November 4, 2005

Apple files patent: Tamper-Resistant Code for Mac-Intel Platform

On Nov. 3, the US Patent & Trademark Office revealed that Apple = has filed patent application 20050246554 titled â??system and method for creating tamper-resistant code.â?? James D. Batson is listed as the sole inventor for application 837413 originally filed in April 2004. This appears to be related to Appleâ??s forthcoming Tiger-Intel platform.

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Scientists: 'The Matrix' is a step closer to reality

In the sci-fi movie "The Matrix," a cable running from a computer into Neo's brain writes in visual perceptions, and Neo's brain can manipulate the computer-created world. In reality, scientists cannot interact directly with the brain because they do not understand enough about how it codes and decodes information. Not anymore.

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Online Funeral for Girl in World of Warcraft after Playing for Several Days

This is kinda weird/creepy/sad. But interesting.

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Website with lots of how-to projects

This website gives a lot of good engineering information, as well as schematics, and how to projects. He gives good explanations of the electronics, and science behind the stuff.

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Video of the Gorillaz preforming as 3-D holograms at the MTV EMA

This is the preformance Gorillaz did on stage using the same technology here as they're going to use in their 2007 World Tour. On a side note, Gorillaz won an award for best band.

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CBS to offer shows for download via iTunes

CBS is in talks with Apple about signing up for the iTunes Music Store video downloads. Apparently theyâ??re just making sure the price is right.

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CBS to offer shows for download via iTunes

CBS is in talks with Apple about signing up for the iTunes Music Store video downloads. Apparently theyâ??re just making sure the price is right.

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CBS to offer shows for download via iTunes

CBS is in talks with Apple about signing up for the iTunes Music Store video downloads. Apparently theyâ??re just making sure the price is right.

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NASA - Fireball Sightings

There have been amazing sighting of the Taurid meteor shower this year. This meteor shower is normally weak, but not this year. There have been sightings that have already astounded people around the world. The Taurid shower peaks between Nov. 5th and Nov. 12th.

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November 3, 2005

Map Your Run

MapMyRun integrates with Google Maps and allows you to map your runs in your area while giving you the mileage as you create the route. It will let you calculate your work out (calories burned, times, etc.).

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Yahoo Maps

Yahoo updates their maps section and it's all in flash.

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Browse from 102 working online proxies on the same page!

Just like a normal online proxy such as fireprox.com, but lets you choose from 102 (currently, may be even more later) working proxies to use. The ultimate bypass site.

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MySpace Creates Own Record Label

News Corp has decided that MySpace's popularity among musicians warrants giving the site its own imprint. The evil is growing.

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November 1, 2005

How to build drop-down menus with Dreamweaver

Ever wanted to learn a simple way of building drop-down menus? I have, and while searching for a proper tutorial myself I came across this awesome and simple tutorial. Takes only 10 mins to learn!

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John C. Dvorak says "growth rate of digg is phenomenal"

"In an article about how '[e]verything Google has done has been derivative,' Dvorak says, '[Slashdot's] new competitor digg uses even weirder methodologies to generate both posts and self-cleaning. If you look at Web stats, the growth rate of digg is phenomenal. Google must be looking at these as potential ad-revenue generators too.'"

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Absinthe: The Mystery of the Green Menace

It's been celebrated as a muse and banned as a poison. Now an obsessed microbiologist has cracked the code for absinthe - and distilled his own.

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CSS Effects, Standard Compliant Browser Code, Hover Event with CSS ...

This website features a multitude of CSS effects and code for standard compliant website design. Some nifty stuff including: CSS horizontal/vertical navigation list, PNG degradability in IE, CSS element hover effects, Gradients...

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CSS Help Pile - Good CSS Design Sources.

Collection of the best CSS resources on the Internet.

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Bringing Aperture into focus

a pro photographers in-depth look at Apple's Aperature.

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Next iTunes Phone Revealed

Engadget has a hands-on with the Moto SLVR L7. Looks like there'll finally be a decent-looking iTunes phone.

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October 31, 2005

Boo

Happy Halloween! Gonna be a rough Tuesday...

Getting Started with Digg

Digg is lots of fun, but if all you do there is read the headlines off the front page or subscribe to the RSS feed, you are so missing out.

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