From our friends at EnGadget…
If you haven’t gotten hyped enough over the forthcoming third installment of the Halo series, perhaps you might want to get your paws on these illified (and expensive) toy guns from Jasman Toys. Apparently, the Halo 3-modeled firearms will not only look really bad-ass on your mantelpiece at home, but the [...]
Archive for July, 2007
Halo’s Covenant laser tag guns coming in October
Posted in General Interest on July 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
ACLU Protests Police Scanning License Plates
Posted in General Interest on July 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
From our friends at Slashdot we see this…
“The ACLU is objecting to the practice of police in Springdale, Ohio using an automated license-plate scanner on patrol cars to locate stolen vehicles or those whose owners are wanted on felony warrants. The scanner can read 900 license plates an hour traveling at highway speeds. So far, [...]
Houston, We Have a Drinking Problem
Posted in General Interest on July 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This sad news comes from Slashdot and is being reported elsewere…
“Aviation Week reports that astronauts were allowed to fly on at least two occasions after flight surgeons and other astronauts warned they were so intoxicated that they posed a flight-safety risk. A review panel, convened in the wake of the Lisa Nowak arrest to review [...]
How Microsoft Beat Linux In China
Posted in General Interest on July 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
From our friends at Slashdot we see this news…
“Linux has turned out to be little more than a key bargaining chip in a high stakes game of commerce between the Chinese government and the world’s largest software maker… The fact that… Linux failed to gain a major foothold in China is yet another blow to [...]
Microsoft Claims a Billion Windows Installs by End of 2008
Posted in General Interest on July 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
From our friends at Slashdot we see this news…
“Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer claimed yesterday that there will be a billion machines running Windows within a year. ‘The install base of Windows computers this coming 12 months will reach 1 billion. If you stop and just think about that, parse that for a second, by the [...]
New Ethernet Standard — Both 40 and 100 Gbps
Posted in General Interest on July 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A recent post from Slashdot…
“When IEEE 802.3ba was originally proposed [there] were multiple possible speeds that were being discussed, including 40, 80, 100, and 120Gbps. While there options were eventually narrowed down to just two, 40 and 100Gbps, the HSSG had difficulties [deciding] on the one specific speed they wanted to become the new standard… [...]
PubPat Kills Four Key Monsanto Patents
Posted in General Interest on July 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
From a recent post on Slashdot we see this news…
“PubPat’s request for reexamination resulted in the rejection of four key Monsanto patents. According to PubPat, those particular patents were being used to ‘harass, intimidate, sue — and in many cases bankrupt — American farmers.’”
Virtual Containerization
Posted in General Interest on July 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This story comes from our friends at Slashdot…
“It’s becoming increasingly clear that the most important use of virtualization is not to consolidate hardware boxes but to protect applications from the vagaries of the operating environments they run on. It’s all about ‘containerization,’ to employ a really ugly but useful word. Until fairly recently this was [...]
Microsoft Monday: Today’s Google Free Alternative
Posted in General Interest on July 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
From the good folks at Search Engine Land we see this story…
As part of our Google Free Mondays series this month, today is the day to try Microsoft’s Windows Live. Wait, wasn’t it Google Free Fridays this month? Yes, but I changed it to Mondays. And why do we hate Google so much we’re telling [...]
Google Acquires ImageAmerica
Posted in General Interest on July 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This is a recent post from Tech Crunch…
Google has announced the acquisition of Clayton, Missouri based ImageAmerica, a company that builds high-resolution cameras for the collection of aerial imagery.
ImageAmerica has previously provided images for Google Maps and Earth, including high-resolution black and white imagery of New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina.
Stephen Chau, Project Manager of Google [...]
Safest Seat on a Plane, Or How to Survive a Crash
Posted in General Interest on July 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
From a recent post on Slashdot we see there is some hope…
“Popular Mechanics shares a short article on an exclusive look at 36 years’ worth of National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) reports and seating charts to determine the best way to live through a disaster in the sky. Move to the back of the Airbus.”
Holes Remain Open in Firefox Password Manager
Posted in General Interest on July 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
From our vigilant friends at Slashdot…
“Although the Mozilla developers have fixed a known hole in the password manager of Firefox & Co, a door remains open for exploitation. According to an article on the heise site, hackers can still use JavaScript to steal passwords from users of the Mozilla, Firefox, and Safari browsers. However, the [...]
Alli
Posted in General Interest on July 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A recent read from fatburningproducts.info…
What many people do not know is Alli is very similar to the prescription diet pill known as Xenical, the only difference is that it contains 50 percent less potency then that of Xenical.
Alli works in the stomach to reduce the amount of fat that your body retains from foods. It [...]
The future of Windows should be open source
Posted in General Interest on July 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A recent post on c/net Blogs makes this interesting point…
In a recent interview with Microsoft’s COO Kevin Turner, the executive was asked about the future of Windows. In response, Turner had this to say: “Certainly, this last year has been an unprecedented year for Vista and Office and the launch,” Turner said. “And we are still [...]
Intel Launches Mobile Linux Project
Posted in General Interest on July 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
From our friends at Slashdot we see this story…
“Intel has unveiled an ambitious project aimed at developing open source software for mobile devices. The Moblin project comprises a Linux kernel, UI framework, browser, multimedia framework, and embedded Linux image creation tools, along with developer resources such as documentation, mailing lists, and an IRC channel. Intel [...]
