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Entries for November, 2010

Netflix coming to Android next year

The ever-popular streaming movie service is coming to Android. In a post on the company’s official blog, Netflix announced that they will start to appear on “select Android devices” in early 2011. The reason why Netflix for Android won’t immediately be available on every Android handset is due to a “lack of a generic and [...]

5 Ways to Spot a Hacked ATM

These days ATM skimming is as easy as it looks in the movies — and it’s usually well camouflaged and hard to spot. But armed with some information, you should be able to spot a suspicious ATM when you see one. Original post by Soulskill

Mind-bending Challenge: Play Alu’s Revenge

Alu’s Revenge serves up solid gameplay, where stacked stones continue to fall as you use your quick wits and speedy strategy to open the tomb and reveal the jewels inside similar to the popular game Collapse online. Original post by Soulskill

“How Its Made” Videos

Check out the best collection of “How It’s Made” videos from acoustic guitars to all terrain vehicles. Original post by Soulskill

How Aerodynamics Work

Most people never think about driving through a wall, but drivers do this each and every day. It’s just that the “wall” is actually a wall of air, and your car’s aerodynamics help you break through it. What’s the science behind this process? Original post by Soulskill

Fedora Project Drops SQLNinja ‘Hacker’ Tool

simonb writes, “In what can only be described as a fit of insanity, the Fedora Board have declared a ‘hacker tool’ not fit for entry into their software repositories. Today your SQL injection tools, tomorrow your nmap?” The Register links the Fedora board’s meeting minutes. From the story: “The move came on Monday in a [...]

Saudi Arabia Bans Facebook

gandhi_2 sends in a brief Associated Press piece on Saudi Arabia’s blocking of Facebook. “An official with Saudi Arabia’s communications authority says it has blocked Facebook because the popular social networking website doesn’t conform with the kingdom’s conservative values. … He says Facebook’s content had ‘crossed a line’ with the kingdom’s conservative morals, but that [...]

Top 10 Tips for Better Writing [Lifehacker Top 10]

Replacing Sports Bloggers With an Algorithm

tesmar tips a report up at TechCrunch that begins “Here come the robo sports journalists. While people in the media biz worry about content mills like Demand Media and Associated Content spitting out endless SEO-targeted articles written by low-paid Internet writers, at least those articles are still written by humans. We may no longer need [...]

Print and Bind Your Own Physical Copy of an eBook [DIY]