July 2009
80 posts
Apple to Add Micro Projectors to iPhone and iPod... →
In a brief note, DigiTimes reports that Taiwanese firm Foxlink is currently developing micro projectors for use in mobile phones, with Apple being one of the companies expected to launch devices with…
VideoLAN (VLC) 1.0.0 has been released |... →
VideoLAN 1.0 has been released. VideoLAN is a  free and open source multimedia mediaplayer,released under the GNU General Public.
The Basics Of Secure Admin Privilege Use With Unix →
Some of my readers may find this a very basic article, presenting information that they already know like the backs of their hands. The frequency with which I see people — and even entire OS…
Who wants a camera for the iPod? →
We have heard rumors that Apple intends to add cameras to the iPod touch and even the iPod nano. New evidence supports the idea, though it’s no guarantee that it’s a sure thing.
Robot Invented To Crawl Through Veins →
SCIENTISTS FROM Israel’s Technion University have unveiled a tiny robot, made using Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) technology, purportedly able to crawl through a person’s veins in order to…
Government may put an end to Apple-AT&T... →
Christine Varney, the Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust in the Obama Administration, has started an investigation into the exclusive contracts that AT&T and Verizon hold with phone…
Darpa's Handheld Nuclear Fusion Reactor →
Last year, Pentagon mad science arm Darpa was working on one of its wildest projects yet: a microchip-sized nuclear reactor. The program is now officially done,
Microsoft appears to clarify Mono licensing →
Microsoft has decided to allow developers to use C# and the common language infrastructure, both of which are part of its .NET development environment, under the terms of its community promise,…
Caffeine Reverses Memory Impairment in Mice with... →
Coffee drinkers may have another reason to pour that extra cup. When aged mice bred to develop symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease were given caffeine — the equivalent of five cups of coffee a day —…
Lunascape: It's Like Three Browsers in One! →
In the midst of all the hoopla of the Firefox 3 launch, another contender for your Web surfing has arrived on the scene
Linux Tips: How to fix the boot screen resolution... →
Some people, after installing Ubuntu Linux, see the decision of the startup screen (boot GUI) is not appropriate for the resolution of the monitor set in the system.Here I’ll show you a way to…
30 WordPress Development Tutorials | Pro Blog... →
WordPress can be very simple to work with, but it can also be very complicated. The system can be used to do just about anything you like. In this post we have collected together a range of tutorials…
GPS Based Coupons coming this month to the iPhone →
Njection who already provides speed trap alerts on the iPhone via the free app NMobile is launching a new GPS based coupon service in July. Basically just drive by or enter a store with a deal and…
Do Lower Phone Bills Justify Ads on Your Mobile... →
Orange, a UK ISP and mobile phone company, is reportedly close to signing a deal with an ad-supported mobile virtual …
Linux : OpenShot Is A Great Linux Non-Linear Video... →
“I have a simple mission: To create an open-source, non-linear video editor for Linux. Many have tried and fallen before me, but for some reason I feel compelled to try myself. I am documenting my…
Share Files directly from your PC using Gmail... →
share your pc files using gmail account - check out :)
Could we Garden on Mars? →
You can grow certain hardy plants in the soil on the Moon; just add air and water! So, my question is this: what about other worlds?
4 Simple Tips for Decluttering Your Home →
Tips to reduce clutter in the four key areas of your home - your kitchen, dining room, bedroom and office. These simple steps will not only clear space around the house, but cut waste and reduce your…
Obama Considering Solar Panels For White House →
President Barack Obama said he was considering talking to Secretary of Energy Steven Chu to put solar panels on the White House as he continues to push industries to develop more energy efficient…
Astronomers Discover Pair Of Solar Systems In The... →
Two University of Hawai’i at Mānoa astronomers have found a binary star-disk system in which each star is surrounded by the kind of dust disk that is frequently the precursor of a planetary system.
Oh, You Wanted "Awesome" Edition →
Imagine our surprise when we rebooted the server and saw only 32 GB of memory available in Windows Server 2008. Did we install the memory wrong? No, the BIOS screen reported the full 48 GB of…
Researchers find link between cancer and human... →
Mutational patterns in mitochondrial genomes show functional importance of evolution and disease. Researchers have discovered that gene mutations that once helped humans survive may increase the…
HuffPo's Iran Live-Blog: Ahmadinejad Facing... →
The latest videos, photos, tweets, and news from Iran’s uprising.
The Dawn of the Petabyte Age (PIC) →
Just how much is a petabyte? I’ll just say this: If you have a petabyte of data…that’s a lot of damn data.
Ten ways to smooth the switch to Linux →
Without sending users on some sort of boot camp, changing the preconceptions of users may seem a daunting task. But there are ways to ease the pain of learning Linux.
32 Useful Portable Apps For Web Designers and... →
As a web designers or developers, we always need to work with different PCs. So, carrying the portable apps with our USB drive is necessary. Here, i will share 32 useful portable apps for web…
Reports: Microsoft will sell Windows 7 'Family... →
Microsoft will offer a multi-license “family pack” for Windows 7, according to bloggers who cite details in the end-user licensing agreement (EULA) of a recently-leaked build.
iPhone SMS Vulnerability Found, Getting Patched →
“The SMS vulnerability allows an attacker to run software code on the phone that is sent by SMS over a mobile operator’s network. The malicious code could include commands to monitor the location of…
Buzz Aldrin urges unity for mission to Mars... →
US moonwalker Buzz Aldrin says that the right kind of global leadership could set mankind on a path to the colonisation of other planets.
Report: 1,400 Sites Hosted on Amazon EC2 →
How many large companies are using the Amazon Web Services cloud computing platform to host their public web sites? Of the top 500,000 web sites, 1,422 are hosted on Amazon’s EC2 service, according…
iPhone 3GS jailbreak released by GeoHot ahead of... →
Be warned, this is beta stuff and we haven’t been able to test it ourselves. However, a number of breathless tipsers and commenters are reporting a successful jailbreak and unlock of their iPhone…
Phoenix Lander Team: It Snows at Night on Mars |... →
It snows on Mars. This occurs, at least in the northern arctic region where the Phoenix lander set up camp in 2008. Science teams from Phoenix were able to observe water-ice clouds in the Martian…
U.S. Prepared Against North Korean Missile Launch... →
The United States is prepared and ready to react if North Korea carries out their threat to launch a long-range missile in the Hawaiian region this Fourth of July weekend, according to the department…
Why Ubuntu has become the flag bearer for Linux →
Article taken from Linux Format magazine
Former President Khatami Denounces Iran Election →
Moderate former president Mohammad Khatami criticized the outcome of Iran’s disputed election and called for the release of people arrested since the June 12 vote in a hard-hitting statement on…
12 high technologies that failed - and why →
Tech that seemed like a great idea - until people tried to use it
MIT Solves the Mystery of the 1918 "Spanish Flu"... →
MIT researchers have explained why two mutations in the H1N1 avian flu virus were critical for viral transmission in humans during the 1918 pandemic outbreak that killed at least 50 million people…
Yahoo Data Center Will Be Powered By Niagara Falls →
Companies like Google and IBM are trying to lead the world in cutting-edge, efficient data centers. Not to be outdone, on Tuesday Yahoo announced they’re hoping to change to future of data centers as…
Stephen Hawking: "Humans Have Entered New Stage of... →
Although It has taken homo sapiens several million years to evolve from the apes, the useful information in our DNA, has probably changed by only a few million bits. So the rate of biological…
Gentoo Linux Turns 10 →
“10th Anniversary of Gentoo”
Microsoft Changing Users' Default Search Engine... →
Cnet’s Dennis O’Reilly caught “Windows Search Helper” trying to change his default Firefox search from Google to Bing. This isn’t the first time the software company has been caught quietly changing…
How To Build A Great Media Center For Your Home... →
Having a media center holds many great advantages. Besides an heightened flexibility, you can easily summon all of your files on your large screen TV, be it pictures, music or video. But a good media…
Users Wrongly Accused of Internet Piracy Step... →
Is an IP address sufficient evidence to prosecute an alleged file-sharer? This is a question that has been tackled by many in legal circles around the world. Some countries, including Canada, have…
Australia Unveils Three New Dinosaurs Species →
Australian scientists today unveiled three new dinosaur skeletons, excavated from Queensland—-two herbivores and one carnivore which roamed the land about 98 million years ago, one of the most…
Touch in Windows 7: Just for show? →
There’s a reason the first thing in Windows 7 that Microsoft chose to show publicly was its support for touch input.
9 Great Books To Start Reading This Independence... →
People are wonderfully optimistic about their summer reading. Something about the longer days, and (eventual) sunshine seems to promise more time to sit back, crack open the pages of a new paperback,…
NASA - Space Shuttle on Track to Launch →
A test fueling of space shuttle Endeavour’s external tank revealed no gaseous hydrogen leaks, verifying recent repairs were successful, NASA managers confirmed during a Wednesday afternoon news…
How to Buy a Netbook →
Netbooks are tiny – usually between half and two-thirds the size of a garden-variety laptop – and they typically weigh around 2.5 lbs. With their cool, slim designs, they outclass some…
The most expensive 16 gigabytes: The MNEMOSYNE USB... →
In order to use the USB key you need to completely disassemble the puzzle-like cube to find the USB key in the center, and then re-assemble it when finished. In addition to honing your puzzle skills…
Alzheimer's Symptoms Reversed With Stem Cells →
A group of mice genetically engineered to develop Alzheimer’s disease was injected with a human growth factor that stimulates blood stem cells in the marrow. The mice showed significant reversal in…