Turn Your Idle Computer into a Clean Energy Research Machine

Seeded on Thu Dec 11, 2008 2:16 PM EST (The Daily Green)

The World Community Grid is hosting a Harvard project designed to use distributed computing to develop next generation clean energy technology.

technology, energy, green, harvard, ibm, distributed-computing, world-community-grid

IPhones flooding wireless LAN at Duke University

Seeded on Tue Jul 17, 2007 1:46 AM EDT (networkworld.com)

"The Wi-Fi connection on Apple's recently released iPhone seems to be the source of a big headache for network administrators at Duke University.

technology, apple, wireless, cisco, network, duke-university, iphone, wan, access-point

U.S. gets consecutive gold medals in spamming

Seeded on Tue Jul 10, 2007 1:30 AM EDT (Ars Technica)

"According to Irish ISP IE Internet's monthly "e-mail security statistics" as taken from over 35,000 Irish businesses, the United States maintained its number one spot at the top of the spam charts for the month of June, producing 39.37% of Irish spam.

technology, e-mail, spam, united-states, cyber-crime, spamhaus-project, serious-organized-crime-agency, national-cyber-forensics

Apple Investigating Multitouch Mouse

Seeded on Thu Jul 5, 2007 11:09 AM EDT (MacRumors)

"Apple has applied for a patent (in March 2006) which extends the concept of Multitouch to a computer mouse.

technology, apple, mac, hid

AMD considering getting out of fabrication business

Seeded on Tue Jun 19, 2007 7:32 PM EDT (Ars Technica)

"2007 has not been kind to AMD.

technology, intel, processor, fab, amd, cpu, 65nm

Next Gen iPod Patent Has "Touch Surface" On Back

Seeded on Thu May 10, 2007 10:57 AM EDT (Gizmodo)

" The newest iPod patent says that the "touch" and the "screen" don't have to go together. The next gen iPod will have a normal display covering the front, and a separate touch surface on the back. Here's how it'll work.

technology, apple, ipod, mp3, next-gen, touch-screen

Apple on massive hunt for flash memory

Seeded on Fri Apr 27, 2007 9:35 PM EDT (macworld.co.uk)

"iPods prices may stop falling as Apple addresses climbing flash memory prices, reports imply. Grappling with a likely shortage in flash memory supplies, Apple is currently discussing a high volume purchase of the component with Samsung, a report claims.

flash, technology, samsung, ipod, hynix-semiconductor, mac, iphone

Apple Notifies Partners: DRM-free Music and DRM-free Music Videos Soon

Seeded on Fri Apr 27, 2007 11:26 AM EDT (MacRumors)

"Yesterday, Apple sent out short notices to their iTunes partners who provide the music content to the iTunes store. The notices let partners know that they would soon be able to offer DRM-free music and DRM-free music videos to customers through iTunes."

technology, music, apple, itunes

Drunk deposits horse in bank for night

Seeded on Thu Apr 26, 2007 12:11 AM EDT (Reuters)

"A German man called on his bank for an unusual service when he was too tired and drunk to go home -- he bedded down there for the night with his horse.

drunk, bank, odd-news, horse, german

Hybrid Tech building an electric Mini Cooper, only $59K

Seeded on Tue Apr 24, 2007 2:17 PM EDT (Engadget)

"Those crafty kids at Hybrid Technologies aren't just busy stuffing ridiculous amounts of power into teeny-tiny Mullen GT bodies, they've also set their sights on a more consumer friendly car: the Mini Cooper.

technology, oil, cooper, petroleum, electric, mini

Only 3 percent of Pakistanis think Al Qaeda conducted 9/11 attacks

Seeded on Tue Apr 24, 2007 2:14 PM EDT (dailytimes.com.pk)

"Large majorities (average 79%) across all four countries believe the United States seeks to "weaken and divide the Islamic world", ranging from 73 percent in Indonesia and Pakistan to 92 percent in Egypt.

iraq, middle-east, united-states, wtc, osama-bin-laden, world-news, 9-11, al-qaeda

Google Earth Reveals Darfur Destruction

Seeded on Thu Apr 12, 2007 11:03 AM EDT (news.monstersandcritics.com)

"Internet users starting Wednesday can use Google Earth to zoom in on the destruction in Darfur, western Sudan, that has killed an estimated 300,000 people and displaced more than 2 million people.

google, technology, oil, darfur, satellite, sudan, africa, holocaust, genocide, earth

McRoberts leaving Duke for NBA Draft

Seeded on Thu Mar 22, 2007 2:05 PM EDT (Fox Sports)

"According to sources close to McRoberts, the versatile sophomore forward, who averaged 13 points, 7.9 rebounds and 3.5 assists this past season, met with Blue Devils coach Mike Krzyzewski on Tuesday night and will bypass his final two years in Durham.

sports, acc, ncaa, mike-krzyzewski, duke-university, college-basketball, josh-mcroberts

ISPs Fight Move to Reveal Broadband Gaps

Seeded on Thu Mar 22, 2007 12:50 PM EDT (dslreports.com)

"As we recently noted, Maryland lawmakers were working on a plan that would force ISPs in the state to present quarterly reports on exactly where they offer service and at what speeds in order to help the state solve broadband penetration issues.

technology, maryland, broadband, federal-communications-commission, isp, internet-service-provider, center-for-public-integrity

First Video: Setting Up Apple TV

Seeded on Thu Mar 22, 2007 1:50 AM EDT (Gizmodo)

"You've seen more pictures than you can handle. You've read some new info. Now watch it set up, live and uncensored, with our amazing intertube video technologies."

technology, apple, gizmodo, media-center, home-entertainment, apple-tv

Mossberg hands-on with Apple TV: 'beautiful design, easy-to-use, classic Apple: simple and elegant'

Seeded on Wed Mar 21, 2007 10:21 AM EDT (CNET News.com)

""We've been testing Apple TV for the past 10 days or so, and our verdict is that it's a beautifully designed, easy-to-use product that should be very attractive to people with widescreen TV sets and lots of music, videos, and photos stored on computers.

technology, apple, itunes, media-center, walt-mossberg, apple-tv, katherine-boehret

No return for Sudan's forgotten slaves

Seeded on Mon Mar 19, 2007 8:16 PM EDT (BBC News)

"Akech Arol Deng has not seen his wife and son since they were seized by Arab militias from their home in south Sudan 19 years ago. His son, Deng, was just three years old at the time but Mr Arol is sure they are still alive, being used as slaves in the north.

darfur, slavery, sudan, world-news, west-africa, bbc-news, akech-arol-deng

[Unauthorized] Obama take on Apple "1984" Ad (Video Included)

Seeded on Mon Mar 19, 2007 8:12 PM EDT (CNET News.com)

""It may be the most stunning and creative attack ad yet for a 2008 presidential candidate -- one experts say could represent a watershed moment in 21st century media and political advertising," Carla Marinucci reports for The San Francisco Chronicle.

election, 2008, democrats, politics, barack-obama, 1984, hillary-clinton

Influencing the Views of the Weak-Minded American

Seeded on Mon Mar 19, 2007 1:33 PM EDT (Little Green Footballs)

"Here's an eye-opener.

iraq, politics, war, republican-party, islam, jihad

FLASHBACK: Cheney Once Warned Of 'Quagmire' From An Open-Ended Commitment In Iraq

Seeded on Tue Mar 13, 2007 10:39 AM EDT (Think Progress)

Contrast:

iraq, politics, war, military, george-bush, dick-cheney, re-deployment

Rice containing human genes approved by USDA

Seeded on Tue Mar 13, 2007 10:35 AM EDT (Boing Boing)

"For the first time, the USDA has granted preliminary approval for large-scale planting of an engineered food crop that contains human genes.

science, genetic-engineering, food-supply, agritech

Using Google Earth for Census Analysis

Seeded on Mon Mar 12, 2007 11:36 AM EDT (extremetech.com)

"I started the gCensus project for two reasons: First, the Census Department's interface for mapping its data was clunky and looked like something out of the mid-90's—hardly appropriate for a modern web service.

technology, google-maps, gis, google-earth, kml, demographic, census-department