Why Don’t They Make A Second ‘Godfather’ Movie?
As a bona fide movie buff, it pains me to see the drivel that Hollywood churns out nowadays. Every week it’s another lamebrained action flick or…
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Laptop searches at border might get restricted (AP)
AP – Mohamed Shommo, an engineer for Cisco Systems Inc., travels overseas several times a year for work, so he is accustomed to opening his bags for border inspections upon returning to the U.S. But in recent years, these inspections have gone much deeper than his luggage.
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NVIDIA Reveals New PhysX Licenses with Electronic Arts, 2K Games – PC World
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NVIDIA Reveals New PhysX Licenses with Electronic Arts, 2K Games
PC World - Here's something to put on your 2009 checklist: more realistic in-game physics. You know, the extra math in a virtual world that can transform the flat, instantaneous stain from a tomato flung at a wall into a pulpy, drooling mess of spatter. Despite growing adoption, PhysX needs time Electronic Arts, 2K Adopt PhysX For Internal Studios |
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Sun’s biggest investor gets two new seats on board
Sun Microsystems has agreed to let its largest shareholder name two new independent directors to Sun’s board.
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DIY: Hack and unlock your T-Mobile G1 into an Android Dev Phone 1! – IntoMobile
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DIY: Hack and unlock your T-Mobile G1 into an Android Dev Phone 1!
IntoMobile - Just the other day, Google announced that it will be offering its Android developers a special variant of the T-Mobile G1 (the first ever Android-powered smartphone to hit market) – the Android Dev Phone 1. Today, we’ve stumbled across a new hack that … Unlocked Android Phone: Pricey Outside the US Google Unveils SIM-Unlocked G1 Phone for $399 |
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Australian Judge Rules Simpsons Cartoon Rip-off Is Child Porn
An anonymous reader was one of several to note a bizarre story in which an Australian judge ruled that drawings can be child porn. In this case, it was knock off drawings of the Simpsons doing naughty things. Good thing they’re going to be censoring the Down Undernet soon. Who knows what damage this could cause.
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Twenty Minutes Spent Making Tuna Fish Palatable
PERRY, NY—Local resident Gary Ingram, 28, spent more than a quarter of an hour transforming a wet, grayish pile of canned tuna fish into…
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HP and ASU Demo Prototype Flexible Display
Engadget is reporting that HP and Arizona State University’s cooperation has given birth to a new prototype flexible display. Using “self-aligned imprint lithography” (SAIL) the prototype device is easy to manufacture, environmentally friendly, and incredibly resilient. Unfortunately it is still a prototype, so don’t expect to see this tech hit the streets for quite a while yet.
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Staten Island Historians Piece Together Genealogy Of Wu-Tang Clan
NEW YORK—”We have pinpointed the start of the Wu-Tang reign, as well as the moment of its downfall,” said Robert Wilburn, a noted scholar on the House of RZA.
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Intel trumpets world's fastest silicon photonic detector* – Register
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Intel trumpets world's fastest silicon photonic detector*
Register - By Austin Modine • Get more from this author Intel researchers are claiming "world record" performance with their latest push in silicon photonics – or chips with friggin' laser beams. Intel uses silicon photonics for faster data transfer over long … Intel creates technology for low-cost 40 Gb/s optical links |
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FCC Will Rework Cell-tower Rule (PC World)
PC World – The U.S. Federal Communications Commission will revise a proposed rule mandating backup power for cellular networks after it was rejected by the White House’s Office of Management and Budget.
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Mirror’s Edge PhysX Side-by-Side Video
A little while back, NVIDIA brought us the news that Mirror’s Edge for the PC would feature PhysX support and include some neat effects physics. Effects physics, as you may recall, is the physical simulation of things that don’t impact gameplay but simply enhance the visual impact of a game. This can range from particle systems to persistent debris…
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Audio CAPTCHAs Cracked; ReCAPTCHA Remains Strong
Falkkin writes “Ars Technica reports that audio CAPTCHAs consisting of only distorted digits or letters can be easy to crack using machine learning techniques. This includes most of the audio CAPTCHAs currently in use on the Web. The reCAPTCHA team has discussed their new audio CAPTCHA, which is resistant to this attack.”
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Malware most often spread by visiting malicious Web sites
Computer users are their own worst enemies, a security company warned Monday as it released data that showed software bugs were the source of just 5% of the year’s infections.
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Obama Wants Broadband, Computers Part of Stimulus
damn_registrars writes “President-elect Barack Obama announced in his radio address that his administration’s economic stimulus package will include investing in computers and broadband for education. ‘To help our children compete in a 21st century economy, we need to send them to 21st century schools.’ He also said it is ‘unacceptable’ that the US ranks 15th in broadband adoption.” No doubt with free spyware and internet filtering. You know… for the kids.
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CSIS releases government cybersecurity recommendations
The U.S. government should overhaul its approach to cybersecurity, with sweeping new regulations on private businesses and a new, centralized cybersecurity office in the White House, an all-star group of experts recommended Monday.
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Bill Clinton Agrees To Disclose Guacamole Recipe
WASHINGTON—In a major stride toward increased transparency of former presidents’ culinary activities, Bill Clinton agreed Monday to disclose…
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Broadcom Crams 802.11n, Bluetooth, and FM Onto a Single Chip
Broadcom has managed to cram 802.11n, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, and FM reception/transmission all into a single “combo wireless chip.” Designed to be a better wireless implementation for portable devices, the chip seeks to lower chip counts and integration costs. “Broadcom is the second firm — following Atheros in a single-function chip — to announce a single-stream 802.11n product, in which one of 802.11n’s advantages is shaved off in favor of a faster baseline performance and lower battery consumption. This move is meant to replace 802.11g in portable devices without draining a battery faster and providing other advantages that make up for what’s become a slight cost difference.”
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Walmart unleashing “thousands” of Wiis online
Remember when it was hard to find a Wii? You know, like just yesterday? Walmart feels your pain, and they’ve got the cure: “Tens of thousands” of Nintendo Wii consoles on sale through the retailer’s official website, starting today.
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[audio] White House Sance Fails To Contact Spirit Of Ronald Reagan
Onion Radio News – with Doyle Redland
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IT Security Panel Urges Obama To Name Cyberspace Czar – CRN
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IT Security Panel Urges Obama To Name Cyberspace Czar
CRN - By Damon Poeter, ChannelWeb The United States could have its first cyberspace czar if a blue-ribbon commission on cybersecurity finds a receptive audience in President-elect Barack Obama. Mr. Obama? Don't forget the cyberwar threat US Is Losing Global Cyberwar, Commission Says |
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Apple branching out in 2009? – CNET News
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Apple branching out in 2009?
CNET News - Familiar Apple rumors are making the rounds again this week as Macworld looms in the distance, one month away. Trip Chowdhry of Global Equities Research put out a research note Monday morning spotted by D: All Things Digital saying that Apple plans to … Analysis: ARM Chips Could Appear in Apple Netbooks, Tablets Apple's ARM Plans in 2009? NetBooks, Tablets, Other? |
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iPhone to Debut at Wal-Mart: $2 Price Drop (PC World)
PC World – Wal-Mart will reportedly become the second major retail chain — after Best Buy — to sell Apple’s iPhone. The iPhone 3G will be sold for $197 for the 8GB version, a whopping $2 cheaper than in AT&T and Apple stores.
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Walmart Unleashing “Thousands” of Wiis Online (PC World)
PC World – Remember when it was hard to find a Wii? You know, like just yesterday? Did you hit the tarmac early last week but come away empty-handed? Walmart feels your pain, and they’ve got just the palliative: “Tens of thousands” of Nintendo Wii consoles on sale through the retailer’s official website, starting today.
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Broadcom's 50Mbps Mobile WiFi Chips – IGN
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Broadcom's 50Mbps Mobile WiFi Chips
IGN - by Chris Iaquinta December 8, 2008 – When early adopters ran out and stood in insanely long lines to be one of the first to get a debut edition iPhone, only then to be shunned when shortly thereafter a better and CHEAPER model was introduced, … Broadcom Chip Combines 802.11n, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth Broadcom squeezes 11n, Bluetooth, FM into new, cheap chip |
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Google AdWords Come to the Android G1, Apple iPhone – eWeek
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Google AdWords Come to the Android G1, Apple iPhone
eWeek - Following closely on the heels of the SIM-unlocked Android phone, Google today said it is letting AdWords advertisers to show desktop text and image ads on Apple's iPhone, the T-Mobile G1, and other mobile devices with "full" Web browsers. Google Search Ads Now on iPhone, T-Mobile G1 Google’s AdWords everywhere. Now optimized for iPhone. |
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[audio] Local Man Buys Ford Focus Just To Use Dealer’s Men’s Room
Onion Radio News – with Doyle Redland
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World’s First 21Mbps EHSPA/HSPA+ Data “Call”
gadgetopia writes “Although data ‘calls’ on 21Mbps networks and equipment have been made in the labs and in demonstrations, Australia is the first place in the world where such a call has been made on a commercial, deployed 21Mbps eHSPA network, with a full commercial launch due early 2009.”
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Chemical Pollution Is Destroying Masculinity
myrdos2 writes “A host of common chemicals is feminizing males of every class of vertebrate animals, from fish to mammals, including people. Many have been identified as ‘endocrine disruptors’ or gender-benders because they interfere with hormones. Communities heavily polluted with gender-benders in Canada, Russia, and Italy have given birth to twice as many girls as boys, which may offer a clue to the mysterious shift in sex ratios worldwide. And a study at Rotterdam’s Erasmus University showed that boys whose mothers had been exposed to PCBs grew up wanting to play with dolls and tea sets rather than with traditionally male toys. It also follows hard on the heels of new American research which shows that baby boys born to women exposed to widespread chemicals in pregnancy are born with smaller penises and feminized genitals. It is calculated that 250,000 babies who would have been boys have been born as girls instead in the US and Japan alone. And sperm counts are dropping precipitously. Studies in more than 20 countries have shown that they have dropped from 150 million per milliliter of sperm fluid to 60 million over 50 years.”
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Shitload Of Math Due Monday
OLD BRIDGE, NJ—Students dreaded spending all day Sunday with some retarded math book, especially one that doesn’t have any of the freaking answers in the back.
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Sun MySQL 5.1 Upgrades Partitioning, Replication – InformationWeek
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Sun MySQL 5.1 Upgrades Partitioning, Replication
InformationWeek - Having the option to partition tables five ways puts MySQL on more of an equal footing with commercial systems, especially those used in assembling large data sets in data warehouses. Sun Microsystems Talks MySQL 5.1, Bugs and Version 6.0 Sun announces GA of mySQL 5.1 |
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Adobe Building Zoetrope, a Web “Time Machine”
Khuffie writes “Adobe, along with the University of Washington, are developing Zoetrope, an application that will offer a dynamic new view of the web. It is hard to explain on paper, but you can see a brilliant video of the application in action. Essentially, Zoetrope will allow users to travel back in time through a website, and see how the website gets changed. A user can create lenses on the website, for example, focusing on the price of a DVD at Amazon, and see how the price went up and down over the coming months. More interestingly, you can link lenses together across different websites, and for example, see how the price of gas was affected by say, the aggregated google news result of ‘war.’”
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Report: 21 million German bank accounts for sale
Black market criminals are offering to sell details on 21 million German bank accounts for €12 million (US$15.3 million), according to an investigative report published Saturday.
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Tech Q and A: Windows XP Deathwatch, Mk. V – FOXNews
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Tech Q and A: Windows XP Deathwatch, Mk. V
FOXNews - By Guy R. Briggs Every other week or so, FOXNews.com tries to solve your most vexing technology-related problems. Send your questions to TechQuestions@foxnews. Buy Vista, fight AIDS in Africa Microsoft Vista Ultimate gets (PRODUCT)RED treatment |
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Liquid Machines, McAfee partner on data-loss prevention – NetworkWorld.com
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Liquid Machines, McAfee partner on data-loss prevention
NetworkWorld.com - By Ellen Messmer , Network World , 12/08/2008 Liquid Machines Monday announced a deal to integrate McAfee's data-loss prevention technology into its enterprise rights management software. Security industry moves forward on data security Data Loss Prevention Tools: How MS, RSA Will Work Together |
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China irks US with computer security review rules (AP)
AP – The Chinese government is stirring trade tensions with Washington with a plan to require foreign computer security technology to be submitted for government approval, in a move that might require suppliers to disclose business secrets.
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Secret is out: Wal-Mart to start selling iPhone – The Associated Press
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Secret is out: Wal-Mart to start selling iPhone
The Associated Press - NEW YORK (AP) – Apple Inc.'s famous veil of secrecy appears to have stretched thin in trying to cover thousands and thousands of Wal-Mart stores. Apple iPhone Reportedly Headed For Wal-Mart Wal-Mart to sell iPhone before end of year |
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Google To Sell Truly Open Android Dev Phone
binary.bang writes “Google has announced an unlocked version of T-Mobile’s G1 for sale at the same unlocked price of $399. The Android Dev Phone 1 is the G1, except being truly open: no SIM-lock, no hardware lock. Feel free to flash your customized Android build — the bootloader won’t be checking for signatures. Don’t be misled by the word ‘Dev,’ looks like all you need to qualify is an Android Market account. This looks like the Open Handset Alliance delivering the promised Open Handset: yes root, yes flash-your-build, no contract, no strings attached. Anyone else relieved & thrilled?”
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The RV770 Story: Documenting ATI’s Road to Success
It was the biggest launch for ATI since the memorable R300 (Radeon 9700 Pro), yet we failed to get the full story on how RV770 (Radeon HD 4800) came to be until now. It’s one of the best tales I’ve ever heard since the 12 years I’ve been running AnandTech, it’s the RV770 story….
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Is There a Cyberwar, and Is the US Losing It?
kenblakely writes “BusinessWeek is running a story asserting that the ‘US is Losing the Global Cyberwar.’ This whole cyberwar thing has been discussed a few times on Slashdot where the Chinese are asserted to be using cyberwarfare to attain military superiority. And, of course, there is the whole Russia-Georgia thing. Even the US military is getting in on the action, and the fear of a cyber Pearl Harbor seems almost palpable. I’m curious what the Slashdot crowd thinks about the growing fascination with ‘cyberwar’: hype to get more money and create new force structure, source of the next world war, or somewhere in between?”
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