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3-D: Someone's Pointing Something In Your General Direction (2)
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I've done an awful job of keeping you informed of developments in 3-D, even as I've maintained for the last two years that it's the "next big thing" in both videogame consoles and movies, but two developments this week finally shook me out of my lethargy.The first was an article in the Wall Street Journal noting that next week, a game between San Diego and Oakland will be shown in select theaters in 3-D. That's ...Shared by ronnya (0) Somazx (5)Contribute comment - IGN Advertisement (5)
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Saving Microsoft: Can Ray Ozzie fix house that Bill built? (81)
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The keynote speaker at this past summer's TechReady conference—a gathering of 6,000 or so Microsoft engineers from around the world—was the company's chief software architect, Ray Ozzie. This was not a routine appearance. Ozzie arrived at Microsoft in 2005, and the following year he inherited the title of CSA directly from Bill Gates. He was now the microprocessor of the Microsoft machine. But he had never addressed the semiannual conclave. His explanation? He wanted to ...Shared by adam (152) Aditya Wirayudha (1) Alberto (24) Alex France (36) Alex Leonard (1) Amit Chowdhry (92) AmyVernon (196) Andrew Rodrigues (3) Andrew Smith (0) Antonio Ortiz (3) arjo (0) Ben Snyder (3) Bhavesh (2) Bill Welense (3) Brendon Troy (1) Brian (39) Carmi Levy (8) Cem (1) Chris K (1) Clickfire (37) Dan (63) David (1) Deborah Petersen (185) Derek Edmond (23) Dominic Foster (88) Dr. Ernie (20) ej (2) Elias Bizannes (1) Eric @ CS Techcast (1) Gabe (1) guy (59) Hagen (0) handir (24) Harald Felgner (1) Jack Humphrey (1) jason o (103) Jeff (95) Jeff Harris (5) Jimmy (3) Joe Wang (0) Johannes W. (0) John (0) Jorge Barba (3) Josh (1) Kyle Sheeahn (1) lak (3) Laughing Squid (5) macgeekpro (15) Marcelo Lee (9) Micheal Weihrouch (1) Microserf2005 (0) Miguel (6) msnoulten (1) Nikki (20) Oliver Reichenstein (0) Paul Edwards (18) Peat (1) Peter Iacono (1) Rai (1) Richard Hare (1) ronnya (0) rony john (47) Ryan (0) Saad Kamal (4) Samir Talwar (1) Sanket (0) Sean Rasmussen (31) SengMing (7) Shashi Bellamkonda (3) Shivanand Velmurugan (1) sirmikester (15) Sun Tzu (186) Tal Siach (51) TJ Lauerman (0) Travis (3) Trevor Wermund (83) Tyson Williams (16) Victor Barrera (182) Y.K. (4) Yatin Vadhia (89) zSAPping (18)Explore read four notes- Dr. Ernie said: It is a good attempt, but they are still hostage to Windows and Office revenues, which is going to handicap any sort of new technology initiative. Just ask Sun...
- Andrew Smith said: Good article on Ray Ozzie. I actually hope Microsoft pulls this off. Rooting for the big guy.
- Antonio Ortiz said: Artículo obligatorio para todos los seguidores de este genio
- Alex Leonard said: This is a really excellent in-depth article which I recommend reading.
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Watchmen Legal War Escalates From Film to Franchise (1)
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The Watchmen trailers, posters and webisodes keep rolling out of Warner Bros., but none of that means you're any closer to seeing the movie in theaters next spring. As the legal war between 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros. creeps along, as recapped by the Los Angeles Times, it's becoming clear that this dispute is now about much more than just development copyright issues or theatrical and home video revenues. The two studios are fighting ...Shared by ronnya (0)Contribute comment -
Encoding for streaming (17)
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This is Neil Hunt, Netflix chief product officer, with some technical background on the Netflix encodes used for streaming. We get a lot of questions about this, so I'm going to go deep.First Generation EncodingOur first set of encodes are based on WMV3 and WMA in ASF with WMDRM10 (Janus). We chose these standards because the Janus components have been widely adopted by our CE partners such as Roku, LG Electronics, Samsung, TiVo, and of ...Shared by Abhishek (1) Andrew Ferguson (0) Benedikt Terhechte (0) blinddonkey (0) Cast42 (6) j_b_f (0) James (5) Jeff (5) Josh (18) Mystwillow (11) omars (0) pberry (0) ronnya (0) Ryan (0) Shawn Molnar (0) TNLNYC (0) vanlandw (7)Contribute comment -
Analysis: On the Death of Next-Gen in Japan (2)
onTOKYO -- This year's Tokyo Game Show was defined not only by what was on the expo floor as what was conspicuous by its near-absence: High-definition, next-generation videogames. Oh, sure, there were some. Microsoft's booth was full of them. Sony's had a few. But PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 software only accounted for about 10% of the games on show at TGS 2008. And most of these were games that we'd been hearing about forever ...Shared by Mike Nowak (0) ronnya (0)Contribute comment
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Video tour: New Xbox Experience Exposed (16)
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Filed under: Features, Microsoft Xbox 360, Video Protip: Click on a phrase on the image above to see the related video Overview The Guide My Xbox Marketplace Installation Netflix Avatars Party System Community Games The newly revamped Xbox 360 user interface, better known as the New Xbox Experience (or just NXE, to the kids), is getting ready to drop on Xbox 360 consoles everywhere next month. Joystiq had a chance to spend some quality time ...Shared by Alec (2) chris (0) Chris Makarsky (7) Daniel (59) Hayden Barker (2) Joe Leuzzi (1) Justin (2) justin (0) Klink C (1) Mido (0) Mike (3) Robert (1) ronnya (0) Sam Houston (0) Szabolcs Pintér (0) Tyler Howarth (2)Contribute comment -
Barak Obama Discusses Security Trade-Offs (42)
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I generally avoid commenting on election politics -- that's not what this blog is about -- but this comment by Barak Obama is worth discussing: [Q] I have been collecting accounts of your meeting with David Petraeus in Baghdad. And you had [inaudible] after he had made a really strong pitch [inaudible] for maximum flexibility. A lot of politicians at that moment would have said [inaudible] but from what I hear, you pushed back. [BO] ...Shared by aegreen (0) Andrew Boardman (2) Armbar (3) Ben (16) Ben V (1) bennylope (3) cgsheldon (32) Chris Gansen (0) Daniel (0) David Smith (0) Dean (0) Dustin (1) g b (5) GerardM (2) Grork (2) handir (24) Iceman (0) id084895 (4) J. James B (3) Jim (5) John (0) johnynek (0) Jon (0) Jonathan (13) Justin Yost (6) kamikyo (0) Logical Extremes (5) Luka Marinko (1) Michelle (0) Nanok (0) Nick (14) past (0) pigpogm (1) Renton (5) rfrancis (5) ronnya (0) rzklkng (33) Scott Dier (0) Steven M. Ledbetter (1) swombat (2) wolfger (3) Zhasper (0)- Logical Extremes said: "I generally avoid commenting on election politics -- that's not what this blog is about -- but this comment by Barak Obama is worth discussing... I have made this general point again and again -- about airline security, about terrorism, about a lot of things -- that the person in charge of the security system can't be the person who decides what resources to devote to that security system... I don't think I've ever heard a politician make this point so explicitly."
- John said: I think this sort of a window on a head of state's reasoning is not only helpful, but essential (at least re the more controversial policies of the day), to a functioning democracy, where citizens with limited, structured access to their potential leaders are then asked to rate the competencies of those individuals.
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xkcd - A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language - By Randall Munroe (26)
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Shared by Allan Espinosa (0) Anni (0) brad (0) Dave (0) Emanuele Guicciardi (0) H M Elius (1) Ivan Tarasov (0) Jason C. Romero (0) jessie (4) Joel (0) LM (0) Marc (1) MeghnaK (3) Mohamed Marwen Meddah (0) Neil Carpenter (0) panuta (0) rampantheart (72) Rant (0) Rebecca Holz (0) ronnya (0) Satish Surath (0) Scottie (0) Sejo (0) Surferbill (0) Tad M (0) Vamsee Kanakala (0)Explore read four notes- Rebecca Holz said: Happy LHC Day.
- Scottie said: Totally worth it just for the alt text.
- Vamsee Kanakala said: I don't really have to share this, do I? :)
- LM said: I feel like such a geek for getting the quark joke.
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xkcd - A Webcomic - Listen to Yourself (115)
onShared by Adam Lasnik (0) adamsimms (0) adapar (0) Aℓf (5) Amish (1) Andi Albrecht (0) Andres B (0) Andrew Cafourek (2) Andrew Gwozdziewycz (2) Andy Galletly (0) Armando (0) ArthurGuy (0) Bartek (0) Beebo Wallace (0) ben (1) Bertil Hatt (0) Bif (3) Bill (0) Blaine (0) BPluime (0) Brandon (0) Brendan (0) britg (0) Chris (1) Chris (1) Chris Fried (0) Chris Gornell (0) Chris Hunt (1) ChrisC (0) chrisofspades (0) Dave (0) David (2) David (0) Derek Tallon (0) Derek Wood (1) Dustin (1) EJ Finneran (0) Ellie (0) Eric Wahlforss (0) Eva (0) Fabian Neumann (4) Fabiano (0) flu (0) Francine (0) Futt (0) Grant Bierman (5) Inetgate Writer (0) iwein (0) Jc2k (0) Jeremy (1) Jessica (0) jessie (4) Jim (0) Joe (0) JonathanZ (0) Jonnie (2) Justin (0) JustWright (0) K (0) Kate O' (0) KrisKat (0) Lance Fisher (0) Leo (0) Liam (0) lispmachine (1) Lord Matt (3) luijose (0) Manu (0) Mario Fink (3) Mark Thrasher (6) Matt (0) Matthew (1) Megarain (0) Michael (0) Michael Beck (0) mrintech (6) MrManson (0) mz (0) Nathan Howell (0) Nic McPhee (2) Nick (0) Nikita Pasynkov (0) Nils (0) Önder Sürmeli (0) onur gungor (0) Oscar (0) pala (1) Patrick Micka (1) Paul Grenier (0) Pelargonium (0) pierre-luc (0) PoppyD (0) purplesque (0) Raleigh (0) Rick Leasure (3) Rob Clark (0) Roberto Orsini (0) ronnya (0) Ryan (1) Sejo (0) Shawn F (6) Sheena (0) Sheila Thomson (0) Simon (0) step21 (0) Stephen Collins (1) Super Mario (1) Thomas (0) Toy (0) Travis Seitler (0) Vitor (0) Zac (7) Zef (1) ziizii (0) Zim (0)Explore read nine notes
- K said: Lovely !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Adam Lasnik said: XKCD, righteously making fun of YouTube comments and the oft-morons who post so many of them.
- purplesque said: Worthy of a Nobel.
- Jim said: If only...
- Thomas said: I just wish this would really happen.
- pierre-luc said: malade
- pala said: 哈哈,搞笑
- Nikita Pasynkov said: when someone tries to post a comment on youtube it (virus) read it aloud back to them.
- Super Mario said: This comic was published way before youtube added this feature.
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The Web Browser is the New Laptop (72)
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Shared by ab_aditya (2) Ade (2) aegreen (0) AJ Batac (9) anddoutoi (6) Andrei (9) Artem D. (2) Blaise Alleyne (20) bradyjas (0) Bwana (4) Cade (2) Crutis (3) Daniel J. Pritchett (6) Danny (0) Dedalus (14) djspark (2) dobata (0) Dr. Azrael Tod (23) DrBigFresh (0) Eban Crawford (0) Eddie Awad (0) EricAppel (0) felix (7) george tziralis (0) ivanandersson (1) javaneze (5) jerobins (1) Jim Vuccolo (0) Johan (3) Jonjon (0) Justin Yost (6) LouCypher (7) lunamoth (0) Marshall (0) mattblodgett (1) Miguel (6) Mike (0) Mona N. (8) Morton Fox (42) msnoulten (1) Neil Williams (1) nikan (1) Olivier35 (2) omars (0) Oneiros (12) osterude (0) pereticnr1 (3) Peter (0) pmfa (0) Pramod (11) Richard Morrell (0) Rick Chlopan (0) Rick Turoczy (5) robdiana (24) Robert Gaal (0) Robert Owens (1) ronnya (0) Roosh (0) Ryan (2) Sang-Kil Park (3) Shivanand Velmurugan (1) Spyros (0) thefluffanutta (3) Tim (24) Tim Visher (0) Toby (0) Tom (4) Vasanth (0) voidfiles (4) Voyagerfan5761 (3) Yuvi (11) Zoram (8)- Roosh said: Tempting, tempting, tempting. But it won't run StarCraft when it comes out (if it ever comes out, so perhaps its not something to be bothered about).
- anddoutoi said: Ett starkt bevis på att liquid layout > fixed. Allt blir inte större och "bättre" hela tiden. Då och då tar vi ett språng bakåt, tänk modem -> adsl -> bredband -> Edge/3G. Nu är plötsligt alla sidor för stora för den nya datorerna.
- george tziralis said: Re(Wakoopa): pretty much the same here
- Tom said: web browser == operating system is one meme that's not going anywhere.
- bradyjas said: I saw the eePC at Target the other day and I'm now really interested to see how far this category of portable will go. I await Apple's version.
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Programming Is Hard, Let's Go Shopping! (34)
onA few months ago, Dare Obasanjo noticed a brief exchange my friend Jon Galloway and I had on Twitter. Unfortunately, Twitter makes it unusually difficult to follow conversations, but Dare outlines the gist of it in Developers, Using Libraries is not a Sign of Weakness: The problem Jeff was trying to solve is how to allow a subset of HTML tags while stripping out all other HTML so as to prevent cross site scripting (XSS) ...Shared by Aashay (9) Cade (2) Catto (0) Chris (1) DrBigFresh (0) elijah.wright (2) gilmae (2) Imran (0) Isaac (7) Jeff (5) Jesse Hattabaugh (0) John (0) Jonjon (0) José Souza (0) Joshua Gourneau (0) Julien Tartarin (0) Lisa McMillan (14) Lonnie Olson (0) Marshall (0) Matt McKnight (6) Michael Neale (0) OnyxRaven (0) rab (0) Rich (2) Riyaz Mohammed Ibrahim (0) Roberto Bonini (0) ronnya (0) Satya Boora (0) Shivanand Velmurugan (1) Tim Beadle (6) Todd McKinney (0) Tom (4) Tormod Haugen (0) Yuvi (11)Contribute comment
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New Yorker vs. Xkcd in 'Cartoon-Off' (2)
onFarley Katz, who writes (and draws) for The New Yorker's Cartoon Lounge blog, recently challenged Xkcd's Randall Munroe to a "cartoon-off." The two cartoonists agreed to draw four geeky things: the internet (as envisioned by the elderly), string theory, 1999 and "your favorite animal eating your favorite food." The results -- including Munroe's vision of 1999 (screenshot pictured), done in the style of his ritually hilarious webcomic -- are pretty funny. See them all, and ...Shared by ronnya (0) Tamas (0)Contribute comment
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How to Write Injection-Proof SQL (13)
onIt's about time someone wrote this paper: ABSTRACT Googling for "SQL injection" gets about 4 million hits. The topic excites interest and superstitious fear. This whitepaper dymystifies the topic and explains a straightforward approach to writing database PL/SQL programs that provably guarantees their immunity to SQL injection. Only when a PL/SQL subprogram executes SQL that it creates at run time is there a risk of SQL injection; and you'll see that it's easier than you ...Shared by AndrewK (1) johnynek (0) Kyle Weller (1) Lamnk (0) Logical Extremes (5) Luka Marinko (1) Oldayn (0) Ozmandias (0) ronnya (0) Shrike (0) soulcookie (7) TJ Hilton (2) Troy (0)Contribute comment
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NXE: Memory Upgrade Program Details (1)
permalinkHey everyone - you've probably seen the buzz online about the NXE Memory Upgrade Program, and I've certainly seen a bit of confusion around it. You can find full details on your local Xbox.com now at www.Xbox.com/storage (this page also links to the Memory Upgrade Program page), but to try and make it as clear and simple as possible here's the deal: To receive the New Xbox Experience when it launches on November 19 you ...Shared by ronnya (0)
- ronnya said: Every Xbox 360 Core/Arcade owner needs to know about this program, so it's strange that Microsoft aren't mentioning this on Xbox Live (or even xbox.com).
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Comic for October 16, 2008 (12)
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Shared by ab_aditya (2) bookwormDOTat (1) Egon Willighagen (5) harala (1) Jb (0) José Souza (0) Juan Diego (0) Mic (3) pigliapost (0) ronnya (0) Scott (5) Simone (0)Explore read four notes- bookwormDOTat said: this explains the existence of techmeme.com
- ronnya said: Nice timing, considering today's police raid against Fast Search & Transfer: hhttp://uk.reuters.com/article/technology-media-telco-SP/idUKLG591420081016?sp=true
- pigliapost said: Come rubavano prima dei computers?
- Egon Willighagen said: Formally illegal... but rather difficult to detect. Does the concept of shares hold in the electronic age? I simple post can make a share go up and down 10%... that's scary, because someone is paying that 10%... Yes, Joe the Plumber :)
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Chinese schoolgirl flips off old begging woman (7)
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Dian Agung Nugroho's photo "F*** You (What's on her mind ?)" captures a Chinese schoolgirl flipping off an old Chinese beggar lady. The title really asks the important question -- what does this little girl know, and what has she been told, that has led her to this pass? F*** You (What's on her mind ?) (Thanks, Fipi Lele!)- Alex said: Badass.
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Cross-Site Request Forgeries and You (18)
onAs the web becomes more and more pervasive, so do web-based security vulnerabilities. I talked a little bit about the most common web vulnerability, cross-site scripting, in Protecting Your Cookies: HttpOnly. Although XSS is incredibly dangerous, it's a fairly straightforward exploit to understand. Do not allow users to insert arbitrary HTML on your site. The name of the XSS game is sanitizing user input. If you stick to a whitelist based approach -- only allow ...Shared by Andrew Mason (0) Artem D. (2) atomantic (0) cristian (0) cuu508 (0) Daniel (1) Dave Tufts (2) Derivadow (1) Joel (0) maui (0) oj@blackapache.net (1) Omnipresence@wired® (0) rochoa (0) ronnya (0) scott willeke (0) smuggyuk (0) vansloot (0) WebFlint (0)
- cuu508 said: ever knew of the CSRF?
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