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Haley Joel Osment charged with DUI, pot possession Teen actor Haley Joel Osment, who suffered a broken rib last month when his car struck a mailbox, faces up to six months in jail on charges that he was driving drunk and possessing marijuana, authorities said. Osment's blood-alcohol level after the July 20 crash was measured at .16, twice the legal limit. From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


“Programming PIC Microcontrollers in BASIC” — online, free ebook Learn how to write your own program, debug it, and use it to start the microcontroller. We have provided plenty of practical examples with necessary connection schemes: temperature sensors, AD and DA converters, LCD and LED displays, relays, communications, and the book is constantly being updated with fresh examples. From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


How to download Nintendo DS demos for free with your PC wi-fi card Clear and simple step-by-step guide to getting more of the good stuff onto your Nintendo DS. From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


Create an API for any site with Dapper A new service called Blotter from startup Dapper (dappit.com) is getting some good coverage around the blogosphere today. Blotter graphs Technorati data for any blog over time. From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


Inside Neverwinter Nights II : Interview With Chris Avellone Neverwinter Nights II is easily one of the most anticipated titles for the PC market this year. We recently had a chance to talk to creative director and senior designer Chris Avellone about the game and its many improvements. From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


Lionsgate Confirms iTunes Movie Store By End Of This Year Jon Feltheimer, Chief Financial Officer of Lionsgate Films has confirmed that the company has reached a deal with Apple to distribute full-length feature films via iTunes, most likely by the end of the year. From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


7 Steps on How to Win Monopoly Everytime Here's a quick guide to mastering the classic board game. From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


Leopard first looks: Core Animation Mac OS X 10.5 brings another item to this list, known as Core Animation; Apple promises that this Core technology will make creating complex 3-D animations more accessible. From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


Has Coke become the new McDonald's? Drinks firm hit by a hunger strike and college boycotts. Coca-Cola says it is a target because it is the top brand. From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


"Cookie Monster" Laptop Sleeve A fuzzy laptop sleeve with large eyes and teeth, reminiscent of the Cookie Monster. The last thing people will think is that there is a laptop inside. Available in four colors. From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


Women Undergo Surgery to 'Restore' Virginity In a world of extreme makeovers where human bodies are now fashioned to order, this may be the ultimate plastic surgery. It is for women only. It is veiled in secrecy. And it fixes a tiny part of the anatomy rarely mentioned in polite company. Now, a new surgical technique is giving girls with a past a new future. From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


Why Linux doesn't need regular defragging An article that explains simply why Linux users don't regularly defrag their filesystems From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


Kelly Clarkson Drunk at a Rock Concert Here's a clip of Kelly Clarkson completely wasted at a Metal Skool concert, where the lead singer of Metal Skool proclaims he wants to "fuck her skull." She giggles like a school girl and goes onstage to perform "Sweet Child of Mine." Oh yeah, the guy from Yellowcard was there too. From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


Skype + Outlook = Skylook! Skylook records voice calls to MP3 and archives all your Skype communications into Outlook folders. From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


Lamborgini Murcielago Beautiful car. Awesome "test drive" video. I want one. From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


A virtual world's real-world conference Inhabitants of the virtual world "Second Life," used to seeing each other with purple wings, flowing Victorian gowns, blue skin and extra limbs, are about to gather in a city known to most to be part of the so-called "real world." The occasion is the second annual Second Life Community Convention, a three-day event in San Fransisco. From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


Irish Man Invents Free Energy Device - Prove Him Wong. Steorn's technology is based on the interaction of magnetic fields and allows the production of clean, free and constant energy. The technology can be applied to virtually all devices requiring energy, from cellular phones to cars. From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


Consumer Reports: The Cost of Spam More than half of the two trillion e-mail messages sent in 2006 are likely to be spammed. According to the anti-spam Web site Spamhaus Project, about 200 spammers worldwide are responsible for about 80% of all spam in Europe and North America. There are an estimated 2,300 spammers in the US. From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


MTV's fledgling download service streams DJ mixes Looking to lure fans of electronic music to its fledgling digital download service, Urge, MTV today unveiled a series of streaming DJ mixes, complete with play-lists from which users can buy music. Dubbed "Digital Decks," the DJ mix series is being kicked off by famed Chicago house and techno producer DJ Green Velvet, also known as Cajmere. From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


Why Is Linux Successful? The success of Linux over the past 15 years boils down to a few key factors, according to a panel of Linux luminaries. From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


Can Govt Make You Look Like A Terrorist? You Bet! Look at this graphic Don't wrinkle your nose, press your lips together, raise your upper eyelids, or Heaven forbid thrust forward your jaws. If you don't like it, and if you believe that the most suspicious persons of all work for the TSA, you had better furrow your brow in private. Public display might result in detention. Private security knows what works best From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


Fish Out of Water: Dr. Michio Kaku "He stretches his mind to 11 dimensions, understands what Einstein failed to grasp, and he plans for the death of our Sun, five billion years from now. Michio Kaku is a superhero of the incomprehensible." From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


Canada's Apology to the USA Colin Mochrie apologizes to the United States of America following an Canadian elected official voicing their opinion that "Bush is a moron". From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


DNS could slow broadband service A broadband provider's claim of superfast speeds may only be as good as its weakest link, which could be its domain name server software. From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


Reaction: White House Vows To Fight For Wiretaps It took a while but the White House finally issued a statement this afternoon after a federal judge in Detroit ruled as unconstitutional this morning the Bush Administration’s warrantless monitoring of domestic phone calls, a program President Bush has touted as essential to the nation’s counterterrorism efforts. From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


Republicans Losing The 'Security Moms' Married women with children, the "security moms" whose concerns about terrorism made them an essential part of Republican victories in 2002 and 2004, are taking flight from GOP politicians this year in ways that appear likely to provide a major boost for Democrats in the midterm elections, according to polls and interviews. From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


USA will push for U.N. sanctions on Iran next month he United States intends to act next month to have the United Nations impose penalties on Iran for refusing to suspend its enrichment of uranium, a State Department official said Thursday. "They will be well-deserved," Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns told reporters. "It's not a mystery to the Iranians what is going to happen." From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


3D Desktop! TouchScreen and XGL on Linux! 3D Desktop! TouchScreen and XGL on Linux! I used: Gentoo Linux, Penmount touchscreen Gnome, XGL, and my hands!!!! Bill Barsch. Goiania-Goias-Brasil. From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


FDA, MIT to Collaborate on Drug Safety The Food and Drug Administration and Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced Thursday an agreement to develop an automated system to detect unanticipated problems with prescription drugs and medical devices. From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


Screenshots of new Amazon video store hit the Web Amazon has long been rumored to have an online video store in the works, and those rumors have reached a fever pitch in the last month. Today, an intrepid hacker was able to confirm that such a store is in development—and he has the screenshots to prove it. From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


Watch Tiger Woods live at 1:35 on PGA.com Pipeline Tiger Woods starts his second round at the PGA Championship at 1:35pm. You can watch TNT's coverage online even before it's on television using PGA.com's Pipeline video player, complete with plenty of AJAX-ey goodness. From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


AdSense Expert Launches Interactive Game Joel Comm has released an online game to help players similate various conditions of an AdSense website. The game lets you pick your website type, how you plan to build the site, type of marketing, ad types and ad placement. The game then lets you see your results day-by-day. Players can simulate their AdSense sites From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


The FBI's Systems Upgrade That Wasn't As far as Zalmai Azmi was concerned, the FBI's technological revolution was only weeks away. SAIC had spent months writing 730,000 lines of code for a networked system for tracking criminal cases that was designed to replace the bureau's antiquated paper files. It appeared to work beautifully until they got to the error rate... From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


Top Ten Rock Movies Seeing as how this week marks the 29th anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley, as well as Madonna's 48th birthday, IGN decided to spotlight the Top Ten Rock Movies. The movies selected for this list are not concert films or documentaries but rather narrative films about rock and roll. From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


YShout, A PHP + AJAX Shoutbox, has gone v3! The free YShout shoutbox, featured on digg for its two previous versions, is now at version 3. There are plenty of notable improvements, as well as a live example - Visit the site and check it out! From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


What a Sight! The Moon and Three Planets Three planets and a crescent Moon will be putting on an ever-changing display in our morning twilight sky this week. Anybody who looks low toward the east-northeast about an hour before sunrise will immediately see Venus. Mercury and Saturn join the triad of visible planets. From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


Apple admits excessive iPod hours Apple said the hours were "excessive" and said its supplier would now be enforcing a "normal" 60-hour week. From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


Contact: What Happens if a Signal is Found If you chanced to be among the handful of visitors wandering the lava-strewn landscape of northeastern California on July 18, 2006, you might have seen the preamble to what could be a very giant leap for mankind. From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


UK to get first city with high-speed WiMax coverage "A British city known for its concrete cows is set to become one of the most technologically advanced in Britain after it said it would to be the first UK town to boast a high-speed WiMax wireless broadband network." From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


Take notes with Tomboy Tomboy is a simple desktop note-taking application for Linux and other *nix operating systems. It's written in C# and runs on Mono. From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


The Toughbook 29 Do you like your laptops rugged? Check out Panasonic's Toughbook CF-29, it boasts a magnesium alloy chassis, sealed port and connector covers, and a shock-mounted (removable) hard drive. From Read laptop reviews and notebook news at the laptops weblog - Laptopical on August 18, 2006 at 9:30 p.m..


Children with older siblings are likely to be more humorous. Researchers believe that younger siblings develop the ability to be funny as a non-threatening way to compete with their older brothers and sisters for their parents' attention. From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


A Nation Divided Over Piracy Last Jan. 1, almost on a whim, 35-year-old IT manager Rickard Falkvinge got into politics. Concerned about the reach of copyright and patent law, Falkvinge erected a web page with a sign-up form for a radical new pro-piracy party to compete in Sweden's parliamentary system. From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


A gravitational rainbow points to our planet's invisible topography. We may not have the ins and outs of gravity pinned down yet, but the GRACE experiment is helping us understand how gravity affects the Earth. Interesting map of the Earth's gravity centered on the Indian Ocean. From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


MySQL Powering Web 2.0 (including Digg.com) The MySQL open source database has become the database-of-choice for the new generation of highly-popular Internet companies pioneering new “Web 2.0” innovation. Leading Web 2.0 sites have all selected MySQL to power their explosive growth -- due to the database’s speed and ability to easily “scale-out” on low-cost hardware. From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


Why is Linux Successful And Not BSD? "The success of Linux over the past 15 years boils down to a few key factors, according to a panel of Linux luminaries: Larry Augustin, chairman of VA Software, Eric Raymond, founder of the Open Source Institute, Jon maddog Hall of Linux International, Chris DiBona of Google, and Dirk Hohndel of Intel." From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


Waging War Against Click Fraud "When it comes to click fraud, search engines are on the defensive. In lawsuits, advertisers accuse Internet companies of failing to adequately guard against a practice that's lining the pockets of scam artists and artificially inflating ad rates. Part of the problem is that search engines like Google and Yahoo! aren't doing enough to stop it." From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


Cell Phone-Only Households on the Rise "The growth in cell phone-only households is part of a national trend led by 18- to 24-year-olds who use the Internet, says Jupiter Research, which focuses on the Internet and emerging consumer technologies." From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


Exclusive Q&A With Linus Torvalds Linux creator says his 15-year-old creation is growing up nicely From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


How to run a Sports Website Football season is almost here. For the CEO of SportingNews, which owns a sports-focused magazine, radio station and Web site. Football season means high traffic volume for sports Web sites, and this year, SportingNews is more prepared than ever before. A Q&A with him about what to expect, how to compete with ESPN and more. From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


SXC + morgueFile + yotophoto + blog = Free, clean, effective marketing Free is sexy. Free stock photos are sexier. Here is an example of how to creatively make use of free stock photos to showcase your products. From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


Laptop Screens Torture End Users Well while many companies are working on the problem, so far the answers haven’t been too good. The problem comes from the fact that the light transmitted through the LCD is frankly not bright compared to even five per cent of light reflected from the sun off the surface of the screen. From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


New limits for cigarette marketing: no more "light" cigarettes From today's ruling against the tobacco companies: "Judge Kessler ordered the companies to stop labeling cigarettes as "low tar" or "light" or "natural" or with other "deceptive brand descriptors which implicitly or explicitly convey to the smoker and potential smoker that they are less hazardous to health than full-flavor cigarettes."" From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


Linux World Expo - UNDER 18 NOT ALLOWED? Well, I stopped by Linux world expo and took a couple photos of some Linux phones I wanted to check out - but, this sign UNDER 18 NOT allowed was a downer -- I'm trying to get a comment from the organizers as to what's up. From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


Back to School, With Cellphone and Laptop "It used to be that getting ready for another school year meant buying a few new No. 2 pencils, spiral notebooks and a lunchbox. Not anymore. Young children and teenagers, as well as college students, are going to school with more electronic gadgets than ever." From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


Satellite image of oil spill along Lebanese coast The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA’s Terra satellite took this picture of the region on August 8, 2006. In this image, the oil slick appears as a slightly darker shade of blue on the ocean surface, and it is easier to see in the enlarged area around Beirut at lower right. Hi res version avaialable. From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


The Great PC Chase "Bernstein Research analyst Toni Sacconaghi wrote in two research notes days before HP announced its results that PC operating margins of 3.5 percent or higher for HP would underscore Dell's ``increasing uncompetitiveness,'' and that ``Dell needs to offer significant price discounts simply to hold share.'' From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


Burton, Depp Reunite For Sweeney Todd Johnny Depp is reuniting with director Tim Burton again for a new movie version of 'Sweeney Todd." Depp will play killer barber Sweeney who murders the customers who come into his London shop and makes them into pies, in an evil partnership with his fellow tenant Mrs. Lovett. From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


Four-Fifths of U.S. High School Graduates Not Ready for College Almost four-fifths of U.S. high school graduates failed to pass this year's standard examinations designed to show their readiness for college, test designer ACT Inc. reported. From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


How Much Money Does it Take to Start a Business? "Small-business owners spend about $10,000 to start their companies, mostly out of their own pockets, study says." From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


3 new Apple patents Information on 3 new Apple patents, including one for managing Internet transactions, another for managing as well as searching metadata, and a third for a display actuator, is now available. Apple's Internet transaction patent covers an object-oriented approach to develop and manage Internet transactions. From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


How to perform the perfect golf swing An instruction video on how to perfect your golf swing courtesy of videojug. From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


Flash 9 for Linux - Possible release coming soon? Mike Melanson, Adobe dev working on Flash 9 for Linux, has updated his blog with information that his team have produced a stable build, and they are now looking into creating cross-distro binaries. Let's hope that they decide to release a beta version to the public. (No release dates have been announced, so any release could still be far off.) From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


Dell orders about 2 million AMD PCs "Dell has ordered between 1 million and 1.2 million desktop computers with Advanced Micro Devices processors and about 800,000 notebooks, Bank of America financial analyst Sumit Dhanda said in a report Thursday." From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


US govt researches next-generation Internet The US government department that created the Internet is working on a new network that will be able to configure itself, intelligently cache and route data, and allow for fast and reliable sharing of data, all while maintaining military-grade security. From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


Photo of Apples New Server Xserve "Apple Computer showed off its new Xserve server, a model that uses two dual-core Xeon processors and that's due to ship in October, at the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo in San Francisco on Aug. 16" From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


Learn Languages For FREE (Cantonese, Chinese, French, German... etc) Learn languages for free. This site is dedicated to making these language courses freely available in an electronic format. It is an independent effort to foster the learning of worldwide languages. Text & audio materials used by the government to teach Cantonese, Chinese (Standard), French, German, Greek, Portuguese, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish, & Tur From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 Is Named Best Of Show.. SUSE® Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 from Novell® was named “Best of Show” at the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo in San Francisco this week. In addition, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop was named “Best Desktop Solution,” and Novell AppArmor earned “Best Security Solution” honors. From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


THESE are the Best South Park Quotes Ever As funny as the classroom YouTube clip is, these are the funniest SP quotes ever... as rated by viewers. From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


Edwards says his vote on Iraq was wrong Former Sen. John Edwards said Thursday he made a mistake in 2002 when he voted to authorize President Bush to attack Iraq. "I voted for this war. I was wrong," Edwards, told a crowd of about 300 people gathered outside the Yale University School of Medicine. "I should not have voted for this war and I take responsibility for that." From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


Police abuse in Miami. Cop says, "F@$K YOU PUT IT ON YOUR WEBSITE" Police dressed in all black, fire on peaceful protesters not doing anything. They are not harassing or getting anybody riled up. They get shot gunned with rubber bullets in the face, blood gushes, and the police laugh, cheer and act likes it's a football game. Turn up the volume it is not very loud. Enjoy the police state! It will get worse! From digg on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


Firefox 2.0 Beta There's a developer-oriented Firefox 2.0 Beta out, which you can download for four platforms (Windows, MacOSX, Linux and Solaris) and about thirty languages. Version 2.0 breaks quite a few extensions, so it looks like they're making lots of noise about the Beta so that as many extension developers as possible get around to updating them. The reason for the many of the changes is a new extension security system: From StuartYeates's blog on August 18, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


PhD scholarship: Denitrification in Wetlands & Riparian Zones of the Wet Tropics $24,650pa, starting anytime between now and January 2007 James Cook University, Cairns Campus. 'Denitrification in Wetlands and Riparian Zones of the Wet Tropics'. Nitrate pollution is a major environmental issue in the tropics. We know how much nitrate leaches below the root zone, but we don't know how much is lost to the atmosphere as it moves through the soil and aquifers and eventually into rivers and the ocean. In temperate areas denitrification in low-lying areas is a way in which water quality is improved. Does this happen in the Wet Tropics? Where and how wide must ripar From EdNA Online on August 18, 2006 at 9:31 a.m..


PhD Scholarship: Assessing Relationships Between Invasive Native Scrub & Soil Function Annual tax-free stipend: $25,000 for 3 years + supporting operating funds (top-up funds for the stipend may be available for a suitable candidate) The University of New England (UNE). UNE School of Environmental Science and Natural Resources Management, with its research partners the NSW Department of Natural Resources, Central West CMA and NSW Department of Environment and Conservation, is seeking a suitably qualified PhD candidate to undertake research on relationships between invasive native scrub and soil function in production landscapes in central western and western NSW. Dense regrowth From EdNA Online on August 18, 2006 at 9:31 a.m..


PhD Scholarship: Influence of Grazing & Overland Flows on Floodplain Vegetation, Armidale NSW Stipend: $26,000 (tax free) per annum University of New England & Cotton Catchment Communities CRC. The University of New England, and Cotton Catchment Communities CRC, has established a research program on ecological responses to flow variability in the Lower Gwydir floodplain ecosystem. The aim of these projects is to develop scientifically based principles for managing environmental flows into these wetlands and channels. We are seeking a PhD candidate to undertake research on the ecology of native vegetation across this ecosystem. The student will use ground-based sampling to build on long From EdNA Online on August 18, 2006 at 9:31 a.m..


Core principles of effective assessment. Enhancing learning by enhancing assessment Assessment is a central element in the overall quality of teaching and learning in higher education. Well designed assessment sets clear expectations, establishes a reasonable workload (one that does not push students into rote reproductive approaches to study), and provides opportunities for students to self-monitor, rehearse, practise and receive feedback. Assessment is an integral component of a coherent educational experience. From EdNA Online on August 18, 2006 at 9:31 a.m..


Asia Pacific Forum On Educational Integrity (APFEI) an inter-organisational body whose mission is to collaborate towards the research and promotion of educational integrity. The Forum aims to provide a platform for educators across all sectors to investigate, collaborate and access resources in the field of educational integrity. In addition, APFEI also aims to provide an opportunity for researchers and practitioners in the Asia-Pacific region to take a leadership role in the relatively new field of educational integrity. From EdNA Online on August 18, 2006 at 9:31 a.m..


Yankees Break Ground on New $1B Stadium New York Yankee officials and a score of politicians gathered Wednesday across the street from The House That Ruth Built to break ground for a new billion-dollar Yankee Stadium project. From digg on August 18, 2006 at 1:23 a.m..


Oscar freebies come at a cost "Movie stars enjoying the lavish gift bags handed out at the Oscars in March will get some decidedly unglamorous notices: don't forget to pay tax on the windfall." From digg on August 18, 2006 at 1:23 a.m..


Silent Microwave Drill Bores Concrete, Glass A new microwave drilling technology let's you drill up to centimeter-wide holes by heating materials to over 2,000 degrees celsius. The process is silent and dust-free. You can drill through glass without breaking it. It is also cheaper than conventional drills. From digg on August 18, 2006 at 1:23 a.m..


Daily Show target CNN's Fearmongering with "Target USA" Daily Show target CNN's Fearmongering with "Target USA" (Be afraid Everywhere of Everything!!!) From digg on August 18, 2006 at 1:23 a.m..


AMD PR on Dell Relationship AMD Issues Statement on Dell Decision to Broaden AMD Processor-based offerings. From digg on August 18, 2006 at 1:23 a.m..


Self-parking cars - the in's and out's Parallel parking is an ordeal for many drivers, but with parking space limited in big cities, squeezing your car into a tiny space is a vital skill. It's seldom an easy task, and it can lead to traffic tie-ups, frazzled nerves and bent fenders. Fortunately, technology has an answer – cars that park themselves. Here's how they work. From digg on August 18, 2006 at 1:23 a.m..


Grand Theft Auto cocaine mirror. The best promotional giveaway ever Did Rockstar have a lot of "party" in their GTA III launch party? From digg on August 18, 2006 at 1:23 a.m..


Interview: Opera Talk Wii Opera's Berit Hanson was nice enough to answers our questions regarding their web browser currently in development for Wii. From digg on August 18, 2006 at 1:23 a.m..


MacBook Firmware Update Now Available! The SMC Firmware Update adjusts fan behavior in the MacBook. The updater application will be installed in the /Applications/Utilities folder. Please follow the instructions in the updater application to complete the process. From digg on August 18, 2006 at 1:23 a.m..


Oceans of Garbage: World's Largest Dump is a Texas-Sized Patch of Water "The largest dump in the world isn't outside New York or London. Held together by a slowly rotating system of currents northeast of Hawaii, the Eastern Garbage Patch is more than just a few floating plastic bottles washed out to sea; the Patch is a giant mass of trash-laden water nearly double the size of Texas." From digg on August 18, 2006 at 1:23 a.m..


Under Bush, a New Age of Prepackaged TV News "To a viewer, each report looked like any other 90-second segment on the local news. In fact, the federal government produced all three".---This is a bit old and but great NY-Times article about how the government is faking your local news. How many terrorist stories today are bought and paid for using your tax dollars? From digg on August 18, 2006 at 1:23 a.m..


LEGO Marble Carousel Lemariogo has built a crazy LEGO Carousel. After watching the carousel have a look at his other creations. From digg on August 18, 2006 at 1:23 a.m..


Scientists Identify Gene Difference Between Humans and Chimps The DNA sequences of humans and chimpanzees are 98 percent identical. Yet that 2 percent difference represents at least 15 million changes in our genome since the time of our common ancestor roughly six million years ago. Now a new computational technique has identified 49 regions that have changed particularly quickly between humans and chimps. From digg on August 18, 2006 at 1:23 a.m..


Why You Will Hear Alot About "Terror" "Bush's political team has made clear that for the third straight election, it will play the national security issue hard." They will do everything they can to divert attention from the colossal failure in Iraq to the neverending War On Terror. Expect several more dubious "terrorist plots" foiled and other "victories." From digg on August 18, 2006 at 1:23 a.m..


Apple Talks About Poor iPod Factory Conditions Apple released a press article today explaining the working conditions for workers who staff a manufacturing facility in China where iPods are assembled. The result? "We found the supplier to be in compliance in the majority of the areas audited. However, we did find violations to our Code of Conduct..." From digg on August 18, 2006 at 1:23 a.m..


Bush to dead soldier's mom: How do you know his life would have been good? Dolores tried to give Bush a sense of what type of person Erik had been. She described her son as a "comedian" whose favorite saying was, "Life is good." The president replied, "How do you know his life would have been good?" From digg on August 18, 2006 at 1:23 a.m..


Cocoa Firefox builds Mozilla has started development on a Cocoa based version of FireFox codenamed Minefield. Being a native application, the Minefield will have all the goodies of a real Mac browser like native GUI objects and OS X spell checking. From digg on August 18, 2006 at 1:23 a.m..


HOW-TO watch YOUTUBE videos from LINUX Shell Prompt Publishing your own video on YouTube, or watching other people’s videos, is all the rage these days. Why are we talking about YouTube, in a column about the CLI? Because this week we’re writing about youtube-dl, a clever little CLI tool that’s easy to install and and use to fetch YouTube videos. From digg on August 18, 2006 at 1:23 a.m..


Can't hear me now? Verizon is dropping a lot of DNS requests! Verizon drops 3.14% of all DSL subscribers’ DNS requests! CNET just rehashed a report that Nominum commissioned to look at the speed and reliability of ISP DNS servers. The verdict won’t shock any of you: ISPs are pretty bad at providing DNS! From digg on August 18, 2006 at 1:23 a.m..


CSS3 Preview Many exciting new functions and features are being thought up for CSS3. Here are some that can be previewed. From digg on August 18, 2006 at 1:23 a.m..


Online Technical Writing: Online Textbook The textbook includes information about common types of reports, special format items such as lists and headings, simple techniques for putting graphics into reports, and some techniques for producing professional-looking final copy. From EdNA Online on August 18, 2006 at 1:22 a.m..


Overview of Automated Scoring of Essays Automated Essay Scoring (AES) is defined as the computer technology that evaluates and scores the written prose. AES systems are mainly used to overcome time, cost, reliability, and generalizability issues in writing an assessment. This article provides an overview of current approaches to AES. After describing the most widely used AES systems. From EdNA Online on August 18, 2006 at 1:22 a.m..


EdNAURL - URL Shortening Service This page will allow you to enter a long URL and shorten it to a usable length. Provided by edna - a project of education.au limited. From EdNA Online on August 18, 2006 at 1:22 a.m..


PADI - Preservation Metadata Preservation metadata is intended to store technical details on the format, structure and use of the digital content, the history of all actions performed on the resource including changes and decisions, the authenticity information such as technical features or custody history, and the responsibilities and rights information applicable to preservation actions. From EdNA Online on August 18, 2006 at 1:22 a.m..


Supporting Institutional Digital Preservation and Asset Management This programme aims to raise awareness of digital preservation issues and will set in motion a process of integrating digital preservation and asset management into institutional strategies and operations. From EdNA Online on August 18, 2006 at 1:22 a.m..


Open Access and the Public Domain in Digital Data and Information for Science This symposium, which was held on March 10-11, 2003, at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, brought together policy experts and managers from the government and academic sectors in both developed and developing countries to (1) describe the role, value, and limits that the public domain and open access to digital data and information have in the context of international research; (2) identify and analyze the various legal, economic, and technological pressures on the public domain in digital data and information, and their potential effects on international research; and (3) review the existing and From EdNA Online on August 18, 2006 at 1:22 a.m..


Electronic Scientific, Technical, and Medical Journal Publishing and Its Implications The Symposium on Electronic Scientific, Technical, and Medical (STM) Journals and Its Implications addressed five key areas. The first two areas addressed--costs of publication and publication business models and revenue--focused on the STM publishing enterprise as it exists today and, in particular, how it has evolved since the advent of electronic publishing. The following section reviewed copyright and licensing issues of concern to the authors and to universities. The final two sessions looked toward the future, specifically, at what publishing may be in the future and what constitutes a p From EdNA Online on August 18, 2006 at 1:22 a.m..


Art of Complex Problem Solving The site provides a tool for visual modeling and facilitation for complex business problems. From EdNA Online on August 18, 2006 at 1:22 a.m..


Information Technology (IT)-Based Educational Materials: Workshop Report with Recommendations The application of IT in education has been disorganized and uneven. Pockets of innovation in localized environments are thriving, but the promise of open access, greatly enhanced teaching and learning, and large-scale use has not been realised. This online book identifies critical components that support the development and use of IT-based educational materials. The report points to three high priority action areas that would produce a transitional strategy from our fragmented environment to an IT-transformed future in engineering education--Build Community; Create Organizational Enablers; an From EdNA Online on August 18, 2006 at 1:22 a.m..


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