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November 21 2009

Zaphod
07:05

ey weißte was cool ist

<a> ey weißte was cool ist
<b> was denn...?
<a> musst das auch mal mit deiner freundin machen
<a> kosenamen mit einem bestimmten Motto
<b> o.0 aaaahja
<a> ja meine freundin und ich machen diesen Monat das Motto "Verbrechen"..
<a> Sie nennt mich ihren "Eindringling" und ich sie "Sicherheitslücke" ^^
<b> rofl ihr seid scho kaputt wisst ihr das?
Zaphod
07:05

omg, ich war vorhins bei nem kumpel. wir gingen so in das zimmer seiner sis, und das lie...

<Mayhem> omg, ich war vorhins bei nem kumpel. wir gingen so in das zimmer seiner sis, und das liegt sie halbnackt auf dem bett mit ner banane in der hand :D
Zaphod
05:00

RFID Fingerprints To Fight Tag Cloning

Bourdain writes with news out of the University of Arkansas, where researchers are looking for ways to combat counterfeit RFID tags. Passive tags typically wait for a reader to transmit a signal of the appropriate strength and frequency before sending their own transmission. The scientists found that the amount of power required to trigger this varies quite a bit from one tag to the next, especially when many different frequencies are sampled. This and other physical characteristics give the tag its own "fingerprint" that is independent of the signal information stored in its memory, which the researchers say will facilitate the detection of cloned tags.

Read more of this story at Slashdot.


Tags: privacy
Zaphod
02:55

Try Out Chrome OS In a Virtual Machine

itwbennett writes "Some very generous Alpha OS geeks have snagged the Chrome OS source code and compiled a version to share with the rest of us, writes blogger Peter Smith. 'The build comes in the form of a virtual machine, which means you'll need VMWare or VirtualBox running, and of course the image of Chrome OS itself. The folks at gdgt are distributing the latter, and they've set up a page with all the links you'll need. You'll need to create a gdgt account if you don't have one yet. The Chrome OS image is only a bit over 300 megs, so it's a fast download. If you need a little more handholding, TechCrunch has a step-by-step guide to getting Chrome OS installed and running using VirtualBox, and a Chrome OS torrent they link to.'"

Read more of this story at Slashdot.


Tags: os
Zaphod
00:52

iPhone Game Piracy "the Rule Rather Than the Exception"

An anonymous reader writes "Many game developers don't think of the iPhone as being a system which has extensive game piracy. But recent comments by developers and analysts have shown otherwise, and Gamasutra speaks to multiple parties to evaluate the size of the problem and whether there's anything that can be done about it. Quoting: 'Greg Yardley confirms that getting ripped off by pirates is the rule rather than the exception. Yardley is co-founder and CEO of Manhattan-based Pinch Media, a company that provides analytic software for iPhone games. ... "What we've determined is that over 60% of iPhone applications have definitively been pirated based on our checks," he reveals, "and the number is probably higher than that." While it's impossible to estimate how much money developers are losing, it involves more than the price of the game, he says. "What developers lose is not necessarily the sale," he explains, "because I don't believe pirates would have bought the game if they hadn't stolen it. But when there is a back-end infrastructure associated with a game, that is an ongoing incremental cost that becomes a straight loss for the developer."'"

Read more of this story at Slashdot.


Tags: cellphones
Zaphod
00:36

Kein "geistiges Eigentum" an Cannabis

Der EuGH entscheidet ausnahmsweise gegen einen Rechtebeansprucher


Zaphod
00:24

Unique Forkless Bicycle Design

Beautiful forkless bike design by Olli Erkkila, created as a graduation project for the Institute of Design in Lahti, Finland.
Tags: Tech
Zaphod
00:15

Falsch geschnitten: Wie Chirurgenfehler passieren

Falscher Patient, falsche Seite, falsche Stelle, falsche OP, falsches Ersatzteil: Eine amerikanische Studie untersucht, welche Fehler im Operationssaal warum passieren


Zaphod
00:15

Wendet sich die Türkei vom Westen ab?

Nachdem der türkische Ministerpräsident Erdogan den mit Internationalem Strafbefehl wegen Völkermords gesuchten sudanesischen Präsidenten al-Baschir verteidigt hat, ist davon die Rede, dass sich die Türkei islamisieren könne


Zaphod
00:12

"zu groß"

"Ich habe neullich für eine Freundin einen Stapel (reichlich 100 Stück) alter Familienfotos eingescannt.
Die sollten dann bei einem pr"

November 20 2009

Zaphod
23:57

New Microsoft Silverlight Features Have Windows Bias

An anonymous reader writes with this quote from a story at El Reg about an early look at the Silverlight 4 beta: "There are ... major changes to Silverlight's out-of-browser functionality, a loose equivalent to Adobe Systems' AIR runtime for Flash. Even when fully sandboxed, which means having the same permissions that would apply to a browser-hosted Silverlight applet, out-of-browser applications get an HTML control, custom window settings, and the ability to fire pop-up notifications. ... Unfortunately, some of these features are not what they first appear. The HTML control in Silverlight 4 is not a new embedded browser from Microsoft, but uses components from Internet Explorer on Windows, or Safari on the Mac, which means that the same content might render differently. The HTML control only works out-of-browser, and simply displays a blank space if browser-hosted. Clipboard support is text-only in the Silverlight 4 beta, though this could change for the full release. More seriously, COM automation is a Windows-only feature, introducing differentiation between the Mac and Windows implementations."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.


Tags: microsoft
Zaphod
23:08

How Heavy Is the Internet?

An anonymous reader writes "Ever wondered how much the internet physically weighs? 498,438,559,990kg, according to CNET. To reach this figure, they added together public data on the weight of every computer, server and connecting cable. To this they added 6,075,000kg of iPhones, and over 6,800,000kg of Blackberries. Finally, they added the weight of 287,524 viruses and 85 billion+ webpages."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.


Tags: internet
Zaphod
22:59

Twilight: Interview With The Non-Vampire


Twilight New Moon - Interview With Non-Vampires

I joined the Twihards at the Toronto premiere of Twilight: New Moon last night and, as you can hear from the screaming in the video, the audience was made up of mostly hormone-surging girls and women. And that was just for two minor characters (Bella's day Charlie, played by Billy Burke and her school chum Eric, played by Justin Chon. The pair clearly drew the short straws for who had to come to the American Express sponsored event. You threw a good party AmEx, but those guys were B-O-R-E-D.

Despite that, my Twilight knowledge is now slightly higher. I know that vampires sparkle in the sun, for some reason, though it appears to be a voluntary thing. I also know that werewolves are made out of chiseled marble disguised as muscle when in human form. What I don't know is why these mythological creatures have any interest in the personality-free Bella, but maybe that was explained in the first movie.

The bonus of the premiere was a mini-show by UK trio Band of Skulls, who rocked out in a too-bright room surrounded by high-heeled women sipping red wine. Odd.


I Know What I Am - Band of Skulls

They played five songs but I only recorded I Know What I Am and Patterns before my arm got tired. I am nothing if not professional.


Patterns - Band of Skulls

Previously on Popped Culture...
Twilight: Three Wolf Moon
Vampire Reunion
Buffy Dusts Edward


Tags: Twilight vampires movies Band of Skulls
Zaphod
22:36

alle Register ziehen

eben das Beste geben... kommt wohl vom Orgelspielen da die Pfeifen in Register eingeteilt sind. Also volle Pulle
Zaphod
22:30

Anti-Smoking Vaccine Is Nearing the Market

eldavojohn writes "Almost 6 years ago we discussed a vaccine to help people quit smoking as it entered human clinical trials. Now it looks like the finishing touches have been put on a deal that will go into effect once phase III testing of the drug now called NicVAX is completed. NicVAX was developed by Nabi Biopharmaceuticals, who have agreed to license it to GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals; it is expected to complete phase III testing successfully. Others have fallen short of this goal, in pursuit of a smoking-cessation market expected to hit $4.6 billion worldwide by 2016. Nabi has also sold an experimental vaccine for staph infections; and in 2008 we discussed news of a cocaine vaccine."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.


Tags: biotech
Zaphod
21:50

iPhone Owners Demand To See Apple Source Code

CWmike writes "iPhone owners charging Apple and AT&T with breaking antitrust laws asked a federal judge this week to force Apple to hand over the iPhone source code, court documents show. The lawsuit, which was filed in October 2007, accuses Apple and AT&T of violating antitrust laws, including the Sherman Act, by agreeing to a multi-year deal that locks US iPhone owners into using the mobile carrier. On Wednesday, the plaintiffs asked US District Court Judge James Ware to compel Apple to produce the source code for the iPhone 1.1.1 software, an update that Apple issued in September 2007. The update crippled iPhones that had been unlocked, or 'jailbroken,' so that they could be used with mobile providers other than AT&T. The iPhone 1.1.1 'bricked' those first-generation iPhones that had been hacked, rendering them useless and wiping all personal data from the device. The plaintiffs say that the source code is necessary to determine whether all iPhones were given the same 1.1.1 update, and whether it was designed to brick all or just some hacked iPhones."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.


Tags: cellphones
Zaphod
21:40

Proton Beams Sent Around the LHC

feldhaus writes "The BBC reports that the first beams for over one year have been successfully sent around the complete circumference of the Large Hadron Collider. Engineers do not yet have a stable circulating beam but they hope to by 0600 GMT on Saturday."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.


Tags: science
Zaphod
21:20

Video Editing :: Join, trim and add watermark to the video using Quick Time Pro

In this tutorial I will outline some of the nice features that come with Quick Time Pro. You will learn how to join and trim videos as well as how to add watermarks using Properties window.
Zaphod
21:13

Microsoft's Lack of Nightly Builds For IE

Ricky writes "Many wonder why Microsoft doesn't offer nightly builds of Internet Explorer — or at least something more frequent than months-to-years. Ars talks with Microsoft's general manager for IE, who says the IE9 development cycle will look much the same as previous versions. Not a great idea."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.


Tags: msie
Zaphod
20:31

Bundesregierung will Elektromobilität mehr Gewicht einräumen

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