The community-run Ubuntulite project aims to extend the useful life of aging, under-resourced hardware, as might be found in schools or nonprofit organizations. Accordingly, instead of using a high end, video-hungry desktop environment, such as GNOME or KDE, this parsimonious OS incorporates the Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment (LXDE), a platform being honed for use on nettops (aka mini notebook PCs) and MIDs (mobile Internet devices).<!--break--> LXDE provides “moderate” performance on systems with Pentium 2 processors ...

If you were feverishly anticipating a cellphone this year, it was one of two phones: the iPhone 3G or this phone. The BlackBerry Bold is RIM's most powerful, polished handset ever. With 3G, a glossy new UI, a real web browser, serious hardware and an almost beautiful body, the Bold doesn't redefine the BlackBerry experience, but it does elevate to the highest point its ever been. Let's be clear: If you hate BlackBerry phones, you ...

You know how challenging it is to live with diabetes. Those days when it seems nothing is going right. You can't control your blood sugars, then you get a bleeder when changing an infusion set and your meter runs out of batteries at the worst possible time. The countless times when the possibility of complications weigh heavily on our hearts. The frustrations of not being able to eat something without first having to do some ...

Although Wilson tested the Kindle in bed, on the toilet, I had the chance to use it on vacation and found myself reading a great deal more than I usually do. Unlike regular books, which cause me to fall asleep pretty readily after less than 50 pages, I'd finish about 300 pages in a stretch, with no eyestrain in dark rooms or in the sun. I suppose it felt a lot more like reading on ...

Hello, friends! As you have noticed lately - we change design of PR Project with the fresh colors and cleared, hopefully to you like! Do everything possible this project to become a place where they spending a lot time in reading and communication with friends! Now for PR Project Pages * PR Project Pages is a sub-project of PR Project, which aims things well. Firstly you will find links to

Ouvir o podcast do post- 23′32” Download: alta qualidade 11,0mb | baixa qualidade 0,8mb Assine o podcast Infopod Neste exato momento (27/08 - 16:00), a Microsoft está liberando o Download do Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2. Como são muitas alterações em relação ao Internet Explorer 7, e até mesmo do próprio IE8 Beta1, vou parar de enrolar e ir direto ao ponto. (editado: leve em consideração que este post foi colocado no exato momento que ...

The Gadget: The Treo Pro is a 3G-equipped, Windows Mobile 6.1-running, touchscreen smartphone that's just a sliver bigger than the iPhone 3G. Completely redesigned, it's Palm's best looking phone in years. The Price: $550 (Unlocked, no contract) The Verdict: In terms of design, performance and non-OS features, this is the best hardware Palm has ever made. Though my personal dislike of WinMo has me wishing it ran the PalmOS, the truth is that this is ...

In a bit of a surprising move for Palm they launched a second Windows Mobile Professional device, the Palm Treo Pro, just about a month and a half after the Treo 800w. I expected to see a GSM version of the Treo 800w, but that hasn't happened and we don't know if it every will. I posted an unboxing video and some responses to my Q&A with Palm last week and finally the NDA was ...

Lee Lefever creates these wonderful videos that take what can be complicated tools and concepts, turning them into easy to understand primers. His first (or least first massively popular) video was RSS in Plain English. So this video on Google Reader is a great companion. I recommend Google Reader to my clients as the best and easiest way to begin engaging in an “outward facing” web strategy. Google Reader is an effective tool to manage ...

Laptop reviewed the Peek, a $100 email device for newbies that only does email. In a nutshell: "Kindle is for books, and the Peek is for e-mail." Laptop also reported that the device is a little bit slower to respond than a BlackBerry. $15/month on TMO. [Laptop]

Maclife reviewed the Apple Cafeteria, perhaps under the guidance of the director of food they poached from Google. The verdict is that the sushi and tomatoes are great, and the automatic tray carousel is pretty snazzy. [Maclife]

Filed under: Design, Features, Web services, web 2.0 I rarely get as excited by a Web 2.0 app or service as I am by ProofHQ, which is an innovative and platform-independent way to manage the whole review and approval process for creative documents. At least for me, the most tedious part of the design process is getting feedback and approval. First you have to make sure the file is in a format that a client ...

Já falei sobre Bernard Cornwell aqui, e como havia prometido, vou falar de outra trilogia desse grande escritor de romances históricos. Essa trilogia fala sobre o Artur, aquelel rei Artur que todos conhecema lenda. Bem, mas se o cara escreve romances históricos, não deveriaescrever sobre fatos que realmente aconteceram? Sim, deveria. E ele o faz, mesmo falando de uma lenda. Essa trilogia foi escrita baseando-se em fatos históricos, como todosos outros livros de Cornwell. Ele ...

3D printing has been around for a while, and has traditionally been used to create small prototypes of larger products (or parts of products). The folks at ShapeWays are bringing 3D printing to you, and you don’t even need to know how to use 3D modeling software. From the ShapeWays website you can use the Creator tool to design and personalize a few stock items, like the LightPoem above, which turns your words into a ...

. ปลายศตวรรษที่ 21 กิจการผูกขาดของเอกชนยักษ์ใหญ่ ผลักดันให้ผู้คนบริโภคกันสุดโต่งอย่างสมบูรณ์แบบ ไม่มีใครกำจัดขยะที่เกิดขึ้นจากการบริโภคอย่างบ้าคลั่งดังกล่าวได้ทัน จนมนุษย์ต้องละทิ้งโลกไปอยู่ในอวกาศ หลงเหลืออยู่ก็เพียงหุ่นยนต์รุ่น Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class หรือ WALL-E คอยทำหน้าที่คัดแยกและบดอัดขยะอยู่อย่างเดียวดายมาตลอด 700 ปี จนกระทั่งการปรากฎตัวของ EVE หรือ Extra-terrestrial Vegetation Evaluator หุ่นยนต์ที่ถูกส่งมาประเมินสภาพพืชสีเขียวบนโลก เพียงแรกพบ WALL-E ขี้เหงาก็ปิ๊ง EVE ทันที แต่ความรักไม่ใช่เรื่องง่าย ไม่ว่าเป็นมนุษย์หรือหุ่นยนต์ . สิ่งที่ชอบ - อะนิเมเตอร์ทำให้คนดูรู้สึกถึงความมีชีวิตจิตใจของหุ่นยนต์อย่าง WALL-E และ EVE ได้จนถึงขีดสุด ตัวละครสามารถแสดงอารมณ์สารพัดอย่างผ่านข้อจำกัดทางกายภาพของหุ่นยนต์แต่ละชนิดได้อย่างยอดเยี่ยม - ตีแสกหน้าเหล่ามนุษย์ภายใต้ลัทธิบริโภคนิยมอย่างเจ็บแสบ ทั้งการหวดซึ่งหน้า และการแอบหวดข้างหลัง ทำให้คนดูรู้สึกเชื่อว่าพัฒนาการสุดท้ายของเผ่าพันธุ์มนุษย์ (ที่มีทรัพย์เพื่อการบริโภค) ต้องมีจุดจบแบบนี้แน่ - ช่วงครึ่งแรก เหมือนหนังใบ้ที่ใช้ภาพและท่าทางแสดงอารมณ์ต่างๆ เล่าเรื่องแทนการสนทนาได้ถูกใจมาก การใช้ชีวิตของมนุษย์หลังผ่านไป 700 ปี, งานระบบต่างๆ ภายในยาน AXIOM, แมลงสาบ (?) สุดอึด . สิ่งที่ไม่ชอบ - ถ้าลองเปลี่ยน WALL-E กับ EVE จากหุ่นยนต์เป็นมนุษย์ หลายฉากจะได้กลิ่นละครน้ำเน่าโชยมาตุๆ ประมาณหมาวัดต่ำต้อยติดดิดคลุกฝุ่นซอมซ่อ หมายปองดอกฟ้าบ้างานแสนสวยแถมยังแข็งแกร่งแรงเกินร้อย . ประเด็นอื่นๆ - ...

Caught ‘Mumbai Meri Jaan’ on the weekend, was propelled to the theatre by the cast - Kay Kay, Irrfan, Paresh Rawal, Vijay Maurya. I’m not going to attempt a review, and will limit the post to a few nuggets and a strong recommendation to go watch the movie. I think the movie worked for me because almost all the lead characters were ones I could identify or empathise with. Vijay Maurya (Dawood in Black Friday, ...

These Wi-Fi radios have come a long, long way. Case in point, I have an old Linksys WMLS-11B from almost five years ago that requires me to spin around in a circle two times, add a single drop of blood to exactly 6.3 ounces of room-temperature tap water, and paint the Toyota Camry logo on my chest backwards before I can get the thing to reliably stream music wirelessly. Fast forward to the present day, ...

I got to review the new line of Skeleflex toys by Wild Planet Toys (makers of Spy Gear) I looked at the Motorized T-Rex, Triceratops and one of the aliens. Though you can make realistic looking dino skeletons with the pieces, you can snap them together into all kinds of creative monsters. Mix and match with the alien bones for all kinds of cool creations. There is a video review on the way. Skeleflex Review.

I’ve got some coupons for discounts at Michael’s and Reusable Bags, just in time for the back-to-school season. Do you know of any other good, relevant coupons for bento and lunch-packing gear? Let us know in comments. 1. 20% off at Reusable Bags (also sells Laptop Lunchboxes) Use coupon code f70838 (case sensitive) for 20% off all purchases from Reusable Bags until April 2009, or code FREEACME (case sensitive) for a free Acme reusable bag ...

CedeFTP is a FTP file browser for windows mobile professional AKA Pocket PC devices. It has all the features one would expect from a regular FTP client that one uses on the PC. The CedeFTP is fast, reliable and easy-to-use! The CedeFTP 2.5 flaunts the classic look. It does not have soft keys or fancy graphics. But, that does not matters much to the mobile professional who generally use the stylus to get their critical ...