Pixies to record first album in 15 years!! Pixies are set to begin work on their first studio album in 15 years. Frank Black has confirmed the band will start work in January on their first record since 1991's "Trompe Le Monde". From digg on October 24, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..
ChatterBlocker: Office noise nuetralizer ChatterBlocker uses auditory masking, the same psychoacoustic phenomenon used by the MP3 algorithm, to alter your perception of nearby conversations so they no longer distract you. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..
Home Depot Selling Solar Power to Mainstream America The Home Depot has teamed up with BP Solar to provide solar installation service to customers. It is offering its customers the ability to sign-up online for free, in-home consultations. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..
More Guns, Safer Schools Unfortunately, because the govt has monopolized the educational system & the 2nd Amendment has lost its true meaning, schools will probably not be able to protect themselves more effectively against those who are mad at the world or who have unresolved "issues." Maybe it should be time to hear about how children & teens were saved because of guns. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..
Police wrongly raid home based on IP !! Demonstrations of government stupidity seem to know no bound.How long before no one respects our current form of government and law enforcement? From digg on October 24, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..
Alex Albrecht and Liam Lynch - When We Sing Diggnations Alex Albrecht joins Liam Lynch in a very surreal musical video about singing, crap, podcasts and getting very drunk. Dressed as barbershop singers. Very weird From digg on October 24, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..
The Rotating Home – high efficiency, high tech and dial-a-view Which way do you orient your home when you have spectacular views on all sides? Luke Everingham had that problem but having worked as a high-end audio/video engineer and construction contractor, he looked for and found the solution to the problem in a different way. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..
FreeBSD Daemons and Texans don't mix! I was this close to slapping one of them and causing a scene -- then I stopped and noticed the shirt I happened to be wearing that day. Sure enough, it had a picture of a small, devilish-looking creature that has for some time now been associated with a certain operating system. In this particular representation, the creature was wearing sneakers. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..
Original Windows 95 Commerical Original Microsoft Windows 95 Commercial From digg on October 24, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..
ATI Graphics Cards Run 3D Porn Better than nVidia!! In this unique article Legit Reviews takes a look at the ThriXXX gaming engine and the game title Virtually Jenna to see how ATI and NVIDIA do when it comes to rendering a digital version of porn superstar Jenna Jameson. The find that NVIDIA leaves the user flaccid while the ATI graphics card renders Jenna the best! From digg on October 24, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..
BRAVIA Paint - MUST SEE Full version of the latest Sony BRAVIA commercial. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..
Bill Maher Translates Rap Lyrics for White People - HILARIOUS Bill Maher translates songs from Notorious BIG, Snoop Dogg , and Eazy-E into "white". From digg on October 24, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..
FREE Memory Upgrade for your laptop A gang (from BBC's The Real Hustle) set up a shop offering free memory upgrades to laptops. People leave their laptops with the gang to pick them up later, see what happens... From digg on October 24, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..
Barack Obama: 'I Inhaled — That Was The Point' That was what Illinois Senator Barack Obama, currently on a book tour that may or may not segue into a run for the 2008 presidency, said to New Yorker editor David Remnick, after he asked Obama whether or not his admission of drug use in the book would become problematic if he does run. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..
David Cross on The Daily Show Actor and comedian David Cross joins Jon on The Daily Show.to talk about his new endeavor Freak Show. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..
Starting a Startup: It's Not Who You Know, It's Where You Are The NYTimes describes why Silicon Valley is the epicenter for companies creating the latest, most cutting edge technologies and why VC's consider it crucial for startups to be within a short driving distance in order to be funded.... From digg on October 24, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..
Cookbook: The Sleekest Entry at My Dream App Check out this website Michael has created for Cookbook. This is going to be one feature-packed app... go show your support and vote now! From digg on October 24, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..
Niger orders expulsion of Arabs The government of Niger has ordered around 150,000 Arabs who live in the east of the country to leave. Most of the Arabs, known as Mahamid, are nomads who have fled conflict in Chad. A BBC correspondent says many have lived in Niger for decades. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..
Forbes Top-Earning Dead Celebrities List Forbes sixth annual Top-Earning Dead Celebrities list of 13 people collectively earned $247 million in the last 12 months. Their estates continue to make money by inking deals involving both their work and the rights to use their name and likenesses on merchandise and marketing campaigns. This years biggest earners had some surprising results. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..
Why Babe Ruth is the Greatest Home-Run Hitter (PopSci Archive) "In this piece from 1921, PopSci subjects the Sultan of Swat to a battery of scientific tests hoping to discover the secret behind his superhuman swing" Interesting stuff. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..
Google Inviting Bloggers to Improve Blogger Google is calling Blogspot bloggers to participate in a user experience study to improve Blogger. The only qualification required to participate in this Google Blogger study is that you should be above 18 years of age and maintaining a blog for at least three months. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..
Fox to Debut Sinking TV Episodes on MySpace Fox Interactive announced this morning that the first and second episodes of Warner Bros. Television’s THE O.C. this season will be available on MySpace and Fox affiliate sites as much as a week before they show on TV From digg on October 24, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..
Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 trailer to test "sex sells" cliche Team Ninja's latest Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 trailer (available on Xbox Live Marketplace) has been called "too bouncy." Indeed, if you care to watch, you'll be transported to a fantasy island where unreal beauties frolic and dance, wrestle and massage, read and relax -- and bounce. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..
Poll: Voters doubt either party has plan Headed into the midterm elections, Americans are skeptical about whether either Democrats or Republicans have a clear plan to solve the country's problems, but more people think Democrats can provide stronger leadership, according to the results of a new CNN poll released Tuesday. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..
Ultra-Colorful TV Will lasers provide a cheaper alternative to large projection and plasma displays? Over the past couple of years, a variety of flat-screen technologies such as plasma have been replacing the bulky home-theater screens that have dominated the market for large televisions. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..
Sony denies responsibility for closure of Lik-Sang In a statement issued to GamesIndustry.biz, Sony has denied any responsibility for the closure of Lik-Sang - accusing the on-line retailer of "sour grapes"... From digg on October 24, 2006 at 7:31 p.m..
Ringtones deserve a compulsory license Copyright owners have great control over the way in which their works are used, but that control is not unlimited. Music publishers were reminded of this fact when the US Register of Copyrights decided last week that ringtones fall under the compulsory license provisions of copyright law. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 7:31 p.m..
Dilbert creator Scott Adams temporarily fixes his uncurable voice disorder Scott Adams suffers from a condition known as Spasmodic Dysphonia, which prevents him from speaking in normal conversation, but he can still speak in some contexts such as public speaking. There is no known cure for this condition, but Scott has recently found a way to get himself to be able to speak mostly normally again, by speaking in rhyme. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 7:31 p.m..
Mod Team to Recreate KOTOR 2 The Way It Was Meant To Be Played KOTOR2 had a lot of cut content. We're adding back in as much in as possible, including:* The long-lost HK Droid Factory! (not the same as the Droid Planet M4-78)* Several ways to murder Visas!* Multiple endings! (no, really, actual endings) From digg on October 24, 2006 at 7:11 p.m..
Firefox 2 Officially Released The Mozilla.com website has been updated with download links, press release, and a post from Mozilla CEO Mitchell Baker about the official release of Firefox 2. Well done everyone. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 7:11 p.m..
Gov't Accountability Office says "Abstinence Only" Sex Ed Must Change The GAO released a legal opinion yesterday affirming that abstinence-only education materials must include accurate information on sexually transmitted infections and the effectiveness of condoms. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 7:11 p.m..
The Strategy in Iraq Has Never Been "Stay the Course"... Right? On Sunday President Bush told George Stephanopoulos that the strategy in Iraq has "never been "stay the course."" Well, I guess he was just joking the past few years.. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 7:11 p.m..
The IQ Marathon Place arrows on the board to guide the cow(s) to the trophy. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 7:11 p.m..
Google Predictions Reality Check "In July 2004, I made a couple of guesses concerning Google’s next steps..." Very many have now come to fruition. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 6:31 p.m..
YouTube names names: why is anyone surprised? YouTube turns over user information in response to a subpoena from Paramount. Some people are surprised at this. They shouldn't be. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 6:31 p.m..
Lawsuits Against Google Only Make It Stronger As Google has grown to take top billing among internet based companies, it's been the target of numerous lawsuits, many of which have been filed by small companies with weak cases. You might think that all of these suits might be a distraction to the company. But in fact these cases may be playing right into the company's hands. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 6:31 p.m..
How to Be a Great Host Online communities can take time to get off the ground. Like small businesses, most fail to thrive due to poor planning and support. John Gladding explains how anyone who can host a great party can start a successful forum. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 6:31 p.m..
Search across tabs in Firefox with Showcase Showcase provides a new way to manage your Firefox tabs and windows by showing them as thumbnails in a single window, tab or sidebar. Includes a find bar that will filter the thumbnails, and the capability to select the thumbnails in the same way you would select files in your system. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 6:31 p.m..
Linux Computer About the Size of a French Fry The GumStix NetStix 400xm-cf is Linux based and has a 400MHz Intel processor coupled with 64MB of RAM. And that slash you see there is a CompactFlash slot for expanding memory. As far as mini PCs go, this one wins hands down. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 6:31 p.m..
Huge Indian face spotted on Google Earth Somewhere in Canada there are mountains that look like the face of an Indian. Pretty cool :) From digg on October 24, 2006 at 6:31 p.m..
Resolution independence in Leopard confirmed by Apple Mac OS X Leopard will indeed make use of resolution independence, Apple has confirmed in a posting to its developer website. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 6:31 p.m..
Hosted CRM fails university test Hosted customer relationship management (CRM) hype has failed to convert Open Universities Australia (OUA); with the distance education provider's inhouse PeopleSoft rollout sure to be closely watched by the tertiary sector. From EdNA Online on October 24, 2006 at 6:31 p.m..
Oracle courts Ubuntu, Red Hat in denial Oracle CEO Larry Ellison revealed that the database company was interested in entering the Linux market, possibly by buying Novell. The move was seen as a response to Red Hat's acquisition of JBoss, which enabled the popular Linux distributor to provide support for a complete open source middleware stack that competes directly with Oracle's From digg on October 24, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
Microsoft sends congratulation cake to Mozilla Microsoft sent a congratulation cake for the upcoming Firefox 2 release to Mozilla. Nice, nice! From digg on October 24, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
Do You Cost the Govt $$? Heck NO.. the government costs you money! Whenever tax cuts are discussed in DC, the media and most politicians use the phrase, “cost to government.” “How much will this tax cut cost the government?” we are asked, as though some crime is being contemplated when we consider reducing taxes. The American people have every right to fund the federal government at whatever level they decide.... From digg on October 24, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
O’Reilly: Taliban Resurgence In Afghanistan Is A ‘Myth’ the Taliban will be an “annoying.” When his guest, Harvard University professor Sarah Sewall, pointed out that people on the ground disagree, O’Reilly dismissed her, stating, “I talked to everybody.” Watch it: From digg on October 24, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
Medical Marijuana: New Report Shows More Potential Therapeutic Uses Despite continued political debates regarding the recreational use of cannabis, clinical investigations of the therapeutic use of cannabinoids are now more prevalent than at any time in history. Predictably, because of the US govt’s strong public policy stance against any use of cannabis, the bulk of this modern research is taking place outside US From digg on October 24, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
A zebra MacBook - half black, half white A Flickr user's MacBook keyboard broke and he had to come up with a solution. Luckily the Mac Store had a white replacement keyboard that he's using until the black replacement keyboard arrives. It looks wild. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
Bionic vision just around the corner A silicon retina that reproduces signals in the optic nerve From digg on October 24, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
A Look at the Numbers: How the Rich Get Richer How the rich get richer. See Sources From digg on October 24, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
Transmitt new web aggregator Its a single page feed aggregator focused on web2.0 sites. To differentiate this site a bit, Ithere is a "todo" list and a section where you can add your own links. All this is done viacookies, so no need for registration. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
How the emotional parts of our brains can be manipulated Psychologists have demonstrated this in the laboratory, time and time again. It's known as the Ultimatum Game, and its counterintuitive findings are part of a broad new understanding of how the human brain and mind work From digg on October 24, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
Rumor: Zune to Pay You For Sharing Songs? The Microsoft Zune may pay you for sharing a song with others if they end up buying that song themselves. Read On... From digg on October 24, 2006 at 4:31 p.m..
Nintendo Reveals $23Million Roll Out Plan for WII Nintendo has announced to the great and the good in the UK’s videogames retail industry that it is planning an £18 million marketing blitz for the Wii and the DS. This will – it’s hoped – enable it to target the widest range of British consumers: young and old, male and female, gamer and non-gamer. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 4:31 p.m..
New Calif. sex predator law facing legal tests Attorneys for two Bay Area sex offenders are poised to test the constitutionality of a new state law that allows convicts designated as sexually violent predators to be held indefinitely in mental hospitals after they have completed their prison terms. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 4:31 p.m..
Power Shortage In Baghdad Interrupts Bush Administration Press Conference The TurkishPress notes that “the hall was plunged into darkness by one of Baghdad’s regular power cuts, despite the fact the venue was in the capital’s heavily-fortified Green Zone, also home to the US embassy.” Here’s a screenshot from CNN: From digg on October 24, 2006 at 4:31 p.m..
International Space Station Status Report... "A shipment of supplies began its journey to the International Space Station Monday as the ISS Progress 23 cargo ship was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan..." From digg on October 24, 2006 at 4:31 p.m..
Creative Commercials You'll Never Forget Most commercials are dull and boring to watch, but here are some videos of some amazing commercials. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 4:31 p.m..
AMD's Hector Ruiz and Michael Dell, Together At Last AMD CEO Hector Ruiz couldn't resist bringing a special guest onstage at Oracle's OpenWorld conference Monday, even if it meant he had to hold the big news until later. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 4:31 p.m..
Russia Can Repel Asteroids to Save Earth Russia is prepared to repel asteroids to save Earth "if necessary," deputy head of the Russian space agency Viktor Remishevsky said Tuesday, ITAR-TASS news agency reported. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 4:31 p.m..
Fedora Core 6 Officially Released Fedora Core 6 Zod Final has been released! Fire up your torrents!! From digg on October 24, 2006 at 4:31 p.m..
What the hell is Sony thinking??? Gaze in amazement folks as Sony continues to make bad moves, finds new ways to alienate the gaming public and continues to crumble like coffee cake that's 2 weeks old just taken out of plastic wrap. Their latest blunder? Suing popular game / console import site lik-sang into oblivion. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
35 how-its-made videos in one collection Ever wondered how certain things are made, like airplanes, holograms or contact lenses? This is a big collection of how-its-made videos from the web. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
How Do You Show Your Faith In the Government? VOTE The ever-dwindling minority of Americans who do continue to vote will express their faith in and commitment to the system that is destroying both themselves and their children. They will stagger into voting booths, cast their ballots, and have their Pavlovian conditioning reinforced with the reward of an “I voted” sticker with which to let others From digg on October 24, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
Official Google Blog: Eureka! Your own search engine has landed! We're thrilled to tell you that the search for your own search engine is over. Today we are launching the Google Custom Search Engine. As you might imagine, it's a simple and straightforward product to use and understand. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
Alex Albrecht co-hosts episode of Geekdrome Diggnation fans get an extra hour of Albrecht this week as he hosts a special episode of the Rev3 podcast Geekdrome discussing "The Prestige" "Fraggle Rock" and PS3 details among other news bits on movies, comics and video games... From digg on October 24, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
He drinks, she drinks: Expanding your cocktail horizons Girly drinks limit men and women both. Women get lulled into the habit of drinking cocktails that don't taste like drinks. And for men, it's even worse: In their haste to avoid anything that smacks of the emasculating girly-drink taint, they deny themselves the great adventure of exploring cocktails in all their variety. They're both missing out. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
Source Magazine Editor Gets $15M for Unjust Termination Though the jury ruled that Kimberly Osorio, 32, was not discriminated against and had not worked in a hostile environment as she claimed, it maintained that the magazine - the so-called bible of hip-hop - was vindictive in its retaliation and fired her unjustly From digg on October 24, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
Trans fat adds more pounds than other fat Trans fat, which is used in many fried and processed foods, may contribute more to weight gain than other types of fat, suggests a new study presented here Saturday at the annual meeting of the Obesity Society, an organization of weight-loss professionals. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
50 Interesting Science Facts If you knew that 10 percent of all human beings ever born are alive at this very moment, this might not be the list for. For the rest us, this can be an interesting read. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
RIP Nintendo Game Boy: The Fall of the Game Boy Brand Nintendo's "third pillar" has finally crumbled thanks to multiple stumbles by the big N and the unstoppable might of the DS. Modojo takes a closer look at the death of the "Game Boy" brand. "The sales of Micro did not meet our expectations." So is the Micro to blame for killing off the Game Boy name? From digg on October 24, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
Every Death From the Friday The 13th Series This sequence show every on-screen death from the Friday the 13th series,displayed back to back and in chronological order. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
Firefox 2 Launch: Interview With Chris Beard, Mozilla VP Products This afternoon Firefox 2 will be officially launched. In anticipation of the unveiling, here is an in-depth interview with Chris Beard (Mozilla Vice President of Products). Subjects discussed in the interview include the growing enterprise usage of Firefox, the importance of user experience and security From digg on October 24, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..
Sony shuts down unauthorized PSP imports to Europe; PS3 likely held back A British judge has ruled that Taiwanese import/export firm Lik-Sang cannot sell the Japanese version of the Sony PSP in Britain—or the rest of the EU—due to intellectual property and safety concerns. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..
Promising Approach Developed to Prevent Tooth Decay A team of researchers supported by the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research report they have created a new smart anti-microbial treatment that can be chemically programmed in the laboratory to seek out and kill a specific cavity-causing species of bacteria, leaving the good bacteria untouched. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..
Just How Good Do PS 3 Games Look? Julian Eggebrecht, head of former Nintendo developer Factor 5, says that Sony really came through with the development kits. Kaz Hirai noted there are 10,000 dev kits seeded among developers now. By and large, the games I saw looked BETTER than Xbox 360 From digg on October 24, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..
Why Americans Don’t Care About Soccer A great insight about why Americans miss out on the world's most popular sport. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..
Flickr Find: Icon Words It would seem that the good folks at the Iconfactory have discovered Flickr, and you know what that means: Icon Words! They have started a Flickr group featuring all sorts of words that one can spell using only the icons in your Dock. To the right we see a little Zune love, and if you check out this photos you can see a few more examples. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..
Bush Admits There Is No Evidence Insurgents Trying to Influence Election In the past week, top Bush administration officials have been suggesting that insurgents in Iraq are increasing attacks in order to influence the U.S. midterm elections. But these claims are completely without any basis in reality. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..
GREAT Video Of the Mount St. Helen's 1980 Eruption At 8:32 AM on Sunday May 18, 1980, an earthquake initiated the greatest landslide in recorded history. Mt. St. Helen's erupted with an explosion heard 700 miles away. The heart of the mountain was blasted into the sky. Gigantic clouds of ash towered 16 miles above the mountain. At the summit, 1300' of Mt. St. Helen's was gone. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..
More Reasons To Have Sex (Like we need any more) "Fans of abstinence had better be sitting down. "Saving yourself" before the big game, the big business deal, the big hoedown or the big bakeoff may indeed confer some moral benefit. But corporeally it does absolutely zip." From digg on October 24, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..
Ever Wondered Why Juice Tastes like Crap after Brushing Your Teeth? As it turns out, toothpaste has an ingredient which blocks the sweet taste buds in your mouth, so you're just left with the acidic taste of the juice. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..
Warner Bros Stiffs Amputee Extras out of Promised Artificial Limbs WARNER Bros. stands accused of making empty promises to provide prosthetic limbs to orphaned African amputees and then reneging so that the studio's movie "Blood Diamond" could get extra publicity. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..
Lik-Sang.com Out of Business due to Multiple Sony Lawsuits "Lik-Sang.com, the popular gaming retailer from Hong Kong, has today announced that it is forced to close down due to multiple legal actions brought against it by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited and Sony Computer Entertainment Inc." From digg on October 24, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..
High priestess of Delphi was high on oracle gases From Herodotus and Homer to the warriors of Ancient Greece the mystic utterances from the Oracle of Delphi were regarded as sacrosanct. But now the hugely influential pronouncements of the oracle are said by Greek and Italian archaeologists to have been the result of oxygen deficiencies in the priestesses’ brains. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..
What if book publishers started to sue libraries? In the recent past we've seen the record and movie industry sue everyone from little girls and soccer moms to college kids for illegal file-sharing. Imagine what would happen if book publishers started to take on public libraries. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..
The color of next-gen gaming is...brown?! Aeropause compiled a montage of next-generation screenshots and found the overall color tones to be dull; mostly browns and greys. Console developers have 16.7 million colors to choose from! Why are they still using predominantly greys and browns? From digg on October 24, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..
Computer Gaming World: Free Downloads of the first 100 Issues (1981-2006) Ziff-Davis opens up the vault, offering free PDFs of every issue from December 1981 to November 1992! From digg on October 24, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..
Recipe for a Cooked Election Take a few million spoiled ballots, stir in some shredded absentees, add a big bunch of uncounted minority votes, and election credibility reaches a new low. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..
Another Voter database comprimised... ABC News is reporting that a group has hacked into the voter database for the more than 1 million voters in Chicago. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..
PSP + PS3 Functionality Explained One feature planned is playing PSOne games you download onto your PS3 on your PSP. Using the PSP as an extra controller or extra display in games is not supported, but will come soon. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..
Caprica: A TV series prequel to Battlestar Galactica Caprica is an upcoming television series based on the fictional universe of Battlestar Galactica and set on the fictional planet Caprica, around fifty years before the events depicted in the 2004 series. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..
Unreleased Aqua Teen Hunger Force Episode: "Slave Carl" I can see why this wasn't released. This is the sickest, goriest, most f*cked up ATHF I've ever seen. Oh, and btw this is NSFW. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..
Fox News Warns Viewers Of Upcoming Socialist Revolution Today on Fox News, Neil Cavuto had a segment asking whether Democrats will “crush the economy” if they win November’s elections. One of the guests, Jonathan Hoenig, said they would, because Democrats’ “overriding philosophy is socialism.” From digg on October 24, 2006 at 12:32 p.m..
Darfur... the Forgotten Jon Gray notes that we Diggers haven't done enough to bring froward the plight of the victims of genocide in Darfur. I agree. Lets try and do all we can do to get the word out. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 12:32 p.m..
33 Reasons VoIP is Destroying Traditional Telecoms By 2010 more than 25% of American households will no longer even own a traditional land line. VOIP is cheaper and has better technology. Better yet, you don't have to deal with telecom customer service. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 12:32 p.m..
Sudan Expels U.N. Official for Blogging Sudan is to expel the UN's top official in the country after he reported two military defeats for the government and other embarrassing details in the largely invisible war in the western region of Darfur. His remarks were quickly denounced by the Sudanese army which described Mr Pronk as a security threat who told him to leave the country. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 12:32 p.m..
Warrantless Wiretaps are WORTHLESS It's been clear from the beginning that the warentless wiretaps aren't needed because the FISA court was already set up to allow instant access to any possible "known terrorist." Anyone can easily defeat an attempt at wiretapping by using VOIP phones - the wiretaps are more about grabbing power than stopping terrorists. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 12:32 p.m..
Erotica Entices Even When Invisible The use of scantily clad models in ads for everything from underwear to ice cream attest to the persuasive power of sex, but a surprising new study finds that our actions can be swayed by erotic images even when they don't consciously register in our awareness. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..
Ubuntu Linux now MORE POPULAR than Mac OS X! Yes that's right everyone. According to Google Trends beta, Ubuntu Linux has absolutely crushed Mac OS X, SuSE, and Debian. Check it out for yourself! From digg on October 24, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..
CNBC and MSNBC Won't Merge, Says Top Exec NBC Universal is planning to make severe cost cuts. But CNBC's top business news exec Jonathan Wald says: "I see opportunities." He emphatically discounts rumors that siblings CNBC and MSNBC will merge someday: "I don't think that's ever going to happen." From digg on October 24, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..
State Department official: I misspoke on Iraq policy "A senior State Department diplomat apologized Sunday for having told the Arab satellite network Al-Jazeera on Saturday that there is a strong possibility history will show the United States displayed "arrogance" and "stupidity" in its handling of the Iraq war." - CNN. I think he forgot to use "truthiness". From digg on October 24, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..
BitTorrent support inside routers, network storage devices Today BitTorrent announced licensing deals with hardware manufacturers Asus, Planex, and QNAP that will lead to storage devices and network routers capable of handling torrent downloads without the need for a traditional computer. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..
512MB RAM in Xbox360 thanks to Gears of Wars - Costs MS 1 Billion Dollars At a recent Canadian Community Party, Epic VP Mark Rein was on hand to take a light-hearted open floor Q&A. Aside from a lot of information on Gears' gameplay and marketing, Rein also joked about the rumours of how the game costs Microsoft one billion dollars. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..
Incredible Fishing Video - Hundreds of Fish Leaping Out of the Water I'm not sure what caused this but these night fishermen are being absolutely pelted by hundreds of fish jumping out of the water. Insane!!! From digg on October 24, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..
Firefox Developers Not Scared of IE7 With the release of Internet Explorer 7 imminent, Firefox developers have a surprising response: They consider Microsoft to be doing them a favor. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 10:31 a.m..
MediaFire Offers Competitive File Hosting MediaFire is a new file hosting service that offers unlimited... everything. What they offer sounds too good to be true, but in my tests, both a 30KB image and a 3MB zip uploaded quickly and easily. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 10:31 a.m..
Jack Thompson says Boy-on-boy kissing in "Bully" isn't suitable for ESRB-T In another lame attempt to rally the ignorant conservatives, recently outed homophobe, Jack Thompson, wants Rockstar's "Bully" to be changed to an M-rating. According to his logic, heterosexual high schoolers kissing isn't an issue, it's that teens under the age of 18 can buy and play a game that shows boy-on-boy affection to be normal behavior. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 10:31 a.m..
Universe Wars Round 1 has just started with an XBox 360, PSP and iPod Nano up for grabs. It is a free empire management game played through your browser so come check it out. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 10:31 a.m..
Group Congo Park Hippos Face Extinction The last remaining hippos in eastern Congo face extinction and could be wiped out in many parts of a national park by the end of the year due to intense poaching by militiamen, conservationists said Saturday. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 10:31 a.m..
Apple releases Core 2 Duo MacBook Pros Apple today announced that its entire MacBook Pro line of notebooks now includes the new Intel Core 2 Duo processor and delivers performance that is up to 39 percent faster than the previous generation. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 10:31 a.m..
More Human Remains Recovered at WTC Site on Sunday Searchers who have yet to unearth more than half the underground sites apparently overlooked during the initial excavation of ground zero have uncovered more than 100 pieces of human remains believed to belong to Sept. 11 victims. The medical examiner's office said 18 new pieces were found Sunday. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 10:31 a.m..
Olbermann Special Comment - How the Republicans are the Ones Terrorizing A Special Comment from Keith Olbermann this one on the terrorism visited upon the American people not by al Qaeda, but by George W. Bush and the Republican party. Keith says "the president needs to pull over and ask for directions." The problem is that George doesn't know how to take directions. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 10:31 a.m..
Sonic the Hedgehog 3D Beta leaked! A prototype version of Sonic 3D from E3 was leaked by drx from Hidden Palace. The guy buys stuff for a lot of money and leaks it for free. Nuts. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..
Gallery: New Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard Screenshots Apple recently seeded Select and Premier level developers with a new build of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, the first substantial revision released to developers since Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference in early August. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..
Libya to Buy 1.2M Linux Laptops? With a population of approximately 5.7 million, I have to wonder just how accurate is this number? Quote: Libya will pay the OLPC $250 million, according to the Times. In return, it will receive 1.2 million OLPC computers for students, one server/school, a team of technical installation advisers, satellite Internet service, and other infrastructure From digg on October 24, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..
Microsoft to open up its e-mail technology to fight spammers E-mail quickly became the killer app of the Internet, and it didn't take long after that before spam became the number one aggravation of using e-mail. Now, Microsoft is proposing to help clean up the morass that e-mail has become, by announcing that they are opening up their specifications for their Sender ID e-mail framework. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 8:31 a.m..
Google To Launch "Custom Search" Tomorrow Look for Google to announce a customized search service on Tuesday morning. This will allow a user to create and launch a search engine with just a few specific websites included. Searches will return results from only that website. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 8:31 a.m..
Ultraviolet Light Reveals Secrets of Nanoscale Electronic Materials An international team of scientists has used a novel technique to measure, for the first time, the precise conditions at which certain ultrathin materials spontaneously become electrically polarized From digg on October 24, 2006 at 8:31 a.m..
FeedBlitz v2 is Here! and it's have a Great New Layout If you didn't notes that until now, Good old FeedBlitz have a great new layout. They improve their site interface and came up with lots of new features that will help make this good service even better. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 8:31 a.m..
Ford reports $5.8 billion 3Q loss Ford said Monday its loss widened to $5.8 billion in the third quarter, weighed down by the costs of its massive restructuring plan aimed at reshaping the company and cutting expenses so it can compete better against lower-cost rivals from overseas. It was the largest quarterly loss for the nation's second biggest automaker in more than 14 years. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 8:31 a.m..
Rise In Bribery Tests Integrity of U.S. Border Bribery of federal and local officials by Mexican smugglers is rising sharply, and with it the fear that a culture of corruption is taking hold along the 2,000-mile border. At least 200 public employees have been charged with helping move narcotics or illegal immigrants across the U.S.-Mexican border since 2004, thousands more under investigation. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 7:32 a.m..
Skype Mini Cards Create unique designs, and share your Skype Name, email, blog, and vital statistics with friends and attractive strangers, in the real world From digg on October 24, 2006 at 7:32 a.m..
BitTorrent Goes Legit BT has been the belle of the file trading ball for years. But, are they selling out? Recently, BT has announced deals with over 25 companies (including Warner Bros and ASUS) and has taken their software off the open-source market. What's next? From digg on October 24, 2006 at 7:32 a.m..
Why Arabs won't assist Palestinians "Arab regimes have always demanded that the international community come to the aid of Palestinians and force Israel to accept the return of refugees. Arab states did not consider it their moral or financial responsibility to take the weight of the Palestinian refugee crisis." From digg on October 24, 2006 at 7:32 a.m..
Bjork: Bachelorette Bjork is one weird girl. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 7:32 a.m..
Fossil FX6001 Bluetooth Watch Hands On As a confirmed horological nut, I was fairly skeptical when I heard about the Fossil Bluetooth watch, the FX6001. This hefty beast is designed to work with Symbian Series 60 devices, mainly Sony Ericsson phones along with some Nokias. I tried it with a Nokia N91 with some degree of success. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 7:32 a.m..
The Best Business Schools of 2006 by BusinessWeek BusinessWeek ranks the top MBA programs by measuring student and recruiter satisfaction. And, for the first time, Chicago came out on top. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 6:32 a.m..
Huge Diablo 3 Hints Dropped by Writer Here we have an outline of Diablo related questions recently asked in a Question and Answer with Diablo Series Book writer Richard A Knaak. Many times he mentions that he is not writing books about a Game that is dead. So as predicted, looks like these books are setting us up for the next Diablo 3. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 6:32 a.m..
Wireless Laptops in Class? Should wireless notebook computers be used in the classroom as innovative learning tools? Or should they be banished from schools and colleges in favour of more traditional teaching methods? From Read laptop reviews and notebook news at the laptops weblog - Laptopical on October 24, 2006 at 6:30 a.m..
Time for the Neocons to Admit It? The Iraq War Was Wrong From the Start The good ship Neocon is going down. She has struck the Iraqi rocks, the engine room is awash, and on the deck in anxious pursuit of something to float them away is a curious assembly. The former hawks of press and politics now scramble for the status of visionaries let down by functionaries. This is a lifeboat that will not float. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
Seth MacFarlane's worst nightmare: Family Guy without cut-tos CollegeHumor vid of Family Guy with non sequitor cuts removed. Hilarious. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
Red Hat's Reach Into Telecom Linux leader Red Hat has unveiled an aggressive effort to expand its reach in the telecommunications industry, leveraging its acquired JBoss middleware and open source technology in the space and joining a European community project aimed at fostering an open service telecom infrastructure. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 4:32 a.m..
Non-animator creates hand-drawn Wii commercial on notebook paper! "I made this animation over the past month showing different uses for video game characters using the Wiimote. 700 pages is a lot to hand draw. After Effects, Maya, Flash and more were all used to make this happen. Considering I've never done hand animation before I'm quite pleased with the results." High-quality versions at http://wii.hansv.com From digg on October 24, 2006 at 4:32 a.m..
A Look Tells All A person's face will always reveal his true feelings--if, like Paul Ekman, you are quick enough to recognize microexpressions From digg on October 24, 2006 at 4:32 a.m..
Disco.app beta released to preorder customers So, you now have to repent yourselves for not catching the 5$ MacZot! offer. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 4:32 a.m..
Use childcare as education Governments should treat childcare as an educational right that gives children pre-literacy and pre-numeracy skills, and not as welfare for parents, according to Labor's childcare spokeswoman Tanya Plibersek. She says family daycare, where children are cared for at home, should be used more in disadvantaged regional communities with no access to early childhood centres. Ms Plibersek is concerned that family daycarers are not given enough help to deliver high-quality care. From EdNA Online on October 24, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..
Adobe tries again with e-books Adobe Systems thinks it's time to revisit electronic books. The publishing software company is scheduled to release a beta of an e-book viewer and manager called Digital Editions at its Max 2006 customer conference in Las Vegas on Tuesday 24th October. Digital Editions is a 2.5MB free download that works as an add-in to Adobe's Flash Player 9. The software can read PDF pages as well as XHTML-formatted content, which makes it suitable for both longer texts, such as books, and shorter texts, such as magazine articles. Digital publishers can combine text with Flash videos and animations From EdNA Online on October 24, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..
All abroad for opportunity THE federal Government's plan to expand loan opportunities and improve income support for students looking to study abroad received a boost last week from one of the key pieces of domestic research presented in Perth at the country's leading annual international education gathering. The findings were shared at the joint conference of IDP Education Australia and the International Education Association of Australia, which this year drew nearly 1000 delegates from across the world. The Australian, Higher Ed. 18 October 2006 From EdNA Online on October 24, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..
ADL Reaches a Milestone in SCORM Development The Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Initiative has released the Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) 2004 3rd Edition. With this milestone release, SCORM 2004 has built upon its stable foundation. This version is more robust and complete than the SCORM 2004 2nd Edition, in that it corrects issues, resolves ambiguities dealing with interoperability and incorporates changes based on accredited standards. ADL, 23 October 2006 From EdNA Online on October 24, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..
ICT research agencies unveil collaboration progress at ICT Outlook Forum ICT Outlook Forum, today at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, features the first public demonstration of research progress from a joint project involving National ICT Australia (NICTA), the Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) and CSIRO. Last year, these organisations agreed to collaborate in HxI research – where the x denotes research from various disciplines that collectively enhance Human Interactivity with machines. CSIRO Media Release, 18 October 2006 From EdNA Online on October 24, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..
Pregnancy and employment transitions For employed mothers-to-be who returned to work after giving birth, the average break from employment was just under seven months for those women who had a child under the age of two at the time of survey by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. For mothers with their youngest child under four months, 8% were currently employed compared to 48% of mothers whose youngest child was aged between one and two years. Of all mothers currently employed the most common work arrangements used to assist with child care were flexible working hours (44%), permanent part-time work (39%) and working from home From EdNA Online on October 24, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..
freeweblessons Web lessons are a series of web-based activities for school students on popular History and English curriculum topics. These include: Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, The Dark Ages, the Renaissance, Writing in various formats, Reading activities, Poetry, Film Study. There are also notes for teachers on how to create and present web-based lessons using Microsoft Word or FrontPage, and a student activity to create a web-based lesson. From EdNA Online on October 24, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..
Outcomes of universities transnational education good practice projects: Final Report This report was commissioned by Australian Education International (AEI) in the Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST). It aims to disseminate the outcomes from the 15 university transnational education good practice projects which AEI funded in 2005, and to point to future directions and work. The Final Report builds on substantial work undertaken in Phase 1 of the project t synthesize and present the outcomes of the 15 university projects in accessible format. From EdNA Online on October 24, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..
National network to cover child-care industry Australia's 10,000 child-care services will be forced to move online from 2008 under the roll-out of a $73.2 million national management system for the industry. The system would allow for faster payment of the child-care benefit and also allow the Government to keep track of supply and demand for child care. From EdNA Online on October 24, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..
iPod birthday comic on Joy of Tech Funny birthday comic depicting the different iPod generations in different stages of life. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 3:31 a.m..
Study: Living in black concentrated communities leads to poor health Living in a neighborhood with a high concentration of Blacks, regardless of individuals' race or ethnicity, education, income or access to health insurance resulted in a twofold increased chance that residents would report poor health. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 3:31 a.m..
Halliburton Earnings Continue To Climb Halliburton Co , the world's No. 2 oilfield services group, on Sunday posted a 25 percent rise in earnings, beating Wall Street forecasts, on robust spending by producers on oil and gas output, particularly in North America. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 3:31 a.m..
Microsoft demands premium for Vista virtualisation Microsoft has plans to charge an arm and a leg to allow Intel Mac users to run Windows Vista in Parallels, VMWare or any other visualisation solution. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..
SanDisk Launches TrustedSignins Authentication System Online banking, shopping and other transactions will soon have added security with a new dual-factor authentication product called TrustedSignins, which was introduced today by SanDisk Corporation From digg on October 24, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..
Safari users: Banish those ads! Title says it all... get rid of those annoying ads with a simple cascading style sheet. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..
Freebie search engine for Craigslist This is a cool search engine for craigslist. Comizo turns up freebies from 35 major U.S. cities in one interface. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..
Space Shuttle Launch as seen from ISS, 220 miles up. An amazing picture of the Space Shuttle, launching from Florida, as seen out the window of the International Space Station. A must see! From digg on October 24, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..
10 Marketing Tactics Under $10 Quite a cool list of ways to draw in customers without having to shell out a fortune.Examples include: Instead of putting a 39-cent stamp on an envelope, put 39 1-cent stamps on the front of an envelope. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 1:32 a.m..
Honda To Boost Civic Production Honda Motor Co. on Monday said it would increase North American production of its Civic models by up to 60,000 units per year, citing an increase in demand for fuel-efficient vehicles prompted by higher gas prices. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 1:32 a.m..
Jingle Networks Has Now Raised Over $60 Million For Free 411 Service Skype gave users a way to bypass costly telephone calls by routing them over the internet for free. Jingle Networks, through its 1-800-Free-411 service, is helping to destroy the $8 billion U.S. 411 market by making those calls free as well. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 1:32 a.m..
Aljazeera claims that a tactical nuke exploded at Camp Falcon in Iraq "Video from live nightly newscast in Baghdad caught the detonation - miles away - with it's characteristic ENORMOUS blinding white flash, a rising core of fire then a small mushroom cloud!"- Aljazeera. It just looks like a large bomb exploded, not a nuke. More anti-American propoganda From digg on October 24, 2006 at 1:32 a.m..
If computers ran the NBA, Shaq would be benched Shaquille O'Neal may be one of the best basketball players on the planet, but he should have been benched in this year's National Basketball Association championships. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 1:32 a.m..
Tidal Streams Probe Dark Matter Forces Theories in which dark matter couples to dark energy suggest that dark matter may experience a long-range force in addition to gravity. The relative amounts of debris in the leading and trailing streams of tidally disrupting galaxies may be an incredibly sensitive probe of such a force. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 1:32 a.m..
MacBook Pro Getting Updates Tomorrow? The MacBook Pro upgrades could take place as early as Tuesday (when Apple roll out new hardware). Updates include Core 2 Duo upgrades, larger hard drives, FW800, and upgraded DVD drives. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 1:32 a.m..
World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade pushed to 2007 Danish website Jubii.dk is reporting that the Burning Crusade expansion to World of Warcraft is about to be postponed to 2007. The World of Warcraft expansion was due to be the best-seller of this holiday season. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 1:32 a.m..
Troubadork: 25 years of "Weird Al" Yankovic "White & Nerdy" is a good example of Weird Al's gifts. He lovingly reproduces the sonic drive of the original song, all the way down to guest rapper Krayzie Bone's dense, melodic second verse. There are a handful of great lines ("MC Escher—that's my favorite MC"; "My rims never spin, to the contrary/ You'll find that they're quite stationary") From digg on October 24, 2006 at 1:32 a.m..
We're Google, So Just Sue Us Any company that is large and successful is going to attract lawsuits, and Google's deep pockets make it an especially big target. But as it rushes to create innovative new services, Google sometimes operates in a way that almost seems to invite legal scrutiny. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 12:31 a.m..
How Blogs Hurt Google News "Is it just me, or has Google News become useless? Their definition of "news sites" seems to include an ever increasing number of simply bizarre Web sites that aren't even the top in their category of site. Meaning, they've tried to include blogs, but only some blogs, and many of the ones they have you'll never have heard of..." From digg on October 24, 2006 at 12:31 a.m..
Dog pee caused mass blackout A shocked Gary Davies saw his dog erupt in flames after it peed on a live power cable. Bailey the Staffordshire bull terrier also cut power to 148 homes by cocking a leg against a faulty pylon. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 12:31 a.m..
Six years on, Google finally breaks into Japan web top 10 It may dominate Internet search in many countries, but Google has only just broken into Japan's Internet top ten, according to data published Monday by NetRatings Japan. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 12:31 a.m..
Digg on Cover of Red Herring Jay and Kevin are on the cover. October 30th issue. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 12:31 a.m..
I played the Wii today. I had the chance to play the Wii today at the Nintendo Fusion Tour in Phoenix. I walked away impressed wanting more. I can't wait to pick this thing up on day one and whip out some Zelda and Wii Sports. It rocked! From digg on October 24, 2006 at 12:31 a.m..
Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge Ends With a Crash Armadillo Aerospace's third attempt to win the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge ended with a crash, dashing its hopes of winning the $350,000 prize. The team's rocket had 2.5 hours to lift off at one launch pad and hover for 90 seconds at an altitude of 50 metres as it moved to a second launch pad 100 metres away. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 12:31 a.m..
21 Surefire Tips for a Successful Blog Launch A comprehensive checklist of what to do when you kick off a new blog. Includes tips on getting more RSS subscribers, inbound links, and search engine referrals. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 12:31 a.m..
Sand Art Taking etch-a-sketch to the next level. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 12:31 a.m..
Firefox 2 is NOT released! Downloading Firefox builds before the "official" release can cause problems for both Mozilla and for end users. "Preed the Release Engineer says: friends don't let friends download Firefox before it's released." From digg on October 24, 2006 at 12:31 a.m..
IBM sues Amazon for patent infringement Amazon grabbed a lucrative patent on "one-click," but IBM now says that it has patents even more fundamental to Amazon's methods for doing business, and it wants the cash delivered in small bills, in a briefcase behind the pay phone, by 3pm. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 12:31 a.m..
The City of Chicago goes Linux, saves over 85%! The City of Chicago's announced successful migration to Red Hat Enterprise Linux for essential government programs including the vehicle registration system online job applications restaurant inspections ethics training and more. The City of Chicago migrated to Red Hat in order to reduce costs and improve support performance and scalability. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 12:31 a.m..
Turn Your Photos into Lichtenstein-inspired Comic Book Art Earning your chops as a painter is no easy task. But if you manage to do it, and further, do it while critics lambast your pieces for being mere copies of comic book panels, you must be something pretty special. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 12:31 a.m..
Why you should protect your wireless network with WPA. A gang (from BBC's The Real Hustle) using easily available software break into a WEP protected wireless network and find out what a surfer has been up to as well as having access to his computer and his internet connection. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 12:31 a.m..
An Apple for the Enterprise "From the perspective of a steely eyed IT buyer, how is a Mac not like a garden-variety PC? For one thing, Macs have virtually unlimited life spans, as reflected in their resale value. Macs are fast, their chassis are indestructible, and OS X is solid as a rock." Macs are finally ready for corporate America. From digg on October 24, 2006 at 12:31 a.m..
ICT industry growth set to increase by 6% in 2006, says OECD The ICT industry is expected to grow by 6% in 2006 and, looking ahead, highest growth will be driven by Internet-related investments, Linux servers, digital storage, personal digital assistants and new portable consumer products. But any return to the heady days of 20% and 30% growth in many products and market segments in the 1990s are unlikely, according to the latest edition of the OECD’s Information Technology Outlook 2006. OECD, October 2006 From EdNA Online on October 23, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..
National report to Parliament on Indigenous education and training, 2004 The National Report to Parliament on Indigenous Education and Training, 2004 tracks progress in Indigenous education and training in 2004 at all levels, from preschool through to higher education, reporting against outcomes in eight priority areas. Four priority areas relate to improving outcomes for Indigenous students – in literacy and numeracy; enrolments; attendance and retention; and in educational outcomes such as the gaining of Year 12 Certificates. Under the heading of Indigenous influence, involvement and presence, progress in the four other priority areas of Indigenous employment; From EdNA Online on October 23, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..
Wales is backing the baccalaureate Unlike England, Wales has embraced the baccalaureate and is rolling out its own version. The decision to roll out the Welsh bacc follows a positive endorsement of a three-year pilot study by the Centre for Developing and Evaluating Lifelong Learning at Nottingham University. The pilot began in 18 schools and sixth-form colleges in September 2003 and was extended into 12 more over the following two years. Education Guardian, 24 October 2006 From EdNA Online on October 23, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..
CeLEA launches new publication The Canadian eLearning Enterprise Alliance (CeLEA has published 22 case studies by authors in eight countries, drawn from both the corporate and educational sectors. The case studies deal with a variety of elearning project management issues, including: development of elearning project management skills; importance of leadership; change management; managing risk in an elearning project; and, dealing with cultural conflicts. CeLEA, 10 October 2006 From EdNA Online on October 23, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..
New mandatory standard for babies' dummies A mandatory safety standard for babies' dummies to help keep infants and toddlers safe from the potential hazards that may be found in poorly designed or manufactured dummies has been launched. The new mandatory standard prescribes a number of features that will make the dummies sold in Australia safer for our children. These include: safe shield size and shape; ventilation holes; secure teat attachment and structural integrity. The standard also requires the product packaging to feature a warning to parents not to tie the dummy around their baby's neck. Copies of the safety brochure From EdNA Online on October 23, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..
Launch of national e-security awareness week National e-security awareness week, 23-27 October 2006, has been launched. The week aims to heighten awareness of online security issues and inform home users and small businesses of the simple steps they can take to be safe in online environments. A schedule of events for the week is available on the website. The week coincides with the launch of a new government website, Stay Smart Online, which is designed to inform Australians about e-security basics. Visit the website at http://www.staysmartonline.gov.au/ From EdNA Online on October 23, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..
Survey to provide snapshot of Australian teaching workforce Information gathered from anew survey of staff in Australian schools will provide a much-needed demographic picture of the Australian teaching workforce and highlight specific workforce issues. The 'Staff in Australia's Schools Survey' is being conducted by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) up until December this year. ACER is being assisted by the Australian College of Educators (ACE). ACER Media Release, 13 October 2006 From EdNA Online on October 23, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..
Getting back on their feet - a report about four 'failing' schools in the UK One million UK children are in poorly performing schools, according to a report from a committee of MPs, which warned last week that more than 1,500 schools were failing to provide a proper education for their students. That equates to some 23% of secondary schools and 4% of primaries, educating 13% of all young people. But what is a failing school? Education Guardian sent four writers to schools that Ofsted has judged to have serious problems to see what the label means and what they think they are doing for their students. Education Guardian, 24 October 2006 From EdNA Online on October 23, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..
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