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Guerrilla Drive Ins - Creating Rebel Outdoor Movie Theaters (VIDEO)(TrendHunter.com) MobMov is a website with advice on how to create guerrilla drive-in movies. The concept is relatively simple: Use an HD LCD projector, plug it into your car, grab a DVD, find a large...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 15 Jul 2008 | 5:00 pm Fashionable Outdoor Roller Rinks - Preen Blades at Nokia Skate Almighty (GALLERY)(TrendHunter.com) Nokia's Skate Almighty events in the UK are hot rock and roller skate events. DJ's Norman Jay MBE, Zero 7, Guilty Pleasures, and others set up the ultimate roller disco for people looking...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 15 Jul 2008 | 4:40 pm Lasers Instead of Cameras - Radiohead's 'House of Cards' Music Video (VIDEO)(TrendHunter.com) Radiohead seems to be living several years ahead of everyone else on planet Earth. First they give away their album, then they put on a free concert and now they release a music video...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 15 Jul 2008 | 4:20 pm Calif. Firefighters Get Backup From NASA DroneAs wildfires rage in California, a NASA aircraft helps firefighters in the field.Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 15 Jul 2008 | 2:57 pm Cybercrime Organizational Structures EvolveAn anonymous reader writes "The latest findings of a report explore the trend of loosely organized clusters of attackers trading stolen data online being replaced by hierarchical cybercrime organizations. These organizations deploy sophisticated pricing models, crimeware business models refined for optimal operation, crimeware drop zones, and campaigns for optimal distribution of the crimeware. These cybercrime organizations consist of strict hierarchies, in which each cybercriminal is rewarded according to his position and task."Read more of this story at Slashdot. Source: Slashdot | 15 Jul 2008 | 2:24 pm EU wants to cap costs on phone text messages (AP)AP - Are mobile phone companies taking advantage of teenagers' addiction to chatting in text messages? The top telecommunications regulator for the European Union believes so, and said Tuesday that a limit should be placed on the cost of international texts.Source: Yahoo! News: Technology News | 15 Jul 2008 | 2:17 pm Boeing and Alenia to Support Italy's First Composite Industrial Recycling PlantAgreement establishes framework for recycling aircraft composite waste into reusable materials FARNBOROUGH, United Kingdom, July 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The BoeingSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 15 Jul 2008 | 2:16 pm Palm Treo 800w gets official - Slippery Brick
Source: Google News - Sci/Tech | 15 Jul 2008 | 2:15 pm Cell Phone Detector DogsMaryland has three trained dogs that can sniff out phones smuggled into prisons, reports The Washington Post. Each cell phone has a unique scent signature, according to an officer in a video showing...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 15 Jul 2008 | 2:15 pm Mystery Bug Stumps Museum ExpertsA tiny new insect appearing in a museum's garden has stumped experts.Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 15 Jul 2008 | 2:11 pm Real World of Warcraft: Is Offline Part of The Plan?Dense games are fun games. Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) game developers give solo players things to do, but for a game to really succeed players need people to play with. If player density isnt high...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 15 Jul 2008 | 2:09 pm Raritan Expands Data Center Power Management Portfolio-- New Metered PDUs join Raritan's Switched and Intelligent PDU products for monitoring and managing data center power resources -- SOMERSET, N.J., July 15 /PRNewswire/Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 15 Jul 2008 | 2:02 pm KickApps Brings Userplane's Chat to its Social NetworksKickApps, the white label social networking platform, has partnered with Userplane to bring Userplane's chat technology to KickApps' affiliates. KickApps will integrate Userplane's Webchat and Webmessenger...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 15 Jul 2008 | 2:00 pm Sears 'Arrives' on the Social Networking Scene with Multiple Partnerships Aimed at Increasing User Engagement Among Teens and TweensHOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill., July 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sears has partnered with some of the biggest names in youth interactive marketing to ensure that their new back...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 15 Jul 2008 | 2:00 pm Majesco Entertainment Ships 'Nancy Drew: The Mystery of the Clue Bender Society' for Nintendo DS(TM)EDISON, N.J., July 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Teen super sleuth Nancy Drew returns to solve her most challenging case ever, as Majesco Entertainment Company (Nasdaq:...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 15 Jul 2008 | 2:00 pm Settlement of Class Action Against Qiao Xing Universal Telephone, Inc. and its Directors and OfficersHUIZHOU, Guangdong, China, July 15 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Qiao Xing Universal Telephone, Inc. (Nasdaq: XING) today announces that at the July 11, 2008 final...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 15 Jul 2008 | 2:00 pm Infragistics Gives Developers the Tools to Propel Microsoft Office SharePoint Server Products and Technologies-based Web Applications Into Web 2.0 ExperiencesReference Application showcases NetAdvantage for ASP.NET in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server Products and Technologies PRINCETON, N.J. and Elstree, United Kingdom,...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 15 Jul 2008 | 2:00 pm Verizon's 'Business Link Rewards' Program Launches Online MallSmall and Medium-Sized Businesses Can Earn Unlimited Bonus Credits With the Verizon Business Links Rewards Online Mall; Shopping Destination Has More Than 350 Retailers Offering...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 15 Jul 2008 | 2:00 pm Tulip Systems Expands Infrastructure, Creates New Divisions to Meet Market and New Client NeedsATLANTA, July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Tulip Systems, Inc. announced today that it has just completed major infrastructure upgrades to meet the demand of an ever increasing...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 15 Jul 2008 | 2:00 pm Addintools Releases Easier Office 2007 Upgrade with Classic MenusHAINAN, China, July 15 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Addintools Technology LTD announces the release of Classic Menu for Office 2007, an add-in for Microsoft Office 2007 Suite...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 15 Jul 2008 | 2:00 pm TriCipher is First to Transfer Smart Card Level Security to Federally Approved SAFE-BioPharma(TM) 'Roaming' CredentialsSAFE-BioPharma Association First to Offer TriCipher ID Tool ToGo to Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Industries LOS GATOS, Calif., July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- TriCipher, the...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 15 Jul 2008 | 2:00 pm Viacom, Google Agree To Conceal User Names - CRN
Source: Google News - Sci/Tech | 15 Jul 2008 | 1:59 pm AOL launches 2 niche sites to grow ad potential (AP)AP - AOL on Tuesday launched new sites on personal finance and photography as part of its bid to grow advertising opportunities by serving niche audiences.Source: Yahoo! News: Technology News | 15 Jul 2008 | 1:53 pm Apple exec grilled about missing iPhone 2.0 features - Ars Technica
Source: Google News - Sci/Tech | 15 Jul 2008 | 1:51 pm EA to publish Rage, new Id Software game - Macworld
Source: Google News - Sci/Tech | 15 Jul 2008 | 1:44 pm Final Fantasy XIII Is Coming To Xbox 360An anonymous reader writes "In a stunning change, Square-Enix announced today at Microsoft's E3 press conference that its next iteration in the Final Fantasy series is also coming to Xbox 360." And I just rationalized the PS3 purchase by telling myself that the next FF will require it.Read more of this story at Slashdot. Source: Slashdot | 15 Jul 2008 | 1:36 pm Microsoft Confirms Xbox 360 Price Cut - Twice
Source: Google News - Sci/Tech | 15 Jul 2008 | 1:26 pm Sun, Fujitsu Launch Quad-Core Spar64 VII-Powered Servers - InformationWeek
Source: Google News - Sci/Tech | 15 Jul 2008 | 1:21 pm Cancer Causing Tasmanian Devils to Breed YoungerA disease is causing Tasmanian devils to have sex more often and at earlier ages.Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 15 Jul 2008 | 1:17 pm Lenovo Leads Vendor Pack With New Laptops for SMBs - bMighty.com
Source: Google News - Sci/Tech | 15 Jul 2008 | 1:13 pm Shape Up Alarm Clock - Wake Up With A WorkoutBy Andrew Liszewski Adding to the long list of novelty alarm clocks that ensure you have no choice but to get out of bed in the morning is the Shape Up designed by Yuk Wang. This dumbbell-style alarm clock...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 15 Jul 2008 | 1:06 pm New Eclipse member looks to rival Visual Studio (InfoWorld)InfoWorld - Two new members of the Eclipse Foundation will make their formal debuts with the open-source tools organization Tuesday, including Sonatype, which plans to offer a Java environment to rival Visual Studio, and Excelsior, a Russian-based software company.Source: Yahoo! News: Technology News | 15 Jul 2008 | 1:00 pm MacKissic Mighty Mac Chipper ShredderI bought a Mighty Mac shredder/chipper about 25 years ago, have used it -- heavily at times -- all these years and, with a few engine repairs and turning the shredder blades around once (they...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 15 Jul 2008 | 1:00 pm EU preparing to cap text message prices (AFP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Technology News | 15 Jul 2008 | 12:58 pm The sun sets on free speechWhen I am in England and other countries speaking with journalists, I often take the opportunity to put in a plug for the First Amendment, begging them to that they should fight for one of their own —...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 15 Jul 2008 | 12:56 pm Disgruntled Engineer Hijacks San Francisco's Computer Systemceswiedler writes "A disgruntled software engineer has hijacked San Francisco's new multimillion-dollar municipal computer system. When the Department of Technology tried to fire him, he disabled all administrative passwords other than his own. He was taken into custody but has so far refused to provide the password, and the department has yet to regain admin access on their own. They're worried that he or an associate might be able to destroy hundreds of thousands of sensitive documents, including emails, payroll information, and law enforcement documents."Read more of this story at Slashdot. Source: Slashdot | 15 Jul 2008 | 12:51 pm Clever Modder Crams An NES Clone Into An NES ControllerBy Andrew Liszewski Not to be outdone by the handheld NES in an NES cartridge that popped up a few weeks ago, another modder on the BenHeck.com forums with the alias of ‘G-force’ has crammed...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 15 Jul 2008 | 12:45 pm Adtran 2nd-quarter profit rises 13 percentNetworking and communications equipment maker Adtran Inc. said late Monday its profit rose 13 percent in the second quarter, beating analyst estimates on record sales in its broadband, optical access and...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 15 Jul 2008 | 12:25 pm New research suggests a link between global warming and risk for ... - ABC News
Source: Google News - Sci/Tech | 15 Jul 2008 | 12:23 pm Paul Vixie Responds To DNS Hole Skepticssyncro writes "The recent massive, multi-vendor DNS patch advisory related to DNS cache poisoning vulnerability, discovered by Dan Kaminsky, has made headline news. However, the secretive preparation prior to the July 8th announcement and hype around a promised full disclosure of the flaw by Dan on August 7 at the Black Hat conference has generated a fair amount of backlash and skepticism among hackers and the security research community. In a post on CircleID, Paul Vixie offers his usual straightforward response to these allegations. The conclusion: 'Please do the following. First, take the advisory seriously — we're not just a bunch of n00b alarmists, if we tell you your DNS house is on fire, and we hand you a fire hose, take it. Second, take Secure DNS seriously, even though there are intractable problems in its business and governance model — deploy it locally and push on your vendors for the tools and services you need. Third, stop complaining, we've all got a lot of work to do by August 7 and it's a little silly to spend any time arguing when we need to be patching.'"Read more of this story at Slashdot. Source: Slashdot | 15 Jul 2008 | 12:07 pm Cory Doctorow: Lessons from the bloody war on spamThose who forget history are doomed to repeat it. For example: say you're an entertainment executive looking to stop some incredibly popular kind of online information transmission - infringing music...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 15 Jul 2008 | 11:51 am Cory Doctorow: Lessons from the bloody war against spamThose who forget history are doomed to repeat it. For example: say you're an entertainment executive looking to stop some incredibly popular kind of online information transmission - infringing music...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 15 Jul 2008 | 11:51 am Outraged Icahn refocuses on ousting Yahoo boardApparently abandoning hopes for a truce with Yahoo Inc. , investor Carl Icahn sharpened his focus on replacing the Internet company's board Monday after his attempt to negotiate a deal with Microsoft Corp...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 15 Jul 2008 | 11:49 am Outraged Icahn refocuses on ousting Yahoo board (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Technology News | 15 Jul 2008 | 11:45 am Microsoft fires back in video game wars - San Jose Mercury News
Source: Google News - Sci/Tech | 15 Jul 2008 | 11:44 am Intel Centrino 2 launch was not about the processor - CNET News
Source: Google News - Sci/Tech | 15 Jul 2008 | 11:35 am Orders slow, Boeing says problem with 787 brakes (Reuters)
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News: Technology News | 15 Jul 2008 | 11:30 am Shanghai Petrochemical to Relocate and Expand 150,000-Metric-Ton Ethylene Unit, an Industrial Info News AlertResearched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) recently announced that it has approved a relocation and expansion project for an ethylene unit of Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Company (NYSE:SHI) (Shanghai), a subsidiary of China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (NYSE:SNP) (Beijing).Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 15 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am Dow Chemical Reinforces Its Future With Planned Acquisition of Rohm and Haas, an Industrial Info News AlertResearched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) (Midland, Michigan) has announced its intentions to acquire Rohm and Haas Company (NYSE:ROH) (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), building on its role as a leading global chemical player.Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 15 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am Oxnard Begins Comment Period on Housing Project: Planning Panel Wants Feedback on Jones Ranch ProposalBy Jose L. Sanchez Jr., Ventura County Star, Calif. Jul. 15--A proposal to build a community of 2,500 moderate-income homes and low-income apartments on a 165-acre strawberry field north of Oxnard is taking a step forward.Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 15 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am New YWCA Shelter to Accommodate 300: Upgrade of Salt Lake's First Facility for Those Suffering From Domestic Violence Will Add Two Three-Story BuildingsBy Elizabeth Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune Jul. 15--Utah's first shelter for women and children suffering from domestic violence is getting an upgrade.Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 15 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am EDITORIAL: Nothing to Show but Dirty Air: The ADEM of the U.S.By The Anniston Star, Ala. Jul. 15--Speaking of Stephen Johnson, he certainly put on a towering display of arrogance at week's end.Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 15 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am Feds to Hear Reid's Bid for FLDS ProbeBy Brooke Adams, The Salt Lake Tribune Jul. 15--Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will take his quest for a federal investigation of a polygamous sect before the Judiciary Committee next week.Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 15 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am From Our Readers Is It Too Late to Make a Deal?To the editor: As directed by the Congress of the United States in the Nuclear Waste Policy Act, the U.S. Department of Energy has submitted an application to the U.S.Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 15 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am EDITORIAL: A Blow to Clean AirBy Albany Times Union, N.Y. Jul. 15--Any hopes that tough new federal regulations would help clear the air New Yorkers breathe and curb acid rain in the Adirondacks were dashed last week by a federal appeals court.Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 15 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am Development Seen As a Destination: Davis County City Plans Shopping, Offices, Town-Square Adjacent to Commuter Rail StationBy Maria Villasenor, The Salt Lake Tribune Jul. 15--FARMINGTON -- City leaders have waited months to see the final designs for Station Park -- the $200 million-plus mixed-use development planned near Farmington's FrontRunner station.Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 15 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am EDITORIAL: To Grow or Not to Grow?Anyone who hasn't been asleep in a cave for 50 years knows the U.S. government pays farmers not to grow crops. Formerly, the rationale for such programs was frankly admitted: By reducing supplies, the government keeps grocery prices high, pleasing farmers.Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 15 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am Hit-and-Run Suspect Was Wanted BeforeBy Adam Lynn, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. Jul. 15--The man accused of killing a Purdy woman in a hit-and-run accident Friday got out of jail July 7 after a 11-day stay for violating the terms of his community supervision, authorities said Monday.Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 15 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am Siemens Awarded Contract Extension From Publishing HouseSiemens IT Solutions and Services has won a five-year outsourcing contract extension from German newspaper publishing company Axel Springer.Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 15 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am Lessons in Living for Special-Ed Students: A New School in Richfield Teaches Young Adults Who May Never Be Completely Independent but Who, With Extra Training, Can Be More Independent Than Would Otherwise Be Possible.By Norman Draper, Star Tribune, Minneapolis Jul. 15--This classroom has no desks, no textbooks, no computers and no maps or posters hanging from the walls.Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 15 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am Apple Says a Million iPhones Were Sold in Three DaysBy Emi Endo, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Jul. 15--Apple Inc. said yesterday a million buyers got their hands on the latest iPhone by Sunday, three days after it launched.Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 15 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am EDITORIAL: Magnum, P.C.: Computer Technicians, Not Private Investigators, Are Better at Repairing Computers and Retrieving Data.By Houston Chronicle Jul. 15--Last year the Texas Legislature passed a law requiring anyone who retrieves data from a computer, analyzes it and makes a report to a customer to have a private investigator's license.Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 15 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am 'Magic Man' Here for the DangerBy Carol Cling All sorts of people like downtown Las Vegas for all sorts of reasons.Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 15 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am Suffolk Woman Receives Death Threat As E-Mail SpamBy Jennifer Barrios, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Jul. 15--Cathy Wendt opened up her e-mail and saw the usual spam: super foods, cheap Viagra, death threats.Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 15 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am Yahoo Rejects Microsoft-Icahn OfferYahoo has rejected a joint proposal from Microsoft and Carl Icahn for a complex restructuring of Yahoo, including the acquisition of its search business by Microsoft. Microsoft and Icahn made the offer on July 11 giving Yahoo a 24 hour deadline to accept it.Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 15 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am The Fayetteville Observer, N.C., Myron Pitts Column: MySpace Gives Little Insight into People Behind the StoryBy Myron Pitts, The Fayetteville Observer, N.C. Jul. 15--Scouring the Internet for information on someone accused in a high-profile crime has become standard operating procedure for folks who follow the twists and turns of big cases.Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 15 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am 60-Second Review | iPhone 3GBy Bridget Carey, The Miami Herald Jul. 15--What: iPhone 3G, sold by AT&T and Apple Features: Uses AT&T's 3G high-speed network. Touch screen is 3.5-inches, has as 2-megapixel camera, weighs 4.7 ounces, has Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS capabilities.Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 15 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am Independently produced games are getting noticed (USATODAY.com)USATODAY.com - Big video games command the market share of the $21 billion video game industry, but independently produced games are getting noticed. USA TODAY introduces some notable and upcoming ones.Source: Yahoo! News: Technology News | 15 Jul 2008 | 10:48 am European roaming text costs could be slashedThe European commission today proposed slashing the cost of sending mobile text messages when travelling within the EU. "EU citizens should be free to text across borders without being ripped off," Viviane...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 15 Jul 2008 | 10:16 am Judge lets off teenage hacker despite admission of guiltA teenager from New Zealand who was accused of stealing millions of pounds has been let off without a conviction, despite pleading guilty to hacking into computers around the world. 18-year-old Owen Thor...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 15 Jul 2008 | 9:47 am Google and Viacom reach deal over YouTube user dataGoogle has struck a deal to protect the personal data of millions of YouTube users in the $1bn (£497m) copyright court case brought against the video-sharing website by Viacom. Under the deal,...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 15 Jul 2008 | 9:44 am 1200-Baud Archeologyjamie found this singularly geeky article on reconstructing Apple I BASIC from a cassette tape. It claims to offer the first confirmed perfect dump (BIN) of the 4096 bytes of this venerable interpreter. Terrific fun for the whole family. "The Apple I is extremely rare. Only 200 were built, and less than 100 are believed to be in existence. Neither Steve nor Woz own an Apple I any more, and neither does Apple Inc. The cassettes are even rarer, as not every Apple I came with one... So here is how to decode the signal. Let us first open the audio file in Audacity and look at the waveform... It is now time to write a small program to measure and dump the width of the pulses."Read more of this story at Slashdot. Source: Slashdot | 15 Jul 2008 | 9:32 am US terrorist watchlist now has more than 1,000,000 namesThe national Terrorist Watch List has now crossed one million names -- that's a million suspected terrorists (including nuns, members of Congress, and people named "Robert Johnson") who will spend their days being harassed, denied the fundamental right to travel, and punished for having a name vaguely like the name used by someone who may or may not be a terrorist. There's no way to get off the list, and the list (and the criteria for adding names to it) are secret."America's new million record watch list is a perfect symbol for what's wrong with this administration's approach to security: it's unfair, out-of-control, a waste of resources, treats the rights of the innocent as an afterthought, and is a very real impediment in the lives of millions of travelers in this country," said Barry Steinhardt, director of the ACLU Technology and Liberty Program. "It must be fixed without delay."Link Source: Boing Boing | 15 Jul 2008 | 7:07 am Vegan zombie shirt Dennis sez, "My totally sw33t vegan zombie shirt got accepted to Threadless!" I agree -- super-sweet! But "grains?" Some of us are low-carb vegans, you know! Link Source: Boing Boing | 15 Jul 2008 | 7:04 am TokyoFlash Nekura watchesTokyoFlash's new Nekura series watches are awfully handsome (even if they're disappointingly easy to read!) -- I'm especially fond of this little puppy, known as the Tumbler. Wheels within wheels!Link Source: Boing Boing | 15 Jul 2008 | 7:01 am Boom! comics go free downloadIndie comics publsher Boom! Studios is putting a bunch of its backlist comics (including the excellent Zombie Tales) online as free downloads:Link (Thanks, Dr. Webcomics!)
See also: Zombie Tales: comics anthology Source: Boing Boing | 15 Jul 2008 | 7:01 am Reaching out from death rowSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 15 Jul 2008 | 7:00 am Microsoft gives Xbox a big pushSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 15 Jul 2008 | 7:00 am Imagine no maintenance, warning labels, hurry, storm sewers -- a world with less suckWorldchanging's challenged its readers to complete the sentence "Imagine no..." with scenarios for a world where the suckitude has been removed:Imagine no hurry. Imagine no hectic deadlines, frantic commutes, meals on the go, or interrupted vacations. Imagine having more time. It’s not a pipe dream. Living more sustainably, in more compact communities with more innovative tools will save us enormous amounts of time that we waste today -- time that we can use to spend with our family and friends. So the next time you find yourself grabbing food at the drive-thru, imagine a world where you have time for a long lunch with friends. Imagine no hurry.Link Source: Boing Boing | 15 Jul 2008 | 6:55 am Estimating the Time-To-Own of an Unpatched Windows PCAn anonymous reader notes a recent post on the SANS Institute's Internet Storm Center site estimating the time to infection of an unpatched Windows machine on the Internet — currently about 4 minutes. The researcher stipulated that the sub-5-minute estimate was valid for an unpatched machine in an ISP netblock with no NAT or firewall. The researcher, Lorna Hutcheson, called for others to post data on time-to-infection, and honeypot researchers in Germany did so the same day. They found longer times to infection, an average of 16 hours. Concludes the ISC's Hutchinson: "While the survival time varies quite a bit across methods used, pretty much all agree that placing an unpatched Windows computer directly onto the Internet in the hope that it downloads the patches faster than it gets exploited are odds that you wouldn't bet on in Vegas."Read more of this story at Slashdot. Source: Slashdot | 15 Jul 2008 | 6:46 am Video-game news: Metallica's 'Guitar Hero' albumReal news from the virtual world: -- RIDE THE LIGHTNING: Activision's "Guitar Hero World Tour" is one of this year's most eagerly anticipated games, but the company has big news for fans who can't wait...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 15 Jul 2008 | 6:40 am BBtv - Russell Porter: Transgressive and rockfeedback.com, pt. 2 (music)Today, part two of Boing Boing tv's UK-based music correspondent Russell Porter's conversation with Toby from Transgressive Records, and Tom from the alternative music news and community website rockfeedback.com. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Link to Boing Boing tv post with discussion, downloadable video, and instructions on subscribing to the daily BBtv video podcast. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Transgressive was founded by two 20-year-old music fans who wanted to create a company that was "ethically sound and would release the best records in the world." Bands represented include The Young Knives (featured in previous BBtv episodes with Russell Porter, part 1, part 2), The Subways, Ladyfuzz, Jeremy Warmsley, and the Noisettes. Snip from the Transgressive manifesto: It would be a label not linked to a style or genre, but one which would be represented by a logo that would be simply a stamp of quality on each perfect disk.Previous PORTER REPORT episodes on BBtv:
Source: Boing Boing | 15 Jul 2008 | 6:31 am Lettuce in the sky, with diamonds
Columbia professor Dr. Dickson Despommier is developing models for "vertical farms," swank-looking skyscrapers that produce agricultural products for urban locavores. The idea, which has captured the imagination of several architects in the United States and Europe in the past several years, just caught the eye of another big city dreamer: Scott Stringer, the Manhattan borough president in New York.Country, the city version: Farms in the sky gain new interest [ IHT, via Tim O'Reilly's twitterstream ] Source: Boing Boing | 15 Jul 2008 | 6:22 am Thank you for not douching out.
I was thinking aloud on Twitter earlier today that
JimB. aka Brons on Twitter, heard the call and came to the P-shop rescue. JimB: a non-ironic thank you, sir. BB audience, feel free to use this as appropriate in your own lives. Source: Boing Boing | 15 Jul 2008 | 5:26 am Joss Whedon's "Doctor Horrible" Set To LaunchOloliuhqui writes "During the writer's strike, Joss Whedon came up with a musical idea. Now his diabolical plan is about to be unleashed in the form of a streaming-only release, with a DVD shortly to follow. The three-part Doctor Horrible series stars Neil Patrick Harris as the eponymous doctor, Felicia Day as the woman of his dreams, and Nathan Fillion as the doctor's nemesis, Captain Hammer. Reportedly made for 'less than six figures,' the series has already received rave reviews and will no doubt showcase Whedon's musical facility, as well as his proven ability to squeeze the most out of a budget."Read more of this story at Slashdot. Source: Slashdot | 15 Jul 2008 | 4:03 am 15th Anniversary: Cochlear Transplant Patient on Hearing in 121 ChannelsThree years ago, Michael Chorost, who suffered sudden-onset deafness in 2001, wrote about his quest to hear again — not just words, but music. Surgeons had installed a cochlear implant in his left ear, and its software broke the acoustic world into 16 channels of blocky but recognizable sound. The story chronicled his brief beta test of 121-channel software. We asked him for an update: "Last year, I got the commercial version. Just as I remembered, the software makes music sound fuller and brighter. In January, I got my other ear implanted, and I can now hear in stereo. That's been an even more profound change. I don't have the new software in that ear yet, because we're still balancing the ears, which is easier to do with 16 channels. Still, I've been having fun with music. I played my favorites to a friend, and she said, 'You like men's voices in the upper tenor range and women's voices in the upper alto.' That helped me understand why I like songs like Neil Young's 'Long May You Run.' Then she guessed I'd like Yo La Tengo and Portishead, and I did. The beats are complex enough to keep me engaged without overwhelming me. My ears are very young yet, but I'm figuring them out, bit by bit. Literally." 
Source: Wired Top Stories | 15 Jul 2008 | 4:00 am July 15, 1783: Marquis Invents Steamboat, Misses Esteem Boat1783: A young French nobleman demonstrates the first successful steamboat on the River Saône at Lyon. Fame and fortune would elude the inventor. Claude-François-Dorothée de Jouffroy, the Marquis d'Abbans, was serving in the infantry in 1772 when multiple infractions of military discipline sent him to the prison near Cannes. While watching convicts rowing galleys there, he began speculating on how the new-fangled steam engine could power boats. After his release, de Jouffroy went to Paris in 1775 to study the latest steam tech. He used a Newcomen engine on his steamboat 1.0. The engine of this 42-foot steamship moved oars equipped with rotating, hinged flaps modeled on the webbed feet of waterfowl. He called it the Palmipède, or Webfoot, and he tried running it on the Doubs, a tributary of the Saône, in June and July of 1776. Tried is the operative word here, or perhaps we should say, inoperative. Undaunted, de Jouffroy adapted James Watt's designs to build a parallel-motion, double-acting steam engine. He put that in a boat named the Pyroscaphe (from the Greek for fire-boat). Instead of ungainly and inefficient mechanical duck feet, this boat was equipped with two large paddle wheels (like those used to power water mills), one on each side of the hull. The Pyroscaphe was three times the size of his earlier attempt: more than 148 feet long, with a beam of nearly 15 feet. It displaced 163 tons and carried a crew of three. The horizontal engine moved a reciprocating double rack, which geared to ratchet wheels on a shaft that carried the paddle wheels. The waning years of the ancien régime were a time of considerable innovation in France. Brothers Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier had demonstrated the first hot-air balloon capable of carrying passengers just six weeks earlier, and thousands of people lined the banks of the Saône when de Jouffroy showed his pride and joy in Lyon. The Pyroscaphe steamed upstream at 6 mph without a sail, and the crowds cheered this technological marvel. But after 15 minutes, the boat began to break up under the pounding of the engine. De Jouffroy quickly and cannily steered the boat ashore, and then bowed to the cheering multitudes. The marquis continued experimenting on the Saône for 16 months. Still, the French Academy of Sciences refused to recognize his achievement, ostensibly because the demonstration was not done in Paris, but perhaps because of the jealousy of rival inventors. The French Revolution soon ensued, and though the nobleman kept his head, he never got his patent: not from the republic, not from Napoleon (a "usurper" to whom the legitimist de Jouffroy would not even apply for a patent), not from the restored Bourbon monarchy and not from citizen-king Louis Philippe. De Jouffroy ended life discouraged and poor in France's grand old soldiers' home, the Hôtel des Invalides. He died of cholera in 1832, at age 80. American steamboat pioneer Robert Fulton, whose own experiments began not on the Hudson but the Seine, acknowledged that "if the glory ... belongs to any one man, it belongs to the author of the experiments made on the River Saône at Lyons in 1783." The solons of France's Third Republic finally acknowledged de Jouffroy with a statue in 1884. Source: Catholic Encyclopedia, others
Source: Wired Top Stories | 15 Jul 2008 | 4:00 am IBM's Eight-Core, 4-GHz Power7 Chippacopico writes "The first details on IBM's upcoming Power7 chip have emerged. The Register is reporting that IBM will ship an eight-core chip running at 4.0 GHz. The chip will support four threads per core and fit into some huge systems. For example, University of Illinois is going to house a 300,000-core machine that can hit 10 petaflops. It'll have 620 TB of memory and support 5 PB/s of memory bandwidth. Optical interconnects anyone?"Read more of this story at Slashdot. Source: Slashdot | 15 Jul 2008 | 1:58 am Gallery: Microsoft Guns for Hard-Core and Casual Gamers at E3 : Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.comLOS ANGELES -- The 2008 E3 Media and Business Summit kicked off Monday morning in the Los Angeles Convention Center with a lavish press conference courtesy of Microsoft. The makers of Xbox 360 find themselves competing on two fronts: They're fighting off the Wii's advance into nontraditional gamer markets and also trying to compete with Sony's PlayStation 3 for graphics gluttons and needy net users. In addition to new games, the company announced several new battle plans, such as copying Nintendo's cute characters, stealing exclusive titles like Final Fantasy XIII from Sony and courting people who don't like videogames by partnering with Netflix for on-demand movie streaming. Left: Self-described "Xbox models" Leilani Dowding, left, and Desiree Rabuse greet attendees of the E3 Media and Business Summit at the Los Angeles Convention Center Monday morning. A gauntlet of models ushered hundreds of journalists into the convention center's packed West Hall.  : Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.comSecurity guard Byron Monroy keeps a watchful eye on the doors of the convention center. Unlike past years, this year's downscaled E3 summit doesn't occupy the whole of the convention center. Vast expanses of the halls are taken up by other conferences -- or wholly empty, in this case.  : Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.comAs the press filed in, Microsoft ran teaser trailers with Xbox owners (or paid actors, we're not sure) talking about all of the different things they love about their game machine of choice.  : Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.comAs the press filed in, Microsoft ran teaser trailers with Xbox owners (or paid actors, we're not sure) talking about all of the different things they love about their game machine of choice.  : Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.comThe press conference continued with a live demonstration of Epic Games' first-person shooter, Gears of War 2.  : Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.com
Microsoft said that it would completely revamp the Xbox user experience, throwing out the current "blades" interface and replacing it with a sleeker, more functional design. Users will now have cute personalized avatars that represent them in the online world of Xbox 360. Now, when you game with your friends, your virtual selves will mix and mingle. Among the games that will use avatars include trivia titles like a new Xbox version of Scene It.  : Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.comGalaga Legions is one of the downloadable games for Microsoft's Xbox Live Arcade service that the company showed at the conference. It is a total re-imagining of the classic arcade shooting game.  : Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.comMicrosoft showed a very brief teaser that indicated that a downloadable game based on South Park is headed to Xbox Live Arcade. After the press conference, a Microsoft executive said that South Park's creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone were "very involved" in the creation of the game, but offered no more details.  : Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.comAnother casual, social gaming experience coming this holiday season to Xbox 360 is You're in the Movies, a game that uses the Xbox's camera attachment. Players act out scenes from movies while playing a variety of minigames, and when they're done, the game transposes their images into a few different trailers for bizarre B-movies. It's like playing Mad Libs with your whole body.  : Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.comWelsh singer/songwriter Duffy took the stage to introduce Lips, a karaoke game set for release this winter. She sang her song "Mercy," which will be included in the game. Lips will also allow players to plug in their iPod (or Zune!) and sing along to their own songs. The microphone controllers contain motion sensors, so players can swing them around to make tambourine noises as they sing.  : Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.comAlex Rigopulos, president and CEO of Rock Band-maker Harmonix, took the stage to announce a variety of surprise new songs that will appear in the next version of the game, slated for this fall. Guns N' Roses will release the first track from Chinese Democracy as a Rock Band 2 track. Bob Dylan and AC/DC will make their music-game debuts in this version of the game. And users will be able to import their Rock Band 1 tracks into the sequel, so they won't have to swap discs to play their dream concert. All told, Rigopulos said that over 500 different songs will be playable in Rock Band 2 by the end of 2008. The game will be released on Xbox 360 in September and other platforms later in the year.  : Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.comIn true E3 style, Microsoft closed their press conference with a bombshell announcement. Yoichi Wada, president of Square Enix, announced that Final Fantasy XIII -- previously the single biggest exclusive upcoming title for Sony's PlayStation 3 -- would in fact launch on Xbox 360 simultaneously. The trailer itself contained much of the same pre-rendered footage that Square Enix showed at E3 two years ago, meaning that the game is likely still far away from its release date.
Source: Wired Top Stories | 15 Jul 2008 | 1:00 am Handheld Garmin Sports Click-Wheel Nav, 3-D View, Topo MapsThe Colorado 400t lives up to the Garmin rep, and it's a joy to use with its lightweight form, simple interface, soft click-wheel and 3-D views.Source: Wired: Gadgets | 15 Jul 2008 | 1:00 am Handheld Garmin Sports Click-Wheel Nav, 3-D View, Topo MapsThe Colorado 400t lives up to the Garmin rep, and it's a joy to use with its lightweight form, simple interface, soft click-wheel and 3-D views.
Source: Wired Top Stories | 15 Jul 2008 | 1:00 am How to Send Text Messages for Free Using Your iPhoneThanks to your iPhone's new-found ability to run native apps, you're chatting for free using your AIM account. But if your friends don't have AIM on their phones, you're stuck sending (and paying for) text messages. Use this quick hack to configure your AIM client to send free messages to anyone with a mobile phone -- from your iPhone or from your desktop.
Source: Wired Top Stories | 15 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am Blizzard Wins Major Lawsuit Against Bot DevelopersCaptain Kirk writes "World of Warcraft owners Blizzard have won their case against the programmer who wrote Glider, Michael Donnelly. (We discussed the case here when it was filed.) Blizzard won on two arguments: first, that if a game is loaded into RAM, that can be considered an unauthorized copy of the game and as such a breach of copyright; second, that selling Glider was interfering with Blizzard's contractual relationship with its customers. The net effect? If you buy a game, you transfer rights to the game developer that they can sue you for."Read more of this story at Slashdot. Source: Slashdot | 14 Jul 2008 | 11:59 pm eBay Beats Tiffany In Net Trademark Casesm62704 notes a Reuters story reporting that eBay has beat Tiffany in court in a "knockout" decision. If this had gone the other way, not only would eBay be in trouble (especially after the loss of a similar case in France), but so would Net commerce as a whole. Tiffany seems certain to appeal. "All of Tiffany's trademark infringement claims against eBay were rejected — a knockout blow to the four-year-old lawsuit that had been closely watched by Internet companies as well as luxury goods makers seeking to stop the sale of counterfeit products online. Tiffany & Co. had alleged that eBay turned a blind eye to the sale of fake Tiffany silver jewelry on its site. EBay had countered that it was not in a position to determine which goods were knock-offs... and had said the jeweler did not adequately participate in eBay's programs that help brand owners prevent fraud. The judge... said he was 'not unsympathetic' to Tiffany and others who have invested in building their brands only to see them exploited on the Web. But he said the law was clearly on eBay's side."Read more of this story at Slashdot. Source: Slashdot | 14 Jul 2008 | 11:13 pm Judge Who Signed 'Torture Memo' Blasts Copyright-Act SentenceThe federal appeals court judge who signed off on the infamous "torture memo" when he was an assistant U.S. attorney general decried on Monday a no-prison sentence that a lower-court judge issued to a California man who sold access to DirectTV satellite feeds without the carrier's permission in violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
Source: Wired Top Stories | 14 Jul 2008 | 10:40 pm Radiohead's new 3D-viz video made from Creative Commons-licensed dataJoi Ito points us to a new video just released by Radiohead for the song "House of Cards" from the album In Rainbows. Snip from a blog post at the Google Developer site, which has videos and images about the making of... No cameras or lights were used. Instead two technologies were used to capture 3D images: Geometric Informatics and Velodyne LIDAR. Geometric Informatics scanning systems produce structured light to capture 3D images at close proximity, while a Velodyne Lidar system that uses multiple lasers is used to capture large environments such as landscapes. In this video, 64 lasers rotating and shooting in a 360 degree radius 900 times per minute produced all the exterior scenes.And Joi, who is the CEO of Creative Commons, adds... Exciting for Creative Commons is that the data (although not the music) used to produce this music video are being made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License on the Google Code site. The Source code to the software used is being made available under a Apache License 2.0. This combination of Open Source licenses for code and Creative Commons licenses for data/content is very "good idea". 
Radiohead "House of Cards" and Creative Commons [ joi.ito.com ] RA DIOHEA_D / HOU SE OF_C ARDS [ Google Code ]
(Disclaimer: the writer of this post is the hugest Radiohead fan ever, and will personally whup all comers who may hit me up on my Myspace to dispute said claim. Aight? Later.) Source: Boing Boing | 14 Jul 2008 | 10:19 pm eBay beats Tiffany in court case over trademarks (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Technology News | 14 Jul 2008 | 9:29 pm XBox 360 to stream Netflix movies (AP)AP - Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 video game console will be able to stream thousands of movies over the Internet, thanks to a deal announced Monday with Netflix Inc. that highlights the way gaming devices are expanding into all-purpose home-entertainment hubs.Source: Yahoo! News: Technology News | 14 Jul 2008 | 9:03 pm Apple sells 1 million iPhones in first 3 days (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Technology News | 14 Jul 2008 | 8:56 pm Joss Whedon Waxes 'Dr. Horrible'Neil Patrick Harris stars as a wannabe supervillain in a new internet musical from the creator of Firefly and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Source: Wired Top Stories | 14 Jul 2008 | 8:51 pm Ravers blinded by laserMore than two dozen people in Moscow were partially blinded by lasers at a rave. Apparently, rain forced the Aquamarine Open Air Festival into tents where the lasers meant to be pointed at the sky were, er, pointed at the crowd. From New Scientist:"They all have retinal burns, scarring is visible on them. Loss of vision in individual cases is as high as 80%, and regaining it is already impossible," (daily newspaper) Kommersant quoted a treating ophthalmologist as saying....Lasers blind ravers (New Scientist) Source: Boing Boing | 14 Jul 2008 | 8:14 pm Climate Change Means More Kidney StonesClimate change won't just spread contagious disease: It'll cause more kidney stones.
Source: Wired Top Stories | 14 Jul 2008 | 8:00 pm A 410-Cubic-Inch Motorcycle: When Too Much is Just RightHarleys? Pffft. German gearhead Clemens Leonhardt puts the big in big-twin with a 6,728 cubic centimeter cruiser that weighs 1,433 pounds.
Source: Wired Top Stories | 14 Jul 2008 | 7:49 pm Get Fit, Slow Alzheimer's Decline?Keeping fit may slow brain atrophy in Alzheimer's patients, research suggests.Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 14 Jul 2008 | 7:17 pm Judge Doesn't Give Tiffany a Trademark Silver Spoon in eBay FlapA federal judge on Monday ruled that eBay is not required to police its site for knockoffs being auctioned on its online site. Jeweler Tiffany claimed eBay had a duty to perform such duties to keep counterfeited goods from being sold on the site. Tiffany claimed eBay's lack of enforcement was diluting its trademark.
Source: Wired Top Stories | 14 Jul 2008 | 6:40 pm Yellow Submarine Probes Undersea WorldAn unmanned sub is collecting data on everything from seawater to sharks.Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 14 Jul 2008 | 5:00 pm Sleep-Deprived? You Might Sound DrunkCan you tell whether a person slept well by voice alone? Maybe so, suggests new research.Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 14 Jul 2008 | 4:00 pm Volcano Refugees Rescued by Fishing BoatA surprise eruption in Alaska leaves some residents in the hands of local fishermen.Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 14 Jul 2008 | 4:00 pm X-Rays Take Groundbreaking Virus PortraitAn infamous virus gets a close-up inspection, thanks to new X-ray tech.Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 14 Jul 2008 | 3:47 pm
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