| The MySpace Ecosystem |
[Jul. 25th, 2006|01:49 am] |
The MySpace Ecosystem
Posted by Zonk on Friday July 21, @02:25PM
from the wretched-hive-of-scum-and-villainy dept.
conq writes
"BusinessWeek has an article on how MySpace is developing its own ecosystem in the same way that Microsoft did it with Windows, and Apple with the iPod. From the article: 'Now, MySpace is beginning to create its own ecosystem of third-party companies that are developing features and applications for the giant digital community. The idea is to encourage other companies to use their creativity and expertise to come up with things for MySpace users that MySpace itself hasn't. That could be anything from letting people add to their MySpace home pages from a mobile phone or creating a slide show of their favorite MySpace photos." |
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| Science: Project Orion to Bring U.S. Back to the Moon |
[Jul. 25th, 2006|01:48 am] |
Science: Project Orion to Bring U.S. Back to the Moon
Posted by Zonk on Friday July 21, @09:41PM
from the guess-you-can't-take-the-sky-from-me dept.
ganjadude writes
"Thirty-seven years ago yesterday, Project Apollo put the first humans on the surface of the Moon. The next time the U.S. launches its astronauts to Earth's natural satellite, they will do so as part of Project Orion."
From the article:
"Under Project Orion, NASA would launch crews of four astronauts aboard Orion capsules, first to Earth orbit and the International Space Station and then later to the Moon. Two teams, one led by Lockheed Martin and the other a joint effort by Northrop Grumman and The Boeing Co., are currently competing to build the CEV. NASA is expected to select the winner in September." |
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| YouTube Revives Failed Sitcom Pilot |
[Jul. 25th, 2006|01:47 am] |
YouTube Revives Failed Sitcom Pilot
Posted by Zonk on Saturday July 22, @01:18AM
from the where-was-youtube-when-firefly-was-around dept.
Vary Krishna writes
""Nobody's Watching", a pilot made for last year's upfronts that was never picked up, is being put back into development by NBC after gaining attention on YouTube. From the ZapTV article: "I love the spirit of the experimentation," NBC Entertainment president Kevin Reilly says. "And I think if we can actually have something find an audience on the web, gravitate over to the network, continue with a web presence and have them feed each other, that could end up being a really cool thing." Where was this guy last year?" |
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| Howard Rheingold On Our Mobile World |
[Jul. 25th, 2006|01:44 am] |
Howard Rheingold On Our Mobile World
Posted by Zonk on Saturday July 22, @03:39AM
from the interconnectedness dept.
Roland Piquepaille writes
"Howard Rheingold is the well-known author of "Smart Mobs" and many other books describing the evolution of our societies. His last book predicted the transformation of our society into a mobile one. Four years later, his forecast is more than confirmed. As one of the futurologists who can detect the emerging technology trends behind our daily lives, I wanted to know what Howard was thinking in 2006. He was kind enough to agree for an interview which was conducted by e-mail in mid-June. We discuss the importance of mobile technology, blogs, the changing climate, and the future of surveillance"
From the article:
"The power of the technologies packed into mobile devices continues to multiply, the diffusion of devices to all parts of the world and socioeconomic strata broadens, the spread of knowledge about how to use technologies to organize political, economic, social, cultural collective action quickens. It is in the convergence of the technical, cognitive, and social forces generates that the real power of smart mobs -- for both constructive and destructive." |
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| Science: Walk in Space for $15 Million (Plus Airfare) |
[Jul. 25th, 2006|01:44 am] |
Science: Walk in Space for $15 Million (Plus Airfare)
Posted by Zonk on Saturday July 22, @05:39AM
from the just-a-short-trip dept.
avtchillsboro writes
"A NY Times article has details on a news release by Space Adventures Ltd. (SAL). SAL has previously provided space trips to three wealthy individuals for (US)$20 million. The article announces the $15 million EVA 'upgrade', and quotes SAL chief executive Eric Anderson, who says that the plan has been approved by the Federal Space Agency of the Russian Federation; but the article also says that NASA has not been informed."
From the article:
"Fewer than 450 people have traveled to space, and the club of spacewalkers is even more exclusive. Just 151 people have stepped outside the relative safety of their craft to greet the void with only a visor to separate life and death. 'Spacewalk is the ultimate experience that we've managed to invent as humans,' said Tom Jones, a former astronaut and spacewalker who is an adviser to Space Adventures. Being outside the craft when 'there's nothing between you and the ground below but empty space,' he said, is 'incomparable.'" |
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| Visual Radio Coming to India |
[Jul. 25th, 2006|01:38 am] |
Visual Radio Coming to India
Posted by CowboyNeal on Saturday July 22, @11:07AM
from the tuning-in dept.
morpheus83 writes
"India continues to march towards becoming an IT and economic super power. The Indian capital of New-Delhi will become the the third city in the world to have a commercial Visual Radio service after Singapore and Helsinki (Finland). The technology developed by Nokia allows audiences to interact with the radio programs. The audio is received via a regular analog FM radio whereas graphics and text are streamed over a data connection. It will be available to Hutch and Airtel subscribers who have compatible Nokia handsets." |
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| Hardware: Anna Konda, the Robotic Firefighter |
[Jul. 25th, 2006|01:37 am] |
Hardware: Anna Konda, the Robotic Firefighter
Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Saturday July 22, @04:58PM
from the civil-serpent dept.
Roland Piquepaille writes
"In fact, Anna Konda is a robotic fire hose moving like a snake. This robot, which has been developed in Norway by SINTEF, is 3 m long and weighs 70 kg. The snake contains 20 water hydraulic motors that move the robotic joints. And the energy needed to power these motors comes from water pressurized to 100 bars and already available inside the fire hose. This gives enough energy to this water-powered robot to climb up stairs, to lift a car up off the ground or even break through a wall. Very clever design! The designers think that this robot could not only replace humans to fight fires when it's too dangerous for them, but could also be used for subsea operations or explosion prevention. An additional overview contains more details and pictures of this snake robot." |
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| Science: 'Predecessor' Neurons to Human Brain Discovered |
[Jul. 25th, 2006|01:36 am] |
Science: 'Predecessor' Neurons to Human Brain Discovered
Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Sunday July 23, @12:37AM
from the going-grey-early dept.
Yale researchers claim to have found the very first neurons in what eventually becomes the human brain. Developed before most anything else, these neurons are in place just 31 days after fertilization. From the article:
"We hypothesize that these predecessor neurons may be a transient population involved in determining the number of functional radial units including the human specific regions of the cerebral cortex mediating higher cognitive functions," Rakic said. "As a next step it is essential to determine their neural stem cell lineage, pattern of gene expression, developmental role and eventual fate." |
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| IT: Flaw Finders Lay Seige to Microsoft Office |
[Jul. 25th, 2006|01:35 am] |
IT: Flaw Finders Lay Seige to Microsoft Office
Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Sunday July 23, @03:39AM
from the flaw-finders-tarred-and-feathered dept.
An anonymous reader writes
"The Register is reporting that bug reports on the latest iteration of Microsoft Office are certainly keeping the Redmond firm's programmers busy. So far this year 24 flaws have been found by outside researchers, more than six times the number found in all of 2005. From the article: 'The deluge of vulnerabilities for the Office programs - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and, for professional users, Access -signals a shift in the focus of vulnerability research and underscores the impact of flaw-finding tools known as fuzzers. The vulnerabilities in Office also highlight the threat that such files, if remained unchecked, can pose to a corporate network. Not since the days of macro viruses and Melissa have Office files posed such a danger to computer security.'" |
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| Jessica Landy Great Journal |
[Jun. 16th, 2006|05:58 am] |
This is my new journal know doubt the greatest journal I have seen online so figured it was time to give it a try. |
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