Byte Into It 30th May 2007 « Byte Into It – Computing and new technology

Byte Into It 30th May 2007

Digg – The new Microsoft Surface
The launch of Microsoft Surface marks the beginning of a new technology category and a user-interface revolution. Surface, Microsoft ’s first surface computer, provides interaction with digital content through natural hand gestures, touch and physical objects.

Sony’s groundbreaking paper-thin display – Technology – theage.com.au

Digg – Best Firefox keyboard shorcut ever – Retrieve accidently closed tabs!

Digg – XP vs. Vista – A Tale of Framerates
We applied real world gaming scenarios to both operating systems in some of today’s most popular 3D games.

Digg – Will Halo 3 Breath Life Into Halo Movie?
Peter Jackson says Halo 3 will re-build interest for the Halo movie, bringing back potential partners like 20th Century Fox and Universal Pictures.

Digg – Unreal Tournament 3 release date revealed!
Unreal Tournament 3, industry insiders are now stating a September 3rd release for the US and September 28 for Europe.

Digg – Crysis Coming To Wii? Image Says Yes

Digg – Star Wars: Force Unleashed – Unleashing The Force Part 1: The New Beginning

Digg – Analyst says PS3 needs $200 price cut to recover

Peer-to-peer networks co-opted for DOS attacks | The Register

Digg – Apple Releases iTunes 7.2, Launches iTunes Plus (DRM Free)

Mac OS X exploit hits soon after Apple releases patch – Security – www.itnews.com.au

Better than Google? Creator thinks so – Technology – brisbanetimes.com.au

Top 20 Free Applications to Increase Your Productivity – lifehack.org

Microsoft exec: Future versions of Windows to be “fundamentally redesigned”

Microsoft/Novell agreement may exclude patent protection for Wine, OpenOffice

Topfield supports ACCC call to revise consumer policies – Hardware – www.itnews.com.au

Illinois raids welfare to pay for failed video game violence legislation

Digg – Windows ‘Longhorn’ Resurrected and Available for Download

Digg – Facebook Launches Facebook Platform; They are the Anti-MySpace

Digg – Five most popular apps on Facebook

Digg – Facebook’s Draconian Rules: We Own You and Your Content

Slashdot | New Jersey Sues YouTube Over Crash Video

Digg – Novell signs on to EFF patent busting project

Sony hit with patent infringement lawsuit over Blu-ray discs

New security tool converts binary Office 2003 files to open XML

May 30, 2007
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Digg Technology

Google has 45 accounts on Twitter: why not just buy them? July 13, 2009

If you love something so much that you want to buy it, you shouldn’t profess your love for it to the world. It will just increase the price.

Ten Simple Rules for Choosing the Perfect CMS July 13, 2009

The content management system you choose can really make a huge difference in how much time you (or your clients) spend keeping a site updated and maintained.

PublicBT Tracker Set To Patch BitTorrent’s Achilles&#8 July 13, 2009

Along with the lingering uncertainty surrounding the future of The Pirate Bay comes an increasingly urgent demand for alternative public BitTorrent trackers. PublicBitTorrent, operated by the people behind some of today’s most prominent torrent sites, is one of these much needed alternatives.

Screen Capture Tools and Techniques July 13, 2009

Screen capturing tools do what the basic tool don’t. Make your screen capture and sharing experience more interesting, here’s a showcase of 40+ Free Screen Capturing Tools and Related Techniques.

Mobile Mapping Services Hit Big Time July 12, 2009

Gartner Inc. predicts that the number of subscribers using location-based services (LBS) globally will double this year, even as mobile device sales decline by 4%.

Pocket God offers example of how to make a hit iPhone game July 12, 2009

Bolt Creative is one of the lucky iPhone app developers; it’s a case study on how to create a hit without a lot of resources. The two-man team created Pocket God, a cartoon-style game where you play a god ruling over the pygmy natives on a remote island, and they've been very very successful.

Rise of the (ATM) Machines July 12, 2009

You know things are bad in South Africa when even the ATM's are defending themselves.

Pirate Bay Buyer’s Stock Back to Square One July 12, 2009

After Global Gaming Factory (GGF) announced that it intends to buy The Pirate Bay for $7.8 million, shares in the company quickly doubled. The financial faith in the company’s plans for the world’s most prominent tracker were short lived though, as the share price is back to square one two weeks later.

Using electrical outlets and cheap lasers to steal data July 12, 2009

If attackers intent on data theft can tap into an electrical socket near a computer or if they can draw a bead on the machine with a laser, they can steal whatever is being typed into it.

30 Light and Sleek Web Designs for Inspiration July 12, 2009

This collection presents exemplary and gorgeous examples of light, bright and sleek web designs for your design inspiration.

The Register

Adobe wires ColdFusion into Microsoft Office and SharePoint

Business-apps sucking sound Fourteen years after ColdFusion first appeared, Adobe Systems has updated the platform to facilitate the development of applications that feed on Microsoft's Office and SharePoint productivity products.… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work

Endeavour launch scrubbed for fourth time

Florida weather refuses to play ball NASA today scrubbed the launch of space shuttle Endeavour for the fourth time, citing inclement weather at Kennedy Space Center.… The power of collaboration within unified communications

DARPA plans to end swine flu using Triffid drugs

Possible minor zombification side effect Crazed US military boffins, their plans for the eradication of humanity in a machine-rebellion bloodbath at a stand, have adopted an alternative strategy. They plan now to develop a "plant-based production system", ostensibly for the harvest of valuable products beneficial to humanity - but which seems certa […]

Lightning strike grounds Endeavour

Shuttle launch tomorrow, says NASA NASA has postponed today's planned launch of space shuttle Endeavour following "lightning strikes in the Launch Complex 39A area" of the Kennedy Space Center.… The power of collaboration within unified communications

LaCie d2 Network

Affordable Nas for fashionistas Review For anyone technically minded and with time to spare, there are numerous network-attached storage (NAS) solutions available at low cost. However, there is a fast-growing market for the ‘appliance’ Nas that you plug in, switch on and use straight away on your home or small office network with a minimum of configuring. T […]

Orange UK drops DRM

Music wants to be free 79p Orange UK is jumping on the anti-DRM bandwagon as the centerpiece of a "major refresh" of its Music Portal's Orange Music Store.… Offloading malware protection to the cloud

Serena Software to pick over Borland's remains

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Apple celebrates first year of App Store hijinks

Happy birthday, fartmonger! One year ago Friday, Apple launched its iTunes App Store. And it's been one hell of a wild - if famously flatulent - ride ever since.… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work

Net sleuth calls eBay on carpet over shill bidding

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'Secure' Wyse thin clients vulnerable to remote exploit bugs

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Digg – Linux/Unix

Hands on with Mint 7 July 11, 2009

Now in its seventh iteration, codenamed Gloria, Linux Mint aims to bring easy-to-use Linux to the masses. It's based upon the ubiquitious Ubuntu, and as such it shares many of the same features; the installation routine, for example, is virtually identical and takes under 30 minutes to complete.

Did Microsoft force Asus to axe Linux? July 11, 2009

Victor Keegan: Microsoft is right to warn about the danger of a serious monopoly in search because of Google's dominance

What to expect from the next version of Ubuntu July 10, 2009

Due October, Karmic Koala is taking cloud computing seriously. You can generally get an inclination of what Ubuntu is going to feel like from the name, and we think the Karmic Koala is going to be more of an interim release than a major overhaul.

Nine Must-Have Features We Want to See in a Google Chore OS July 9, 2009

What's inside Google's just-announced Chrome Operating System? How does it work, exactly? Nobody outside Google knows. We can, however, build a dream operating system from the ground up, and that's what we're doing with some help from the hive mind.

Giz Explains: What the Hell is Google's Chrome OS? July 9, 2009

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Google Chromium gains native theming support on Linux July 8, 2009

The Linux port of Chromium, the open source development version of Google's Chrome browser, now has a native theming mode that will make the browser adopt the icons and colors from a user's GTK theme.

Koala will be 'a definitive shift' for Ubuntu Linux July 8, 2009

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"Windows 7 is the same as Ubuntu" | Education IT | ZDNet.com July 8, 2009

Obviously, this isn't true. But to a 17-year-old student who "hated Linux" a year ago, there's no longer any meaningful difference between the two operating systems. The old Windows vs. vs. Mac vs. Linux debate may finally be dead.

Official Google Blog: Introducing the Google Chrome OS July 8, 2009

Google Chrome OS is an open source, lightweight operating system that will initially be targeted at netbooks.

VirtualBox 3 brings 3D graphics support - Ars Technica July 6, 2009

Sun released VirtualBox 3 this week, the latest version of its open source x86 virtualization software. The new version introduces support for 3D graphics and SMP.

Arstechnica Law and Disorder

Better router tech: Mind the flows, not the packets July 13, 2009

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Ericsson to run Sprint's wireless network, but how? July 12, 2009

The technology world's attention shifted to Sprint-Nextel this week with the company's announcement that it would hand off management of its wireless and wireline networks to Ericsson. Some time around or after September, 6,000 Sprint employees will begin working the system under the Swedish mobile maker's supervision, the new […]

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Google CEO says he will "talk to Apple" about board conflict July 10, 2009

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Space-based solar power, part 2: running the numbers July 10, 2009

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Who dishes out those broadband stimulus grants? Maybe you July 9, 2009

As we've reported, the US government has at long last announced that the first application window for broadband projects funded by that $7.2 billion in stimulus money will soon open. Two agencies are handing out the grants and loans: the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the Department of Agriculture […]

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Will the FCC ever deal with bird-killing mobile phone towers? July 9, 2009

Both conservationists and the wireless industry continue to press the Federal Communications Commission for some response to concerns that millions of migratory birds fatally collide with mobile phone towers every year. But there are no obvious signs that the Commission has plans to do anything—despite a court order requiring agency ac […]

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Has the RIAA sued 18,000 people... or 35,000? July 8, 2009

Just how many file-sharers has the RIAA gone after? Those in the know were widely reporting a figure just north of 30,000 cases—the RIAA never liked to provide exact numbers—but the music trade group stated in a recent court filing that the real number of people sued is only 18,000. What's going on? Back in 2006, an article […]

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Committee: US space program needs big picture focus July 8, 2009

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Goldman's secret sauce could be loose online; markets beware July 7, 2009

A Russian programmer named Sergey Aleynikov was picked up this past Friday by the FBI for allegedly stealing and passing along code that, if circulating out in the wild, could expose US markets to manipulation and cost Aleynikov's former employer, Goldman Sachs, millions. Bloomberg quotes assistant US Attorney Facciponti saying that […]

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Ars Technica – Apple

Week in Apple: WebObjects in 10.6, upcoming iPod rumors, App Store birthday July 11, 2009

Hopefully the holiday weekend didn't leave you too hung over to get your daily dose of Apple news. But in case you missed it, this week we discussed cameras in iPods, the whereabouts of Quicken for Mac, the death (or not) of WebObjects, next-gen iPod touches, and an iPhone 3GS jailbreak, to name a few stories. Read on for our roundup: […]

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New test build of Snow Leopard has a few visual tweaks July 11, 2009

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Google CEO says he will "talk to Apple" about board conflict July 10, 2009

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Cameras: a solution for multiple cameras in Mac OS X July 10, 2009

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Apple proposes HTTP streaming feature as IETF standard July 10, 2009

When Apple discussed the new features of the forthcoming iPhone OS 3.0, SVP of iPhone Software Engineering Scott Forstall said that the iPhone would be capable of streaming video and audio directly over HTTP. Apple also advertised HTTP streaming as a feature of QuickTime X, the update of its media architecture coming in Snow Leopard. What it […]

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Quicken for Mac lives—and is coming in February of 2010 July 9, 2009

Mere days after we teased an answer out of Intuit about the status of Quicken for Mac, the company has announced that the latest rewrite has once again been pushed—to February of 2010. In a post made to the Official Quicken Blog, Intuit's senior manager of public relations Scott Gulbransen wrote that the new version will definitel […]

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Report: demand for Macs, iPhones on the rise July 9, 2009

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iPhone 3.0 software has some new playlist and syncing tricks July 9, 2009

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Safari 4.0.2 lands with stability, WebKit security updates July 9, 2009

Apple released a minor update to Safari 4 this afternoon for both Mac and Windows that claims to address stability issues and contains a handful of security fixes. Most Safari users appear to be pleased with Safari 4.0.2, though a number of other users warned us that there were "plugin issues" with the update. According to the des […]

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WebObjects sliced from 10.6—but prognosis of death premature July 8, 2009

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