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2. Francais2.1 Akihabara3. ClubicRendez-vous sur http://www.clubic.com/article-329248-1-intel-core-i7-980x-extreme-gulftown.html Warner Music Group et Dailymotion ont annoncé mercredi la signature d'un accord selon les termes duquel le portail de partage vidéo pourra diffuser légalement les contenus relatifs aux artistes signés [...] Le SSD, bientôt abordable ? Emboitant le pas à Intel qui avec son X5-V propose une capacité de 40 Go pour un peu plus de 100 euros, l'américain OCZ inaugure une nouvelle gamme de disques à mémoire Flash [...] Samsung a choisi la Géode, haut lieu de la 3D depuis déjà des années, pour présenter hier sa nouvelle gamme d'équipements de salon, dont bon nombre sont compatibles 3D. Le coréen a effectivement annoncé [...] A nouveaux enjeux, nouvelle version. C'est la logique qui préside au remaniement de Myspace, dont une nouvelle mouture sera présentée dans les mois à venir.
Lorsque le groupe de pop-rock Arctic Monkeys [...] Le prix Turing, la plus prestigieuse des récompenses en nouvelles technologies, a été décerné hier à Charles P. Thacker, chercheur chez Microsoft. Thacker l'a obtenu pour sa participation majeure dans [...] Si Firefox fut premièrement connu pour son système d'extension, c'est également ce dernier qui a fait fuir plus d'un internaute fatigué de devoir jongler avec les éternels soucis d'incompatibilité à chaque [...] En attendant le lancement de l'architecture Fermi, les partenaires de NVIDIA occupent tant bien que mal le terrain en déclinant les puces existantes. C'est aujourd'hui au tour de PNY, qui lance une GeForce [...] Amazon recrute un ingénieur spécialiste du développement logiciel pour Lab126. Cette structure à l'origine du Kindle devrait notamment demander à sa nouvelle recrue de mettre sur pied un navigateur web [...] Dès le deuxième trimestre de l'année, le groupe France Télévisions devrait se doter d'un portail qui centralisera l'intégralité des programmes que ses différentes chaines sont susceptibles de proposer [...] La « guerre des navigateurs » n'est pas prête de s'arrêter et l'équipe de Mozilla a récemment présenté sa nouvelle arme fatale : JägerMonkey. Ce nouveau moteur JavaScript emboitera le pas à TraceMonkey [...] Dell conserverait finalement la seconde place en terme de ventes d'ordinateurs pour l'année 2009, selon le cabinet d'étude iSuppli, en dépit des bonnes performances du challenger Acer, qui l'a dépassé [...] Du cinéma au salon, il n'y a qu'un pas. C'est en tout cas ce que promet Sony en annonçant la signature de contrats avec six majors du cinéma hollywoodien pour la distribution de films sur le réseau Playstation.
En [...] L'UFC-Que Choisir a saisi la Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés (CNIL) dans huit dossiers concernant les données personnelles. Plusieurs sociétés de la distribution et des télécommunications [...] Depuis l'adoption d'Hadopi, et bien qu'elle ne soit pas encore en action, les internautes auraient déjà adapté leurs pratiques, selon une « première évaluation » de trois chercheurs de l'Université de [...] Les polymères, généralement utilisés comme isolants en électronique, ont trouvé une nouvelle application avec une récente recherche du Massachussets institute of technology (MIT). Une équipe de ce centre [...] Si Yahoo! et AOL ont récemment fait peau neuve avec une toute nouvelle page d'accueil, l'équipe de MSN n'entend pas être à la traîne. Fini le classique bleu foncé, exit le traditionnel logo, place à une [...] Après des semaines de campagne marketing annonçant la future révolution de l'Internet, Cisco a fini par dévoiler... un routeur. L'équipementier américain aurait cependant mis la barre très haut, avec [...] Dell a profité ce matin d'une conférence de presse pour annoncer le renouvellement de ses ordinateurs portables destinés aux petites entreprises. La nouvelle série Vostro 3000 adopte tout particulièrement [...] La semaine dernière, la société Opera Software a publié la version 10.50 de son navigateur Internet pour Windows. Outre une nouvelle interface et une meilleure intégration à Windows 7, le logiciel embarque [...] La course à la fusion entre les services Internet et la télévision se poursuit, avec un entrant de taille. Google testerait en effet un nouveau service de recherche dans les programmes de télévision en [...] Panasonic a annoncé hier le renouvellement et l'élargissement de la gamme G. L'autre fabricant nippon a effectivement officialisé les Lumix G2 et G10, deux Micro Four Thirds à viseurs. Ces appareils photo [...] Suite à une commande sur le site Newegg, plusieurs consommateurs américains ont eu la surprise de recevoir un simple bout de carton en lieu et place du processeur Core i7 920 qu'ils avaient acheté. Dans [...] Après l'Alsace le mois dernier, c'est la Basse-Normandie qui poursuit le compte à rebours fatal de la télévision analogique. Depuis cette nuit à minuit, les émetteurs de la télé de papa ont cessé d'émettre [...] Dans la longue lignée des accessoires USB plus ou moins utiles – on se souvient notamment des ventilateurs ou des plaques pour garder sa tasse de café au chaud – Energizer avait a priori eu une bonne idée. [...] Google Labs, le site qui recense tous les projets du géant de l'Internet américain, a ouvert cette nuit Public data explorer. Le projet est d'envergure : il recense sous forme d'infographies dynamiques [...] Lors d'une conférence sur la sécurité informatique organisée par le cabinet RSA, l'ingénieur Will Drewry de Google a levé le voile sur les mesures de protection qui seront embarquées au sein du système [...] Rendez-vous sur http://www.clubic.com/article-13957-1-les-configurations-completes-de-reference.html La société Appcelerator dévoile la version 1.0 de son outil de développement Titanium. Ce dernier permet aux développeurs de créer des applications natives tout en utilisant des technologies web comme [...] La Poste Mobile, on a tous à y gagner ? Selon le quotidien les Echos, la Poste envisagerait de se lancer dans l'univers de la téléphonie mobile sous sa propre marque. Contrairement à Iliad (Free), elle [...] Fin février, Google avait annoncé le rachat de l'application reMail. Disponible sur iPhone, cette dernière permettait de compresser les messages du gestionnaire de courriers et disposait d'un moteur de [...] Microsoft a aujourd'hui détaillé le calendrier de sortie et la tarification de Office 2010 pour la France. Chacune des trois éditions sera vendue en boite ou en téléchargement, respectivement plein tarif [...] Dans le domaine des services de micro-blogging, Twitter reste certainement en tête. Cependant, d'autres acteurs du marché enregistrent une forte croissance, c'est notamment le cas de la start-up new-yorkaise [...] Après la publication d'une application gratuite venant concurrencer le service Google Maps, Mappy lance cette semaine son premier logiciel de navigation autonome à destination des possesseurs d'iPhone, [...] Les cartes graphiques se suivent et se ressemblent chez NVIDIA. À défaut d'avoir lancé de véritable nouveauté, voilà plus d'un an que la firme au caméléon fait honneur à sa mascotte en camouflant d'anciennes [...] Connu pour ses solutions de conversion et d'édition de documents PDF, Nuance a récemment lancé Nuance PDF Reader, une visionneuse PDF gratuite, basée sur son logiciel PDF Converter 6. Déjà concurrent d'Adobe [...] La fondation Mozilla a récemment dévoilé un nouveau site Internet afin de promouvoir un projet baptisé Drumbeat. Il s'agit d'un laboratoire de réflexion sur les technologies de l'Internet et la manière [...] Installée officiellement début janvier par Frédéric Mitterrand, la Haute Autorité Haute Autorité pour la diffusion des oeuvres et la protection des droits sur Internet (Hadopi) n'attend plus que la publication [...] C'est en toute discrétion que le fabricant de périphériques de saisie, Logitech, a mis en ligne la version 6.00 de ses pilotes SetPoint. Une version loin d'être anodine car elle revient sur un ensemble [...] Lors du salon du CeBit 2010 qui s'est déroulé à Hanovre en Allemagne, Kevin Turner, responsable des opérations techniques de Microsoft, a levé le voile sur les objectifs de la société pour l'année 2010. [...] Les économistes le savent et le bon sens commun y invite: en période de crise, les entreprises sont forcées d'opérer des tris dans les activités et de chercher des alliés, ce qui, n'étant culturellement [...] Publiée en juin dernier, la norme HDMI 1.4 a apporté de nombreuses améliorations à sa devancière, et notamment la prise en charge de la 3D. Pourtant, les spécifications du Blu-ray 3D n'ont quant à elles [...] Les différences idéologiques entre la Corée du Nord et les pays de l'Occident capitaliste se traduisent également par le biais des nouvelles technologies. En effet, l'année dernière les autorités de Pyongyang [...] On s'y habituerait presque : Google annonce une nouvelle acquisition. Après avoir racheté l'outil de recherche mobile reMail fin février, puis l'éditeur de photo en ligne PicNik la semaine dernière, c'est [...] Voici comme chaque semaine une série de vidéos sélectionnées par la rédaction. Qu'elle soit drôle, affligeante, méchante ou délirante, peu importe elle a buzzé cette semaine et nous souhaitons la partager [...] Au sommaire de ce quarante-deuxième épisode de Warpzone : la PlayStation 3 est bel et bien « futur proof », David Cage joue au gamin de quatorze ans, les plus belles fesses du monde jouent à Colin Mc Rae [...] Rien de tel pour se détendre en ce début de week-end que de revenir sur quelques unes des bonnes nouvelles de la semaine, au travers du coup de crayon de Flock. Il faut certes bien avouer que l'actualité [...] Comme chaque semaine, voici votre rendez-vous vidéo: la Clubic Week. Pour rappel, vous retrouvez ici un résumé « visuel et animé » des actualités multimédia qui ont marqué la semaine.
Vous pouvez aussi [...] Rendez-vous sur http://www.clubic.com/article-328706-1-offres-acces-internet-cle-3g-banc-essai.html Western Digital remet enfin le My Passport Studio, oublié lors du renouvellement de la gamme de disques durs externes, au goût du jour. En guise de consolation, ce disque dur portable destiné aux Mac est [...] [+ desc][+ titles]
4. News letter online.netSuivez la rédaction de la newsletter pendant la semaine... Le fameux « Ballot Screen » proposé par Microsoft pour régler définitivement les problèmes du choix du navigateur Internet avec Windows 7 semble soulever l'enthousiasme des autorités européennes. L'éditeur, étonné de cette réception si positive, semble désormais prêt à adopter cette méthode pour tous les problèmes à venir ... L'histoire se répète une nouvelle fois, c'est à croire que les ayants droit oublient trop rapidement les leçons du passé. The Pirate Bay suit en effet très exactement la même destinée que feu-Napster. Très populaire, le service peer-to-peer Napster avait été rapidement mis en difficulté ... La loi n° 20009-669 du 12 juin 2009 « favorisant la diffusion et la protection de la création sur Internet » a été promulguée au Journal Officiel ce samedi 13 juin. Cette loi n'est rien d'autre que la fameuse loi Hadopi, amputée des articles censurés par le Conseil Constitutionnel cette semaine ... C’est la semaine des joueurs, puisque le salon E3 vient d’ouvrir ses portes à Los Angeles. Face aux échecs des versions précédentes, l’ESA (Entertainment Software Association) a décidé de revenir à la configuration d’origine, passant de 38 exposants et une surface de 3000 m² en 2008 à quelque 150 exposants et 67.000 m² cette année ... Comme ils l’avaient annoncé, les députés socialistes, verts et communistes ont déposé un recours commun auprès du Conseil constitutionnel contre la loi Hadopi, en soulevant onze points d'inconstitutionnalité ... 15.000. Ce serait le nombre d'exemplaires vendus du jeu Grand Theft Auto : Chinatown Wars sur Nintendo DS en France en 3 semaines, alors qu'il s'agit pourtant d'un des jeux les plus réussis sur cette console. La faute à un piratage massif ? Sans doute, mais c'est loin d'être la seule raison ... Déjà l'édition 400... et une newsletter une nouvelle fois consacrée en grande partie à la loi Hadopi, dont le vote solennel est attendu ce 12 mai. Alors, que va nous réserver l'après-Hadopi ? Si l'on en croit la ministre de la Culture, les plates-formes légales vont, comme par miracle, connaitre une croissance vertigineuse ... Non, je ne suis pas la première victime de la loi Hadopi, ma connexion Internet n'a pas encore été coupée. L'absence de newsletter pendant ces quelques mois était seulement due à un planning un peu compliqué depuis le début de l'année. A propos de la loi Création et Internet, le feuilleton comique du moment, il faut constater que plus le temps passe, et plus les opposants sont nombreux ... Dans le contexte de lutte contre le piratage, il fallait oser : la page d'accueil du site Internet du Tribunal de Grande Instance de Bonneville (Haute-Savoie) a été modifié le 26 décembre dernier, pour être transformé en "Stro", autrement dit un espace de stockage hébergeant 23 Go de contenus warez (films récents, logiciels, jeux Xbox360…). Le site, qui connaissait une telle affluence qu’il était souvent inaccessible, a finalement été mis hors service ce 5 janvier, puis remis en ligne peu après ... Première newsletter de 2009 oblige, je vous adresse tous mes vœux pour cette nouvelle année. Avant de débuter, jetons un rapide coup d'œil sur ce qui s'est passé en 2008 : un processeur Phenom d'AMD loin derrière les Core 2/Core i7 d'Intel et un Phenom X3 pitoyable, le succès du processeur Atom, une chute vertigineuse des prix des chips mémoire, un chipset nVidia GeForce 9400M réussi (mais un nForce 780i SLI pathétique), une remontée spectaculaire en termes de ratio performances/prix chez AMD avec la gamme Radeon HD 4xx0 ... [+ desc][+ titles]
5. Anglais5.1 Lockergnome’s Search Engineer
Everyone wants to blog on Lockergnome – you can make some decent money by posting your articles here – but not everyone understands that Lockergnome, like so many other websites, lives and dies by the search engines. In order to make a killing on Lockergnome you need to do some killer SEO. Here are the top 5 tips you can use to improve your blogs SEO.
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Wow, it seems like even the beloved Google has become a type of security threat. Phishing has just become as easy as a Google search.
And so, it appear that the Live.com has taken its permanent place among the icons of the Internet. In short, MSN Search is no more.
Bet Google never saw this one coming! It seems that Google is in a fight for the right to use Gmail. And yet some how, I am willing to bet that they’ll find way to win.
So why in the world would Acer and Yahoo possibly have a desire to team up on a project. Oh, the answer to this might just surprise you.
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[+] Next Wave: Dabble
If someone wants to start-up a new company that would really excite me, how about one that helps to me to recall a particular song based on my voice in a mic singing the melody. Until then, Dabble offers us something else to consider…
OK, why would anyone want to participate? No seriously, not just the reasons Google is offering, I mean in the real world.
According to MarketWatch, Google has seen better summers. In reality, it feels more like the search giant leveled off rather than slumped, but maybe it’s just me?
Google is invading Japan! Well, with their video, anyway. Hipcast has been in this market for sometime, wonder what took Google so long?
What makes Google UK different from that of the Google here in the US? Apparently, its indexing…
Speaking as an AdWords kind of guy, this is a great thing indeed! Ajax can bring so much to an endeavor, so adding it to AdWords is not all that surprising.
This is a great deal for the folks over at Microsoft. Seriously, I mean is there any real question that allowing this ad deal to go through would be great for both companies?
AOL has a craptastic record in general, so the fact that researchers are less than excited about wanting to use their search logs should come as no surprise.
So does Yahoo’s latest actions (among that of others) mean that they are crossing the line in their efforts to generate revenue. Or instead, would it be better to allow them to discover what works best for them as they companies like this remain unchecked?
Apparently Google is trying to position their video service into the mainstream spotlight as they toss the much more valued Froogle into the back seat.
Google is getting into the coupon business, even if many of us are growing a little leery of this move.
From search engine to everything engine, Google is now running as a WiFi service, too!
Serving as a search engine for MySpace is not small deal, let me tell you.
AOL does it again with leaked search engine queries. No rest of the unfortunate I suppose…
Blogger has been unchained in China recently. Still, there are still a number of problems that remain in question.
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5.2 OSDir
From the Vroom VROOM! dept.: Mozilla's high-performance TraceMonkey JavaScript engine, which was first introduced in 2008, has lost a lot of its luster as competing browser vendors have stepped up their game to deliver superior performance. Firefox now lags behind Safari, Chrome, and Opera in common JavaScript benchmarks. In an effort to bring Firefox back to the front of the pack, Mozilla is building a new JavaScript engine called JägerMonkey. The secret sauce that will drive Mozilla's new JavaScript engine engine into the fast lane is some code borrowed from Apple's WebKit project. Mozilla intends to bring together the powerful optimization techniques of TraceMonkey and the extremely efficient native code generator of Apple's JSCore engine. The mashup will likely deliver a significant boost in Firefox's JavaScript execution speed, making Mozilla's browser a formidable contender in the ongoing JavaScript speed race.
From the One Ping Only dept.: Computer scientists say they've discovered a "severe vulnerability" in the world's most widely used software encryption package that allows them to retrieve a machine's secret cryptographic key. ...The scientists, from the University of Michigan's electrical engineering and computer science departments, said the bug is easily fixed by applying cryptographic "salt" to an underlying error-checking algorithm. The additional randomization would make the attack unfeasible. An OpenSSL official, who asked that his name not be published, said engineers are in the process of pushing out a patch and stressed the attack is difficult to carry out in real-world settings. »
[+] A Fresh Look for Ubuntu
From the UI dept.: The new style of Ubuntu is driven by the theme "Light". We've developed a comprehensive set of visual guidelines and treatments that reflect that style, and are updating key assets like the logo accordingly. The new theme takes effect in 10.04 LTS and will define our look and feel for several years. ...We're drawn to Light because it denotes both warmth and clarity, and intrigued by the idea that "light" is a good value in software. Good software is "light" in the sense that it uses your resources efficiently, runs quickly, and can easily be reshaped as needed. Ubuntu represents a break with the bloatware of proprietary operating systems and an opportunity to delight to those who use computers for work and play. More and more of our communications are powered by light, and in future, our processing power will depend on our ability to work with light, too.
From the Competition dept.: Mozilla, faced with new competitive pressures, has begun work on three separate, significant changes to Firefox. First is a new JavaScript engine that--with a transfusion from the project behind Apple's Safari--should run Web-based programs at least 30 percent faster. Second is a new graphics engine for Windows that will take advantage of hardware acceleration for graphics and text. And third is a programming tool to help bring to fruition a new system for Firefox add-ons.
From the Share Our Pain dept.: A lawyer for Microsoft confirmed that the software giant told the US Department of Justice and the European Commission how Google’s business practices may be harming publishers, advertisers and competition in search and online advertising. Dave Heiner, vice president and deputy general counsel at Microsoft, wrote in a blog post on 26 Feb. that in meeting with government agencies to discuss its recently approved search deal with Yahoo, Microsoft officials explained how Google has tilted the mechanics of the search advertising business in its favor. “As you might expect, the competition officials asked us a lot of questions about competition with Google—since that is the focus of the partnership,†Heiner wrote. “We told them what we know about how Google is doing business. A lot of that entails explaining the search advertising business, which is complex. Some of that inevitably gets into Google practices that may be harming publishers, advertisers and competition in search and online advertising.â€
From the Yeah, More Committees! dept.: The US government’s policy of leaving the Internet alone is over, according to Obama’s top official at the Department of Commerce. Instead, an “Internet Policy 3.0†approach will see policy discussions between government agencies, foreign governments, and key Internet constituencies, according to Assistant Secretary Larry Strickling, with those discussions covering issues such as privacy, child protection, cybersecurity, copyright protection, and Internet governance.
From the Enemy of Crap Software dept.: ... the International Intellectual Property Alliance, an umbrella group for organisations including the MPAA and RIAA, has requested with the US Trade Representative to consider countries like Indonesia, Brazil and India for its "Special 301 watchlist" because they use open source software. What's Special 301? It's a report that examines the "adequacy and effectiveness of intellectual property rights" around the planet - effectively the list of countries that the US government considers enemies of capitalism. It often gets wheeled out as a form of trading pressure - often around pharmaceuticals and counterfeited goods - to try and force governments to change their behaviours.
From the Copy n Paste dept.: Xerox Corp has sued Google Inc and Yahoo Inc, accusing them of infringing the document management company's patents related to Internet search. In a lawsuit filed last Friday in the U.S. District Court in Delaware, Xerox said Google's Web-based services such as Google Maps, YouTube and AdSense advertising software, as well as Web tools including Yahoo Shopping, infringe patents granted as far back as 2001. Xerox seeks compensation for past infringement and asked the court to halt the companies from further using the technology.
From the Fractions dept.: The Linux kernel would cost more than one billion EUR (about 1.4 billion USD) to develop in European Union. This is the estimate made by researchers from University of Oviedo (Spain), whereby the value annually added to this product was about 100 million EUR between 2005 and 2007 and 225 million EUR in 2008. Estimated 2008 result is comparable to 4% and 12% of Microsoft's and Google's R&D expenses on whole company products.
From the Disgrace dept.: The inability to deflect even a simulated cyber attack or mitigate its effects shown in the exercise that took place some six days ago at Washington's Mandarin Oriental Hotel doesn't bode well for the US. Mike McConnell, the former Director of National Intelligence, said to the US Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee yesterday that if the US got involved in a cyber war at this moment, they would surely lose. "We're the most vulnerable. We're the most connected. We have the most to lose," he stated. [+ desc]
5.3 The Register HeadlinesAfter a week of Paypal faffingJust occasionally the blogosphere can be about more than just hot air ? as it proved today by raising over £10,000 to pay off the fine of pub landlord Nick Hogan and to bring about his release from prison.? UK div sees 'encouraging signs'Mega reseller Computacenter delivered on its forecast of better-than-expected profits for 2009, though revenues actually declined at the firm.? How's the recession been treating you?Mexican telecoms bazillionaire Carlos Slim is the world's richest man, pushing Bill Gates into second place.? Incentives to encourage take-up of new tech, recyclingExclusive Sony is planning to offer a trade-in scheme targeting Blu-ray Disc player owners later this year.? 'No decision' on Opera MobileOpera has released an Opera Mini 5 beta for Google's Android platform.? Blimp wristed?Review Bowers & Wilkins' Zeppelin is undoubtedly the world's most iconic iPod speaker. Every one of its rivals, from the high end of the market downward, looks pretty much how you'd expect an iPod speaker to look. Not so the elongated ovoid that is the Zeppelin.? Texas troll two-stepApple, Research in Motion, and a gaggle of other deep-pocket firms have been slapped with a wide-ranging patent infringment suit by an obscure Texas firm.? Sworn declarations on AdMobThe US Federal Trade Commission is likely to oppose Google's acquisition of mobile ad outfit AdMob after requesting sworn declarations from Google competitors and advertisers, according to a report citing people with knowledge of the matter.? Acquisition binge continuesSystems software seller CA is shelling out $350m in cash to buy Nimsoft, an outfit that makes monitoring tools for managed service providers - aka cloud providers.? Cisco blades, minus VMware and EMCEverybody is talking up the idea of integrated stacks these days, but some customers just won't listen. They think they can just pick and choose any technology they want, like in the old days.? 10-year-old shows her ageMozilla is updating its open source license after more than 10 years of use.? One quarter of C&C channels vanishAt least a quarter of the command and control servers linked to Zeus-related botnets have suddenly gone quiet, continuing a recent trend of takedowns hitting some of the world's most nefarious cyber operations.? Gamers watch and waitIntel has given developers another peek at its upcoming Core i7-980X Extreme Edition processor.? App-V virtual embraceCitrix has unveiled XenApp 6 after re-architecting the product from the ground up to take full advantage of Microsoft's Windows Server 2008 R2.? Seven weeks and countingGoogle CEO Eric Schmidt has reiterated that the company is currently in negotiations with the Chinese government over its future in the country - despite the Chinese government's claims to the contrary - and he expects some sort of development "soon."? Phone vid traffic up '160%'Google is now serving ads on the mobile incarnation of YouTube.? Freeview HD and internet connectivity on board tooLG will release its 3D TV range in May, the company said today. The line-up will comprise a pair of LED TVs and a Blu-ray Disc player.? Accelerators speed up cluster workInfiniBand and Ethernet switch maker Voltaire this morning rolled out its Grid Director 4200, a midrange 40 Gb/sec InfiniBand switch that shoots the gap between its entry and high-end switches, and that is the product that Voltaire expects companies to buy as they adopt InfiniBand for database clustering and other HPC jobs.? Celebrated cryptographer was accomplished runnerThe campaigner who led a successful effort last year to secure a public apology for the UK government's mistreatment of Alan Turing is calling for recognition of the celebrated cryptographer during the 2012 London Olympics.? Account still restricted"PayPal is a fucking liar, a cheat and a thug," says Cryptome operator John Young. The eBay-owned payment service closed the Cryptome account last week, with over $5,000 of donations intended for Young in limbo.? 'Sferic' zap-sniff tech for future subterranean warriorsNews has emerged of a secret US military programme intended to let troops navigate about inside huge underground enemy tunnel complexes by measuring energy pulses given off by lightning bolts.? My own brother, a goddamn, shit-sucking vampireFormer Sun Microsystems boss Jonathan Schwartz has claimed that Apple chief Steve Jobs threatened to sue the server and software maker in 2003.? Nid wyf yn deall gair rydych chi'n dweudAlmost 200 Welsh language programmes broadcast by S4C last month attracted precisely zero viewers, leaked audience figures show.? Don't need no good adviceThe Ministry of Justice reduced its consultancy spending from £20.7m in 2007-08 to £10.5m in 2008-09, despite the failure of other departments to meet government cost-cutting targets.? Tackles hidden cost of 3D TV viewingIn a bid to become the leading supplier of 3D TVs, Samsung will bundle every one of its 3D tellies and Blu-ray Disc players with two pairs of active-shutter specs and a copy of Monsters vs Aliens, the company announced last night.? Code-only entry endedHumax and the BBC have extended their iPlayer trial to all of the manufacturers' Freesat set-top boxes, making the catch-up service available through remotes' red buttons.? Advent students still waiting for a saviourAdministrators for Advent Computer Training, and its sister school for plumbers, believe they have found buyers for the company.? £1m spent on advertising, no public relationsThe government still seems to be shying away from spending too much money advertising its ID card and National ID Register schemes.? Cruises 12 miles up on pair of Ford car enginesGlobal arms'n'aerospace behemoth Boeing says it will now begin work in earnest on its "Phantom Eye" high-altitude hydrogen spy drone, powered by a pair of modified Ford car engines.? Online banking losses up thoughA rise in online banking fraud losses took some of the shine off the overall fall in debit and credit fraud in the UK last year.? SDK lands with a bumpMozilla has promoted its web extensions prototype package - Jetpack - by pushing it upstairs and readying it for production with its Firefox browser.? Free licenses lure cloud army to VMwareOpen-source Java framework specialist SpringSource has unveiled a new incarnation of its Apache Tomcat-based tc Server, offering application developers and operators additional tools for building, deploying, and monitoring their software on the lightweight runtime platform.? Every twt.tl bit helpsTwitter has tightened up security procedures in order to curtail phishing attacks against users of the micro-blogging service, which have become rampant over recent weeks.? Still not shining Silverlight on UK video playerMicrosoft has taken the beta wraps off its MSN homepage, which the company relaunched in the US in November 2009.? Routing like it's 1949Garmin's Geko 201 GPS kit can't decide what year it is, flipping between decades every time it's switched on, though it's performing better on days of the week.? Well done chaps, no damage to society at allThe minister responsible for counter-terrorism has said that despite "some very nasty bastards out there who aim to do us harm", government security initiatives have made the UK safer from attacks in recent years.? Trick-cyclist blasts Googleplex massage parlourIt's official. Proper actual science* has confirmed that the young Westerners of Generation Y (people now in their 20s) are idle, workshy loafers by comparison to their elders. They are also think that the world owes them a handsome living, having higher expectations of salary and status than their predecessors.? Corporate crusaders for free speech uniteMandybill Ian Livingston, the boss of Britain's biggest ISP BT, is lobbying for the government's proposed technical sanctions against filesharers to be replaced with fines.? Hardware guru wins computing's 'Nobel prize'A Microsoft researcher has received the Turing Award in recognition for his pioneering work in personal computing hardware and networking technology development.? Sector inspectorWestern Digital is to help Windows XP users more easily make the transition to so-called '4K' hard drive technology, the new standard for basic drive formatting.? WebOs goes nativePalm has released its Plug-in Development Kit, enabling native development for those who find AJAX just can't cut it.? Connect-your-own-storage DVR tooSharp will release the first of two Freeview HD set-top boxes at the end of April. It's also preparing a regular Freeview DVR that uses USB-connected storage to make it a doddle to transfer taped programmes to a PC.? Wife is 100% free range and foie gras fedA New York chef is offering samples of cheese made from his wife's breast milk with the promise that it's "100 per cent organic, free range and foie gras fed".? Warns of more bumps aheadGordon Brown is set to announce the Budget will happen at the end of the month, increasing the likelihood that the election will be on 6 May.? Kiss and don't tellCelebrity publicist Max Clifford has agreed to accept a £1m plus payoff in exchange for dropping phone hacking allegations against the News of the World.? »
[+] Google goes cyclingTurn left here and jump that red lightGoogle is offering a cycling option for users of its map service.? Hard to resistReview The flourishing Android operating system has appeared on phones made by Motorola, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, LG and HTC. Now Google has launched its own handset, though it?s actually made by HTC, which has made the bulk of Android handsets so far.? Feds cuff JihadJaneA suburban Pennsylvania woman who went by the online alias JihadJane used the internet to recruit Islamic terrorists and to plot the assassination of a Swedish cartoonist who depicted the Prophet Mohammed, according to a federal indictment unsealed Tuesday.? Dual-node MS2 clusterCriticising the pain of single-silo deduplication products, Sepaton has introduced a dual-node clustered product that can be upgraded to its larger ES2 system.? The non-iPad iPad cloneThe publicity whores at China's Shenzhen Great Loong Brother tablet-PC maker are at it again.? [+ desc][+ titles]
5.4 Wired dot comThe U.K. Statistics Authority's Richard Alldritt is an expert in how governments fudge the numbers. He and his math-police squad are rooting out the truth, whether it's to reveal the real gender pay gap or the actual rate of knife crime.
A Connecticut telephone company starts the first local, public packet-switching network. It paves the way for the always-on internet access we know today.
Street Fighter gets bendy. Ms. Pac-Man hops a tandem bike. And plenty of other classic characters get similarly strange treatments in Giant Robot's videogame-inspired exhibit.
Angry users sue Classmates.com after it decides to make previously private data public, just as Facebook did in December. Will its defense be, "I learned it from watching you, Zuck?"
With its heady mix of heavy themes and technology, The Dark Side of the Moon remains the best concept album ever, even 37 years after its release. Plus: 10 more concept albums in Dark Side's shadow that deserve a slice of the spotlight.
A YouTube artist whips up a precise, shot-for-shot re-creation of Spike Jonze's amazing music video using clips from the late, great Battlestar Galactica.
European Parliament is coming out in opposition to a U.S.-backed intellectual property treaty accord, and is demanding the treaty's secret text become public.
App stores aren't just for mobile phones anymore. Google has launched a store that lets Google Apps customers add third-party browser-based apps to their existing stack of Google's productivity tools.
The formidable triumvirate of Amazon, Dell, and Google is apparently poised to give iTunes the first serious run for its money just as the iPad is about to take Apple?s downloadable media megastore where no computer has gone before.
Google is actively negotiating with China over web censorship according to CEO Eric Schmidt.
Even though people might be dying to get off the government's no-fly list, it includes names of the dead on purpose. Following the "Underwear Bomber" incident Christmas day the list has ballooned.
Hear a track from Dark Night of the Soul, a collaboration between the late Sparklehorse leader, David Lynch and Danger Mouse. Also on the podcast: more music from The Ferocious Few, Flying Lotus and Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings.
Moving away from high-budget blockbusters to scaled-down treasures built by small teams proves enticing to veteran videogame developers. Part of the appeal: A nostalgic remembrance of the early days of game development.
A massive effort to understand Gulf War Syndrome finds physiological differences in the brains of healthy veterans and those suffering from Gulf War Syndrome.
Funky chickens that are half male and half female reveal a different biological system for gender determination.
Cool looking and inexpensive, the Remix earbud from VMODA doesn't quite deliver solid sound quality.
Microprocessor company ARM says there will be more than 50 new tablets launching worldwide to compete with the iPad.
Strange name. Sexy bike. And it's headed for the racetrack.
This spring, the Air Force was preparing for a groundbreaking test of the X-51 WaveRider, a hypersonic cruise missile that would reach speeds of up to Mach 6. But it looks like the WaveRider?s debut flight will have to wait while some technical issues are addressed.
Why, really, did the 3D movie trend start? Does anybody remember, before the trend began, thinking 'You know the problem with movies? They?re too two-dimensional?' Anyway, some work, and some don't and some would be bad ideas. Here are 10 that should never be attempted.
Google's announcement that it intends to build and test super fast fiber-optic broadband networks in a few communities around the US has a few communities in the US pulling out all the stops to be selected with some attention-getting stunts that scream to the search giant "Pick me! Pick ME!"
With a click of a mouse, cyclists can get the quickest, and flattest, route between Point A and Point B.
The Nasdaq begins its spectacular collapse, signaling the end of the dot-com boom.
The recently unveiled secret agreement that Apple makes iPhone developers sign supports what many have suspected all along: Apple is trying to control the universe.
Taking public transit wouldn't just decrease our carbon footprint — it'd also end all that fiddling with the phone while driving, an insanely dangerous problem.
Huge projects that would store wind energy by compressing air in abandoned mines and porous sandstone are gaining steam in the Midwest.
The Nasdaq peaked at 5,049 on March 10, 2000, then it promptly nosedived and hasn't come near that level since. Here?s a look at the era that launched — and crushed — a million dreams.
Through interviews with a brainy crop of musicians and scientists, a new documentary probes the connection between body, mind and music.
You're carrying around a video camera in your pocket (it's that thing attached to your mobile phone) so be prepared and learn how to start streaming video to the web at a moment's notice.
It's from 1934, and it doesn't look like a car, and it doesn't look like it would fly.
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5.5 Slashdot5.6 So sue me: Jon Lech Johansen’s blogWe have an opening for an experienced C# developer at DoubleTwist: You will be tasked with working on both our client software as well as server backend code. Besides coding, you will be responsible for assisting with documentation, building test plans, debugging software, providing design input, and helping in every way to ensure the successful rollout of each phase of the project. Location: San Francisco If you are interested, send us your résumé. If you know of someone who might be interested, please forward this to them.
Opening: Reverse Engineering Monkey Required skills include C, C++, x86 ASM, DRM and Windows APIs. Strong mathematical knowledge of algorithm analysis and implementation is desired. Minimum of 3 years of directly related experience. Your favorite number is 0x90. Location: Antarctica or your home country. Opening: Senior Software Monkey Required skills include C, C++, C# and Windows APIs. Requirements include strong experience with current digital audio/video technology (MPEG4, H264 and AAC). Minimum of 5 years of directly related experience. Location: San Francisco or Norway. »
[+] Apple TV hacksWhat else to do when jet lagged than to unpack my brand new Apple TV?
I wonder if the Apple TV is powered by a nuclear reactor because it runs fracking hot! My unmodified Apple TV running vanilla MacOS X off a USB harddrive:
I enabled SSH and then installed Perian + ATVFiles. Now my Apple TV is able to play video formats that don’t fit into Steve’s master plan Check AwkwardTV for a list of hacks. EMI has been rumored for months to start licensing DRM-free tracks at a higher pricepoint. From today’s press release:
When people a while ago requested that Apple start selling DRM-free content from independent labels, some Apple fans argued that Apple couldn’t do this because it would break consistency in iTunes and create consumer confusion. Now Apple is going to be selling some DRM-free music at a higher price point. So much for the consistency and confusion argument! It will be interesting to see how this offering will be branded in the iTunes Store (DRM-free or “Higher Quality”?). EMI is the smallest of the four major record labels and is in the worst financial shape. More conservative labels such as Universal and Sony BMG are unfortunately not likely to follow anytime soon. Will Steve Jobs follow up with “Thoughts on Movies”? Highly unlikely, although the thought of a Disney director calling for an end to video DRM is entertaining! Steve’s main argument in “Thoughts on Music” was that CDs don’t have DRM. The studios have always insisted on copy protection (Macrovision, CSS, AACS) and that’s not likely to change in our digital lifetime. Perhaps Steve will start drafting another manifesto after the Apple TV has 90% market share Update: Steve’s Thoughts on Movies during the webcast:
I dropped by the Apple Store the other day to check out the Apple TV. I was disappointed with how the Apple TVs were demoed in the store. They were sharing the same Internet connection as all the Macs and due to the bandwidth being completely saturated by people browsing the web, it took several minutes before trailers would load on the Apple TVs. The Apple TVs should have been on a separate connection or the trailers should have been cached locally. Another issue was the disappointing video quality. While the menus and artwork were crisp and clear, the video quality of the movies and trailers was horrible. The Apple TVs should have been configured to stream the 720p trailers instead of the lower resolution ones. I felt that the remote for the Apple TV was too small and was not happy with the way video seeking was implemented. I think most people would prefer using a scroll wheel for video seeking. Out of the box the Apple TV is very limited, but there’s a lot of info over at AwkwardTV on how to make it useful. »
[+] New notebook?I’m in the market for a new notebook. I’ve only ever owned ThinkPads (except for a brief fling with a PowerBook a couple of years ago). My current ThinkPad T42p has served proudly in the DRM wars and is entering retirement. It still does its job, but I want a notebook that’s not as heavy. I’ve been considering getting the ThinkPad X60t as it’s smaller and lighter than the T60. Unfortunately, it’s currently available from Lenovo with only a L2400 CPU and I haven’t been able to find much info on how well it runs Linux. Also, there are reports of screen ripple issues. I was worried that quality would go down when Lenovo bought IBM’s PC division… and on a related note, the new ThinkVantage and volume buttons are hideous! Should I switch to a MacBook Pro? »
[+] Tumi SucksOn a recent trip to San Francisco I bought a Tumi Vista Super Light 20″ Wheeled Carry-On. On the way back to Oslo, having completed the SF-London leg, this happened:
It weighed 10 kgs (they weigh all carry-ons at Stansted) and I mostly used the wheels. I had heard good things about Tumi and their reputation for quality. I was hoping that this carry-on would be robust enough to last me a while, but I guess I have to start looking again. What would you recommend? Anyway, I should have known better than to buy a product called Vista Update: A Tumi representative got in touch and will be sending me a new carry-on. It’s a different model, so I’ll be posting a review soon »
[+] Chocolate MousseNote: Bumped this old post for all of you chocolate lovers out there!
Directions Leave in the fridge for 3 hours. »
[+] DAAP LicensingDAAP (Digital Audio Access Protocol) is a protocol defined by Apple and used for iTunes streaming. Apple has licensed the DAAP protocol to at least one company: Roku. Their SoundBridge product is a networked music player that streams music from your computer. Thanks to Bonjour and DAAP the SoundBridge can stream music from an iTunes library without any configuration necessary. The first version of DAAP was reverse engineered. In response, Apple added hashing of secret values to the next version of DAAP to block non-iTunes clients from connecting to the new version of iTunes. The new version of DAAP was also reverse engineered. When Apple released iTunes 7 last September, they changed the secret hashing. You would think they would have informed their DAAP licensees of this in advance and provided them with updated DAAP documentation (they wouldn’t need to reveal the release date of the new iTunes version). Not so. According to this forum post by Roku’s Mike Kobb they were not given advance notice, let alone any updated documentation. It appears that it took Apple several weeks to supply Roku with updated DAAP documentation. In light of this, it is not surprising that Steve Jobs is claiming that licensing FairPlay is not feasible and using bogus arguments to support his claim. Licensing FairPlay is quite feasible, it’s just that Steve doesn’t want to do so. Of course, from a business perspective I don’t mind I knew last year that Apple had licensed DAAP to Roku, but I didn’t learn until today that Apple had stabbed Roku in the back. Thanks to snorp (developer of ipod-sharp and other cool code) for pointing this out to me. This is the 3rd and last post about Steve’s “Thoughts on Music”
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[+] Review: BinaryClockFor your confidential time-telling needs Olympic Systems' Jim Sogotis: "They're tanks" »
[+] Review: EDGEZodiac-optimized RPG in a league of its own Naked Zodiac Users rejoice! Olympic Systems to offer a quality repair at a fair price Play games. Take photos. Win stuff. Price reduced, free trial available Game development upstart supports community in turmoil Yeah, so what else is new? Are the Ladies right, do good things come in small packages? Z2 delivered, TCPMP improvements made »
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