http://slashdot.org/firehose.pl News for nerds, stuff that matters en-us Copyright 1997-2009, Geeknet, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 2009-12-19T19:13:11+00:00 Geeknet, Inc. help@slashdot.org Technology hourly 1 1970-01-01T00:00+00:00 http://a.fsdn.com/sd/topics/topicslashdot.gif http://slashdot.org/firehose.pl //slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&id=7935398&from=rss Drop marks the sixth time in 25 years the semiconductor industry has posted an annual decline. It's the first time it has seen a drop two years in a row, according to Gartner. cnetfeed 2009-12-19T19:12:20+00:00 //slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&id=7935396&from=rss Have you checked into Engadget's massive 2009 Holiday Gift Guide? If not, you're making the biggest mistake of the season. Seriously. Don't let this year mark the end of happiness. Help us help you... just study the guides below (and stay tuned for even more)! Accessories Cellphones e-book readers GPS Netbooks PMPs Smartphones Television / Displays Toys Laptops Desktops Docks & Clocks Video Cameras Digital Cameras Engadget's Holiday Gift Guide 2009 originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 19 Dec 2009 14:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | |Email this|Comments engfeed 2009-12-19T19:12:05+00:00 //slashdot.org/submission/1137166/Avatar-and-how-to-avoid-getting-a-3D-headache?from=rss Directors have long used out-of-focus areas of the frame to convey important information. But this is a trick cinematographers may have to abandon after the advent of James Cameron's Avatar. Anonymous Coward 2009-12-19T19:11:17+00:00 //slashdot.org/journal/242696/been-a-long-time?from=rss I totally forgot I had an account here. Life has taken me away from the computer...well that's not true. I have a horrible facebook addiction.But now facebook is boring and I'm snowed in. 15" and it won't stop till tomorrow. So here I am..... Epona 2009-12-19T19:07:56+00:00 //slashdot.org/submission/1137164/Skipping-Stones-Announced-for-iPhone?from=rss Dear Sir/Madame:Complex Games has recently completed Skipping Stones, a casual game for the iPhone/iPod Touch. It has been submitted to the Apple iStore for review. We would appreciate it if you could share news about our game with your readers. You will find a press release, fact sheet, screen shots, and promotional video in our Press Kit located at:http://www.complexgames.com/presskits/skippingstones_presskit.zipYou may reach me via e-mail at noah@complexgames.com if you have any questions.Thank you for your time and consideration,--Noah Decter-JacksonPresident, Complex GamesComplex Games on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Complex-Games-Inc/63708653788Complex Games on Web: http://www.complexgames.com/ Anonymous Coward 2009-12-19T18:49:26+00:00 //slashdot.org/submission/1137148/WordPress-29-Released?from=rss Version 2.9 of the WordPress blogging system is out with these new features: recycle bin for deleted posts, builtin image editor, batch plugin updates, easier video embedding, canonical page URLs, automatic database optimization, post thumbnails, an update to the TinyMCE HTML editor, Anonymous Coward 2009-12-19T17:45:06+00:00 //slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&id=7933466&from=rss Fans of the old Space Invaders arcade game will appreciate this mobile offering, which provides a 21st century refresh on the old "When aliens attack" genre. Aliens Invade is fun and addicting, and you'll want to blast away often macworldfeed 2009-12-19T17:12:14+00:00 //slashdot.org/submission/1137142/Vimeo-sued-no-more-lip-dub-for-you?from=rss Music label EMI has sued Vimeo in federal court, charging that the site's emphasis on "original works" only extends to videos, and that it songs are widely used without a license. It also says that Vimeo staffers must know about the infringement... since they've been doing it themselves. USS_Natas 2009-12-19T16:59:13+00:00 //slashdot.org/submission/1137140/Climategate-spreads-to-Wikipedia?from=rss Some catnip to those who have long argued about administrator bias and groupthink in Wikipedia.Canada's National Post reports here and here that one of the objectives of those promoting Climate alarm was to control Wikipedia. Starting in February 2003 U.K. scientist and Green Party activist William Connolley, one of nine Realclimate.org team members, rewrote Wikipedia'½Â½Â(TM)s articles on global warming, on the greenhouse effect, on the instrumental temperature record, on the urban heat island, on climate models, on global cooling as well as working to erase the Little Ice Age, the Medieval Warm Period and infamous hockey stick graph. He rewrote articles on the politics of global warming and on the scientists who were skeptical of the team.According to the article Connolly created or rewrote 5,428 unique Wikipedia articles, removed more than 500 articles as an administrator and barred over 2000 Wikipedia contributors while rewarding those who supported his views. "In these ways, Connolley turned Wikipedia into the missionary wing of the global warming movement." sparkydevil 2009-12-19T16:51:55+00:00 //slashdot.org/submission/1137134/Colliding-Auroras-Produce-Explosions-of?from=rss Another neat discovery from the lab of Larry Lyons at UCLA. As reported earlier on Slashdot, Lyons' group studies the dynamics of auroras. Their most recent discovery reveals for the first time the sequence of events leading to dramatic space-weather disturbances. Using a network of cameras deployed around the Arctic in support of NASA's THEMIS mission, they recorded over 200 instances of aurora's colliding, causing brillant displays of northern lights (See time 8:22 for such an example). elyons 2009-12-19T16:17:42+00:00 //slashdot.org/submission/1137132/Use-Livescribe-without-buying-a-special-paper-?from=rss I just found out that instead of buying special paper from livescribe, You can print it from your printer ! Livescribe use a technology called “Dot paper” to detect your writing and everything. This Dot paper have been lightly printed on every Livescribe journals But if you have high quality printer you can print your own dot paper ! Anonymous Coward 2009-12-19T16:12:12+00:00 //slashdot.org/journal/242694/ClintJCL-is-a-fucking-moron?from=rss Read this and you'll see why.http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1484126&cid=30498756Do us all a favor you pathetic whining loser, kill yourself. You WILL NOT be missed. Blappo 2009-12-19T16:00:20+00:00 //slashdot.org/journal/242692/Such-a-loser?from=rss I can't believe it Saturday morning, and I'm sitting here reading /. WHAT IS WRONG WITH MEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LtCol Burrito 2009-12-19T15:39:07+00:00 //slashdot.org/submission/1137120/Either-fMRI-is-flawed-or-this-dead-fish-likes-kids?from=rss Scientists at Dartmouth call into question the utility of fMRI as a research tool by demonstrating that a dead fish (to wit: an atlantic salmon) can show the same "lighting up" phenomena in the brain analysis while being shown pictures with emotional content. wembley fraggle 2009-12-19T15:18:47+00:00 //slashdot.org/submission/1137118/SoftMaker-speds-for-every-download-of-its-software?from=rss SoftMaker (http://www.softmaker.com/english/index_en.htm) the company behind the famouse SoftMaker Office, gives now util the end of this year, its older version (SoftMaker Office 2008) as download for free.And not only that. With every download the company spends 10 cent for a social project.SoftMaker Office 2008 can be now downloaded for Windows and Linux at http://www.loadandhelp.de/home-en.html Anonymous Coward 2009-12-19T15:04:59+00:00 //slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&id=7930048&from=rss Dell's Latitude On quick-boot OS has been available on some of the company's laptops for a little while now, but it looks like Dell has now found a new way to make those laptops boot fast but be more affordable. That comes in the form of Latitude On Flash, which an actual flash module that snaps into a mini-card slot in the laptop and makes use of the laptop's own x86 processor to speed up the boot process instead of a separate ARM chip like current Latitude On systems. While that switch will still give you a boot time of eight to ten seconds, it apparently comes at some expense to battery life -- although we're guessing the lower cost (a $50 upgrade, as opposed to a $199 one) will make that trade-off more than acceptable to most users. Look for the upgrade right now on Dell's Latitude E4200, E4300 and Z laptops -- which, incidentally, also come with an updated Gen 2 interface for the Latitude On OS. Dell adds cheaper Latitude On Flash module to some laptops originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 19 Dec 2009 08:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. PermalinkPC World | Dell |Email this|Comments engfeed 2009-12-19T13:52:12+00:00 //slashdot.org/submission/1137106/Electronic-Theatre-Import-Review-Final-Fantasy-XI?from=rss Cast as Lightning, a former soldier of the Cocoon military, the player will meet one of the largest selections of memorable characters ever seen in a videogame. Regardless of language barriers, each of the game’s stars’ personalities shines through by way of their actions, facial expressions and body language. Plot advancement is handled through a combination of cut-scenes and in-game story telling, and even lesser, almost inconsequential characters are defined as individuals in a densely populated world. Even before taking into account the addictive nature of the gameplay, Square Enix has achieved a more than commendable feat in videogame engineering through the creation of such an intriguing and complex world, capable of ensuring suspension-of-disbelief for more than a few hours. Final Fantasy XIII marks the attainment of new milestones in creating believable virtual societies. kevco33 2009-12-19T13:50:00+00:00 //slashdot.org/submission/1137096/The-perfect-face---female-cartoon-characters?from=rss The BBC are reporting on yet another pseudo-science report, this time about the allegedly perfect female face. What happens if you take these results and apply them to cartoon characters? All little boys have cartoon crushes after all... which of those hard-drawn heartthrobs would turn out to be perfect? Anyone reading slashdot who didn't grow up with a crush on a preposterously proportioned cartoon character has some serious explaining to do... Anonymous Coward 2009-12-19T13:30:38+00:00 //slashdot.org/submission/1137094/Install-Google-Chrome-OS-on-Windows-XP?from=rss Google Chrome OS is a new operating system by Google, which is mainly targeted towards netbooks.The official version is not out yet but there is an unofficial mirror available that you can use to install it on windows XP. reshadat 2009-12-19T13:25:46+00:00 //slashdot.org/submission/1137088/Cheaper-Electricity-Bills?from=rss Remembering to check your doors and/or windows for gaps where air can get in is a good way to lower your utility bill. Air conditioning is frequently used by the average person and boosting its effectiveness is key to getting cheaper electricity. Anonymous Coward 2009-12-19T13:01:52+00:00 //slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&id=7928806&from=rss It happened, did you feel it? A shockwave of nerdery so sublime that only a slot on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon could contain it. Josh and Jimmy mixed up a mean stew of gadget gusto last night which you can now watch after the break. It's a two-parter 'cause even the boys in NBC post production couldn't limit our man Toplotsky to a single cut. Continue reading Jimmy and 'the nerdy guy' yuk it up Late Night style (video) Jimmy and 'the nerdy guy' yuk it up Late Night style (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 19 Dec 2009 07:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | |Email this|Comments engfeed 2009-12-19T12:32:15+00:00 //slashdot.org/submission/1137082/3d-Animator?from=rss http://www.3danimator.biglists.net/ lawton12 2009-12-19T12:23:53+00:00 //slashdot.org/submission/1137066/How-To-Addressing-Translation-Quality?from=rss At this point you must be asking yourself that what about translation quality? Most critics of ISO 9001: 2000 certification within the language industry will generally respond, ISO does nothing for translation quality. The fact of the matter is that ISO 9001:2000 was never designed to ensure an objective level of quality in a specific deliverable be it a machine tool, an automobile, or a translated document. The standard has neither the ability, nor the intention to define quality in this way; rather it is a statement of organizational and managerial integrity; the focus of which is to deliver quality products and services according to the customer(TM)s requirements. hardikkansara 2009-12-19T11:31:00+00:00 //slashdot.org/submission/1137046/Website-Development-Company?from=rss IT Chimes a Web Development Company in India designs, develops, integrates and maintains website application development that enable enterprises to solve complex and critical business problems. Our basic competencies are setting up dedicated offshore technical teams for Outsource Web Development, Application Development, E-Commerce Solutions, Business Process Outsourcing and other IT Services. Our offshore web development services includes the above as well as providing dedicated resources for your projects. ITChimes 2009-12-19T10:41:24+00:00 //slashdot.org/submission/1137044/Unique-Teaching-Resources-for-Spanish-Class?from=rss Article about a new service provided to receive teaching resources upon request espanol 2009-12-19T10:30:45+00:00