Yahoo Pipes and the Web as a Database

Alex Iskold tests out and explores the emergent world of Yahoo! Pipes. He sees some interesting parallels with Relational Databases in the 90's, concluding that with pipes, the Web essentially becomes a giant database that can be queried and remixed in any number of ways.

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Create your master feed with Yahoo! Pipes

Sure, feed aggregators are a dime a dozen these days, but Yahoo! Pipes can filter and process feeds in lots of fun and useful ways, no programming required. Today we'll make a master feed of all your online activity using Pipes.

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SlySoft releases AnyDVD HD beta - Engadget

It seems that DRM just can't catch a break these days. First the all-important processing key required to unlock and decrypt HD-DVD and Blu-ray discs was discovered, now just days later comes news that the folks at SlySoft have updated their AnyDVD "backup" software utility to allow for "on the fly remastering" of HD DVD discs, although not Blu-ray

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RFID powder, yeah, powder

0.05mm x 0.05mm RFID chips. The new chips are 64 times smaller than the previous record holder, the 0.4mm x 0.4mm mu-chips, and nine times smaller than Hitachi's last year prototype, and yet still make room for a 128-bit ROM that can store a unique 38-digit ID number

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Kid Does Something Amazing, Google Pays Attention: It's the American Dream

Hell of a story - kid has an idea he wants to pitch to Google, but can't get through by phone or e-mail, so he flies to Mountain View, CA without an appointment to sit in their lobby until they hear him out. And after three days, they do! He's got a meeting today at 4:30! I have no idea how this got missed earlier, but here it is again...

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Top 10 Largest Databases in the World

Many of these databases hold several petabytes of data. Included on the list are Google, ChoicePoint, and the CIA, the largest one will surprise you.

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19 Things NOT To Do When Building a Website

I ’ve compiled a small list (or rant) of some very basic and fundamental rules that all webmasters must learn and respect when developing a website that needs to make actual money. This list can also be used by companies looking to hire a web development firm or to evaluate an already deployed website project.

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How to Use Converging Lines to Enhance Your Photography

Next time you're about to take a photo here's 4 tips to help you use 'lines' to get a great shot.

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Encrypt your web browsing session (with an SSH SOCKS proxy)

Using a simple SSH command, you can encrypt all your web browsing traffic and redirect it through a trusted computer when you're on someone else's network. Today we'll set up a local proxy server that encrypts your online activity from your Mac, PC or Linux desktop.

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Digg's 100% Club

Everybody knows that Kevin Rose has a perfect 1:1 ratio of Digg submissions to frontpage stories, but what other Diggers belong to this exclusive 100% club? The following Digg users submit popular stories with pinpoint accuracy, and like the best military snipers, they never miss.

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guy gets addicted to opium through poppy pods he orders on e-bay - legally!

The story of a guy who got hooked on opium he purchased legally on e-bay...nearly two years later, poppy pods are still available on e-bay!

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Harvard Names First Woman President

Harvard University named historian Drew Gilpin Faust as its first woman president on Sunday, ending a lengthy and secretive search to find a successor to Lawrence Summers and his tumultuous five-year tenure.

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BBC explores 9/11 conspiracy

Finally September 11 conspiracy goes mainstream as BBC tries to answer the 3 trillion dollar question "Is it an inside job?"

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What You Didn't Know About Diamonds

After Reading This All That Bling May Not Look That Special.

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Bush's $592 million palace in Baghdad

The locals call it "George W's palace". The luxurious US embassy being built in Baghdad is the size of 80 football fields, and will house 8000 workers and thousands of military personnel. So less of an "embassy" then, and more of a "permanent base", and at $592 million, I guess the plan has always been to stay.

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