Facebook sends lawyers after the suicide machine
2 commentsI wasn't going to write about this last week as I expected nothing to come if it. But today I learned that the situation has escalated. Just to recap, a new service calling themselves the Web 2.0 Suicide Machine lets users commit virtual suicide on social networking sites such as Myspace, Linked, Twitter and of course Facebook. The only one to h...
keep readingGoogle Wave is apparently useful
While I'm still struggling to find a single good real world use for Google Wave, the guys over at MacLife have apparently found 20. I'd probably mess around with Wave more if its performance in Firefox wasn't so dismal. It's a beta but in my opinion it's unusable unless you switch to Chrome. Anyway, for what it's worth cast a vote below. ...
keep reading 2 commentsFrench anti-piracy firm caught stealing
Copyright infringement one of those subjects that, if you do not tread carefully, you can find yourself at the receiving end of a well deserved public flogging. There was the recent incident of Lily Allen, who blogged about how copyright holders get such a raw deal because of pirates copying their work and not giving credit. That wouldn't seem...
keep reading 1 commentWindows 7 has a 'God Mode'
Amazingly this works, and it's extremely easy to enable. Once enabled you'll have nearly 300 settings to play with all located in one convenient location, very much a second control panel. Here's how. Just go to your C drive and create a new folder with this name: GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C} It will even create it's own ...
keep reading 28 commentsAvatar: Seriously powerful computer specs
Want to know what sort of system was required to render those amazing scenes in James Camerons' Avatar? Check this out. Thirty four racks, each made up of 32 machines with 40,000 processors and 104 terabytes of memory. For the last month of production those 40,000 processors were doing 7 or 8 gigabytes of data per second 24 hours a day. Those...
keep reading 5 commentsWalmart videotaped employees and patrons in bathroom
Taking privacy invasion to a whole new level, Walmarts' loss prevention unit thought it was OK to place a video camera in a bathroom used by employees and customers alike. There was no notification of subservience provided (like that would make it any better), obviously because Walmart thinks peoples rights are far less important than their effo...
keep reading 1 commentEvidently HP don't have black people testing their software
Explain this one. HP's new webcams with facial tracking technology don't seem to work on Black people. The video demonstrated below clearly shows this to be the case, as the gentleman states: I think my blackness is interfering with the computers ability to follow me. HP have responded. We are working with our partners to learn more. Th...
keep reading 2 commentsArise, Sir Patrick Stewart
Stage and screen legend is about to receive one of the biggest honours of his career. The 70 year old English born actor is ready to be Knighted by her Majesty in the new years honours list. Palace sources say the Queen is a big fan of the actor, who among many roles is best known for his portrayal of Captain Jean Luc Picard in the Star Trek uni...
keep reading 3 commentsFlight of the Conchords: No 3rd season :-(
The LA Times is reporting that we won't be seeing Bret and Jemaine return for a 3rd season of the much loved Flight of the Concords. The show is definitely an acquired taste for those not familiar with the New Zealanders duos unique sense of dry humour, and if you haven't already seen the show I'd recommend hiring the first season on DVD. At ...
keep reading 1 commentFacebook: 'Friends' and 'Only Friends' don't mean the same thing?
Maybe I'm a little too close to this whole usability philosophy, given my day job as a web designer sees me making things as easy as they can be for users. But when I logged into Facebook just now I was presented with what I can only describe as a confusing choice to make. The screen shot above asks me if I want to make certain details av...
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