March 2010
31 posts
Open Ballot: will a campaign to promote Theora and... →
A recent campaign to add more videos to Wikipedia is being used to try and push the advantages of the open source Theora video format over those encumbered by patents. For our imminent podcast, we’re…
Mother Brain (Picture) →
Maybe this is how all computers actually work. Windows 7 is starting to make a lot more sense…
Facebook Sharing Data has Nothing to do with Ads →
Tucked into Facebook’s new proposed privacy policy released yesterday was a paragraph saying the social network will automatically share your data with special “pre-approved” partners when you visit…
Beautiful staircase railing looks like a tree →
“It’s not, unfortunately, actually made of wood. Details are scanty, but I suspect wrought iron. It’s the work of Florida metalsmiths Imagination in Metals. [via Design You Trust]”
In The Digital World, Information Has No Ego →
It’s not about ego. Really. If it was ego, I’d be telling you about my awesome… oh, never mind. Bruce Perens
Slashdot Your Rights Online Story | Full ACTA Leak Online
http://www.laquadrature.net/files/201001_acta.pdf
“clientsfromhell: Me: “We will need to buy these images to use them for the...”
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“You’ve likely heard the phrase ‘form follows function,’ but have you really...”
– ThemeForest
RPG heroes are jerks →
Link, Mario and any Final Fantasy hero — they’re all out to save the day even if it means robbing from the people they’re out to protect. The heroes will barge in, take whatever they want and leave the defenseless villagers to deal with the consequences. What’s a poor villager to do?
Nothing. Nothing at all.
Destructoid - Let's revisit Nintendo's first 3D... →
S H O O K M A G /////// » News » Keys N Krates:... →
Microsoft Testing OfficeTalk - Microblogging... →
Counter Surveillance Camera detects binoculars,... →
jQuery UI 1.8 comes with new plugins, effect, and... →
What’s new?
Position utility
Position any element relative to any other, or even relative to the window or the mouse.
Button widget
The button widget creates a themable button from any imaginable element you might be using as a native button. Progressive enhancement all the way.
Autocomplete widget
Now you can make any text input pop up a menu to aid the user in...
Prenups undermine marriage | Rupert Myers →
Rupert Myers: If the supreme court backs prenuptual agreements then lawyers will get richer but Britain will be a poorer place
Diablo III's female Witch Doctor conjured up →
I’m not much of a gamer but you have to admire some of the graphic art in the best games. This Witch Doctor character in Diablo looks amazing.
Why I Am Against Software Patents →
I am against software patents because it is not reasonable to expect that the current patent system, nor even one designed to improve or replace it, will ever be able to accurately determine what might be considered legitimately patentable from the overwhelming volume of innovations in software.
Sprint Launches 4G HTC Evo →
A few months back at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona Sprint launched it’s 4G Overdrive mobile hotspot hub. Today at CTIA Wireless they launched the HTC Evo 4G Android smartphone! We had a first hand preview of the phone and some of it’s features and must honestly say it is a total mobile multimedia hub. This phone has by far the most capabilities of an Android phone to date… trumps the Nexus...
Adobe CEO the iPhone's lack of Flash: It's an... →
On Adobe’s fiscal first quarter earnings conference call, Narayen was asked about Flash on the iPhone—not to mention the iPad. …
IP Update: Recent Patents Related to PCR, Sample... →
NCSA chooses Linux as the operating system for Blue Waters. Researchers report their use of bacterial riboswitches, which they modified in silico, …
Review: Twitter Client YoruFukurou Has Everything... →
This is YoruFukurou, a Mac Twitter client from Japan, built by @seabream and @aki_null. It’s a native app for 10.5.8 or 10.6, and packs a lot of features into a nicely self-contained and fairly minimal little package.
Unlock your Linksys router's potential with new... →
“So after digging, I found a company called dd-wrt that produces Linux-based firmware that is compatible with Linksys routers (amongst many others). …”
