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Obama: The Worst President Since FDR Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 12:07AMHistory has a funny way of repeating itself.
From tiny dotcoms the mighty internet has grown Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 6:17PMMonday will see the 25th anniversary of the registration of the domain name Symbolics.com. Granted, it's not particularly catchy, and to this day it's renowned for nothing other than being the first. But it unwittingly became the eldest brother of a phenomenon that profoundly changed the world.
Mt. Pleasant Beats Western Dubuque, 60-50 Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 5:06PMIt’s a Class 3A state tournament quarterfinal between No. 8 seed Western Dubuque (19-5) and top seed Western Dubuque (19-5). Mount Pleasant won the first-quarter tempo battle, but WD finished with a 15-10 lead.
Portland Timbers match preview -- team release Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 10:52PMYou'll notice more than 13,000 tickets for Thursday's game have been sold now. Also, the training roster looks the same, save for second-round draft pick Michael Seamon, who is back studying at Villanova.
Sounders FC News & Notes Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 8:17PMThe Seattle Sounders FC will host the Portland Timbers in its only home preseason match on Thursday, March 11, on the Xbox Pitch at Qwest Field. Kickoff is 6 p.m. PT.
Best Of Indie Games: High-Definition Entertainment Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 8:48AM[Every week, IndieGames.com: The Weblog co-editor Tim W. will be summing up some of the top free-to-download and commercial indie games from the last seven days on his sister 'state of indie' weblog.] This week on 'Best Of Indie Games', we take a look at some of the top independent PC Flash/downloadable titles released over this last week. The goodies in this edition include a keyboard-bashing ...
Cosmic Log: A giant among galaxies? Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 12:23PMScience editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Swirls of stars seem to surround a huge galaxy half a billion light-years from Earth. But that's just an illusion. In reality, the galaxy spotted by the Hubble Space Telescope is a big fat loner. And the big fat mystery is ... why?
adenin Introduces the Fastest Way to Design, Build and Launch an Intranet Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 10:11AMadenin TECHNOLOGIES, provider of enterprise Intranet software, has released Version 10 of its IntelliEnterprise Intranet platform. The new version adds new capabilities that drastically cut the amount of time needed to design and implement a new or updated Intranet.
Viewpoint: Music lessons finally took hold Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 6:57PMSandra Nichols Ward is a former Danvers resident now living in western Massachusetts. She enjoys writing about childhood memories. Visit her weblog at rememberingdanvers.blogspot.com .
Cosmic Log: Readers, pick your poison Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 7:23PMScience editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: The century-old beginnings of forensic science and the battle between killers and sleuths are traced in "The Poisoner's Handbook," a tale worthy of the Jazz Age.
Cosmic Log: Gold medal for predictions Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 1:23PMScience editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: And the gold medal for predicting the Olympic medal count goes to ... neither the math geeks nor the sports jocks. Instead, the prediction markets eventually broke away from the pack.
Salungguhit: Medals of Cowardice Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 9:03PMMedals of Cowardice
Cosmic Log: Sizing up the space races Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 3:53PMScience editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: NASA's new vision for spaceflight is getting mixed reviews, primarily because there's no clear destination in sight. Should it be Mars? Or does an asteroid actually make more sense?
Best Of Indie Games: Playing With Just One Button Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 8:44AM[IndieGames.com: The Weblog co-editor Tim W. rounds up some of the week's top free-to-download and commercial indie games from the last seven days on his sister 'state of indie' weblog.] This week on 'Best Of Indie Games', we take a look at some of the top independent PC Flash/downloadable titles released over this last week. The delights in this edition include a pair of Gamma IV showcase ...
Cosmic Log: Inside the mind of a ‘killer whale’ Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 7:18PMScience editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Dolphins — including "killer whales," which are more properly called orcas — rank among the most intelligent species on the planet. So what was that orca thinking when he dragged his trainer into the water and killed her?
Cosmic Log: Bringing back Mars life Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 6:03PMScience editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Fifty years after NASA began grappling with the idea of life beyond Earth, it's in the midst of planning missions to bring potential traces of Martian life back to Earth ... again.
Cosmic Log: Are we missing E.T.’s call? Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 5:18PMScience editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Scientists have been keeping watch for alien signals for 50 years, but haven't heard anything. Why? Maybe we just haven't been looking long enough ... or maybe we're totally missed signals that are being transmitted in a way we didn't expect.
Gamasutra Member Blogs: From Fixing Racers To Paper Box Games Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 7:22AMIn highlights from Gamasutra's Member Blogs, our weblog writers examine boring driving games, the evolution of the high score, video game auteurship, and free video games in every box of paper. Member Blogs can be maintained by any registered Gamasutra user, while invitation-only Expert Blogs -- also highlighted weekly -- are written by selected development professionals. Our favorite blog post ...
dot.Rory Monday, February 22, 2010 @ 6:48AMThe press kit that may be in your pocket
Rudd insider reports from the heart of the maelstrom Sunday, February 21, 2010 @ 1:10AMMyles Peterson was last year hired to write speeches for three Rudd Government ministers, including Health Minister Nicola Roxon. He now writes of the astonishing…
Cosmic Log: Get paid to plug in Friday, February 19, 2010 @ 6:23PMScience editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Someday, someone will pay you to hook your car into the electrical grid — a business opportunity enabled by the expected rise of plug-in vehicles.
synthesis - Power of Expression - Vulnerability Friday, February 19, 2010 @ 2:19PMSEATTLE, Feb.
synthesis - Power of Expression - Vulnerability Friday, February 19, 2010 @ 11:01AMThe following blog post was published on February 15, 2010, by Shafeen Charania, author of the synthesis blog, winner of the 2008 Weblog award for best new blog, and Time.com's 25 best blogs of 2009.
Close calls at state wrestling Friday, February 19, 2010 @ 9:05AMA couple of area kids came within seconds of pulling off big upsets. Leading 6-5, Mount Vernon’s Josh Haug was taken down as time expired in a 171-pound quarterfinal loss to Perry’s Kane Seeley. Haug, a senior, came in unranked. Seeley was fifth.
Best Of Indie Games: The Spirit of Indie Friday, February 19, 2010 @ 8:07AM[IndieGames.com: The Weblog co-editor Tim W. rounds up some of the week's top free and commercial indie games from his sister 'state of indie' weblog.] This week on 'Best Of Indie Games', we take a look at some of the top independent PC Flash/downloadable titles released over this last week. The goodies in this edition include a full-length freeware RPG, a lo-fi exploration platformer, a tower ...
Cosmic Log: Humobots in space Tuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 6:48PMScience editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Despite the cancellation of NASA's back-to-the-moon program, the next steps on the moon will likely be taken sometime in the next decade under human control. It's just that the humans will be using a robot to take them.
Cosmic Log: Hottest soup in the universe Monday, February 15, 2010 @ 1:33PMScience editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Scientists say the tiny bubbles of plasma they've created in a "big bang machine" are the hottest dollops of soup ever seen in the universe.
Cosmic Log: Jump into Olympic-size science Friday, February 12, 2010 @ 6:03PMScience editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Science and sports aficionados are using the Winter Olympics as a teachable moment for subjects ranging from mechanics to meteorology.
Best Of Indie Games: Just Following Orders Friday, February 12, 2010 @ 10:34AMem[IndieGames.com: The Weblog co-editor Tim W. rounds up the week's top free-to-download and commercial indie games from his sister 'state of indie' weblog.] This week on 'Best Of Indie Games', we take a look at some of the top independent PC Flash/downloadable titles released over this last week. The delights in this edition include a puzzle-based roguelike with an emphasis on managing ...
Cosmic Log: Hairs trace human history Wednesday, February 10, 2010 @ 12:38PMScience editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Scientists decipher the genetic code of a long-gone human and solve an ancient mystery, using nothing more than 4,000-year-old hair from Greenland.
Internet hit by US restrictions Tuesday, February 9, 2010 @ 4:15AMTEHRAN - Financial and trade sanctions imposed on Iran may have failed to bring the regime to its knees, but they have hamstrung efforts by dissidents to spread their message on the Internet because the latest technology and payment methods are barred.
A decade on, Anwar no longer dominates the web Monday, February 8, 2010 @ 5:36PMBy Adib Zalkapli KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 9 — Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s second sodomy trial has become an even playing field to influence public opinion, unlike Sodomy I when supporters of the former deputy prime minister had almost full control of online discussion on the case. From the day of his sacking on Sept 2, 1998 by then Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad until his trial, Anwar supporters ...
Sanctions Help Iran Limit Internet Use Monday, February 8, 2010 @ 8:06AMInternational sanctions on Iran have tied the hands of dissidents while the regime can evade them.
50 Smartphone Blogs to Watch Sunday, February 7, 2010 @ 9:10AMHere's a whirlwind tour of iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, Palm, and Windows Mobile sites that track phone apps and action.
Cosmic Log: Boosters light up in space debate Friday, February 5, 2010 @ 7:48PMScience editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: First NASA laid out its new vision. Then Congress weighed in. Now former astronauts, an aerospace guru and a filmmaker are giving the debate a boost.
Cosmic Log: Buying into predictions Friday, February 5, 2010 @ 6:48PMScience editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Who’ll win the Super Bowl? There’s a market for that. The Oscars? There’s a market for that. How well will Apple’s iPad do? Yep, there’s a market for that, too. Prediction markets, which started out as a political phenomenon, are becoming routine.
Best Of Indie Games: Flip That Switch Friday, February 5, 2010 @ 7:56AM[IndieGames.com: The Weblog co-editor Tim W. rounds up the week's top free-to-download and commercial indie games from his sister 'state of indie' weblog.] This week on 'Best Of Indie Games', we take a look at some of the top independent PC Flash/downloadable titles released over this last week. The goodies in this edition include a 2D vertical shooter with gorgeous graphics, a remake of Terry ...
Buy Office 2007, get 2010 free Microsoft posts, pulls deal Thursday, February 4, 2010 @ 8:00PMMicrosoft has accidentally posted details about a promotion it will be running for those who buy Office 2007 a few months before and after the release of Office 2010
Buy Office 2007, get 2010 free? Microsoft posts, pulls deal Thursday, February 4, 2010 @ 5:54PMMicrosoft has accidentally posted details about a promotion it will be running for those who buy Office 2007 a few months before and after the release of Office 2010 in June 2010 . It is called the "Microsoft Office 2010 Technology Guarantee Program," though Redmond is not yet ready to announce it. "Microsoft has not disclosed an Office 2010 Technology Guarantee," a Microsoft spokesperson told ...
Reminder: Last Day For GDC 2010 Early Registration Thursday, February 4, 2010 @ 9:26AMOrganizers of GDC 2010 are reminding that today is the last day to register for up to 35% off pass prices for the March 9th-13th event, with the free Android phone offer also expiring today. The Moscone Center, San Francisco-based event has just announced a raft of new lectures, including highlighted talks from Pixar notables, Lionhead's Peter Molyneux, Double Fine's Tim Schafer, and Final ...
Jeffrey Berman: Neil Gaiman: Literary Rock Star and Me Thursday, February 4, 2010 @ 5:39AMLet's be honest, there's really not much I can say about Neil Gaiman that hasn't already been said by someone else, somewhere else. So instead...
Top Scoops Wednesday, February 3, 2010 @ 3:23PMInternational relations and security analyst Dr Paul Buchanan is returning to New Zealand for a month and will deliver a public lecture focussing on South East Asia and South Pacific geopolitics and security.
Cosmic Log: Dodging the arrow of time? Tuesday, February 2, 2010 @ 5:30PMScience editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: The last season of "Lost" might clear up fictional time-travel mysteries, but the true mysteries of time can be found in "From Eternity to Here."
CoreTrace and GPAnswers.com to Host Free Webinar Featuring Application Whitelisting and Windows 7's AppLocker Tuesday, February 2, 2010 @ 7:35AMMicrosoft Group Policy MVP Leads Discussion Covering AppLocker Implementations, Optimal Use Cases, and Limitations to Enterprise-Wide Adoption
CoreTrace and GPAnswers.com to Host Free Webinar Featuring Application Whitelisting and Windows 7's AppLocker Tuesday, February 2, 2010 @ 7:30AMAUSTIN, TX--(Marketwire - 02/02/10) - CoreTrace, the pioneer of client-based application whitelisting technology, and GPAnswers.com, a community for Group Policy training and support, announced today that they will jointly host a live webinar on Thursday, February 11, 2010, at 2 p.m. EST titled "Application Whitelisting: Microsoft AppLocker and Beyond." The free webinar and interactive ...
Cosmic Log: Private spaceflight goes public Monday, February 1, 2010 @ 7:48PMScience editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: NASA's new "flexible path" makes room for new technologies and new players in spaceflight — but will Congress follow the same path?
Are indie games reviving Britsoft spirit? Saturday, January 30, 2010 @ 3:24AMBritain used to produce some of the most entertaining and idiosyncratic videogames in the world. Then the eighties ended. But are the glory days returning? PlayStation killed Britsoft. We didn't realise it at the time, but it took a cold, technological scythe to the British development community. And Lara Croft, that gloating figurehead of the PlayStation Generation, once viewed as a symbol of ...
Cosmic Log: Space on your phone Friday, January 29, 2010 @ 6:48PMScience editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Mobile devices such as Apple's iPad are providing new platforms for enjoying the crown jewels of space imagery. Check out some of the brightest gems.
Best Of Indie Games: It's a Piece of Cake Friday, January 29, 2010 @ 2:14PM[IndieGames.com: The Weblog co-editor Tim W. rounds up the week's top free and commercial downloadable and browser-based indie games from his sister 'state of indie' weblog.] This week on 'Best Of Indie Games', we take a look at some of the top independent PC Flash/downloadable titles released over this last week. The delights in this edition include an action game that redefines rocket jumps, a ...
Cosmic Log: Is fusion success in sight? Thursday, January 28, 2010 @ 7:18PMScience editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Experiments at the National Ignition Facility have given researchers confidence that they'll achieve a milestone in nuclear fusion this year.