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Posted by Makin, at 05:02PM 01/01/09 :
FCC chair nixes MPAA bid for selectable output control
Note: The holidays have been good for Hollywood, Reuters news reports, with sentimental pooch stories like Marley & Me boosting box office Christmas day receipts up $10 million from last year. But there's a lump of coal in the movie industry's stocking where its advocates had hoped for a gift from the Federal Communications Commission.
Posted by Makin, at 01:46PM 01/01/09 and by 1 others:
The 6 Tech Marvels We Had Better See In 2009
Note: As 2008 comes to a close, here are the six tech marvels that are ready to explode into ubiquity. And after a year of almost-breakthroughs -- fast-but-spotty 3G; cheap-but-slow netbooks -- we deserve them. After all, this is the future, isn't it?
Posted by Makin, at 12:02PM 01/01/09 :
Eleven Gadgets To Rock Your New Year's Eve
Note: What better way to welcome the new year than with a collection of bright and shiny party gadgets? Wired's Gadget Lab has got the electronic tools you need to make this a truly 21st century event - whether you are going to live it up on Times Square, throw your own block party, or merely make a drunken nuisance of yourself in a subway car.
Posted by Makin, at 02:24PM 12/31/08 :
We already had the year of the Linux desktop
Note: You may not see it, but we've already had several years of the Linux desktop. In fact, if you think about it, almost all of you, even those of you who would never leave Windows, are already using Linux desktop applications every day.
Posted by Makin, at 01:58PM 12/31/08 :
Why Ubuntu users should care about Debian
Note: The Ubuntu Linux distribution builds on the rich history and deep roots of Debian. Ars explains why Debian still matters and looks at the shared history and mutual destiny of the two popular Linux distributions.
Posted by Makin, at 07:10AM 12/31/08 :
Apple's Jobs is (Still) Fine: Gizmodo Report = "Garbage"
Note: Reporter says: "I was told two weeks ago by sources inside Apple that the decision had nothing to do with Jobs' health. I got the same message today. Period."
Posted by Makin, at 06:18AM 12/31/08 :
Massive Aircraft Carrier made in LEGO, 200,000 bricks,350LB
Note: Amazing aircraft carrier made in LEGO! It's a 200,000-brick, 350-pound aircraft carrier -- the Harry S Truman -- complete with electrical lights as well as moving elevators and radar dishes.
Posted by Makin, at 06:08PM 12/30/08 :
70+ Resources for Adobe Fireworks
Note: Resources for Adobe Fireworks seem to be few and far between, what is happening? Has Fireworks ran its course, or is it simply not cool any more? Was it ever cool? Photoshop was always the better and more powerful (definitely, harder to use), it seems to have totally taken over.
Posted by Makin, at 08:16AM 12/30/08 and by 1 others:
Will Work for Praise: The Web's Free-Labor Economy
Note: This online business model has Americans happily toiling for attention on for-profit sites that don't pay them money. Yahoo even hired microeconomists and sociologists from Harvard and Columbia to maximize Yahoo's ability to exploit free labor.
Posted by Makin, at 06:42AM 12/30/08 and by 1 others:
The Best Worst Videogame Ads Ever
Note: Sure, video game ads are (generally) a classy, expensive affair these days, but in previous days, things weren't so high-brow. They were dorky, they were cheap, they were low-brow.
Posted by Makin, at 06:04PM 12/29/08 :
2009 DMCA Rulemaking (iPhones, YouTube, Videos)
Note: For the 2009 rulemaking, EFF filed three exemption requests with the Copyright Office today aimed at protecting the important work of video remix artists, iPhone owners, and cell phone recyclers from legal threats under the DMCA.
Posted by Makin, at 03:28PM 12/29/08 and by 1 others:
Dad, Where's the Digital Photo Frame? [PICS]
Note: While helping my dad figure out his new digital camera I thought it would be fun to put pictures on the nice Kodak digital photo frame that I gave them for Christmas last year. So I ask my dad, "where is your digital frame"? Imagine my confusion when he points the frame out to me....
Posted by Makin, at 02:38PM 12/29/08 and by 1 others:
Apple Employee Fired For Thinking Different
Note: Brent Barlow, 27, a software analyst and beta-tester at Apple Computer headquarters in Cupertino, was fired Monday for "thinking a little too different."
Posted by Makin, at 06:20PM 12/28/08 :
Cuil Fail: Traffic Nearly Hits Rock Bottom
Note: Remember the ill-fated Google-killer Cuil? Named Cuill and very much in stealth mode for the first part of the year, they finally emerged end of July 2008 with a massive search engine that would rival the most popular search engines of our time with an enormous index, an innovative interface and some nifty features.
Posted by Makin, at 02:54PM 12/28/08 :
Harvard Prof Wants to Broadcast RIAA Case on Internet
Note: Today, Professor Charles Nesson and his team of Harvard Law students filed a motion to broadcast courtroom coverage of the trial on the Internet, which is traditionally prohibited. Nesson is defending Joel Tenenbaum, who has been sued by the RIAA for $1,050,000 for allegedly making available 7 songs in a shared folder when he was 17 years old
Posted by Makin, at 12:28PM 12/28/08 :
Cool Linux Projects that Need More Publicity - climb aboard
Note: Here's a few attractive apps which could become powerful contributors to the widespread adoption of the Linux desktop. We need to get stable, functional, user-friendly apps out. Linux does have some cool stuff available, but we often forget that a lot of it also depends on the interface. So climb aboard, let's spread the freedom.
Posted by Makin, at 10:42AM 12/28/08 :
2009: Year of mergers, platform changes and conservation
Note: 2009 is shaping up to be a nasty year, in fact it looks like 2009 and 2010 will be years we'll want to look back on as briefly as possible. But these years will also clear out of lot of the dead and dying companies that have been clogging up the market.
Posted by Makin, at 09:12AM 12/28/08 :
Using a Prius as an Emergency Generator
Note: a resident without power ran his refrigerator, freezer, TV, woodstove fan, and several lights through his Prius, for three days, on roughly five gallons of gas.
Posted by Makin, at 04:10PM 12/27/08 :
Microsoft, Apple, Google sued over icon software patent
Note: A small networking services company was recently granted a patent covering the use of representational icons in an operating system. What follows next should be no surprise: a lawsuit delivered to Microsoft, Apple, and even Google, just in time for the holidays.
Posted by Makin, at 02:48PM 12/27/08 :
Should you upgrade your Mac or buy a new one?
Note: Before you rush out and start spending, it's well worth weighing up the pros and cons of upgrading versus buying a new Mac. This will depend on what you really want to get out of your upgrade.
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Posted by Makin, at 05:02PM 01/01/09 :FCC chair nixes MPAA bid for selectable output control
Note: The holidays have been good for Hollywood, Reuters news reports, with sentimental pooch stories like Marley & Me boosting box office Christmas day receipts up $10 million from last year. But there's a lump of coal in the movie industry's stocking where its advocates had hoped for a gift from the Federal Communications Commission.
Posted by Makin, at 01:46PM 01/01/09 and by 1 others:The 6 Tech Marvels We Had Better See In 2009
Note: As 2008 comes to a close, here are the six tech marvels that are ready to explode into ubiquity. And after a year of almost-breakthroughs -- fast-but-spotty 3G; cheap-but-slow netbooks -- we deserve them. After all, this is the future, isn't it?
Posted by Makin, at 12:02PM 01/01/09 :Eleven Gadgets To Rock Your New Year's Eve
Note: What better way to welcome the new year than with a collection of bright and shiny party gadgets? Wired's Gadget Lab has got the electronic tools you need to make this a truly 21st century event - whether you are going to live it up on Times Square, throw your own block party, or merely make a drunken nuisance of yourself in a subway car.
Posted by Makin, at 02:24PM 12/31/08 :We already had the year of the Linux desktop
Note: You may not see it, but we've already had several years of the Linux desktop. In fact, if you think about it, almost all of you, even those of you who would never leave Windows, are already using Linux desktop applications every day.
Posted by Makin, at 01:58PM 12/31/08 :Why Ubuntu users should care about Debian
Note: The Ubuntu Linux distribution builds on the rich history and deep roots of Debian. Ars explains why Debian still matters and looks at the shared history and mutual destiny of the two popular Linux distributions.
Posted by Makin, at 07:10AM 12/31/08 :Apple's Jobs is (Still) Fine: Gizmodo Report = "Garbage"
Note: Reporter says: "I was told two weeks ago by sources inside Apple that the decision had nothing to do with Jobs' health. I got the same message today. Period."
Posted by Makin, at 06:18AM 12/31/08 :Massive Aircraft Carrier made in LEGO, 200,000 bricks,350LB
Note: Amazing aircraft carrier made in LEGO! It's a 200,000-brick, 350-pound aircraft carrier -- the Harry S Truman -- complete with electrical lights as well as moving elevators and radar dishes.
Posted by Makin, at 06:08PM 12/30/08 :70+ Resources for Adobe Fireworks
Note: Resources for Adobe Fireworks seem to be few and far between, what is happening? Has Fireworks ran its course, or is it simply not cool any more? Was it ever cool? Photoshop was always the better and more powerful (definitely, harder to use), it seems to have totally taken over.
Posted by Makin, at 08:16AM 12/30/08 and by 1 others:Will Work for Praise: The Web's Free-Labor Economy
Note: This online business model has Americans happily toiling for attention on for-profit sites that don't pay them money. Yahoo even hired microeconomists and sociologists from Harvard and Columbia to maximize Yahoo's ability to exploit free labor.
Posted by Makin, at 06:42AM 12/30/08 and by 1 others:The Best Worst Videogame Ads Ever
Note: Sure, video game ads are (generally) a classy, expensive affair these days, but in previous days, things weren't so high-brow. They were dorky, they were cheap, they were low-brow.
Posted by Makin, at 06:04PM 12/29/08 :2009 DMCA Rulemaking (iPhones, YouTube, Videos)
Note: For the 2009 rulemaking, EFF filed three exemption requests with the Copyright Office today aimed at protecting the important work of video remix artists, iPhone owners, and cell phone recyclers from legal threats under the DMCA.
Posted by Makin, at 03:28PM 12/29/08 and by 1 others:Dad, Where's the Digital Photo Frame? [PICS]
Note: While helping my dad figure out his new digital camera I thought it would be fun to put pictures on the nice Kodak digital photo frame that I gave them for Christmas last year. So I ask my dad, "where is your digital frame"? Imagine my confusion when he points the frame out to me....
Posted by Makin, at 02:38PM 12/29/08 and by 1 others:Apple Employee Fired For Thinking Different
Note: Brent Barlow, 27, a software analyst and beta-tester at Apple Computer headquarters in Cupertino, was fired Monday for "thinking a little too different."
Posted by Makin, at 06:20PM 12/28/08 :Cuil Fail: Traffic Nearly Hits Rock Bottom
Note: Remember the ill-fated Google-killer Cuil? Named Cuill and very much in stealth mode for the first part of the year, they finally emerged end of July 2008 with a massive search engine that would rival the most popular search engines of our time with an enormous index, an innovative interface and some nifty features.
Posted by Makin, at 02:54PM 12/28/08 :Harvard Prof Wants to Broadcast RIAA Case on Internet
Note: Today, Professor Charles Nesson and his team of Harvard Law students filed a motion to broadcast courtroom coverage of the trial on the Internet, which is traditionally prohibited. Nesson is defending Joel Tenenbaum, who has been sued by the RIAA for $1,050,000 for allegedly making available 7 songs in a shared folder when he was 17 years old
Posted by Makin, at 12:28PM 12/28/08 :Cool Linux Projects that Need More Publicity - climb aboard
Note: Here's a few attractive apps which could become powerful contributors to the widespread adoption of the Linux desktop. We need to get stable, functional, user-friendly apps out. Linux does have some cool stuff available, but we often forget that a lot of it also depends on the interface. So climb aboard, let's spread the freedom.
Posted by Makin, at 10:42AM 12/28/08 :2009: Year of mergers, platform changes and conservation
Note: 2009 is shaping up to be a nasty year, in fact it looks like 2009 and 2010 will be years we'll want to look back on as briefly as possible. But these years will also clear out of lot of the dead and dying companies that have been clogging up the market.
Posted by Makin, at 09:12AM 12/28/08 :Using a Prius as an Emergency Generator
Note: a resident without power ran his refrigerator, freezer, TV, woodstove fan, and several lights through his Prius, for three days, on roughly five gallons of gas.
Posted by Makin, at 04:10PM 12/27/08 :Microsoft, Apple, Google sued over icon software patent
Note: A small networking services company was recently granted a patent covering the use of representational icons in an operating system. What follows next should be no surprise: a lawsuit delivered to Microsoft, Apple, and even Google, just in time for the holidays.
Posted by Makin, at 02:48PM 12/27/08 :Should you upgrade your Mac or buy a new one?
Note: Before you rush out and start spending, it's well worth weighing up the pros and cons of upgrading versus buying a new Mac. This will depend on what you really want to get out of your upgrade.
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