January 2009
Google Launches Its ISP Throttling Detector, aka... →
With its partners on this project, the New America Foundation’s Open Technology Institute and the PlanetLab Consortium. M-Lab is designed to be “an open platform that researchers can use to deploy…
Wine 1.1.14 Released →
# Various bug fixes for Internet Explorer 7.# Many crypt32 improvements, including new export wizard.# Better support for windowless Richedit.# Improvements to the print dialog.# Many fixes to the…
Announcing GNOME Do 0.8 "Rock out with your dock... →
With 20 new plugins, faster search, better results,animated themes, and 111 fewer bugs, your desktop’s killer app just got killer-er. Oh, and then there’s Docky, a whole new way to Do.
A Expected, Google Chrome Growth Slows to a Crawl →
Judging by the 1.0 release of Chrome in November and two minor updates that followed, uptake of Google’s browser appears to have lost steam. It’s as if Google lost its edge in the innovation arena.
RT @opera: Google Android users you can find the Final version of Opera Mini 4.2 for your phone now. Some really cool updates.
Google Chrome Accesses Hotmail by Pretending It's... →
According to weblog Google Blogoscoped, Google Chrome is spoofing its user agent at Hotmail, Microsoft’s popular but much-maligned webmail application.
Microsoft .Net Framework 3.5 violates FireFox →
Did you know? Installing the latest Framework update adds an uninstallable FireFox plugin without your permission.
Aquarium Telephone Booth in France →
Aquarium Telephone Booth in France
can someone tell me where I can buy a 500+ gig 2.5” hard drive? i checked maplin and pcworld already. nothing online at least
i officially have a phone on my desk. this is weird.
i admire how apple keeps adding features to the iphone that most phones come with out of box. way to go guys http://is.gd/haEK
SongSmith: Flawed music software produces comedy... →
A lounge jazz version of Radiohead’s Creep. The Police’s Roxanne reworked with a reggae beat. Eye of the Tiger as a lo-fi love song. These are just a few of the hilarious cover versions of famous…
Google Joins Fight Against BitTorrent Throttling... →
Hundreds of ISPs all over the world limit and restrict BitTorrent traffic on their networks. Unfortunately, most companies are not very open about their network management solutions. With a newly…
how to design one web page for desktop and mobile browsers AKA how not to suck at web design http://is.gd/hvSw
just tried putrefied shark with a black death chaser. The alcohol was better than the shark though. thanks for the taste of Iceland @gommit
i think it’s fate. i was considering phones the day t-mobile spammed me with an ad. the gods have spoken
RT @BAMAToNE: opera mini 4.2 released for android: http://tinyurl.com/dy6dt6
The tubes are changing: “Community Manager used to be a part of the job description. Now it’s a job title.”
what’s worse? give a casual user software designed for experts or give an expert software designed for casual users http://is.gd/hwkb
Being the expert user, I’d say it sucks using things made solely for casual users. That’s what has and will keep me away from Apple
Sad but true (found on reddit) http://i41.tinypic.com/28k35ly.jpg
If someone told me in person that IE had the most complete implementation of any standard, my reaction would be to backhand them vigorously
“We also believe IE8 RC1 has the most complete implementation of the CSS 2.1 specification in the industry.” say what?! http://is.gd/hveh
Google Android: Favorite Features and What's Yet... →
We asked developers to share what they like and would they would like to see more of from Android, Google’s mobile operating system.
inspecting Britney Spears’ new controversial track “If you seek Amy” which sounds like “f-u-c-k me” http://is.gd/gSHx i’m a little impressed
A Quick Look at VirtualBox 2.1 →
Parallels and VMware are the two top contenders in the Mac virtualization game, but there’s another virtualization package that you should know about: VirtualBox. Put out by Sun, VirtualBox is free,…
RT @brucel: Only 3 days left to comment on the draft of BS8878 - proposed British Standard for accessibility http://is.gd/9SDI
Multiple Windows 7 versions coming? Say it ain't... →
These pictures supposedly come from a new build of the Windows 7 beta, 7025. It goes without saying that while we knew this was a possibility, we’ve been seriously wishing against it. We hope these…
How to overclock your notebook | TechRadar UK →
Ditch your laptop’s lousy graphics drivers for a speed boost!
Block Wi-Fi Intruders with a Secure Paint Job →
IT managers should start familiarizing themselves with a new security tool — the paint brush — as Japanese researchers have come up with a paint that they say will block high-speed wireless…
Mozilla wants to watch 1% of Firefox users →
Mozilla Labs, the research arm of Mozilla Corp. , wants 1% of Firefox users to allow it to watch how they use the browser — and the Web in general.
learned a bit about the economy of scandinavian countries at lunch thanks to @Gommit
Obama To Ditch His BlackBerry For A Windows Phone?... →
The American President’s data can’t be trusted to Canada-based RIM, says Microsoft.
INTRAnet site devs generally need to be sat down and retaught javascript, (x)html, and standards; `obj = eval(‘window.’ + popupName)`
AMD Phenom II Overclocked to 6.5GHz With Liquid... →
Team Finland and Pete Hardman and Sami Makinen from AMD, use a combination of liquid nitrogen and liquid helium to reach CPU tempertures of -232 degrees Celsius in order to attain CPU clock speeds of…
londoners (londonites?) you can get underground status updates on twitter! @tubenorthern, @tubevictoria, @tubecircle, etc.
i would like to applaud veet on their advertising http://twitpic.com/15h2i
this picture of obama and bush completely freaks me out http://is.gd/gZ1I
unity mode in vmware is awesome
Why You Should Always Log Out →
“I can’t tell you how many times I’ve gone to the library or a computer lab and found someone still logged into their user account. It used to make me angry. It used to make me wonder what was wrong…
Ubuntu 8.04.2 LTS released →
The Ubuntu team is proud to announce the release of Ubuntu 8.04.2 LTS, theUbuntu 8.04.2 LTS released second maintenance update to Ubuntu’s 8.04 LTS release. This release includes updated server,…
MSNBC shows its Linux hatred →
“Linux is great. It’s a free, open-source operating system (OS) based on work done by Linus Torvalds in the early ’90s. Again, it’s free, powerful and easy to … Oh wait, it’s a pain to use.”
i sure am glad i don’t have to wear badges at work. that would _totally_ suck
Open government http://is.gd/gMQK AND open source http://is.gd/gRzi ?! I wonder if it’d be weird to fall in love with the president
anyone know of any (non-flash) web page that is larger than 11 megs? First time I’ve seen ySlow give straight F’s on a site.
Barack and Michelle Obama fisting?!? http://is.gd/gWX5 I think the expert needs to keep up with current and/or urban terminology
Obama wants to know: Why open source? →
President Barack Obama is a smart guy. Where others zig, he zags. It’s perhaps not surprising, then, that he’s been asking around about the benefits of open source, according to Sun Chairman Scott…
Living free with Linux: 2 weeks without Windows →
Can a dedicated Windows user make it for two weeks using only Linux? Preston Gralla tried it and lived to tell this tale.
Obama Staff Arrives to White House Stuck in Tech... →
If the Obama campaign represented a sleek, new iPhone kind of future, the first day of the Obama administration looked more like the rotary-dial past.
