http://slashdot.org/firehose.pl News for nerds, stuff that matters en-us Copyright 1997-2009, Geeknet, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 2010-01-02T23:13:12+00:00 Geeknet, Inc. help@slashdot.org Technology hourly 1 1970-01-01T00:00+00:00 http://a.fsdn.com/sd/topics/topicslashdot.gif http://slashdot.org/firehose.pl //slashdot.org/submission/1143570/Swimwire-Brings-Social-Networks-Together?from=rss Swimwire Social Synchronicity. Now you can tie in all your online presences and list all your links in one single page. Swimwire is a new wave for social networking. Aggregate now! Anonymous Coward 2010-01-02T23:11:41+00:00 //slashdot.org/submission/1143568/Is-Article-Marketing-Good-For-Your-Business---SEO?from=rss http://www.seo-articles2u.com/writing/is-article-marketing-good-for-your-business.html danoctav 2010-01-02T22:59:02+00:00 //slashdot.org/submission/1143560/iPhone-Packaging-Used-To-Make-Chocolate-iPhone?from=rss Forget the 'iSlate' or Nexus One, what you really want in 2010 is a chocolate iPhone and amazingly you can make one using the packaging that the iPhone comes in. Recombu.com has created a 'how-to' video showing you how to create a delicious chocolate iPhone using the tray the iPhone comes in, a bar of dark chocolate and some M&M's. andylim 2010-01-02T22:10:08+00:00 //slashdot.org/submission/1143558/Monty-is-creating-FUD-that-hurts-the-OSS-community?from=rss I keep seeing a ton of press from blog posts that Monty Widenius is writing about how the Oracle-Sun merger is bad for the MySQL community. In this article, I talk about the other side of the story and argue that Widenius is using FUD to leverage the community for his own gain, while at the same time doing damage to MySQL and other OSS projects Sun maintains. TeaCurran 2010-01-02T22:05:04+00:00 //slashdot.org/submission/1143548/The-Webtelmobi-Intercontinental-Challenge?from=rss The first attempted Intercontinental Crossing by jet-wing, from Africa to Europe. Anonymous Coward 2010-01-02T20:52:53+00:00 //slashdot.org/submission/1143542/Google-May-Actually-be-Evil-Now?from=rss Just saw this article in the Toronto Sun about a small company named Groovle being sued by Google. They are starting to act a lot more like a big non-caring corporation. The site they sued was nothing even close to a Google knock off.http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2009/12/30/12305251.html Anonymous Coward 2010-01-02T20:28:28+00:00 //slashdot.org/submission/1143534/XNA-Game-Studio-Membership-issues?from=rss Well the XNA Game Studio premium membership is too much for me. I think that having a regular membership, you should be able to test network games and stuff. They have a 12 month trial, but i do not think it is enough.the regular membership should have the benefits that the trial version has. then there would be a 1 month trial that would allow for full premium. This would open the door to a lot more developers. More developers mean that everyone will benefit from the free membership. There would be no point to pay to create the games. Nobody would want to create the games that would be awesome. You could create a game like Halo and it would be a hit, but you cannot even test it because you need to pay for a membership. I just downloaded the kit and now I cannot even test out my games because of the fact that i cannot test it. learning how to program the xbox can help in developing for other platforms. I think that i should be entitled to a membership that would allow me to just deploy the games to the Xbox, but not the marketplace. Also i would like to develop network games, This would allow for the code to allow the development edge for online games. I think personally that if I am able to have the trial full time, then i would have that edge in knowing the language and be able to get a job at Code Masters, Bungie, and other big game developers that made the most popular games. Anonymous Coward 2010-01-02T20:14:00+00:00 //slashdot.org/submission/1143530/Watch-NCAA-College-Football-Game-ndash-Arkansas?from=rss January 2nd 2010 – Arkansas vs East Carolina – kick off 5.30pm ETLive NCAA Liberty Bowl College Football from Legion Field streamed directly to your PC LIVE and for FREE, Watch NCAA College Football Game – Arkansas Razorbacks vs East Carolina Pirates LIVE and FREE via Online Video Streaming Anonymous Coward 2010-01-02T19:59:07+00:00 //slashdot.org/submission/1143522/Canadas-Airlines-Face-a-Privacy-Dilemma?from=rss Canada's airlines are caught between a rock and a hard place in the face of new U.S. regulations that require them to collect and hand over personal information about passengers. Handing over information regarding a passenger's name, gender and birth-date may violate Canadian privacy laws but merely flying over American airspace is conditional on doing exactly that. It seems that the long arms of the TSA are eager to grope at Canadians taking a shortcut to Toronto; no doubt to prevent any terrorist attacks on Lake Huron. Interoperable 2010-01-02T19:23:38+00:00 //slashdot.org/journal/243378/Seeking-anecdotal-ag-production-input?from=rss I'm trying to get a handle on the happy face production numbers from the government while we have a plethora of officially declared agricultural disaster areas all across the nation. I have a wide geographical range of friends and readers here, so I would appreciate just a general ball park over view of what you might know about this year's crop from your local area, just in general terms. I realize most of you aren't farmers, but might be aware of what the local scene is from local news repo zogger 2010-01-02T18:57:07+00:00 //slashdot.org/submission/1143468/Google-Chrome-Displaces-Safari-as-Third-in-Survey?from=rss According to a Net Applications survey, Google Chrome has replaced Apple's Safari as the number three browser. This may be partially explained by the release of the Chrome beta on Mac and Linux, but may also be due to users jumping ship from IE. More analysis on this topic can be found here at ComputerWorld. As anecdotal evidence of Google Chrome usage gaining steam, Bank of America has apparently recently added Google Chrome to their list of officially supported browsers. Azureflare 2010-01-02T16:07:07+00:00 //slashdot.org/submission/1143452/The-Amiga-circa-2010-Dead-and-Loving-it?from=rss While many Amiga users have moved on to Linux, Mac OS X, and even, gasp shock, Microsoft Windows some of us don't want to give up so easily. There are two open source projects that are keeping the Amiga legacy alive even if Amiga Inc. seems to be deader than a doornail and not really doing much but selling old Classic Amiga games for new platforms.Like WINE there was a project to run AmigaOS 3.1 software for Linux and other platforms but it was made into an open source operating system named Amiga Research OS or AROS. It is best run inside an emulator and while it is not a modern OS as Linux it can be downloaded and run inside of Linux and the downloads section has more. While it is not ready for prime-time yet it is a promising OS that is being ported to many platforms and uses the user friendly Amiga GUI we Amiga users grew up with.OK maybe AROS is not modern enough for you, and you like Linux instead. Then you might like Anubis OS as it is a hybrid of AROS and Linux. Much like when Apple took NextOS (based on *BSD Unix and the MACH kernel) and Classic Mac OS to make Mac OS X, this project wants to take Linux and AROS and do the same thing.For those who want the classic Amiga there is UAE the Universal Amiga Emulator that needs kickstart ROMs and boot disk images to work. You can buy them from the Amiga Forever software and the emulator comes with all the files you need plus other goodies.For the classic Amiga 68K series it is recreated via the Minimig that uses SD cards instead of floppy disks. A must for retro computer hobbyists. AmigaOS 4.1 exists for PowerPC based SAM 440EP systems like the SAM 440Ep systems and parts sold here. I am not associated with Amiga Kit or Amiga Inc. or any Amiga company. I am just an Amiga user since 1985 and very much into retro computing.While the Amiga may seem dead, and it has been dead since 1994 when Commodore went out of business, the Amiga still exists in some form. The Amiga is dead and loving it, and the Anubis OS name is named after the Egyptian God of the Underworld, and when the Amiga repaired a floppy disk it renamed it as "Lazarus" the man Jesus raised from the dead. So the Amiga has a history of dying and coming back from the dead. It is the Kenny McCormick of computer systems and technology. Orion Blastar 2010-01-02T14:51:57+00:00 //slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&id=8269646&from=rss How successful has Apple been in the past 10 years? So successful that innovations like iChat and Safari and new hardware like the Mac mini didn't even crack Philip Michaels' list of the most significant Apple products of the decade. macworldfeed 2010-01-02T14:12:19+00:00 //slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&id=8269638&from=rss As great a decade Apple may have had, not every product to come out of Cupertino hit its mark. Simon Jary of PC Advisor in the UK looks at 10 Apple duds from the past 10 years. macworldfeed 2010-01-02T14:12:07+00:00 //slashdot.org/submission/1143444/Worlds-largest-green-mansion?from=rss Very cool home features a driveway made of grass and water flowing under the floors dbbob 2010-01-02T14:08:00+00:00 //slashdot.org/submission/1143442/Another-video-review-of-Livescribe-Pulse-2-GB?from=rss This Livescribe Pulse 2 GB smartpen video review is great. It is very detailed and especially, with his charming voice ! Ohh Anonymous Coward 2010-01-02T14:07:42+00:00 //slashdot.org/submission/1143436/The-history-of-digital-music-2000-2009?from=rss UK digital music news site Music Ally has published excerpts from ten years covering digital music, starting with lawsuits against companies like Napster and MP3.com and finishing in 2009 with subjects like the removal of DRM from major label tracks and the rise of the iPhone as an entertainment medium. General Aesthetic 2010-01-02T13:42:39+00:00 //slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&id=8268618&from=rss Folks have long been using piezoelectric devices to harvest energy in everything from dance floors to parking lots, but a group of European researchers have now shown off some novel uses for the technology at the recent International Electron Devices Meeting that could see even more of the self-sufficient devices put to use. Their big breakthrough is that they've managed to shrink a piezoelectric device down to "micromachine" size, which was apparently possible in part as a result of using aluminum nitride instead of lead zirconate titanate as the piezoelectric material, thereby making the devices easier to manufacture. Their first such device is a wireless temperature sensor, which is not only extremely tiny, but is able to function autonomously by harvesting energy from vibrations and transmit temperature information to a base station at 15 second intervals. Of course, the researchers say that is just the beginning, and they see similar devices eventually being used in everything from tire-pressure monitoring systems to predictive maintenance of any moving or rotating machine parts. Researchers develop tiny, autonomous piezoelectric energy harvester originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 02 Jan 2010 07:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. PermalinkDigg | Electro IQ |Email this|Comments engfeed 2010-01-02T12:52:10+00:00 //slashdot.org/submission/1143418/INTERPOL-granted-full-immunity-in-the-US?from=rss Without any fanfare or notice in the media, President Obama has granted INTERPOL diplomatic immunity while conducting investigations on American soil. While INTERPOL has been allowed to operate in the US in the past, under an executive order by President Reagan, they've had to follow the same rules as the FBI, CIA, etc., while on American soil. This means, among other things, INTERPOL is immune to Freedom of Information Act requests and that INTERPOL agents cannot be punished for most any crimes they may commit. Hopefully the worst we'll see from this is INTERPOL agents ignoring their speeding tickets. ShakaUVM 2010-01-02T12:35:45+00:00 //slashdot.org/submission/1143416/Circumcision-of-Males-in-America?from=rss Anonymous Coward 2010-01-02T12:34:48+00:00 //slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&id=8268394&from=rss A Brilliant Darkness by João Magueijo is a gripping journey through the life and unsolved disappearance of quantum physicist Ettore Majorana nsfeed 2010-01-02T12:32:09+00:00 //slashdot.org/submission/1143414/Neodymium-97-of-world-supply-from-China?from=rss Britain and other Western countries risk running out of supplies of certain highly sought-after rare metals that are vital to a host of green technologies, amid growing evidence that China, which has a monopoly on global production, is set to choke off exports of valuable compounds.Failure to secure alternative long-term sources of rare earth elements (REEs) would affect the manufacturing and development of low-carbon technology, which relies on the unique properties of the 17 metals to mass-produce eco-friendly innovations such as wind turbines and low-energy lightbulbs.China, whose mines account for 97 per cent of global supplies, is trying to ensure that all raw REE materials are processed within its borders. During the past seven years it has reduced by 40 per cent the amount of rare earths available for export. GuyFawkes 2010-01-02T12:30:41+00:00 //slashdot.org/submission/1143408/Forgetting-Kindle-DX-and-Nook--get-out-of-the-way?from=rss Rumore has it again!. What happen if Apple company will release a new model, a tablet computer, this month. What is an Apple tablet computer? Understood that it will look alike to iPhone and iPod touch but larger.If this is true, all Kindle and Nook buyers may have to reconsider about this new coming device because if the screen is large (equivalant to Kindle or Nook) and almost the same size of 13 computer, including its thinness and light-weigh, it means that you can read the bigger texts plus listen from its audio function.What do you think? It is cool, isn’t it? Anonymous Coward 2010-01-02T12:17:34+00:00 //slashdot.org/submission/1143402/Extenze-False-Advertising?from=rss There accept been a ample cardinal of complaints filed adjoin the makers of Extenze due to apocryphal advertising. Albst00 2010-01-02T11:35:53+00:00 //slashdot.org/submission/1143398/Google-working-on-Webpage-Annotation-technology?from=rss Google is working on a technology that will help users to annotate, highlight, add relevant links, etc. on top of existing third-party websites. Think of this as an extension of Sidewiki except that this shall now be on the main content page and not relegated to a sidebar.The recently published patent talks about how web annotations can be 'overlaid' on the third party web pages and how they can be managed by users. Anonymous Coward 2010-01-02T11:26:13+00:00