64-bit Leopard knocks spots off Vista Also unsurprising to Apple aficionados will be the extent of the 64-bit-ness of the underlying operating system within the Leopard release - something that hasn't been reported by non-Apple press as strongly as it might have been. Especially when comparing 64-bit support to that of Vista. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..
Dead Rising requires an HDTV, despite 360's SDTV support. The Developers of Dead Rising (Capcom) seem to have only tested their product on HDTV's, leaving the critical mission text unreadable on most standard TVs. Capcom BBS moderator admits there's a problem, but no "Official" word on whether it will be fixed. Will 360 games need to be labeled "HDTV Required" in the future? From digg on August 14, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..
Open source project adds "no military use" clause to the GPL GPU is a Gnutella client that creates ad-hoc supercomputers by allowing individual PCs on the network to share CPU resources with each other. That's intriguing enough, but the really interesting thing about GPU is the license its developers have given it. They call it a "no military use" modified version of the GNU General Public License (GPL). From digg on August 14, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..
Oil Prices Drop on Mideast Cease-Fire Oil prices dropped nearly a dollar Monday as traders anticipated the upcoming Mideast cease-fire and responded to the positive news that BP would be able to maintain half of its production at a large oil field in the U.S. state of Alaska. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..
Pictures that Lie Here are some examples of image trickery that's only a few mouse clicks away from us. They include John Kerry, Oprah Winfrey and Iraqi refugees. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..
What happens when lightning strikes an airplane? It is estimated that on average, each airplane in the U.S. commercial fleet is struck lightly by lightning more than once each year. In fact, aircraft often trigger lightning when flying through a heavily charged region of a cloud.In these instances, the lightning flash originates at the airplane and extends away in opposite directions. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..
Sign up and gain skills for life Adult Learners' Week takes place from 1-8 September. It takes place in more than 40 countries around the world, and has been coordinated nationally by Adult Learning Australia (ALA) every year since 1995. This year hundreds of events, workshops and open days have been planned to provide learning and skilling opportunities for adult learners across Australia. From EdNA Online on August 14, 2006 at 9:31 p.m..
Partnerships key to success The key to the successful implementation of e-learning in the workplace is partnerships, a national conference will hear. Promoting partnerships – linking the players is the theme of the 2006 AUSTAFE Conference, hosted by the Professional Association of TAFE Managers across Australia - 21-22 September, Canberra. Flexible Learning, 10 August 2006 From EdNA Online on August 14, 2006 at 9:31 p.m..
Gore's Viewer-sent content ridiculed a year ago "The media landscape has shifted in the past year, as video-sharing sites like YouTube.com revealed an audience for viewer-created entertainment. Current has since led the industry in the commercialization of that concept, as its viewers are creating ads for its leading advertisers." Current TV is Al Gore's UGC content TV station. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..
New information about deformation of nanoscale materials On a nanoscale, materials don't always have the same properties they would in bulk. For example, they are often harder and stronger because, unlike most bulk materials, a crystal that is small enough can be perfect, free of defects, capable of achieving strength near its ideal theoretical limit. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..
Leopard Core Animation Nice new GUI effect in Leopard. Click on the QT Picture. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..
How to Crack a Website - XSS, Cookies, Sessions "Informit.com provides an insiders look at a real life XSS attack and how it was used to bypass the authentication scheme of an online web application, leading to "shell" access, and admin account, and more. XSS attacks are often discussed in theory — this walk through illustrates just how dangerous these types of attacks can be in reality. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..
Digging Deep for Life on the Red Planet "The launch of the Mars Phoenix Lander is just a year away. The spacecraft will be aiming for the martian north pole, and if it lands successfully it will dig in snow and ice in one of the few places on Mars where scientists think life could be preserved." From digg on August 14, 2006 at 8:10 p.m..
A Dilemma for Duty-Free Shops The Aug. 10 arrests in Britain of 24 men suspected of plotting to use liquid explosives to blow up jetliners have set off a global panic about what should and shouldn't be allowed on planes. In this climate, the $26 billion a year duty-free industry finds itself in an unenviable position: It sells flammable fluids in airports. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 8:10 p.m..
Ebony & Ivory Become Infra & Red With Virtual Piano "When connected to a PC, this device will be able to project a laser piano keyboard, and you'll be able to jam out your favorite tunes." Something tells me this will look cool, but actually suck in real-life. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 8:10 p.m..
Bush Caught Lying: Claims Terror Plot Included "New" Explosive Threat... From the President's Radio Address, August 12, 2006: This plot is further evidence that the terrorists we face are sophisticated, and constantly changing their tactics... We're dealing with a new enemy that uses new means of attack and new methods to communicate. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 8:10 p.m..
Lamont Hits Back At Cheney, Lieberman. "My God, here we have a terrorist threat against hearth and home, and the very first thing that comes out of their mind is how can we turn this to partisan advantage. I find that offensive," Lamont said in an interview Sunday with The Associated Press. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 8:10 p.m..
New Hampshire Secession There's a New Hampshire secession movement. This Platform for NH Independence is one that speaks to both conservatives and liberals. Most of the principles are benefits that other states, if they seceded, could have too. No More UN. No More IRS. And Free Trade! How could a society free from massive the central planning of DC not be prosperous? From digg on August 14, 2006 at 8:10 p.m..
How to create a Digg-like spy with no work at all Fan of the Digg spy? I think it's cool - so here's a jquery spy that means you can have your own 'spy' on your web site with barely any work. You don't have to spy on Digg either, it can be any content you want or have to show off. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 8:10 p.m..
Tilt - Balancing Game Use your mouse cursor to balance the stick for as long as you can. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 8:10 p.m..
Factory Overclocked Radeon X1900 XTX Beats GeForce 7950 in Some Games A self-contained liquid cooling system built around an ATI Radeon X1900 XTX GPU? Sapphire has engineered a user friendly liquid cooling system using the fastest ATI GPU overclocked right out of the box. "It was quite shocking in some cases to see the Sapphire TOXIC X1900 XTX actually perform faster than the BFGTech GeForce 7950 GX2." From digg on August 14, 2006 at 8:10 p.m..
Xbox360 Roadmap Peeked At We here at HardOCP got a chance to take a gander at the tentative Xbox360 roadmap last week. Here are some of the goodies that are in store: HD-DVD; 1080P; and a media jukebox. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 8:10 p.m..
Nintendo DS emulator released No$Gba v2.3 has been released, adding support for Nintendo DS emulation. Now you can play commercial DS games on a PC. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 8:10 p.m..
The Slow Death of the Baseball Card Like generations of young boys before him, Ernie Homberg loves baseball cards. High prices and technology have turned children away from the hobby. This year, there's been a push in the industry to repair the damage to the hobby. There are a lot less sets... From digg on August 14, 2006 at 8:10 p.m..
Make your own snowflake In This Flash Game You Can Make cool snowflakeseven if you are bad at cutting with a mouse you will still get a good looking snowflake.simple yet fun From digg on August 14, 2006 at 8:10 p.m..
Leopard install & features pictorial "The latest version of MacOS X - 10.5 aka Leopard - was revealed at WWDC 2006. On exiting the keynote, the developers in attendance received a beta version of the new OS which will be released in April 2007. The goal of this article is to show the new software functionality that we use on a daily basis through images." From digg on August 14, 2006 at 8:10 p.m..
Stealth Israeli Startup Yedda Launches Yedda is a question and answer service, comparable to Yahoo Answers, Wondir, Google Answers and Oyogi. With the exception of Google Answers, all of these services, including Yedda, are free, and go to great effort to leverage the community to ensure quality answers. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 8:10 p.m..
9/11 Detainee released after 5 years of not being charged with any crime The date was Sept. 12, 2001, but Benemar "Ben" Benatta was clueless about the death and destruction one day earlier. About a week before, Canadian officials had stopped Benatta as he entered the country from Buffalo to seek political asylum. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 8:10 p.m..
Update on the Virgin Megastores Wii Countdown It has been confirmed from Virgin Megastores that the clocks (see here) will be in the stores, but not turned on until Nintendo announce the release date. During the time they are not on, they are intended to just raise public awareness about the Wii. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 8:10 p.m..
IRS wants another $324 million from Cadence An Internal Revenue Service review of market leading EDA vendor Cadence Design Systems Inc.'s federal tax returns for 2000 through 2002 concluded that the company owes an additional $324 million in taxes — plus interest — for the three-year period, according to a regulatory filing made earlier this week. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 8:10 p.m..
Why you can't block Skype "Talk is cheap and getting cheaper" proclaims a BBC article on VoIP and Skype. Not in the UAE it isn't, nor in other countries that ban internet telephony. But as users find myriad ways to get around the blocks, it's the short-sighted telcos who will ultimately lose out. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 8:10 p.m..
Casual gaming taking places of daily activities A substantial minority of American adults would rather spend their free time playing casual games -- such online diversions as "Bejeweled" and "TextTwist" -- than watch television. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 8:10 p.m..
18 Ways to Stay Focused at Work So what are some of the things we can do to minimise such interruptions and distractions? From digg on August 14, 2006 at 8:10 p.m..
Kermit the frog on daily show Kermit throws Mr Stewart off balance. Great watch. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 8:10 p.m..
NASA Discovers Dark Matter! It looks like NASA has found a way to separate dark and normal matter in a high energy collision. They are planning a teleconference to announce the discovery on August 21st. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 8:10 p.m..
Segway Plans 2 New Models of Transporter "Today, the company plans to introduce two new machines, a street version known as the i2 and an all-terrain model, the x2, which can travel across dirt, gravel, grass or sand. They cost $4,995 and $5,495, respectively, hit maximum speeds of 12.5 miles per hour, and can run about 24 miles before their batteries need recharging." From digg on August 14, 2006 at 8:10 p.m..
Injured Gilbert Arenas Won't Play for Team USA "Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas strained his groin during practice Monday and won't play for the United States at the world championships. With Arenas out, the U.S. must cut one of its 13 remaining players before the world championships." From digg on August 14, 2006 at 8:10 p.m..
Sorting algorithms: Heapsort With its time complexity of O(n log(n)) heapsort is optimal. It utilizes a special data structure called heap. This data structure is explained in the following. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 8:10 p.m..
Hurrah! Healthcare Communism! In Sweden, healthcare is just fantastic. At least best in the world, according to ourselves, that is. If our miraculous welfare system would change only slightly, then we'll approach a turbo-capitalist disaster. The doors of hell will open, people will die on the streets, the hospitals will be destroyed by greedy Wall Street capitalists! From digg on August 14, 2006 at 8:10 p.m..
Fox to offer TV downloads on MySpace - CNET News.com Media giant expected to announce plans to distribute movies and TV shows from the company's network of Internet sites. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 8:10 p.m..
Documentation on the history of virtual learning environments There's a project under way at Wikipedia to gather a comprehensive list of source materials relating to the history of virtual learning environments and Internet-mediated teaching. If you (or your university) have ever done anything, novel, ambitious or innovative in the field of virtual learning environments or Internet-mediated teaching, add a short note and a link to more information. Anecdotes without references or links to primary sources or secondary sources with references are, From StuartYeates's blog on August 14, 2006 at 8:10 p.m..
No Education Patents Wiki The academic community's surprise and concern following the granting of a broad patent in the US covering learning management system technology has produced a wiki that includes a history of internet-based learning, a collection of news stories, blog posts and comment about the issue. From EdNA Online on August 14, 2006 at 8:09 p.m..
Building the Perfect IT Person While that model is still being sorted out, Novak, along with other CIOs interviewed by eWEEK, is on the lookout for the holy grail - a designer IT person who can adapt and thrive in changing environments and still remain valuable. To be sure, the ultimate IT worker doesn't exist; he or she is a figment of CIOs' collective imagination. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
Everything You Wanted to Know About Getting a Job in Silicon Valley Guy Kawasaki breaks down 15 things that you need to know if you want to get a job in Silicon Valley. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
HP offers Debian Linux support Debian is a steadfastly noncommercial version of Linux. But Hewlett-Packard will give it a big corporate hug Monday with the announcement of a plan to provide support for the open-source operating system. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
Bush's Invisible Ink When George W. Bush signs a bill from Congress into law, he adds a "signing statement"â??more of them than any of his predecessorsâ??that he will not enforce that law if it impedes his inherent constitutional authority as head of "the unitary executive." The signing statement reserves "the right to revise, interpret, or disregard laws." From digg on August 14, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
New Neurons Need New Information Just to Survive New research seems to show that the presence or absence of new information--represented by the neurotransmitter glutamate--may determine a young neuron's survival. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
The Extraordinary Dymaxion Automobile Imagine a car that seats eleven passengers, turns on a dime, has excellent fuel efficiency, and cruises happily at 120 miles per hour. A man named Buckminster "Bucky" Fuller imagined and designed such a car, and in 1933, several fully capable prototypes were built for Chrysler. This sleek, aerodynamic vehicle was called the Dymaxion. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
We all pay to the RIAA You might probably not be aware of this, but every time somebody buys a cd-recorder in the US, $2 goes directly to the RIAA. And even more striking, the RIAA cashes 2% of the money spent on blank media like recordable cd’s. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
Tokyo darkened by power failure Power outages in large areas of Tokyo and surrounding areas darkened offices, halted some rail services and disrupted traffic early on Monday. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
What's The Greatest Software Ever Written? Most red-blooded technologists will offer a quick opinion on what's the greatest software ever, but when you take the time to evaluate what makes software truly brilliant, the choices aren't so obvious. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
YouTube Surprise: British Grandpa(79) is at the top of the most-subscribed 79,000 viewings and 6,500 subscribers, putting him at the top of the most-subscribed list on YouTube in the past week From digg on August 14, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
Lady magician with nothing to hide (Video) A must see!. This lady magician will take pieces of clothing one by one just to convince you. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
Firefox runs for prom queen (but who will be its date?) A group of high school kids campaign to have Firefox (yes, the web browser) run for prom queen at their school. The advertising is incredible, and they're almost successful--until the school bans browser candidates. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
Sportscenter's Top 10 Unsportsmanlike Plays of All-Time! Who doesn't love watching millionaires who play a game for a living act like complete idiots? This is sports entertainment at its best. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
Windows Live Writer Review with Many Screenshots Microsoft recently released a powerful blog authoring tool, Windows Live Writer. It features a live web preview mode, the ability to post drafts to your server, embed Windows Live maps and a ton more... From digg on August 14, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
Netvibes secures a $15million investment Netvibes will announce today that it's received 15 million dollars of investment from venture capitalists. Go Netvibes! From digg on August 14, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
Morning is the best time for surgery. If your able to schedule your surgery a team at Duke University has determined that the best time is between 9am and noon. The time to avoid is between 3pm-4pm when complications are much more likely. The authors say natural changes in the body's pain levels during the day and staff fatigue could be involved. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
Pirate Party Launches High-Capacity Darknet The Swedish Pirate Party has launched a commercial, high-capacity darknet, on an unprecedented scale and bandwidth. This service lets anybody send and receive files anonymously without being tracked or traced, and can pump data well over 10 megabits per second. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
Chinese Govt believes Global warming behind disastrous typhoon season. Global warming is contributing to an unusually harsh typhoon season in China that started around a month early and has left thousands dead or missing, government officials and experts say. "Against the backdrop of global warming, more and more strong and unusual climatic and atmospheric events are taking place," a Chinese official said. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
XBox 360 + HD-DVD = $900?! I was speaking to a Microsoft rep in my store the other day, when he let this little tidbit slip out: "The HD drive is expected to sell at 500 dollars." ... uhh, err, the hell? Wasn't the add-on drive supposed to go for less? I mean, like half as much? The sentence caught me unawares, so I prodded. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
How To Probe Your Apache Setup For Vulnerabilities This tutorial will show you how to set up the free web server security scanner tool, Nikto. This tool will probe your Apache set-up for vulnerabilities, so you can get an idea of what holes may exist in your configuration. This tutorial will get you so far as installing the tool, and running your first scan. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
Verizon Is Rewiring New York, Block by Block, in a Race for Survival "The NY Times profiles Verizon's attempts to upgrade the wiring in New York City in order to offer Fios in the nation's largest city. The telco plans to spend around $3 billion to reach the city's 3.1 million homes and apartments. According to the report, Cablevision and Time Warner have been stealing around 1,000 phone customers per day." From digg on August 14, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
Defending the "right" to market share NicSand accused 3M of attempting to illegally monopolize the automotive abrasives market by signing exclusive contracts with four of the six largest retail distributors of such abrasives. One appellate judge, Jeffrey Sutton, dissented and authored a well-written opinion that explains much of what's wrong with contemporary antitrust practice: From digg on August 14, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
Bush 'helped Israeli attack on Lebanon' The US government was closely involved in planning the Israeli campaign in Lebanon, even before Hizbullah seized two Israeli soldiers in a cross border raids in July. American and Israeli officials met in the spring, discussing plans on how to tackle Hizbullah, according to a report published yesterday. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
One of the most amazing game engines in existence! Project offset! Fantastic new game in development with amazing abilities. Effects like no other, and stunningly realistic movies and screen shots so far. Be sure to check out the latest video, this game is going to be the biggest game of the year! (next year :p ) From digg on August 14, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
The ODF debate: A real world view What exactly is meant by document portability? Does it mean that a document created in one application can be viewed using a different application on another operating system? Does it mean that the document can be viewed and edited within another application on the same or another OS platform? From digg on August 14, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
World of Warcraft raid leader gone nuts - very funny This illustrative video recaps the now legendary tale of an epic raid on Onyxia's lair in World of Warcraft, a large dragon who leaves behind some cool stuff so this is a big deal - and the raid leader REALLY wants the loot. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
Clinton Portis dislocates shoulder in Redskins first preseason game, is mad "After that 8-yard run, I was like, 'Get me out of that game,'" Portis said. "That's what I was thinking. It's football. It can happen to anyone. It happened to me." "For whoever's watching: Let's get rid of some of these games," Portis said. "Four games is ridiculous. Then you play a 16-game season and the playoffs behind that." From digg on August 14, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
Endgame : World War - A Google Maps RTS (beta) Online players (2-25) randomly receive a set of countries with troop hitpoints based on real world population data.To play: attack neutral and enemy countries in an effort to try to take over the world. You have a 20% chance of receiving more troops when you overtake an enemy country. More features to come! (currently in public beta status). From digg on August 14, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
Analyst: MS XNA Game Studio Express Poses Huge Threat to Nintendo and Sony "If this is successful, Nintendo and Sony will have to respond, and neither is known for their “easy to use” developer tools. I understand that the tools Sony has for the Cell are particularly ugly. This could force both companies to better resource their own tools, or seek a partner that is actually good at building software tools." From digg on August 14, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
PC on a Mac: Parallels’ team says they have sold nearly 100,000 copies "At $80 a pop, the sales are strong enough to keep this tiny company going for a while. They are now selling in Apple stores, which can be a blessing for a small company." From digg on August 14, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
24 SPOILER: Learn Which Season-One Regular Returns To 24 and some more!! SPOILER: TV Guide's tireless Michael Ausiello reports that ****** will return to his pre-Chloe season-one role of computer geek ******* on 24 - reminding us all of those early days of Nina Myers, Jamey Farrell, Alan York and a bat-wielding senator David Palmer. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
Man Ejected From Vehicle During Accident, Has Wallet Stolen By Witness!! What the hell is wrong with people?? From digg on August 14, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
How To Setup Your Own Nameservers With GoDaddy This very simple tutorial will cover the basics of creating your own nameservers. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
Multimedia Multitasking With The Toshiba A105-S4014 This Toshiba Satellite laptop, equipped with a 15.4 inch display and a 1.83 GHz Core Duo processor, should satisfy entry level multimedia demands. From Read laptop reviews and notebook news at the laptops weblog - Laptopical on August 14, 2006 at 3:30 p.m..
π = 3 say Innumerate Fundamentalists Recently on Yahoo, some bozo posted something claiming that the bible was all correct, and that genetics would show that bats were actually birds. But that's not the real prize. The real prize of the discussion was in the ensuing thread. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 8:51 a.m..
HUGE Comic Books Archive - 2861 comics online Awesome archiece. Download older DC Comics From digg on August 14, 2006 at 8:51 a.m..
VIDEO: How To Hack a Shopping Cart Don't have change for a shopping cart? Simple. Just hack it and then have some fun. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 8:51 a.m..
CEASEFIRE has Officially Gone into Effect Minutes AGO: 1am EST The Israeli army said in a statement the military was told not to initiate any action after 8 a.m. (1 a.m. EST), but "the forces will do everything to prevent being hit." There were no immediate reports of fighting continuing in southern Lebanon. WILL IT LAST? Let's hope From digg on August 14, 2006 at 8:51 a.m..
Google Video is the Future of Google In-depth overview of why Google video is the future of Google. The article also goes into detail on some of their recent changes and why. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 7:32 a.m..
Public: Don't Mess With My Flight Plans "Pretty soon we'll have to fly naked!" The mass media rapidly embraced the UK terror storyline fed to them. The BBC, CNN, CBC Newsworld and other all-news broadcasters covered scarcely anything but the narrowly averted catastrophe throughout the day. Funny thing, but the general public wasn't buying it. The reaction was surprisingly cynical... From digg on August 14, 2006 at 7:32 a.m..
The Zombie Poison Identified as Tetrodotoxin Clairvius Narcisse was declared dead. 18 years later, in 1980, a shuffling, vacant-eyed man identified himself as, Clairvius. He told a fantastic tale of being dug up from his grave, beaten to his senses, and led away to work as a slave on a remote sugar plantation. The authentic “zombie powder” was shown to produce a death like coma. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 7:32 a.m..
The Time may finally be right to trade your Windows for a Mac Ten years ago, if you were a Windows user, the idea of switching to a Macintosh might not have seemed enticing. New Windows software was arriving on store shelves, while the selection available to Mac users seemed to be falling behind, often relegated to a back corner of the same store...Today the calculation is different. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 7:32 a.m..
Report: Junior Seau to announce retirement Monday Junior Seau, one of the best linebackers of his era, will announce his retirment on Monday at the San Diego Chargers' training facility, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 7:32 a.m..
Frank Caliendo on Letterman Hilarious video from Frank Caliendo on Letterman. Does a great Madden, W, and many others. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 7:32 a.m..
The Art Of Crafting A Movie Trailer... Very interesting look at the process behind creating a movie trailer. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 7:32 a.m..
Iranian President has a blog! Iranian President Mahmood Ahmadinejad's blog. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 7:32 a.m..
Security2: Very Well Done Simple Stealth Flash Game Simple and fun game! BUT hardddd. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 7:32 a.m..
Diggnation Exposed, a behind the scenes at Diggnation Kevin and Alex do a candid podcast interview about diggnation, digg, revison3. Where they came from, where they are headed, and where they want to go. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 7:32 a.m..
The 50 quid laptop: it's started Yahoo News reports that Thailand has committed to the $100 One Laptop per Child Project. BANGKOK, Thailand - Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has announced that an ambitious project to provide low-cost laptop computers to all of Thailand's millions of elementary school students will begin in October. OLPC themselves --> From Chalkface: Blog on August 14, 2006 at 7:31 a.m..
National Industry Skills Committee - Interim Website Australian Training Products Limited (ATPL) is supporting an interim homepage for the National Industry Skills Committee (NISC) while a NISC website is being constructed. The homepage provides information on the role and function of the NISC. NISC is a Committee of the Ministerial Council for Vocational and Technical Education. From EdNA Online on August 14, 2006 at 7:31 a.m..
National Quality Council - Interim Website Australian Training Products Limited (ATPL) is supporting an interim homepage for the National Quality Council (NQC) while a NQC website is being constructed. The homepage provides information on the NQC Charter and Terms of Reference. NQC is a Committee of the Ministerial Council for Vocational and Technical Education. From EdNA Online on August 14, 2006 at 7:31 a.m..
Researchers zero in on why western diet makes children fat. High calorie, low fiber diets are causing children to become obese and they are suffering from adult diseases at greater rates. While the answer is obvious, there is more to it than the simple explanation. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 4:45 a.m..
OpenOffice.org Security Is Insufficient... "With Microsoft Corp.'s Office suite now being targeted by hackers, researchers at the French Ministry of Defense say users of the OpenOffice.org software may be at even greater risk from computer viruses...The general security of OpenOffice is insufficient," the researchers wrote.." From digg on August 14, 2006 at 4:45 a.m..
Introducing Windows Live Writer Microsoft launches Windows Live Writer, a new publishing tool for authoring rich blog posts on Windows Live Spaces, Wordpress, Typepad and other blogging services. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 4:45 a.m..
Gallup Poll: Most Recent Bush Quarter Worst for a President Since 1992. George W. Bush's most recent quarter, his 22nd in office, was the worst of his presidency and the worst for any president since 1992, based on his 35.8% average approval rating during that quarter. It also ranks in the bottom 20 quarters out of the more than 240 quarters Gallup has measured for all presidents since Harry Truman. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 4:45 a.m..
This whole terrorism scare appears to be mostly propaganda NBC reports that there was no eminent threat from the terrorists in England. "...In contrast to previous reports, the official suggested an attack was not imminent, saying the suspects had not yet purchased any airline tickets. In fact, some did not even have passports." From digg on August 14, 2006 at 4:45 a.m..
If the Enterprise Ran on Windows... title says it all.... enjoy it... From digg on August 14, 2006 at 4:45 a.m..
WSJ.com - Von Mises Finds A Sweet Home In Alabama "Growing up next door in Georgia," writes Kyle Wingfield, "I never thought of Alabama as a beacon of intellect.... It wasn't until I moved to Europe a couple of years ago that I realized the Heart of Dixie was also the heart of sensible economic thinking." The Wall Street Journal discovers the Ludwig von Mises Institute. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 4:45 a.m..
Beautiful China (Pics) An absolutely breathtaking collection of beautiful pictures from China. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 4:45 a.m..
8 Google Games To Keep You Entertained & Busy Warning: Google Games mentioned here may be highly addictive. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 4:45 a.m..
User-Generated Content Drives Half of U.S. Top 10 Fastest Growing Web Brand Not really news but nice to see the numbers... Nielsen//NetRatings, announced this week that user-generated content sites, platforms for photo sharing, video sharing and blogging, comprised five out of the top 10 fastest growing Web brands in July 2006. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 4:45 a.m..
Indian village uploads itself onto Internet An Indian village has uploaded itself onto the Internet, giving the outside world a glimpse of life in rural India. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 4:45 a.m..
Teens say NO to video on small screen devices According to a Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg survey, the kids these days, they're not all that enthralled with watching video on their cell phones and other small screen devices. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 4:45 a.m..
The Problem with Wi-Fi in the Classroom Students can use this instant access to information to finish homework assignments and write term papers, but the pervasiveness of wireless Internet access is also creating new challenges for teachers and students. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 4:45 a.m..
Holy @%^# 200 GB HDD for 58 Cents 7200RPM, 8MB Buffer Memory, USB 2.0, 3.5" 200GB portable external hard drive. Price: $0.58. This is no joke. It's obviously a mistake and they will probably change it but I ordered one and it went through. It won't hurt to try! From digg on August 14, 2006 at 4:45 a.m..
Time Magazine's 50 Coolest Websites Time Magazine has put together a list of 50 coolest websites from six different categories. Many of them are Web 2.0 sites, others aren't. There's no surprise Digg is one of the websites, but many lesser-known sites made the list too. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 4:45 a.m..
AIDS virus hides out in "accomplice" cells The AIDS virus has an accomplice that helps it infect the immune system cells it attacks -- other immune system cells, U.S. researchers reported on Saturday. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 4:45 a.m..
China bans 'Simpsons' from prime time TV China has banished Homer Simpson, Pokemon and Mickey Mouse from prime time. Beginning Sept. 1, regulators have barred foreign cartoons from TV from 5 to 8 p.m. in an effort to protect China's struggling animation studios, news reports said Sunday. The move allows the Monkey King and his Chinese pals to get the top TV viewing hours to themselves. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 4:45 a.m..
California to create "No Fishing" Zones off its Coast. After six years of political debate and scientific study, California is poised Tuesday to become the first state in the nation to create a broad network of "no fishing'' zones off its coast with the hopes of restoring ocean species from rockfish to sea otters to Dungeness crab. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 4:45 a.m..
Stephen Colbert Clip Archives There seems to be a new Colbert clip on the homepage everyday. Stop digging every Colbert clip that gets submitted. Here is an archive of well over 100 clips. Digg this and move on. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 4:45 a.m..
Real Counter Strike wooden crates with pixelated texture map goodness. The de_dust installation consists of a large number of various sized stacked crates arranged in a cluster. All the crates are printed with the same imitation wood texture from the computer game Counter-Strike. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 4:45 a.m..
Old School Video: Steve Introduces G4 Cube 6 years later. I still find it hilarious. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 4:45 a.m..
Confirmed, CNN & New Yorker: Bush pre-planned Lebanon War Today on CNN, Seymour Hersh of the New Yorker, the one who mainstreamed the Abu Gahrib story, has confirmed with insiders that Bush and the Israeli Government planned months in advance that any incident, no matter how small, would ignite a broad and punishing response by Israel in a preemptive move to start a war with Iran. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 4:45 a.m..
Wii release date to be unveiled tomorrow? Here's a photocopy of an internal memo sent around UK Virgin megastores. The memo details the use of 'Nintendo Wii Countdown Clocks' that will be installed on 14th August and will obviously ticker down to the official launch date/time of the wii console. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 4:45 a.m..
Take Back Your Privacy! It's FREE and RELIABLE FoxyProxy is a cool Firefox extensien promise you to take back your privacy. Can't get to MySpace from school? Can't use instant messenger at work? Tired of the unreliability of open proxies and the slowness of tor? FoxyProxy proxying is fast AND reliable. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 4:45 a.m..
Pushing web ads to the limit: Using hard-core porn to sell a t-shirt Wow. "A French clothier is testing the limits of the maxim that sex sells with online commercials that use hard-core pornography to hawk $100 T-shirts." "One of the things that is kind of intriguing about it is that � on the Web, you don't have to worry about standards boards. You are getting rid of all your lines of censorship" From digg on August 14, 2006 at 4:45 a.m..
CNN Reports on "Self-Watering" Peeing Tree I was watching CNN when they teased about an upcomming "self watering peeing" tree. I had to record it, I mean its a peeing tree. Appearently they don't have an explaination for it yet. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 4:45 a.m..
If A Cop Tries To Tell You There Are No Quotas for Tickets, They Are Lying! Cops always claim that there is no such thing as a quota as to how many tickets they write, but anyone who tells you this is a liar. Here is just one of numerous exposes on the net of their shady ways. This investigative report is about the PA State Police, but you can BET they if they do it here, they do it in your neck of the woods as well. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 4:45 a.m..
Hillbillies Mess With Wrong Guy And Get Gun Pulled On Them This is why you don't bother people you don't know. However, I guess they get bored of trying to marry their sisters and need to find fun elsewhere. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 4:45 a.m..
Microsoft To Enable User-Created Xbox 360 Games! Talking on the eve of its Gamefest event in Seattle, Microsoft has revealed XNA Game Studio Express, a new product which will allow indie developers and students to develop simultaneously on Xbox 360 and PC, and share their games to others in a new Xbox 360 'Creators Club'. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 4:45 a.m..
Spending to death: How much is living worth? Costly new cancer drugs and heart pumps bring wrenching choices. From digg on August 14, 2006 at 4:45 a.m..
Abraham Maslow A biography of Abraham Maslow, a Pyschologist who created the Maslow Hierachy of Needs theory. From EdNA Online on August 14, 2006 at 4:44 a.m..
A Science Odyssey: People and Discoveries: Human Behavior A collection of links to important people relevant to behavioural science and psychology, including Freud, Maslow and Skinner. From EdNA Online on August 14, 2006 at 4:44 a.m..
Psychology Matters This Web site presents information on psychological research that has positively affected modern life. From EdNA Online on August 14, 2006 at 4:44 a.m..
Interactive Education: Impact of the Internet on Learning & Teaching This site discusses how to start, operate, and be successful in electronic learning on the Internet. The author notes factors in providing optimum learning environments, profiles of online courses and suggestions for preparing for online exams. This site aims to identify issues to consider in the definition, selection or evaluation of an effective e-learning system, regarding both the learning process and the system management in higher education. Also included are recommended web sites and references. From EdNA Online on August 14, 2006 at 4:44 a.m..
Writing Guidelines for Engineering and Science Students These guidelines for engineering writing and scientific writing are designed to help students communicate their technical work. To that end, these guidelines contain advice, models, and exercises for common writing and speaking assignments in engineering and science. From EdNA Online on August 14, 2006 at 4:44 a.m..
Social Influence Theories A collection of Influence Theories, including: Cognitive Dissonance, Social Influence, Social Judgement, Elaboration Likelihood Model and other theories. From EdNA Online on August 14, 2006 at 4:44 a.m..
A Short Biography of Jean Piaget Jean Piaget was a Swiss scientist whose interest in natural sciences led to studies of the human mind from infancy to language development. From EdNA Online on August 14, 2006 at 4:44 a.m..
Podcasting Basics - RECAP Online Learning Studio (OLS) This introductory course on the basics of educational podcasting is designed for educators wanting to find out more about this topic. Participants will gain awareness and insight in educational podcasting; acquire knowledge and understanding about how to create, publish and subscribe to podcasts; and explore ways of using podcasts as a curriculum resource and personalised learning tool. From EdNA Online on August 14, 2006 at 4:44 a.m..
Psychology Theories This website has a link to a long list of differing theories including Normative Social Influence, Operant Conditioning, Power Theory and information on how we make friends with the friendship theory. From EdNA Online on August 14, 2006 at 4:44 a.m..
CTC:Linux, OpenOffice for Teachers This books is intended for Greek speakers that want to setup computer labs inside their classroom using Fedora Core/LTSP and OpenSource Software. It give an introduction to computers, a thorough tutorial on Fedora Core, tutorial on OpenOffice Writer, Calc, Impress as well as FireFox. The second part of the book covers educational software such as Logo variants, and gives all the information necessary to recycle computers and use them as Thin Clients in the classroom. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on August 14, 2006 at 4:44 a.m..
Action Haikus Writing haikus can be a useful writing exercise; it combines the need for a tight structure and much creativity to say something of note within that tight structure. The Action Haiku, which follows the traditional form of three lines of 5-7-5 syllables, raises the stakes for creativity by adding the elements of performance. The Action Haiku must include at least one physical action and one sound effect. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on August 14, 2006 at 4:44 a.m..
Computers for Kids Introduction to computers for kids. The MS Windows 98 environment. MS Office XP tutorial (Word, Excel, PowerPoint). Introduction to Internet Explorer and Outlook Express. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on August 14, 2006 at 4:44 a.m..
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