The Minority Report Glove Mouse
The so-smart-they-make-you-feel-stupid folks at MIT have come up with the glove mouse! Now you too can do all those cool Minority Report hand gestures for under $100. Thanks to nevsan for the video. Comments
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Floppy Disk Ceramic Tiles
Doing some remodeling around the ol' casa? Well then, there is no better way to show off your geekhood than to decorate with these floppy disc ceramic tiles. Actually, there are a lot better ways to flaunt your geekiness but the tiles are still pretty cool. Comments
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Cloud Computing Is Efficient, But It's Not Green – Yet
You know how everyone thinks that cloud computing is saving the planet? Yeah, about thatÂ… The new report, "Make IT Green: Cloud Computing and its Contribution to Climate Change," updates and extends some of the research published in 2008 in the Smart 2020 report on how IT contributes to climate change, and finds that the Year of the Cloud is only going to make things worse. Comments
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SCO Loses In Court
And the feel good story of the day has to be this. I know it sure made me feel good. Today, the jury in the District Court of Utah trial between SCO Group and Novell issued a verdict. Novell is very pleased with the jury's decision confirming Novell's ownership of the Unix copyrights, which SCO had asserted to own in its attack on Linux. Novell remains committed to promoting Linux, including by defending Linux on the intellectual property front. This decision is good news for Novell, for Linux, and for the open source community. Comments
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How I'd Hack Your Weak Passwords
There is some really good information here. Yeah, I know you guys probably know this stuff already but your friends and family (the people that need to know this) don't, so pass the wordÂ…on passwords. If you invited me to try and crack your password, you know the one that you use over and over for like every web page you visit, how many guesses would it take before I got it? Comments
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Administration Faces Major Online Privacy Test
C|Net says the current administration is facing a major test on privacy as companies like eBay, Google, AT&T, Microsoft, Americans for Tax Reform and the ACLU push for online privacy reform. "I'm hopeful the administration will see the light and support the coalition's principles for privacy reform," says technology analyst Ryan Radia of the libertarian Competitive Enterprise Institute, a coalition member. "The coalition's proposals will not unreasonably constrain law enforcement efforts." Comments
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Firefox 3.5.9 and 3.0.19 Security Updates Now Available
All you alternative browser users out there should know that Firefox 3.5.9 and Firefox 3.0.19 are now out. This is the last planned security and stability release for Firefox 3.0, so head on over and get updated. As part of Mozilla's ongoing security and stability update process, Firefox 3.5.9 and Firefox 3.0.19 are now available for Windows, Mac, and Linux for free download. As always, we recommend that users keep up to date with the latest stability and support versions of Firefox, and encourage all our users to upgrade to the very latest version, Firefox 3.6.2. Comments
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Courts Say Employee-Attorney E-Mails are Private
Now here is a court ruling I think all of you will be interested in. It seems that e-mails sent to your attorney from work computers are considered private by the courts. "Courts are looking more closely at privacy claims in the digital worklplace," said Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, a Washington, D.C.-based public-interest research group. "Just because a person is using a company computer doesn't mean they leave all their rights to privacy at the door." Comments
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AMD Expands DirectX 11 Gaming up to 12 Times HD Resolution
Harnessing the world's most powerful graphics processor, AMD today introduced the ATI Radeon™ HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 Edition graphics card. Equipped with 2GB of GDDR5 memory, the ATI Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 is the first graphics card capable of rendering in excess of 1 billion pixels per second in today's titles, unleashing PC game environments of unprecedented size and resolution. Enthusiast gamers now have access to a seamless, stunning perspective across six displays, enabling up to 12 times more resolution than 1080p HD. Our coverage of gaming with the Eyefinity 6 is located here. Comments
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Microsoft Announces Quarterly Earnings Release Date
Microsoft Corp. will release fiscal year 2010 third-quarter financial results after the close of the market on Thursday, April 22, 2010. A live webcast of the earnings conference call will be made available at 2:30 p.m. Pacific Time on the Microsoft Investor Relations Web site at http://www.microsoft.com/msft. Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT") is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential. Comments
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XFX Will Not Carry Fermi-Based Cards
According to Legit Reviews, XFX has announced that they have made the decision to not carry the GF100 series of video cards. Do not fret XFX fans, they will still carry Nvidia products in the future! XFX mentioned that they have "yet to see whether the fermented launch will reach an inglorious anti-climax" and that "they want to "Ferm up to who really has the big Guns". Comments
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US Concerned Over Australian Internet Filter Plans
First it was Google, and now the United States is expressing concerns over the proposed plan. It will be interesting to see if these voiced concerns will have any effect. "The concerns of Australia's most important security ally further undermine plans that would make Australia one of the strictest Internet regulators among the world's democracies." Comments
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Laser Warfare Takes To The High Seas
I wonder if any of us Quake veterans can audition for weapons control "A new type of laser weapon system touted as the holy grail of military lasers took a step closer to reality last week." Comments
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Integrating Flash Into Chrome
Google says they are integrating Flash into its Chrome browser. The company will provide the latest version of Flash when you download the browser and offer regular updates as well. After all the holes and vulnerabilities that cropped up last year in Adobe's products, maybe teaming up with Google will help get that under control. As a first step, we've begun collaborating with Adobe to improve the Flash Player experience in Google Chrome. Today, we're making available an initial integration of Flash Player with Chrome in the developer channel. We plan to bring this functionality to all Chrome users as quickly as we can. Comments
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