Microsoft’s Open Source Trashware
I recently took a look at Microsoft’s most active open-source projects and—there’s no polite way to say this—they are all junk.
Archive for August 25, 2007
Apple giving next-gen iPod Touch the OS X, um, touch?
Swell, now that your skeptic sensors are functioning, here are the latest whispers surrounding the up and coming iPod(s).
On-demand out-of-body-experiences: all you need are VR goggles and a stick
Two papers appearing in today’s issue of Science report the ability to induce an out-of-body experience simply by using VR googles and some carefully planned pokes.
TSA Confiscates Pudding, Misses Knife
Porter accidentally left his Swiss Army knife in his backpack as he went through the TSA check point, an all too common mistake. Thankfully, the TSA agent spotted his package of pudding and confiscated it, missing the knife completely.
iPhone unlocked. AT&T loses iphone exclusivity!
t’s high noon, Apple and AT&T — we really hate to break it to you, but the jig is up. Last night the impossible was made possible: right in front of our very eyes we witnessed a full SIM unlock of our iPhone with a small piece of software. It’s all over, guys.
Palm responds to the Engadget’s open letter
Palm’s CEO Ed Colligan publicly responded to the Engadget’s open letter. He’s brief, but he cuts to the quick: “I forwarded it to our entire executive staff and many others at Palm have read it. …We are attacking almost every challenge you noted, so stay tuned.”
Audiophiles vs. the iPod: the battle over loudness
Tensions between music marketing, typical listening conditions, and high-end tastes are playing out in a battle over the dynamic range of music, possibly leaving typical consumers suffering loudness fatigue.
jQuery 1.1.4: Faster, More Tests, Ready for 1.2
The jQuery team have released v1.1.4 with some *very* impressive speed improvements – e.g., $(’#id’) is ~5000% faster in Firefox 2!
Has Craig Newmark quit Craigslist?
Susan MacTavish Best, Craigslist spokeswoman and girlfriend of CEO Jim Buckmaster, claims that Craig Newmark “is no longer is involved in the company’s daily affairs,” according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. And indeed, Newmark, the company’s founder, though he was listed on the Craigslist management page a week ago, no longer appears there.
Open-Source NVIDIA Driver Gets X-Video Support
The open-source “Nouveau” NVIDIA driver now contains X-Video support for most NVIDIA GPUs. The details are in the developer companion along with the status of video overlays and other features.
Wine 0.9.44 released
What’s new in this release:
- Better heuristics for making windows managed.
- Automatic detection of timezone parameters.
- Improvements to the builtin WordPad.
- Better signatures support in crypt32.
- Still more gdiplus functions.
- Lots of bug fixes.
In Case You Missed It: 5 Great Xbox Games for Under $50 Total!
Did you go broke buying that new Xbox 360? Fortunately, a side-effect from the release of next generation consoles is that last-gen title prices have fallen through the basement. It’s time to dig in those couch cushions because here are 5 tried-and-tested Xbox games you might have missed that cost under $50 total!
