Oracle substitutes previews for product 14. May 2008
Posted by Nerdmaster in : Home Automation , add a commentJDeveloper 11g - a work (still) in progress
Exactly a year after releasing the first preview of version 11g of its JDeveloper Java integrated development environment (IDE), Oracle has quietly slipped out preview number four - yes, count ‘em - four.
MySpace Gets $230 Million Judgment Against ‘Spam King’. Good Luck Collecting.
Posted by Nerdmaster in : Home Automation , add a commentA federal judge orders “Spam King” Sanford Wallace and his partner to pay MySpace about $230 million in what is believed to be the largest anti-spam judgment ever. The tough part, of course, is collecting one thin dime from the pair, who lost the case when they just didn’t bother to show up to court.
Microsoft CEO has no plans to raise offer for Yahoo (AP) 23. April 2008
Posted by Nerdmaster in : GamingHorizon, Home Automation , add a commentAP - Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said Wednesday that his company's $44 billion offer for Yahoo Inc. reflects Yahoo's worth and the software maker has no plan to raise it.
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SÃ¥ klipptes kablarna i havet av 14. April 2008
Posted by Nerdmaster in : Home Automation, The Register , add a commentMyndigheterna i Dubai har beslagtagit två skepp som var skyldiga till haverierna då två undervattenskablar gick av tidigare i våras. Skeppen identifierades med hjälp av satellitbilder.
Australia giving snoop powers to employers
Posted by Nerdmaster in : Cellphones, Home Automation, The Register , add a commentNo consent needed for reading staff emails
The Australian government is considering extending email snooping powers currently restricted to security services to all employers.
IBM wants to get youngsters hooked on Power
Posted by Nerdmaster in : Cellphones, Home Automation, The Register , add a comment‘We’re hip’
IBM’s Power server evolution will continue through hipness and experimentation.
Everybody’s Golf World Tour 7. April 2008
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Everybody’s Golf was one of the surprise launch hits on the PSP, and it’s every bit as good on the PS3.
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Blue Dasher seeks customers for street-level photographs 4. April 2008
Posted by Nerdmaster in : Cellphones, Computer Sweden, Home Automation , add a commentTechnology looking for application?
CTIA ‘08 On Tuesday Blue Dasher announced it had accumulated complete street-level photography of every road in San Francisco, South Florida and Las Vegas. Today we sat down with the company in CTIA, who told us why.
Nå kommer mobil-trojanerne 2. April 2008
Posted by Nerdmaster in : Crafts, GamingHorizon, Home Automation , add a commentSikkerhetsselskap advarer - tar telefonen som gissel.
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InstallEase tool available for free
Posted by Nerdmaster in : Crafts, GamingHorizon, Home Automation , add a commentInstallEase, part of LanRev's Management Suite, is now free.
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ISO Approves MS Office 2007 Format
Posted by Nerdmaster in : Crafts, GamingHorizon, Home Automation , add a commentThe International Standards Organization signs off on Microsoft’s Office 2007 document-saving format as an international standard. The company says the nod proves it’s making once-proprietary tech work with competing programs, but opponents say the Office Open XML standard keeps customers buying MS programs.
Why the Vista hacker turned to eBay (InfoWorld)
Posted by Nerdmaster in : Cellphones, Home Automation, MAKE Podcast , add a commentInfoWorld - When Shane Macaulay tried to sell the Fujitsu U810 laptop he won in a hacking contest last week, it seemed almost like an April Fool's joke.
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Acer Aspire Gemstone Blue Preview
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Acer enters the world of Blu-ray with two new notebooks, the 6920G and 8920G. We take a look at what’s to come.
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Skrekk og gru
Posted by Nerdmaster in : Crafts, GamingHorizon, Home Automation , add a commentSPILLTEST: Condemned 2 er bra, men litt ufokusert.
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Daisy underground
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From the MAKE Flickr photo pool
Member Mchaceortiz built the Daisy MP3 player - London Underground edition. Nice job - mind the gap!
When a son or daughter asks for a new MP3 player, you can always chime in, “In my day we built our own MP3 players - soldering both ways, uphill! . . . Oh hey we can do make our own!”
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MAKE Daisy open source MP3 player reviewed
In the Maker store:
Daisy MP3 Player
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Amazon Launches Text-Message Shopping
Posted by Nerdmaster in : Crafts, GamingHorizon, Home Automation , add a commentA new Amazon service called TexBuyIt lets shoppers compare prices and buy goods using their cell phones. Text the name of a product to “Amazon” from anywhere your mobile works, even from inside a brick-and-mortar store. If Amazon stocks it, you can immediately buy it — cha ching.
Programtips: OpenOffice.org-tillegg
Posted by Nerdmaster in : Crafts, GamingHorizon, Home Automation , add a commentHer er en oversikt over tilleggsprogrammer for kontorpakken OpenOffice.org.
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The Guitar Zeros @ Maker Faire
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Starting a band and writing an album’s worth of songs with your own MIDI control scheme is cool. Using video game controllers as your interface is very cool. Doing all that with a fresh style that people can actually get into - that’s pretty much unheard of!
The San Francisco Guardian describes them -
Like Glenn Danzig run amok with a MIDI interface, The Guitar Zeros cross gale-force riffage and nerdy electronics know-how to create a dark stew bubbling with art-punk smarts, new wave circuits, and glam-metal heft. Instead of traditioinal stringed instruments, the ironically dubbed Zeros weild Guitar Hero controllers (yes, from the hugely popular PlayStation 2 game) to trigger synthesized sounds created and mapped to the controller’s buttons with multimedia software Max/MSP. Before you go writing these guys off as kitsch, consider the sophistication that such a stunt entails. Then forget about their oddball (nay, ingenious) presentation and listen to the music. Solid.
The Guitar Zeroes will be performing both May 3rd & 4th @ Maker Faire Bay Area, San Mateo Fairgrounds
If you’d like to try your hand at the interface - check out the detailed how-to, download the MAX/MSP software.
Maker Faire is a two-day, family-friendly event that celebrates the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) mindset May 3rd and 4th at the San Mateo Fairgrounds, CA (Upcoming.org). It’s for creative, resourceful people of all ages and backgrounds who like to tinker and love to make things. Buy tickets now and save, discount ticket sales end on April 25th, 2008.
If you’re in the Bay Area, or plan to attend Maker Faire add “makerfaire” to your Twitter, we’ll be giving away tickets and will have updates before and during Maker Faire!
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IDF Spring 2008 - Day One - Larrabee Details Revealed
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AMD and nVidia must be quaking in their boots.
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Microsoft Launches Windows Mobile 6.1 1. April 2008
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Evolution not revolution.
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