Topic: WEB - on December 9, 2006 at 4:20:00 PM CET
Web-based Media Player Lets You Stream Your iTunes To Any Computer
Streampad is a Web-based media player that gives users access to their digital music library from any computer. Similar to Songbird, it streams your personal library from the Internet but it runs completely inside any browser.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on December 9, 2006 at 4:11:00 PM CET
5 Displays You Can’t Buy
Our editors have compiled a list of five displays you can’t buy, or at least anytime soon.
Sharp’s 2-Way LCD Toshiba’s Interactive 3D Display Concrete Display FOLED - Flexible OLED Display E-Paper SVGA Display
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Topic: WEB - on December 9, 2006 at 4:10:00 PM CET
Firefox use continues to rise in Europe
According to French analytics company Xiti Monitor, Firefox is no longer a niche player in Europe, with 23.2% of European web surfers using the open source browser, up from 19.4% in April. More telling are some of the individual countries' figures, with Firefox holding about a third of the browser share in six countries including Germany, Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia, and about 40% in Finland and Slovenia. In the southern hemisphere, Australiasia is a 23.4% Firefox region, but here in North America it holds just 14.5% of the market, according to Xiti.
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Topic: WEB - on December 9, 2006 at 4:03:00 PM CET
Top 10 MySpace Add-On Sites of 2006
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Topic: FUN - on December 9, 2006 at 3:53:00 PM CET
"Little Fatty" unlikely Internet hero in China
An overweight Chinese gas station attendant has become an unexpected celebrity after a picture of his portly face was posted on the Internet -- and then started appearing on movie posters and in other unlikely places.
Nicknamed "Little Fatty," 19-year-old Qian Zhijun's picture was loaded on to the Internet four years ago by a teacher.
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Topic: NEWS english - on December 9, 2006 at 3:50:00 PM CET
End of Soviet Union anniversary passes without notice
The 15th anniversary of the end of the Soviet Union passed practically without notice in Russia, even though the collapse of the communist regime is still a traumatic event for many Russians.
The date of December 8, 1991, marks the day of a meeting between Soviet bloc leaders in a Belarussian hunting lodge where they signed the death warrant of the USSR.
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Topic: ROBOT - on December 9, 2006 at 2:36:00 PM CET
Cocktail robots mix mojitos
Chapok is one of around 30 robots at Vienna's annual Roboexotica, which showcases how home-built machines deal with the modern pastime of hanging out in bars.
Robots were invited to demonstrate their skills in categories like mixing cocktails, serving drinks and snacks, bar conversation and smoking cigarettes and cigars.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on December 9, 2006 at 2:29:00 PM CET
20 year supply of Toilet Paper
One March day in 1986 a juggernaut came rolling into town, full to the brim with paper products and plastic bags for the local police station.
Somebody had messed up the invoice and ticked off the box for pallets instead of packets of toilet paper, paper towels, kitchen paper and plastic rubbish bags.
The police chief could only look on in despair as a seemingly endless supply of products was unloaded from the truck.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on December 9, 2006 at 2:27:00 PM CET
How Microsoft fights off 100,000 attacks per month
Microsoft Corp. has long encouraged its employees to "RAS" into the corporate network from home or from the road to access e-mail, shared files and applications.
RAS, short for Remote Access Services, is an old Microsoft term for what most people now call a client VPN.
Microsoft, of course, maintains valuable intellectual property on its internal network, including the source code to all its operating systems and applications. These are constant targets for hackers, and Microsoft tries to protect its most valuable assets with defenses in depth; they are behind firewalls and on networks segmented with IPsec. In addition, the entire network is monitored for suspicious activity, scanned for malware and so on.
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Topic: SECURITY - on December 9, 2006 at 2:19:00 PM CET
Laser system zaps missile into mincemeat
Shoulder-fired missiles, referred to in military-speak as MANPADS (Man-Portable Air Defense Systems) are showing up on the black market more and more these days and U.S. officials are becoming increasingly concerned about their risk to commercial aircraft.
As a result the Department of Homeland Security is nearly doubling its spending on counter-measure research to $110 million this year.
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Topic: FUN - on December 9, 2006 at 2:15:00 PM CET
Pimp your Image with pikipimp.com
pikipimp is a web based service that allows you you to edit your image online. No registration require.
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Topic: health - on December 9, 2006 at 2:13:00 PM CET
What Happens To Your Body If You Drink A Coke Right Now?
Have you ever wondered why Coke comes with a smile? It’s because it gets you high. They took the cocaine out almost a hundred years ago. You know why? It was redundant.
In The First 10 minutes: 10 teaspoons of sugar hit your system. (100% of your recommended daily intake.) You don’t immediately vomit from the overwhelming sweetness because phosphoric acid cuts the flavor allowing you to keep it down.
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