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Be Part of the 2008 Presidential Youth Debate

Sep 28th, 2008 · We participated in this project back in 2004. This year it's hosted by Walden University, and the format is a little less cumbersome than it was four years ago. So go ahead, ask some questions you'd like to see McCain and Obama answer, and they'll go …
see also: video · 2004 · presidential · 2008 · candidate · youth · cumbersome

Software Logging Schemes?

Aug 16th, 2008 · I've been a software engineer for just over 10 years, and I've seen a lot of different styles of logging in the applications I've worked on. Some were extremely verbose — about 1 logging line for every 2 lines of code. Others were very lacking, …
see also: software · engineering · errors · Coders · Fatal · threshold · cumbersome

Google to host Ajax Libraries

May 28th, 2008 · So, hosting and managing a ton of Ajax calls, even when working with mootools, dojo or scriptaculous, can be quite cumbersome, especially as they get updated, along with your code. In addition, several sites now use these libraries, and the end-user has …
see also: solution · Google · download · library · prototype · copies · AJAX

Knee Brace Generates Electricity from Walking

Feb 10th, 2008 · ktulus cry brings news of a device that can power portable gadgets, prosthetic joints, and other mobile appliances by harvesting energy generated by walking. Researchers are working on making the device - still a moderately cumbersome 3.5 pounds - smaller …
see also: pictures · scientists · Portable · appliance · gadget · mobile · metabolism

Australian Army Invests in Electrical Shirts

Nov 1st, 2007 · The Australian Defence Department has injected $4.4 million worth of funding to further Australia's national science agency's (the CSIRO) research into designing clothing which can be used as a self-recharging electrical source on the battlefield. The …
see also: Fi · nation · Science · technology · research · electric · energy

Microsoft, Novell, and "Clone Product" Lawsuits

May 30th, 2007 · The MS/Novell deal specifically excludes patent protection for "clone products." In the agreement, a clone product is broadly defined as "a product (or major component thereof) of a Party that has the same or substantially the same features and functionality …
see also: protection · Microsoft · products · Lawsuits · Texting · interface · Novell

12 Crackpot Ideas That Could Transform Tech

Feb 20th, 2007 · InfoWorldMike passed us a link to an entertaining article with a sort of 'top 12' innovative technologies that could change the world. Some of the techs include solid-state drives, holographic and phase-change storage, artificial intelligence, e-books, …
see also: intelligent · world · computer · desktop · Tech · copyrighted · contracts

Slow Light = Fast Computing

Jan 19th, 2007 · The Washington Post is reporting that scientists have been able to slow the speed of light while still maintaining its ability to transmit information. The researchers have even developed a way to 'tune' the process, modulating how fast or slow the light …
see also: computer · scientists · era · Washington Post · electricity · optical · Physicist

The Time Has Come to Ditch Email?

Jun 2nd, 2006 · The problem is, email is now integral to the lives of perhaps a billion people, businesses, and critical applications around the world. It's a victim of its own success. It's a giant ship on a dangerous collision course. All sorts of brilliant, talented …
see also: integrated · business · world · Virus · technologies · encrypted · Spam

NYT Opinion Piece on DRM And P2P

Dec 6th, 2005 · The NYT is running an opinion piece written by a working musician who has a pretty healthy dislike of copy protection and DRM. From the article: 'As for musicians, we are left to wonder how many more people could be listening to our music if it weren't …
see also: DRM · protection · P2P · software · Music · IPod · NYT

Breathe Under Water Without Oxygen Tanks

Jun 6th, 2005 · An Israeli inventor has developed a way for divers to breathe underwater without cumbersome oxygen tanks. His apparatus makes use of the air that is dissolved in water like the gills of a fish. With patents in Europe and the USA how long will it take …
see also: Europe · patents · Inventors · tank · Israeli · oxygen · USA







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