If you’ve been trying to download and install Quicksilver in order to get Leopard up to snuff, you’ve probably noticed that the Quicksilver site is down. In fact, it’s been down for quite a few days now. Fear not, Quicksilver lovers, as the application’s developer contacted us to let us know that the last […]
Did you know that you can jump straight to a Wikipedia search or start composing an email directly from Yahoo’s search box? Weblog Digital Inspiration highlights five cool Yahoo search tricks—like the two mentioned above—that Google doesn’t do.
For instance, type !wiki google in Yahoo! search box to search Google in Wikipedia.com. Other popular shortcuts are […]
The Byelorrusian Spamtrap writes “Wired Magazine’s made its position clear on the state of play in America’s cellular industry, delivering a long, satisfying screed on why all of us should stop complaining and do something about it. ‘They own politicians - Sure, it’s just phones. In a world where worse things happen all the time […]
An anonymous reader writes “InformationWeek is reporting that a court in Virginia has issued an injunction against controversial new patent rules that were supposed to go into effect tomorrow. The court granted a motion filed by GlaxoSmithKline, which is suing the U.S. patent office over the issue. Among other things, the new rules would limit […]
If you’re used to taking a coffee break because of long hangs every time you fire up Windows Explorer, the How-To Geek weblog suggests turning off network folder and printer searching in Explorer’s folder options. Just open Explorer, go to Tools -> Folder Options and click on the View tab. At the top of the […]
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp’s Windows Vista is starting to see mass adoption from businesses nearly a year after it was released, the company said while predicting a strong first holiday season for the product.
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Stanford Racing passed the qualification round and cemented a position in Saturday’s Urban Challenge race thanks to a very smooth and – as some would say – “boring” qualification run on Tuesday. The team’s bot “Junior” methodically, quickly and smoothly made its laps around the track and easily avoided all the human driven chase cars.
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Stanford Racing passed the qualification round and cemented a position in Saturday’s Urban Challenge race thanks to a very smooth and – as some would say – “boring” qualification run on Tuesday. The team’s bot “Junior” methodically, quickly and smoothly made its laps around the track and easily avoided all the human driven chase cars.
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It seems like Caltech’s ALICE bot has a liking for human-driven chase cars at the DARPA Urban Challenge qualifications. During one qualification run, the robotic minivan repeatedly went out of its assigned lane and veered towards the chase cars. One of the human drivers even screeched his tires to get out of the way.
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gooman writes “The LA Times reports on a proposal to secretly scan suspects’ hard drives which is causing unease in a nation with a history of official surveillance. Along with several other European countries, Germany is seeking authority to plant secret Trojan viruses into the computers of suspects that could scan files, photos, diagrams and […]
