ihaque writes “A Stanford researcher, Philip Guo, has developed a tool called CDE to automatically package up a Linux program and all its dependencies (including system-level libraries, fonts, etc!) so that it can be run out of the box on another Linux machine without a lot of complicated work setting up libraries and program versions [...]
Why throw out an old beer keg…when you can turn it into a functional computer? That’s exactly what modder Ben Lzicar did. Once gutted, “Ben powder-coated the whole thing with a beautiful shiny black finish, trimmed it with chrome, and loaded it with bright blue LEDs.” Click here for more pictures. [via Technabob - Facebook] [...]
OAKLAND, California (Reuters) – Oracle Corp plans to rest its high profile copyright case against SAP AG early next week without the testimony of Hewlett Packard Co CEO Leo Apotheker, attorneys for the company said on Friday. Original post by Jason Fitzpatrick
Unlike these transparent gadgets, artist Cayetano Ferrer decided to put realistic photo stickers on real-life signs and boxes to give them the see-through effect. While there’s no practical use for these objects, they definitely serve as conversation pieces. Click here to see all the examples. [via Toxel] Original post by TecheBlog Staff
Just putting decorations on your door isn’t the way to go. These six cool doors show creative design done right. Starting off, we have the shattered door, which appears as its name sounds. Click here to see them all. [via Oddee] Original post by TecheBlog Staff
When Activision released Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 last year, it set an all time record for launch day sales. The highly anticipated first person shooter sold 4.7 million copies in its first day of availability, amounting to $310 million in sales. Earlier this week, Activision released the latest title in the Call of [...]
Leaked pictures of Samsung’s Gingerbread Android phone have surfaced, and it will reportedly feature “either a 4.3- or 4.5-inch “sAMOLED2″ display, presumably standing for ‘Super AMOLED 2′.” Continue reading for one more spy shot. It’ll naturally have Android Gingerbread and be equipped with an 8 megapixel camera capable of 1080p video capture, 14.4Mbps HSPA, Bluetooth [...]
Christoph writes “I’m the Slashdot user who was sued for defamation (and six other claims) by a corporation over negative statements on my website. I prevailed (pro-se) in 2008. The court found the other side forged evidence and lied. In 2009, I sued the other party’s lawyers for malicious prosecution/abuse of process (the corporation itself [...]
Time for another edition of Unplugging. Disconnect and dive into the world of music with your friends at mxdwn. Original post by TechEMaster
UgLyPuNk writes “After many, many delays, Gran Turismo 5 has finally gotten a solid release date: November 24th. (‘Tis the season for vaporware titles to emerge into the real world, it seems.)” Eurogamer posted a preview of the game back in August, saying, “It’s been a whirlwind of features and car chatter, beneath which the [...]
