Scoop: Readers dump Us Magazine over Palin (1)
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Evolutionists Flock To Darwin-Shaped Wall Stain (18)
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DAYTON, TN—"I brought my baby to touch the wall, so that the power of Darwin can purify her genetic makeup of undesirable inherited traits," said one Darwinic pilgrim.
Slashdot | Every Satellite Tracked In Realtime Via Google Earth (19)
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Matt Amato writes "With the recent discussion of the ISS having to dodge some space junk, many people's attention has once again focused on the amount of stuff in orbit around our planet. What many people don't know is that USSTRATCOM tracks and publishes a list of over 13,000 objects that they currently monitor, including active/retired satellites and debris. This data is meaningless to most people, but thanks to Analytical Graphics, it has now been ...
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haggaret said:
This is insane! It's getting crowded up there...
Gum May Aid Colon Surgery Recovery (1)
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British researchers found that patients who chewed gum after undergoing colon surgery had bowel movements sooner than those who did not. What do...
See Chrome's inner workings--and an Easter egg (3)
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Google's new browser shows a wealth of detail for programmers building Web sites or the open-source browser itself. And a mystery: what technology underlies the Easter egg?
Buffy MMO Announced, Firefly MMO Delayed (7)
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Zonk brings word that Multiverse, the developer who in 2006 acquired the rights to make a Firefly-based MMO, has announced that a Buffy: The Vampire Slayer MMO is now under development. An interview with Corey Bridges from Multiverse seems to indicate that the Firefly MMO, though delayed, is not dead. He also provides a few details on what the Buffy game will be like. Quoting: "What we're doing with the Buffy game then is releasing ...
Privacy Policies Are Great -- For PhDs (4)
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An anonymous reader writes "Major Internet companies say that they inform their customers about privacy issues through specially written policies. What they don't say is that more often than not consumers would need college undergraduate educations or higher to easily wade through the verbiage. BNET looked at 20-some-odd privacy policies from Internet companies that received letters from the House about privacy practices. The easiest to read policy came from Yahoo, at a roughly 12th grade ...
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harry chen said:
If you think privacy policy is difficult to read, try EULA (end-user license agreements).
A bug in Google Chrome (4)
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Jeffrey Zeldman Presents The Daily Report (28)
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Between hurricanes and hericanes, you could easily have missed the technology news. Released yesterday in public beta, Google Chrome is a standards-compliant web browser created to erode Microsoft's browser dominance (i.e. to boost Google's web dominance) while also rethinking what a browser is and does in the age of web ...
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Jeremy Jarratt said:
Omg fap fap fap Zeldman mentioned me! Seriously, it's weirding me out a little bit to be linked to (and mentioned by name!) by such an influential webmaker. One almost wonders if one could put that on one's CV....
Did corporate lawyers put kibosh on 'Mythbusters' RFID episode? (4)
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According to co-host Adam Savage, legal counsel from the largest credit card companies told Discovery Channel not to air an episode on RFID hackability.
Stanford's "Autonomous" Helicopters Learn (3)
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An anonymous reader writes "Stanford computer scientists have developed an artificial intelligence system that enables robotic helicopters to teach themselves to fly difficult stunts by 'watching' other helicopters perform the same maneuvers. The result is an autonomous helicopter that can perform a complete airshow of complex tricks on its own. The stunts are 'by far the most difficult aerobatic maneuvers flown by any computer controlled helicopter,' said Andrew Ng, the professor directing the research of ...
Picasa Updates, Adds Face Recognition [Digital Photos] (34)
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Google's Picasa is seeing updates on both the web- and desktop-based versions of the popular photo management application. The biggest new feature is coming to Picasa Web Albums in the form of people tagging, a Facebook-style tool that lets you tag faces in your photos by name and then view pictures of that person by simply searching. The difference between this and Facebook is that Google identifies all of the faces in your pictures automatically ...
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Ishai said:
Checked it, and it's really cool. Nice quality of face recognition that does automatic photo tagging.
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Coop said:
Been asking for this feature for years
Apple makes September 9 iPod event official (2)
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Company plans to rock the Yerba Buena Center in downtown San Francisco next Tuesday, according to an invitation that was just released.
IE8 Beta 2 Fatter Than Firefox and XP (6)
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snydeq writes "Consuming twice as much RAM as Firefox and saturating the CPU with nearly six times as many execution threads, Microsoft's latest beta release of Internet Explorer 8 is in fact more demanding on your PC than Windows XP itself, research firm Devil Mountain Software found in performance tests. According to the firm, which operates a community-based testing network, IE8 Beta 2 consumed 380MB of RAM and spawned 171 concurrent threads during a multi-tab ...
Hulu Launches Fall Lineup, Premieres Before TV Broadcast (42)
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Hulu on Tuesday announced that it has launched its Fall Premiere Lineup, which over the next seven weeks, will be the place to find season premieres of Prison Break, Bones, House, Heroes, The Office and 30 Rock. To build up the hype around new shows or those in their second season, Hulu will also debut the first episode of Knight Rider, Lipstick Jungle, Chuck and Life, one week before they air on broadcast television. The ...
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Yan said:
Is NBC starting to get it? Not holding my breath...
Picasa Refresh Brings Facial Recognition (76)
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In the anticipated release of Google’s new and improved Picasa, the company will offer facial recognition technology to help you identify friends and family in your pictures without requiring you to tag them by-hand each time you see them. Launching at noon PDT today, Picasa’s facial recognition technology will ask you to identify people in your pictures that you haven’t tagged yet. Once you do and start uploading more pictures, Picasa starts suggesting tags for ...
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DarK FlameS said:
Picasa agora com reconhecimento facial...
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Jrod said:
boom
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Oudi Antebi said:
worked very nice for me!
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Hagdahl said:
Picasa med ansiktigenkänning måste vara det ballaste på länge! Det kan bli hur enkelt som helst att söka efter olika personer i bildarkivet.
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Icefreez said:
Wow, that will be nice. They already developed the technology somewhat for Google maps why not develop it a bit more and release it for free :D
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Jeffrey said:
interesting - this would make life a lot easier on facebook... firefox plugin anyone? =P
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Joey Doll said:
google is on a tear
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kpoirier said:
sounds cool.
Back to School Power Tools for the Savvy Student [Back To School] (39)
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This academic year, students have access to better research, note-taking, and knowledge management tools than they ever have before. Before you head back to campus this semester, arm yourself with the most powerful software and webapps to keep you organized and on top of your class (and social) schedule. Let's take a look at some of our favorite back to school power tools this fall. Photo by andydr. Instantly Capture Notes and Whiteboards with Qipit ...
The BOFH Lives: 88% of IT Workers Would Steal Data If Fired (16)
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A study conducted by security firm Cyber-Ark indicates that 88 percent of system administrators steal sensitive company data and one third would take password lists with them if fired. Over a quarter of companies surveyed by Cyber-Ark say that they are the victims of IT sabotage perpetrated by insiders.Read More...
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Three celebrity weeklies — OK!, People and Us Weekly — featured Sarah Palin on their cover, but one of those magazines is reportedly losing subscribers because of it.Shared by Aaron (25)Contribute comment
