| Esther Dyson To Train For Space Flight 16 hours ago by admin DynaSoar writes “Esther Dyson, known to many as a founding and consistently guiding member of ICANN, and for working with the startups of Flickr, de.icio.us, Medscape and others, is now expanding her interests upwards. She recently announced that she will be heading to Moscow to train as backup astr ... TPile - popmartian.com/techpile |
| 4 WordPress Tips for Surviving Slashdot, Digg or Reddit 17 hours ago by Editor We got a story on the front page of Slashdot… and got our assess handed to us literally 2mins later with server load jumping from 0.56 to 10 and then off into the 40s where the server just decided to melt instead of host pages. During the last few hours we’ve been troubleshooting what went wrong and ... The "Break it Down" Blog - breakitdownblog.com · Rank: 96,251 ·  62 references |
| Map of Web Content By Perspective 17 hours ago by admin Anonymous Coward writes “Cruxlux has a perspective-based search engine up. It provides a map of results laid out by viewpoint. For example, querying ‘Obama’ shows a map with liberal blog posts, articles, and video clumped together, conservative stuff nearby, and nonpolitical sources farther away. It ... TPile - popmartian.com/techpile |
| Looking for Earth-Like Exoplanets 20 hours ago by admin Discover Magazine is running a story detailing the search for planets like Earth orbiting other stars. While we’ve been able to locate a few “super earths” so far, none of them really compare in size or the potential for habitability with our own world. Fortunately, advances in data analysis and new ... TPile - popmartian.com/techpile |
| How Should I Teach a Basic Programming Course? 22 hours ago by admin riverman writes “I have been ‘provisioned’ at the school where I work to teach a new Computer Science/Programming course. I’m supposed to be teaching everything from the very-very basics (i.e. where that myspace thing is in your computer monitor, and how it knows who your friends are) to the easy-ad ... TPile - popmartian.com/techpile |
| CNET UK Credits Claim That Apple Will Release Networked TVs 23 hours ago by admin r2k writes “While the Apple rumours posted yesterday highlight some of the most commonly talked-about opinions, a writer for CNet UK sat down with Mahalo’s Jason Calacanis, who told CNet he knew for a fact that Apple is developing fully networked LCD TV sets. As the writer points out, Apple dropped ... TPile - popmartian.com/techpile |
| EMP Shielded Power Grids Under Development 1 day ago by admin An anonymous reader writes with this excerpt from MarketWatch: “A one-megaton nuclear bomb detonated 250 miles over Kansas could cripple many modern electronic devices and systems in the continental US and take out the power grid for a long time. … A solar storm similar to the one that occurred in 1 ... TPile - popmartian.com/techpile |
| Natures Path Organic Hot Cereal Pouch Apple Cinnamon, 14-Ounce Box … 1 day ago by riled apple .slashdot.org Offers threaded discussions related to news for Apple users. apple .slashdot.org APPLE - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com Apple’s stock took a brief roller coaster ride this morning after a CNN “citizen . … [Continue Reading] - Are You Riled Up? - - riled.localferret.com |
| Sprint’s Xohm WiMax Network Debuts In Baltimore, Works Well 1 day ago by admin bsk_cw writes “Sprint’s newly launched Xohm service is now offering America’s first WiMax network. Computerworld’s Brian Nadel went to Baltimore to try it out, and he reports that Xohm delivered data smoothly to a car moving at highway speeds, played YouTube videos flawlessly, and on average, pushed ... TPile - popmartian.com/techpile |
| UK Government Says More Spying Needed 1 day ago by admin An anonymous reader writes “Our wonderful government here in the UK has decided we’re not being surveilled enough, and agreed to spend £12 billion on a programme to monitor every Briton’s phone calls, e-mails, and internet usage. According to various sources, upwards of £1 billion has already been s ... TPile - popmartian.com/techpile |
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