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The Mobile Apps Honor Roll
https://creativity-online.com/?action=news:article&newsId=137001§ionName=feature *These are especially interesting because they include interviews with the people who built the applications. *It’s also a strong hint that — out of a zillion mobile apps — you might be able to own a mobile with curated, critically-approved mobile apps. Imagine the aristocratic, Zen-like restraint of having a mobile with only useful, beautiful, award-winning, “snob apps.” *This also [...]
06.05.09 From Beyond The Beyond -
Expect Next iPhone Hardware, Software in Early July
The iPhone 3.0 operating system is tantalizingly close to completion — but don’t plan on lining up at the Apple Store for a new phone just yet. That’s because it’s unlikely the OS will be ready for consumers to download by next week’s Worldwide Developers Conference, which Apple is hosting. And without the promised software, [...]
06.05.09 From Gadget Lab -
Can We Count on Native Bees to Replace Honeybees?
Counting sheep might put you to sleep, but counting bees is exciting work, say the ecologists organizing a nationwide citizen science project to survey the nation’s bees. More than 65,000 Americans have signed up to plant sunflowers and watch the bees that come to them as part of the Great Sunflower Project, which was masterminded by [...]
06.05.09 From Wired Science -
NSA Whistleblower Meets Anthrax ‘Person of Interest’
WASHINGTON — They sat near different ends of a long table Thursday: a former Justice Department official who leaked information on Bush’s warrantless domestic spying program to the New York Times, and a former Army scientist who was wrongly linked to the 2001 anthrax attacks by different, but equally-anonymous, government sources. You couldn’t ask for [...]
06.04.09 From Threat Level -
Mitsubishi’s Too-Cute EV Rolls Out This Year
It’s official: Mitsubishi’s adorable i-MiEV electric car hits the streets of Japan this year, and the automaker says the Lilliputian runabout is “the pioneer that will open the door to the next 100 years of our automobile society.” That’s a tall order for a small car, especially one with a price tag approaching $50,000. But Mitsubishi [...]
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110-MPG Wonder Engine Quits the X Prize
An Ohio entrepreneur who claims to have developed a 400-horsepower wonder engine that gets 110 mpg has withdrawn from the Progressive X Prize competition just days after opening a factory to produce the super motor. Doug Pelmear, president and CEO of HP2G, said it is “no longer in the company’s best interests to compete in or [...]
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Lamborghini Cuts CO2, Keeps 0 to 60
Some car companies are well-known for their low-emissions offerings: the Tesla Roadster, the Chevy Volt and Toyota Prius come to mind. Get ready to add Lamborghini to the list, as they’ve promised to make their new cars greener, cleaner and even meaner than ever before. The folks in Sant’Agata announced that they’re investing nearly $50 million [...]
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Rumor: New iPhone Called ‘iPhone Video’?
A screenshot purporting to depict an unpublished version of AT&T’s support web site reveals an item called “iPhone Video,” which could perhaps be the name of the next-generation iPhone. The screenshot (right), sent to The Unofficial Apple Weblog by an anonymous tipster, shows a drop-down menu of iPhone model choices, and “iPhone Video” appears beneath “iPhone [...]
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New ATM Malware Captures PINs and Cash
Security researchers have found malware planted on ATMs in Eastern Europe that captures PINs and magnetic stripe data from the machine’s memory and instructs the machines to spit out cash, eliminating the need for primitive skimming devices and advancing the tradecraft of card thieves to a new level. “This malware is unlike any we have ever [...]
06.04.09 From Threat Level -
NEC Shows New Curved Widescreen Display
NEC’s latest desktop display is a curved beauty of Amazonian proportions. The 43-inch ultrascreen desktop display, called NEC CRV43 , has a 10,000: 1 contrast radio and a 2880 x 900 double WXGA native resolution. The display provides a wider field of view for its users, said NEC. “It has a greater dynamic range with its [...]
06.04.09 From Gadget Lab
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Buying Night Vision, Nuke Gear? Too Easy, Investigators Find
Night vision goggles. Missile guidance chips. Triggered spark gaps used to detonate nuclear weapons. Electronic sensors used in improvised explosive devices. Military-grade body armor. Digital radios employed by U.S. Special Forces. Tags, to let troops identify one another in the dark. That’s just some of the sensitive military gear that investigators from the Government Accountability [...]
06.04.09 From Danger Room -
Navy: More Bomb-Blasting Ray Guns, Please (Updated)
Every since American troops started facing improvised bombs in large numbers, U.S. military researchers have been trying to figure out a way to blast the explosives from afar, with real-life ray guns. They haven’t had much luck, so far. But that isn’t keeping the Office of Naval Research from trying again. The Navy’s primary scientific arm [...]
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Feds Shutter ‘Black Hat’ ISP
For the first time, the Federal Trade Commission is shuttering an internet service provider it alleges, “recruits, knowingly hosts, and actively participates in the distribution of illegal, malicious and harmful electronic content” such as botnets and child porn. The company, doing business as 3fn.net and APS Telecom, “actively recruited” to its hosting service thousands of “rouge” [...]
06.04.09 From Threat Level -
Conan O’Brien’s Upgraded Futurism Predicts YouTwitFace, Chevy Scrotum
Conan O’Brien’s recurring Late Night futuristic segment “In the Year 2000″ was always good for a few hoots. But now that the well-coiffed comedian has taken over Carson and Leno’s The Tonight Show, the skit’s finally been upgraded to the year 3000. Although the new segment, which debuted Wednesday night, could use a joke upgrade, O’Brien [...]
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Star Trek Fights Harry Potter for Best Trailer Trophy
Who’s got the summer’s best movie teaser? Star Trek takes on Terminator Salvation and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince for that distinction at Thursday night’s Golden Trailer Awards. The Los Angeles event, judged by a panel including actress Rosario Dawson, writer-director Paul Feig (TV’s Arrested Development, The Office) and Oscar-winning German producer Max [...]
06.04.09 From Underwire -
Is Internet Voting Safe? Vote Here
WASHINGTON — Arizona did something very interesting in the 2008 general election: it accepted votes over the internet. Is it a good idea, or not? Some individual counties have experimented with allowing online voting for overseas citizens, and the Pentagon considered its own system in 2004, before abandoning it because of security issues. But Arizona was [...]
06.04.09 From Threat Level -
It’s been a good day for weird, unsolicited email: part six
*Clowns in Space! Space Adventures Announces Founder of Cirque du Soleil as 1st Canadian Private Space Explorer (((Who else?))) Launch planned for September 2009 Mission will focus on initiatives of the ONE DROP Foundation Moscow — June 4, 2009 – Space Adventures, Ltd., the only company that provides human space missions to the world marketplace, announced today that Guy [...]
06.04.09 From Beyond The Beyond -
Tata May Bring the Nano to America
Tata’s dirt-cheap Nano microcar, which is a huge hit in India even before it hits the streets, just might be headed to America. The Indian automaker says it would have a lot of work to do prepping the car for the American market - little challenges like meeting U.S. emissions and crash worthiness regulations come to [...]
06.04.09 From Autopia -
Totally New Total Recall in the Works
The Arnold Schwarzenegger-free Terminator Salvation didn’t exactly set the world on fire, but that hasn’t stopped Columbia Pictures from moving forward with a totally new Total Recall. The studio hired writer-on-a-hot-streak Kurt Wimmer to script a new take on the California governor’s 1990 sci-fi hit, with Fast and Furious producer Neal H. Moritz on board [...]
06.04.09 From Underwire -
3rd Gen iPhone Rumor Round-Up — A Visual Guide
TGRblog has a created this very clean, simple guide to the rumors floating around the third iteration of the iPhone. They even used Gadget Lab as a source for several of the data points. But man, less than a 50% chance of an OLED screen? Get a box of crayolas and color me disappointed. See Also: Rumor: [...]
06.04.09 From Gadget Lab
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Zero to 120 MPH in Seven Seconds, Silently
We’ve got just one thing to say about the motorcycle MotoCzysz is running in the TTxGP green grand prix: Damn. Make that hot damn. Wes Siler over at Hell for Leather got his Alpinestars-clad hands on a leaked photo, which we’ve shamelessly lifted (thanks, Wes!), of the MotoCzysz E1pc and some specs. It has 10 batteries and [...]
06.04.09 From Autopia -
Where to Buy Your Palm Pre
The reviews are in and the consensus is that the Palm Pre is a stunning device and a worthy competitor to the iPhone, despite drawbacks such as a tiny keyboard, short battery life, and a sparsely-populated App Catalog. The phone will be available exclusively on the Sprint network starting June 6 and is priced at $200, [...]
06.04.09 From Gadget Lab -
First Glimpse of The Prisoner Reboot Is Agonizingly Short
It’s not as unendurable as being extraordinarily rendered to a prison disguised as a holiday resort. Nevertheless, the long wait for AMC/ITV’s reinterpretation of The Prisoner is getting pretty excruciating. The network has released a new promotional spot, viewable above, for the remake of Patrick McGoohan’s astoundingly prescient ’60s sci-fi series, which is due [...]
06.04.09 From Underwire -
Researchers Create Flexible Memory Device
After flexible displays, the memory chip is the latest electronic component to get twisted and bent. Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have developed a flexible memory device that they say is inexpensive and can be easily manufactured. “We have fabricated a lightweight memory device,” says Nadine Gergel-Hackett, one of the researchers on [...]
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Altruism’s Bloody Roots
By favoring acts of battlefield selflessness, Stone Age warfare might have accelerated the development of altruism. A computer model of cultural evolution and between-group competition primed with data taken from studies of mankind’s hyperviolent early years suggests a bloody origin for a celebrated modern behavior. “Altruism will be strongly favored if it leads groups to win wars,” [...]
06.04.09 From Wired Science -
EFF Posts ‘Terms of Service’ Tracker
The Electronic Frontier Foundation released Thursday a so-called “terms of service” tracker instantly chronicling changes to how some of the biggest names in the internet “interact with you and use your personal information.” The TOSBack.org site was, in part, an outgrowth of Facebook’s change in its service agreement in February that seemingly allowed the company to [...]
06.04.09 From Threat Level -
Does Walt Mossberg Already Have the Third-Gen iPhone?
A sentence in Walt Mossberg’s review of the Palm Pre suggests the Wall Street Journal columnist already has his hands on Apple’s next iPhone. “Whether the Pre is better than the iPhone depends on your personal preferences, though I’d note that the new iPhone to be unveiled next week will have lots of added features that [...]
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‘Human Terrain’ Probes Iran’s Influence in Afghanistan
Iran has been accused of meddling in Afghanistan. But what influence does Tehran have, really, over Afghanistan’s affairs? The Human Terrain System, Army’s social science program, recently investigated this question and found that, in one part of Afghanistan, Iran’s influence is largely limited to “soft power.” A recent open-source research report prepared by HTS researchers in the [...]
06.04.09 From Danger Room -
It’s been a good day for weird, unsolicited email: part five
National Collective Consciousness Call Educating the Public on: 9/11 Truth, North American Union, CFR and Mainstream Media Blue Ribbon Awards: 766 Callers Feb. 7th, 2008 8 hour conference call March 6, 2008 (9pm until 5am eastern) Archives @ www.aunetwork.tv (week 104) Thursday 6-04-09 9pm (eastern) 8pm (central) 7pm (mountain) 6pm (pacific) Listen live [...]
06.04.09 From Beyond The Beyond -
Video: Hands On With the Palm Pre
You’ve read the review. You’ve dived deep into the news articles. But what is the Palm Pre really like? Check out this video where we take a magnifying glass to Pre’s features and show you how the little device aggregates data from your online life, utilizes the WebOS to create “cards” and even syncs with [...]
06.04.09 From Gadget Lab
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Tetris Turns 25, and It’s Still an Addictive Pleasure
When Alexey Pajitnov put the finishing touches on Tetris 25 years ago Saturday, he had no way of knowing his modest videogame would become Russia’s most entertaining export. Yet June 6, 1984, has become a landmark date in the history of videogames: That’s the day the then-29-year-old computer programmer completed his first playable version of the [...]
06.04.09 From GameLife -
Censorship on Tiananmen Anniversary Cripples Chinese Net
WASHINGTON — June 4 isn’t just the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre in China, it’s also known as Chinese Internet Maintenance day. That’s because many Chinese services are facing so much pressure from the government to keep their users from talking about that bloody day, they are just shutting down comment boards, or claiming [...]
06.04.09 From Threat Level -
It’s been a good day for weird, unsolicited email: part four
(((Mmmm! Survival slanket!))) NEW DEMRON-W BOMB SHIELD: WORLD’S FIRST AND ONLY BLANKET THAT PROTECTS AGAINST IED’S, RDD’S AND NUCLEAR INCIDENTS Radiation Shield Technologies Introduces Shield that Provides Protection Against Improvised Explosive Devices (IED’S), Radiological Dispersive Devices (RDD’S), Radiological Emission Devices (RED’S), Fragmentation Bombs, Nuclear Spills and Ballistics MIAMI – May 27, 2009 – Ronald F. DeMeo, [...]
06.04.09 From Beyond The Beyond -
White MacBook Outperforms Pricier Unibody Model
Apple’s $999 white MacBook just keeps getting better. A benchmark test performed by Macworld’s Jim Galbraith (disclosure: my previous boss) reveals that Apple’s entry-level MacBook is faster than one of the pricier, aluminum models. It’s not all that surprising, considering the white MacBook sports a 2.13GHz processor, which would clearly outperform the unibody MacBook’s 2GHz chip. [...]
06.04.09 From Gadget Lab -
It’s been a good day for weird, unsolicited email: part three
Hi Bruce, (((How’s it goin’? Get in line!))) The word’s been thrown around for over a year, but this summer the staycation (or “naycation”) is really en vogue. Even if you stay home, it’s entirely possible to relax, rejuvenate and really “get away from it all” while saving a ton of money. Here are [...]
06.04.09 From Beyond The Beyond -
It’s been a good day for weird, unsolicited email: part two
Dear Bruce, (((Yo!))) Meet the experts of flirtextiquette (i.e. flirting over text message) Debra Goldstein and Olivia Baniuszewicz! Authors of Flirtexting: How To Text Your Way to His Heart, Deb and Liv have all the knowledge on the do’s and don’ts of texting. In the pages of Flirtexting, Debra and Olivia provide all you need to [...]
06.04.09 From Beyond The Beyond -
It’s been a good day for weird, unsolicited email: part one
*Wait a sec — this “Quetzalcoatl” guy — he’s “huge on Twitter,” right? I think Xeni Jardin likes to hang out somewhere near this guy. A Disinformation Special Bulletin — Beyond 2012: Practical Tools for Your Transformation And Now For Something (Completely) Different: A Special Message from Our Friends at Evolver… With massive changes happening on [...]
06.04.09 From Beyond The Beyond -
Cirque du Soleil Founder Headed to Space
The fire-breathing founder of Cirque du Soleil, Guy Laliberté, aims to become the first Canadian space tourist. He hopes to visit the International Space Station for twelve days in September, thanks to arrangements made with the Russian government by Space Adventures, a private company that provides training and services for aspiring cosmonauts. “I have been described as [...]
06.04.09 From Wired Science -
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Developed in Spain, Produced By Kojima
Konami revealed the latest installment of the vampire-hunter action series, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, at its E3 press conference on Wednesday. “Forget what you think you know about Castlevania,” said David Cox, the game’s producer. What we thought we knew was that Castlevania was the exclusive domain of the team led by the slightly eccentric [...]
06.04.09 From GameLife -
Human Laughter Echoes Chimp Chuckles
Humans aren’t the only ones who like it in the armpit. Our fellow great apes — orangutans, chimps, bonobos and gorillas — also squeal in response to tickling, and new research shows this behavior may be the evolutionary root of human laughter. Scientists have known that great apes vocalize when tickled at least since Charles Darwin’s [...]
06.04.09 From Wired Science
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Meet ‘Mr. Ali,’ Somali Pirate Negotiator
We know that in lawless Somalia, piracy has become a lucrative business. But we don’t really know how that business really works: Who hires the crew, buys the rocket-propelled grenades and organizes the ransom. And most importantly, who divides the loot. In a fascinating BBC special that airs today, the BBC’s Rob Walker follows the money [...]
06.04.09 From Danger Room -
Five for Fighting 6/4/09
* Vid: Obama’s speech in Cairo * Drone pilots‘ new boss * Chainsaw bayonet! * Vid: praying man gets tazed, escapes * “Cyber 9-11 has happened… but it’s happened slowly so we don’t see it.” (High five: EM)
06.04.09 From Danger Room -
“Missing Link” Could Add Mediterranean Chapter to Story of Human Evolution
It didn’t have a TV special, book deal or media-friendly pimping from the mayor of New York City, but a 12 million-year-old skull recently unearthed in Spain just might end up actually deserving the label of “missing link.” The skull possesses a combination of primitive features previously unseen in a primate, along with a flat, anatomically [...]
06.04.09 From Wired Science -
R.I.P. David Eddings, 1931-2009
The world of fantasy literature has lost one of its modern giants. David Eddings, best known for his Malloreon series and The Belgariad, passed away Tuesday at the age of 77. Eddings enjoyed a long career of writing popular books of fantasy, many with his wife Leigh, who passed away in 2007 after a stroke. He [...]
06.04.09 From GeekDad -
For the Patent Geek - Lego Building Instructions
Patents are densely written, nearly unreadable blends of technical and legal jargon. I love ‘em. I’ve spent much of my working life developing a taste for these impenetrable documents and whilst those that I read at work aren’t tremendously relevant to the Geekdad audience, I thought I’d take a look at what some of our [...]
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Exclusive Jedi Academy Spoilers
The Star Wars miniatures game by Wizards of the Coast gives you fully painted plastic figures that go along with a tabletop game. You assemble a team of warriors pulled from the Star Wars universe and pit them against your opponents’ teams. The figures are collectible — when you buy a booster pack, you don’t [...]
06.04.09 From GeekDad -
A Tale of Two Card Readers
If you take more than a few snaps a month, you’ll eventually end up buying a memory card reader. There are many advantages. First, even a junky dime store card reader will be make quicker transfers than hooking the camera up via a cable. Second, all the time your camera is talking to your computer [...]
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GeekDad Goes to Taiwan: Good Eats
A big part of any trip to Taiwan is the food. Things just seem to taste better when you buy them from a little streetside cart late at night. Near our apartment are any number of little shops where we can buy yummy eats, and because of the exchange rate (~33RMB to 1USD), most of [...]
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Happy Birthday to the Greatest Game Ever - Tetris Turns 25
"Tetris" - the greatest game ever created turns 25 this month. Let's take a look at what makes this game so great and why we can't stop playing it.
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10 Things You and Your Kids Will Want From E3
The big three have all had their go in the E3 spotlight for this year, but are the big things that will keep us all waiting with bated breath for those oh so far away release dates? Here’s a quick rundown of what you can expect to have spend that hard-earned cash on over the next [...]
06.04.09 From GeekDad
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Digital Graffiti Festival Shows off the Photons
If you have a digital projector, practically any blank surface nearby becomes a canvas for your art. That’s the idea behind a fad that’s cropped up in the past couple of years. Fans have even begun setting up events to show off the best stuff. Case in point, the Digital Graffiti Festival. This Saturday, digital artists [...]
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The Air Force Pimps Its Rides
Fighter jets and stealth bombers aren’t the only things in the Air Force fleet that fly. The Air Force enlisted Galpin Auto Sports to radically rework a Ford Mustang and Dodge Challenger to impress the kids. The cars are the stars of the “2009 Super Car Tour,” a recruiting initiative that will hit high schools across [...]
06.04.09 From Autopia -
How to Play Cryptozoo
*Another net-based urban game. That scheme looks pretty messed-up. It could drive the loosely-connected people in your neighborhood around the bend. https://cryptozoo.ning.com/profiles/blogs/how-to-play-cryptozoo
06.04.09 From Beyond The Beyond -
Check out the atemporality in this Yellow Magic Orchestra beer ad
*More on the concept of “atemporality” later. I mean before.
06.04.09 From Beyond The Beyond -
At E3, Gamemaker Battle Erupts Over Camera Controllers
LOS ANGELES — Bloodied by Nintendo’s runaway success, the other major gamemakers are attempting to leapfrog the Wii’s innovative motion-sensitive controller with camera-based hardware that let players interact with games using nothing but their bodies. “Camera” is the unlikely buzzword at this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo videogame trade show: The industry’s biggest players unveiled no fewer [...]
06.04.09 From GameLife -
Skulls vs. DNA: Zeroing In on American Origins
Ancient Argentinian skeletons may help resolve a raging anthropological debate: whether or not early Americans came from a single original population. digg_url ="https://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/06/skullsvdna/"; “We don’t know how people got to the New World, when, or who they were,” said anthropologist Judith Habicht-Mauche at the University of California, Santa Cruz. “Those questions are very much up for grabs [...]
06.04.09 From Wired Science -
Movies: Sleestaks Attack, Dinos Get Goofy in Land of the Lost
In the post-Dark Knight era, reboots are all the rage. But what if half the movie-going audience never saw the original, dinosaur-riddled property? That’s what Land of the Lost, a big-screen remake of Sid and Marty Krofft’s ’70s television series, are up against: Only 50 percent of film fans polled by MovieTickets.com say they remember [...]
06.03.09 From Underwire -
Grow Baby Brains With These 5 Sonic Soothers
Doctors at the University of Alberta in Canada recently confirmed something that anyone with half a brain already knows: Music soothes the savage beast. Specifically, they explained that playing comforting lullabies and even Mozart to premature babies during painful medical procedures results in faster recoveries and shorter hospital stays. The Alberta team is not the [...]
06.03.09 From Underwire -
Hands-On: New Super Mario Bros. Wii Shows No Mercy
LOS ANGELES –Dying on the first Goomba, falling into pits, getting hit by an out-of-control turtle shell. All embarrassing things to have happen to you while you’re playing a game of Super Mario, especially when others are watching. In New Super Mario Bros. Wii, these things happen a lot, mostly because the other people sitting around [...]
06.03.09 From GameLife -
Unknown Automaker Could Build The First Electric Sedan
SANTA MONICA, California — The first electric sedan you’re likely to see in showrooms could come from a company you’ve never heard of and cost more than you’re willing to pay. Coda Automotive unveiled the Coda on Wednesday and promised to begin selling it by this time next year. The four-door, five-passenger mid-size car features pedestrian [...]
06.03.09 From Autopia
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Final Fantasy XIV Online Q&A; Sheds Light on New MMORPG
LOS ANGELES — Final Fantasy XIV Online was announced at Sony’s press conference at Electronic Entertainment Expo on Tuesday morning, but Square Enix wasn’t exactly forthcoming with information about the PC and PlayStation 3 MMORPG. At a Q&A session at E3 Wednesday, the Final Fantasy publisher shared a bit more information about the massively multiplayer [...]
06.03.09 From GameLife -
Spime Watch: WideTag Social Energy Meter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDy10OtjNt8 *Six minutes long, but hey, nice soundtrack.
06.03.09 From Beyond The Beyond -
Tony Hawk, Mario’s Voice and Ninja Turtles Pop Up at E3
<< previous image | next image >> LOS ANGELES — Taking a videogame franchise to the next level is a proven draw at the Electronic Entertainment Expo. At this year’s show, developers hope to catch gamers’ attention with new offerings in the Tony Hawk, Mario and Rock Band series. These highly anticipated pleasures and more await the thousands [...]
06.03.09 From GameLife -
Air France Crash Raises Questions About Domain Name Registration (Updated)
(Updates with a new re-direct for flight447.com, extension of the domain ownership for another 9 years, and the removal of an eBay listing for AirFranceLawSuit.com) As investigators seek to unravel the fate of Air France flight 447, there’s been speculation online about an unusual domain name registration made some two years prior to this week’s plane [...]
06.03.09 From Threat Level -
Inside the Military’s Secret Terror-Tagging Tech
The story that the CIA uses tiny homing beacons to guide their drone strikes in Pakistan may sound like an urban myth. But this sort of technology does exist, and might well be used for exactly this purpose. It might even have been the “secret weapon” that Bob Woodward said helped the American military pacify [...]
06.03.09 From Danger Room -
Wired Playlist Podcast: Major Lazer Exclusive
David Lynch, Dangermouse and Sparklehorse. Together. Yes, this is potentially the strangest collaboration since David Bowie and Bing Crosby’s “Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy.” Luckily for our ears and hearts, however, this union does not disappointment. Something else that does not disappoint: Our Major Lazer exclusive. Check out these and other tracks from this week’s episode [...]
06.03.09 From Underwire -
Mom Loses Bid for Purdue Bomb Hoax Suspect’s Freedom
The mother of a 16-year-old internet prank call star charged with phoning in a bomb hoax to Purdue University has lost her habeas corpus lawsuit demanding his release, meaning the teen will continue to be held without bail in Indiana. Annette Lundeby relocated from her North Carolina home to an Indiana motel room last month to [...]
06.03.09 From Threat Level -
Judge Tosses Telecom Spy Suits
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed lawsuits targeting the nation’s telecommunication companies for their participation in President George W. Bush’s once-secret electronic eavesdropping program. In his ruling, U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker upheld summer legislation protecting the companies from the lawsuits. The legislation, which then-Sen. Barack Obama voted for, also granted the government [...]
06.03.09 From Threat Level -
Is the Hacking Threat to National Security Overblown?
Is hacking a real threat to the United States or is it just the latest overblown threat to national security, whose magnitude is being exaggerated to expand government budgets and power? That’s the question asked by Threat Level editor Kevin Poulsen at a panel in Computers, Freedom and Privacy in Washington, D.C., Wednesday. And it’s important [...]
06.03.09 From Threat Level -
Fossil Teeth Hint at Animal Adaptation to Global Warming
Amidst predictions of global warming-driven global extinctions, a dietary analysis of ancient teeth suggests that animals may prove more adaptable than expected. digg_url ="https://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/06/climatediets/"; The tale of the teeth, collected at two sites in Florida and spanning a transition between extreme temperatures during an ice age climate cycle, runs counter to the standard narrative of animals as [...]
06.03.09 From Wired Science
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Hands On: Milo and Kate, and Other Project Natal Games
LOS ANGELES — As near as we can tell, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 camera controller Project Natal works as advertised. The controller, introduced Monday at the company’s E3 press conference, uses two cameras and a microphone to let you interact with the Xbox 360 just by waving your hands in the air, speaking and moving your body. [...]
06.03.09 From GameLife -
Despite Damning Report, U.S. Blames Taliban for Airstrike Deaths
U.S. forces made serious mistakes and violated their own guidelines on the use force during deadly airstrikes in western Afghanistan, according to an interim Pentagon report. But American military officials in Kabul are still insisting that their troops did the right thing, during the May 4th assault on the village of Garani that left dozens [...]
06.03.09 From Danger Room -
Video From Maker Faire 2009
GeekDad contributor Jacob Russell wandered around Maker Faire for us with his Flip camera this weekend, and put together the following video showing off some of the really cool things that were on display.
06.03.09 From GeekDad -
Unleash the Nuclear-Armed Robo-Bombers: Air Force Researcher
President Barack Obama may be beating a path toward nuclear disarmament. But that doesn’t mean a strategist can’t dream of new and better ways to maintain a nuclear deterrent. Adam Lowther, a research professor at the Air Force Research Institute at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., argues in the new issue of Armed Forces Journal that [...]
06.03.09 From Danger Room -
Faster, Sleeker Opera 10 Is Built for Better Web Apps
Opera 10 Beta 1 on the desktop. Click the image for a larger view. Opera has released the first beta version of its upcoming Opera 10 web browser. The latest test release gives Opera fans a taste of what’s coming in the final release later this year, namely a faster, slicker browser with a whole new [...]
06.03.09 From Webmonkey -
Online Behavioral Targeting Targeted by Feds, Critics
Internet ad networks have been following you around the net, watching what you do to serve you targeted ads. But now federal regulators are starting to follow them around, trying to figure out whether they are playing fair with U.S. consumers. Foremost among those networks is Google. Most people think of Google as a search company, but [...]
06.03.09 From Epicenter -
Antitrust Probe to Review Hiring Practices at Apple, Google, Yahoo: Report
The Department of Justice is investigating whether some of the largest tech firms in the world violated antitrust laws by coordinating their strategies for hiring top talent. Agreements not to steal one another’s key business and engineering employees could have unfairly stifled competition, according to the Washington Post’s sources. The DoJ launched reviews of Apple, [...]
06.03.09 From Epicenter -
Recycling old GeekDad Posts
I raided the GeekDad archives from two years ago for a quick weekend project with my boys. Sure, I could have done a mail-order compost bin. However, opening a cardboard box and plunking something down in the yard would have been much less fun. It would have also been more expensive. With less than $5, [...]
06.03.09 From GeekDad -
GeekDad Goes to Taiwan: Bilingual Kids
I’m an ABC: American-Born Chinese, but my parents taught me and my siblings the language and as much of the culture as they could in the United States. I’m fluent but not really literate, and my knowledge of various festivals and holidays is mostly limited to the types of foods associated with each one. But [...]
06.03.09 From GeekDad -
Finding ‘Sons of Afghanistan’ Ain’t Easy
NPR’s Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson recently spent some time with a Special Forces team setting up the Afghan Public Protection Force, an experiment in giving weapons, cash, and authority to local militias to keep insurgents at bay. It’s a repeat on a more modest scale of the ‘Sons of Iraq‘ program that helped restore order in Iraq’s [...]
06.03.09 From Danger Room
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Five for Fighting 6/3/09
* Muslim Brotherhood invited to Obama speech? * Moscow’s Chessboard Killer * The Lulz vs. North Korea * Tech inhibits troops? * Firm says handheld puke ray is ready to go
06.03.09 From Danger Room -
Wired-o-Nomics: What Detroit Can Learn From the Apple Store
As Detroit teeters in and out of bankruptcy, thousands of car dealerships are closing. Here’s an idea: Why not close them all? Much has been made of the U.S. auto industry’s out-of-touch design priorities, manufacturing inefficiencies and failure to innovate. Its legacy is giant lots stacked with inventory that may never sell. But car makers have fallen [...]
06.03.09 From Epicenter -
20 Years On, Web Transforms China, Exile for Tiananmen Leader
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Internet has helped Chinese dissident Wang Dan span the distance from his exile home in Los Angeles to Beijing, where 20 years ago he shot to fame as a top leader of the Tiananmen democracy protests. Wang — still youthful-looking at 40, but fleshier than when the reedy Peking University history [...]
06.03.09 From Epicenter -
VW Still Devoted to Hydrogen
Pretty much everyone in the auto industry has drunk the electric Kool-Aid, but some are still betting on hydrogen. Volkswagen is right there with them, and it brought the fuel cell Ling Yu Passat to California to show it still believes the most plentiful element in the universe is the fuel of the future. Make that [...]
06.03.09 From Autopia -
Never Ride In a Lame Carpool Again
Car pooling can save you a ton of money on gas and parking and it certainly cuts down on the CO2 we’re spewing into the atmosphere, but it can be a drag. No one wants to creep along in rush-hour traffic with a Phil Collins devotee who has only a passing familiarity with soap and [...]
06.03.09 From Autopia -
Faux GTO Could Fool Enzo
We’re always surfing auto dealer websites here at Autopia, casting our covetous gaze upon cars we’d buy if only we earned real money. Leading the glamorous lives of jaded auto writers, few things can really pique our interest. But our collective jaw hit the floor when we happened upon the latest offering from one of [...]
06.03.09 From Autopia -
Star Trek Designer to Receive NASA Public Service Medal
A long-time Star Trek designer is being recognized by NASA for his longtime contributions to the look of the U.S. space program. Michael Okuda will receive the NASA Exceptional Public Service Medal for his work on multiple exploration missions. According to the space program, the medal recognizes “exceptional contributions to the mission of NASA.” A veteran art designer for [...]
06.03.09 From Underwire -
Nintendo: Next Wii Zelda Will Use MotionPlus
LOS ANGELES — In keeping with what is fast becoming an E3 tradition, Nintendo had just one more piece of news for us after its press briefing. In a Q&A session with a room full of journalists, Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto revealed — but did not let us photograph — the first piece of artwork from the [...]
06.03.09 From GameLife -
One Giant Bounce for Mankind
Almost 40 years after the historic Apollo 11 mission, we’ll hear voices from the moon again. This time, celebrities, ham radio enthusiasts — and perhaps even you — will join the astronauts’ voices. A massive project to bounce voices from Earth to the moon and back to another spot on Earth will be launched June 26. [...]
06.03.09 From Wired Science -
Roger Waters to Israel: Tear Down the Wall
Thirty years ago, Pink Floyd released The Wall, a sprawling concept album about war, artistry and alienation mostly written by the band’s co-founder and bass player, Roger Waters. Hours ago in a Palestinian refugee camp, the 65-year-old Waters promised to hold a concert on the spot if a West Bank barrier erected by Israel was, [...]
06.02.09 From Underwire
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Space 2.X: The Private Rocket Race Takes Off
<< previous image | next image >> HAWTHORNE, California – Building a successful startup in Silicon Valley is hard, but it’s not rocket science. Unless you’re SpaceX. Eschewing the traditional startup trappings of two college grads eating ramen, watching Adult Swim and coding until the wee hours of the night, SpaceX instead employs hundreds of brainiacs and [...]
06.02.09 From Wired Science -
Grant Morrison’s Batman and Robin Reboots Legendary Duo
After the epic, soul-sucking darkness of Final Crisis, Grant Morrison needed to make some kindler, gentler comics. Enter Batman and Robin, his clever revision of one of DC Comics’ most storied relationships. The new series, which hits shelves Wednesday, takes yet another stab at the Caped Crusader and his young sidekick. Based on Robin Hood and [...]
06.02.09 From Underwire -
Final Fantasy XIV Online RPG Slated for 2010 Release
The 14th chapter of the popular Final Fantasy role-playing series is due out next year. Unlike Final Fantasy XIII, which is also slated for a 2010 release, XIV will be a Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG). Videogame company Square Enix has not released details about Final Fantasy XIV, but a trailer of the game was [...]
06.02.09 From GameLife -
TwitCaps Gives Photographic Insight to Twitter’s Zeitgeist
TwitCaps is extraordinary. The newly launched website displays the most recent photos posted to Twitter via the various photo-sharing sites tied in to the microblogging platform. The TwitCaps frontdoor is captivating. Every tweeted photo, from the mundane to the extraordinary, is lined up in reverse-chronological order. You can hover over each picture and see the original [...]
06.02.09 From Webmonkey -
Kojima Introduces Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker for PSP
The next chapter of the popular Metal Gear tactical-espionage series will be available for the PlayStation portable in 2010, video game designer Hideo Kojima announced Tuesday. Called Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, the game takes place in 1974, picking up where Metal Gear Solid 3 left off. (This could get a little confusing, because Metal [...]
06.02.09 From GameLife -
Critics: Google Book Deal a Monopoly, Privacy Debacle
Orphans and privacy are complicating Google’s attempt to build the digital library and bookstore of the future. Google set out to digitize the world’s books in 2003, got sued for its trouble in 2005 by publishers and authors wanting to make money from the efforts, and in 2007 came to a proposed settlement that gives Google [...]
06.02.09 From Epicenter -
Remembering the Voice of Space Flight
Though Paul Haney’s voice hasn’t been heard in a NASA broadcast since 1969, it echoes in the minds of generations of Americans whenever we think of mankind’s voyage into space. Haney, who died last Thursday at 80, was the original broadcast voice of Mission Control. He provided live commentary during the Apollo and Gemini spaceflights of [...]
06.02.09 From Wired Science -
Cisco to be Added to the Dow on June 8
The Dow Jones Industrial Average on June 8 will begin including Cisco Systems on its list of 30 major stocks selected to reflect the overall U.S. stock market. Cisco will join other information technology companies, such as Microsoft and Intel, and communications companies, including Verizon and AT&T. Cisco’s inclusion is partly a result of the economic downturn [...]
06.02.09 From Epicenter -
Watch Out, Amazon: Google to Start Selling Books
Amazon.com — formerly known as Earth’s biggest bookstore — is about to meet a formidable competitor in the bookselling business: Earth’s biggest search engine. The New York Times reports this morning that Google plans to begin selling electronic books via its search engine. The program would offer book publishers the opportunity to sell their books, if [...]
06.01.09 From Epicenter -
Adobe’s New Flash Tools Ease the Pain for Both Designers and Coders
Adobe has released two new tools for Flash developers and updated its popular framework for building sites with Flash. The company has announced the beta release of its Adobe Flash Builder 4 (formerly known Flex Builder), along with a new authoring tool, Flash Catalyst. The open-source Flex framework has also been updated. All three pieces of [...]
06.01.09 From Webmonkey
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Fathers of Invention: What Muslims Gave the Scientific World
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Wired.com reports: Why the most ephemeral of all the social-web services, Twitter, may also turn out to be the most significant.
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Ars Technica reports: The fatal flaw with all the social media sites — MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, and the like — is that they are all separate services, but that may all be about to change, and soon.
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Streaming Hard-to-Find Films for Cinephiles
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Clive Thompson on the Future of Reading in a Digital World
06.02.09
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