24 Dec, 2007
Seems like an innocent enough question, right? Absolute zero is about minus 460 F. You can’t get colder than that. The highest-temperature question gets to the heart of current inquiries and proposed theories in cosmology and theoretical physics. Indeed, scientists who work in these fields are zealously trying to answer that question.
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24 Dec, 2007
Easily add useful functionality to your games and Web applications for the Wii’s Internet Channel. Wii Remote detection, 3D rotations, drawing effects, multiuser communication and more. Demos available!
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24 Dec, 2007
Can any wallpaper be beat Homer? No.
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24 Dec, 2007
All 32 bit Unix and Linux systems will come to a halt on January 19, 2038 at 3:14:07. This is due to the fact that *nix systems keep track of time in a four byte integer corresponding to the number of seconds after January 1, 1970 12:00:00. The maximum value of a four byte integer is 2,146,483,547 which is equivalent of January 19, 2038 at 3:14:07
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24 Dec, 2007
After losing a schoolyard fight, a 17-year-old boy in Beijing recently covered a classmate with gasoline and lit him on fire, claiming he was a fire mage in World of Warcraft.
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24 Dec, 2007
Silica-rich deposits uncovered in May by Spirit’s lame front wheel that provide new evidence for a once-habitable environment in Gusev Crater.
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24 Dec, 2007
While Nintendo’s too busy satisfying Wii demand, Chinese developers already launch next-next generation console, the Vii 2
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24 Dec, 2007
IBM Research has prototyped a security solution using the infamous Trusted Platform Module that allows users to accurately validate the identity and integrity of all software running on a remote server and client machine.
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24 Dec, 2007
Although the findings don’t rule out traditional inflation theories, they do open the door for other theories about how the universe began, including the idea that the universe began with a splat rather than a bang.
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24 Dec, 2007
What could make the Free Software Foundation (FSF), proprietary software companies, and at least one venture capitalist into allies? The End Software Patents (ESP) coalition, a new organization poised to swing into action next month under the leadership of Ben Klemens.
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24 Dec, 2007
The general response about 360/PS3 comparisons is that the PS3 versions always seemed washed out. The video claims that setting the RGB settings to “Full” instead of “Limited” fixes this problem. Apparently Super-white setting should be set to “On” as well.
I would (Click on the link to read more)!
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24 Dec, 2007
As astronomers become more adept at hunting for, and finding, exoplanets orbiting stars beyond the Solar System, an international team of astronomers has figured out just what alien eyes might see using the increasingly sophisticated technologies being developed on Earth.
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