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Joe Nocera, BloggerMy friend, columnist Joe Nocera at the NY Times is newly blogging. Unsurprisingly, the blog is bruising, funny and irreverent. Good reading, and a fun complement to his Times columns. Check it here. ...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 17 Jul 2008 | 5:12 pm Celebs Behaving Badly - Andy Dick Living Up to His Name (GALLERY)(TrendHunter.com) Andy Dick is living up to his name, adding to the trend of celebs behaving badly. In the category of, "I can't believe this is viral," Andy Dick is one of the most searched items today...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 17 Jul 2008 | 5:07 pm Get Fat - Megan Fox Ordered to Beef Up for Robots (GALLERY)(TrendHunter.com) Megan Fox has been ordered get fat for robots. More specifically, for the upcoming sequel to the Transfomers movie. Director Michael Bay informed Megan Fox that he doesn't like...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 17 Jul 2008 | 4:40 pm Are these signs a bottom is at hand?In true contrarian style, it's great when analysts downgrade stocks due to problems stemming from the credit crunch (smart) but only after they've fallen 80% (not so smart). Like Wachovia downgrading...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 17 Jul 2008 | 4:30 pm Hurricane Angelina - Angelina Jolie's South of France Nickname(TrendHunter.com) If you're a VIP living in the South of France and often find yourself craving some privacy, Angelina Jolie is giving you that chance. "Hurricane Angelina" has attained, and continues...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 17 Jul 2008 | 4:00 pm SE Asian Currencies: All's Well. Everyone Back in PoolAll the previously broken SE Asian currencies have now all flipped and are running ahead of the U.S. dollar. Only the Vietnamese Dong and the Indian Rupee are still down over the last few weeks against...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 17 Jul 2008 | 3:43 pm Jessica Alba's Meditation Birth - Peaceful Birth of Honor (GALLERY)(TrendHunter.com) Jessica Alba had her first official photo shoot with her baby for OK! magazine, but how did the price compare to Angelina Jolie's baby photos? The latest edition of OK! Magazine,...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 17 Jul 2008 | 3:40 pm Upheaval in Used iPhone MarketThis from my friends at Terapeak shows some interesting post-iPhone 3G trends in the used iPhone market. The used market is crumbling for iPhone 1.0 for some reason spiked around the iPhone 2.0 launch,...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 17 Jul 2008 | 3:26 pm We Realize You Have a Choice of Subprime-Struck Banks ....This isn't me. I'm not here right now. So, I see that we have had a barrage of wacky subprime news, and couldn't bear not commenting. Wells Fargo, the company that dominates the California market...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 17 Jul 2008 | 2:56 pm Lanna's List for July 17-23: Green Home Tours, Bridal Expo, The Wild Card!, and more...Charlanna Beresfords weekly round-up of upcoming SL events Over the past months, weve all seen the fantastic energy residents have put into the American Cancer Societys Relay For Life in Second Life. All...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 17 Jul 2008 | 1:59 pm Invisible Carpet Idea Close to Actual InvisibilityAn invisible carpet using silica could hide anything under it from visible light.Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 17 Jul 2008 | 1:57 pm Volume rises for music video games (Reuters)
Source: Yahoo! News: Technology News | 17 Jul 2008 | 1:50 pm Linux's Security Through ObscurityAn anonymous reader writes "The age-old full disclosure debate has been raging again, this time in no other place than at the foundations of the open-source flagship GNU/Linux operating system: within the Linux kernel itself. It beggars belief, but even Linux creator, Linus Torvalds, has advocated against the sort of openness on which Linux has thrived, arguing that security fixes to the kernel should be obscured in changelogs, saying "If it's not a very public security issue already, I don't want a simple 'git log + grep' to help find it." Unfortunately, it's not kernel exploit writers who need to grep the changelog in order to find kernel vulnerabilities. On the contrary, it's downstream distributors who rely on changelog information in order to decide when to patch the kernels of their distributions, in order to keep their users safe."Read more of this story at Slashdot. Source: Slashdot | 17 Jul 2008 | 1:31 pm AOL exec Leonsis turns film passion into business (AP)AP - Retired AOL executive Ted Leonsis is turning his passion for documentaries into an Internet service meant to give independent filmmakers broader viewership.Source: Yahoo! News: Technology News | 17 Jul 2008 | 1:28 pm AOL exec Leonsis turns film passion into businessRetired AOL executive Ted Leonsis is turning his passion for documentaries into an Internet service meant to give independent filmmakers broader viewership. His new Web site, SnagFilms,...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 17 Jul 2008 | 1:28 pm Nature's Own Nano Gold FoundNatural, microscopic plates of gold are found in salty groundwaters.Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 17 Jul 2008 | 1:12 pm LifeStageMedia Launches BrideClick, the First Niche Wedding Advertising Network with Flagship Partner OurWeddingDay.comNEW YORK, July 17 /PRNewswire/ -- LifeStageMedia Inc., today announced the creation of BrideClick, a niche wedding advertising network. The combined traffic of...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 17 Jul 2008 | 1:07 pm Online Home Auction Leader, RealtyBid.com, Thrives Despite Down EconomyRAINBOW CITY, Ala., July 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite persistent news of a weakening economy, RealtyBid.com, the nation's leader in online home auctions, is still...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 17 Jul 2008 | 1:06 pm ACS Awarded Multi-Year IT Outsourcing Contract Extension With City of Riverside, CADALLAS, July 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. (NYSE: ACS) today announced a multi-year extended contract with the city of Riverside,...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 17 Jul 2008 | 1:05 pm Nokia market share up in second quarter, positive outlook (AFP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Technology News | 17 Jul 2008 | 1:03 pm Aquest and Gores Confirm Proposal to Acquire Asyst TechnologiesSUNNYVALE, Calif. and LOS ANGELES, July 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Aquest Systems Corp. today confirmed that on July 9th they submitted a proposal to Asyst Technologies, Inc. to...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 17 Jul 2008 | 1:00 pm Virtela Selected by AlwaysOn as an AO Global 250 WinnerRecognized for Game-Changing Technology and Market Value DENVER, July 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Virtela, the global network solutions company, today announced that it has...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 17 Jul 2008 | 1:00 pm Siemens PLM Software Ships Version 4 of Teamcenter Express cPDMMid-market cPDM Software Adds Functionality to Streamline Engineering Projects and Widen Access to Product Data PLANO, Texas, July 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Siemens PLM...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 17 Jul 2008 | 1:00 pm A Video Showcase for Olympic Culture and the Olympic Spirit: Youku Picked for 'Celebration of the 2008 Olympic Games' Video ContestBEIJING, July 17 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Youku, China's leading Internet video website, announced today that it has been selected as the Internet video platform...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 17 Jul 2008 | 1:00 pm U.S. Marine Corps Awards Lockheed Martin $30 Million Support Services ContractSTAFFORD, Va., July 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) was selected by the United States Marine Corps Systems Command to provide program office support...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 17 Jul 2008 | 1:00 pm Field Force Manager from Verizon Wireless Now Available on the BlackBerry Curve 8330BASKING RIDGE, N.J., July 17 /PRNewswire/ -- In the face of soaring gas prices and other expenses, Verizon Wireless' business customers can reduce operational costs...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 17 Jul 2008 | 1:00 pm NYC Hurries Green Taxi ChangeoverNew York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Wednesday that city’s yellow taxi cab fleet will go green at the rate of 300 new hybrid cars a month.According to Matthew Daus, Taxi and Limousine Commission Chairman, there are more than 1,300 hybrid taxis In NYC, and each one saves its driverSource: RedOrbit News - Science | 17 Jul 2008 | 12:50 pm Spammers Choose GMailEdwardLAN writes "A study by Roaring Penguin has discovered that during the past three weeks, the amount of spam originating from Gmail has risen sharply." My spam has been pretty ridiculously high for the last few weeks, although I have no idea if this is part of it. It really does seem like gmail's spam filters are declining these days.Read more of this story at Slashdot. Source: Slashdot | 17 Jul 2008 | 12:47 pm WebAnywhere Helps The Blind Access The InternetA free Web-based program has made it easier for blind people to surf the Internet. Before the breakthrough program, the visually impaired had to use computers with expensive screen-reader software that was not normally available in libraries or public places.A computer science student at the University of Washington designed the new web application, dubbed WebAnywhere. WebAnywhere makes Web surfing possible on nearly any computer because the program does not need to be installed on a PC, but can instead be accessed through the internet as a web application.Jeffery Bigham, the creator of WebAnywhere, hopes the tool lets visually impaired people accomplish everyday Internet tasks quickly and easily, especially when in public places.To use WebAnywhere, a visually impaired person must be able to get online, which seems like a simple task. But if a blind person is at an unfamiliar computer, and one without a verbal feedback program, the task can become difficult. According to Bigham, researchers have found that Web-savvy visually impaired people usually know a number of keyboard commands, and know when to ask for assistance.Once the user is able to get online, the blind user can use the WebAnywhere browser to surf the Internet. The browser is capable of reading pages, section titles, and other information out loud, as long as the computer is equipped with speakers or a headphone jack.According to Lindsay Yazzolino, a blind student working at the University of Washington, WebAnywhere could use some tweaking but it’s a big improvement over a total lack of public access.Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 17 Jul 2008 | 12:45 pm Underwater Volcanoes Blamed for Mass ExtinctionsMore than 93 million years ago, researchers say undersea volcanic activity caused mass extinction in the worlds' oceans. During the late Cretaceous Period, the supposed "anoxic event" starved oxygen from the ocean depths and wiped out millions of marine organisms.Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 17 Jul 2008 | 12:40 pm CDC Corp. withdraws IPO filing for subsidiaryCDC Corp., a Hong Kong-based software, gaming and Internet service provider, Thursday withdrew its filing for a U.S. initial public offering for its subsidiary CDC Software.Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 17 Jul 2008 | 12:34 pm Videogames getting more social (AFP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Technology News | 17 Jul 2008 | 12:18 pm Fairchild Semi 2Q profit doubles as margins riseFairchild Semiconductor International Inc. on Thursday said its second-quarter earnings doubled from a year ago on improving margins and sales.Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 17 Jul 2008 | 12:18 pm Media General swings to 2Q loss, sees $500M chargeMedia General Inc. says it swung to a loss in the second quarter on lower revenue and severance costs and expects to take an additional charge of at least $500 million to write down the value of its intangible...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 17 Jul 2008 | 12:03 pm SCO Owes Novell $2.5 MillionCrkHead writes "Groklaw has posted Judge Kimball's ruling on SCO v Novell. For those that have been following this saga, we finally get to watch the house of cards start to fall. For those new to this story, it started with SCO suing Novell and having all its motions decided in summary judgement and went to trial only on Novell's counter claims. Cheers to PJ for keeping us informed!"Read more of this story at Slashdot. Source: Slashdot | 17 Jul 2008 | 11:57 am Yahoo calls Microsoft actions 'stupefying'Yahoo Inc. on Thursday sent a letter to shareholders, calling Microsoft Corp.'s actions in its dance to acquire all or part of the company "stupefying."Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 17 Jul 2008 | 11:45 am Quest for Dragons and DamselsBy David Sanders, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson Jul. 17--The creature was perched on the end of a thick blade of grass, swinging back and forth as it caught the morning breeze.Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 17 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am Stranded South Korean Fishermen Rescued in Waters Off SomaliaText of report in English by South Korean news agency Yonhap Washington, July 16 (Yonhap) - Seven South Korean and 33 other fishermen were rescued in waters off Somalia Wednesday under convoy of a US naval ship, three days after their ship was grounded on a Somali sand beach, South Korea's military attache here said.Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 17 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am Fillmore Gets OK to Annex 41 Acres Subject to FloodingBy Carolyn Quinn, Ventura County Star, Calif. Jul. 17--Fillmore's plan to create a 90-acre business park moved forward a step Wednesday, when the Local Agency Formation Commission approved the city's proposal to annex 41 acres for the project.Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 17 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am Tap Water Supply Resumes in Northeast China City After DisruptionText of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) [Xinhua: "Tap Water Resumes in NE China City After One-Day Disruption"] SHENYANG, July 17 (Xinhua) - Tap water to Donggang City in northeast China's Liaoning Province resumed on Wednesday after a one- day disruption over contamination concerns, a source with the government said on Thursday.Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 17 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am 5th Court Will Take Up the Actions Against Residents Who Don't Want to Pay $100 a Month FeeBy Brooke Adams, The Salt Lake Tribune Jul. 17--A 3rd District Court judge refused to issue a temporary restraining order that would have halted plans to evict hundreds of people from their homes in the polygamous Utah-Arizona border communities of Hildale and Colorado City.Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 17 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am FLDS Sect Members Fight to Stop Sale of Utah FarmBy Brooke Adams, The Salt Lake Tribune Jul. 17--A new fight has begun over a farm that for decades provided food, jobs and income for a besieged polygamous sect.Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 17 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am Land Left Wild to Get Tax BreakBy The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C. Jul. 17--Landowners who manage their land for wildlife and conservation will get a property tax break under a bill approved Wednesday by the state legislature.Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 17 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am Yucca Mountain Cost Estimate Tops $90 BillionBy Steve Tetreault By STEVE TETREAULT STEPHENS WASHINGTON BUREAU WASHINGTON - The projected costs to build a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, ship used radioactive fuel to Nevada from around the country and operate the site for 100 years have grown to more than $90 billion, an energy department official said Tuesday.Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 17 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am New iPhone-Did They Make the Right Calls?Editors Note: A photo is included with this release.Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 17 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am You Can Waste a Lot of Fun Time at Apple's Addictive New App StoreBy Edward C. Baig By Edward C. Baig Some are useful. Many frivolous. A bunch will waste your time. Not that there's anything wrong with that.Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 17 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am Allianz All Net Partners With Hartford to Expand Distribution NetworkAllianz All Net, the international employee benefits network of Allianz, has teamed up with American insurer The Hartford to further expand its worldwide capabilities and distribution network.Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 17 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am Web Site to Provide Factbook on County InmatesBy Jennifer Reeger, Tribune-Review, Greensburg, Pa. Jul. 17--The public can now search online for information about inmates in the Westmoreland County Prison through a new feature on the county's Web site.Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 17 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am Parents Rank Child Safety and Health and Nutrition As Top PrioritiesLOS ANGELES, July 17 /PRNewswire/ -- PriceGrabber.com(R), a part of Experian, explored important issues for the modern-day parent in its latest survey of 1,584 online shoppers conducted in June.Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 17 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am CyberDefender Partners With DDNiCyberDefender Corporation (OTCBB:CYDE), a software developer focused on security suites featuring antispyware, antivirus, identity protection, and technical support, announced today that the Company has commenced its affiliation with Digital Delivery Networks, Inc. ("DDNi").Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 17 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am Xirrus Partner SETS S.R.L. Deploys Unmatched Wi-Fi Point-to-Point Solution for TATA S.P.A.Xirrus, Inc., the only Wi-Fi "Power-Play" that can replace Ethernet workgroup switches with Wi-Fi as the primary network connection, announced today that its partner SETS S.R.L.Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 17 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am Nokia Q2 2008 Net Sales EUR 13.2 Billion, EPS EUR 0.36 Excl. Special Items (Reported EPS EUR 0.29)HELSINKI, Finland, July 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nokia Corporation Interim report July 17, 2008 at 13.00 (CET +1) The complete press release with tables is available at http://www.nokia.com/results/results2008Q2e.pdf.Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 17 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am Synaptics to Report Fourth Quarter Results on July 31SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Synaptics(R) Incorporated , a leading developer of human interface solutions for mobile computing, communications, and entertainment devices, announced today that it will report financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2008 on Thursday, July 31, 2008 after the close of market.Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 17 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am Genetic variant makes Africans more vulnerable to HIVA gene that once protected people of African descent from malaria is now making them more susceptible to HIV infectionSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 17 Jul 2008 | 10:51 am EU launches crackdown on rogue mobile services (Reuters)Reuters - The European Union's consumer chief on Thursday launched a crackdown on websites offering mobile phone services such as ringtones after a probe found most were ripping people off, notably teenagers.Source: Yahoo! News: Technology News | 17 Jul 2008 | 10:44 am Hacker Holds Key to City's Network - ABC News
Source: Google News - Sci/Tech | 17 Jul 2008 | 10:12 am Scientists: $200M loss from Great Lakes invasives - FOXNews
Source: Google News - Sci/Tech | 17 Jul 2008 | 9:56 am Taking the Wii to the next level - BBC News
Source: Google News - Sci/Tech | 17 Jul 2008 | 9:20 am Clay minerals point to vast Martian lakes - Register
Source: Google News - Sci/Tech | 17 Jul 2008 | 9:14 am EU Proposes Retroactive Copyright ExtensionI Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "EU Commissioner Charlie McCreevy has unveiled a plan to retroactively extend musical copyrights by 45 years, which would make EU musical copyrights last 95 years total. Why? They're worried that musicians won't continue to collect royalties when they retire and this will give them an additional 45 years during which they won't have to produce any new music. Perhaps the only good point is that the retroactive extensions won't take effect for any works which aren't marketed in the first year after the extension. Additionally, while there are many non-musical retirees wishing they could get paid for 95 years after they finish working, McCreevy has not announced any new plans to help them."Read more of this story at Slashdot. Source: Slashdot | 17 Jul 2008 | 7:14 am BBtv: Sexy Robot, a Pinker Tones music video by Bill BarminskiToday on Boing Boing tv, a music video for the Pinker Tones song "Sexy Robot," by Bill Barminski's "Walter Robot" studio. Link to Boing Boing tv post with discussion, downloadable video, and instructions on how to subscribe to the BBtv video podcast. Previous BBtv episodes featuring Walter Robot Studios and Bill Barminski: Source: Boing Boing | 17 Jul 2008 | 7:01 am Low-fat diet not tops for weight loss, study findsSubjects on the low-carb Atkins regimen shed the most pounds and saw the greatest cholesterol benefits, with the Mediterranean program a close second, according to a study partially funded by the Atki...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 17 Jul 2008 | 7:00 am Howard L. Bachrach, 88; virologist purified the polio and foot-and-mouth disease virusesHe was awarded the National Medal of Science in 1983 for his work in genetically engineered vaccines and other research. ...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 17 Jul 2008 | 7:00 am 'JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH'A dinosaur comes alive in 3-D. As 3-D consultant and visual effects editor for the T. rex chase in "Journey to the Center of the Earth,"...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 17 Jul 2008 | 7:00 am Lionsgate to allow more of its clips on YouTubeThe accord is the top video site's most far-reaching deal with a mainstream Hollywood studio. Lionsgate said Wednesday...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 17 Jul 2008 | 7:00 am BBtv: Joel Johnson interviews Syd Mead, part 2.Today on BBtv, part 2 of Boing Boing Gadgets editor Joel Johnson's interview with his hero, futurist and artist Syd Mead, on the evolution of conceptual design. In this installment, we go inside Syd's studio in Pasadena, CA, and learn more about the creative process behind his work for movies, television, and automobile design -- both Hot Wheels and life-sized -- and how Syd feels about design in the video game industry. Mead is a former designer for Ford Motor Company and US Steel. His designs have appeared in many movies, including Aliens, Tron, and Blade Runner. Link to Boing Boing tv post with discussion, downloadable video, and instructions for subscribing to the daily BBtv podcast. Previously on Boing Boing tv:
Source: Boing Boing | 17 Jul 2008 | 6:58 am Give low-income city kids a chance to experience rural reality.Our John Brownlee, over at Boing Boing Gadgets, tells the mothership about a project close to his heart:Image: "Fresh Air campers visit the model farm, one of the highlights of Sharpe Reservation in Fishkill, NY where The Fresh Air Fund has five camps." Source: Boing Boing | 17 Jul 2008 | 6:51 am Poodle (the game) samizdat, the New Yorker Obama Cover edition.
Ethan Persoff says, A new game of Poodle (about the game) is live on COMICS WITH PROBLEMS, this time using the New Yorker cover as the game ball.POODLE SAMIZDAT: SPECIAL NEW YORKER EDITION [ Comics With Problems ] Source: Boing Boing | 17 Jul 2008 | 6:43 am YouTube keeps UK online video lead as Facebook and ITV.com audiences climbFacebook and ITV.com were the only major websites other than YouTube to increase their share of the UK's web video market over the past year, as the Google-owned site's domination of the sector continues...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 17 Jul 2008 | 6:13 am 'Star Wars' video game bridges gap between films (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Technology News | 17 Jul 2008 | 4:29 am Big 3 mimic each other at E3: more, more and more (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Technology News | 17 Jul 2008 | 4:19 am Amazon launches new video store (CNET)CNET - Update: 11:10 p.m. To correct that Amazon customers do not need to purchase the Sony Bravia TV before accessing the new Video on Demand download store.Source: Yahoo! News: Technology News | 17 Jul 2008 | 4:16 am Jargon Watch: Bendy Chips, Nighttime Spinach, Dark MarketingBendy chips n. pl. Flexible circuits built by bonding ultrathin silicon-crystal nanoribbons to rubber. Developed at the University of Illinois, they deliver silicon-wafer performance without the fragility, promising a new generation of supple electronics, such as smart latex gloves for surgeons. Nomophobia n. Short for no-mobile phobia, it's the anxiety produced by losing cell phone contact, for lack of coverage or power. A recent survey in the UK estimates that half of its citizens are afflicted. The condition is said to be as stressful as a root canal. Nighttime spinach n. Euphemism for bushmeat, including chimpanzee, antelope, and giraffe, illicitly consumed in African refugee camps after dark. With meat in short supply, trade in such wildlife has escalated, resulting in the disappearance of delicious species. Dark marketing n. Discreetly sponsored online and real-world entertainment intended to reach hipster audiences that would ordinarily shun corporate shilling. McDonald's is the latest mega-brand to adopt this paradoxical promotional tool, with an alternate-reality game called The Lost Ring, nearly devoid of golden arches. — Jonathon Keats (jargon@wired.com) 
Source: Wired Top Stories | 17 Jul 2008 | 4:00 am July 17, 1938: 'Wrong Way' Corrigan Gets It Right1938: Douglas Corrigan claims his place in the annals of aviation history when he "mistakenly" flies from New York to Ireland. With a single flight, Corrigan breaks the law, charms the Irish, becomes an American hero and earns an unforgettable nickname. According to the flight plan he filed beforehand, his destination was California. Maybe it was, and maybe it wasn't: Corrigan had wanted to fly to Ireland all along, hoping to emulate Charles Lindbergh's solo trans-Atlantic flight of a decade earlier. But the Bureau of Air Commerce denied the request, on the grounds that Corrigan's plane -- a rather well-used Curtiss Robin OX-5 monoplane -- was too unstable for a long flight over water. Like other early aviators, Douglas Corrigan was drawn to flying at an early age. While still a teenager, he took a paid ride aboard a Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny," and once bitten with the bug, there was nothing else to do but fly. Within a week Corrigan was taking lessons, and he made his first solo flight in 1926, still younger than 20. Offered a job as an aircraft mechanic with Ryan Aeronautical Company, Corrigan moved to the firm's San Diego factory and wound up on the team that built Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis. In fact, it was Corrigan who pulled the chocks away from the plane as Lindbergh prepared to take off for New York, and history. Lindbergh's epic solo flight left a lasting impression on young Corrigan, who resolved to make a similar flight. He bought the Robin, used, in 1933 and spent a couple of years modifying the plane, trying to get it rated airworthy enough for certification. He never did, and at one point officials in California grounded the rattling bucket of bolts -- which Corrigan had named Sunshine -- for six months. Finally, in 1938, he was ready. Armed with a conditional permit, Corrigan flew to New York. He took off in the early-morning fog of Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn on July 17, ostensibly bound for California. This is where things get a bit murky. Corrigan steadfastly maintained, with a twinkle in his eye, that he was indeed intending to fly to California but was compelled to take off to the east because of the weather, and got turned around owing to a balky compass on board. He said he didn't discover his navigational error until he was 26 hours into the flight, a claim that lifted more than a few eyebrows. The thing is, Sunshine really was a crate. It was patched up and lashed together and, worse, during the California-New York flight had developed a gas leak that Corrigan decided he didn't have time to repair. Gasoline actually leaked into the cockpit while the plane was over the Atlantic. Corrigan solved that problem by using a screwdriver to punch a hole in the cockpit floor. So, after a flight of 28 hours, 13 minutes, Corrigan reached Baldonnel Airfield in Dublin in a plane that was structurally unsound, leaking fuel, lacking a reliable compass and equipped with reserve fuel tanks mounted in such a way that they blocked his straight-ahead view. Corrigan received a warm welcome in Ireland and was taken to Dublin town, where he met Prime Minister Eamon de Valera, as well as eager reporters. The Irish were particularly tickled by Corrigan's assertion that his faulty compass was to blame for the wrong-way flight, and the American press wasted no time in nicknaming him "Wrong Way" Corrigan. "Wrong Way" and his junk pile of a plane were eventually bundled aboard the liner Manhattan and shipped home, where he received a ticker-tape parade that drew a bigger crowd than turned out for Lindbergh in 1927. Interview followed interview, and Corrigan doggedly stuck to his story, basically: "I got turned around up there and wound up flying east." Everybody figured Corrigan was pulling a fast one, including President Franklin Roosevelt, who later told him, smilingly, that he believed every word of Corrigan's story. No doubt some aviation authorities would have loved sticking it to their wayward pilot, but Corrigan's goofy feat had so captured the national imagination -- he received congratulatory telegrams from a number of prominent Americans, including Henry Ford and Howard Hughes -- that the best they could do was a 14-day suspension of his license. Case closed. Source: History.net
Source: Wired Top Stories | 17 Jul 2008 | 4:00 am Cuba Getting Internet Upstream Via VenezuelaAn anonymous reader writes "Seems like Cuba is working around the US internet embargo by teaming up with Venezuela: A confidential contract released yesterday on Wikileaks reveals Cuba's plan to receive internet upstream via an undersea cable to Venezuela, thus circumventing the enduring embargo of the US, denying Cuba access to nearby American undersea cables and overcoming the current limits of satellite-only connectivity. The connection, to be delivered by CVG Telecom of Venezuela, is to be completed by 2010 and will provide data, video as well as voice service for both the public and governmental services."Read more of this story at Slashdot. Source: Slashdot | 17 Jul 2008 | 3:06 am State of the Art In Sync To Pierce The Cloud - New York Times
Source: Google News - Sci/Tech | 17 Jul 2008 | 1:37 am Nintendo wins over outside game publishers with Wii (Reuters)Reuters - In the video game industry, the spoils of the console wars come in the form of support from third-party software publishers selling games to run on your machine.Source: Yahoo! News: Technology News | 17 Jul 2008 | 1:34 am Google's YouTube in Lions Gate film clips deal - Reuters
Source: Google News - Sci/Tech | 17 Jul 2008 | 1:08 am San Francisco Held Cyber-Hostage? Disgruntled Techies Have Wreaked Worse HavocSan Francisco's purported network lockout sounds extreme, but disgruntled or fired employees have long used computers to get revenge.
Source: Wired Top Stories | 17 Jul 2008 | 1:00 am Eco Hikers' Dream: Precision Stove Burns Any Flammable LiquidBrunton's top canister is a world stomper's combustible dream, able to burn nearly any flammable liquid, from butane or kerosene to Jet-A (really!).Source: Wired: Gadgets | 17 Jul 2008 | 1:00 am At E3, Insiders Thrive as Booth Babes Go Extinct : Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.comLOS ANGELES -- The videogame industry struts its stuff each year at E3, but the party is decidedly more intimate than it used to be. Formerly known as the Electronic Entertainment Expo, the annual conference now dubbed the E3 Media & Business Summit has evolved from a public event that drew tens of thousands of gamers to an invitation-only dog-and-pony show for videogame journalists and industry insiders. Unlike the old days, this year's E3 at the Los Angeles Convention Center is short on booth babes and swag. Still, heavy hitters like Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony pulled out all the stops as they tried to pique journalists' interests. Here's a peek behind the scenes at the event, which ends Thursday. Left: Gunnar Johannson of Swedish gamemaker Grin takes a call Wednesday from his mother in Sweden. She had not heard from him in a couple of days and wanted to make sure he was OK. Not to worry -- he has his Bionic Commando promotional arm to protect him.  : Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.comRyan Treit, a reporter for Xbox.com from Seattle, is the lone rider (besides the photographer) on Shuttle Bus No. 3 late Tuesday afternoon. The shuttle carries E3 attendees from the Los Angeles Convention Center to the hotels that house them.  : Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.comTracey Thompson, PR consultant for Bethesda Software, is watched over Wednesday by a member of the Brotherhood of Steel from Fallout 3.  : Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.comThe Neversoft Band plays Van Halen's "Hot for Teacher" Tuesday night as Activision shows Guitar Hero World Tour to the world for the first time in a former Los Angeles church.  : Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.comLouis Bedigian, freelance journalist, left, and Ryan Geddes, associate editor of IGN Xbox, type away Wednesday outside Nintendo's media booth.  : Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.comJohn Drake demonstrates Rock Band 2 on MTV Games' backroom stage Wednesday. The booth, fully stocked with aftermarket toys like an Alesis electronic drum kit, was the music gamer's ultimate dream venue.  : Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.comNyko appears to be the only company at E3 that still hires booth babes. Casey Dee, left, and Bernard Hoang show off their musical talents Wednesday morning as Michelle Ballee works the bar in the background.  : Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.comThe registration line at the Los Angeles Convention Center is a shadow of its former self Wednesday. Unlike in years gone by, it was a breeze to pick up press credentials every day in 2008.  : Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.comRed velvet curtains, Christmas-style lights and blue mood lighting set the tone in the Nintendo press room.
Source: Wired Top Stories | 17 Jul 2008 | 1:00 am Eco Hikers' Dream: Precision Stove Burns Any Flammable LiquidBrunton's top canister is a world stomper's combustible dream, able to burn nearly any flammable liquid, from butane or kerosene to Jet-A (really!).
Source: Wired Top Stories | 17 Jul 2008 | 1:00 am Hack a Million Systems and Earn a JobAn anonymous reader writes "It has been a number of years since the fantasy that hackers will be offered a job by those who they hacked was even a potential reality, but this might still be the case in New Zealand. An 18-year-old hacker responsible for writing a number of applications used by an online group called 'the A-Team' that allowed the creation of a million-plus machine botnet and a range of credit card fraud activities to take place, has walked free from court sans conviction despite pleading guilty. And to top it all off, the NZ police force were interested in talking to the hacker about working for them, and 'several computer programming companies' were also chasing him for his skills."Read more of this story at Slashdot. Source: Slashdot | 17 Jul 2008 | 12:52 am MySQL Readies Release Candidate For 5.1Anonymous Dolphin writes "MySQL has released plans for a final RC for the MySQL 5.1 server. Monty Widenius, the CTO and founder of MySQL, has put up a request for more feedback from the community. You can get the latest RC here. Please help with the testing of 5.1 and report your bugs here."Read more of this story at Slashdot. Source: Slashdot | 17 Jul 2008 | 12:21 am Police smash car window to "rescue" reborn baby dollWe've written about ultrarealistic reborn baby dolls before.The Courier Mail in Australia reports that police saw one of these reborns in a locked car and, thinking it was a real kid, broke the window to save it: Frantic rescue effort saves doll, not baby (news.com.au) (via Arbroath) Previously on Boing Boing: Source: Boing Boing | 17 Jul 2008 | 12:08 am Rock Out With Your Clock Out: We Test Atomic WatchesFor a watch that’s more accurate than a sniper with a Ritalin rush, nothing beats an atomic watch. Automatically synchronized via low-frequency radio signals, these clocks keep perfect time up to six miles in the air, never need winding and sync themselves when you fly across time zones. Some are rugged enough to survive a trip up Mount Kilimanjaro while others are fancy enough to wear at a black-tie gala. And hey, for watches with such geeky features, that’s pretty bomb. --Michael S. Lasky Casio G-Shock Riseman Say you’re about to summit Everest. Or you’re schlepping through the narrows of Hong Kong. Or you’re tearing through hard angles at Le Mans. You want to know what time it is and you want it to be accurate. Casio’s G-Shock Riseman has you covered. A true globetrotter, the watch receives time-calibration signals from six different world transmitters in the United States, Japan, China, Germany and the United Kingdom. (Most atomic watches sold in the United States receive time updates solely from the Atomic Clock at Fort Collins, Colorado.) But playing nice with a worldwide network of Atomic Clocks is just an opening act for the Riseman. Four side buttons control displays for altitude (up to 32,800 feet ... higher than Everest!) temperature, barometric pressure and a stopwatch. As one might assume from its G-Shock moniker, the 2.2-ounce Riseman is rugged, shock-proof with its rubber and metal case and its black, industrial Terminator design. Seriously, we dragged this thing through mud, froze it, dunked water on it, threw it, even called it names. It didn’t lose a single speck of functionality. Powered by a solar cell that replenishes the watch’s rechargeable battery, there’s never a need to replace batteries. We put the watch in a coma by leaving it in a drawer for six days. But it only took a few minutes in the sun for the timepiece to perk up again. Note to the farsighted: The battery indicator is so squinty-small it can induce temple-shattering headaches. But all these features come with a steep learning curve -- mastering the features of this watch took us several days. The manual, a 132-page credit card size flipbook, is a maze of details for each function. Just switching the temperature readings from Celsius to Fahrenheit takes a whopping 14 button pushes. But in time (hi-yo!) the Riseman is the ideal wrist-mounted companion to take on a trek up the Himalayas or an urban safari. $220, Casio Citizen Skyhawk AT Slip on the Skyhawk AT before getting on a plane and risk getting charged for an extra carry-on. At 6.3 ounces, this watch is heavier than a Royale with cheese but is crammed with enough features to nearly justify the heft. With an impressive black-and-silver face (really, it could pass for a control panel of a private jet) the appropriately named Skyhawk displays data on four analog mini-faces and two digital displays. World time for 43 cities, two alarms, 1/100-second chronograph with a 24-hour recorder, a 99 minute countdown time, perpetual calendar, a rotating slide rule bezel -- just some of the device’s capabilities. Too bad the teeny fonts on the mini-faces are nearly impossible to read in dim light. Forget eyeglasses, you’ll need a scanning electron microscope to read it. Setting up the Skyhawk takes a load of patience and a good deal of time. All controls require a combination of pulling the center crown one or two notches, aligning dials on the mini-faces or one of the two digital displays. While the relatively slim 40-page manual carefully guides you through the steps, there are still many features that require a lengthy process of trial and error to master. WIRED Atomic timekeeping with radio-controlled accuracy and solar-powered rechargeable battery make this function-loaded, flight chronograph world watch a convenient tool for world travelers, pilots and gadget-philes. TIRED Despite its handsome face, the embedded mini-faces are hard to read, and operating the watch’s wealth of features requires a long learning curve. The 6.3-ounce weight (hey, another 1.7 ounces and you would be carrying a half-pound) can be uncomfortable and less than ergonomic. $695 (as tested), Citizen Watch Casio Pathfinder Got time? If you decide to put the Casio Pathfinder PAW1500T-7V on your wrist, you’ll need it. This nearly quarter-pound, atomic, solar watch is armed with a slew of functions that require a Herculean effort to master. Accompanied by a thick, 155-page manual, Casio makes sure every detail of the watch is covered, short of pawning it for booze money. Some functions are easy. Want to know how high you are? Push the altimeter button. Want to know how hot it is? Push the thermometer button. See what type of (atmospheric) pressure you are under with the barometer button. Others are not: A digital compass puts you in the right direction and even calibrates bi-directionally with readings from either the North or South Poles, but its hard to decipher. Same goes for interpreting readouts on the phases of the moon or the tide. The thick, military styled Pathfinder looks like a watch Rambo would wear. And we’re talking about psychotic killing machine Rambo from First Blood, not geriatric, overly tanned Rambo from the 2008 film. But you’ll need a Stallone-style workout just to carry the damned thing around. After a week of wearing the device, we were literally walking crooked from an enormous atomic bracelet weighing down our left wrist. WIRED Enough features to keep hikers (altimeter), seafarers (tide readings) or soldiers of fortune (hefty weight = bludgeoning device) satisfied. Solar power means no battery changes, and an atomic radio maintains perfect standard and daylight savings time around the world. TIRED Steep learning curve. 155-page manual reads like a Tolstoy novel. 3.9-ounce weight is enough to dislocate a geeky wrist. $400, Path Finder Oceanus OCWS1000A Atomic Solar Watch Don’t let the relatively simple design of the Oceanus fool you. The rising tide of chronographic features built into its three-ounce titanium case are, well, a bit staggering. But so are its price tag and some of its more complex functions. First off, the extremely pretty black and silver face sports three mini-dials. Each motor controls a movement on the watch face -- the sweep second hand, the chronograph, world time, 24-hour time and date display. While the Oceanus name might suggest this is a great diving watch, it surprisingly can only resist water up to 50 meters. (Similar chronographs reach depths of 200 meters.) But that’s nearly excusable since this is jewelry best used above sea level. Its world clock function lets you check current times in 27 cities and 29 time zones. If you are traveling out of your time zone, a few taps on one of the four control buttons on either side of the watch will toggle a world time with your regular home city setting. The 1/20th second stopwatch measures elapsed time up to 59 minutes, and 59.99 seconds. Too bad it doesn’t have a memory to handle more than one lap. We had to write down each lap time before restarting the timer. Watch those clumsy fingers too -- push the wrong button and the stopwatch quickly resets to zero. Its tachymeter function used to convert time intervals to speed or rates of events is etched around the rim of the analog face. But the silver on silver markings -- no doubt designed with cosmetics more than functionality in mind -- are more difficult to read than any other watch we tested. After wearing and using the Oceanus OCWS1000A for a week, its overall usefulness begins to pale -- especially in the face of other timepieces (like the Casio) that are cheaper and far easier to operate. Call us hopeless nerds, but shouldn’t an atomic watch with a $1,095 price tag spend its time both looking good and functioning perfectly? WIRED Elegant looks coupled with cool factor make this a device that would feel at home on the wrist of George Clooney. Four seamless integrated side control buttons eliminate garish angles found in other watches. $1095, Oceanus
Source: Wired Top Stories | 17 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am Rock Out With Your Clock Out: We Test Atomic WatchesFor a watch that’s more accurate than a sniper with a Ritalin rush, nothing beats an atomic watch. Automatically synchronized via low-frequency radio signals, these clocks keep perfect time up to six miles in the air, never need winding and sync themselves when you fly across time zones. Some are rugged enough to survive a trip up Mount Kilimanjaro while others are fancy enough to wear at a black-tie gala. And hey, for watches with such geeky features, that’s pretty bomb. --Michael S. Lasky Casio G-Shock Riseman Say you’re about to summit Everest. Or you’re schlepping through the narrows of Hong Kong. Or you’re tearing through hard angles at Le Mans. You want to know what time it is and you want it to be accurate. Casio’s G-Shock Riseman has you covered. A true globetrotter, the watch receives time-calibration signals from six different world transmitters in the United States, Japan, China, Germany and the United Kingdom. (Most atomic watches sold in the United States receive time updates solely from the Atomic Clock at Fort Collins, Colorado.) But playing nice with a worldwide network of Atomic Clocks is just an opening act for the Riseman. Four side buttons control displays for altitude (up to 32,800 feet ... higher than Everest!) temperature, barometric pressure and a stopwatch. As one might assume from its G-Shock moniker, the 2.2-ounce Riseman is rugged, shock-proof with its rubber and metal case and its black, industrial Terminator design. Seriously, we dragged this thing through mud, froze it, dunked water on it, threw it, even called it names. It didn’t lose a single speck of functionality. Powered by a solar cell that replenishes the watch’s rechargeable battery, there’s never a need to replace batteries. We put the watch in a coma by leaving it in a drawer for six days. But it only took a few minutes in the sun for the timepiece to perk up again. Note to the farsighted: The battery indicator is so squinty-small it can induce temple-shattering headaches. But all these features come with a steep learning curve -- mastering the features of this watch took us several days. The manual, a 132-page credit card size flipbook, is a maze of details for each function. Just switching the temperature readings from Celsius to Fahrenheit takes a whopping 14 button pushes. But in time (hi-yo!) the Riseman is the ideal wrist-mounted companion to take on a trek up the Himalayas or an urban safari. $220, Casio Citizen Skyhawk AT Slip on the Skyhawk AT before getting on a plane and risk getting charged for an extra carry-on. At 6.3 ounces, this watch is heavier than a Royale with cheese but is crammed with enough features to nearly justify the heft. With an impressive black-and-silver face (really, it could pass for a control panel of a private jet) the appropriately named Skyhawk displays data on four analog mini-faces and two digital displays. World time for 43 cities, two alarms, 1/100-second chronograph with a 24-hour recorder, a 99 minute countdown time, perpetual calendar, a rotating slide rule bezel -- just some of the device’s capabilities. Too bad the teeny fonts on the mini-faces are nearly impossible to read in dim light. Forget eyeglasses, you’ll need a scanning electron microscope to read it. Setting up the Skyhawk takes a load of patience and a good deal of time. All controls require a combination of pulling the center crown one or two notches, aligning dials on the mini-faces or one of the two digital displays. While the relatively slim 40-page manual carefully guides you through the steps, there are still many features that require a lengthy process of trial and error to master. WIRED Atomic timekeeping with radio-controlled accuracy and solar-powered rechargeable battery make this function-loaded, flight chronograph world watch a convenient tool for world travelers, pilots and gadget-philes. TIRED Despite its handsome face, the embedded mini-faces are hard to read, and operating the watch’s wealth of features requires a long learning curve. The 6.3-ounce weight (hey, another 1.7 ounces and you would be carrying a half-pound) can be uncomfortable and less than ergonomic. $695 (as tested), Citizen Watch Casio Pathfinder Got time? If you decide to put the Casio Pathfinder PAW1500T-7V on your wrist, you’ll need it. This nearly quarter-pound, atomic, solar watch is armed with a slew of functions that require a Herculean effort to master. Accompanied by a thick, 155-page manual, Casio makes sure every detail of the watch is covered, short of pawning it for booze money. Some functions are easy. Want to know how high you are? Push the altimeter button. Want to know how hot it is? Push the thermometer button. See what type of (atmospheric) pressure you are under with the barometer button. Others are not: A digital compass puts you in the right direction and even calibrates bi-directionally with readings from either the North or South Poles, but its hard to decipher. Same goes for interpreting readouts on the phases of the moon or the tide. The thick, military styled Pathfinder looks like a watch Rambo would wear. And we’re talking about psychotic killing machine Rambo from First Blood, not geriatric, overly tanned Rambo from the 2008 film. But you’ll need a Stallone-style workout just to carry the damned thing around. After a week of wearing the device, we were literally walking crooked from an enormous atomic bracelet weighing down our left wrist. WIRED Enough features to keep hikers (altimeter), seafarers (tide readings) or soldiers of fortune (hefty weight = bludgeoning device) satisfied. Solar power means no battery changes, and an atomic radio maintains perfect standard and daylight savings time around the world. TIRED Steep learning curve. 155-page manual reads like a Tolstoy novel. 3.9-ounce weight is enough to dislocate a geeky wrist. $400, Path Finder Oceanus OCWS1000A Atomic Solar Watch Don’t let the relatively simple design of the Oceanus fool you. The rising tide of chronographic features built into its three-ounce titanium case are, well, a bit staggering. But so are its price tag and some of its more complex functions. First off, the extremely pretty black and silver face sports three mini-dials. Each motor controls a movement on the watch face -- the sweep second hand, the chronograph, world time, 24-hour time and date display. While the Oceanus name might suggest this is a great diving watch, it surprisingly can only resist water up to 50 meters. (Similar chronographs reach depths of 200 meters.) But that’s nearly excusable since this is jewelry best used above sea level. Its world clock function lets you check current times in 27 cities and 29 time zones. If you are traveling out of your time zone, a few taps on one of the four control buttons on either side of the watch will toggle a world time with your regular home city setting. The 1/20th second stopwatch measures elapsed time up to 59 minutes, and 59.99 seconds. Too bad it doesn’t have a memory to handle more than one lap. We had to write down each lap time before restarting the timer. Watch those clumsy fingers too -- push the wrong button and the stopwatch quickly resets to zero. Its tachymeter function used to convert time intervals to speed or rates of events is etched around the rim of the analog face. But the silver on silver markings -- no doubt designed with cosmetics more than functionality in mind -- are more difficult to read than any other watch we tested. After wearing and using the Oceanus OCWS1000A for a week, its overall usefulness begins to pale -- especially in the face of other timepieces (like the Casio) that are cheaper and far easier to operate. Call us hopeless nerds, but shouldn’t an atomic watch with a $1,095 price tag spend its time both looking good and functioning perfectly? WIRED Elegant looks coupled with cool factor make this a device that would feel at home on the wrist of George Clooney. Four seamless integrated side control buttons eliminate garish angles found in other watches. $1095, Oceanus Source: Wired: Gadgets | 17 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am News - Microsoft - CNET News
Source: Google News - Sci/Tech | 16 Jul 2008 | 11:48 pm 3 new paintings by Amy Crehore Amy Crehore has posted scans of her new delightfully mysterious paintings, titled "The Caged Wonder," (shown here), "Black Ball Finale," and "French Bubble Gum Encore." 3 New Crehore Paintings Revealed (Little Hokum Rag) Source: Boing Boing | 16 Jul 2008 | 11:17 pm Joker Plays the Wild Card in Dazzling Dark KnightBatman's back, but Heath Ledger's the star in the finest comics flick of 2008. It's a stunning, disturbing and fitting end to the summer of the superhero movie.
Source: Wired Top Stories | 16 Jul 2008 | 11:16 pm Gmail Reveals the Names of All Usersihatespam writes "Have you ever wanted to know the name of admin@gmail.com? Now you can. Through a bug in Google calendars the names of all registered Gmail accounts are now readily available. All you need to find out the names of any gmail address is a Google calendar account yourself. Depending on your view this ranges from a harmless "feature" to a rather serious privacy violation. According to some reports, spammers are already exploiting this "feature"/bug to send personalized spam messages."Read more of this story at Slashdot. Source: Slashdot | 16 Jul 2008 | 11:05 pm How to Stream Your Music OnlineWith web-enabled devices in every pocket and a high-bandwidth WiFi connection always within reach, there's little reason to carry all of your music with you anymore. Just set up your collection to stream over the net and listen to your tunes anywhere.
Source: Wired Top Stories | 16 Jul 2008 | 10:20 pm Today on Boing Boing Gadgets Today at Boing Boing Gadgets, we looked at a wonderful steampunk (read: "stimpank!") mouse while a network admin held San Francisco hostage with his own Dr. Strangelove style Doomsday Device. Joel looked at some LEGO lunch utensils, while Beschizza griped about an alarm clock that expected him to pump iron at the crack of dawn. Unusual burglar alarms with clockwork muskets were discovered, while Rob reviewed the latest convertible Fujitsu tablets and Joel fiddled with the dials of his wooden radios. AT&T blamed the iPhone 3G launch fiasco on iTunes gremlins, and we wrote some jammin' beats on our PSP. Also, we were delighted to discover the return of analog gauges to our cameras. We puzzled over how the smell of bread was infused into our wristpads. We looked at an incredible bicycle with a hotly debated number of wheels. And we finally figured out how to make crime pay. Oh, and lest we forget... We drink your milkshake! WE DRINK IT ALL UP! Source: Boing Boing | 16 Jul 2008 | 10:15 pm American Solar Challenge Racers Head For Canadacoondoggie writes "Solar race cars this week began their nine-day, 2,400 mile chase from Dallas to Calgary, Alberta using only the sun for fuel. The 24 teams in the American Solar Challenge race are mainly US college teams including entries from MIT, Ohio State and Northwestern. The University of Michigan's Continuum car is the defending champ, having won the Challenge in Australia last year. The University of Michigan has won four out of the eight North American Solar Challenges it has entered with its team of more than 100 engineering students, who have vowed to defend their title this year."Read more of this story at Slashdot. Source: Slashdot | 16 Jul 2008 | 10:02 pm Microsoft explains Halo's no-show at E3 game conference - Los Angeles Times
Source: Google News - Sci/Tech | 16 Jul 2008 | 9:46 pm PC shipments grew faster than expected in 2Q (AP)AP - Computer shipments rose faster than expected in the second quarter, fueled by exceptional demand in emerging markets and a decline in prices in the U.S. and Western Europe, two research groups said Wednesday.Source: Yahoo! News: Technology News | 16 Jul 2008 | 9:42 pm Pros and cons of growing up AmishTim Ferriss, author of The 4-Hour Workweek, interviewed a woman who "escaped from the Amish." It's fascinating. Here's an excerpt:Escaping the Amish - Part 1 (4-Hour Workweek) Source: Boing Boing | 16 Jul 2008 | 9:20 pm Jewelry created from plasticized human milk From Core77: French design collective Duende have used a technique that can transform human or animal milk into plastic by solidifying the casein content. The 'Perle de lait' range of jewelry will be on display as part of their collection of objects exploring the relationship of food between mother and child at La Cuisine. This takes the concept of bespoke jewelry to whole new level.Jewelry created from plasticized human milk (Thanks Ultimate Cowboy!) Source: Boing Boing | 16 Jul 2008 | 9:10 pm AOL In Talks With Microsoft to Merge Online Divisions, Says WSJIan Lamont writes "Microsoft executives are reportedly meeting with their AOL counterparts to discuss combining the two companies' online divisions. No one from either side is willing to comment, nor has the structure of the supposed deal been worked out. The original unconfirmed report comes from the Wall Street Journal (password-protected). A few months ago there was talk about AOL teaming up with Yahoo, but that never materialized." The free excerpt at the WSJ link above seems to say about as much as this Bloomberg wire report which refers to it, and the above-linked story at The Standard; this Reuters story indicates that AOL is still courting or being courted by Yahoo!, too.Read more of this story at Slashdot. Source: Slashdot | 16 Jul 2008 | 9:06 pm Obama Wages CyberwarDespite a $30 billion cyber security effort by the Bush administration, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says the U.S. lags behind major nations such as China on network defense.
Source: Wired Top Stories | 16 Jul 2008 | 8:31 pm Spammer Gets 30 Months for Inundating AOL - PC World
Source: Google News - Sci/Tech | 16 Jul 2008 | 8:30 pm Dig Reveals 18th Century New OrleansA cathedral dig turns up a mix of artifacts in the heart of the French Quarter.Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 16 Jul 2008 | 8:22 pm Paul Supporters Flood GOP Site With Libertarian AdviceSupporters of Libertarian-leaning Ron Paul make themselves at home on the the Republican platform site, pushing the issues of the Texas congressman's failed run for the presidential nomination.
Source: Wired Top Stories | 16 Jul 2008 | 8:16 pm Monkey see, monkey do: Microsoft launches mobile app site - Ars Technica
Source: Google News - Sci/Tech | 16 Jul 2008 | 8:01 pm Maker Faire Austin 2008: Call for EntriesThe DIY extravaganza Maker Faire comes to Austin, Texas on October 18-19, 2008. The official Call For Makers has just gone online and you have until Thursday, September 4, to submit your application. Get out your soldering irons, knitting needles, screwdrivers, sewing machines, propane tanks, and frying pans and get busy! From the entry page:Maker Faire Austin Call for Entries (Makerfaire.com) Source: Boing Boing | 16 Jul 2008 | 7:45 pm 'Middle Earth' Mountains: Steep and StrongNew Zealand's craggy mountain ranges get a geological explanation.Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 16 Jul 2008 | 7:22 pm Volcanoes Blamed for Mass ExtinctionsEruptions on the sea floor may have triggered mass extinctions millions of years ago.Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 16 Jul 2008 | 6:55 pm Mars Once Benign, Water-RichA Mars orbiter finds evidence the planet was once mild with water bathing its surface.Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 16 Jul 2008 | 2:19 pm Found: Milky Way's Second-Brightest StarA super-giant star as bright as 3.2 million suns earns a second place ribbon.Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 16 Jul 2008 | 1:44 pm NASA Wants Your UrineA NASA urine drive aims to help engineers design a new space toilet.Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 16 Jul 2008 | 1:05 pm
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Frantic police smashed a window to rescue a seemingly unconscious baby from a locked vehicle in Queensland last week only to find it was an extremely lifelike doll.
What were the positives of growing up Amish?
Maker Faire returns to Austin, Texas for its second year. This two-day, family-friendly event celebrates the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) mindset and features interactive exhibits organized by individual enthusiasts, hobbyist groups and clubs as well as student groups. It's for creative, resourceful folks who like to tinker and love to make things. Maker Faire is an opportunity to share what you do with others...