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  • psp2 too late?

     2 years letdown Sony has also fixed that weird Square Button issue, where they had to make it very stiff to keep the screen size at such a high resolution, but come on. It’s like the graphics vs gameplay thing; you can have a system that looks amazing, but forget about playing it. That’s what…

  • 2007/09/26 Space Rope Trick Experiment Goes Awry

    OH NO! This cannot be good. (From Slashdot.org) Space Rope Trick Experiment Goes Awry Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday September 26, @11:28AM from the harder-than-lassoing-cattle dept. Tjeerd writes “An experiment that envisaged sending a parcel from space to Earth on a 30-kilometre tether fell short of its goal yesterday when the long fibre rope did…

  • 2007/09/25 iPhone trumps HTC Touch, N95 in usability study

    Wow! What is the Iphone doing now?(from engadget.com) Here is the story: iPhone trumps HTC Touch, N95 in usability study Posted Sep 24th 2007 10:35PM by Darren Murph Filed under: Cellphones We’ve given you your chance to choose a champion amongst the iPhone, HTC Touch and LG Prada, and while the latter wasn’t included at…

  • 2007/09/24 Free Phone Calls… If Advertisers Can Eavesdrop

    This is stupid although free phone calls are great….(from slashdot) Free Phone Calls… If Advertisers Can Eavesdrop Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday September 24, @11:10AM from the why-are-my-ads-all-about-boobs dept. Dekortage writes “Today, Pudding Media is introducing an Internet phone service similar to Skype’s online service, but without any toll charges. The catch: they are eavesdropping…

  • 2007/09/20 Your Rights Online: Don’t Take Notes In the Bookstore

    Here is the craziest thing I ever heard. (from slashdot.org) Your Rights Online: Don’t Take Notes In the Bookstore Posted by kdawson on Thursday September 20, @09:28AM from the and-no-umpcs-either dept. mikesd81 writes “The Harvard Crimson reports that the Harvard Coop asked Jarret A. Zafran to leave the store after writing down the prices of…

  • psp umd waste of time & money : David Perry

    “They really need to restart the PSP programme in my book. They really need to bring out the PSP 3.0 and start again and try to get a lot of units out by reducing the manufacturing costs, by taking out all the motors and drives and stuff they have in there.””That will make it even…

  • 2007/09/10 IT: Ophcrack Says Your Password Is Insecure

    Here is a story that will change the way you use your computer: IT: Ophcrack Says Your Password Is Insecure Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday September 10, @11:42AM from the something-to-play-with dept. javipas writes “An insightful article at Jeff Atwood’s Coding Horror reveals the power inside Ophcrack, an Open Source program that is capable of…

  • 2007/09/04 School Kids Get Virtual Web Lockers

    School Kids Get Virtual Web Lockers Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday September 03, @02:33PM from the my-worm-ate-my-homework dept. Lucas123 writes “Seventh and eighth graders in Tulsa, Oklahoma not only get tablet PCs at the beginning of the school year, but they are now issued 100MB of storage through a hosted school ‘Web Locker’ system. The…

  • 2007/09/03 Notice!

    I will not have as much time to write posts as I have to go back to school…. though i will try to get atleast 5 posts out a week. I will be going through the last grade of public school so i have to work as hard as i can. So this is a…

  • 2007/09/03 New Google Apps For Linux Coming

    Here is an interesting story about google and linux: New Google Apps For Linux Coming Posted by kdawson on Sunday September 02, @08:32PM from the bated-breath dept.   techoon writes “The goal of the Google Linux Client Team is to develop Linux desktop applications, such as the official Linux versions of Google Earth and Google…