http://www.megite.com Megite is the newspaper for anyone interested in what's happening right now by intelligently uncovering the most relevant items from auto discovered news sites and weblogs. Copyright 2009, Megite 30 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 PST http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/1#item_1 7388baf2587d50684f62ea36ad51331a Puzzled onlookers have wondered why Google is overseeing two separate operating-system projects. Co-founder Sergey Brin thinks that at some point the two will become one. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 PST http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/1#item_2 5b86712b45a023a12a27955edf3e04e2 BARCELONA (Reuters) - French mobile phone games company Gameloft said it and other software developers were cutting back investment in developing games and other applications for Google's Android platform. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 PST http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/1#item_3 e33f35bff9f966cf03b6b39c60c3bdf9 "A number of changes to the block layer promise better data throughputs and reactivity. There are also several new drivers for storage hardware. "Linux kernel 2.6.32-rc7 hit the streets late last week, but when 2.6.32 will finally be released remains anyone's guess. There are likely to be at least one, more likely two, further pre-release ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:54:14 PST http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/1#item_4 fd1704e618d269d07d1f1aa3af51f156 Mazda will show off the U.S. version of its Mazda2 model at the 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show. Originally posted at The Car Tech blog (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:21:00 PST http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/1#item_5 93b87be069fc86c7224d6a5f94fd3a4f It's been a bad week for Nokia's research and development division, which had more than 300 of its staff laid off this week. The news was a little better for Skype, which detached from its eBay owners and netted a $2.75 billion valuation. Also, Facebook's video hosting is now the third most popular video hosting site on the Web, though it still ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:02:00 PST http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/1#item_6 a1cf27d1580475934d8bfceb9539ef2c Get bestsellers and new releases, your favorite eNewspapers, and eMagazines all delivered fast and free via 3G wireless or Wi-Fi. Browse the vast Barnes and Noble eBookstore and sample any eBook for free. Then buy it in seconds -- many bestsellers and new releases are just $9.99. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:00:00 PST http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/1#item_7 406856abd5c98e865a50a48d30903e61 The newest versions of Internet Explorer, Firefox, and other browsers all protect against phishing and malware attacks, and most also let you browse anonymously, though they implement these features in very different ways. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:59:00 EST http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/1#item_8 5f2ded1afb13e64d563029b3e0076896 The 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. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:59:00 EST http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/1#item_9 3576b06dec68b931633bf032e192046b Looking for an easy-to-use RSS and Atom reader for your Mac? You've found it! The Eddy award-winning NetNewsWire has a familiar three-paned interface and can fetch and display news from thousands of different websites and weblogs. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:22:58 GMT http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/1#item_10 3433aee3c2a35a4c07cd923673a3630a Unless you've recently arrived in 2009 on a time machine, you know that smoking isn't good for you. Did you know, however, that smoking isn't good for your computer, either? It's true, at least according to Apple. Two readers in different parts of the country claim that their Applecare warranties were voided due to secondhand smoke. Both readers ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:30:00 EST http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/1#item_11 b46819048f8b0675ad0af2133d439a1b After being banned from the PlayStation Network for hateful comments stated in Resistance 's online community, Erik Estavillo launched not one , but two , lawsuits against Sony for infringing on his "first amendment rights" -- an argument that was shot down by Judge Ronald Whyte simply because "Sony is not part of the government." However, what ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:50:26 +0000 http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/1#item_12 e7ab4b4bdb1b6bdc4caa82311e6e92bb I tested Apple’s Magic Mouse with Windows 7 not long after I bought the device a few weeks ago. It paired through Bluetooth with no issues as expected, and works well, but lost was the scrolling I enjoy with a finger flick on my MacBook. Obviously, it’s a driver issue and I never thought twice [...] (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:22:58 GMT http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/1#item_13 261c3dd5c43bd2eea417f63d8bcdfa0d Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:26:05 +0000 http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/1#item_14 55a991117d1396020dc455d3ea584e2c Twitter COO Dick Costolo, speaking today on a panel at TechCrunch’s Real-Time CrunchUp event in San Francisco, shed some light into the micromessaging service’s revenue plans, promising that it will begin taking a cut of its partners’ advertising revenues “early next year.” Meanwhile, it will “foster mechanisms ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:50:26 +0000 http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/1#item_15 387e4d2e0ab585aa5778ca78d974a08d Peripherals, 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, ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:14:27 -0500 http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/1#item_16 1d29ca28fbdef04be539ee57a11f1ba2 Facebook has threatened legal action against a service that sells friends on the social networking site. It said it would take the action against marketing firm USocial unless it stopped violating Facebook's rights. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:00:00 -0500 http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/1#item_17 6432bbccd2deaff7af36f58cc185dfc9 LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Apple may be having a hard time selling the iPhone in China, but momentum is picking up in Europe as distribution widens. The end of exclusivity has already triggered a big leap in market share for the popular handset in France and observers say the phenomenon is about to repeat itself in the U.K. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:30:05 GMT http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/1#item_18 43049a753d40ab5de877e965dadf9856 [ UPDATE, 8 p.m.: In a response to Kristof's post Friday evening, Microsoft said it's "committed to comprehensive results" and made it clear that it believes any problems are related to its search technology, not a purposeful attempt to omit controversial content. Microsoft's Adam Sohn cited "some queries that provide very balanced web results," ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:50:26 +0000 http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/1#item_19 648ef2325bc9260abf9ff940046a9e7a Thomson Reuters is the world's largest international multimedia news agency, providing investing news, world news, business news, technology news, headline news, small business news, news alerts, personal finance, stock market, and mutual funds information available on Reuters.com, video, mobile, and interactive television platforms. Thomson ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T17:35:50Z http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/1#item_20 417369b4e0e3c55b063483fb47ff7bee OoohHHH BaBy!! Any BlackBerry Pearl fans out there? I know there are. And I know so many of you have been waiting for Research in Motion to release an updated version of the candybar-styled BlackBerry Pearl 81xx Series Smartphone. Good news. The wait is getting shorter, because what you're looking at in these photos is the new BlackBerry Pearl ... (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:03:38 GMT http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/21#item_1 6ab326f470bb089d2280d057c9c939bb Kayla Rosenblum sat upright and poised as she breezed through the shapes and numbers, a leopard-patterned finger puppet resting next to her for moral support. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:13:36 +0000 http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/21#item_2 c04fb3043d62a22bdde41b69bed90ec3 The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) says it expects to restart the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) by this weekend after more than a year of repairs. The 27 km (17 mi) particle accelerator was launched last year, but suffered a failure from a faulty electrical connection, damaging 53 of the smasher's 9,300 superconducting magnets. ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:21:00 -0800 http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/21#item_3 1ed86dd04943fdb41e27ecef3e6f51f3 Before Sarah Palin's book, "Going Rogue," was released to the public, the Associated Press published a much-heralded fact check that detailed where her claims didn't line up with reality. It was possible in part because the AP snagged a copy of Palin's book early. (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:45:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/21#item_4 4914f967c9adca05178e86a606567319 In an age when everyone is following everything, is it ever possible to disappear? On Aug. 13, one man drove out of San Francisco determined to stay hidden in plain sight and test this possibility. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T17:35:50Z http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/21#item_5 d15df670acdacf5779c152f85a150936 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T17:35:50Z http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/21#item_6 6137eeed691a000fade07f643d8f7987 While the tech world has been waiting for Apple, Microsoft, and even TechCrunch to introduce their tablets, a company called Camangi has gone ahead and released its own device: The WebStation is a 7-inch touchscreen tablet that runs Android 1.5. The device features 802.11 b/g WiFI, a GPS module, and a built-in micro SD Card Reader. The ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:10:51 -0600 http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/21#item_7 cac35339b842a2fb9f1b523972ac7107 Somebody was bound to have a go: Texas-based law firm AbingtonIP is organising a class-action suit against Microsoft over the company's ban on modified Xboxes. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:13:36 +0000 http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/21#item_8 4a1f7192834b6f49861c824c8b6eea4e If you don’t back a copyright treaty being negotiated in secret, you must want to destroy Hollywood, its blockbuster movies and all the jobs they create. At least that’s the message from the Motion Picture Association of America. It’s spelled out in a Thursday memo to the Senate Judiciary Committee, urging lawmakers to support ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:30:00 EST http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/21#item_9 b415c1234c5982e141f0472f9716c8f9 The Tech Museum in San Jose, Calif., is appropriately located in the Silicon Valley, where the transformation of idea into innovation and invention has unfolded countless times, bringing to reality solutions to problems ranging from the mundane (how do we entertain ourselves this afternoon?) to the magnificent (how do we bring communications ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:15:00 EST http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/21#item_10 9a600c16b1fcca03389c1f8c9bde0815 We can't be gaming all the time, despite our best efforts, and from time to time we'll actually take advantage of the movie-playing abilities on our gaming systems. JBO features our top picks for XBL, PSN, Netflix's Watch Instantly and Blu-ray each week. Recommendation of the Week: North by Northwest: 50th Anniversary Edition (Blu-ray) It's been ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:00:00 EST http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/21#item_11 047e76d27ef46f240a163e5b641cb01a Not long ago Second Life was everywhere, with businesses opening branches and bands playing gigs in this virtual world. Today you'd be forgiven for asking if it's still going. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:38:14 +0000 http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/21#item_12 24e77930873ca43bda25f522d5cfd0f3 We’ve just received a full spec list for the very blurry Motorola Motus and it’s pretty interesting. Why, you ask? Besides AT&T 3G support, the specs are pretty similar if not identical to the Motorola CLIQ. Our connect didn’t flat… (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-21T00:48:15Z http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/21#item_13 0d1f1446698b3fdee061d61a04193901 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:00:00 -0500 http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/21#item_14 5a48b6f1df9cdf346a257ee4bd56ec43 Verizon's iPhone-rival Motorola Droid has been out for only a few weeks and it's already seeing price cuts from some retailers. Verizon is still selling the phone for $200, but Amazon.com has a new Droid with contract for $150. Dell is taking the aggressive stance and offering the Droid for $120 . Read the rest of this story » See Also: ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:15:00 EST http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/21#item_15 8b7041ecf33f73ee0d5b02b4096f0591 With the nation's Republican governors gathered in Austin this week for their annual meeting, Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour offered his spin on current events to Bob Schieffer. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:34:00 -0600 http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/21#item_16 85901fb2b5ff3fab66189c8306ad4919 Almost two-thirds of adults have broadband connections at home, but that's a long way from the ultimate goal: universal adoption of high speed Internet throughout the United States. Depending on which study you believe, we're everything from number 11 to 24 in international broadband penetration rankings . So how do we get to somewhere near ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:07:26 +0000 http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/21#item_17 01af5ef490d82eecf1b6a31975d8b886 What the hackintosh community brings, Apple taketh away. And the hackintoshers then put it back. With the 10.6.2 Mac OS X update, Apple removed support for Intel Atom CPUs, so all of those netbooks running Snow Leopard lost their spots. A modified kernel brings back support, says MacWorld, although I’d be pretty leery of said kernel. [...] (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:10:51 -0600 http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/21#item_18 cd4a308fc21c518e5569df39c41d6bbc Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:00:00 EST http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/21#item_19 8d40eef65226adfaeb8d5f68e243b361 The Guardian reports that British Intelligence is looking for a few good men. Specifically, the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) is running ads on the Xbox 360 dashboard and within Xbox games to recruit new members. The GCHQ, which works with both MI5 and MI6 (yes, that MI6 ), seeks to recruit young people with an affinity for " ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:14:27 -0500 http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/21#item_20 3ab30bf6134863485db25d7bc6b8098c According to sources on the set of "Good Morning America" yesterday, staffers were talking about the "get" that was Chaz Bono . When the subject of George Stephanopoulos vs. Chris Cuomo came up, the staffers wondered if George could or would even want to pull that interview off. "It's great morning TV to have that exclusive and Cuomo pulled it ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:28:27 -0800 http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/41#item_1 a22834d5c45e9dce577bd2759d9e1b8f The MacJury reconvenes with a new panel and more holiday gift picks. The trend of wide-ranging favorites continues, with several storage-related picks, a jewelry option, audio choices, video selections and more. Perhaps most surprising, several members of the MacJury make their singing debuts awhile making their picks. (No, really, they sing.) ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:12:58 -0800 http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/41#item_2 76da46116772cb321f5f8f805e72f93b Philips has unveiled 2 rather interesting new models in its LED HDTV line up, namely the 40PFL9704 and the 46PFL9704. These TVs boast “LED Pro” which is Philips’ next generation LED backlight technology. Aside from that, you’ll find better contrast ratio, 200Hz refresh rate and it’s claimed to be 50 percent more ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T09:30:00.000-08:00 http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/41#item_3 956a0c485b3d6dea98fca60c8a2edab4 Chinese spies are aggressively stealing secrets to build up China's military and economic power, a US advisory panel on US-China relations has warned. Its members urged the US Congress to ensure the country was adequately protected against Chinese spying. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:47:54 -0500 http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/41#item_4 eeeeef3dbf35cab60baadb1d1e36dac0 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:47:54 -0500 http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/41#item_5 1665422d3df304c96db30712b0039d33 Among the initial batch are seminal indies such as John Sayles' "Return of the Secaucus Seven" and Errol Morris' "The Thin Blue Line"; Susanne Bier's "Brothers" (the original Danish pic on which the upcoming Jim Sheridan remake is based) and rare titles like Christopher Nolan's debut feature, "Following," are also in the Netflix package. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0800 http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/41#item_6 ca0eb238699f9abf1af04e1cec90772a Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:38:14 +0000 http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/41#item_7 13fde1eabbce2d292b82230e3eea4d6f If you're deleting miscellaneous unimportant files on your computer, simply dropping them in the trash or deleting them ought to be sufficient. If you need to permanently and irrevocably erase files to keep them from ever being resurrected, however, then you need a reliable file shredder. Here are four of the best open source applications to try. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:47:54 -0500 http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/41#item_8 b4e25a8b0f1064133f9c12701d94abd8 Black Duck Software has compiled the industries's most comprehensive KnowledgeBase of open source components, used to identify and provide information about the content of software and associated licenses. Each day we extract related license information and present the data below. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:33:03 +0000 http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/41#item_9 0c861c7e62a9463126353c634d2f63d8 MoTR 190 is 37:49 minutes long and is a 34.7 MB file in MP3 format. CLICK HERE to download the file and listen directly. HOSTS: James Kendrick (Houston), Matthew Miller (Seattle) and Kevin C. Tofel (Philadelphia) TOPICS: Matt’s back from möbius with a handset rundown Maybe Pocket PC isn’t such a bad name, after all Hands on with the ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T09:30:00.000-08:00 http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/41#item_10 e31028d8077c784e70920d596dbabe12 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:43:30 -0800 http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/41#item_11 b1acae07ff0dfa868c2589aef57f98cf Adobe's online office suite, Acrobat.com , is getting its first major upgrade since the service left beta back in June of this year. The new release, launching tomorrow, is an entirely unified experience thanks to the addition of a much-requested file organization tool, explains the service's Director of Project Management Rick Treitman. Also ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:28:27 -0800 http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/41#item_12 21ae2c6d97806930d3cf6153d67b3ceb Whitney Houston, left, being interviewed by Oprah Winfrey. Ms. Winfrey will focus her energy on her cable channel. Ms. Winfrey, the billionaire queen of daytime television, is planning to announce on Friday that she will step down from her daily pulpit, “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” in two years in order to concentrate on the forthcoming ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:50:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/41#item_13 99d775999e3596f94ace85f9334e63ca The professional scientist and former prostitute Brooke Magnanti told her agent, "If New Scientist asks for an interview, I'll do it." We did ask (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:07:26 +0000 http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/41#item_14 527f8e8eada8b109ea65fa812fa13922 Paradou’s weekly newsletters are so warm and welcoming (they’re how we found out about their three-for-one deal!) that it’s hard to imagine the man who pens them (owner Vadim Ponorovsky) as anything but a teddy bear. But a tipster has sent Gawker an e-mail in which Ponorovsky calls his employees “assholes,” “ ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:50:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/41#item_15 7f009e6247e1902a463c8d1f26034795 Sega and Sony are working together to bring Sonic into the PlayStation 3 version of LittleBigPlanet. In the middle of December, five Sonic the Hedgehog costumes based on Sonic Unleashed will be released as downloadable content. You can get Sonic, Sonic the Werehog, Tails, Dr. Eggman, and Knuckles alone or in a pack. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:37:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/41#item_16 90620f5bf1a86885e340328d28a944e7 Read more: #iphoneapps, #appstore, #appstoreapprovalprocess, #apple, #iphone, #apps, #software, #cellphones, #phones, #smartphones, #privateapis, #iphoneprivateapis, #staticanalysistool, #automatedappapproval (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:24:10 -0500 http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/41#item_17 130781685349eea7efd6cc60300e275b $7.00 Here we have a 41" full sized tree skirt made of thin green felt with snowflakes....and 5 Horde logos! Great for that WoW household! This skirt is being sold at a much lower price as it is imperfect. As you can see in the photo there are marks on the felt from the medium I use to attach the logos. It is on the back side though so once ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:37:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/41#item_18 9626063d0fb2336035eecb6a848bdf70 Content : Jurassic: The Hunted Demo Price : Free Availability : United States Dash Text: Jurassic: The Hunted is an epic, story-driven first-person shooter set on a dark, mysterious island that connects the modern world with the age of dinosaurs. Players take on the role of Craig Dylan, a weapons and survival expert, hired to protect a research ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T09:30:00.000-08:00 http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/41#item_19 e5338459dfda87a0886ffa3e8760818c Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:01:11 +0000 http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/41#item_20 7768e01c2b6f2125eec100cc48db446b Tina Feytook a shot at her bosses Wednesday night, saying: "NBC is sadly the fourth-place network; actually, we're in ninth place if you count the radio stations ahead of us right now." The 1,200 guests at the Ad Council gala at the Waldorf laughed raucously as Fey continued, "I really believe that if everyone in this room would watch NBC for one ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T09:30:00.000-08:00 http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/61#item_1 697602dde2cf3f32a0041607f1fbe64a Citing the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s call to civil disobedience, 145 evangelical, Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christian leaders have signed a declaration saying they will not cooperate with laws that they say could be used to compel their institutions to participate in abortions, or to bless or in any way recognize same-sex couples. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:43:30 -0800 http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/61#item_2 25c1e52af2af886bda21b95a2470a7ee Italian polymath Umberto Eco: "I like lists for the same reason other people like football or pedophilia." Italian novelist and semiotician Umberto Eco, who is curating a new exhibition at the Louvre in Paris, talks to SPIEGEL about the place lists hold in the history of culture, the ways we try to avoid thinking about death and why Google is ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:43:30 -0800 http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/61#item_3 310677ce128504a8e037885107ec72ff This is a project that I made to take care of an ever increasing need to prototype vacuum tube (valve) circuits. As you can see from the photos, it really is a test “board”. I do a lot of work with tubes and love to design and improve circuits. In the process I often use various CAD type programs to rough out the designs. I have ... (Read on Source) ]]> 20 November 2009 12:08 GMT http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/61#item_4 b8d4d73f1fbfe60898cccba9a9d82494 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0800 http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/61#item_5 b67a2fb48409cd87a80685de39c4a2a3 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T11:00:04-05:00 http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/61#item_6 52a4b4f9694f81dd27d8a62ec2289fb4 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:44:56 +0000 http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/61#item_7 163bee7a2c46451027e1b7b0fcdeddc5 We have been bowled over by the positive response to the launch of the new BBC iPlayer for the Wii. Twitter has been abuzz with comments , such as "a revolution in TV watching" and "feels like how TV should be and just might be in the future." Many people are also interested in the technical details of what we've done and how the BBC iPlayer ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:56:36 +0000 http://www.megite.com/technology/1258821050/61#item_8 8f70fac02255e85ab1156ecb040b09c3 We have been asked to make clear that Edgar Wright's appreciation of Edward Woodward, which appeared in the paper on Tuesday, November 17, was abridged and the full version can be read here or at www.edgarwrighthere.com (Read on Source) ]]>