August 2007
93 posts
Shut Up I Hack You →
The story starts (I’m shortcutting here) with a kid insulting everyone on the #stopHipHop IRC channel. Most people there believed it was rather funny, but it got even more funny…
Researchers develop a 360-degree holographic... →
Researchers at USC have taken another step towards that holiest of sci-fi dreams: the 3D holographic display. Using a spinning mirror covered with a “holographic diffuser,” a special DVI implementation, and a high-speed projector. Wait till the porn industry gets hold of this.
OS2World: The Swedish OOXML vote has been declared... →
The Swedish Standards Institute has tonight issued a press release where they declared this weeks earlier vote regarding OOXML as invalid and by that Sweden don’t have any official position regarding OOXML any more.
Ubuntu Founder Mark Shuttleworth on Productivity... →
Founder of Ubuntu Linux Mark Shuttleworth took time out of his busy schedule to talk with us about email, productivity, travel, web applications, Ubuntu, free software and much more. We asked Shuttleworth what you wanted to know and he gave us the full scoop. Hit the jump for the full interview transcript.
Microsoft forced partners to vote Yes →
Vote Yes to Open XXML and we’ll make sure that you get extra marketing money for you campaigns; this is Microsoft’s Sweden’s own words when they rounded up their Gold Partners in Sweden.
Water Spider Spins Its Own "Scuba Tank" →
Water spiders survive below the surface thanks to a rudimentary “scuba tank” they spin from their own silk, a new study says.
Vista bug puts a snag in network traffic when... →
It looks like Vista users that have noticed a slowdown in network traffic while they were playing music weren’t imagining things, as Windows expert Mark Russinovich has reportedly confirmed that such a bug does indeed exist.
Compiz Fusion has yet some more new features →
The CompizConfig Settings Manager action configuration has been re-hauled, and this post contains some screenshots of the new features. You can now even specify window corners in a user-friendly fashion! Compiz Fusion now also has a wiki.
Digg - New Design →
Title says it all.
Rumor: Google Phone Will Be Linux-Powered,... →
If the murmurs are true, the GPhone cometh in September.Mark “Rizzn” Hopkins has uncovered some details about the long-rumored (and apparently all but confirmed) Google Phone.
Matt Zimmerman on Ubuntu Mobile →
Ubuntu Mobile is one of the most promising flavour for Canonical distro. It will run on different devices such tablet pc, Intel MID, UMPC and, probably, lot more.
A4 vs US Letter →
Ever downloaded a document or received a file from a friend only to have it print out badly? Check out the in-depth comparison between A4 and US Letter. Amazing to see how similar the two are, yet how much they differ. Come on America, I think it’s time to advance a little.
LittleBigPlanet cardboard robot boxing match →
“If you can watch this without cracking a smile, you probably don’t have a soul. Here’s another example of the possibilities within LittleBigPlanet — out of nothing, two players create large cardboard boxing fighters complete with stickers matching their personality”
Windows Genuine Advantage suffers worldwide... →
Microsoft is working on the problem, and is telling users who are affect that they should “try again” later, with some support techs telling readers that Microsoft is aiming to have a fix in place by Monday, August 28th.
Google's Newest Data Center [Pics] →
Massive air-cooling systems rise above two data center buildings, which are so close to The Dalles’ dam you can almost hear the water roar. An industrial-strength power grid connects the dam to Google’s energy-sucking, heat-spewing Linux servers.
101 Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) Tribe 5 Screenshots →
Screenshots of the new Ubuntu 7.10 alpha release.
BioShock Orchestral Score Free Download →
You can download the music from the game. Nice.
Google launches embeddable map feature →
Google has rolled out a new feature on its mapping service that will allow users to easily embed maps directly into web pages. The feature will operate in much the same way as the embedding feature for YouTube videos.
SuprNova: The Legend Returns Today →
The legendary BitTorrent site “SuprNova” will return today, courtesy of The Pirate Bay. Not surprisingly, the new and improved SuprNova has a special message to the copyright police: “You are the past and the forgotten, we are the Internet and the future”.
Best windows error messages. →
Cannot delete 6620: There is not enough free disk space.
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Build Your Own YouTube With Lighttpd And... →
This article shows how you can build your own video community using lighttpd with its mod_flv_streaming module (for streaming .flv videos, the format used by video communities like YouTube) and its mod_secdownload module. I will use FlowPlayer as the video player, a free Flash video player. I will also show how you can encode videos to FLV format.
Teen Girls Play with Technology at IBM Camp →
IBM and 30 junior high school girls spend a week crafting “binary code” bracelets, building Second Life projects and, hopefully, falling in love with technology.
Algorithm draws on millions of images to... →
The advent of digital photography has opened up a new world of image editing possibilities including the ability to fill-in blanks or replace unwanted parts of an image.
If Business Meetings Were Like Internet Comments →
What happens if participants in a business meeting behave like Internet commenters? It’s funny because it’s so true.
Ubuntu getting Xorg.conf GUI →
Remember the good old days when to change a screen resolution or driver, you had to edit xorg.conf or reconfigure X.org? Those fine times are now over, or they will be, with the release of Ubuntu 7.10. As of an update from a few days ago, users are now able to access a graphical user interface for editing xorg.conf,
How to Deal with a Smart-ass Teenage Son →
My son and his friend, Julio, spend most of their time huddled together, whispering about boobs or XBox or the latest crisis at school. They are good boys, but my son will occasionally have a brain fart.
Zoomed in Food →
I think you’d have to take some heavy drugs to witness things like this goin on while you’re eating your food
Major Skype outage in progress: "12-24 hours" for... →
Skype has confirmed it is having software problems on its network, resulting in a lack of connectivity for millions of Skype users. Many users cannot currently authenticate to Skype, rendering all voice, chat, and voicemail services effectively offline.
DSC00001.jpg - Guess what people take a picture of... →
Lets see what people take photos of as soon as they unwrap their shiny new camera…………
Digg Its Been Almost 3 Months, Can We Get A New... →
It has almost been 3 months and the comment system still as horrendous as the day it came out on June 21st. It is buggy, slow, ugly and annoying as hell to read. It is fairly hard to fallow a conversation. Digg can do better. Digg this up if you want the comment system changed.
“My gut feeling, and it’s nothing more than that, is that there’s a 20 percent...”
– http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/14/science/14tier.html
The world's most disturbing children's book?... →
Browsing the internet leads you to find lots of funny and scary things. This is amongst the funniest and scariest. Long live the fine line between educational and downright creepy.
Teenage girl rushed to hospital after overdosing... →
A teenager was rushed to hospital after overdosing on espresso coffee. The 17-year-old downed seven double espresso coffees while working in the family’s sandwich shop and was left “burning up and hyperventilating”.
