Archive for January 20, 2008

Intel Releases LatencyTop 0.1

“The Intel Open Source Technology Center is pleased to announce the release of version 0.1 of LatencyTOP, a tool for developers to visualize system latencies. Slow servers, skipping audio, jerky video - everyone knows the symptoms of latency. But to know what’s really going on in the system, what’s causing the latency, and how to fix it…

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Wikipedia goes video

Wikimedia is partnering with the collaborative video service Kaltura to start rolling out video to Wikimedia sites. Right now, the feature is available on the WikiEducator demo site, which is not affiliated with Wikimedia. But eventually we’ll start to see collaborative video hitting Wikipedia as well.

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iPhone 1.1.3 jailbroken, won’t be released untill SDK is out

The recent 1.1.3 firmware update has been jailbroken today, thanks to both the Dev- and the Elite Team. They won’t release it untill the SDK is out though, in fear of Apple patching it before.

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OpenOffice.org 3.0 Release Schedule

The final release will be in September this year.

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Why Apple is Apple?

History of the trademark…True story about Steve Jobs’ decision…

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European Politicians Launch Pro-Filesharing Campaign

Greens EFA, a coalition of two political parties that currently have 42 seats in the European parliament, launched a pro-filesharing campaign named “I Wouldn’t Steal”. Their goal is to counter the anti-piracy propaganda put forward by the entertainment industry, and encourage people to download and share.

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EeePC with Every Hack Possible (GPS, Bluetooth, 802.11N,…)

We
’ve seen a lot of EeePC hacks, but this one takes the cake (currently). Featuring GPS (with antenna), Bluetooth, internal card reader, additional internal flash drive, 802.11N, FM transmitter and modem. Here is a run down of all the components and their costs…

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48hr Team Tries to Beat Twilight Princess in 11hrs

In an attempt to win $40 for Child’s Play, Cameron and friends will try to beat Twilight Princess in 11 hrs, starting at 5pm CST.

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Inside Source Reveal the Truth About Xbox 360

A redmond based Xbox insider spills the beans on why the Xbox 360 keeps dying.

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FlyBack: a “Time Machine” backup utility for Linux

how to install and configureflyback

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The iPhone’s long-missing two-pane email client

Ryan Block reminds us of a Mail demo feature that has gone missing…

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Activision exposes thousands of Guitar Hero III owners

In just one of the e-mails that was forwarded to us, an impressive 860 recipient e-mail addresses were listed in the mail’s ‘To’ field, ensuring that all who received updates on their replacement discs for the Wii version of Guitar Hero III had access to the e-mail addresses of the rest.

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