Friday, May 12, 2006
Meditation Increases Brain Size
People who meditate grow bigger brains than those who don't. Brain scans reveal that experienced meditators boasted increased thickness in parts of the brain that deal with attention and processing sensory input.
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Google admits to being disorganised
Google is growing too quickly and has become "disorganised" as a result, according to the company's co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin.
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Wii: Red Steel first look video
A great impression of how well and intense this game plays. And people ask why I'm such a fan of the Wii!
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Shame....PC's Modded to look like Macs being spotted at E3
Here's a tip for those of you with Mac envy. As shocking as it may be to believe, it's not the bright white Apple shape that makes a Mac cool. Pimping out your Dell to look like a Mac? It's embarassing to Apple, it's embarassing to you, and, quite frankly, it's embarassing to Dell. Don't do it at E3 and don't even do it at home
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Muslim Countries Search More For Sex
Although sex is a taboo in Muslim countries, according to Google Trends, users from Muslim countries are searching Google for sex, more than any other country, with Pakistan, Egypt and Iran leading the chart
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VIDEO: Time lapse movie of the rock slab on Mt. Saint Helens (growing 1 meter/day)
The rock slab started growing in November, and now it's extending 100+ meters. Here is a cool time lapse movie done by the USGS from April 28th to May 3rd. Here is a hi-res shot of the slab: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0605/slabsthelens_usgs_big.jpg
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Text Message Saves Men Lost at sea for 22 days
Three Australian men lost at sea for more than three weeks survived on raw squid and rainwater, and called for help by cellphone, police said Wednesday. The men conserved the batteries in their cellphones by keeping them turned off until they had a strong enough signal to send text messages to family.
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Fully automated DORM ROOM!
These guys (naturally at MIT) completely automated their dorm room. Lighting control, window blinds, security, everything! Videos and some technical info included. (found via Makezine: http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/05/midas_homemade_dorm_room_home.html)
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Wii's not the only Nintendo console with a new Mario title!
Though all the hype so far has been for Super Mario Galaxy, there's a new traditional Super Mario platformer destined for the Gamecube coming out this fall! It uses Paper Mario for its look, but it plays like the classics... can't wait!
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BBC talks with Frank Abagnale about Social Engineering
"Is technology driving the old-school conman into extinction?" Frank Abagnale should know; the 2002 movie Catch Me If You Can was based on him.
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Light's Most Exotic Trick Yet: So Fast it Goes ... Backwards?
In the past few years, scientists have found ways to make light go both faster and slower than its usual speed limit, but now researchers at the University of Rochester have published a paper today in Science on how they've gone one step further: pushing light into reverse.
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Immediate Hearings Over Controversial Bush Serveillance Report!
Capitol Hill politicians reacted angrily on Thursday to a new report about how President Bush's eavesdropping program has secretly collected records of telephone calls made by tens of millions of Americans!
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Documentary on Piracy Released (Free Download!)
It's a nearly 2 hour documentary that discusses music & movie piracy. Topics include DRMs, TPMs, the DMCA, why people pirate, what everyone thinks of it, etc. Featuring interviews with industry execs, copyright lawyers, pirates, consumers, artists, the government, and everyone that's ever said anything about piracy in Canada. Free for the download!
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Congress To Restrict Social Security Number Use To Stop ID Theft!
Democratic and Republican politicians on Thursday both promised to enact new federal laws by the end of the year that would restrict some commercial uses of Social Security numbers, which are often implicated in identity fraud cases!
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New genus of African monkey found
Scientists have described a new genus of monkey - the first for 83 years.
The Rungwecebus kipunji sports a distinctive Mohawk stripe of hair, and is found in Tanzania, Africa.
The monkey, first described from photographs last year, was originally thought to be a new species but tests reveal it is even more special.
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The Rungwecebus kipunji sports a distinctive Mohawk stripe of hair, and is found in Tanzania, Africa.
The monkey, first described from photographs last year, was originally thought to be a new species but tests reveal it is even more special.
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Thursday, May 11, 2006
BOOK BANNED IN AMERICA WHILE TROOPS DIE FOR FREEDOM
The 1st Amendment is designed so people can have opinions different from the government and there is no legal basis whatsoever for banning my book. Its all contrived, it's bull***t. The government is banning the book because the information is accurate and correct.
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10+ ways to remove Windows Genuine Advantage nag screen.
â??This copy of Windows is not genuineâ?? warning is nagging many people... heres 10plus ways to remove it!
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'Botmaster' gets 57 months in prison
Big Meteorite Creates Big Mysteries
Scientists have discovered a beach ball-sized meteorite a half-mile below a giant crater in South Africa.
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Wired: Sony Blows E3
"Sony is really good at pretending to be innovative by taking things that other companies have done"
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NSA Wiretapping Case Dropped
The Bush administration wins again. The courts cannot get clearance to investigate so the case is dropped. Apparently the government CAN deprive you of the rights granted by the Bill of Rights.
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Rare Mirage Last for 4 Hours Off East China (Pictures)
A mirage appears off the shore of Penglai City in eastern China's Shandong Province on Sunday, May 7, 2005.Thousands of tourists and local residents witnessed a mirage of high clarity lasting for four hours off the shore of Penglai City in east China's Shandong Province on Sunday.
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Wii - First Impressions!
Stage Select's Chris Larson offers a poignant view of Nintendo's Wii- including hands-on play tests, first impressions of the motion-sensing technology at work, and more.
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Wednesday, May 10, 2006
First Photo Of Wii's Lightgun Shell
First look at the Wii Lightgun adapter for DuckHunt and other lightgun games from E3's show floor. Both the controller and the 'Wiimote' fit into the shell. "Its things like this that make the Wiimote the best remote ever."
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Elevator/Lift Hacking
This article details methods of making lifts/elevators get to your floor without stopping. Similar to the srticle on Darknet but with a few more tricks included.
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Huge Rock In Crater Of Mount St. Helens Grows 4.6 Ft. A Day
The feature is growing at a rate of 4.6 feet (1.4 meters) a day, and is the seventh such structure to rise in the volcano's crater since it began slowly erupting in October 2004, say scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) Cascade Volcano Observatory.
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ESPN to air the World Series of Darts
In an effort to find the next great television spectators sport, ESPN is planning on airing The World Series of Darts. The popularity of the sport for the British is what probably got it it's chance here in the states. The event will be held from May 19-21 at the Mohegan Sun Casino. Anyone else rememer when ESPN used to show sports? I guess they stopped about the same time Music TeleVision stopped playing music.
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Apple Breaks Promise with 'Red Hot Chili Pepper' Fans
iTMS promised a special code to buy Chili Peppers concert tix 4 days before they went on sale to the public; but the fans didn't get their codes. Oops...On the Apple Support Discussions page, before being locked, the concert code thread balloned to 629 impassioned, rants.
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Why Jezus is God 2.0
CONFIRMED: PS3 motion sensing technology was tacked on at the last minute!
The developers only got their hands on the technology within the last two weeks. "We've really known officially for about a week and a half, and we did the final tuning just a couple of days ago."
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Stallone takes us back one more time
Rocky Balboa trailer for iPods. Last year all the rumors were dashed aside as Stallone slipped the gloves on again following his hit TV show 'The Contender'. The very first photos of Rocky back in the ring were shown on Aint It Cool News and the Rocky Balboa blog last December, and now the teaser trailer is out!
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Video: Miyamoto plays tennis on Nintendo Wii
Director and General Manager of Nintendo Shigeru Miyamoto demonstrated the Wii Sports game, tennis on the new console to press on Tuesday morning.
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RIAA: You Can Now Listen To Your CDs On Your iPod
From the how-kind-of-them dept: The recording industry has magnanimously decided to ask the government to change copyright laws, to allow people to rip their own CDs, so they can be listened to on other devices. Of course, it's ridiculous enough that the industry has to give its approval to such a move.
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You've Got to Fight, For Your Right... to Take Photos of Your Own Kid?
A *public* Troy New York ice skating rink has decided that photography should not be allowed unless approved by their Executive Director. At least one parent says she's being arbitrarily discriminated against and not being allowed to film her own kid at the *public* rink.
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Hack Attack: Automatically download your favorite TV shows
Instead, of hunting for new torrents each week and firing up your bittorent client to download them, automate your downloads! Lifehacker shows you how to set up and automate BitTorrent downloads so that you can quit your weekly search for torrents.
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Awesome! New official Spore trailer
Classics like Paperboy, Sonic, Dig Dug, Coming to XBOX 360 Live Arcade
Microsoft wants you to feel young again and is counting on a blend of old and new to help make the Xbox 360 stand out from its rivals. MS announced deals with Konami, Midway, Sega and Namco to breathe new life into classic titles such as "Dig Dug," "Sonic the Hedgehog" and "Root Beer Tapper."
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Isn't it Ionic? Air Purifiers Make Smog
Here's how to create your own personal Stage 2 Smog Alert: Buy an indoor air purifier.
Using a popular process called ionization, the air cleaners can actually generate ozone levels in a room that exceed the worst smog days in Los Angeles, a new study finds.
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Using a popular process called ionization, the air cleaners can actually generate ozone levels in a room that exceed the worst smog days in Los Angeles, a new study finds.
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Opera confirms: Their browser will be on the Wii
Opera has in a press release confirmed that their browser will come as an optional feature with Nintendo's new console Wii. Awesome.
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One way trip to Mars. Would you go?
The idea of one-way Martian settlement missions, with no provision made for returning to Earth, has been seriously kicked around for a couple of years...
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Duck Hunt 2!
IGN Wii has learned that Nintendo is planning to showcase a Wii sequel to its classic shooter series Duck Hunt at its E3 2006 booth on Wednesday. The title will be playable.
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Automatic chord detection in songs
A spanish university has just released a software which can detect the chords in a song from a mp3, ogg or wav file. With this software you will know how to play that song you always wanted to play.
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UK hacker Loses Appeal and "should be extradited" !
UK hacker Gary McKinnon should be recommended for extradition to the US, a district court judge said today. The decision means Mr McKinnon will face trial in America for what the US has "the biggest military hack of all time".
EDITORIAL: Personally, I would like to see this as a call to all the white hats AND black hats out there and have them hack into these agencies, extract the information, and post said information all over the world. TV, internet, print, everywhere.
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EDITORIAL: Personally, I would like to see this as a call to all the white hats AND black hats out there and have them hack into these agencies, extract the information, and post said information all over the world. TV, internet, print, everywhere.
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Tuesday, May 09, 2006
Nintendo Reveals Wii Hardware Specs!
Straight from the horse's mouth. Nintendo included a hardware page in their new Wii site.
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Live FREE E3 streaming.
Stream the conference live and be among the first to see the latest at this year's E3
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Five Predictions for E3
"It's always interesting to dig a little beneath the manufactured buzz and try to figure out what's really going to happen. So I'm going to tune out the loud music, the booth babes, and the flashing lights of big screen demos and tell you what I think is really going to happen."
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Wii Control Has Mini Speaker
The controller will contain a small amount of memory, which can be written to by the console (via Bluetooth) during the game. This will usually be used to store small sound files which can be heard via the controller's small internal speaker.
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Apple to Power First High-res Video Feed of Earth
Australian company AstroVision will team up with computer company Apple to create the world's first real time, hi-res video feed of the earth.
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E3 torrented!
This tracker is dedicated to video game media. Get the latest E3 videos free, fast and in high definition. Add your own E3 files and contribute!
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First picture of the new PS3 controller!
Hackers Condemn McKinnon Trial
The UK's hacking community has strongly criticised how fellow hacker Gary McKinnon has been treated. British hackers say he is being made an example of to serve political ends rather than improve computer security.
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Tutorial: Make Your Own RFID Enabled Deadbolt
A tutorial describing how to make yourself an RFID enabled deadbolt door lock.
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Nintendo Wii (Revolution) to sell for $250?
Perhaps lost among other announcements and Sony's keynote is a rumor about the Nintendo Wii. Based on the latest issue of Electronics Gaming Monthly (EGM) w/ Zelda on the cover, the Nintendo Wii will launch of $250. This is yet unconfirmed but very interesting.
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