Christian Smith writes “Stored program computers are 60 years old on Saturday. The Small Scale Experimental Machine, or ‘Baby,’ first ran on the 21st of June. 1948, in Manchester. While not the first computer, nor even programmable computer, it was the first that stored its program in its own memory. Luckily, transistors shrank the one […]
If you have a keyboard hooked up to your Windows Media Center computer, you’ll beat out any remote user with this collection of 42 keyboard shortcuts courtesy of the Simple Help blog. Hopping between live TV, recorded TV, and then jumping to the Guide is as simple as using the following shortcuts:
Ctrl+T […]
andrewsavikas writes “Starting in July, O’Reilly Media will pilot select books as DRM-free ebook bundles (PDF, EPUB, and Kindle-compatible Mobipocket) priced at or below the cover price of the book. David Pogue comments on the pilot in the wake of his own recent dustup about ebooks and piracy, covered previously on Slashdot.”
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It seems like we’ve been waiting so long for native HTML email support on BlackBerrys that we never thought this day would come. Thankfully, RIM is planning on upgrading their U.S. BIS system later this month, bringing a host of updates in anticipation of the arrival of their next-generation 9xxx device family. Most significantly, v2.5 […]
Personal finance web site Kiplinger rounds up 10 of the best cities in the United States to live, work, and play.
Our approach this year to picking the ten best cities was simple: Look for places with strong economies and abundant jobs, then demand reasonable living costs and plenty of fun things to do.
The article profiles […]
the brown guy writes “An 18 year old high school student named Omar Kahn is charged with 69 felonies for hacking into a school computer and modifying his grades among other things. He changed his C, D and F grades to As, and changed 12 other students grades as well. By installing a remote access […]
Remember back when being a part of mainstream media meant something? Respect, dignity, hard work, research, fact checking, deadlines and so on. Ahh those were the days, but my how times have changed; especially when it comes to the cell phone industry. They just don’t get it. Kind of makes you wonder what else they’re […]
schliz writes “Professor Stephen Hawking has revealed that he turned down the offer of a knighthood over 10 years ago. The scientist has released correspondence showing that he was approached with the offer of a knighthood but refused it on principle. Professor Hawking has also revealed correspondence showing harsh criticism of what he sees as […]
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes “A group of 10 copyright law professors has filed an amicus curiae (’friend of the court’) brief on the side of the defendant in Capitol v. Thomas, agreeing with the judge’s recent decision that the $222,000 verdict won by the RIAA appears to be tainted by a ‘manifest error of law.’ The clear […]
LAS VEGAS, USA (AVING Special Report on ‘infoComm 2008′) — Panasonic Projector Systems Company, unit of Panasonic Corporation of North America unveiled its new 12,000 lumen three-chip DLP projectors that set the standard for displaying High Definition content in large venues.
The high resolution PT-DZ12000U WUXGA (1920 x 1200 pixels) and PT-D12000U SXGA […]
