popurls.com http://popurls.net/penguinorchard penguinorchard's popurlized stories from popurls.com - the mother of aggregators en Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:01:01 -0700 donotreply@popurls.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss When you think about it, it's surprising how many programming tasks don't require the use of floating point numbers. If you're an embedded systems programmer, you'd probably get fired for using double in a C program. If you write PHP or Java... // via popurls.com http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/floating-point-math-bash Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:59:46 -0700 They may look like standard football helmets — but these skull shields are about as standard as Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s Impala. The basic form is there, but everything else has changed. The aim is to cut the 300,000 concussions that playe... // via popurls.com http://www.wired.com/gadgets/gadgetreviews/magazine/16-08/st_helmets Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:04:07 -0700 A new study just published in PLoS One reports that learning to juggle alters the structure of motion detection areas in the brain within as little as 7 days. Led by neuroscientist Joenna Driemeyer, the study builds on a previous research tha... // via popurls.com http://www.mindhacks.com/blog/2008/07/juggling_can_change_.html Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:02:34 -0700 Inscriptions on a 2000-year-old clockwork device suggest it was inspired by earlier devices made by the great Greek mathematician Archimedes // via popurls.com http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=99466b22005d9b81e77d5193fc3a7cd0 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:01:52 -0700 The Antikythera Mechanism organized the ancient Greek calendar in the cycles of the Olympiad, researchers say. // via popurls.com http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/31/science/31computer.html Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:01:39 -0700 It's hard to remember, but there was a time back in the 1950s and 60s when cigarettes were truly glamorous. No one really considered the potential health ramifications. The images below of James Dean and Frank Sinatra are iconic representatio... // via popurls.com http://www.micropersuasion.com/2008/07/could-unforesee.html Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:01:29 -0700 Do you watch soap operas? If not, let me explain the basic storyline. Jack loves Mary. Jack and Mary get married. A week later, Mary finds out that Jack was cheating with Mary's sister who already has 2 babies from Jack's father. At that poi... // via popurls.com http://www.centernetworks.com/twitter-failwhale-soap-opera Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:01:14 -0700 Twitter was first on the scene again when an estimated 5.4-magnitude earthquake struck near Los Angeles today. So, now people tweet first and then run for safety? one amused onlooker commented on Feedalizr. // via popurls.com http://digg.com/tech_news/Twittering_the_California_Earthquake Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:00:20 -0700 rsiles writes Honeynet solutions were seen just as a research technology a couple of years ago. It is not the case anymore. Due to the inherent constraints and limitations of the current and widely deployed intrusion detection solutions, like... // via popurls.com http://books.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/07/30/1324203&from=rss Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:00:15 -0700 We've seen quite a bit of innovation on distributed file systems over the past few years: Google GFS, ZFS, HDFS -- and as a file store, Amazon S3. What's the next step? We would argue it is time that you stop using file systems and put that ... // via popurls.com http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/you_dont_need_a_file_system.html Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:59:55 -0700 Natrona County students will have new MacBooks this August, including one for every student and teacher at Kelly Walsh High School.Read More... // via popurls.com http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/07/30/wyoming-district-gets-3000-macbooks-for-back-to-school Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:59:00 -0700 Fall is quickly approaching, which typically means new clothes for the kiddies and new iPods for the adults. A new rumor suggests that Apple is planning on returning to the old stick design with its fourth-gen iPod nano, but with a larger scr... // via popurls.com http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/07/30/apple-rumored-to-return-to-stick-design-with-new-ipod-nano Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:58:46 -0700 The iLife '08 updaters, including iPhoto 7.1.4, iMovie 7.1.4, iLife Support 8.3, iWeb 2.0.4 , released on July 22nd may present an error claiming the targeted application cannot be found, even though the iLife applications are installed and f... // via popurls.com http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20080730100021109 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:58:40 -0700 Second Gear has announced Today 1.3, an update to its iCal task- and events-manager. The v1.3 update focuses on management of tasks in iCal. Tasks are now available over multiple days in v1.3 and new task-sorting options have been added. Toda... // via popurls.com http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/30/ical.manager.improved/ Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:58:22 -0700 One week after releasing attack code, HD Moore has fallen victim to a cache poisoning attack. // via popurls.com http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=fbf6a11ea41bef76e6c75fe5db55f82c Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:58:16 -0700 Several reports are surfacing along with photos showing small hairline cracks in the White iPhone 3G model appearing in various places on the plastic housing. Some cracks are shown closer to the metal frame towrds the top of the phone. The l... // via popurls.com http://www.iphonesavior.com/2008/07/should-white-ip.html Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:58:09 -0700 Apple in recent days issued an advisement bulletin to some of its channel partners... // via popurls.com http://www.macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/apple_warns_resellers_of_upcoming_limited_supplies_for_mac_and_ipod/ Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:58:07 -0700 TechRepublic: Linux rarely needs to be rebooted. But when it does, it's often slow to boot. Fortunately, there are ways to speed things up. Some of these methods are not terribly difficult. (although some, unfortunately, are). Let's take a lo... // via popurls.com http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-07-30-023-35-OS-SW Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:45:10 -0700 APC Magazine: How's this for a 180? One of the creators of the commodity PC market and a bulk mover of inoffensive beige boxes, Dell has now unveilled what we believe to be one of the most stylish desktop systems on the planet. // via popurls.com http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-07-30-030-35-RV-HW Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:45:05 -0700 Keeping iCal and Google Calendar in sync just got a little easier, thanks to a feature that Google quietly unveiled today. It's a welcome effort for productivity enthusiasts, but as with most free things, there are some drawbacks.Read More... // via popurls.com http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/07/28/google-calendar-and-ical-can-sync-for-free-with-caveats Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:04:44 -0700 I have been hearing some interesting things about Apple's upcoming line of portable computers... // via popurls.com http://www.macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/rumor_apples_next_gen_macbook_and_macbook_pros_to_feature_glass_multi_touch/ Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:04:18 -0700 Filed under: Hardware, iPod Family, Hacks, Found FootageJason W. has submitted a video demonstrating his latest innovation: a glove liner with magnetic contacts which functions as a wintertime remote and looks like a sweet way to geek out you... // via popurls.com http://www.tuaw.com/2008/07/28/found-footage-ipod-glove-liner-offers-new-hope-to-snowbound-mus/ Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:04:11 -0700 Architects Atelier Brckner of Stuttgart have designed the new BMW Museum, which opened in Munich last month. (more…) // via popurls.com http://www.dezeen.com/2008/07/28/bmw-museum-munich-by-atelier-bruckner/ Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:56:31 -0700 It's 1975 And This Man Is About To Show You The Future (thanks for the laugh Erin) // via popurls.com http://swissmiss.typepad.com/weblog/2008/07/scenes-from-an.html Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:54:19 -0700 Shower radios are usually fairly boring, but they get the job done. In the end all you really need is to have a radio blaring your favorite tunes to drown out your off key voice. It’s pretty basic really, find the station you need and ... // via popurls.com http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20080728/shampoo-shower-radio-camouflages-your-radio/ Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:53:43 -0700 D-Link lays claim to being the first manufacturer to roll out green home network WiFi routers which are able to save up to 40% in your monthly power bill. They're smart enough to detect cable length and link status, adjusting the power level... // via popurls.com http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2008/07/dlink_green_wifi_routers.html Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:53:22 -0700 Software that automatically pieces together different faces for people in web images could preserve public anonymity // via popurls.com http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=632e7d0ffb0536103b37063f601b7e50 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:52:58 -0700 Virgin Galactic hopes to kick off space tourism program with mothership. // via popurls.com http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=5464010 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:52:23 -0700 Beyond the fact that the two companies are earning buckets of money, the earnings reports of Verizon and AT&T highlight changes in the US telecommunications market. Wireless phones and data plans are up, landlines and DSL are down, and more p... // via popurls.com http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080728-att-verizon-wireless-data-hot-dsl-not.html Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:51:23 -0700 NewYorkCountryLawyer writes Tenise Barker, the young social worker from the Bronx who took on the RIAA's 'making available' theory and won, has now launched a challenge to the constitutionality of the RIAA's damages theory. In her answer to t... // via popurls.com http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/07/28/1658212&from=rss Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:51:08 -0700 Ars Technica is reporting that the traditionally silent US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) may be starting to turn things around. It seems that in recent action the USPTO has started to make it much easier to invalidate software patents w... // via popurls.com http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/07/28/1711237&from=rss Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:50:47 -0700 Steven Smith, aka, the Zune Tattoo Guy or Mszunefan has abruptly ended his man-love obsession with all things Zune, willfully defecting to the tender Touch of Apple's iPod after realizing Zune sucks. Smith was no casual Zune zombie, he was t... // via popurls.com http://www.iphonesavior.com/2008/07/zune-tattoo-guy.html Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:50:15 -0700 Intended to supplant the companys aging .Mac Web service, MobileMe is meant to make Apple a player... // via popurls.com http://www.macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/apple_should_have_launched_mobileme_as_beta/ Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:50:03 -0700 Google has plugged one of the biggest security risks associated with using its free hosted Gmail mail service, still in beta after four years. You can now select an option in your account preferences to make every session require an encrypted... // via popurls.com http://db.tidbits.com/article/9710?rss Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:49:45 -0700 Release dates for RIM's BlackBerry Bold cellphone have been leaked, a report claims. Though having missed its July 25th release date, Rogers' Canadian version of the phone is still expected to ship first, on July 29th. Next is believed to be ... // via popurls.com http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/28/new.blackberry.bold.dates/ Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:49:34 -0700 Joe Kissell explains how to be a smarter Web browser: keep track of multiple tabs, navigate your bookmarks, and deal with pages that just wont load. // via popurls.com http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=3b26b147b92e6450167d1b89b1242478 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:49:27 -0700 Filed under: iPhone Here's a sweet little treat. Over at ReMoveTheLabels.com, a poster's mom apparently bought an iPhone and found a surprise waiting for her on the onboard camera roll: three pictures. Two were blurry but the third is a real ... // via popurls.com http://www.tuaw.com/2008/07/28/inside-the-phone-factory/ Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:49:21 -0700 Package managementthe process of determining which update packages should be installed on a host and then downloading and installing those packageinvites a dilemma : OSes need to updated, but the process of updating them can invite security b... // via popurls.com http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/enterprise-linux/package-managers-downloaders-beware/ Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:49:09 -0700 OpenOffice.org 3.0 beta 2 is available in preparation for an official September release. Here are some quick first impressions of the Writer word-processor program. read more // via popurls.com http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/quick-look-openofficeorg-writer-30-beta-2 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:49:03 -0700 KDE Dot News: The family of KDE websites has got a new member, the site for the fine utilities applications from the module kdeutils. Despite being one of the first modules, kdeutils has always been without its own website. No longer. At util... // via popurls.com http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-07-28-015-35-OS-KE-SW Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:48:58 -0700 Builder AU: Microsoft, one of the biggest rivals to open source programming, has begun funding the Apache Software Foundation (ASF), one of open source software's biggest supporters. // via popurls.com http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-07-28-016-35-NW-MS Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:48:51 -0700 The App Store saw several updates over the weekend. Many updates for applications are starting to be pushed through the store - which is an issue that many developers have reportedly complained about. As the kinks continue to get ironed out ... // via popurls.com http://www.applegazette.com/iphone/new-iphone-apps-for-july-28-2008/ Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:10:11 -0700 'Slim' seems to be the new black for LCD screens at the moment, with Asus beating BenQ for the title of 'world's slimmest' with its new 22 widescreen display. It's just 45mm thick and is pretty stylish with a circular stand and thin bezel; th... // via popurls.com http://feeds.uk.gizmodo.com/c/552/f/9146/s/189fc07/story01.htm Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:04:45 -0700 MG Siegler / VentureBeat: The App Store could spread like wildfire through Apple's product line  —  You may not realize it yet, but Apple's newly launched App Store is going to transform the company again.  Think of Appl... // via popurls.com http://www.techmeme.com/080728/p38#a080728p38 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:04:03 -0700 I just finished putting the finishing touches on phase one of our video and animation heavy Blue Ember Grills site, which you can see here. We spent about 2 months on this site, figuring out how to get Flex, Flash and Grails to work together... // via popurls.com http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/nine_lessons_from_building_a_grails_flex_flash_we.html Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:03:47 -0700 derStandard: one of the sad things we see at them moment is the decreasing amount of interest in investing in OpenOffice.org. So we see Sun cutting back their developer count on OpenOffice.org, while we still see them demand ownership for all... // via popurls.com http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-07-28-006-35-IN-BZ Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:03:24 -0700 recoiledsnake writes The connection between Apple and Steve Jobs is unlike any other brand and CEO relationship in corporate America, maybe the world. While Bill Gates has successfully transitioned himself away from his day job at Microsoft, ... // via popurls.com http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/07/28/1214236&from=rss Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:03:11 -0700 Progress continues to be made on restoring full e-mail service to the 1 percent of MobileMe subscribers who are still having trouble, says Apple. The company notes that following the activation of webmail for the affected group, it has restor... // via popurls.com http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/28/mobileme.mail.restoration/ Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:03:03 -0700 At Apple's iTunes online store, Britney Spears and Shakespeare are separated by just a few clicks... // via popurls.com http://www.macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/free_education_apples_tunes_u_an_unsung_but_popular_feature_of_itunes/ Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:02:53 -0700 Filed under: iPod Family, iTunes, Mac 101 If you're anything like me -- and I sincerely hope you're not, for your sake -- you have a large iTunes music library, but the music that you like right now is only a small fraction of that total. (Ye... // via popurls.com http://www.tuaw.com/2008/07/28/mac-101-stars-and-smart-playlists/ Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:02:44 -0700 BBC: China becomes biggest net nation  —  China now has the world's largest net-using population, say official figures.  —  More than 253 million people in the country are now online, according to statistics f... // via popurls.com http://www.techmeme.com/080728/p29#a080728p29 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 06:40:17 -0700 If the Internet could speak with one voice, it would probably groan oh, not again! Thats because every raving success story about Internet startups is tempered by dozens more that crashed and burned in a sea of wasted money, bad ideas, or unf... // via popurls.com http://digg.com/tech_news/25_Internet_Startups_That_Bombed_Miserably_2 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 06:40:09 -0700 E-Commerce Guide: Those Magento boys and girls are at it again, kicking butt and taking names by releasing a brand-new, expanded 1.1 release of their already feature-rich open source e-commerce program. The company claims to already be the fa... // via popurls.com http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-07-28-005-35-OS Mon, 28 Jul 2008 06:39:50 -0700 Apple's rumored MacBook touch could be Apples Killer App for Higher Ed writes John Paczkowski for All Things D... // via popurls.com http://www.macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/rumored_macbook_touch_could_be_apples_killer_app_for_higher_education/ Mon, 28 Jul 2008 06:39:41 -0700 All of Apple's US retail outlets are now in a permanent launch mode and will open as much as two hours earlier each day... // via popurls.com http://www.macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/apples_us_retail_stores_put_into_permanent_launch_mode_open_at_8am/ Mon, 28 Jul 2008 06:39:35 -0700 Canonical discusses its plans to make Ubuntu a mainstay on upcoming Intel Atom-powered subnotebooks and netbooks.Read More... // via popurls.com http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080727-ubuntu-on-atom-coming-soon-to-a-subnotebook-near-you.html Mon, 28 Jul 2008 06:27:35 -0700 Ars shows you how to put a bootable Ubuntu LiveCD image on an SD card and how to install Ubuntu on an Eee PC.Read More... // via popurls.com http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080727-running-ubuntu-on-the-eee-pc.html Mon, 28 Jul 2008 06:27:22 -0700 The Motion Picture Association of America has launched legal attacks against P2P sites, has promoted Internet filtering, and has tried to stop DVRs from recording movies. However, its latest effort to curb piracy may in fact offer something o... // via popurls.com http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080727-mpaa-planning-site-to-offer-legit-movie-links.html Mon, 28 Jul 2008 06:27:15 -0700 An anonymous reader writes Working for the Olympics as an IT contractor, I recently moved to the Media Village (where all of the reporters live) and was surprised the there was no free internet. BOCOG (Beijing Organizing Committee of the 2008... // via popurls.com http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/07/28/0531221&from=rss Mon, 28 Jul 2008 06:26:55 -0700 I’ve got a theory: no one can create a better search engine than Google, simply because Google does not only search websites, but - through its domination of the market - the entire web bends to Google’s will because every web si... // via popurls.com http://mashable.com/2008/07/28/cuil-search-google/ Mon, 28 Jul 2008 06:26:43 -0700 Since version 2 came out in 2005, Google Desktop for Windows has included a sidebar that users can fill with screen gadgets, but the Linux version (version 1, from June 2007) provided only indexing and search functions, with no eye candy what... // via popurls.com http://www.linux.com/feature/142656 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 06:26:30 -0700 Continuing with the backup theme of my last post, I've needed to back up our local LAMP server because its starting to hold some important data. Maybe I'm getting paranoid because of my first hard drive failure in 10 years (the last one was ... // via popurls.com http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/backup_your_lamp_with_rsync.html Mon, 28 Jul 2008 06:19:13 -0700 ON-LINE ADS giant Google, which runs a search engine and e-mail service on the side, is offering a way to validate your name as that of a real human being in its new Knol on-line encyclopaedia. The only problem is that it doesn't work. // via popurls.com http://digg.com/tech_news/Google_s_Knol_Verifies_You_re_a_Real_Person Mon, 28 Jul 2008 06:19:05 -0700 The United States will close its digital divide significantly within the next four years, with 77% of U.S. households having a broadband Internet subscription, according to a new Gartner study. Just over half of U.S. households currently subs... // via popurls.com http://digg.com/tech_news/Broadband_Said_to_Hit_77_of_US_Households_by_2012 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 06:19:02 -0700 BeginLinux: Squid acts both as a proxy, working in behalf of a user, and as a cache. When squid works as a proxy and a user makes a request for a web site, squid retrieves the web page and then provides it to the user. The user, in reality ne... // via popurls.com http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-07-28-001-35-OS-SV-NT Mon, 28 Jul 2008 06:18:30 -0700 Well, last week started out with a bang thanks to Monday's announcement of the new, Debian-powered CherryPal PC. That the low-power machine runs Linux is, of course, good news. The twist is that users won't even see it, because the entire us... // via popurls.com http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/63940.html Mon, 28 Jul 2008 06:18:24 -0700 Yahoo will compensate customers of its Yahoo Music online store once the company shuts down its servers and prevents customers from renewing their copy protection licenses, the company says. The firm now says that anyone who purchased tracks ... // via popurls.com http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/26/yahoo.music.compensation/ Mon, 28 Jul 2008 06:06:13 -0700 Sunday, July 27, 2008 -- 11:22 a.m. -- on my couch **FEW UPDATES in italic type.** This post was inspired by caller Christopher, who wrote me seeking some battery advice. He was a little frustrated by the battery life on... // via popurls.com http://weblogs.redeyechicago.com/iphoneblog/2008/07/iphone-tips-and.html Mon, 28 Jul 2008 06:06:02 -0700 Steve Jobs has asked me to write a posting every other day or so to let everyone know whats happening with MobileMe... // via popurls.com http://www.macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/apple_ceo_steve_jobs_orders_frequent_mobileme_status_updates/ Mon, 28 Jul 2008 06:05:41 -0700 Apple Store, Liverpool One celebrated their Grand Opening on Saturday, July 26th... // via popurls.com http://www.macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/apple_store_liverpool_one_grand_opening_photos/ Mon, 28 Jul 2008 06:05:36 -0700 Samsung on Monday added to its Touch of Color computer displays with three multi-role versions. The 22-inch, 1680x1050 T220HD as well as the 24- and 26-inch, 1920x1200 T240HD and T260HD share the same two-tone look of the originals but add an... // via popurls.com http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/28/samsung.toc.hd.lcds/ Mon, 28 Jul 2008 06:05:28 -0700