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