1. Google Chrome OS Will Fail: Here are the Fatal Flaws 1 hour ago permalinkThe Chrome OS is here -- sort of. This week, Google was kind of enough to give the world a sneak peek at its nascent desktop operating system. And after months of speculation (and more than a few bogus screenshot galleries), I can finally say that I've seen the future ... and it's not Chrome OS.
2. Saturday Morning Science Experiment: Microwave Lava 41 minutes ago permalinkParents, romantic partners and roommates of America: I am not encouraging your child, partner or person you share living space with to do this. At least, not in your good microwave. They should buy their own for this sort of thing. And for the love of Pete, they should wear protective eye covering. I am so very serious about the protective eye ...
3. Witch bottle from the 18th century 42 minutes ago permalinkAbove is an 18th century "witch bottle," used to fend off evil spirits. Discovered at a construction site in the London borough of Greenwich, this example is particularly rare because it's still corked. Retired chemistry professor Dr. Alan Massey analyzed the bottle and its curious contents. From Fortean Times: (The bottle) contained 12 bent ...
4. Wired shows off an Apple tablet-formatted copy of Wired on a fake Apple tablet 1 hour ago permalinkIt's a wild land of imagination over at Wired and Condé Nast these days. The pair have managed not only to dream up a colorful, animated copy of Wired magazine for the so-far imaginary Apple tablet, but actually whipped up a concept of a Apple tablet to go with it. The Willy Wonka-style pairing are being shown off at the Wired Store in ...
5. New Business Models for News talk 24 minutes ago permalinkHere’s my talk on CUNY’s New Business Models for News at our summit in New York: Jeff Jarvis on New Business Models for News 2009 from CUNY Grad School of Journalism on Vimeo. And here’s my latest Prezi: 6. Magic Mouse Drivers for Windows Now Available 1 hour ago permalinkMagic Mouse owners lusting for multi-finger gestures on a PC can stop wishing. Some good ol' fashioned hackery pulled Windows drivers from the latest Bootcamp update. You can grab them here , report back with results. [ Uneasy Silence , thanks Dan! ] 7. KODAK ESP 5250 All-in-One Printer 1 hour ago permalinkWith the KODAK ESP 5250 All-in-One Printer you can print vivid color documents and lab-quality photos at home for much less than what you’re paying now thanks to our low-cost, high-quality pigment ink cartridges. And with the convenience of Wi-Fi built-in, we’ve made printing as easy as it is affordable. Say goodbye to overpriced ink for good.
8. The World’s Largest Earthquake-Safe Building 2 hours ago permalinkThe new terminal at Istanbul's Sabiha Gökçen Airport is the world's largest earthquake-safe building. You're looking at the over two million square feet of scaffolding that support it, all resting on top of giant geological roller skates. Instead of being built on top of the soil, the whole structure rests on over 300 isolators. These giant ... 9. Gifts for Retro-holics Who Yearn for the Old Days 3 hours ago permalinkAre you trying to find a gift for one of those crazies who's always going on about the superiority of vinyl, or who dresses like a character on Mad Men ? Here are some ideas for the retrophile in your life. BTW, if you hate the gallery format as much as the Grinch hated Christmas, click here . Leica M7: DSLR schmee SLR. Digital photography still ... 10. Uh-Oh: Gameloft moves away from Android development 4 hours ago permalinkThe sudden surge in interest in Android (largely due to all of the hype surrounding the Droid) has caused a lot of developers to reconsider the platform. Atleast one major development house, however, isn’t impressed.
11. 3D Scanning, a Webcam's Latest Trick 3 hours ago permalinkWe've seen cameras do all kinds of crazy things. DIY 3D photography , augmented reality , and now this demo by Qi Pan shows how an ordinary webcam can model objects in 3D. I'm in no position to discuss the amount of technical wizardry in play here, but I do think the interface is really great. Look at how it overlays scanned textures on the ... 12. Spray Paint The Walls: The Story of Black Flag 4 hours ago permalink[Click for larger image.] I was lucky enough to see Black Flag play live a number of times in the '80s, around the time Glen E. Friedman shot the photo that graces this book's cover. I was an underage teen sneaking into grownup punk clubs, high on moshpit fumes (and, truth be told, lots else). The band, and that subculture that surrounded them, ... 13. Greetings from Barcelona 4 hours ago permalinkWhere a plug and a solid wifi connection never seem exist in the same space. Nonetheless, the PdF Europe Conference has been a vibrant carnival of discussion, quickly moving to its wrap-up in about an hour in the ground floor theater of the Torre Agbar. From the panels I've attended and the hallways discussions I've engaged in, two particular ... 14. London VC: European Startups Need To Work Much Harder 7 hours ago permalinkThis is our third guest post written by a London-based VC. To allow them to speak plainly without jeopardising their fund or their career in the small village that is the London VC scene, I'm allowing them to post anonymously. FYI, LondonVC is a genuine VC and TechCrunch Europe has met them face to face. One of the biggest challenges for any ... 15. Gift Guide: Peripherals 15 hours ago permalinkPeripherals, they say, are the spice of life. Well, maybe they don’t say that, but they do say it about variety, and peripherals add variety to your computing life. If you’re reading this on a stock HP desktop, clicking on links with the mouse that came with it, and trusting your data to that 512MB USB stick they gave you at work, ... 16. 18 hours ago permalinkMobile workers of the world can finally unite, as the neat augmented reality application Worksnug has just been approved by Apple for the iPhone. And you know what? Two days after its approval it is already a hit. Not only has Stephen Fry twittered about it, but it went straight in at number five in the iPhone application business charts. So what ...
17. Denver University Law Review 16 hours ago permalinkHow do our rights translate online? What are the boundaries of free speech and harassment on blogs and discussion boards? Do we forgo all expectations of privacy when we participate in Web 2.0? Should governments attempt to regulate the Internet, and if so, how?
18. Another Pro-ACTA Letter from MPAA, RIAA, et al. 21 hours ago permalinkA number of movie studios, record labels, and other copyright-holding companies (and their related trade associations) have also written a pro-ACTA letter to Congress , which I first saw posted on Ben Sheffner’s blog . Minus the bizarre “distraction” claim, it follows the same basic pattern—that ACTA will benefit IP ...
19. Lily Allen: It's Ok To Sell My Counterfeit CDs, Just Don't Give My Music For Free 17 hours ago permalinkDark Helmet alerts us to the news that our good friend Lily Allen is back in the news discussing file sharing again . Tragically, it does not appear that she's used her "time off" to better understand copyright issues very much. Unlike nearly everyone else who complains about copyright infringement, she's apparently "all for" infringing on her ...
20. Liberian Laws Are A Secret Due To Copyright; Even The Gov't Doesn't Have Them 16 hours ago permalinkWe've seen a few ridiculous cases whereby local governments claim copyright on a law, but it's still stunning to see what's going on in Liberia. Tom sends in the news that no one knows what the law covers in Liberia, because one man, leading a small group of lawyers, claims to hold the copyright on the laws of the country and won't share them ... |
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