Topic: iPod - on March 4, 2005 at 7:04:00 PM CET
Hand powered iPod Shuffle
Okay, this is what my friends call a "Torronesque" project. This is where I usually come up with something and build it, and it really has no purpose or usefulness- but on further inspection it's kinda neat. This is the iPod shuffle hand charger, actually recharger. There are many "crank powered" accessories floating around, so I thought I'd try a few and figure out if the iPod shuffle can be recharged with one. Well, it can, sorta.
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Topic: GINGER - on March 4, 2005 at 6:14:00 PM CET
Segway takes to rough terrain
Segway launched three new models on Tuesday of its personal mobility device, the Human Transporter, including a cross-country version and one designed for golf courses. The three vehicles--the Cross-Terrain Transporter (XT), the Golf Transporter (GT) and the HT i180--can come powered by new lithium-ion batteries, developed with help from Valence Technology. The batteries are designed to extend the range of the vehicles to up to 24 miles on a single charge, subject to factors like terrain and payload, the company said.
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Topic: GOOGLE - on March 4, 2005 at 6:11:00 PM CET
How To Find MP3's with Google
This How-To will teach you how to use google to find mp3s. This How-To will be highly pragmatic and will focus on the hows and not the wherefores of the various search strings.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on March 4, 2005 at 6:08:00 PM CET
Euro ministers set to OK patent measure
European ministers are expected to give the OK for the controversial Computer Implemented Inventions Directive to proceed when they meet Monday.
The European Commission has already nixed efforts to send the directive, which would allow software to be patented, back to the European Parliament, effectively restarting the legislative process. This could have enabled the bill to be reworked or even junked altogether.
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Topic: SPY - on March 4, 2005 at 4:51:00 PM CET
Offiziell genehmigtes Datamining einer Geheimdienst-Mailingliste
Mit offizieller Genehmigung der Datenschutzkommission im österreichischen Bundeskanzleramt hat Quintessenz, ein in Wien beheimateter Verein zur Wiederherstellung der Bürgerrechte im Informationszeitalter, eine umfangreiche Mailingliste des US-Geheimdienstes National Security Agency (NSA) einem Datamining unterzogen.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on March 4, 2005 at 12:12:00 PM CET
Firefox extension adds a "Yahoo! Search"
Personally, I like it because it gives me a compact representation of search results and I can get a "bird's-eye view" of 30 results even without scrolling, whereas a regular Web search typically shows me 2 results without scrolling and 10 with scrolling. If the sidebar has focus (if it doesn't, hit F6), then you can navigate with the keyboard by using the arrow keys or the number keys.
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Topic: DRUGS - on March 4, 2005 at 12:04:00 PM CET
Cannabis hilft gegen Schmerzen
Zulassung in Großbritannien würde europäischen Markt für Cannabismedikamente öffnen. Trotz der bald 5.000-Jährigen Erfahrung mit der heilenden Wirkung von Cannabis (Cannabis sativa; Hanf) ist die Pflanze im 20. Jahrhundert aufgrund ihrer Verwendung als Droge dämonisiert worden. Dabei könnten seine Wirkstoffe vielleicht den vier Millionen in Europa von chronischen Schmerzen Betroffenen helfen. Für Menschen, die an Multipler Sklerose (MS) leiden, könnte die beantragte Zulassung des Cannabissprays Sativex der britischen Firma GW Pharmaceuticals eine Möglichkeit sein, bald legal die lindernde Wirkung der Pflanze zu erhalten. Aber auch für eine Reihe anderer Patientengruppen könnte es sich als hilfreich erweisen, wenn das Cannabismedikament in Großbritannien zugelassen wird.
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Topic: DRUGS - on March 4, 2005 at 12:03:00 PM CET
Zwölf Menschen sterben nach Raki-Genuss
Im türkischen Istanbul sind zwölf Menschen nach dem Verzehr von minderwertigem Anis-Schnaps gestorben. 30 weitere liegen noch immer mit Vergiftungen in den Krankenhäusern der Stadt. 13 mutmaßliche Schwarzbrenner wurden inzwischen festgenommen.
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Topic: DRUGS - on March 4, 2005 at 11:59:00 AM CET
Whisky mit nur sechs Prozent Alkohol geplant
Mit einer neuen Whisky-Kreation will eine schottische Firma das Image des Klassikers unter den Spirituosen aufpeppen. Der neue Drink für junge Leute zeichne sich vor alle durch eine klarere Färbung aus, teilte das Unternehmen Diageo gestern mit.
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Topic: GOOGLE - on March 4, 2005 at 11:47:00 AM CET
Google's secret of success? Dealing with failure
The way Google has been able to build out its computing infrastructure for millions, rather than tens of millions, of dollars is by buying relatively cheap machines. Looking at hardware costs, company engineers saw that purchasing a few high-end servers, with eight or more powerful processors, costs significantly more than dozens of simpler "commodity" servers.
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Topic: W A R - on March 4, 2005 at 11:42:00 AM CET
Scientists slam US plasma weapon
The US military is funding development of a weapon that delivers a bout of excruciating pain from up to 2 kilometres away. Intended for use against rioters, it is meant to leave victims unharmed. But pain researchers are furious that work aimed at controlling pain has been used to develop a weapon. And they fear that the technology will be used for torture.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on March 4, 2005 at 11:35:00 AM CET
Slipstreaming Windows XP with Service Pack 2
It's been a while since I've covered slipstreaming, or combining, a service pack into Windows (link), but the release of Windows XP Service Pack with Advanced Security Technologies (hereafter referred to as SP2) warrants some discussion. That's because XP SP2 is a huge change from the original shipping version of XP, offering as many new features and capabilities as a major new Windows version. For this reason, many people are going to want to install XP SP2 directly the next time they install Windows, and skip the time-consuming and potentially insecure step of installing the initial XP version first, and then applying SP2 after the fact.
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