Author Archive for digg

Google announces $10 million contest for Android devs, “early look” SDK (JAVA!)

To coincide with today’s launch of the Android SDK, Google has announced a two-phase, $10 million contest to spur development on the Android platform. There will be lots of winners with this one: let the coding begin! And it’s JAVA!

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Europe jumping on the IPv6 bandwagon with enough IPs for everyone.

The organization responsible for giving out IP addresses in Europe has a message for us: IPv4 addresses will be gone in two to four years, but we have enough IPv6 for everyone.
And a video with this subject, “The Day The Routers Died…”:

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“The Last Question” by Isaac Asimov

…it just become one of my favorite short stories. Together with “The Star” from A.C. Clarke… Just read it and feel it… the best used 10 minutes this week.

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What Does the Color of Your Car Say About You?

The color car you drive actually says a lot about who you are to your friends, family, co-workers, potential dates and clients. There is some indication that the color car you drive can have as much impact on that “first impression” as the make and model.
Here is a snapshot of what your car color is broadcasting about you.

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The first KDE 4.0 beta hits the streets

KDE 4.0 is very exciting, though not yet production ready, and that shows with this weeks’ release of the first beta. A major milestone release such as 4.0 is a long time in the making. Here follows a number of things to look forward to for those of you brave enough to try this early beta.

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Complete Apollo photo archive now available after 40 years

For nearly 40 years, the complete photographic record from the Apollo moon project sat in a freezer at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, almost untouched, until now. A new digital archive – created through a collaboration between ASU and NASA – is making available on the Internet high-resolution scans of original Apollo flight films.

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Can you see it? (Give it a sec, you will…) [PIC]

What’s that? It’s a… :D

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WARNING! WordPress & Joomla; your theme might have malicious code

Templates Browser is re-distributing WordPress & Joomla blog themes which contain hidden spam and malware / phishing links. If you’ve downloaded a theme from Templates Browser, check your source code and re-download the theme(s) from the original author(s). One of the reasons I’m using K2 and a personal design style. :)

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When Gamers Have Babies: Level 1 Human (PIC)

This is what happens when gamers have babies, they start out as a “level 1 human”, and gain experience points daily to reach the next level.

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Seven Financial Reasons to Use Linux in the Enterprise

And the seven reasons to use Linux …”there is a compelling financial argument for the use of Linux as the default solution in the enterprise.”…

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