Digital: Ex Post

OSx86 Project - OSx86 in the Wild

2005-08-12T09:45:00.000-04:00

OSx86 Project - OSx86 in the Wild: "We can confirm that a torrent containing a VMware image of Tiger x86 has been leaked to a major torrent site. This virtual hard drive image has supposedly been hacked to circumvent TPM and run on non-SSE3 machines. Sources tell us that the 'author' of this torrent used the PearPC emulator to extract necessary files from an installation of the DVD that was leaked a few weeks ago. We obviously have not tested this image (and will not, due to its blatant violation of the DMCA) but we will report more on its quality as we receive word."

Serenity Now! Uncut

2005-08-10T16:34:00.000-04:00

In Focus | August/September 2005 |Serenity Now! Uncut: "An interview with Joss Whedon,
the renowned script doctor and
‘Toy Story’ scribe who created ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ – and makes his feature directorial debut with the sci-fi actioner ‘Serenity’"

Google Blog: those Freakonomics Guys

2005-08-10T16:25:00.000-04:00

Google Blog: Guest Bloggers: those Freakonomics Guys: "
We didn't know quite what to expect at Google during our visit last week. A few months ago we'd been asked to give some kind of presentation to an undetermined number of Google employees. Were we interested? Sure, we said. This was still many weeks ago. When something is that far away, you'll generally agree to it without much thought. "

Digital Rights Management and the Pricing of Digital Products

2005-08-10T15:03:00.000-04:00

Digital Rights Management and the Pricing of Digital Products: "As it becomes cheaper to copy and share digital content, vendors are turning to technical protections such as encryption. We argue that if protection is nevertheless imperfect, this transition will generally lower the prices of content relative to perfect legal enforcement. However, the effect on prices depends on whether the content providers use independent protection standards or a shared one, and if shared, on the governance of the system. "

A credible plan to take down the Internet

2005-08-09T14:41:00.000-04:00

Security Watch: A credible plan to take down the Internet - CNET reviews: "Forget the Fantastic Four. As I write, the forces of Good (the White Hats) and Evil (the Black Hats) are fighting for control of the Internet as we know it. At stake is the exploitation of flaws affecting the once-invincible Cisco router hardware, which currently carries most of the Internet's traffic on a daily basis. Once a working exploit for the Cisco IOS Shellcode is available on the Internet, it'll be only a matter of days before someone finds a way to craft it into a network worm. And then it's going to be a rough ride for everyone who uses the Internet. Unless, of course, the forces of Good prevail."

White House "Lost In Space" Scenarios

2005-08-09T13:09:00.000-04:00

White House "Lost In Space" Scenarios - August 8, 2005: "Though the July 1969 mission proved a success, President Richard Nixon's aides devised a contingency plan in case astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin (and their lunar module) were somehow stranded on the moon. In the below memo, drafted two days before the Eagle landed, aide William Safire provided Nixon with a short speech to be delivered 'In Event of Moon Disaster.'"

Apple on the Brink

2005-08-09T11:49:00.000-04:00

Opinion Column by PC Magazine: Apple on the Brink: "I see the OS getting out in the wild as having the opposite effect. For one thing, it would increase interest amongst developers, which should boost overall sales. Besides, I'm completely convinced that Apple could still get the same premium for its machines that it does today. People simply like the design of Apple gear. Just look at the sales of the overpriced iPod in a market glutted with MP3 players. Why does anyone buy one? How is this ga-ga mentality different with computers?"

Deep into Sleep

2005-08-08T16:38:00.000-04:00

Deep into Sleep: "While researchers probe sleep's functions, sleep itself is becoming a lost art."

The Secret Behind the iPod's Scrollwheel

2005-08-07T00:24:00.000-04:00

MP3 Insider: The Secret Behind the iPod's Scrollwheel: "Ask any iPod user what they like the most about their device, and most will probably mention the scrollwheel. Here’s the story behind the company that makes it (hint: it’s not Apple)."

How to Be a Leader in Your Field

2005-08-04T11:16:00.000-04:00

How to Be a Leader in Your Field: "In a knowledge-intensive world of ceaseless innovation and change, I assert, every professional must be a leader. This is not a universally popular idea. Some people say, 'leadership is fine for others, but I just want a job'. I want to argue that it doesn't work that way. The skills that the leader exercises in building a critical mass of opinion around emerging issues are the same skills that every professional needs to stay employed at all. In the old days the leadership-averse could hide out in bureaucracies. But as institutions are turned inside out by technology, globalization, and rising public and client expectations of every sort, the refuges are disappearing. Every professional's job is now the front lines, and the skills of leadership must become central to everyone's conception of themselves as a professional."

Palladium Not in Apple Dev Kits

2005-08-04T09:30:00.000-04:00

OfB.biz: Open for Business - Palladium Not in Apple Dev Kits: "Commenting on earlier reports, a reliable source who requested anonymity told OfB, “While many rumors are being circulated on the web about Apple's future direction on Intel processors with DRM, the majority of them are just that - rumors.” The source, a registered Apple developer, continued, “Reality is that these boxes are production PC's in an Apple case, not DRM or TCPA protected, and none of these boxes will remain in circulation after their purpose has been served - they must be returned to Apple. "

Whose Fish?

2005-08-04T08:56:00.000-04:00

Coudal Partners: "This brainteaser, reportedly written by Einstein is difficult and Einstein said that 98% of the people in the world could not figure it out. Which percentage are you in?"

Demystifying Diet Coke(s)

2005-08-04T08:42:00.000-04:00

The Historical Present: "For those of you who have expressed confusion over the many forms of diet and sugar free cokes now available to you, I offer an explanation, because I was confused so I did the research. Thanks to Bevnet and the Coca Cola 800 customer service number for contributing supporting facts"

New York City Cheap Eats 2005

2005-08-04T08:39:00.000-04:00

New York City Cheap Eats 2005: "Presenting the city’s best new places to eat like a prince, at pauper’s prices."

What Business Can Learn from Open Source

2005-08-04T08:31:00.000-04:00

What Business Can Learn from Open Source: "Lately companies have been paying more attention to open source. Ten years ago there seemed a real danger Microsoft would extend its monopoly to servers. It seems safe to say now that open source has prevented that. A recent survey found 52% of companies are replacing Windows servers with Linux servers.

More significant, I think, is which 52% they are. At this point, anyone proposing to run Windows on servers should be prepared to explain what they know about servers that Google, Yahoo, and Amazon don't."

Apple Mighty Mouse: Hands On Review

2005-08-02T17:30:00.000-04:00

Russell Beattie Notebook - Apple Mighty Mouse: Hands On Review: "I can't believe that Apple finally made a two-button mouse! With a middle button and scroll wheel functionality no less! Cool beans! As soon as I saw the news this morning, I decided to make a quick trip down to the Palo Alto Apple Store and snag one for a quick review - it's a good thing I went early, they only received 10 of them and I bought the second to last one. With California tax, the cost was $50.96, quite a premium over the roughly $15 I paid for the black Microsoft scroll-wheel mouse it's replacing, but hey, it's a cool Apple product, right? I knew I'd be paying a premium for this stuff, and this mouse is pretty innovative."

Apple - Mighty Mouse

2005-08-02T14:07:00.000-04:00

Apple - Mighty Mouse: "Meet the mouse that reinvented the wheel. The scroll wheel, that is. At $49, Mighty Mouse features the revolutionary Scroll Ball that lets you move anywhere inside a document, without lifting a finger. And with touch-sensitive technology concealed under the seamless top shell, you get the programability of a four-button mouse in a single-button design. Click, roll, squeeze and scroll. This mouse just aced the maze."

Economists to explore world of online games

2005-08-01T17:32:00.000-04:00

Economists to explore world of online games / Researchers could assess players' response to change: "Now, some economists and social scientists say these Internet worlds could be a new type of laboratory to study economic behavior, such as how consumers respond to inflation."

Apple to add Trusted Computing to the new kernel?

2005-08-01T13:57:00.000-04:00

Boing Boing: Apple to add Trusted Computing to the new kernel?: "People working with early versions of the forthcoming Intel-based MacOS X operating system have discovered that Apple's new kernel makes use of Intel's Trusted Computing hardware. If this 'feature' appears in a commercial, shipping version of Apple's OS, they'll lose me as a customer -- I've used Apple computers since 1979 and have a Mac tattooed on my right bicep, but this is a deal-breaker."

Why I Will Never Have A Girlfriend

2005-08-01T10:31:00.000-04:00

Why I Will Never Have A Girlfriend -- nothingisreal.com: "I shall endeavour to make this proof as rigorous as the available data permits. And I should note, too, that there will be no statistical trickery involved here; I have cited all my sources and provided all relevant calculations3 in case anyone wishes to conduct their own independent review. Let's now take a look at the figures."

Birth of the Lisa

2005-08-01T10:07:00.000-04:00

Birth of the Lisa :: Braeburn :: Tracing the history of Computing: "The Lisa was first envisioned as a brand new business computer to succeed the very popular Apple II, and it was to be designed by Steve Wozniak. The project was quickly turned over to a former HP, Ken Rothmuller, director as Wozniak drifted away from Apple. A marketting specification was completed and aproved in 1979, and the planned Lisa bore little semblance to the computer that was actually released. To be sold for no more than $2,000, the Lisa was to hae a green phosphorous CRT, 16 bit processor and a high capacity floppy drive. The project was to be ready for release in 1981."

Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage Cracked!

2005-08-01T09:31:00.000-04:00

www.9Down.Com - Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage Cracked!: "This week, Microsoft started requiring users to verifiy their serial number before using Windows Update. This effort to force users to either buy XP or tell them where you got the illegal copy is called 'Windows Genuine Advantage' AKA 'WGA',Examples of popular applications covered under the Genuine Advantage program include Windows Media Player, DirectX for gaming and the new Windows anti-spyware products."

A Hacker Games the Hotel

2005-08-01T09:22:00.000-04:00

Wired News: A Hacker Games the Hotel: "A vulnerability in many hotel television infrared systems can allow a hacker to obtain guests' names and their room numbers from the billing system.

It can also let someone read the e-mail of guests who use web mail through the TV, putting business travelers at risk of corporate espionage. And it can allow an intruder to add or delete charges on a hotel guest's bill or watch pornographic films and other premium content on their hotel TV without paying for it. "

Ice lake found on the Red Planet

2005-08-01T09:17:00.000-04:00

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Ice lake found on the Red Planet: "A giant patch of frozen water has been pictured nestled within an unnamed impact crater on Mars."

Web-based job tracking, invoicing, reporting & project management software - Side Job Track

2005-07-29T10:23:00.000-04:00

Web-based job tracking, invoicing, reporting & project management software for the part-time independent contractor. - Side Job Track: "With Side Job Track you can quickly and easily select and setup default information that you can use to track your most popular services and best clients in a straightforward project-oriented manner. Get organized with Side Job Track!"

'Free' Danish beer makes a splash

2005-07-29T09:20:00.000-04:00

BBC NEWS | Technology | 'Free' Danish beer makes a splash: "Students from the Information Technology University in Copenhagen are trying to help by releasing what they are calling the world's first open source beer recipe."

KDE 4 Will Be Awesome

2005-07-29T09:12:00.000-04:00

InspiredElectrons » Blog Archive » KDE 4 Will Be Awesome: "I know, you’ve heard that before. You probably heard that KDE 3 would be awesome, too. But seriously, KDE 4 is going to have major UI/usability/candy/feature improvements. The codebase is now being worked on in SVN."

Tapwave | go. do. play. kaput.

2005-07-28T08:43:00.000-04:00

Tapwave | go. do. play.: "We are sorry to inform you that the Zodiac business was discontinued and service and support are no longer available as of July 25th 2005.
"

Amazon No Longer the Role Model for E-Commerce Design

2005-07-26T16:29:00.000-04:00

Amazon No Longer the Role Model for E-Commerce Design (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox): "Many design elements work for Amazon.com mainly because of its status as the world's largest and most established e-commerce site. Normal sites should not copy Amazon's design."

Blinksale | The easiest way to send invoices online

2005-07-26T14:17:00.000-04:00

Blinksale | The easiest way to send invoices online: "Blinksale is perfect for anyone who needs to invoice customers and clients for services or products sold. As a design company, we created Blinksale with professional service industries in mind. Additionally, with time-billing invoices and product invoices, Blinksale is an excellent choice for attorneys, accountants, IT professionals, software developers, journalists, contractors, engineers, architects, videographers, and more. Basically, if you need to send invoices, Blinksale can work for you."

Another Web 2.0 site. The future looks great.

Windows Vista Preview (pre-Beta 1)

2005-07-26T09:48:00.000-04:00

Windows Vista Preview (pre-Beta 1) - A WinCustomize Article by Frogboy: "Very shortly Longhorn Beta 1 will be coming out. The current expected date is August 3, 2005. So what's in it? What can we expect? Microsoft was kind to inform a group of us what beta 1 would be like. Because of our NDA, I can only recap what is already known with a bit more detail."

Apple delivers iBook, Mac mini updates

2005-07-26T09:45:00.000-04:00

Think Secret - Apple delivers iBook, Mac mini updates: "Apple updated its iBook and Mac mini lines Tuesday, increasing standard RAM across the board to 512MB and improving other specs. Missing from the iBook update was the long-rumored move to a widescreen model, which unconfirmed reports had suggested might arrive with the revision."

Hands-on with the Motorola Q

2005-07-26T09:31:00.001-04:00

Hands-on with the Motorola Q - Engadget - www.engadget.com: "So we managed to befoul the Motorola Q (aka the Franklin aka the RAZRberry aka Ryan’s latest lust object) with our hands at last night’s Motonow event in Chicago, the black version they were showing off was just a plastic model, but much to our surprise the silver version was fully functional."

Google adds RSS reader to google.com/ig

2005-07-26T09:31:00.000-04:00

Google adds RSS reader to google.com/ig on Flickr - Photo Sharing!: "Google's custom homepage just got a ton of new ajaxy features. I noticed in the 'Create a Section' feature, you can put a RSS URL to add it to your homepage (I typed 'URL to RSS feed' for demo purposes). You can see MetaFilter and A Whole Lotta Nothing in my new custom Google homepage"

Family Guy Movie Leaked 2 Months Early (with screenshots)

2005-07-25T13:38:00.000-04:00

sandstorming 3.0. » Family Guy Movie Leaked 2 Months Early (with screenshots): "For those of you who can’t wait till September to get a glimpse at just how hilarious Seth MacFarlane’s humour can be when untamed by the brutal censorship whips of the FCC, Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story has now appeared on a number of torrent tracking websites, and apparently it’s the real deal."

Why Apple chose Intel

2005-07-25T11:12:00.000-04:00

Apple's announcement last month that it was switching from IBM PowerPC chips to Intel chips was one of those seismic events whose aftershocks continue to be felt for a long time.

read more | digg story

Police: Orkut used as Brazilian drug network

2005-07-25T10:55:00.000-04:00

Police: Orkut used as Brazilian drug network | CNET News.com: "Brazilian police arrested 10 people on Thursday accused of selling drugs using Google's international social networking site Orkut, which is hugely popular in the Latin American country."

Yahoo! acquires Konfabulator

2005-07-25T10:33:00.000-04:00

Macworld: News: Yahoo! acquires Konfabulator: "Yahoo! Inc. on Monday will announce the acquisition of Konfabulator, a Macintosh and Windows application that allows users to run mini files known as Widgets on their desktop -- the same model used by Apple for its Dashboard application. Yahoo! company executives said they would also be giving Konfabulator away for free, completely doing away with the US$19.95 currently charged for the product."

FeedLounge Review

2005-07-24T23:17:00.000-04:00

Incoherent Babble � Blog Archive � FeedLounge: "I definitely have to give the developers behind FeedLounge a ton of congrats. They’ve done a great job designing this interface. It’s definitely got a rich-client feel about it, which is what they were going for. Below I’m going to try and outline the majority of the features, as well as make a few comments and observations as I go. Overall, I think these guys are going to have a huge following when they launch FeedLounge!"

Venerable encylopedia seeks just the facts

2005-07-22T13:26:00.000-04:00

Venerable encylopedia seeks just the facts - The Boston Globe - Boston.com - Nation - News: "To respond to competitive challenges from Google, Yahoo, and the popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia, Britannica today will announce it is returning to an old practice after a lapse of a decade by naming an advisory board, whose 15 members top editor Dale Hoiberg calls ''some of the smartest people on earth.' The Chicago-based publisher hopes that the prestige and knowledge of the members -- four Nobel laureates and two Pulitzer Prize winners among them -- will help reassert the authority of an encyclopedia first published in 1768 but buffeted in an age when the Internet has loosened the definition of what is factual."

Ajax May Undermine Web Advertising, Analytics Models

2005-07-22T08:56:00.000-04:00

Ajax May Undermine Web Advertising, Analytics Models · MarketingVOX: "'If sites track traffic and sell ads based on pageview impressions, everything changes when users start interacting with the site and making multiple changes without ever refreshing a page. Does all of that count as a single page view? Or do we need to count clicks, or use a stopwatch to time how long they spend on each 'page'?' Paul writes."

The Podcast as a New Podium

2005-07-22T08:44:00.000-04:00

The Podcast as a New Podium - New York Times: "Admit it. You don't know what podcasts are. Your plan is to do that thing of half-reading tech articles and waiting in denial until it's scarily mandatory that you really understand it -for instance, you have to create your own podcast for some random reason in one hour - and then desperately turning to Wikipedia or a teenage relative for a last-minute explanation. Just as you did long ago with the World Wide Web."

Longhorn Gets a Name: Windows Vista

2005-07-22T08:20:00.000-04:00

BetaNews | Longhorn Gets a Name: Windows Vista: "The folks at Redmond have long pointed to the user interface of the next generation Windows release as one of its major selling points. Now, it appears Microsoft has chosen an official name for Longhorn with just that in mind. Enter: Windows Vista."

Hotmail next Generation: Kanukah

2005-07-21T15:47:00.000-04:00

Guillaume's Tech Blog: Hotmail next Generation: Kanukah: "It seems that the Hotmail Team is working on a new Hotmail plateform codename Kanukah. About a year ago, rumors have been spreading about Hotmail Wave 11. Even screenshots could be found on the internet. They probably were concepts only but this article published by BetaNews seems to confirm a lighter interface for a better usability "

How To Give A Great Presentation

2005-07-21T12:36:00.000-04:00

How To Give A Great Presentation: "Public speaking can be very stressful. I know that whenever I get up in front of a crowd I go through a panic moment. It takes a lot of discipline, practice and preparation to put on a good presentation and even knowing what you need to know can be hard."

The inbox makeover

2005-07-20T16:14:00.000-04:00

Macworld: Feature: The inbox makeover: "Each e-mail message in your inbox demands your time and attention. Filters and rules are great for reducing some of that demand, shunting easily defined mail such as e-newsletters and personal notes to their appropriate folders. But important e-mail messages are often hard to define and organize with automatic, rules-based management. They require filters and rules that reside only in your brain."

Mnemonics

2005-07-20T10:38:00.000-04:00

Mnemonics - New York Times: "This might well be called the year of memory. Already, I'm able to click on the icon that marks the Find function on my little pocket Treo. Can't think of a friend's last name? I enter ''Myrna,'' and in a second the screen invites me to choose Davis, Greenberg or Lewis. Can't remember the name of a book by Jonathan Spence? This time, it's Google to the rescue: three clicks gives the answer: ''The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci.'' And that's just the start."

When a Man Dies in a Sex Act with a Horse -- What's a Reporter to Do?

2005-07-20T09:16:00.000-04:00

When a Man Dies in a Sex Act with a Horse -- What's a Reporter to Do?: "How do you report a story about a man who dies while having sex with a horse? With a snigger? Or straight? "

Greasemonkey 4 huge security hole

2005-07-19T10:21:00.000-04:00

mozdev.org - : /pipermail/greasemonkey/2005-July/004033: "Uninstall Greasemonkey altogether. At this point, I don't trust having it on my computer at all. I would think that whoever is in charge of addons.mozilla.org should immediately remove the Greasemonkey XPI and post a large warning in its place advising people to uninstall it."

Scoop: Disney Considering Teaming Up with Apple on Video iPod

2005-07-19T10:16:00.000-04:00

business2blog: Scoop: Disney Considering Teaming Up with Apple on Video iPod: "Steve Jobs has spoken with Disney President and soon-to-be CEO Bob Iger about ways to license various Disney content for a video iPod, according to an internal Disney email I have obtained. That could include anything from clips from ESPN and ABC News to short cartoons."

OS X Leopard to be compatible with Windows Apps?

2005-07-18T17:03:00.000-04:00

OS X Leopard to be compatible with Windows Apps? :: osViews | osOpinion :: Tech Opinions for the People, by the People: "Could Apple's decision to move to Intel processors be motivated by something more than IBM's inability to meet the company's processor demands? Kelly McNeill submitted the following editorial to osOpinion/osViews, which analyzes the earlier intentions of Apple's NeXT accusation in an a rumored project known as Red Box. It was said that this project was to give OS X users full Windows compatibility nativly inside of Apple's OS. When Apple chose to stick with PPC, the Red Box project needed to be shelved, but now that Apple has chosen to go x86, the rumored Red Box project would inevitably be back "

The Engadget Interview: Blake Krikorian, CEO of Sling Media

2005-07-18T16:23:00.000-04:00

The Engadget Interview: Blake Krikorian, CEO of Sling Media - Engadget - www.engadget.com: "For this week’s Engadget Interview, veteran journalist J.D. Lasica spoke with Sling Media CEO Blake Krikorian about the rollout of the Slingbox, its disruptive effects on Hollywood business models, the notions of place-shifting and personal broadcasting, and an announcement he’s making right here on Engadget about support for a new operating system. "

Why Persistent Storage Is A Good Thing

2005-07-18T10:57:00.000-04:00

Windows Mobile Team Blog : Why Persistent Storage Is A Good Thing: "Here's a quick primer on why you want Persistent Storage on your Pocket PCs.

Persistent Storage (PS) on PocketPC is new for Windows Mobile 5.0. (All Smartphones since the original 2002 release have had PS.)

Previously, your user data (email, contacts, calendar, settings, apps you installed, etc) were stored in RAM. RAM has the advantage of being really fast, but the significant disadvantage of needing a constant source of power for it to hold its data. Leave your device unplugged for long enough, and you'll lose all your data. Fixing that was the primary reason for moving PocketPCs to Persistent Storage. "

Review: yellowTAB's Zeta R1

2005-07-18T10:56:00.000-04:00

Review: yellowTAB's Zeta R1 - OSNews.com: "I've always been a huge fan of BeOS. However, there was no denying the fact that the BeOS was getting old. As many other BeOS fans, I closely followed two projects: Haiku, and yellowTAB's Zeta. The latter released 1.0 a few weeks ago. Here are the findings of an old BeOS user."

Harry Potter 6 e-book already being pirated!

2005-07-18T10:20:00.000-04:00

MobileRead Networks - Harry Potter 6 e-book already being pirated!: "In a joint-effort the pirates are now meeting in dedicated IRC channels with imaginative names such as #pottermania or #potterwork to spread the work of scanning and proofreading. As of right now, at least chapters 1-6, 8 and 12-13 have been scanned and proofread, and are already available for download on multiple (mostly Russia-based) web-servers (txt and html). My guess is that it will take at most another 24 hours for the entire e-book to leak to the Net."

Managing for Creativity

2005-07-18T00:43:00.000-04:00

Harvard Business Review Online | Managing for Creativity: "Over many years, the leaders of SAS Institute have distilled a set of principles for getting peak performance from creative people. Among them: Value the work over the tools, reward excellence with challenges, and minimize hassles."

PalmOne reverts to Palm name

2005-07-14T17:17:00.000-04:00

PalmOne reverts to Palm name: "Handheld computer maker palmOne Inc. (PALM - News) on Thursday changed its name to Palm Inc.(PALM - News), reverting to the iconic brand name it went by before it split its hardware and software operations into separate public companies.

From today, the company, which makes personal digital assistants (PDAs and mobile phones with built-in computer functions, will trade on Nasdaq under the symbol 'PALM' (PALM - News). As palmOne, it had traded under the ticker symbol 'PLMO.'"

Remembering Netscape: The Birth of the Web

2005-07-14T14:21:00.000-04:00

Fortune.com: "Picture a world without Google, without eBay or Amazon or broadband, where few people have even heard of IPOs. That was reality just a decade ago. The company that changed it—bringing us into the Internet age—was a brilliant flash in the pan called Netscape. For the tenth anniversary of its IPO, FORTUNE recruited dozens of players to tell the story of the startup in their own words."

Harman Kardon( Introduces Car Audio Solution for the iPod

2005-07-12T13:39:00.000-04:00

ADDING MULTIMEDIA Harman Kardon(R) Introduces Car Audio Solution for the iPod(R); ''Drive + Play''(TM) Provides Uncompromised iPod Use and Functionality on the Road: "Harman Kardon, a leading provider of audio products for the home, computer and automotive industries, today unveiled the Harman Kardon Drive + Play, an integrated iPod docking system specifically designed for automotive use. Unlike other products on the market, Drive + Play provides complete iPod control, including full browsing capability, while minimizing distractions for drivers. "

How to Make a Life Poster, the Tiger Edition

2005-07-11T19:04:00.000-04:00

Jim Heid's Mac iLife 05 Site: iTunes, iPod, iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, GarageBand: "I present your weekend iPhoto fun project: the Life Poster, Tiger Edition. Select 96 photos in your iPhoto library, click a button, then sit back and watch while your Mac does the work of assembling the photos into a spectacular poster."

Doomed: How Id Lost its Crown

2005-07-11T18:58:00.000-04:00

Next Generation - Doomed: How Id Lost its Crown: "For a dozen years Id has been the top dog, the guy to beat, the pater familia to the first-person shooter. It can look back on a legacy of six games, each one an unstoppable sales juggernaut, a technological milestone. You didn’t need to know what the review score was for an Id title. You only knew that you needed to buy it.
"

Guns Germs, & Steel comes to TV

2005-07-11T17:29:00.000-04:00

Guns Germs, & Steel: Home | PBS"Based on Jared Diamond's Pulitzer Prize-winning book of the same name, Guns, Germs and Steel traces humanity's journey over the last 13,000 years – from the dawn of farming at the end of the last Ice Age to the realities of life in the twenty-first century."

Interview Jason Fried of 37signals

2005-07-11T17:06:00.000-04:00

tompeters! management consulting leadership training development project management: "jasonfried.jpgJason Fried is the president and founder of 37signals, a Web interface design and usability consultancy based in Chicago. He spearheaded the concepting, design, and development of Basecamp, 37signal's web-based project management tool for designers, freelancers, and creative services firms. He is also the coauthor of Defensive Design for the Web."

Beginner's Guide to Podcast Creation

2005-07-11T16:17:00.000-04:00

Beginner's Guide to Podcast Creation: "Creating podcasts isn’t simple, but it’s not too hard, either. You’ll need a small combination of hardware and software in order to create your own recordings, and in this iPod 101 tutorial Beginner’s Guide to Podcast Creation, we’ll walk through the different elements you need to create a simple podcast, from computer and microphone through to the finished product."

Glitch Exposes "Netflix Player"

2005-07-11T15:10:00.000-04:00

Hacking NetFlix : Glitch Exposes "Netflix Player": "Looks like we got an early look and possibly a name for the new Netflix movie download service. I'm wondering if the 'Netflix Player' is a TiVo or possibly a new device."

Inside the big switch: the iPod and the future of Apple Computer

2005-07-11T15:07:00.000-04:00

Inside the big switch: the iPod and the future of Apple Computer : Page 1: "If you've been following the Apple-to-Intel transition, you're going to want to read this whole article. Why? Because I'm going to do something that I almost never do: spill insider information from unnamed sources that I can confirm are in a position to know the score. Note that this isn't the start of some kind of new trend for me. It's just that all this information that I've been sitting on is about to become dated, so it's time to get it out there."

Reviews: Tiger Lives Up to Hype

2005-07-10T13:31:00.001-04:00

Mac News: Reviews: Tiger Lives Up to Hype: "Now with a computer as old as my 2001 iMac G3, there was concern whether Tiger will run slow. I am happy to report that Tiger runs OK on my machine. It's not super-fast, pop-in-your-face kind of thing, but it's OK. Still, with that much memory, I noticed the system did slow down a little bit after prolonged use, so I would recommend adding more memory."

Pocket PC Vs Palm: What to Choose

2005-07-10T13:31:00.000-04:00

Pocket PC Vs Palm: What to Choose | Tux:Tops: "I am a known PDA/gadget junkie and having used devices with WinCE PPC2002/2003/SE and PalmOS 3.5/4/5 for years, I thought I should write a comparison article between PocketPCs and Palm/Clies (there's no comparison between PalmOS 6 & Windows Mobile 5 as these are not available on real commercial devices yet)."

How to build a 10 minute podcast

2005-07-08T14:15:00.000-04:00

Eric Rice :: How to build a 10 minute podcast: "The first rule of podcasting is that there are no rules in podcasting. Trust that rule, and you'll have a lot less stress in your life.

I've created guidelines for creating short, organized shows that can help you either get started in podcasting or organize your existing podcast into manageable, predictable chunks. As a society, people have become conditioned over generations to expect certain patterns in radio-like content."

Copyright and the law | Rip. Mix. Burn.

2005-07-08T13:57:00.000-04:00

Copyright and the law | Rip. Mix. Burn. | Economist.com: "Nine elderly judges might have been forgiven for finding the entire subject somewhat baffling. In fact, their lengthy written decisions on the case betray an intense interest, as well as a great deal of knowledge. Moreover, they struck what looks like the best available balance under current laws between the claims of media firms, which are battling massive infringements of their copyrights, and tech firms, which are keen to keep the doors to innovation wide open "

JUPITERRESEARCH ESTIMATES MUNICIPAL WIRELESS PROJECTS COST

2005-07-08T09:06:00.000-04:00

JUPITERRESEARCH ESTIMATES MUNICIPAL WIRELESS PROJECTS COST $150,000 PER SQUARE MILE, SETTING A HIGH BAR FOR BREAKEVEN BEST MET BY PRIVATE-PUBLIC COOPERATION: "The report examines at the character of current projects across the U.S., estimates the associated costs, and identifies the benefit opportunities. 'Because the benefits of municipal wireless networks are inherently difficult to measure, and because it is too early to look at outcomes, examining breakeven thresholds provides the best reference point for decision-makers,' stated Jay Horwitz, Senior Analyst at JupiterResearch. The report estimates that the average cost of building and maintaining a municipal wireless network is $150,000 per square mile over five years. According to the report, roughly 50% of current initiatives will fail to breakeven even if the benefit of the initiative is assumed to be $25 per user per month."

Live 8 video downloads

2005-07-08T09:03:00.000-04:00

Live 8: "These are the AOL video clips from the Live 8 concert series from July 2nd."

FeedBurner: Support for iTunes is Live

2005-07-07T09:20:00.000-04:00

Burning Questions - The Official FeedBurner Weblog: Support for iTunes is Live: "As promised, we are pleased to announce the immediate availability of iTunes metadata for your podcast. This comes by way of several enhancements to our popular (and free) SmartCast service. What does this service mean for you, gentle podcaster? It means you only have to go to one place - your favorite place - (that would be FeedBurner) to manage all of the descriptive data for your podcast. "

EU Parliament bins software patent bill

2005-07-06T16:47:00.000-04:00

EU Parliament bins software patent bill | The Register: "The European Parliament has voted by a massive majority to reject the software patents directive, formally known as the Directive on the Patentability of Computer Implemented Inventions. The vote to scrap the bill was passed by a margin of 648 votes to 14, with 18 abstentions."

Possible Mactel chips, part 1: A look at Yonah

2005-07-06T11:27:00.000-04:00

Macsimum News | Apple & Macintosh Related News Reviews & Opinions: "Although Apple hasn’t announced which Intel chips will power the upcoming Mactel systems, the most likely suspects are microprocessors that have been dubbed Yonha, Celeron D 3515, Conroe, Woodcrest, Smithfield and Merom. For the rest of the week, we’ll offer a look at the chips and what they might mean to Mac users."

Simple iPhoto tricks that bring out the best in your images

2005-07-06T10:56:00.000-04:00

Macworld: Feature: Prepare your photos, Page 1: "Apple’s iPhoto 5 is anything but another ho-hum digital shoebox. You can use it to create an efficient workflow for managing all your pictures. No more fumbling with folders of obscurely named pictures—iPhoto takes images directly from your camera and presents them to you in an orderly manner. From there, you can do just about anything with them: make prints, build Web pages, create slide shows, and more."

Full Circle: A Brief History of NeXT

2005-07-06T10:49:00.000-04:00

Full Circle: A Brief History of NeXT: "Steve Jobs' career at Apple was unique. His unconventional leadership helped create Apple's two most important products of the 70s and 80s: the Apple II and the Macintosh. Unfortunately for Jobs, the CEO he had recruited, John Sculley, was not happy with the risks Jobs was willing to take. After a short power struggle that left Sculley in control of Apple, Jobs left the company in 1985.

After puttering around for several months, Jobs decided that he would return to the computer industry. He invested $7 million to create a brand new company, NeXT Inc."

PalmSource licenses software to LG

2005-07-06T10:06:00.000-04:00

PalmSource licenses software to LG - Yahoo! News: "Palm software will be used in LG's latest 'smartphones,' which are phones that have features that are similar to personal computers. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed."

Battery University

2005-07-06T09:46:00.000-04:00

Welcome to Battery University: "Battery University is an on-line resource that provides practical battery knowledge for engineers, educators, students and battery users alike. The papers address battery chemistries, best battery choices and ways to make your battery last longer."

Robot hand performs remote breast checks

2005-07-06T09:35:00.000-04:00

New Scientist Breaking News - Robot hand performs remote breast checks: "Life-saving breast examinations could soon be performed by a robotic hand that combines ultrasound with an artificial sense of touch.

The robotic breast examiner was devised by researchers at Michigan State University in the US. They say it will enable a medical specialist to examine women from a remote location, perhaps even from the other side of the world."

See the pic. And try not to smile.

Rails Day 2005 Winners

2005-07-06T09:26:00.000-04:00

Rails Day 2005 - June 4th: "Rails Day is a competition which gives teams of developers 24 hours to build the best web app that they can using Ruby on Rails. 191 programmers split up into 121 groups competed during the competition contributing more than 18,000 lines of code and 3,335 subversion checkins."

"Pre-filters" vs. "Post-filters"

2005-07-06T09:24:00.000-04:00

The Long Tail: "Pre-filters" vs. "Post-filters": "The key word in the preceding paragraph is 'predict'. What's different about those kinds of filters and the ones I've been focusing on is that they filter before things get to market. Indeed, their job is to decide what will make it to market and what won't. I call them 'pre-filters'.

By contrast, the recommendations and search technologies that I'm writing about are 'post-filters'. They find the best of what's already out there in their area of interest, elevating the good (relevant, interesting, original, etc.) and ignoring or downplaying the bad. When I talk about throwing everything out there and letting the marketplace sort it out, these post-filters are the voice of the marketplace. They channel consumer behavior and amplify it, rather than trying to predict it."

Firefox to get Google toolbar

2005-07-06T09:16:00.000-04:00

Firefox to get Google toolbar, News at CNET.co.uk: "Google is poised to release a version of its toolbar for the Firefox browser, according to information sent to developers of an open-source toolbar alternative.

Although Google's toolbar -- which provides users with easy access to advanced functionality such as spellchecking and translation -- has been available for Internet Explorer for more than four years, this is the first version to appear for users of the Firefox browser, developed by the Mozilla Foundation. Users of open-source alternatives have until now used the Googlebar -- an independent project which emulates most of the Google toolbar features."

TUNECLIP - Cable Winder

2005-07-06T09:08:00.000-04:00

TUNECLIP - Cable Winder: "With TUNECLIP, all you have to do is wind your earphone cable around the reel-shaped body and snap it into the stopper. Using the clip on the back it is easy to fasten it to a shirt pocket, belt loop or almost anywhere else. Because you can wind the cable to the length that you like, you no longer have to worry about getting tangled up in excess cable."

BBC - Radio - Download and Podcast Trial

2005-07-04T17:15:00.000-04:00

BBC - Radio - Download and Podcast Trial: "As part of a trial we're offering some programmes and programme highlights as downloads and podcasts. The trial runs from May to December 2005 and programmes started appearing on Monday 16 May."

Troubleshooting Tools: AppleJack

2005-07-04T15:16:00.000-04:00

MacFixIt - Troubleshooting Tools: AppleJack: "That being said, don't forget Murphy's law -- eventually something will go wrong. When it does, you may as well be prepared, so it's a good idea to have the right tools handy and to polish up on your troubleshooting skills. You can kill a number of these birds with a single stone using the handy utility AppleJack."

How Microsoft Will Die

2005-07-04T14:58:00.000-04:00

Apple Matters: "Feature after feature is cut, promise after promise is broken, and what do we have at the end of the day? XP SP3. If Microsoft fails to deliver something approaching decent with Longhorn then they will be in trouble. Big trouble. And most people haven’t even realized this yet. But they will soon enough."

It’s a great time to be an entrepreneur

2005-07-04T12:36:00.000-04:00

Bnoopy: It’s a great time to be an entrepreneur: "There’s never been a better time to be an entrepreneur because it’s never been cheaper to be one. Here’s one example."

Windows Software: Ugly, Boring & Uninspired

2005-07-04T10:47:00.000-04:00

Computer Power User Article - Windows Software: Ugly, Boring & Uninspired: "
Software for Windows is generally uninspired, generically cloned, and overwhelmingly wrought with lackluster (read: lousy) user interfaces. There’s too much coal and not enough diamonds within the sphere of downloads. The greatest pieces of software are plagued by unintelligent design, and very few rise to the level of ubiquity. Windows users don’t have a strong sense of belonging; there’s no user community rallying around the platform. We use the computer, certainly, or is the computer using us? "

Review of palmOne LifeDrive mobile manager

2005-06-30T12:56:00.000-04:00

SPUG Forums - Review of palmOne LifeDrive mobile manager: "
With clean lines, round corners and a solid build, Palm’s newest release, the LifeDrive mobile manager, is a hefty but sleek handheld. The first from a new category of “Mobile Managers”, it is also the first locally available handheld with a 4Gb Microdrive, Wifi and Bluetooth built-in. Running on a 416MHz Intel XScale processor powered by the tried and tested Palm OS5 Garnet, the LifeDrive is definitely a workhorse."

Interview with Apple CEO Steve Jobs

2005-06-29T16:55:00.000-04:00

ABC News: Interview with Apple CEO Steve Jobs: "Well, you know, podcasting— has been free since the beginning. It's been an emerging phenomenon that— has been, you know, growing very rapidly. But we're hoping to take it mainstream with— the latest version of iTunes, which has everything you need to podcast built right in it. So— podcasts I think they're gonna remain free. Although I do think we may— start to see some advertising tagged onto them— you know, in the coming months."

Flickr Badge Maker

2005-06-29T11:11:00.000-04:00

Badge Maker: "Make your own (unofficial) flickr badge. Print it out, laminate it, wear flickr with pride!
Show the world how truly photographically geeky you really are! "

BitTorrent and Grokster: How Much Intent Does it Take?

2005-06-29T10:18:00.000-04:00

BitTorrent and Grokster: How Much Intent Does it Take?: Corante > The Importance of... >: "Following the Grokster decision there has been a lot of speculation about whether BitTorrent would be liable under the court's enunciated active inducement standard. Many think that BitTorrent is safe, in particular due to the lack of evidence of illicit intent. But what if there is evidence of illicit intent? A statement from Cohen in 2001 might be that evidence."

Google Earth Launched

2005-06-28T13:18:00.000-04:00

Google Earth - Home: "Google Earth puts a planet's worth of imagery and other geographic information right on your desktop. View exotic locales like Maui and Paris as well as points of interest such as local restaurants, hospitals, schools, and more."

Yahoo overhauls free Web e-mail service

2005-06-28T13:16:00.000-04:00

Yahoo overhauls free Web e-mail service | Tech News on ZDNet: "The service will feature e-mail caching to shorten response time, message preview and drag-and-drop filing, the company said. A limited number of customers will be able to participate in the beta test of the new service in coming weeks, with general availability to follow in coming months, said Ethan Diamond, product director for Yahoo e-mail."

Yummy! Personal PDF Library

2005-06-28T11:20:00.000-04:00

Yummy! Personal PDF Library: "Social PDF Linking"

"New" iPods, now al 4G include color screens

2005-06-28T09:24:00.000-04:00

Apple - iPod: "Welcome to the best of both worlds. Now that iPod and iPod photo are one and the same, every white iPod boasts a full-color display — ideal for viewing album artwork and playing slideshows — starting at only $299. Choose from 20GB or 60GB models and carry up to 15,000 songs or as many as 25,000 photos in your pocket. For Mac or PC."

iTunes 4.9 with podcast support released

2005-06-28T09:20:00.000-04:00

Apple - iTunes - Jukebox: "Now you can easily find and subscribe to free podcasts — radio shows and audio programs delivered over the Internet to your computer — from one of the largest directories on the web: the iTunes Podcast Directory. Featuring podcasts from big names — ABC News, Adam Curry, ESPN, KCRW and more — and iPodcast icon independent voices alike, the Podcast Directory puts thousands of podcasts all in one place. Once you subscribe to a podcast, iTunes automatically checks for updates and downloads new episodes to your computer. When you sync your iPod, your podcasts come along for the ride. You get on-demand radio, delivered automatically."

Supreme Court Strikes a Blow against P2P Sharing

2005-06-27T18:29:00.000-04:00

Supreme Court Strikes a Blow against P2P Sharing - Popular Science: "The justices ruled against P2P companies Grokster and Streamcast because they believed that the companies intended for their users to infringe copyright with their service. The key line from the decision: “One who distributes a device with the object of promoting its use to infringe copyright, as shown by clear expression or other affirmative steps taken to foster infringement . . . is liable for the resulting acts of infringement by third parties.” But the judges don’t specify what those steps might be. In other words, if it can be shown that a company “took any affirmative steps” to aid copyright infringement, it can be held liable. What legally constitutes an affirmative step? The court doesn’t say."

review -Mike Cane on the Nokia 770

2005-06-27T15:51:00.000-04:00

jkOnTheRun: jkOnTheRun guest review -Mike Cane on the Nokia 770: "This device is based on Debian Linux, a desktop version of Linux. This means, among other things, that developers will have to do less work to port existing Linux applications. Linux on small devices have usually been customizations with fewer features than what Nokia is offering. Nokia has set up a site at Maemo to assist developers in creating and porting programs to the 770."