“SGI releases personal supercomputer”
Judging by history, this (or rather, a much, much smaller and sleeker version of it) represents the kind of computing power we’ll all be playing with in another decade. Or maybe less.
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Developing For Windows Mobile OS
Hm… Go tinker with windows mobile. As someone who has written serious, production-quality code for WM5 and WM6, I say this from many months of hard experience: I WOULD RATHER STICK A FONDUE FORK THROUGH MY [censored]. Never the [censored] again will I develop for that platform. My god, I thought X11 was bad… Do …
“Media ‘re-open’ North Eastern Passage”
When “if it bleeds, it leads” falls flat, this is the kind of sensationalist reporting that you get. It’s a good thing that we aren’t paying for content, I’d hate to actually pay for this kind of drivel.
“Internet dumbing-down hysteria compared against previous waves of anti-tech backlash”
You’ve got to love the human race’s ability to turn off its collective brain.
“Dramatically reduce diabetes risk factors with just seven minutes of exercise per week”
I had to read this article twice before I believed my eyes… yes, that is what it says, and it’s from a reputable university too. There may yet be hope for those of us who prefer to sit in front of a computer for days on end. 🙂
“Japan scientists create 3-D images you can touch”
This is the kind of thing I love to hear about. 🙂
“Tick Saliva May Cure Skin, Liver and Pancreas Cancer”
This is very interesting and informative, but it doesn’t answer the burning question on everyone’s mind: just how the h*ll do you harvest tick saliva?
“Trapped in a drain…try Facebook for help?”
This reminds me of a depressing episode with a friend of mine, who had to help a panicked woman get into her car after the batteries in her remote died. She apparently didn’t realize that the ignition key — attached to the same keychain as the remote — could also open the door. The article …
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“P2P pushes IPv6 surge”
Apparently the only thing preventing IPv6 from taking over was a lack of support from peer-to-peer file sharing programs. Whatever works, I guess.
“Post-Medium Publishing”
Interesting article. It makes a good point, and one that I (and apparently most other people too) hadn’t consciously considered before: [C]onsumers never really were paying for content, and publishers weren’t really selling it either. If the content was what they were selling, why has the price of books or music or movies always depended …