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Pirate Bay isn’t shut down but took a major hit today as 4 people were indicted for copyright infringement. The Local – Four indicted in Pirate Bay case: “Hans Fredrik Neij, Per Svartholm Warg, Peter Kolmisoppi and Carl Lundström, are suspected of organising and running The Pirate Bay, and thus “promoting other people’s infringements of…
...Read MoreFollowing on the heels of Facebook who opened the door for developers to begin making widgets and programs to work on the Facebook platform last October, MySpace has announced their own developer platform will go live next week letting potentially thousands of developers begin writing code people will be able to use on their Myspace…
...Read MoreTwo years ago a virtual plague unintentionally spread across the popular MMORPG World of Warcraft now researchers want to study the dynamics of the virtual plague to see if it can help scientists model and predict the spread of real world diseases. Ars Technica: “There were a number of features in the virtual outbreak that…
...Read MoreDo you believe everything you read on Wikipedia? You wouldn’t if you knew who was changing what. Recently Cal Tech computation and neural-systems graduate student Virgil Griffith did a little sleuthing and uncovered some very scary data on who is editing articles on Wikipedia and what they are changing. Griffith created a searchable database tying…
...Read MoreA New York company has developed what they hope to be the next generation tattoo ink that makes the popular body embellishment removable with only 1 laster treatment instead of the current 6-7. Discovery News: The process starts with pigments free of heavy metals and other toxins that can induce an allergic reaction or produce…
...Read MoreCanonical, the company behind the popular Linux distribution Ubuntu, is looking to capture the business market by releasing a tool to administrate servers and desktop machines across a broad network. This is the first time a Linux distributor has sought to directly infiltrate the office environment largely held by Microsoft. ArsTechnica: “Landscape makes it possible…
...Read MoreIf I was one of the cool kids and had an iPhone already then I’d be sure to ue Appmarks. Appmarks is a web-based desktop that presents bookmarks in a GUI approximation of a desktop. Check out the video to see how it works. AppMarks: “AppMarks runs in Safari and presents icon ‘appmarks’ of your…
...Read MoreEver since CBS took Schoolhouse Rock off the air in the 70’s I’ve been looking for something to fill the void. Something that would help me remember the little “Cliff Claven-esque” factoids I know and add a few new (albeit useless in most regards) to my repetoire. Ask Yahoo! filled the void nicely. So nicely,…
...Read MoreStar Trek geeks listen up. If you’ve got an old Windows 9x machine lying about then you can make it into your own TNG (translation for non-Star Trek geeks: The Next Generation) bridge console with this great little application. LCARS Sourceforge Project: “Star Trek 24/7: Starfleet GUI, full-screen alarm clock & calendar, games, utilities, simulations,…
...Read MoreWe’ve all heard ghost stories and quite a few of us believe we’ve had paranormal encounters. Wikihow has a great article explaining how you too can investigate paranormal experiences on your own. Wikihow: “1. Locate the site of the disturbance. 2. If the site is on private property, contact the owners. Be polite and professional…
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