Yale Professor finds Math Flaw in new Olympics Skating voting

"The system has introduced the unsettling possibility of dumb luck influencing the medal standings."

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Google Earth focusses on the Winter Olympics

An update to the satellite imagery and mapping application has been released with enhanced images of Torino and the olympic venues, plus 3D views of some of the terrain where events such as the skiing will take place.

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nVidia Launches Go-Force 5500... FOR YOUR PHONE?

If you ever thought about processing a 10 mega pixel image or play quake 3 at 30FPS on your phone, nVidia has a new chip out that does that.

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Redefining Success: Who's really winning the console war?

"Nintendo nets millions on gaming each year; MS loses billions. But MS's console outsells Nintendo." This is an article on 1up.com that explains why Nintendo is winning the console war.

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The Ultra Battery

A breakthrough technology is holding forth the promise of charging electronic gadgets in minutes, never having to replace a battery again, and dropping the cost of hybrid cars. Just imagine the possibilities.

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Vista Welcome Screen Will Display Ads

With the undivided attention of hundreds of millions of users waiting for their machines to boot up, this seems like prime ad real estate. Unless, that is, the Trust-Busters have anything to say about it.

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Non-Photorealistic Digital Camera

"Depth Edge Detection and Stylized Rendering using Multi-Flash Imaging." This camera uses an algorithm and multiple flashes to create multiple shadows to find depth edges and/or create stylized images. Make sure to watch the movie to better understand the concept and uses.

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Are Skies Dimming Over Earth?

Scientists have long argued that human activity may be warming the Earth through a process known as the greenhouse effect. Now studies show we may also be having a different kind of impact: global dimming.

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4 GB HDD for The DS

From the same people that made the PSP 4GB HDD, comes a 4GB HDD for the Nintendo DS and DS Lite. Looks like it uses the PassMe

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DS gets demo downloads, online voice chat

In an announcement that undoubtedly involved a lot of determined strutting, intimidating glances and overt hand pyramids, Reggie Fils-Aime revealed that there are some interesting things in store for DS owners this year.

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Linux not for the masses? Think again!

Wayne setup his parent's first computer with linux, showed them where to click for internet, and they never knew it wasn't windows. At least they'll never experience the BSOD...

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Browse The Internet On Your Xbox360

Anthony Park has invented software that will allow you to browse the internet with the Media Center Edition remote. This means, technically, that you can go to the more programs tab on your Xbox360 and run the program. Then you can use the remote to surf the internet on your Xbox360, supposedly.

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3 OFFICIAL DS Lite Launch Colors

Nintendo.co.jp has updated with the 3 colors the DS Lite will launch in, Crystal White, Ice Blue, and Enamel Navy. It is unknown if these colors are going to be strictly for the Japanese launch, or if they will also be released in other parts of the world.

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Xbox 360 shortage is no more.

Official statment from Peter Moore.�Within the next four to six weeks, anybody will be able to walk into a store and buy an Xbox 360.�

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Report: PS3 to have a hard drive

Among the many mysteries swirling around the PS3, one that we thought was settled was the hard drive. Or rather, the lack thereof. After all, Ken Kutaragi himself confirmed all the way back in June of last year that the PS3 would ship without an internal hard drive, saying that "no matter how much [capacity] we put in it, it won't be enough...."

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How to: Make a Camera Out of Paper

As I was surfing the net for pinhole cameras, I stumbled across this site. Pretty interesting way to make a pinhole camera that uses 35mm film that actually works. There are a few example photos and also instructions on how to make your own. Have fun.

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Apple may Announce Surprises on April 1st (Apple's 30th Anniversary)

Apple may be planning a birthday bash in the form of exciting new products, according to a new analyst report. Charles Wolf of Needham & Co. says that Apple could use April 1--Apple's 30th birthday--as an opportunity to introduce an Intel-based iBook as well as the "real" video iPod

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Mac+Xbox 360 (Beta)

"Connect360 automatically indexes your iTunes and iPhoto libraries and shares them to your Xbox 360. You can then use the Xbox 360 Dashboard to browse and play your media, organized in the exact same way that it is on your Mac." This is way cool! The only thing is that you have to register for full use $10 and it can't stream video.

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Amazing Mod of a Flat Panel

Its Called TransTFT. 15" TFT panel transformed to something more aesthetic. If you can't tolerate the looks of your Flat Panel, heres a nice mod to give it a aesthetic look.

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New Mac OS X Interface Design?

Apple is looking for a senior visual interface designer "to conceive, design and develop future enhancements to Aqua, the dynamic user interface for Mac OS X." This job opening indicates that Apple is getting ready to combat Vista with the upcoming Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.

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MIT Researcher Explains How Rats Think

After running a maze, rats mentally replay their actions - but backward, like a film played in reverse.

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Windows OneCare Live Beta 2 Released!

Microsoft Released its all-in-one computer protection software application, Windows OnceCare Live Beta 2 free for download!

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Different cool commands for Your RUN.EXE

Now you can try out different command and learn the back door ways to get around your PC and find cool things

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Security Fixes Come Faster With Mozilla

Over the past year, Mozilla averaged about 21 days before it issued fixes for flaws in Firefox, compared with the 135 days it took for Microsoft to address problems.

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Mac mini with Dual Displays

Mac mini enthusiasts have been looking for a way to get dual displays working with their computer for the last year.

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China Pirates

Chinese rip-offs of cars by popular manufacturers. Check out the Mercedes C-class carbon copy!

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Leaked Super Mario Bros game footage for the Nintendo DS

This video shows in game footage of the new Mario game coming out for the Nintendo DS later this year. Mario is back to his 2D roots and looks better than ever!

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Light speed by 2100?

Researcher Dr. Franklin Felber has, supposedly, figured out a way to accelerate a payload to nearly the speed of light while negating the massive pressures that were assumed to exist at that speed. If his theory is correct, we could have near-light speed travel by the end of the century.

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uTorrent guide to speeding up downloads

A few days ago, there were Azerus and uTorrent stories simultaneously on the front page. There were a lot of people saying "you have to configure uTorrent right to rival Azerus," which left a lot of people asking, "whats the best way to configure uTorrent?" I searched and this is the story that added the most to my down speeds.

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Remove Norton *completely* safely

This little program I stumbled upon, when ran, will dump all traces of your Norton programs :) They say its only to be used when you can't uninstall it (corrupted install). I say, use it anyways, and get rid of all the extra registry stuff that the regular uninstall doesn't take care of ;)

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Garfield funnier without his thoughts?

MikeJ comes up with the thesis that Garfield would be much funnier if all his thought bubbles were removed. He shows examples, definitely worth a look, that makes Jon seem darker, Garfield more hilarious, and the strip generally a more quality piece of work.

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AppleKeynotes.com - Great site!

AppleKeynotes.com is a small site which started in earnest on the 8th of February 2006. The idea to have a site which has a comprehensive list of Keynotes, to download, was conceived in the MacRumors forums. You should check it out.

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RIAA Bans The Reselling Of iPods With Preloaded Music

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) says that reselling an iPod or MP3 player with music already preloaded on it is illegal. The RIAA is monitoring this means of infringement. Just a warning to all sellers on ebay. And to spread the word in the article also is a lawyer from ebay.

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ISO image of Windows Updates

Security and critical updates are now available from the Microsoft Download Center. I run across a few 3rd party sites providing Windows Updates for people with questionable cd keys. Microsoft is making these updates for Win2000,XP, and 2003 available in a downloadable ISO image.

Great for those who want to save all the trips to Windows Update!

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Halo 2 will ONLY work on Vista

Microsoft have said that Halo 2 will only be able to run on Windows Vista. So this proves that all the Halo lovers, will have to wait just that little bit longer.
to view the story go down to Gaming News in Brief, or go to this link http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2207229.stm

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Manhattan Apple store to be first 24/7 location

Apple's upcoming midtown Manhattan retail store will mark a first for the company as sources report the location will be open 24 hours a day. The store, located in the underground retail plaza of the General Motors Building on Fifth Avenue between 58th and 59th Street will also be among the first�if not the first�to offer customers an iPod Bar.

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HBO Petitions FCC To Ban DVR Recording (Again!)

They�ve been trying to limiting our recording rights all along and are at it again. If your piping media into my house I intend to retain the right to copy whatever I want, whenever I want.

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Could the Playstation 3 Kill Sony?

With Microsoft having already launched the Xbox 360 to overwhelming demand, many are wondering what the counter from Sony will truly look like, hype set aside.

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Learn how to convert a diesel car to run on vegetable oil.

Learn how to convert a diesel car to run on vegetable oil. Really works! Save TONS on gas money.

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Laptop Freeware Utilities Guide

If you have a Centrino laptop. You have to install Notebook Hardware Control! And preferably underclock your Pentium M CPU to keep it cooler and get longer battery life without performance loss.

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Screenshots from the next Mario game

Here's a jumbo-sized scan of the Mario game being worked on for the Nintendo DS.

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President Bush signs bill setting hard date for analog cut-off

"With today�s action, President Bush has set a hard finish line for the nation�s transition to DTV. CEA has long supported a hard cut-off date for analog broadcasts. This deadline will provide certainty to manufacturers, retailers, consumers and all others with a stake in the transition."

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Is iPod, iTunes, iTunes Music Store a Monopoly?...Bill Gates is Smiling

Has Apple created a monopoly? Yes. What goes around, comes around. Apple�s iPod ecosystem, which includes the ubiquitous iPod, iTunes on Mac and Windows, and the iTunes Music Store, is truly a monopoly

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Google recommends you disable Firefox's AdBlock for Gmail

Google recommends you disable Firefox's AdBlock for Gmail, which can block Google's ads, if you want Gmail Chat to function properly.

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How to Spoof an Email

Knew this was possible but never really knew how it was done. I always thought it would be more complicated then this.

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Did Disney buy Pixar mainly to get Steve Jobs?

What if, Disney actually views the transaction as buying Pixar TO GET Steve Jobs and get the animation part as a bonus?

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Scientists hail discovery of hundreds of new species in remote New Guinea

An astonishing mist-shrouded "lost world" of previously unknown and rare animals and plants high in the mountain rainforests of New Guinea has been uncovered by an international team of scientists.

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Hitachi claims world's smallest microchip

Japan's Hitachi says it has developed the world's smallest and thinnest microchip, that can be embedded in paper to track down parcels or prove the authenticity of a document.

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1GB iPod Nano Released Today!

Well, it seems that a 1GB Nano is upod us. This explains why the US Apple store was down at the time of this being written. It seems that the Australian store jumped the gun and uploaded the specifications sheet early.

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Opera 9.0 TP2 is out

Opera 9.0 TP 2 supports bit torrent, widgets, and the ability to block content (similar to firefox ad-block), better css support, and many more

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Apple Counts Down to 1 Billion Songs

Apple is counting down to the 1 billionth song purchased in the iTunes Music Store. Also, win an iPod Nano and an $100 iTMS gift card every 100,000th song.

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LEGO Difference Engine

Here's a fully-working three-digit Difference Engine (made famous by Charles Babbage) built entirely out of LEGO.

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Should Apple buy Palm?

Speculation that Apple plans to buy Palm has been revived by a call from two leading Palm investors for the company to be put up for sale, according to papers.

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Dude tells how he made $16,000+ off selling XBOX 360s on eBay...

Various accounts and details about how one enterprising fellow made $16,000 off of selling XBOX 360s on eBay... has a 3-step How To guide for the upcoming PS3 release, too.

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Google To Telcos: Who Needs You?

Telcos like AT&T and Verizon have announced their plans to extort money from Google and other sites if those sites want to get adequate bandwidth. But there's some evidence that Google may be planning to bypass the Telcos altogether, and roll out its own national broadband service.

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128 KB-Quality Music Is A Rip-Off

When you download music, you may not be getting all that you paid for, thanks to excessive digital compression.

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PlayStation Portable to Get E-Mail and GPS

The next Sony PlayStation Portable firmware update will include e-mail capability called "Sony Mail," according to an article to appear in the March issue of PlayStation Magazine. And Sony plans to release later this year the GPS add-on for the PSP demonstrated at a couple of shows last year.

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Better Late Than Never - Vaporware 2005 Awards

The new awards are here. It's good to see that some good old favorites made it on the list again.

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The cure for your allergy: a hookworm

A team of British scientists investigating whether a tiny tropical hookworm could provide a cure for asthma and hay fever have committed the ultimate act of bravery by infecting themselves with the parasite to observe the effects... 'It was fairly itchy when they first go through the skin,' he admitted.

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Mini Network with a Big XServe Style

How to be the biggest network geek you can in only 1 square foot of space. An example of using all the network interfaces a Mac Mini can offer.

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Olympics cameramen filming cyber sports? Gamecaster's coming!

Gamecaster, a San Diego-based company, has released patent pending technology that is designed to revolutionize the way viewers watch a gaming tournament.

Promo - http://www.gamecaster.com/promo.html

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Alcohol and Daemon Tools Contain Rootkit

Both of these Popular emulation utilites contain a Rootkit, but unlike Sony this is to defeat DRM.

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Craigslist to Charge Fees

Starting March 1, a $10 fee will be imposed for listings in New York with hopes of deterring the brokers who list the same apartment several times in a single day, Craigslist Inc. chief executive Jim Buckmaster said. There are no plans to impose fees for real estate listings in other cities.

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Windows Chicago Build 58 (1993) - Alpha edition of Windows 95

An interesting look at what eventually became Windows 95. "Chicago is unique as it was really the only time in Windows history that Microsoft seems to have put significant effort and design research in to the Windows user interface. "

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The mysteries of X-GOOGLE-TOKEN and why it matters

This article discusses about how Google Talk works and reverse engineering of the Google Authentication (X-GOOGLE-TOKEN).

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Diablo III may happen after all

Company job postings call for art leads to work on unannounced PC title from the crew behind the first two Diablo games.

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Apple Special Event on Feb 22nd 2006

Apple has sent out invitations for a special event on Feburary 22nd at the Moscone Center. Pictured in the invitations is what looks to be an Airport Express...could this be the video version we've all been waiting for?

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Diablo III Details Leaked!

Heaven vs. Hell? True 3D graphics? Mounts? Oh yes, and so much more! Tons of Diablo III details leaked!

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Sony Online Entertainment's dirty business tactics exposed

The article here describes some of the dirty busienss practices exercised by Sony Online Entertainment in order to get your money.

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Tons of PS3 Details Revealed!

The March issue of PSM not only reveals details about Sony's new online service set to take on Xbox Live, but also that the PS3 will act as a DVR and a Location Free Player for the PSP. Let the hype begin!

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Nintendo Revolution to cost $200

Will Nintendo's new wonder machine cost the same as Sega's Dreamcast did on 9/9/99?

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Best Ipod Suffle Rip Off

this new mp3 player looks, acts and even has some of the same parts of an official ipod shuffle. only difference is that it plays Mp3, WMA and WAV files, and you can slap your own logo on either or both sides.

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Blogger having major outage problems

Google's Blogger & Blogspot services have been experiencing major outages since Thurs. Feb. 2nd making many popular blogs inaccessible. Since Google provides no support, frustrated users have been flocking to the Bloggerforum.

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Apple develops touchscreen for virtual iPod?

This story has more information about the Apple touchscreen patent and describes that Apple could be developing a virtual iPod interface for the screen (with force feedback!). The touchscreen can also recognize multiple fingers at the same time, for example to control rotation or zoom movements.

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Firefox Memory Leak Progress

Two memory leak bugs were fixed in Firefox 1.5.0.1, released earlier this week. In addition, the following memory leaks have been fixed on the trunk since the branch point for Firefox 1.5

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Electronic Paper HI-RES Pictures

E Ink is the future of paper, it's all digital and yet looks strikingly similar to real paper - with high contrast appearance and ultra-low power consumption. The pictures depict some of the latest applications utilizing E Ink. And I'm sure this is just the beginning!

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New Transmission Increases Fuel Mileage by 20-30 MPG!

82 year-old inventor achieves lifelong dream by finally perfecting his transmission. This would *effectively* mark a return to 1$/gallon gasoline!

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AOL and Yahoo Charging Customers $$$ to Send Emails

Say it ain't so... America Online and Yahoo, two of the world's largest providers of e-mail accounts, are about to start using a controversial system that gives preferential treatment to messages from companies that pay from 1/4 of a cent to a penny each to have them delivered.

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Scientists build machine to find 'the God particle'.

The world's most powerful particle accelerator is being built in Switzerland to detect the fabled Higgs boson, aka the God Particle, the most elusive speck of matter envisioned by quan­tum theory.

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SuitSat Still ALIVE!

after a few reports that the suitsat was dead, the website has been updated, with a few reports that it is still alive.

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How File Sharing Reveals Your Identity

Interesting article that explains how RIAA can trace you back in a P2P network and identify your IP as well as your identity. The MUTE techonolgy to prevent spy tactics is also presented. You can also find more details on an alternative P2P system called Konspire2b.

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Very cool 3D demo of the CSS box model

Ever wondered what the difference between the margin and padding property is? This site explains it in a very unique way.

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Google bans BMW from search results

Detailed writeup/analysis of how BMW.DE (Germany) was using doorway pages to presumably enhance their rankings in Google. The big "G" found out and gave 'em the "death penalty� - dropping their Page Rank to zero and dropping 'em from search results. Being
"the ultimate driving machine" doesn't matter to Google if you are naughty.

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Firefox reaches 150 millions downloads!

No we can see the true power of Firefox, reaching already 150 millions downloads worldwide. oh..and this is just the beginning ;)

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VW and Google to explore future NAV (with pics)

Don't like the NAV system in your VW?
Google Earth and VW will add better experience to your next VW's NAV System.
Driver and Passenger will be able to instinctively recognize where they are in relation to the surrounding topography, especially in urban areas that are depicted with depth and accurate size relationships between buildings and roads

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Retail Secrets: The Best Buy Wall Numbers

Learn all about your local Best Buy store --Â see how much stuff is getting stolen, and how many people are buying extended warranties and magazine subscriptions, etc. -- just by looking at the large numbers posted on the wall. Retail hack!

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Its been fun Google! CBS Programming Coming to iTunes

CBS has confirmed that it is in talks with Apple to bring its programming to the iTunes Music Store. CBS Digital Media president Larry Kramer confirmed the news in an interview with financial site MarketWatch.

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HOW TO - Make shoes that spell words with light...

You really have to see the photos to appreciate how cool this is. The Dance Messenger - Fun persistence of vision toy. Attach it to your shoe and write messages or patterns while you walk, run or dance!

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Speed up your Internet with TCP/IP "tweaking"

Step by step guide on how you may be able to increase your Internet speed across your broadband connection.

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Open Source's Best-Kept Secret

Everyone knows about Linux and OpenOffice.org, but what about Eclipse? Unless you're a developer, you've probably never heard of it, but it is fast becoming a serious threat to the part of Microsoft's software empire that seemed safest from attack.

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Scam site charges users to download Firefox

It is quite surprising that these sites exist and haven't been shut down or removed from search engine ads.

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Tiny pipes that move water 10,000 times as fast as the conventional laws

Scientists at the University of Kentucky have built tiny pipes that move water 10,000 times as fast as the conventional laws of fluid flow allow, mimicking for the first time the seamless way fluids progress through our cells.

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Drawing a Good Logo

A great analysis of logo-making.

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Hack your Toyota Prius

With a little do-it-yourself, you can unlock a whole new set of latent magic powers that Toyota never wanted you to know about.

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PSP Universal Remote

"One of the most requested applications for the PSP has finally become a reality! Thanks to Massa84 you can now turn your PSP into a universal remote capable of controlling thousands of devices! It lets you emulate every remote supported by lirc (www.lirc.org), they're nearly 1800 (all included in the release)" Via http://psphacker.com

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MS Refuses to Release Patch for Friday's Kama Sutra Worm In Time

Microsoft has a patch for a worm set to go off on friday that deletes office documents. Instead they're waiting for the next patch Tuesday. Its a heck of a time to keep protocol.

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New Torrents! USB Flash Drive Versions of Digg's Most Talked About BootCD's

Hiren's BootCD's, Ultimate Boot CD 3.3, Bart's Network Boot Disk, MiniPE, even the old Windows 98SE Rescue Disk from your USB key. Just ghost your USB flash drive, and it will boot up like your favorite BootCD.

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Host Your Own Website Using Ubuntu and Your DSL or Cable Line

I found this tutorial very helpful, as I am setting up a server in my home to host my websites. Very informative. Quit paying BS hosting fees every month; you already pay monthly for the internet connection to your home!

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Spider pwns a snake

'Bloemfontein, South Africa - An office receptionist got the shock of her life earlier this week when she found a 14cm long Aurora house snake entangled in the web of a deadly spider.'


Pretty scary.

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User sucessfully replaces iMac's stock 1.83 GHz processor w/ 2GHz Intel

"The machine booted flawlessly and system information displayed the right 2 GHz frequency," Hardmac reports. "A CPU frequency is related to two parameters, the bus frequency, and the multiplying coefficient of the CPU."

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