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Google Satellite Now Watching You From 423 Miles Up (52)
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The GeoEye satellite that Google will use to provide mapping imagery at 50-centimeter resolution successfully blasted into space today. So don't leave your underwear lying all over your lawn. Andy Plesser of Beet.TV put together a cool video animation (below). Stephen Shankland of CNET has the story: GeoEye-1 will orbit 423 miles above Earth, but it will be able to gather imagery with details the size of 41 centimeters... Google, though, is permitted to use ...Shared by adam (1197) Adi wong (64) Alex (6) Andrew (55) arshad (81) AshTR (25) Avi (795) bittin (219) Brian (103) Cam (27) CaptainGrapes (4) Chris (4) chris (502) Dan Frommer (11) Dani McDaniel (93) diego (41) Donald Jenkins (4) Eldon (19) Eric Chen (144) flaminglacer (11) James McQuillan (18) Javed (150) Jay Barcelo (5) Jeremy Jarratt (50) Joel (4) Joh Rogers (10) Kesor (11) Kevin Federline (329) Kristen (254) Leximo (528) Matt Lopez (120) mattlopez (98) meatwaddancin (7) Mike Grybos (30) Mike Nayyar (220) neal (594) Patrick (157) Paul (9) pax (23) Primoz (18) ProfVegas (197) renganathan (75) Rick Butterfield (43) Riley (35) Ritu (754) Robert (15) Robert (54) rzklkng (152) Shankar Ganesh (69) Tyson Williams (65) webtime (513) zizzy (32)Contribute comment -
AT&T Won't Sell Me an iPhone at Any Price (39)
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On iTunes 8 and hunches; also iPhone 2.1 for Tuesday (43)
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Chrome's JavaScript challenge to Silverlight (48)
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The advent of Google's Chrome browser, software pros say, should spur a big speedup for JavaScript, which would raise its standing against Microsoft's Silverlight technology.Shared by Adam Underwood (11) Adrian (13) Alex Dumitru (374) Alexandru Burciu (25) Allan Ruiz (8) Amit Chowdhry (84) Anthony Romano (10) Babychen Mathew (388) Benjamin (8) Benjamin (1187) bittin (219) Casper (106) Chad (189) Chantal (61) Daniel Osborne (14) Dean Clark (177) Dion Rodrigues (65) dobata (441) Doug Funny (73) downbeat (44) Eric Danker (2) Jared Hatfield (1) Jason Remnant (17) Joey Gibson (21) Jonathan Wilson (7) justin tevya finkelstein (21) Keith Achorn (26) Kevin Federline (329) Leena (1187) Leximo (528) mavrevMatt (30) Mike Nayyar (220) Mr. BabyMan (373) Narayan (48) Neil Vallon (50) Nick Cobb (497) nuevecolas (24) Omar Abid (277) Paul Edwards (32) Ru> (19) Steve (12) Steve Nimmons (78) Toby (195) Trevor Wermund (166) Tyson Williams (65) Vincent Ballut (75) Zac (15) Zachary Howe (15)Contribute comment -
Ubuntu 8.10 Alpha 5 Screenshot Tour - The Intrepid Ibex Chro (34)
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Playing Windows Games on Linux: What are your options (56)
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This article is part of Tux Geek, a How-To Geek blog focused on network security and Linux. If you're a gamer or a recent linux switcher you probably think you can't play Windows games on your linux box - or that they will run very slow and crash because they are emulating the Windows DirectX API. That's not the case anymore. In this article we go over 3 solutions to get yourself gaming in Linux ...Shared by Aaron (13) adam (1197) Aislinn (129) Andrew (69) Andrew Schott (83) AshTR (25) Avi (795) Azharuddin (4) bittin (219) Brandon (41) Brendon Wadey (44) Cai Chen (1112) Casper (106) Compuwizard123 (37) d1g1t (336) Doug Funny (73) downbeat (44) Dragos Pirvu (715) El_Greco (31) embee (79) guy (631) Hassan (37) Jane Burt (17) Jason Remnant (17) Joshua (15) keith (77) Kevin (8) Kevin Federline (329) Leena (1187) Lesser De Marchena (6) Leximo (528) Lyndon Antcliff (39) Marshall Place (3) Max Stanworth (55) MeghnaK (485) Mihalcea Razvan (381) Mike Nayyar (220) n8dude (33) najee (433) Neil Vallon (50) Nick Cobb (497) pericles (788) quicket (7) Rami Taibah (533) Ritu (754) Robert (15) Ross (4) Steinkirch (115) Sumesh (107) Tal Siach (481) th13rteen (159) Thinh (210) Tony Manco (49) Tyson Williams (65) vicarum (26) Zak M. (690)Contribute comment -
OMG It's Aliveeee! [Pic] (92)
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Collection of Cool Bottle Openers [PICS and VIDS] (42)
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First look: Firefox 3.1 alpha 2 officially released (90)
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Mozilla has officially released Firefox 3.1 alpha 2. This version adds support for the HTML 5 "video" element, better tab dragging, and other new features.Read More...Shared by Abdullah Cetin CAVDAR (64) adam (1197) Ahsan Navid Hussain (53) Alexander13 (493) ameo (257) Andrew (5) Andrew Schott (83) Antonio (48) arshad (81) AshTR (25) Atilano (39) Backhandzeus (17) Ben Adderson (8) bittin (219) Colide81 (36) damned viper (156) deusdiabolus (96) dobata (441) Dylan Thomas (56) Edouard (28) Eric (46) Eric Chen (144) Erwin Tang Yew Hon (58) Etienne Tremblay (2) Felix (15) Gabriel (10) harry07 (39) Hassan (37) Hoder Jensen (8) Hunkie Chan (5) Jacob Share (122) James Fuller (20) Javed (150) Jen (48) Jeremy (115) Jimmy Buck (17) Joe (108) Johan (8) Johnny Software (68) Jojo (49) Jose Marques (11) Joshua Peek (8) justin tevya finkelstein (21) Kabren Levinson (28) Katrina (13) Krazy (188) Kyle Brady (16) Kyle Callahan (5) Lee (72) Lucas Boyles (23) Luciano (18) Mao Yu (28) Matt Lopez (120) mattlopez (98) MH (48) mhking (57) Michael Mior (62) Mike (6) Mike Grybos (30) najee (433) Patrick (157) Patty (264) Paul (8) Paul Edwards (32) Paul Spoerry (72) Peter (8) Piedro Molinero (312) prattmic (15) Rafael Capanema (17) Rafael Teixeira (11) Ricardo Giesta (15) Ryan Brodkin (27) ryan.capote (101) SDMDPM14X (14) Shaun Coates (9) stefano (13) Steven (8) Terrance D. Kennedy (25) tharik (36) Tim (8) Toby (29) Tyson Williams (65) ultraviolet (63) Vincent Ballut (75) Vish (13) w0lfh0und (782) Wallace (18) wcaw (76) Zak M. (690) Zenith (27)Contribute comment -
Microsoft calling up Gurus to take on Apple's Geniuses (35)
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35 percent of biggest companies own ____sucks.com (70)
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A study of Fortune 500 and other companies found that one in three have bought the name, say, walmartsucks.com. But corporate attitudes toward hate sites vary widely between, say, Dell and Xerox: FairWinds based its analysis on 1,058 domain names for companies on the Global 500 and Fortune 500 lists. Of the companies surveyed, 35% own the domain name for their brand followed by the word "sucks." They include Wal-Mart Stores, Coca-Cola, Toys"R"Us, Target and ...Shared by 8thlight (76) adam (1197) Adam Fuhrer (85) Adi wong (64) Alberto (339) Andy Williams (4) Åsa Johan (5) Ben (9) bittin (219) Brendon Wadey (44) Cai Chen (1112) Casper (106) Ch (132) Charli Wag (32) Cory Carrier (6) craig (70) Cubby Brendle (16) Dani McDaniel (93) Darth Guru (105) Dave (5) dave centers (53) dolphonia (56) downbeat (44) embee (79) Eric Chen (144) Giovanny Gutierrez (3) Guy (791) guy (631) harry07 (39) Hasan Saleem (109) J.D. Rucker (514) Jacob (31) Jacob Share (122) Jeremy (115) John (10) John Storer II (49) Jordan (411) Jordan Calhoun (8) Joseph Skerbec (1) Joy O'Hare (223) justin tevya finkelstein (21) Kathy (357) Kevin Federline (329) Leena (1187) Lucas Wales (18) Marten (29) Matt (10) Matthew Turnbull (23) Mayka Mei (1) MetatronsCube (6) MG (55) Mike Nayyar (220) Mikey (51) Nick (26) pericles (788) Peter Einarsson (6) Philip Campbell (96) Ram (122) Ron ALLAN (21) Ryan Armitage (26) Sarah Snoddon (115) Seed Of Life (97) Shankar Ganesh (69) Tal Siach (481) th13rteen (159) tobsterius (45) Torley (13) Trevor Shafer (34) Tyson Williams (65) Zak M. (690)Contribute comment -
Google Turns 10: See Early Company PICS! (63)
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Researchers Use Facebook App To Create Zombie Army (55)
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Facebook users who choose to install the wrong third party application could find themselves inducted into a robot computer army controlled by a hacker. At least, that's what a team of Greek computer researchers proved with their rogue Photo of the Day application.Shared by adam (1197) Alberto (339) Ananya Walia (771) Andrew (17) bittin (219) chris (502) christideli (36) Christy (32) Cubby Brendle (16) diego (41) Dion Rodrigues (65) Doctor Grondo (16) Doug Funny (73) downbeat (44) Dragos Pirvu (715) Eric Chen (144) fundament (57) Gary Kopet (2) Guy (791) ilias Charis (78) J.D. Rucker (514) Jacob Hampton (25) JeDa (20) Joh Rogers (10) John (21) John Grinde (4) John Paul Mitchell (10) Johnny Software (68) Josh (13) Kai (450) Kathy (357) Kurt Nelson (16) LUCCHINA (446) maxyRO (535) MeghnaK (485) Mike Abundo (10) mubix (18) Nathaniel (15) Paul (8) Philip Campbell (96) Rami Taibah (533) Richard (18) ryan.capote (101) Samuel (52) Sarah Snoddon (115) th13rteen (159) Thinh (210) tomwsmf (10) Tyson Williams (65) Uzair (229) Vincent Wright (6) w0lfh0und (782) Yada (93) Zak M. (690) Zuberr (1)Contribute comment -
NBC dumps Microsoft Silverlight after Olympics [Online Video] (79)
onNBC streamed all its NBCOlympics.com videos using Microsoft's Silverlight backend tech, but the network dumped Microsoft before last night's NFL kickoff — streamed live over NBCSports.com and NFL.com — opting to use Adobe Flash instead. Why? Because, as SAI notes, while 40 million US visitors to NBCOlympics.com didn't have Silverlight installed, Adobe Flash is already installed on some 98 percent of Internet-connected computers. NBC's move didn't pay off last night. The feed was unwatchable over ...Shared by [Curtis W] (29) Adam McDonald (30) Adam Parnes (8) Adam R. (23) Adrian (33) Amy (97) Andrew (69) Andrew Schott (83) Auggie (15) Avi (795) Ben (9) bittin (219) Brajeshwar (23) Brian Schwartz (14) Carissa (62) Chantal (61) Chris Coudron (1) Chris Grayson (6) Christopher Gizzi (27) Colm (4) Dani McDaniel (93) David F. Bills (9) David Machiavello (32) Derek Edmond (88) Eric (46) Erwin Tang Yew Hon (58) H. Duthel (119) Hassan (37) Isai (43) Jacob (31) Jacob Bowser (14) Jason Nazar (106) jayce (60) Jerome Micaux (4) Jimmy Buck (17) John Storer II (49) Jojo (49) Josh (13) Kevin Lloyd (16) Kirk (5) Leon Westbrook (28) Liam (18) Luke (28) Marston A, SugarStats (32) Matt (29) MG (55) Michael Biddulph (3) Michael Carvin (12) Mike McCarron (28) MJ (5) Nathaniel (15) Patrick (18) Patty (264) Paul Edwards (32) Paul Fischer (51) Paul Spoerry (72) Peety (144) Pete (4) Primoz (18) Rami Taibah (533) Ryan Brodkin (27) Sean (16) sean h (31) Shawn Hill (64) StreetForce1 (111) Sweyn Venderbush (9) teiichi ota (6) Timothy (445) Toby (195) Tom Davies (173) tosch (10) Trevor Shafer (34) Tyson Williams (65) Uzair (229) webtime (513) Will Hirsbrunner (15) xxdesmus (74) yakobusan (47) ZayneHumphrey (14)Contribute comment
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Like It Or Not, Here Comes the New Facebook (110)
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Despite statistics indicating that many users who migrate over to the new Facebook design are reverting back to the old, all signs point to the imminent launch of redesign. Yesterday, the company wrote on its developer blog that “over 30 million people have checked out the new profile, and many are using it as their profile full time. We’re nearing the time where we’ll switch over remaining users by default. We expect most of this ...
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