Large Hadron Collider Gets Smashing
Tuesday - November 24, 2009
Before the Large Hadron Collider near Geneva, Switzerland, can begin to unlock the mysteries of the universe -- as physicists around the world hope it will -- it has to be taken for a series of test drives. Scientists on Monday did just that, driving protons into each other at energies approaching 550 billion electron volts, and the resulting successful collision is being hailed as an important first step to realizing the LHC's ultimate capabilities. "The way complicated accelerators are built, you go through a commissions process," said Fred Dylla of the American Institute of Physics. [More...] Tuesday - November 24, 2009
Thanks to Twitter's open API, applications that enhance the tweeting experience have proliferated. From TweetDeck to Tweetie, there's an app for everyone and for every purpose. This diverse world of Twitter apps, however, remains a mystery to some of the site's users. [More...] Tuesday - November 24, 2009
Google has rolled out a new version of its free Google Maps Navigation application that's compatible with smartphones running the Android 1.6 operating system, such as T-Mobile's myTouch 3G and its G1. When the app was introduced last month in beta, it could only be used by smartphones running Android 2.0, the latest version of the OS, such as Verizon's Droid. [More...] Tuesday - November 24, 2009
It's not every brand new operating system that gets open sourced a year before it hits the retail shelves. Then again, Chrome OS isn't just any OS, and Google isn't just any company. Indeed, that's just what Google did last week, making its brand new Chrome OS freely available for download by developers far and wide. [More...] Monday - November 23, 2009
Thousands of emails and documents were stolen from a prominent climate research center in the UK recently and posted online, firing up a fresh controversy over global warming. More than 1,000 emails and several thousand documents were apparently included in the hack attack on the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit, which is dedicated to tracking past and present causes of climate change on Earth. [More...] Monday - November 23, 2009
For the third time in a matter of weeks, jailbroken iPhones and iPod touches have come under attack, this time by a worm that could set up botnets and steal banking information. Security researchers, already on alert as a result of the two previous attacks on jailbroken iPhones, jumped on the worm right away. [More...] Monday - November 23, 2009
Let's put this simply: If you want to stream free, professional videos online, Clicker makes finding the video easier than most other solutions I've seen. In fact, it's one of the few online television and video search guides that I've felt compelled to create an account with. Why? Easy. It targets the content I want. [More...] Monday - November 23, 2009
With Black Friday only a few days off, I thought it would be timely to list a few of the products that I think stand out this year and, given that the economy is what it is, focus on things that are relatively affordable. In my mind, half the fun of a gift is the sparkle you see in the eyes of someone who is truly excited about what you have given. [More...] Monday - November 23, 2009
As Thanksgiving Day approaches in the U.S., it seems only natural that Linux bloggers would wax sentimental about their favorite operating system. Datamation's Bruce Byfield kicked things off early a few weeks ago with his column, "Why FOSS Matters to Me (But Maybe Not to You)." Free software is succeeding, Byfield maintained. [More...] Monday - November 23, 2009
While hoary Mac users might prefer to familiarize themselves with the latest version of Apple's OS X operating system, Snow Leopard, through intuitive fumbling, less experienced ones may prefer the more formal approach released earlier this month by Class On Demand. [More...] Sunday - November 22, 2009
You might call him the Mickey Mouse of video games. He's reminiscent of a doughnut, round and sweet and comforting. He's also a vessel, devoid of a real personality so you can live vicariously through him. Mario, the pot-bellied Italian plumber with a penchant for rescuing princesses, collecting golden coins and gobbling magic mushrooms, has been around for nearly three decades. [More...]
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