Che Guevara video

If you wear a T-Shirt of the prick at least learn something about him.



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The Pleasures of Hacking the Apple TV

Hackers, both Apple and PC users, rush to turn the new multimedia box into a full-fledged computer.



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Cheapest car in the wolrd may come from India

Tata Motors is developing a car it aims to sell for about $2,500--the cheapest, by far, ever made.



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Hack a Mac contest at CanSecWest

The organizers of CanSecWest, a fixture on the security conference circuit, are organizing a "PWN to OWN" contest. Two Apple MacBook Pro computers will be set up as hacker targets. The person who successfully breaks into the machine can keep it. The conference will be held April 18-20 in Vancouver, British Columbia.



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PS3 a complete disaster in the UK: Sales Numbers Revealed

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has released the initial sales numbers for the Sony PlayStation 3 on its launch in the UK and the numbers are very "impressive" to say the least.



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Why did Google 'airbrush history?'

Google's replacement of post-Hurricane Katrina satellite imagery on its map portal with images of the region before the storm does a "great injustice" to the storm's victims, a congressional subcommittee said.



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Canada: Walmart Drops Wii Price

Canadian Wii seekers may want to first try acquiring a console from their local Walmart if possible, as the retail giant has dropped the price of Nintendo's console to $248.83 in a recent flyer.



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Microsoft Live Labs: Deepfish a browser for your mobile

The Deepfish Technology Preview enhances existing mobile browsing technologies by displaying content in a view that is closer to the desktop experience. Our zoom-able interface and cue map allow you to quickly access the information you care about over the web without ever losing track of where you are.



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Free Geek Vancouver helps the needy get nerdy

Free Geek is a nonprofit society in Portland, Ore., dedicated to recycling computing equipment and distributing computers loaded with free software to organizations or individuals in need. Since its founding in February 2000, the group has seen sister organizations open in cities throughout North America.



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Stop WIFI freeloaders cold

My neighbors are stealing my wireless internet access. I could encrypt it or alternately I could have fun.



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Stop WIFI freeloaders cold

My neighbors are stealing my wireless internet access. I could encrypt it or alternately I could have fun.



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Advanced SSH security tips and tricks

In this article I'll show you some simple tricks to help you tighten security for your secure shell (SSH) service.



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Planet Geek!: Subversion + SSH - Close but no banana

About a year ago, I switched my primary source code control system from the venerable old CVS to the (relatively) new kid on the block, Subversion. On the whole, I've been ecstatically happy with the system. It patched many of the ridiculous problems with CVS, and added on things that opensource community has been asking for for ages (like 'rename'



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NiGHTS Wii - First images and details

First, Official Nintendo Magazine (UK) showed a teaser image bearing a strong resemblance to the NiGHTS into Dreams cover, and promised a world exclusive game revelation in their next issue.



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Wii far ahead of PS3, Xbox 360 in Japan

Sales for Nintendo Co.'s are far ahead of competitors in Japan on strong demand for motion-sensitive titles.



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The Human Shrek

Maurice Tillet ( 1903?- August 4, 1954 ) was a professional wrestler in the early years of the entertainment-sport. Born in France, he was highly intelligent and could speak 14 languages. He was also a keen poet and was hoping to get into the acting business.



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Houston man kills, then cooks ex-girlfriend on his patio barbecue.

Harris County Sheriff Tommy Thomas announced Saturday night that there will be no search for the body of Tynesha Stewart, the 19-year-old Texas A&M University student who is thought to have been slain March 15.



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Building Photo Uploaders with XAML

If you are a user experience junky like I am, then XAML is like interface crack. If you haven't seen XAML demos on Windows Vista, or used the freely available WinFX SDK, then you haven't lived. XAML is a tag-based language that you use to create stunning interfaces quickly and easily.



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Korean Sex Theme Park NSFW

These Koreans surely enjoy a walk in the park.



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Norwegian Cruise Lines Adds Big-Screen Wii

Norwegian Cruise Lines will feature Wii systems aboard each ship on its fleet, Nintendo announced today.



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Kutaragi blamed for troubles at Sony

A new report from Newsweek, spied today on GameSpot, places further blame for problems concerning the PS3 at Sony, firmly on the doorstep of Ken Kutaragi, the PlayStation godfather who was recently 'moved' into the role of Chairman at Sony Computer Entertainment. Reports in recent months had blamed Kutaragi's 'slowness' for the PS3 losing exclusive



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Wii are for kiddies according to Microsoft

When it comes to taking jabs at the console competition, Sony is usually in the spotlight. Shortly after the announcement of Microsoft’s new $479.99 USD Xbox 360 Elite, Sony responded by stating: “The PlayStation 3 is the only elite gaming system on the market. Microsoft is trying to catch up to us at this point.”



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Me don't hear ya long time: China eyes homegrown cellphone standard

Beijing appears to be favoring a homegrown next-generation mobile phone standard for its market, but should let carriers make their own choice, a U.S. trade official said Wednesday.



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How Digg Traffic Can Impact Your Google AdSense Account

A DigitalPoint Forums has a thread asking if traffic from Digg can cause problems with your Google AdSense account.



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Now Digg Users Can "Digg It" Offline Too, Thanks to New NerdyShirts Design

NerdyShirts is paying homage to Digg.com users with the recent release of their new "Digg Me" tee at www.NerdyShirts.com. Now casual Digg fans and tech geeks alike can sport their very own Digg count even away from the computer.



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Apple TV Heat Tested w/ Infrared Camera

We put the Apple TV through a series of tests to determine how hot it gets while playing content. We even used an infrared camera!



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Mario and Sonic Team Up for Game on Wii, DS

SEGA and Nintendo today made a historical announcement that two of the biggest icons in the entertainment industry, Mario and Sonic, are joining forces to star in Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games. Developed for the Wii video game system and the Nintendo DS, this momentous agreement marks the first time these two renowned stars have appeared toget



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Pure servlets: Rethink the view

This article demonstrates the advantages of an unorthodox alternative: using simple helper objects to build a Web interface based on servlets alone.



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Kernel command using Linux system calls

In this article, I explore the Linux SCI, demonstrate adding a system call to the 2.6.20 kernel, and then use this function from user-space. I also investigate some of the functions that you'll find useful for system call development and alternatives to system calls. Finally, I look at some of the ancillary mechanisms related to system calls, such



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Mastering Ajax: Using JSON for data transfer

Plain text and XML are both data formats that you can use for sending and receiving information in your asynchronous applications. This installment of Mastering Ajax looks at another useful data format, JavaScript Object Notation (JSON), and how it makes moving data and objects around in your applications easier.



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More SONY BIAS: 10 Reasons Why PS3 Will Win This Console Generation

Brian Hastings (right), Chief Creative Officer at Insomniac Games (the folks who brought you Ratchet & Clank, Resistance: Fall of Man, and more), has written about all the negative spin towards Sony and why ultimately he believes the PS3 will come out on top when it's all said and done.



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Nintendo to make Wii harder to mod

Nintendo will be fighting the modchip community, as they have implemented changes in the design of the Wii.



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DIY FM Transmitter

Building the FM transmitter is fairly easy. You need to fabricate two parts yourself:



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DIY Solar Lawnmower robot

Solar Lawnmower robot: tired to cut your grass? you have just to press a button and the robot do the job for you. Once the job done and the robot stopped, it's internal battery is solar charged: no cost. The solar lawnmower robot is very quiet and make about the same noise as an electric razor!



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First Look at Finalized Wii Browser

Nintendo has a preview of the Opera browser, launching soon in Japan.



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Wii closes in on Xbox 360

According to the latest unofficial sales figures, the Nintendo Wii is closing rapidly on the Xbox 360, having surpasses 4 million consoles sold by the end of 2006, the latest figures suggest the Big N may also have beaten their next target - 6 million consoles by the end of March 2007.



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Wii closes in on Xbox 360

According to the latest unofficial sales figures, the Nintendo Wii is closing rapidly on the Xbox 360, having surpasses 4 million consoles sold by the end of 2006, the latest figures suggest the Big N may also have beaten their next target - 6 million consoles by the end of March 2007.



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First Look at Finalized Wii Browser

Nintendo has a preview of the Opera browser, launching soon in Japan.



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Sony to Bundle Wii System with PS3 to Increase Sales

President of Sony North America Frank Newmark announced today that Sony would begin bundling a Nintendo Wii console with every PlayStation 3 system sold.



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The Linux Motion Picture Pipeline

Within the industry the assembly line of hardware and software used for making movies is called a studio pipeline. Linux is preferred because it scales well and is compatible with tens of millions of lines of unix code the studios have developed internally over the years.



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MMO Game Addiction Overstated, Still Harmful

A number of researchers are conducting studies as to whether or not the addiction to Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs) can be harmful to gamers.



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Inventor touts Robocop-style armour for use in Iraq

Legendary Canadian inventor Troy Hurtubise has decided to offer his services in the War on Terror, spending two years developing the Trojan armoured suit. He reckons it could prove useful in south-west Asian combat.



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Microsoft Temporarily Kills Its Own YouTube Killer

Remember Microsoft's online video site that was supposed to compete with YouTube? Neither did we until we were reminded about it by news that it's temporarily cutting itself off from new users.



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How To Revive An Old PC With Linux

What do you do with an old computer? Say, a 386-generation PC running Windows 98 that hadn't been patched in years, with a 20-Gbyte hard drive most likely infected with all manner of viruses, spyware, and other maladjusted programs?



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Reduce your Linux memory footprint

A few tweaks can boost performance



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Gaming.wikia: Digg meets Wikipedia, for gamers.

We caught wind of a new site called Gaming.wikia and decided to see what all of the fuss was about. What did we find? A novel idea -- as games begin to embrace the concepts of "web 2.0", it's only fitting that the the web returns the favor, and that's exactly what the folks over at Gaming.Wikia plan to do.



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FREE Special Effects Tutorials in Photoshop

There are some tricks you not might know.



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PS3 is in Stock and the Wii is Not

If you still do not have a Nintendo Wii, things are still not that easy, at least online. It is sold out everywhere I looked. Gamestop offers new Wii bundles that ship in April. Nintendo is set to ship 6 million Wii consoles by end of the month.



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Apple TV Hacks

If you feel like violating your AppleTV warranty, here's a quick how-to.



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Was PS3's European Debut a Dud?

Though Sony categorized the PlayStation 3's European launch as a success, many reports from the continent indicate slow sales. Was it the price? Was it game availability? Is PS3 simply a late bloomer that will take off when Wii and Xbox 360 start to grow old? Whatever it was, Microsoft appeared to be having plenty of fun at their competitor's expen



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Beer or PS3?

For example, for the European (and New Zealand ... ean) PS3 launch, they did what any self-respecting mega-corporation would do: Used beer to visually communicate the price difference between their console -- the Xbox 360 -- and their competitor's -- the PlayStation 3.



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Nintendo Wii Technology Coming To Mobile Handsets

The very same technology that makes the Wii controller mindblowing is making its way to cell phones. According to a recent article in USA Today, the possibilities are endless.



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Wii retakes No. 2 position in Japan

Nintendo Co.'s Wii retook the No. 2 sales position in Japan after a surge in Sony Corp.'s PSP sales relegated the machine to third place.



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Sony's T & A show couldn't save PS3 launch from failure

The Page 3 babes provided the beauty as dozens of gaming geeks queued up from 7am to pick up the must-have £425 console.



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Behind the Scenes: Apple’s 1984/Hilary Super Bowl Commercial

This Apple commercial first hit airwaves on January 22, 1984, during Super Bowl XVIII. The ad “showed an unnamed heroine (played by Anya Major) wearing orange shorts, red running shoes, and a white tank top with a Picasso-style picture of Apple’s Macintosh computer, running through an Orwellian world to throw a sledgehammer at a TV image of Big Bro



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How to: Old Map Effect in Photoshop

“Luv2help” shows us how to create an old map in just a few easy steps, using Photoshop. For a similar tutorial on turning any picture into a “vintage photo”, check out this post. Continue reading for the video tutorial.



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Sony dub Aussie PS3 launch a “delightful success”

The PS3 has come to the rest of the world, and a recent Sony press release has announced the success of the Australian launch to the world. Over 500 retail outlets opened at midnight this morning to cope with the expected demand of pre-ordered PS3’s, associated HDMI cables and other PS3 peripherals.



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Opera Announces Wii Browser Improvements

Opera have revealed a snippet of things to come in the final version of the Opera Internet Browser for Wii.



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The iPod you can't get in the U.S.

How old were you when Fantasia came out (1940)? Wow, this might not help us feel any younger is it? At the same time there is no age to have an iPod Nano so Rana ltd decided to bring the best of both worlds in the form of this limited edition of Mickey Mouse/iPod Nano set.



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Set-Up a Wii/Gamecube Homebrew Development

Here is my First tutorial on Wii/GC Development!!!



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Robbers relish iPod craze

Little white earbuds are almost everywhere, particularly on BART -- thieves are capitalizing on players' popularity



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Surrendering in the Silent War Against the iPod

People who wear iPods are one of the things I used to hate most about London. So when a permanently plugged-in friend asked me why I didn't have one recently, I tossed my head haughtily and told her I'd rather burn all my shoes than succumb to such a blight upon modern society. So what did I do this week? I got an iPod, of course.



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Funny Cats Pictures

Never trust those sneaky cats.



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Hacker's Challenge: Crack the AJAX Login Control

So, you think you are an expert AJAX hacker? Want to earn a quick $100? Then you've come to the right place.



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Tweaking the Zoom, understandind SLR digital cameras

MANY digital photographers are taking the plunge and upgrading to a single-lens reflex camera, in part because the lenses on such cameras are interchangeable. But one trip to a well-stocked camera store might convince some novices that this feature is not so attractive after all.



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Are You A PlayStation 3 Or Wii Fan?

Sony's new PlayStation 3 video game was once the top dog in terms of video game console sales and now it's considered the underdog.



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Own the road with the ultimate SUV - IEDs? F.U. ....

Cougar, developed and produced by Force Protection Inc. is a multi-purpose, 12 ton mine protected armored patrol vehicle. The design uses a monocoque, bulletproof and blast-proof capsule fitted with transparent armored glass, which protects the driver and crew from small arms fire, mine blasts and IED.



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Web 2.0 - What You Need to Know

By now you've heard the term "Web 2.0"... but what does it mean and why is it important for all marketers? Here's a quick explanation and my thoughts on the importance of the Web 2.0 movement.



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Students expelled for Internet prank

Four Sherwood Park junior high school students have been expelled and more than 20 have been handed out-of-school suspensions after creating fake Nexopia accounts of teachers and posting negative comments on the sites.



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Linux News: Business: Debian Founder Finds Spot in Sun

Sun Microsystems on Monday hired Linux guru Ian Murdock as its new chief operating platforms officer. He will be responsible for creating a new strategy to evolve both Sun's Solaris and GNU/Linux strategies. "Even with Solaris front and center, I'm pretty strongly of the opinion that Linux needs to play a clearer role in the platform strategy," he



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Skype approves Linux Wi-Fi handset platform

Trolltech Qtopia has been chosen by Skype as the preferred platform for connecting the Skype user interface to the operating system in Skype Certified WiFi handsets and a variety of other devices that deliver a Skype experience.



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PHP V5.2: Using the new input filtering extensions

learn how to effectively use the new input filtering extensions provided by the new PHP V5.2. This is a much-needed feature that will allow you to validate inputs to forms and other input mediums without having to rely on third-party software. After reading this, you will be effective at filtering inputs to increase application security.



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Tip: Use Atom's structure to avoid duplicates in aggregate feeds

This tip shows you how to take full advantage of the id tag as the main identifier, including other information about the feed entry (like the link id and source URL for the feed), to avoid duplicates in your Atom feeds.



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Tip: Use Atom's structure to avoid duplicates in aggregate feeds

This tip shows you how to take full advantage of the id tag as the main identifier, including other information about the feed entry (like the link id and source URL for the feed), to avoid duplicates in your Atom feeds.



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Ajax and XML: Five Ajax anti-patterns

You can learn a lot about how to do things correctly by understanding how things are done incorrectly. Certainly, there's a right way and a wrong way to write Asynchronous JavaScript™ + XML (Ajax) applications. This article discusses some common coding practices you will want to avoid



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Will Apple TV Be Bigger than the iPhone?

Some industry experts say Apple TV, due to be released this month, will do for digital video what the iPod did for audio.



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Google vs. Wikia Search

Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, talked to IDG News Service in Tokyo about Wikia Search, a new open-source search engine that's due out in the fourth quarter of this year. It will combine community, Wales' strength, with search in an attempt to create more transparency and accountability in a search engine industry dominated by Google and Yah



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Firefox: A Hacking Toolbox

Security-Database.com team is happy to announce its new Firefox Framework Map collection of the most useful security oriented extensions. We called the framework FireCAT. It stands for FireFox Catalog of Auditing Toolbox.



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Deploying Ruby on Rails, Mongrel, and Pen on a MediaTemple (dv) 3.0 Server

If you’re looking to deploy Rails in a production-quality way on a server, there are a ton of tutorials on how to do that. None did exactly what I wanted though, so I’m adding another to the mix.



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The Oldest GPS Satellite, Firebird

The oldest operational satellite in the GPS constellation has broadcast its signal for more than 16 years, during which time that signal's mission applications -- and the people who make sure the signal is available -- have changed dramatically.



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Mechanical Hit Counter

Here, then, is my humble contribution to the rich tradition of overengineering - the Mechanical Hit Counter. To operate it, open the webcam window by clicking here. The video window is updated every 5 seconds so chances are you'll see more than one count if other people are connected.



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Real-Time Audio Driven Drum Controller

BillaBoop is a real-time audio driven drum controller which allows the user to control up to 3 drum instruments. The user can control any drum synth with the voice (beat box), or any object or musical instrument



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Kevin Rose interviews Stan Lee

Stan Lee talk about the comics he did with kevin Rose G4



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Kevin Rose interviews Stan Lee

Stan Lee talk about the comics he did with kevin Rose G4



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Pakistan loses cricket match, coach dies thereafter

Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer has died aged 58 on Sunday after being found unconscious in his hotel room the day after his team's shock elimination from the World Cup.



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Office Guerrilla Warfare: Bic Pen Bow and Arrow

This is my improved more powerful and accurate Pen bow, It has a longer barrel and more power behind it.



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Opening up a coke machine

IF YOU DO THIS AND GET CAUGHT IT IS NOT MY FAULT. I am simply "mentioning" that it's there I do not know if this will work for all coke machines but it works for most. Oh yeah, and I am "mentioning" that you could get a lotta dough on just one machine, though bring along your piggy bank. :D



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DIY Cable Adapter HP49-PC

In this document I present another idea beased in the ones previously presented by Enrico Carta. Indeed, it is not a cable to cennect directly the HP49 to the PC, but an adapter to connect HP49 to the PC, using the cable that come together with the HP49G pack.



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How to walk on coals

Walking on coals is very easy. (Pictures are not my own) (NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INJURY THAT YOU MAY RECIEVE although i don't think you will get hurt unless you fall)



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Paper Cup Air Cannon

A DIY version of AirZooka. A simple air cannon that will shoot puffs of air in the shape of torus (AKA: Rings). Add smoke and you get smoke rings.



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Stream Music To Your PSP Without Homebrew

This is very handy if you didn't buy a large memory card for your device and you have a huge amount of music. You need to have a wireless network if you want to do this. You don't have to configure a web server or anything.



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Take Infrared Pictures With Your Digital Camera

In this video instructable, I will show you how to make an infrared filter for your digital camera out of bits and pieces such as cardboard rolls, electrical tape, and some black processed photographic film (old negatives). The vid also shows you how to test your camera for IR capability, suggests some of the settings you should use, and shows some



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Stream Music To Your PSP Without Homebrew

This is very handy if you didn't buy a large memory card for your device and you have a huge amount of music. You need to have a wireless network if you want to do this. You don't have to configure a web server or anything.



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Sortable and Selectable Zebra Table Widgets

If you want extremely versatile zebra scripting functionality to add alternating row colors to your tables, to make the table rows selectable, to make the table submittable as a form, and to allow that table to be sorted without refreshing the page or using AJAX, then look no further!



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Firefox takes new tack on testing bug fixes

Mozilla is changing the way it publishes security fixes for its Firefox browser.



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Control table appearance with CSS - Program - CSS - Builder AU

Tony Patton shows you how to use CSS to customize your tables.



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PHP Security Scanner project official website

PHP Security Scanner is a tool written in PHP intended to search PHP code for vulnarabilities. MySQL DB stores patterns to search for as well as the results from the search. The tool can scan any directory on the file system.



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Play Wii Games On Your PSP!

Non super-genius rigs his Playstation Portable to play Nintendo Wii games ‘on the go’, video included!



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K3b 1.0 Announcement - The CD/DVD Kreator for Linux

I am proud to announce the release of K3b 1.0. After years and years of development, all the sweat (actually in the summer it can get sticky in front of the screen), all the tears (ok, admittedly, not that many), and all the countless hours I spent on a single application finally we have what I think is worth the big 1.



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Geek Kama Sutra

Not safe for work.



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Funderstanding Roller Coaster

This simulator is designed for kids who want to design their own thrilling coaster and educators who want to use a cool activity to simulate the application of physics by using an exciting interactive tool and access to a wonderful reference source.



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Hey Ozzy, your little princess is my little whore. Kisses, Amy Winehouse

Kelly Osbourne has revealed how singer Amy Winehouse befriended her at the Brits. Not by complimenting her shoes, but going in for a full-on grope



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Hey teacher! Cellphone ban means you, too

It's a democracy, you know, not a fascism.



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Bluetooth Chip to Get Makeover

The Bluetooth chip, widely available but underutilized, will get a makeover this year.



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ALERT: Nintendo Wii Demo Channel News Is Ancient And Unconfirmed

Rumors that Wii will be getting a demo channel in the near future, although quite enticing, aren't all that they're cut out to be.



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Lego Mindstorms Warehouse Project

It uses Microsoft BizTalk, Windows Workflow Foundation and C# to stitch everything together. Watch the demo of the system in action where a SMS message from a cell phone activates the system, the first robot grabs a box from the warehouse and delivers it to the second robot which drives the package to its destination.



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Beginning with the Basic Stamp

In this special edition of the Weekend Project Podcast, Bre Pettis of Make: Magazine brings special guest Joe Grand to the podcast for the Awesome Electronics Workshop. Joe is a hardware hacker and shows you two simple projects to get you started programming with the basic stamp. Make an LED blink and make a little speaker to produce cellphone musi



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Twittering Your Home

Home automation enthusiasts, particularly those of the hobbyist bent, have come up with several clever methods of having their systems send them notifications of household events when they’re away from home . For example, the home automation system might send a message to their cell phone when the kids arrive home after school.



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Configuring the XBox 360 controller to work with Windows and Source

This Instructable will show you how to install the XBox 360 controller on your PC, and how to get it to work with Source. I've wanted to put a controller on my computer for some time now. It all started with reading Maximum PC's review of the controller, they said you could do it but didn't show you how. You can buy two types of wired controllers t



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DIY PIC Cluster

. The PIC Cluster is a fun project to introduce myself to "building my own supercomputer", starting with a simple network topology and array of capable, inexpensive, and easily prototypable microcontrollers.



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SIP Communicator : Development - Google Summer of Code 2007

In case you are interested in one of the subjects, drop us a note on the gsoc SIP Communicator mailing list (gsoc@sip-communicator.dev.java.net) and let us know. In your mail, please make sure that you tell us a few words about yourself ( Who are you? What have you previously worked on? ), why you are interested in the project.



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Reflections on Java Reflection

In ordinary life, a reflection is what you see when you look in the mirror. In the world of programming, reflection is what you call it when a program looks at and possibly even modifies its own structure.



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XML and Java technology: Data binding in 1,000 varieties

This article doesn't present a solution, instead Brett introduces some discussion topics to start you thinking about how you use XML and data binding. You're encouraged to share your thoughts with others on the XML and Java technology discussion forum.



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Crossing borders: Extensions in Rails

The Java™ programming language has long been a great melting pot, with rich and powerful capabilities for integration -- from dependency-injection containers for integrating enterprise libraries, to Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) technology, to the component models for Eclipse.



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An AVR-based Analog Plotbot with an E-Paper Display

What do you get when you mix a 1970's style analog chart recorder, an 8-bit microcontroller, and a Fisher-Price Doodle Pro? A truly 21st century toy: An analog PlotBot with e-paper display technology!



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GIVING YOURSELF A SIXTH SENSE for wireless networks

This project is for a small electronic unit that allows the user to sense the presence and relative signal strength of wireless hotspots. It can be worn as a pendant or carried in a pocket. It is "always on" and communicates the presence and signal strength of an in-range hotspot by way of sequences of pulses - like a heartbeat you can feel. The st



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Cut down PCMCIA USB2 card

I Got sick of my USB2 card sticking out of the side of my otherwise slim portege 2000 Laptop. So well.. I cut it off..



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When you eat a banana, you support TERRORISM!!!!.

Banana company Chiquita Brands International Inc. said Wednesday it has agreed to a $25-million (U.S.) fine and admitted paying a Colombian terrorist group for protection in a volatile farming part of the country.

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Batman Is Dead - Fan Film Trailer

Fan Film "Grayson" Batman Death, Supe... Fan Film "Grayson" Batman Death, Superman
starring too. Directed and starring: John Fiorella

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World's finest Heroes Superman and Batman

New Superman and Batman Trailer (made by hard core fans).

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Open source software empowers Web widget maker

Grazr offers free feed "Grazrs" -- little JavaScript widgets you can configure to pick up any feed you like, without subscribing. New entries appear at the top and older entries roll off the bottom of the box, just like on a blog. The boxes fit nicely in the sidebar of a typical two- or three-column blog, and Grazr.com generates code for your blog

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How to push for Python at your workplace

It's usually difficult to get your management to accept open source software, and Python is no exception to this rule. This document discusses reasons to use Python, strategies for winning acceptance, facts and arguments you can use, and cases where you shouldn't try to use Python.

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Exercise helps rebuild memory, study finds

Exercise boosts brainpower by building new brain cells in a brain region linked with memory and memory loss, researchers have found.

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A Sharper Mind: Memory performs up to cultural expectations

People in different cultures vary in what memory tasks they are good at. A culture refers to a group of people who share beliefs and habits of communication. The workplace is made up of different cultures, management, skilled workers and unskilled workers. Each family has its own culture. Everyone belongs to one or more cultures.

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The disappointing PAL PS3's backward compatibility

I am no against of software emulation for PS2, as the Cell CPU is quite power and capable, however there's always risk and unwanted effect of using emulation, as they're not real to the softwares. Emulation has come of age in many application, and we have seen that emulation doesn't always perform well, efficient, or stable.

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PS3 slammed for high power consumption

As fans prepare for the launch of Sony's PlayStation 3 in Europe, energy information website Sust-it has recommended that buyers prepare for some eye-watering electricity bills.

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Control a Nikon Camera from Your Computer

I thought putting my camera on a tripod and using the timed shot was a good trick for gadget close-ups, but this is tons more fun.

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Google booting it's PR: Google aims to bolster privacy of Web surfer data

Google Inc., faced with a mountain of data on its users' Web search habits, is taking steps to bolster consumer privacy protections in coming months, the company said late on Wednesday.

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Google above the law: Viacom's Suit Won't Snuff Out YouTube

The media giant's lawsuit may remind many of previous copyright infringement battles. But with Google named in the suit, this one will be different

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Sony PlayStation Web Traffic Down; Nintendo Wii Soars

Nielsen/NetRatings suggests price and a focus on average customers is helping Nintendo's numbers.

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Little-G: Downsize your application server

In an effort to build a simple, lightweight, but useful container for Web applications, the folks at Apache created Apache Geronimo Little-G, a stripped-down version of the original Geronimo application server.

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Command-line PHP? Yes, you can!

Learn how to debug PHP code from the command line and examine the strengths of PHP as a shell scripting language unto itself.

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How to reduce your cellular bills using Asterisk

Just call your asterisk box with your mobile, let it ring and hang up. Asterisk will call you back at once and provide you with a normal dial tone. If you have an unlimited incoming calls plan, you'll save a bundle.

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Why Linux will not displace Windows

Windows desktop, the Macintosh desktop, and the Linux, all three platforms will be capable of providing a satisfactory experience for any user. All three platforms have both free and commercial products available for personal productivity, web browsing, and basic multimedia. Yet, Windows dominate

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Why Linux will not displace Windows

Windows desktop, the Macintosh desktop, and the Linux, all three platforms will be capable of providing a satisfactory experience for any user. All three platforms have both free and commercial products available for personal productivity, web browsing, and basic multimedia. Yet, Windows dominate

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Super Smash Bros. Brawl Q&A

After dropping the Smash Bros. bomb last night, Shigeru Miyamoto and Smash Bros. producer Masahiro Sakurai sat down for a series of pre-written and impromptu questions from the gaming journalists in the theatre. Here's what they had to say about the Wii, HD, Super Smash Bros Bash and, of course, farting.

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Sam's Club restocks Wii bundles online - Wii

Warehouse retailer Sam's Club on Mon. restocked Nintendo Co.'s Wii for online customers.

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Miiyamoto promises new Wii channel in April

During his keynote speech at the Game Developers Conference today, Shigeru Miyamoto revealed that he's working on a new Wii channel, which will expand upon the Mii concept, in light of its overwhelming success

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How to make a stencil using Word.

You keep seeing these instructables saying easy stencils using photoshop or using a program to download etc. but this instructable will show you, the geek /nerd, how to create stencils by using microsoft word.

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DIY all terrain self balancing skateboard

Thinking Outside the Four-Wheeled Box

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The Obvious?: The 100% guaranteed easiest way to do Enterprise 2.0?

100% guaranteed.

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Edison the Inventor, Edison the Showman

This article was adapted from “The Wizard of Menlo Park: How Thomas Alva Edison Invented the Modern World,” by Randall Stross, a contributor to The New York Times. The book, to be published on Tuesday by Crown Publishers, examines the reality and the myths surrounding the Edison legacy.

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Create an Automated Backup Plan with Fetch and iCal

From hard experience, Maria Langer knows that you need to back up regularly. To reduce the pain of this boring task, she has figured out how to automate it by using some inexpensive software, easy AppleScript code, and iCal.

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Playing YouTube videos without Flash

After a brief chat with mattl in #jokosher I decided to hack together a little Grease Monkey script to find the FLV URL for a YouTube video (like extensions such as Fast Video Download do) then strip out the flash player and replace it with an tag, so a player like mozilla-mplayer can display the video instead.

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IGN: Activision's Grand Online Plans

Activision and Demonware speak out about their new business deal.

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Dev costs lost PS3 GTA exclusivity

Speaking to US website IGN at the GDC in San Francisco last week, Sony chief Phil Harrison offered a new explanation as to why Grand Theft Auto 4 was not a PS3 exclusive.

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The wide world of Wii

Could the Wii be a short-lived fad? Not likely, but impossible to rule out. Could its converts - people with almost no previous gaming interest - turn out to be a relatively small pool of consumers? Sure.

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photo to stencil without photoshop

this instructable will show how to make a stencil out of any image. i know that you may have seen how to do this before on the make website or other places but all of those methods require you to buy Photoshop this method is similar but free and it only uses one stencil.

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Dorkbot Austin VidCast

Austin makers showed up and shared amazing machines, robots, and contraptions. I got their a little early and got a chance to take some video before it got super crowded. Austin makers have got it going on!

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Remote Mac Management on a Budget: Low-Cost Alternatives to Apple Remote De

Observing and controlling computers remotely is a great tool for systems administrators, help desk staff, teachers, and even home users. Apple Remote Desktop gives you that power and more, but if you only want the most basic remote observation and control features, there are low-cost and free options for Mac OS X. Ryan Faas gives you the best alter

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Setting Up a Wi-Fi Hotspot Using m0n0wall

Need to set up a Wi-Fi hotspot that requires your patrons to authenticate? Sounds too expensive? On the contrary. Kulvir Singh Bhogal shows you how to set up the hotspot on the dirt-cheap. Related Book

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What Programming Languages Should You Know?

David Chisnall posits that the more programming languages you know, the better. The point is not to stuff your head with language rules. Rather, he explains how being able to read multiple languages, even if you never code in them, can help you to select the best possible tool for each coding need — and understand the limitations of the tools you'r

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Browser size does matter

In a recent Jakob Nielsen Alertbox column Jakob Nielsen recommends that you Optimize for 1024
×768, which is currently the most widely used screen size. Unfortunately, Mr. Nielsen seems to forget or ignore a very important detail as Jesper points out - namely that screen size does not equal the actual visible area of the browser. This article attemp

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Damn Vulnerable Linux - The most vulnerable and exploitable Linux distro

Damn Vulnerable Linux (DVL) is a Linux-based (modified Damn Small Linux) tool for IT-Security & IT-Anti-Security and Attack & Defense. It was initiated for training tasks during university lessons by the IITAC (International Institute for Training, Assessment, and Certification) and S²e - Secure Software Engineering.

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PeerMart: A Decentralized eBay like P2P Market

PeerMart is the technology for a completely decentralized auction-based market on top of a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) network. PeerMart combines the economic efficiency of double auctions with the technical performance and scalability of structured P2P networks. The solution supersedes the need for a central auctioneer by distributing broker functionality

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A CHEAP self-balancing skateboard

After building rotanova, I decided to revisit the skateboard concept and see just how cheap I could make it while keeping it functional. Observing rotanova in action, I found that reversing direction did not happen all that often, and so I decided to make a motor controller using relays to reverse the drive motors instead of a more expensive set of

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Mambo - GPS and cellular radio

This looks like something that Batman would use, and it has some of the same functionality, actually.

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GPS Sniper Rifle Tracks Terrorists, Pizza Delivery Guy

Though headshots and blowing the enemy
’s leg off in battle are fun in video games, non-lethal weapons can prove extremely useful in real-life situations. Danish company Empire North is working on a GPS-based rifle called ID Sniper that’s designed to embed a tiny GPS chip in a target’s body from up to 1.1km away.

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Would Disney get rid off Pixar?

Disney returns to the old-school, hand-drawn animation in their latest “fairy tale” film. The film, entitled The Frog Princess, will not be computer-animated, which has become the standard, but will instead return to animation’s hand-drawn roots.

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Novel Salamander Robot A Useful Tool For Neurobiology

A group of European researchers has developed a spinal cord model of the salamander and implemented it in a novel amphibious salamander-like robot. The robot changes its speed and gait in response to simple electrical signals, suggesting that the distributed neural system in the spinal cord holds the key to vertebrates' complex locomotor capabiliti

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ShowMeDo, Learn Python, Java and Blender, all in one place

This site is dedicated to showing demonstrative videos produced by our community. For many subjects seeing something done is the most effective way to learn, whether it's peering over an expert's shoulder while they explain how to program or watching while someone grinds beans and makes coffee. Please watch, learn and perhaps share your knowledge

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How To: DIY $10 Macro Photo Studio

Ten dollars assumes you cannot scrounge a cardboard box and some white tissue paper you have saved in the gift-wrap supplies box. You can get this stuff at an office supply store, but it is more fun to scrounge. Besides, we are all about re-use and recycle here at Strobist. (I can proudly report that 98% of my bad jokes are recycled!)

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Designer Cat Costs Up To $4,000

A new breed of feline combines the look of a tiger with the domesticity of a house cat, allowing tiger lovers to bring a bit of the jungle into the living room.

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Wii Wi-Fi with Pokemon Battle Revolution

Nintendo has announced "Pokemon Battle Revolution" will hit the U.S. market June 25, marking the first title to leverage the Wii's Wi-Fi capabilities.

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Video game makers name "Gears of War" best game

Epic Games and Microsoft Game Studios' alien shooting video game "Gears of War" on Wednesday took home three honors at the Game Developers Choice Awards, winning best game as well as awards for technology and visual arts.

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Convert a battery drill to wall power

Turn an old battery powered drill into a wall power unit.

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bigprotochoice, next generation in sculptures

Modular sound/light sculpture which computes a lifetime of decisions. Designed to enliven union square during the coldest winter month.

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Top 5 Coolest Spy Gadgets

Unleash your inner James Bond with these five cool spy gadgets. Highlights include the Mobile Torch, Shotgun Flashlight, and more. Vote for your favorites after the jump

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DIY - PROJECTION BOMBING

Outdoor digital projection in urban environments is a great method for getting your content up big before the eyes and in the minds of your fellow city inhabitants. This tutorial comes out of trial and error and it works.

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Make a pic controled rotary dialer like in the Matrix

For some reason I got it into my brain that interfacing the rotary control with a PIC chip would be a good idea. I can only think of a couple of vague uses for it at the moment and none are particularly useful, but I hope to do something cool with this in the future.

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Balancing One-Wheeled Scooter

I've put together this page to document a one-wheeled balancing scooter / skateboard that I've just finished. It's the culmination of several iterations over the last few years, and definitely my favourite.

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Polar Bear Population Shrinks: Symptom of Global Warming?

For many, the polar bear has become a living symbol of the dangers of global warming. The powerful kings of the Arctic are finding their habitat shrinking.

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Where are the Linux admins?

In the battle to spread the use of GNU/Linux, it is often forgotten that education has to be the starting point. People need to be educated to the point where they come to demand decent behaviour from an operating system; companies need educated admins to keep GNU/Linux systems running.

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GDC: Shigeru Miyamoto Keynote Wrap-up

Miyamoto's keynote details Super Mario Galaxy, other upcoming Wii titles

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Extracting coordinates from KML with XSL (e.g. for Google Maps)

Now that the Google Earth KML 2.1 format has an XML Schema, we can use XML validators to say for definite if a given XML file follows the rules of the KML format (i.e. it validates). An XML Schema gives an authoritative description of an XML format. XML Schema is not an easy format for humans to read. Worse still, KML 2.1 is a very complicated form

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Apple may use flash memory for notebooks

Apple Inc. may sell zippy notebook computers later this year that use the same type of fast memory as music players and digital cameras, driving down prices of hard-disk drives, an analyst said on Thursday.

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Sun Opens Project Darkstar To Game Developers

Sun Microsystems announced on Monday a new open-source development platform for servers designed to help massive multiplayer online game developers bring their creations to market faster.

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Sony to use cheaper chip in making PS3

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc, which loses money on each PlayStation 3 that it sells, plans to lower production costs for the console by switching to less-expensive chips, the Nikkei financial daily

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PS3 Home Beta Site goes up today

Although sparse at the moment, a brand new website looks like it could be one of the ways to participate in the April beta trial of Home.

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Nintendo Wii gets gamers off the couch and into a mini-workout

No one is suggesting that flailing around the living room while playing a video game will turn a chunky channel surfer into an Ironman, but some dedicated Nintendo Wii users believe that playing the sports games bundled with the system is helping them slim down.

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With a name like Wii how can you lose?

Those are the two words that have determined the market when it comes to next-generation video game consoles.

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Spanish Digg Meneame Installation Instructions

Spanish Digg Meneame Installation Instructions

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Have you ever had group sex?

It's often not the highly polished, prepared statement that stops you in your tracks so much as the spontaneous, off-the-cuff remark.

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HackerEvents, plan your uber-elite meetings on-line

If you feel bored or unchallenged, attend any of this meetings, you'll have a great time for sure.

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Java Wand In-Mug Coffee Maker

As important as those fresh roasted beans are to your cup of coffee, it's what you do with them that counts the most, according to the makers of the Java Wand.

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Wireless robotics: Bayesian networks

In this installment of the Wireless robotics column, discover one important way in which you can add intelligence to a mobile robot or any other software-driven entity. Bayesian networks let you represent an interconnected set of beliefs about the world. They form a good platform for learning, enabling your robot to become smarter based on experien

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XML for PHP developers, Advanced XML parsing techniques

This second article in a three-part series will discuss XML parsing techniques of PHP5, focusing on parsing large or complex XML documents. It will offer some background about parsing extensions and, specifically, what parsing methods are best suited to what types of XML documents and why.

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The Jeff Minter library has emerged

THE BEST TALK of the day at GDC was by Jeff 'The Yak' Minter kicking of the Independent Games Summit. Jeff Minter has developed some of the most innovative games out there from the Commodore Pet to the light simulator on the XBox360. Today he gave an overview on his works and a look at his upcoming game, Space Giraffe.

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Xbox 360 100 Percent Failure Rate

And the crapped-out Xbox 360 frustrated consumer train continues! This time it's an employee at Texas-based Tek Republik, a full-service computer shop that also doubles as a gaming center. According to employee Chris_Tom:

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College porn newest trend on campuses

When you think of a college-operated sex magazine, what do you think would be in it? Pages and pages of porn, right? Maybe a feminist poem depicting the life and times of a vagina? The newest vibrators on the market? The answers to the above questions are a resounding yes, yes and yes.

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Lorenzo di Bonaventura talks about the Transformers movie

Movies Online got an exclusive interview with Lorenzo di Bonaventura, one of the producers of the upcoming Transformers Movie, to be released July 4th 2007.

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XSScited – practical example of XSS

Security of free email services or security of the end user of such service is the point of illustration in this hopefully fun to follow hack'o'mentory. When email service vulnerabilities are mentioned obviously at least two main dangers come into light – confidential user data compromised or the service itself being used as a link in the chain of

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The seven deadly sins of AJAX development

The AJAX bandwagon is a good place to be. It takes you to faster, more efficient, more dynamic apps. But it also has pitfalls all its own.

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Oil Innovations Pump New Life Into Old Wells

The Kern River oil field, discovered in 1899, was revived when Chevron engineers here started injecting high-pressured steam to pump out more oil. The field, whose production had slumped to 10,000 barrels a day in the 1960s, now has a daily output of 85,000 barrels.

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Python Under Dashboard

A driver who took his car to the garage because of a mysterious smell was astonished when mechanics told him they had found a dead snake behind the instrument panel.

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Man Severely Injured after Attack by Snow Plow

It's an apparent case of road rage that's left a tow truck driver in the hospital with two broken legs. As Call 4 Action's Al Vaughters reports, the victim was hit by the blade of a snow plow while working on a city street.

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Snow lover takes it all off for naked romp

Good-quality snow makes some people want to make a snowman or go sledding. For one 33-year-old man, the fine powder seemed like a reasonable excuse to run naked through it.

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Chameleon USB Gadget

This USB accessory takes the term office pet to a whole new level!

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Chavez says CIA is out to kill him

CONSPIRACY THEORY?: He said the death plot idea had `gained weight' for various reasons, including John Negroponte becoming the US deputy secretary of state

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Research finds Java code most secure

New research from software security specialist Fortify reveals that bugs are far less common in Java compared with commercial C/C++ code

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Eclipse focuses on AJAX at conference

-- Dynamic scripting languages, a popular choice for Web application development, will be a top priority for the Eclipse Foundation at the EclipseCon conference, which begins Monday in Santa Clara, Calif.

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Making Electricity in your hand

From my experimenting, which is not over by the way, I found that this simple excercise was the most revealing.

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U.S. Heading For Financial Trouble?, Could Open Source help with this issue

The U.S. government's top accountant says the law that added a prescription drug benefits to Medicare may be the most financially irresponsible legislation passed since the 1960s.

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Terrorists Take Recruitment Efforts Online

America's top intelligence officer overseeing Iraq and Afghanistan says terrorists have made the Internet their most important recruiting tool. Brig. Gen. John Custer tells Scott Pelley that terrorist groups like al Qaeda are influencing Islamic youth to join their cause through Web sites devoted to jihad, or religious war.

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Meet the PC mod that looks like a Star Trek warp core

Of course, the likes of Alienware have long proved that your PC doesn't have to be a boring beige box. But for true computer lunacy, you have to look to the imaginative minds in the PC modding community. Check this model out, for example.

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Ratatouille Wii, PS3 And Xbox 360 Gameplay Trailers

So you
’re running around, jumping and paddling through a huge environment as a rat, what’s so special about that? The answer is, everything. Ratatouille is an adventure platformer that grants players with an unprecedented look at the power of the Wii. It’s almost enough to make Xbox 360 owners jealous.

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"Heroes" and "24" silly off

Silly is "Heroes" and "24."

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New 'Ratchet' game shows off PSP's prowess

After saving the universe not once but three times, you decide to take a long-overdue vacation on a remote planet with your faithful robotic companion, Clank. Because of your intergalactic fame, it's no surprise a young girl recognizes you as Ratchet, a long-eared alien with a yen for weapons, and asks to take photos of you in action.

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Wii's list of features is growing

The Nintendo GameCube might have been my sons' pride and joy for four years, but it was relegated to the kids' small television and not once did it earn a connection to our main family room TV

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PS3 Lags Behind When it Comes to Online Gaming

But there's one area where Sony Corp. definitely has some catching up to do - online gaming.

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Help bring PLANET B-BOY to a movie theater near you

BRING THE MOVIE TO YOUR CITY IN 2007 If we get 160 screening requests from your area, we will work to bring PLANET B-BOY to your local theater...

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How to create Special Mii's . AKA Mii's with Gold

Nintendo This should try to explain how Mii's with different coloured pants can be created through an explanation of the Mii ID.

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Measuring TCP Congestion Windows

I wrote this article as a follow up to my overview of the different Linux TCP congestions algorithm modules. My only intention was to find out what these algorithms are for and what they do. The outcome was much more than I expected. Data transmissions over networks create a wealth of aspects regarding performance and reliability.

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Lake Erie a UFO sighting hotbed

Whatever Michael Lee Hill filmed from a lakefront Willowick park last August, he wasn't the first to spot something unusual in the skies over or near Lake Erie.

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UFO science key to halting climate change: former Canadian defense minister

A former Canadian defense minister is demanding governments worldwide disclose and use secret alien technologies obtained in alleged UFO crashes to stem climate change, a local paper said Wednesday.

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Benedetto Vigna: The Man Behind the Chip Behind the Wii-Praise the genius

The designer of the MEMS motion sensor in Nintendo's fabulous game tells how he got into micromachining and where he's taking it next

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Is Wired trying to bury Digg?

Bloggers and social news site aficionados are accusing Wired News of trying to damage social news site Digg, after a story appeared on Wired News in which the journalist claimed she bought “diggs” to make her ridiculous story “popular” on Digg.

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Nintendo Wii Porn Hysteria Continues

The Wii porn scare saddens us here at Revolution Portal, because it shows a fundamental lack of understanding at best, and malicious media whoring at worst. Can a person access porn on Nintendo Wii? You betcha. Is there an easy parental control to make sure kids can’t get at it? Yes — so it’s really a non-issue.

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Whichbook: need help on what to read?.

Welcome to whichbook.net - a completely new way of choosing what to read

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Perl Documentation Primer: Getting and Giving Perl Help (1/2)

Whether the source of the blockage is a function call or included module that the programmer isn't fully acquainted with, problems related to the deployment of a working script on a new operating system (possibly with a different version of the Perl interpreter), or the never ending hunt for better..

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PHP Tutorials - AOL IM Check User Online

Learn to see see if a user is currently online on AOL Instant Messenger using PHP. The tutorial uses PHP functions including sockets, files, and strings.

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Blender Video Tutorials

Welcome to GreyBeard's Blender tutorials! The video tutorials you find on this site are my way of giving back to the Blender community and thanking them for the wonderful work they have done in developing the open source application Blender. I would also like to express my gratitude to the folks at ibiblio.org for making this possible by hosting th

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Remember to feed your Pets: Pet python strangles owner in southern Vietnam

A pet python strangled its 69-year-old owner in southern Vietnam, despite his daughter-in-law's desperate efforts to save him, police said Tuesday.

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Add Rough Edges To Your Photos

Photoshop offers you many different ways to set your photo collection apart from everyone else
’s. One of my favorite techniques is to add an artistic effect to photo edges so that they appear rough.

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Using Google AdSense Channels

Google's AdSense program is a very popular advertising option for blogs and web sites because it's easy to use and can generate revenue with minimal effort. Maria Langer explains how to use the Channels features in AdSense to track which of your ads are earning the most revenue.

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Using the Linden Scripting Language

The Linden Scripting Language is where Second Life begins.

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Flame Wars Makes Great Software

Say it ain't so.

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Setting the SUID/SGID bits: Giving a program YOUR permissions when it runs

How and why would I set a SUID/SGID bit on a file? What is such a bit?

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Bill Gates to testify on competitiveness

This will be an interesting one, how monopolies can incentive competitiveness.

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Dvorak Gets Sucked Into 'Wii Sports' Bowling

Over the years, I've tried as hard as I can to avoid console game-playing machines, but it's nearly impossible with the Nintendo Wii. With that gyroscopic accelerometer controller, which conveys both motion and direction, it offers such an odd and new experience.

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Dog With College Degree Called to Court

An attorney challenging the authority of the city's police chief wants the department's police dog to appear in court as an exhibit, because he says the dog and the chief have criminal justice degrees from the same online school.

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The Departed in 2:11 minutes

Enjoy it while it lasts.

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Misunderstood Photoshop: The Patch Tool

Photoshop's Patch tool is great for fixing flaws in photographs and for smoothing wrinkles to give portraits a digital facelift. Helen Bradley explains why the Patch tool often provides better results more quickly than the Clone Stamp tool, and shows how to use the Patch tool for your next photo-fixing task. To follow along as Helen explores the Pa

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#1 Excuse if you get a traffic ticket: Games 'make drivers go faster'

More than a third of young drivers are more likely to go faster on the roads after playing on-screen driving games, a survey suggests.

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Hawking to Make Zero Gravity Flight

Renowned theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, who authored the best-selling book, "A Brief History of Time," soon will experience a brief history with weightlessness.

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