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Online Chess With Physical Pieces On a Chessboard
By admin on July 10, 2010 | Comments Off
D4C5CE writes “A chess-playing German tinkerer has contrived (and made a video of) an amazing contraption that plugs real chess pieces into the freechess.org server using a 20W LED projector and an old webcam to read moves on a projected chessboard.”
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A New Exoplanet — With Pictures to Prove ItBy admin on July 1, 2010 | Comments Off
For almost a decade and a half, astronomers have been finding new planets orbiting distant stars — first a trickle and, more recently, a flood of alien worlds, with the tally now well above 400, and climbing every day.
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Gaming in the Cloud with OnLiveBy admin on June 30, 2010 | Comments Off
OnLive’s cloud-based gaming service not only turns any computer into a gaming rig, it shows how streaming could be the future for all kinds of application
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Apple Quietly Goes After Mac Trojan With UpdateBy admin on June 20, 2010 | Comments Off
Th’Inquisitor was one of several readers to point out coverage of Apple’s stealth security fix, included along with the recent Snow Leopard 10.6.4 update. Graham Cluley of Sophos first noticed the update to protect Mac computers from a Trojan, and the fact that Apple didn’t mention it in the release notes. The malware opens a back door to a Mac that can allow attackers to gain control of the machine and snoop about on it or turn it into a zombie. (more…)
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Tornado Scientists Butt Heads With Storm ChasersBy admin on June 18, 2010 | Comments Off
An anonymous reader writes “Tornado researchers say amateurs — inspired by movies like Twister and shows like Storm Chasers — are getting in their way, hampering science and creating hazards. ‘Hundreds of camera-toting amateurs in cars ended up chasing the same storms as a fleet of scientific vehicles during the high-profile research project, called Vortex2, which wrapped up data collection this week. At times the line of traffic caused (more…)
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Interview with TAL’s Ira Glass and On Being WrongBy admin on June 12, 2010 | Comments Off
Every episode of the radio show This American Life has, host Ira Glass suggests, “a crypto-theme.” There’s whatever the story appears to be about–the financial crisis, evangelical Christianity, cryogenics–and then there’s what it’s actually about. And what it’s actually about is, as often as not, wrongness.
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Breakthroughs In HTML Audio Via Manipulation With JavaScriptBy admin on May 26, 2010 | Comments Off
jamienk writes “Imagine if you could grab and manipulate audio with JavaScript just like you can images with Canvas. Firefox experimental builds let you do just that: crazy audio visualizations, a graphic equalizer, even text-to-speech, all in JavaScript! Work in progress; you need a special build of Firefox (videos available), being worked on via W3C.”
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Capello happy with Wembley pitchBy admin on May 22, 2010 | Comments Off
England manager Fabio Capello insists he is reasonably happy with the state of the Wembley pitch ahead of Monday’s World Cup warm-up match against Mexico.
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Confessions of a tech hoarder (with pics)By admin on May 11, 2010 | Comments Off
Still hanging on to that DVI-VGA adapter, Handspring PDA and floppy drive? How much hardware do you have hidden in your home’s nooks and crannies?
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Lawrence Taylor Charged With Third-Degree RapeBy admin on May 9, 2010 | Comments Off
Pro Football Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor has been charged with third-degree rape and patronizing a prostitute under the age of 17, police in Rockland County, N.Y.
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