"Windows Phone 7 is “finally” jailbroken! ChevronWP7, the unlocker tool, works with every WP7 phone and allows for the side loading of apps, the use of private APIs, and access to low level functionality. Basically, it unleashes your WP7 phone."
via Windows Phone 7 Gets Jailbroken | Gizmodo Australia.
Friday, November 26, 2010
Essential android apps - From my HTC HD2
- AppBrain App Market -
Great for backing up your app install (built into windows marketplace but additional on Android)
- Tetrīs -
Speaks for itself
- The Moron Test: Section 1 -
Funny test to fool your friends
- Ohm's Law -
The age old calulation of power
- WordPress -
Enables me to post to my blog
- PAC-MAN Championship Ed. Demo -
Not yet tested
- Angry Birds -
Crazy addictive game of slingshotting birds at piggies
- Yellow Pages® Australia -
Speaks for itself
- Google Earth -
Again google Earth speaks for itself
- Retro Camera -
Great retro camera effects
- Horoscope and Tarot -
For those who are into this stuff
- Flash Player 10.1 -
Flash rocks lol
- Google Sky Map -
Very cool almost augmented reality app to show you whats up there in the sky
- Adobe Photoshop Express -
Editing images on the run
- Winamp -
Really whips the llamas ass
- FxCamera -
More camera effects
- Google Goggles -
Take a photo of something and let google find it, translate it or identify it
- Star Wars Light Saber -
shooosh shooosh
- Shazam -
Identify that song thats driving you crazy
- Foursquare -
Check in at places all over the world and show your friends where you are, reccommend a place or score free or discounted stuff
- MSN Messenger Droid X -
Good old msn
- Earth Live Wallpaper -
Live Wallpaper
- Tricorder -
Real working Star Trek Tricorder - shows magentic fields, gforces, radio signals and more
- Bump -
Bump into a friend and share something with them
- Speedtest.net Speed Test -
My HD2 can get 1mbit by 1mbit transfers, on Optus. How fast is your mobile internet?
- SydneyTrain - NSW Australia -
Need to catch a train, look it up with this handy app
- Sydney Traffic Cameras -
Avoid traffic before you reach it
- Instant Heart Rate -
Uses camera to detect your heart rate
- Wifi Analyzer -
Shows WiFi signals strength and channel
- Tuner - gStrings -
Tune your guitar
- Urban Dictionary -
The Urban Dictionary, everything and anything
- Bubble -
Bubble level
- Voice Search -
Google Voice search
- Metal Detector -
Yup it finds metal
- Compass -
Where am i going?
- Advanced Task Killer -
Essential for managing your running apps and keeping your phone running smooth
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Cloning a Domain Controller: Part 2
If your cloned DC is not a Global Catalog server then you will need to do an additional step, disable the GC check:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa
Type: Dword
Name: IgnoreGCFailures
Value = 0x1
This will stop your dc from waiting for GC and will enable logons.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa
Type: Dword
Name: IgnoreGCFailures
Value = 0x1
This will stop your dc from waiting for GC and will enable logons.
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Hacking the Kinect
The race to hack the Kinect and use it for some cool things....
The Microsoft Kinect is a great device, but is it only for the XBOX? Several advances have already been made in using it for other means, including using it as a 3D bullet time style pan and zoom, Minority Report style pc control and i am sure there will be plenty more to come.
It's not the first time XBOX hardware has been used for other means, after all the hardware is all based on the USB standard.
The article below tells a great story of how the Kinect has been eagerly awaited and is the new toy for hackers everywhere.
"While they waited, others charged ahead. By Saturday 6 November, a hacker who goes by the nickname AlexP had gained control of the Kinect's motors. Microsoft tried to quash the news, saying the Kinect had not been hacked "in any way". The hacking community took it as an affront. "This is silly, so now we've made it $3k," wrote Adafruit."
via Inside the race to hack the Kinect - tech - 23 November 2010 - New Scientist.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Life @
"More than 80 per cent of the habitats on Earth are colder than 5 °C – but there is no shortage of species that can cope with the chill"
Amazingly enough 80% of life on Earth exists at below 5 Degrees Celsius. Bacteria make up some of that but they sease to function at minus 15C. Animals such as the Arctic Springtails can survive by producing an antifreeze and having a structure that has no point at which ice caould form.
Amazing world we live in, you'll need to subscribe but it's free to check out the below article.
via Extreme survival: Life frozen solid - environment - 16 November 2010 - New Scientist.
Silverlight 360 - Xbox to support silverlight soon?!
It seems MS is toying with the idea of Silverlight on Xbox 360. Meaning they will have a common platform between Windows Phone 7, Desktop PC and XBOX 360.
More below...
Monday, November 22, 2010
Is Wi-Fi bad for us? it appears it may be bad for trees at least.
Personally i beleive that magnetic or radio based radiation from digital devices could influence the electrical processes in our brains, but if that means there is any physical or perminent damage...well that's another argument all together.
Follwoing is a quote fromt he study and below that a link to more information, judge for yourself.
"The study exposed 20 ash trees to various radiation sources for a period of three months. Trees placed closest to the Wi-Fi radio demonstrated a “lead-like shine” on their leaves that was caused by the dying of the upper and lower epidermis of the leaves. This would eventually result in the death of parts of the leaves. The study also found that Wi-Fi radiation could inhibit the growth of corn cobs."
via Study Says Wi-Fi Makes Trees Sick | Gizmodo Australia.
Follwoing is a quote fromt he study and below that a link to more information, judge for yourself.
"The study exposed 20 ash trees to various radiation sources for a period of three months. Trees placed closest to the Wi-Fi radio demonstrated a “lead-like shine” on their leaves that was caused by the dying of the upper and lower epidermis of the leaves. This would eventually result in the death of parts of the leaves. The study also found that Wi-Fi radiation could inhibit the growth of corn cobs."
via Study Says Wi-Fi Makes Trees Sick | Gizmodo Australia.
Kinect hacking - taking the same line as minmo hackers?
The following article details some links of how Microsoft was threatening hackers of the Kinect that they might sue them. It turns out, like the minmo hackers and cooks such as those on XDA Developers (including myself), Microsoft are going to ignore (and probably copy) the ideas these hackers are coming up with.
Microsoft To Kinect Hackers: We Will Not Sue You! | Gizmodo Australia.
Microsoft To Kinect Hackers: We Will Not Sue You! | Gizmodo Australia.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
We need more of this IMHO - Religeous debate in schools - Cammary Public School kids asked to choose song not referencing god or jesus in end of year concert.
I'm not sure what to be more surprised about, the fact that people are upset that kids were asked to be more inclusive of other religions (by excluding specific christian elements), or that it's an issue that someone did ask that.
This is the 21st century and in my opinion religious fanatisim has not place especially in schools.
More in the Mosman Weekly's Article below:-
Mamma Mia! Don't mention God - Education - News - Mosman Daily.
This is the 21st century and in my opinion religious fanatisim has not place especially in schools.
More in the Mosman Weekly's Article below:-
Mamma Mia! Don't mention God - Education - News - Mosman Daily.
Blu-ray now with more blu??!
A recently developed trick of light to bring microscopic images into sharper 3D focus, could be used to cram more data onto a blu-ray disc.
"An optical lens might appear to focus light to a fine point, but on the nanoscopic scale, the focal point is smeared out in the direction of light propagation – the beam's optical axis – to create a cigar-shaped cylinder. Improving that axial resolution is key to focusing clearly on nanoscopic layers within a sample under the microscope to pick out important detail. It could also allow lasers to focus more precisely within a Blu-ray disc, making it possible to squeeze more layers – and more data – onto each disc."
More info in the below article from New Scientist...
via Mirror trick could boost Blu-ray discs - tech - 17 November 2010 - New Scientist.
"An optical lens might appear to focus light to a fine point, but on the nanoscopic scale, the focal point is smeared out in the direction of light propagation – the beam's optical axis – to create a cigar-shaped cylinder. Improving that axial resolution is key to focusing clearly on nanoscopic layers within a sample under the microscope to pick out important detail. It could also allow lasers to focus more precisely within a Blu-ray disc, making it possible to squeeze more layers – and more data – onto each disc."
More info in the below article from New Scientist...
via Mirror trick could boost Blu-ray discs - tech - 17 November 2010 - New Scientist.
Anti-er stuff - Antihydrogen finally captured
If you have some basic physics knowledge then you'll be aware at least of the existence of antimatter. Antimatter is oppositely charged matter for the actual matter we can see. Usually referred to in the contect of positrons and neutrons.
Scientists at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland have finally acheived via an experiment called ALPHA the mysterious capture of antihydrogen.
More below in the New Scientist article...
Antihydrogen trapped at long last - physics-math - 17 November 2010 - New Scientist.
Scientists at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland have finally acheived via an experiment called ALPHA the mysterious capture of antihydrogen.
More below in the New Scientist article...
Antihydrogen trapped at long last - physics-math - 17 November 2010 - New Scientist.
Super (efficient) car from AMG
Mercedes-Benz have produced an amazing AMG CLS 63 that not only hauls ass but also gets great economy. Personally it looks quite good too:
Tobacco advertising to be restricted on the internet in Australia from today
With thousands of people suffering from tobacco related deseases and only more occuring every day, Australia will be restricting tobacco advertising on the internet from today. Health Minister Nicola Roxon has said "Prohibiting retailers from peddling cigarettes as 'cheap' or 'tax-free' on the internet is the latest step in the...government's hard hitting and comprehensive action to reduce Australia's smoking rates," Health Minister Nicola Roxon said in announcing the new legislation to go to parliament. Together with our efforts to mandate the plain packaging of tobacco products from 2012, Australia is on track to have the world's toughest measures against tobacco, Tobacco use is Australia's single largest cause of premature death and disease, killing 15,000 Australians a year and costing our economy A$31.5 billion."
Personally i do not smoke and find it rude to have to take in a lung full of someones second hand smoke. I welcome any effort to restrict it, in fact i call for a ban of smoking on public footpaths and within wind distance of any place where food is consumed. Perhaps it's time to bbring Maxwell Smarts cone of silence back as a way of extracting the smoke away from the non smokers.
Australia to restrict internet tobacco advertising | Reuters.
Personally i do not smoke and find it rude to have to take in a lung full of someones second hand smoke. I welcome any effort to restrict it, in fact i call for a ban of smoking on public footpaths and within wind distance of any place where food is consumed. Perhaps it's time to bbring Maxwell Smarts cone of silence back as a way of extracting the smoke away from the non smokers.
Australia to restrict internet tobacco advertising | Reuters.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Mothrabot - how to control a robot with a moth brain
Not a huge amount on this, but the link below shows a video and some links to information of researchers at the University of Technology in Tokyo doing reseach on connecting a moth's brain to a robot to allow it to track scents.
Crazy Japanese lol who knows it may be useful sometime.
New Scientist TV: Cyborg moths are on the move.
Crazy Japanese lol who knows it may be useful sometime.
New Scientist TV: Cyborg moths are on the move.
Joules from Bits, Energy from information
Maxwell's Demon is a thought experiment created by James clerk Maxwell, a scottish physicist. It claims to show that the 2nd law of Thermodynamics has only statistical certainty.
Basically the experiment has an imaginary container divided into two parts by an insulated wall, and a door that can be opened and closed by this "Maxwell's Demon". The demon is only allowed to let "hot" molecules of gas into one side of the chamber. The effect is that this side seems to spontaneously heat up and the other side cools down. The second law of Thermodynmaics says that if two bodies of differing temperature are brought together and insulated from everything else, that they will equalise to the same temperature.
Researchers in Japan lead by Eiro Muneyuki from Chuo University and Masaki Sano from the University of Tokyo have used a tiny roto and a small electric field to construct this experiment in real life.
They have shown using small foam balls and an electric field, that by simply observing and altering the electric field based upon the observation, they can cause this small rotor to behave in a way that seems to prove Maxwell's Demon.
"The researchers worked out that the exchange rate between energy and information matches theoretical predictions: at room temperature, one bit of information converts to about 3 x 10-21 joules."
The full explaination is below in the New Scientist article:
via Summon a 'demon' to turn information into energy - physics-math - 15 November 2010 - New Scientist.
Basically the experiment has an imaginary container divided into two parts by an insulated wall, and a door that can be opened and closed by this "Maxwell's Demon". The demon is only allowed to let "hot" molecules of gas into one side of the chamber. The effect is that this side seems to spontaneously heat up and the other side cools down. The second law of Thermodynmaics says that if two bodies of differing temperature are brought together and insulated from everything else, that they will equalise to the same temperature.
Researchers in Japan lead by Eiro Muneyuki from Chuo University and Masaki Sano from the University of Tokyo have used a tiny roto and a small electric field to construct this experiment in real life.
They have shown using small foam balls and an electric field, that by simply observing and altering the electric field based upon the observation, they can cause this small rotor to behave in a way that seems to prove Maxwell's Demon.
"The researchers worked out that the exchange rate between energy and information matches theoretical predictions: at room temperature, one bit of information converts to about 3 x 10-21 joules."
The full explaination is below in the New Scientist article:
via Summon a 'demon' to turn information into energy - physics-math - 15 November 2010 - New Scientist.
Stuxnet virus, a secret ploy to take down iranian nuclear projects?
It has been suggested by Symantec after spending many months reverse engineering the Stuxnet virus, that it was targeting nuclear installations. Symantec actually fell just short of stating such, but it's pretty clear from the report that this is the case. Below is an extract of the wired.com story:
"the secret-spilling site WikiLeaks posted an announcement saying that an anonymous source had disclosed that a “serious” nuclear incident had recently occurred at Natanz. Information published by the Federation of American Scientists in the United States indicates that something may indeed have occurred to Iran’s nuclear program. Statistics from 2009 show that the number of enriched centrifuges operational in Iran mysteriously declined from about 4,700 to about 3,900 beginning around the time the nuclear incident WikiLeaks mentioned would have occurred.
Researchers who have spent months reverse-engineering the Stuxnet code say its level of sophistication suggests that a well-resourced nation-state is behind the attack"
Scary thought that someone with a lot of resources, i.e. a government agency, had something to do with this.
via Clues Suggest Stuxnet Virus Was Built for Subtle Nuclear Sabotage | Threat Level | Wired.com.
"the secret-spilling site WikiLeaks posted an announcement saying that an anonymous source had disclosed that a “serious” nuclear incident had recently occurred at Natanz. Information published by the Federation of American Scientists in the United States indicates that something may indeed have occurred to Iran’s nuclear program. Statistics from 2009 show that the number of enriched centrifuges operational in Iran mysteriously declined from about 4,700 to about 3,900 beginning around the time the nuclear incident WikiLeaks mentioned would have occurred.
Researchers who have spent months reverse-engineering the Stuxnet code say its level of sophistication suggests that a well-resourced nation-state is behind the attack"
Scary thought that someone with a lot of resources, i.e. a government agency, had something to do with this.
via Clues Suggest Stuxnet Virus Was Built for Subtle Nuclear Sabotage | Threat Level | Wired.com.
Monday, November 15, 2010
FeMail? Facebook introduces full featured email
There's quite a bit of hype around today about Facebook introducing full blown email.
Reports say that there will be full client as well as webmail access and that email will be filtered based on your activities. So if an email for example arrives that is from soemone not in your friends list, or not someone who has been tagged in a photo with you, the email would be filtered out.
It's being claimed that this may just blow gmail out of the water, that remains to be seen i guess.
Personally i don't use either, Exchange web access is my choice, i'm lucky enough to be able to host my own. Microsoft and other providers also offer exchange hosting at pretty good prices.
Facebook to revamp messaging service: source | Reuters.
Reports say that there will be full client as well as webmail access and that email will be filtered based on your activities. So if an email for example arrives that is from soemone not in your friends list, or not someone who has been tagged in a photo with you, the email would be filtered out.
It's being claimed that this may just blow gmail out of the water, that remains to be seen i guess.
Personally i don't use either, Exchange web access is my choice, i'm lucky enough to be able to host my own. Microsoft and other providers also offer exchange hosting at pretty good prices.
Facebook to revamp messaging service: source | Reuters.
Another cool use for the Kinect
3D camera with "Matrix" style bullet time zoom and pan.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QrnwoO1-8A[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QrnwoO1-8A[/youtube]
Real life Minority Report style PC browsing
Thanks to some tricky modders who have already hacked the Microsoft Kinect, a proof of concept video has emerged demonstrating how to use the kinect to browse pictures on your pc with multitouch.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho6Yhz21BJI[/youtube]
Kinda cool don't you think? can't wait to see what else they come up with :)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho6Yhz21BJI[/youtube]
Kinda cool don't you think? can't wait to see what else they come up with :)
The best use of an Apple product so far!
Artist Michael Tompert's 12LVE exhibition, depicts various Apple products in varying states of destroyedness lol this would have to be the most useful way i have seen yet to use an Apple product.
An iPhone 4 smashed wirth a hammer
Macbook Air shot with a 9mm.
See the rest of Michael's art here:-
http://www.cultofmac.com/what-happens-when-you-shoot-an-ipad-and-other-pictures/69037
An iPhone 4 smashed wirth a hammer
Macbook Air shot with a 9mm.
See the rest of Michael's art here:-
http://www.cultofmac.com/what-happens-when-you-shoot-an-ipad-and-other-pictures/69037
Friday, November 12, 2010
Running Joomla vis IIS7 Reverse Proxy - Error 500 Internal Server Error
After a FREB trace (and some hair tearing out) i have worked out that urlrewrite on IIS7 reverse proxying to linux Joomla website will not work when GZIP compression is turned on.
To fix, browse locally to your joomla site, go to Global Config.
On the server tab, ensure use gzip compression is set to no.
This will enable urlrewrite on IIS7 to properly rewrite the outgoing rules.
To fix, browse locally to your joomla site, go to Global Config.
On the server tab, ensure use gzip compression is set to no.
This will enable urlrewrite on IIS7 to properly rewrite the outgoing rules.
Mystery Guitar Man - About time i pressed this, he rocks check it out
Most creative youtube channel/person i have come accross. His videos never fail to amuse me, i hope they amuse you as much.
One of my all time favs her: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqARrjYOKd4[/youtube]
And another: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcnPIPzOpQE[/youtube]
Robot Jam Session
A robot called Shimon has been created by a team at Georgia Institute of Technology and is claimed to be able to play the marimba along with human musicians. It has the ability to listen and play along with music.
http://brightcove.newscientist.com/services/player/bcpid659647535001?bctid=670298890001
New Scientist TV: Robot musician jams with humans.
http://brightcove.newscientist.com/services/player/bcpid659647535001?bctid=670298890001
New Scientist TV: Robot musician jams with humans.
Precognition - We can see the future?!
In a paper about to be published, Daryl J. Bem of Cernell University, claims that we may actually be able to "Feel the future". His paper is entitled "Feeling the Future: Experimental Evidence for Anomalous Retroactive Influences on Cognition and Affect", and is due to be published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology this year.
In his paper he explains his experiments of over 1000 student volunteers indicate that precognition or psi may actually be a valid phenomenon.
Skeptics of the paper have come out saying that even though they find it rediculas, there are no real major faults in the paper.
Tests in the past have indicated that the human brain may be able to preempt emotioins to images that have yet to be seen but this paper goes over many past experiments as well as his own.
Interestingly Bem has done experiments in reversed order, to study the reverse effect of older experiments also. In one experiment, students were shown a list of words. They were then asked to recall words from that list, then were told to type words that had been randomly selected from the same list. Interestingly the students recalled the words that they would later type.
Another experiment adapted from "priming" - the effect of subliminally presenting a word in response to an image; Bem for example flashed a word like "ugly" but associated it with an image regarded as not ugly, and found it took longer for the test subject to rationalise the feeling of the image.
The paper is linked above and New Scientist elaborates below:
Is this evidence that we can see the future? - life - 11 November 2010 - New Scientist.
In his paper he explains his experiments of over 1000 student volunteers indicate that precognition or psi may actually be a valid phenomenon.
Skeptics of the paper have come out saying that even though they find it rediculas, there are no real major faults in the paper.
Tests in the past have indicated that the human brain may be able to preempt emotioins to images that have yet to be seen but this paper goes over many past experiments as well as his own.
Interestingly Bem has done experiments in reversed order, to study the reverse effect of older experiments also. In one experiment, students were shown a list of words. They were then asked to recall words from that list, then were told to type words that had been randomly selected from the same list. Interestingly the students recalled the words that they would later type.
Another experiment adapted from "priming" - the effect of subliminally presenting a word in response to an image; Bem for example flashed a word like "ugly" but associated it with an image regarded as not ugly, and found it took longer for the test subject to rationalise the feeling of the image.
The paper is linked above and New Scientist elaborates below:
Is this evidence that we can see the future? - life - 11 November 2010 - New Scientist.
Sydney transport woes
Northern Line service at 9.30 am on a Friday! Seriously where is everyone going at that time of day??
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Thursday, November 11, 2010
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Cloning Microsoft Active Directory Server into a Test environment
If, like a current project i am working on, you find yourself wanting to bring a copy of your Active Directory domain in to a test environment, and you have multiple replicating domain controllers, you might find yourself with a stand alone DC not allowing you to log on.
After a lengthy search of Google and a call to Microsoft i have managed to find a workable solution.
Basically, in 2003 anyway, each domain controller will try and do an initial sync when it starts up. Makes sense when you think about it, you don't want a rogue DC sending out old data after being off for a while.
To stop this and allow the DC to start up and accept logons, there is a nice little registry hack that will allow this.
A note is to try and get a GC so you don't get stuck looking for one.
The following entry will solve your issues:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NTDS\Parameters
Type:DWORD
Key:Repl Perform Initial Synchronizations
value:0x0
What it does is allows the server to load it's domain services and start allowing logons without waiting to do a sync with the DC's around it.
:)
After a lengthy search of Google and a call to Microsoft i have managed to find a workable solution.
Basically, in 2003 anyway, each domain controller will try and do an initial sync when it starts up. Makes sense when you think about it, you don't want a rogue DC sending out old data after being off for a while.
To stop this and allow the DC to start up and accept logons, there is a nice little registry hack that will allow this.
A note is to try and get a GC so you don't get stuck looking for one.
The following entry will solve your issues:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NTDS\Parameters
Type:DWORD
Key:Repl Perform Initial Synchronizations
value:0x0
What it does is allows the server to load it's domain services and start allowing logons without waiting to do a sync with the DC's around it.
:)
Designer clothes are pricey because of the quality of manufacture right???
Shame Shame Shame - In a Darren Hinch voice lol
"An investigation into Sydney's sweatshops by The Sunday Telegraph has found leading fashion designers including Nicola Finetti, Natasha Gan and Ginger&Smart, are paying Vietnamese and Chinese families between $10 and $35 to produce clothes later sold in stores for at least 10 times the price."
via Designers' suburban sweatshop shame | The Daily Telegraph.
"An investigation into Sydney's sweatshops by The Sunday Telegraph has found leading fashion designers including Nicola Finetti, Natasha Gan and Ginger&Smart, are paying Vietnamese and Chinese families between $10 and $35 to produce clothes later sold in stores for at least 10 times the price."
via Designers' suburban sweatshop shame | The Daily Telegraph.
Internet Archive: Wayback Machine - Long lost websites found
The Internet Archive: Wayback Machine is a great site i found today that allows you to go back through time on the internet to as far back as 1996.
I am happy today becuase i found my photography website that i lost and loved and have yet been abel to reproduce.
Check out the link above, type a website in and you'll be presented with a list of archived sites by date. Interesting being able to look back at internet sites as a snapshot in time. If only this were availabel for life!
I am happy today becuase i found my photography website that i lost and loved and have yet been abel to reproduce.
Check out the link above, type a website in and you'll be presented with a list of archived sites by date. Interesting being able to look back at internet sites as a snapshot in time. If only this were availabel for life!
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Gillard wants to censor your internet
I have posted before about the internet filter, following is the article from news.com.au that explains the hard stance being held by Julia Gillard.
"Prime Minister Julia Gillard isn't budging on dropping the unpopular internet filter, saying it is a moral judgment the government needs to make.
The coalition and the Greens are unlikely to support proposed new laws that will see inappropriate content filters through internet service providers.
But, Ms Gillard remains defiant: "The internet filter is appropriate".
"It is unlawful for me to go to the cinema and watch some certain sorts of content, that's unlawful, we believe it to be wrong," she told the Queensland Media Club in Brisbane on Tuesday.
"Content that is child abuse, incredibly violent pornography, we say that is wrong and we don't show it in Australian cinemas.
"If we accept that, then it seems to me the moral question is not changed by the medium that the image has come through."
She said the government is working through how the internet filter could be introduced without slowing down connection speed or accidentally banning content that is appropriate.
Under the plan, all Internet Service Providers (ISP) in Australia would be required to use a filter to block sites that are refused classification by the The Australian Communications and Media Authority, including child sexual abuse imagery, bestiality, sexual violence, detailed instruction in crime, violence or drug use and material that advocates the doing of a terrorist act."
We must stand up against this and stop the freedom of information from being stunted by inappropriate and unworkable solutions. It's not what gets blocked that is definately bad that i am worried about, it's the statement that anything that is not classified will also be blocked. We have already seen this with R18+ video games not being allowed into the country siumply because there is no R rating for video games.
It's a dangerous path to follow, if you cannot properly classify everything then you should not block it.
via EFA » Your Say: Gillard won’t budge on internet filter.
"Prime Minister Julia Gillard isn't budging on dropping the unpopular internet filter, saying it is a moral judgment the government needs to make.
The coalition and the Greens are unlikely to support proposed new laws that will see inappropriate content filters through internet service providers.
But, Ms Gillard remains defiant: "The internet filter is appropriate".
"It is unlawful for me to go to the cinema and watch some certain sorts of content, that's unlawful, we believe it to be wrong," she told the Queensland Media Club in Brisbane on Tuesday.
"Content that is child abuse, incredibly violent pornography, we say that is wrong and we don't show it in Australian cinemas.
"If we accept that, then it seems to me the moral question is not changed by the medium that the image has come through."
She said the government is working through how the internet filter could be introduced without slowing down connection speed or accidentally banning content that is appropriate.
Under the plan, all Internet Service Providers (ISP) in Australia would be required to use a filter to block sites that are refused classification by the The Australian Communications and Media Authority, including child sexual abuse imagery, bestiality, sexual violence, detailed instruction in crime, violence or drug use and material that advocates the doing of a terrorist act."
We must stand up against this and stop the freedom of information from being stunted by inappropriate and unworkable solutions. It's not what gets blocked that is definately bad that i am worried about, it's the statement that anything that is not classified will also be blocked. We have already seen this with R18+ video games not being allowed into the country siumply because there is no R rating for video games.
It's a dangerous path to follow, if you cannot properly classify everything then you should not block it.
via EFA » Your Say: Gillard won’t budge on internet filter.
Virtual Law - virtually real.
"Virtual law is interesting because these environments are in one sense fictional, in another very real. People invest real money and time and create real relationships" - Greg Lastowka
I have spent my share of time in online and have also created content in these worlds. Sometimes even linking them to real world art and products. I have met many people doing the same and we have spoken many times about the legal implications and any protection that is afforded to us as content creators.
Generally your copywrite is honoured and there isn't really an issue, however with the online world becoming even more real and indepth it's aparent that some kind of process and legal protection needs to be established.
Worlds such as Second Life and others afford a huge range of options for creating content. This provides a very rich world of art and products tapping into creativity that may be difficult or impossible in real life.
The following article includes and interview with Greg and makes for interesting reading.
via CultureLab: Online law man: Virtual worlds need real laws.
I have spent my share of time in online and have also created content in these worlds. Sometimes even linking them to real world art and products. I have met many people doing the same and we have spoken many times about the legal implications and any protection that is afforded to us as content creators.
Generally your copywrite is honoured and there isn't really an issue, however with the online world becoming even more real and indepth it's aparent that some kind of process and legal protection needs to be established.
Worlds such as Second Life and others afford a huge range of options for creating content. This provides a very rich world of art and products tapping into creativity that may be difficult or impossible in real life.
The following article includes and interview with Greg and makes for interesting reading.
via CultureLab: Online law man: Virtual worlds need real laws.
Cannabis compounds make newborn females more masculine - life - 08 November 2010 - New Scientist
"When newborn female rats are given a substance mimicking cannabis, their brains become more masculine – as does their behaviour."
Is a new revelation found during a study by the University of Maryland in Baltimore.
Apparently the female brain has a smaller endocannabinoid system, involving brain receprots that react to canabis.
While the study did not use plant derived canabis, it certainly is interesting to see such a profound reaction to such a compound and provides an interesting line of study to further understand the compound and it's effect on brain functions.
More below...
via Cannabis compounds make newborn females more masculine - life - 08 November 2010 - New Scientist.
Is a new revelation found during a study by the University of Maryland in Baltimore.
Apparently the female brain has a smaller endocannabinoid system, involving brain receprots that react to canabis.
While the study did not use plant derived canabis, it certainly is interesting to see such a profound reaction to such a compound and provides an interesting line of study to further understand the compound and it's effect on brain functions.
More below...
via Cannabis compounds make newborn females more masculine - life - 08 November 2010 - New Scientist.
Monday, November 8, 2010
Personal genomics tests getting more accessible - know your risks
Technology is advancing and an article in todays New Scientist made me look into the possibility of being able to get my DNA sequence mapped.
Asdie from health indicators, services such as the below listed 23andMe provide ancestry tracing and mapping to regions or similar genes from cultures around the world.
"David Kaufman of the Genetics and Public Policy Center in Washington DC quizzed 1048 customers who had ordered genome scans from Decode Genetics of Reykjavik, Iceland, 23andMe of Mountain View, California, or Navigenics, based in Foster City, California."
David found that a significant number of people had made lifestyle changes after learning about their genetic risks.
via Personal genomics tests prompt lifestyle changes - health - 05 November 2010 - New Scientist.
Asdie from health indicators, services such as the below listed 23andMe provide ancestry tracing and mapping to regions or similar genes from cultures around the world.
"David Kaufman of the Genetics and Public Policy Center in Washington DC quizzed 1048 customers who had ordered genome scans from Decode Genetics of Reykjavik, Iceland, 23andMe of Mountain View, California, or Navigenics, based in Foster City, California."
David found that a significant number of people had made lifestyle changes after learning about their genetic risks.
via Personal genomics tests prompt lifestyle changes - health - 05 November 2010 - New Scientist.
Gizmodo - Weekly NBN Wrap Up
Gizmodo have started a regular weekly article of NBN updates. With such an important and profound change in our technology infrastructure, it's important to understand what is going on and what we will be delivered by the end of it.
To most people this might not seem like much but there are many people living in and around cities that are still getting bad and slow connection to the net. The future of the net will include things like TV, health and other educational resources and a high quality clear transmission network is going to be an absolute must.
This is the future of all Australians we are talking abotu here, especially the remote, young and ill who currently find very limited resources and options available to them.
So be sure to click the link below and check each week for what our future will include in this information age.
What Happened With The NBN This Week? | Gizmodo Australia.
To most people this might not seem like much but there are many people living in and around cities that are still getting bad and slow connection to the net. The future of the net will include things like TV, health and other educational resources and a high quality clear transmission network is going to be an absolute must.
This is the future of all Australians we are talking abotu here, especially the remote, young and ill who currently find very limited resources and options available to them.
So be sure to click the link below and check each week for what our future will include in this information age.
What Happened With The NBN This Week? | Gizmodo Australia.
Kinect - hacked already?
Apparently the Microsoft Kinect device has been hacked already. The youtube clip below would have us beleive anyway.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkODbZwGinQ&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]
Microsoft Kinect Hacked? Already?! | Gizmodo Australia.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkODbZwGinQ&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]
Microsoft Kinect Hacked? Already?! | Gizmodo Australia.
The Face of Sydney - City of Sydney
The face of Sydney, as morphed from over 160 000 residents. Interesting way to show a "normalization" of what sydney siders look like if we were all merged together.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Midnight Juggernaut — Now brought to you by CentOS via IIS 7.0
So yeah, ARR or Application Request Routing is a new feature of Microsoft's IIS 7 and 7.5. Basically among other things it allows reverse proxy.
What does this mean? well up until now i have run wordpress and joomla under IIS with Windows running PHP. This works, pretty well actually but you still find that plugins and some features of applications like wordpress still require linux.
Solution?
Run it on linux or sometimes referred to as LAMP (Linux Apache MySQL PHP). Use ARR via URLrewrite to send all requests for wordpress and joomla based sites to the linux server. This enables me to still run my Exchange web access to my HD2 and a LAMP environment, giving me the best of both worlds.
The process is quite straight forward, simple install and enable ARR then create a site for the web page you want to serve. On the site click URLRewrite and select reverse proxy rule under new rule.
Ensure you put in the host header of the site you are configuring and the ip address of the linux server. Be sure to check the outgoing rules and viola! a WIISLAMP (Windows IIS Linux Apache MySQL PHP) environment.
What does this mean? well up until now i have run wordpress and joomla under IIS with Windows running PHP. This works, pretty well actually but you still find that plugins and some features of applications like wordpress still require linux.
Solution?
Run it on linux or sometimes referred to as LAMP (Linux Apache MySQL PHP). Use ARR via URLrewrite to send all requests for wordpress and joomla based sites to the linux server. This enables me to still run my Exchange web access to my HD2 and a LAMP environment, giving me the best of both worlds.
The process is quite straight forward, simple install and enable ARR then create a site for the web page you want to serve. On the site click URLRewrite and select reverse proxy rule under new rule.
Ensure you put in the host header of the site you are configuring and the ip address of the linux server. Be sure to check the outgoing rules and viola! a WIISLAMP (Windows IIS Linux Apache MySQL PHP) environment.
Some NBN Facts - Why it will be better than what we have.
So with the bickering and BS going on between Conroy and Turnbul, i think it's worth defining a couple of facts.
1. NBN will not only provider higher speed but clearer transmissions, meaning that the data coming down the line will be cleaner and will work much better with things like streaming media.
2. NBN will not cost much more then current ADSL 2+, in fact Internode are already offering "ADSL2+" over fibre at the same cost and plan allowances as thier standard ADSL2+ plans.
3. No extra equipment will be required in your house, all you need to do is plug the network link directly into your current router or wireless (a firewall is advised of course however).
4. The NBN is already half way there, since doing a deal with Telstra, some existing fibre will be used bringing the cost and time of completion down.
5. The NBN is what we have been needing for the last 10 years, with notable quotes from people like Bill Gates saying we are years behind the rest when it comes to data networks in Australia, NZ have been ahead of us in ADSL for years.
6. Data costs in Australia are extremely expsensive and make things like "Cloud" computing unfeasible. The NBN will go a long way to rectifying that.
It's pretty clear that this is the case, and no matter what BS pollies want to spit out these facts cannot be refuted. It will be a good thing, it may cost a lot, maybe even more than it should but it's long called for and we must bite the bullet at some point.
Following is a similar article from Gizmodo....
NBN “$400 Per Room” Installation Fee Is A Load Of Crap | Gizmodo Australia.
1. NBN will not only provider higher speed but clearer transmissions, meaning that the data coming down the line will be cleaner and will work much better with things like streaming media.
2. NBN will not cost much more then current ADSL 2+, in fact Internode are already offering "ADSL2+" over fibre at the same cost and plan allowances as thier standard ADSL2+ plans.
3. No extra equipment will be required in your house, all you need to do is plug the network link directly into your current router or wireless (a firewall is advised of course however).
4. The NBN is already half way there, since doing a deal with Telstra, some existing fibre will be used bringing the cost and time of completion down.
5. The NBN is what we have been needing for the last 10 years, with notable quotes from people like Bill Gates saying we are years behind the rest when it comes to data networks in Australia, NZ have been ahead of us in ADSL for years.
6. Data costs in Australia are extremely expsensive and make things like "Cloud" computing unfeasible. The NBN will go a long way to rectifying that.
It's pretty clear that this is the case, and no matter what BS pollies want to spit out these facts cannot be refuted. It will be a good thing, it may cost a lot, maybe even more than it should but it's long called for and we must bite the bullet at some point.
Following is a similar article from Gizmodo....
NBN “$400 Per Room” Installation Fee Is A Load Of Crap | Gizmodo Australia.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Underground art scene - the real underground...
New York has an underground art scene!
The curators, identified by the names PAC and Workhorse, came up with this idea after discovering an underground subway station that had been built but never quite finished and not used.
The entry to this station is via a nearby live subway station between trains, making the experience quite risky both for access by artists and for anyone wanting to come and view the artwork.
The project is a kind of sacred shrine to the artwork it contains and if your feeling adventurous then go on and head down to the subway and into the darkness for what is no doubt going to be a very interesting experience.
Where Is New York City’s Secret Subway Art Gallery? | Gizmodo Australia.
The curators, identified by the names PAC and Workhorse, came up with this idea after discovering an underground subway station that had been built but never quite finished and not used.
The entry to this station is via a nearby live subway station between trains, making the experience quite risky both for access by artists and for anyone wanting to come and view the artwork.
The project is a kind of sacred shrine to the artwork it contains and if your feeling adventurous then go on and head down to the subway and into the darkness for what is no doubt going to be a very interesting experience.
Where Is New York City’s Secret Subway Art Gallery? | Gizmodo Australia.
The world through childrens eyes is a different world indeed.
It seems that children really do see the world differently. New research stidues have shown that children see objects embossed as concave or convex differently than adults.
It seems a childs point of view assumes light from below where adults assume light is from above. Meaning that children may see things that adults think are concave as in fact convex.
"Jim Stone at the University of Sheffield, UK, showed embossed shapes such as squares and shaded images such as footprints to 171 children aged from 4 to 10. Each child was shown 10 images and asked whether they were convex or concave."
More information can be found in the following article form New Scientist.
via Children really do see things differently - life - 31 October 2010 - New Scientist.
It seems a childs point of view assumes light from below where adults assume light is from above. Meaning that children may see things that adults think are concave as in fact convex.
"Jim Stone at the University of Sheffield, UK, showed embossed shapes such as squares and shaded images such as footprints to 171 children aged from 4 to 10. Each child was shown 10 images and asked whether they were convex or concave."
More information can be found in the following article form New Scientist.
via Children really do see things differently - life - 31 October 2010 - New Scientist.
Mood lighting, more than just a saying so it seems.
Research has shown that light, specifically blue light, can affect our moods. Blue light is known to reduce the production of Melatonin, a hormone produced by humans to induce sleep and time our Circadian rhythm.
Research has now shown that certain emotions are enhanced by blue light.
"During emotional processing, the functional connectivity between the voice area, the amygdala, and the hypothalamus was selectively enhanced in the context of blue illumination, which shows that responses to emotional stimulation in the hypothalamus and amygdala are influenced by both the decoding of vocal information in the voice area and the spectral quality of ambient light."
via Spectral quality of light modulates emotional brain responses in humans — PNAS.
Research has now shown that certain emotions are enhanced by blue light.
"During emotional processing, the functional connectivity between the voice area, the amygdala, and the hypothalamus was selectively enhanced in the context of blue illumination, which shows that responses to emotional stimulation in the hypothalamus and amygdala are influenced by both the decoding of vocal information in the voice area and the spectral quality of ambient light."
via Spectral quality of light modulates emotional brain responses in humans — PNAS.
Ducati's new cruiser...grrrrr
Ducati have built a new bike called the Diavel, an awesome looking cruiser.
The bike is a Twin cylinder, 4 valve each, 1200cc beast with 162HP, 119Kw and 127Nm of tourqe. Fitted with full electronic ignition and plenty of other nice goodies.
Check the follwing article from wired.com for more info.Ducati Builds a Devil of a V-Max | Autopia | Wired.com.
The bike is a Twin cylinder, 4 valve each, 1200cc beast with 162HP, 119Kw and 127Nm of tourqe. Fitted with full electronic ignition and plenty of other nice goodies.
Check the follwing article from wired.com for more info.Ducati Builds a Devil of a V-Max | Autopia | Wired.com.
Search /withnospam - The new way of searching.
Google, Bing and Blekko.....huh Blekko? WTF!
There's a new gang in town, and they are promising to deliver a more reliable and accurate search experience.
How you say? well the general idea is that rather than a mass indexed list of sites ranging from the completely kosher to the obscurely barely worth the bytes it takes up sites, keep a humanly curated list of site under categories, here referred to as slash tags, to return more consice results.
More from the wired.com report below.
"Basically slash tags tell Blekko to limit your search to a human-curated category of websites — a custom search. So say you want to find good resources for learning about arrays in PHP? Type “arrays /php.” Need a good pumpkin pie recipe. Yup, you guessed it — append the /recipes slash tag."
via With Help from You, New Search Engine Slashes Through Spam | Epicenter | Wired.com.
Xbox Update...did you get your foxtel on demand?
So last night there was an xbox update. Some people have been reporting that this included the Foxtel on demand service.
I have not yet powered on my xbox to get the update but the following article from Gzimodo mentions some instances where Foxtel on demand has been made available.
Did Last Night’s Xbox Update Give You Access To Foxtel On Xbox? | Gizmodo Australia.
I have not yet powered on my xbox to get the update but the following article from Gzimodo mentions some instances where Foxtel on demand has been made available.
Did Last Night’s Xbox Update Give You Access To Foxtel On Xbox? | Gizmodo Australia.
Friday, October 29, 2010
Noooooooooo! say it isn;t so, no more Technics Turntables!
After selling millions of awesome benchmark turntables under the Technics brand, Panasonic have decided to stop manufacturing the most excellent turntable to grace our lives.
Since the 70's the Technics Turntables has been the staple of all a DJ's and nightclubs diet (for real vinyl DJ's that is!). But alas we now must say farewell to this most loved best friend of ours. R.I.P the SL1200 :(
End Of An Era: Panasonic Kills Off Technics Turntables | Gizmodo Australia.
Since the 70's the Technics Turntables has been the staple of all a DJ's and nightclubs diet (for real vinyl DJ's that is!). But alas we now must say farewell to this most loved best friend of ours. R.I.P the SL1200 :(
End Of An Era: Panasonic Kills Off Technics Turntables | Gizmodo Australia.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
In Russia, Spam sends you! 20% of spam has now stopped?!
In russia spam does you!
"Moscow police authorities said Mr. Gusev, 31, was a central figure in the operations of SpamIt.com, which paid spammers to promote online pharmacies, sometimes quite lewdly. SpamIt.com suddenly stopped operating on Sept. 27. With less financial incentive to send their junk mail, spammers curtailed their activity by an estimated 50 billion messages a day."
via How Russia Stopped One-Fifth Of The World’s Spam | Gizmodo Australia.
"Moscow police authorities said Mr. Gusev, 31, was a central figure in the operations of SpamIt.com, which paid spammers to promote online pharmacies, sometimes quite lewdly. SpamIt.com suddenly stopped operating on Sept. 27. With less financial incentive to send their junk mail, spammers curtailed their activity by an estimated 50 billion messages a day."
via How Russia Stopped One-Fifth Of The World’s Spam | Gizmodo Australia.
Is there an anti fat pill?
For a long time humans have been looking for a simple fix for getting fat, well now it may be closer with this article in New Science.
"Could it be possible to prevent our brains from responding so strongly to the sight of tantalising treats? The answer is yes, according to new research which suggests that some anti-obesity drugs work by dulling this brain response to the sight of appetising, high-calorie food."
via Anti-obesity drug dulls brain response to 'food porn' - health - 26 October 2010 - New Scientist.
"Could it be possible to prevent our brains from responding so strongly to the sight of tantalising treats? The answer is yes, according to new research which suggests that some anti-obesity drugs work by dulling this brain response to the sight of appetising, high-calorie food."
via Anti-obesity drug dulls brain response to 'food porn' - health - 26 October 2010 - New Scientist.
Google was sniffing WiFi information but they didn;t look at it and it's ok???
I recently posted an article about Google's audit discovering that they had inadvertantly captured data off WiFi connection such as internet and email addresses. In an article from Wired.com today it has been announced that the Fed's have let Google off with a warning...
"the Federal Trade Commission told the search giant it was closing its investigation (.pdf) without assessing any penalties. It noted: “Google has recently announced improvements to its internal processes to address some of the concerns raised above, including appointing a director of privacy for engineering and product management, adding core privacy training for key employees, and incorporating a formal privacy review process into the design phases of new initiatives.”"
via Feds Let Google Off With Warning for Wi-Fi–Sniffing Cars | Threat Level | Wired.com.
"the Federal Trade Commission told the search giant it was closing its investigation (.pdf) without assessing any penalties. It noted: “Google has recently announced improvements to its internal processes to address some of the concerns raised above, including appointing a director of privacy for engineering and product management, adding core privacy training for key employees, and incorporating a formal privacy review process into the design phases of new initiatives.”"
via Feds Let Google Off With Warning for Wi-Fi–Sniffing Cars | Threat Level | Wired.com.
Monkey Fossils Suggest Primates Came Out of Asia, Not Africa | Wired Science | Wired.com
"The discovery of four ancient, lemur-like creatures in what is now Libya suggests the human family tree’s taproot is in the Middle East, not Africa."
Is the new claim in this article from Wired.com.
via Monkey Fossils Suggest Primates Came Out of Asia, Not Africa | Wired Science | Wired.com.
Is the new claim in this article from Wired.com.
via Monkey Fossils Suggest Primates Came Out of Asia, Not Africa | Wired Science | Wired.com.
New Super Nanospheres could make stronger armour than Kevlar
A new protein treated witha special protective layer could be used to print uniforms and/or armour to provide a meterial stonger than Kevlar.
The story from popsi below continues...
"Developed by researchers from the Weizmann Institute of Science and Tel Aviv University, the nanospheres are similar to the beta-amyloid proteins that make up the plaques found in the brains of people suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. But the new nanospheres are reinforced with an additional protective layer that makes them really, really strong."
via New Nanospheres are the Stiffest Biological Materials Ever Created, Surpassing Kevlar.
The story from popsi below continues...
"Developed by researchers from the Weizmann Institute of Science and Tel Aviv University, the nanospheres are similar to the beta-amyloid proteins that make up the plaques found in the brains of people suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. But the new nanospheres are reinforced with an additional protective layer that makes them really, really strong."
via New Nanospheres are the Stiffest Biological Materials Ever Created, Surpassing Kevlar.
Suzette will chat you up all day long
Suzette is a chat bot that has recently convinced and expert that she/it is human.
To chat to Suzzete click here
Judge for yourself, is it a human at a keyboard or a computer predicting human responses?
Meet Suzette, The Chat Program That Convinced An Expert She Was Human | Gizmodo Australia.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Protester throws shoe at Howard - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Don;t we all just want a go at Howard? lol i love this story! he is my hero (the shoe thrower that is lol)
Protester throws shoe at Howard - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation).
Protester throws shoe at Howard - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation).
Not only are they nothing special (see "Reinventing the wheel"), but it seems they are poisoning workers...
I make a point of not posting any iStuff, basically because i beleive it's false technology. It is either nothing noe or special or just overpriced for what it is.
But this is something i will gladly repress, in the ABC's story, it has been anectotally shown that materials used in the production of iPhone screens has been poisoning it's workers.
My point in this case is simply that there are screen manufacturers making high quality screens for mobile devices with simiilar if not better technology than what Apple tout as thier Retina Display (See HTC HD2 screen 4.3" TFT).
There is not much more to say about this other than some quotes from the ABC's article and a link below...
"One had kept some of the logos they were using to prove that they were working on Apple products and showed them to the ABC.
After breathing in the chemical's vapours, they became dizzy and numb and eventually they could not walk.
"At first the symptoms were pretty obvious. My hands were numb. I could hardly walk or run," one woman told the ABC.
"I think they knew it was poisonous to human bodies but if they had used another chemical our output would not have increased," another woman said.
"By using n-hexane, it was much more efficient".
The women have now been in hospital for more than half a year.
The workers' boss, Zhong Jianxiang, was not available to be interviewed."
via Workers poisoned while making iPhones - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation).
But this is something i will gladly repress, in the ABC's story, it has been anectotally shown that materials used in the production of iPhone screens has been poisoning it's workers.
My point in this case is simply that there are screen manufacturers making high quality screens for mobile devices with simiilar if not better technology than what Apple tout as thier Retina Display (See HTC HD2 screen 4.3" TFT).
There is not much more to say about this other than some quotes from the ABC's article and a link below...
"One had kept some of the logos they were using to prove that they were working on Apple products and showed them to the ABC.
After breathing in the chemical's vapours, they became dizzy and numb and eventually they could not walk.
"At first the symptoms were pretty obvious. My hands were numb. I could hardly walk or run," one woman told the ABC.
"I think they knew it was poisonous to human bodies but if they had used another chemical our output would not have increased," another woman said.
"By using n-hexane, it was much more efficient".
The women have now been in hospital for more than half a year.
The workers' boss, Zhong Jianxiang, was not available to be interviewed."
via Workers poisoned while making iPhones - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation).
Monday, October 25, 2010
Google pwns all your bases
It seems that the Google privacy investigation has produced some juicy results. In the below article from Gizmodo it is detailed that an audit found google to be collecting URL's, emails and password while snooping WiFi connections from it's streetview cars.
What else do Google have?
Google Street View Cars Collected Emails And Passwords | Gizmodo Australia.
What else do Google have?
Google Street View Cars Collected Emails And Passwords | Gizmodo Australia.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
FetchTV Part 3 - It's not bad
So getting multicast going on my config was quite a pain but i am running a pretty out there setup as far as retail customers go.
With multicast and internet now working well the box is showing it's true colours.
What are my first thoughts?
1. It's beta, needs some work but all major functionality is there
2. Channel selection is ok with more on the way
3. Facebook and Twitter are available now and work
4. On Demand takes a while to populate, not looked at that atuff yet.
5. Display is smooth and only occasional glitches (probably due to On Demand stuff downloading). Full HD over internet is pretty impressive however. I am syncing at around 13Mbit.
The assistance from Internode was very friendly if only a little technically lacking. Considering the setup i run though they have been pretty good with it.
If you have been lucky enough to be part of the trial my forum post about how it works and what i have discovered is below.
http://fetchtrial.internode.on.net/forum • View topic - Bridged Modem to Juniper SSG5 Firewall - PPPoE on firewall.
With multicast and internet now working well the box is showing it's true colours.
What are my first thoughts?
1. It's beta, needs some work but all major functionality is there
2. Channel selection is ok with more on the way
3. Facebook and Twitter are available now and work
4. On Demand takes a while to populate, not looked at that atuff yet.
5. Display is smooth and only occasional glitches (probably due to On Demand stuff downloading). Full HD over internet is pretty impressive however. I am syncing at around 13Mbit.
The assistance from Internode was very friendly if only a little technically lacking. Considering the setup i run though they have been pretty good with it.
If you have been lucky enough to be part of the trial my forum post about how it works and what i have discovered is below.
http://fetchtrial.internode.on.net/forum • View topic - Bridged Modem to Juniper SSG5 Firewall - PPPoE on firewall.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Internode native IPv6 via Juniper SSG 5 success
"Congratulations! You're viewing this page using IPv6 ( 2001:44b8:7676:bf70:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx ) !!!!!"
Is what i am greeted with today after a late night power session on my Juniper SSG5 firewall. In part thanks to Michael Dale.
If you are interested I can post my config, it took a bit of tweaking but i am now resolving IPv6 and accessing IPv6 websites while still being able to browse the "normal" internet via the dual stack connection.
What good is this you may ask? Well with IP4 addresses fast running out, and with every phone and mobile device now connecting directly to the Internet, we are facing a possibility of these devices simply one day not being able to connect.
It is predicted that there are less than 196 thousand ipv4 addresses left, this may seem like a lot but the trend points to these lasting less then 231 days from now, less then a year!
IPv6 gives us a whole new range to use, as well as some added benifits such as less overhead and smarter packet information.
If you wish more information you may click the below link to Internodes IPv6 site that contains not only information about thier trial but also links to other IPv6 resources.
via Internode IPv6.
Is what i am greeted with today after a late night power session on my Juniper SSG5 firewall. In part thanks to Michael Dale.
If you are interested I can post my config, it took a bit of tweaking but i am now resolving IPv6 and accessing IPv6 websites while still being able to browse the "normal" internet via the dual stack connection.
What good is this you may ask? Well with IP4 addresses fast running out, and with every phone and mobile device now connecting directly to the Internet, we are facing a possibility of these devices simply one day not being able to connect.
It is predicted that there are less than 196 thousand ipv4 addresses left, this may seem like a lot but the trend points to these lasting less then 231 days from now, less then a year!
IPv6 gives us a whole new range to use, as well as some added benifits such as less overhead and smarter packet information.
If you wish more information you may click the below link to Internodes IPv6 site that contains not only information about thier trial but also links to other IPv6 resources.
via Internode IPv6.
Friday, October 22, 2010
FetchTV Part 2 - It's arrived
So the item has now arrived, on further inspection it contains digital tuners so still needs an arial for TV :(
It is however a funky looking box with a nice little blue light dog face.
Tonight i shall be plugging it in and doing my first testing.
Will update when i have done this. :)
It is however a funky looking box with a nice little blue light dog face.
Tonight i shall be plugging it in and doing my first testing.
Will update when i have done this. :)
HP Slate - It's Official! Will cost you $799 but will run a FULL OS Windows 7
Unlike the iPad or android tablets, the HP Slate will run a full blown Windows 7. This means you can run a full notebook/desktop experience from the device.
It's a little exy but then again it is HP and you get what you pay for, in the same respect the operating system is a full os that will have all desktop features. Not just a netbook with partial feature set.
The below article from Engadget has full pics and specs...
HP Slate 500 finally (finally!) official, rings up at $799 -- Engadget.
It's a little exy but then again it is HP and you get what you pay for, in the same respect the operating system is a full os that will have all desktop features. Not just a netbook with partial feature set.
The below article from Engadget has full pics and specs...
HP Slate 500 finally (finally!) official, rings up at $799 -- Engadget.
How Bill Gates's wants to save 4 million lives
Bil Gates has launched his "Living Proof" campaign and inveiled his favourite image as he did so.
Share the Proof from ONE Campaign on Vimeo.
He rejected many paintings from Van Gogh and Da Vinci to the Microsoft logo, but had chosen a graph that showed the number of dying children from 1960 to 2008, having fallen from 20 million to 9.3 million.
More on this story is in the link below, further information on the foundation can be found in the linked text above.
Bill Gates's road map for saving 4 million lives - health - 21 October 2010 - New Scientist.
Share the Proof from ONE Campaign on Vimeo.
He rejected many paintings from Van Gogh and Da Vinci to the Microsoft logo, but had chosen a graph that showed the number of dying children from 1960 to 2008, having fallen from 20 million to 9.3 million.
More on this story is in the link below, further information on the foundation can be found in the linked text above.
Bill Gates's road map for saving 4 million lives - health - 21 October 2010 - New Scientist.
Yarrr.. thars Silver on that there moon...
NASA crash landed a rocket on the moon last october, it landed near the south pole and threw up a cloud of debris including water.
The newly published study has revealed that up to 5.6% of that meterial was water and it included a bunch of other compounds including silver!
Anthony Colaprete of NASA's Ames Research Center, explains that there could be a billion gallons of water within 10 km's of the probe's impact site.
NASA's Chief lunar scientist has said "We're seeing a kitchen sink of other stuff that may be useful for human exploration".
More in the below link...
LCROSS mission may have struck silver on the moon - space - 21 October 2010 - New Scientist.
The newly published study has revealed that up to 5.6% of that meterial was water and it included a bunch of other compounds including silver!
Anthony Colaprete of NASA's Ames Research Center, explains that there could be a billion gallons of water within 10 km's of the probe's impact site.
NASA's Chief lunar scientist has said "We're seeing a kitchen sink of other stuff that may be useful for human exploration".
More in the below link...
LCROSS mission may have struck silver on the moon - space - 21 October 2010 - New Scientist.
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Fetch my TV please - Internode starts trials of FetchTVw
So I have been lucky enough to be approved for a FetchTV trial through Internode.
What is FetchTV is here you say? well...
FetchTV delivers you Free to air Digital TV as well as subscription tv and movies on demand. It's also a video recorder that allows for time shift (live pause and rewind) of TV as well.
For myself with no normal tv arial to be found in my rental unit, this means i will finally get jittter free TV.
Keep posted for an actual review when it arrives :)
What is FetchTV is here you say? well...
FetchTV delivers you Free to air Digital TV as well as subscription tv and movies on demand. It's also a video recorder that allows for time shift (live pause and rewind) of TV as well.
For myself with no normal tv arial to be found in my rental unit, this means i will finally get jittter free TV.
Keep posted for an actual review when it arrives :)
Windows Phone 7 - Yes it's good! and by the looks very good!
There are more and mroe reviews of windows phone 7 around, this latest one from Gizomodo i think does a great job at explaining the pros and cons and the new and the old.
Do yourself and favour and look at what just might kill or at the very least compete with both Android and iPhone!
Windows Phone 7 Review: We Have Ourselves A Race | Gizmodo Australia.
Possible new cancer marker found..
Scientists have been working on a new marker called follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH). It has been found in a study that this marker turns up in many different types of tumours such as prostate, breast, lung and liver cancers.
"Kairbaan Hodivala-Dilke at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry's Institute of Cancer agrees: "It's certainly a good marker, and could be especially useful in surgery, which is a bit hit-and-miss at the moment," she says. Using colour-labelled antibodies to highlight the edges of a tumour could enable surgeons to "cut along the dotted line"."
via Universal cancer marker shows new treatment options - health - 20 October 2010 - New Scientist.
"Kairbaan Hodivala-Dilke at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry's Institute of Cancer agrees: "It's certainly a good marker, and could be especially useful in surgery, which is a bit hit-and-miss at the moment," she says. Using colour-labelled antibodies to highlight the edges of a tumour could enable surgeons to "cut along the dotted line"."
via Universal cancer marker shows new treatment options - health - 20 October 2010 - New Scientist.
Creationism, teaching our kids that complex evolution is just not possible and that God must have created.
Creationism, the front that hard line Christians use to try and "science up" the argument of intelligent design of complex structures in nature, trys to explain that rather than a slow evolution of complex organs, they were designed by god.
There has been an ongoing push to teach it in schools and an equally strong push to stop it from being taught in favour of a more proven and factual teaching of evolution based on Charles Darwin's theories.
It's a big sore point on both sides of the argument accross the Us and it has come to a head again in the following story.
Chemistry teacher Robert Eschbach, supports the case brought before court to stop education boards from teching creationism and says "It "forced me to be a better educator", he says. "I went back and read more of the history around Darwin and how he came to his conclusions.""
More can be found in the below link...
via Creationism lives on in US public schools - science-in-society - 20 October 2010 - New Scientist.
There has been an ongoing push to teach it in schools and an equally strong push to stop it from being taught in favour of a more proven and factual teaching of evolution based on Charles Darwin's theories.
It's a big sore point on both sides of the argument accross the Us and it has come to a head again in the following story.
Chemistry teacher Robert Eschbach, supports the case brought before court to stop education boards from teching creationism and says "It "forced me to be a better educator", he says. "I went back and read more of the history around Darwin and how he came to his conclusions.""
More can be found in the below link...
via Creationism lives on in US public schools - science-in-society - 20 October 2010 - New Scientist.
Gene found to indicate predisposed depression.
One step closer to identifying and treating depression. A gene has been found that affects the uptake of serotonin, a neurotransmitter known to affect mood. Michael Kaplitt from the Weill Cornell Medical College in New York has been working on this gene and has been able to deomstrate the effect in mice that are lacking the gene.
"A gene called p11 is vital for enabling neurons to respond to the neurotransmitter serotonin. A lack of p11 has been shown to lead to depression in humans."
More in the below link from NS...
via Gene therapy proposed to treat depression - health - 20 October 2010 - New Scientist.
Prospective fathers should watch what they eat - health - 20 October 2010 - New Scientist
"WHAT fathers eat influences whether their daughters inherit diabetes - in mice at least."
A new study by Margaret Morris of UNSW in Sydney has found that, in mice at least, that a diet of high fat intake could influence the occurence of diabetes in their female offspring.
More below....
via Prospective fathers should watch what they eat - health - 20 October 2010 - New Scientist.
A new study by Margaret Morris of UNSW in Sydney has found that, in mice at least, that a diet of high fat intake could influence the occurence of diabetes in their female offspring.
More below....
via Prospective fathers should watch what they eat - health - 20 October 2010 - New Scientist.
Humans eradicate a disease for only second time ever - health - 20 October 2010 - New Scientist
"Bernard Vallat, head of the World Organisation for Animal Health, declared that he was "confident" rinderpest was gone at a scientific meeting on the disease in Rome, Italy, last week. The organisation is expected to formally announce rinderpest's eradication at a meeting in Paris, France, next May."
via Humans eradicate a disease for only second time ever - health - 20 October 2010 - New Scientist.
via Humans eradicate a disease for only second time ever - health - 20 October 2010 - New Scientist.
Morality: 'We can send religion to the scrap heap' - opinion - 20 October 2010 - New Scientist
Religious people often see morality as one domain that they can really claim as their own.
Yes, in fact the most common defence one hears for religious faith is not that there's so much evidence that God exists, but that religion offers the only basis for a universal morality. Moderates and fundamentalists seem to agree on this point. Of course, it makes no sense as a defence of faith because even if it were true, it wouldn't suggest that God exists. But there is the additional problem that religion is a terrible source of moral guidance in the 21st century.
I happen to think that the scientific study of morality is the lever that, if pulled hard enough, will completely dislodge religion from the firmament of our concerns
via Morality: 'We can send religion to the scrap heap' - opinion - 20 October 2010 - New Scientist.
Yes, in fact the most common defence one hears for religious faith is not that there's so much evidence that God exists, but that religion offers the only basis for a universal morality. Moderates and fundamentalists seem to agree on this point. Of course, it makes no sense as a defence of faith because even if it were true, it wouldn't suggest that God exists. But there is the additional problem that religion is a terrible source of moral guidance in the 21st century.
I happen to think that the scientific study of morality is the lever that, if pulled hard enough, will completely dislodge religion from the firmament of our concerns
via Morality: 'We can send religion to the scrap heap' - opinion - 20 October 2010 - New Scientist.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
3TB's in a single disk! - Western Digital delivers
Western Digital have announced a 3TB hard disk drive. It does this with 4 x 750GB spindles.
"Once again leading the way in the storage industry, WD now offers 2.5 TB and 3 TB hard drives, the world's largest capacities to date on a single drive. At such high capacities certain compatibility issues arise. There are a number of host bus adapter (HBA) and chipset vendors not currently offering drivers that support drives larger than 2.19 TB. To provide a solution for these types of compatibility issues, WD is bundling WD Caviar® Green™ 2.5 TB and 3 TB drives with an ACHI-compliant HBA that, once installed, allows the operating system to use a known driver to correctly support large capacity drives."
http://westerndigital.com/en/solutions/Greaterthan22.asp
This Is The Largest SATA Drive In The World | Gizmodo Australia.
"Once again leading the way in the storage industry, WD now offers 2.5 TB and 3 TB hard drives, the world's largest capacities to date on a single drive. At such high capacities certain compatibility issues arise. There are a number of host bus adapter (HBA) and chipset vendors not currently offering drivers that support drives larger than 2.19 TB. To provide a solution for these types of compatibility issues, WD is bundling WD Caviar® Green™ 2.5 TB and 3 TB drives with an ACHI-compliant HBA that, once installed, allows the operating system to use a known driver to correctly support large capacity drives."
http://westerndigital.com/en/solutions/Greaterthan22.asp
This Is The Largest SATA Drive In The World | Gizmodo Australia.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Future Music Festival 2011
At this years FMF i am going to make sure i see......
Chemical Bros
Pendulum
Art V Science
Cosmic Gate
and some others lol
Who are you going to check out at this years Future Music Festival?
Strange and unusual | Reuters
Reuters displays a quirky selection of photos in an interesting slideshow:-Strange and unusual | Reuters.
Austar tipped for NBN deal - SMH
The Sydney Morning Herald brings us some news on the NBN, Austalias high speed broadband network being built by the government owned NBN Co.
In this part of the network, Austar could provide satellite broadband on spare capacity. They have been quoted saying that the additional capacity could be brokered with new modems and ground stations but the satellites already have the spare capacity.
More can be found on the original article below...
Austar tipped for NBN deal.
In this part of the network, Austar could provide satellite broadband on spare capacity. They have been quoted saying that the additional capacity could be brokered with new modems and ground stations but the satellites already have the spare capacity.
More can be found on the original article below...
Austar tipped for NBN deal.
Can I Freally get free stuff? Do I want those wasted gadgets still?
A new site brought to our attention by Gizmodo, introduces the concept of not wasting those unwanted gadgets (or mostly anything for that matter), in favour of simply offering them for free to others who may need or want them.
I don't know about you but these are two things i have quite a bit of, old gadgets I no longer use and the want for more gadgets (to use or not to use lol).
Check out the link below for Freely, a sydney based outfit who have setup this service where you may list something to give away or request something that you may want. You can login with facebook or twitter and meet up at home, the office, a shopping center or whatever suits you and the other party.
As the old saying goes "waste not want not" well i do nto want to waste and I do want free stuff! haha
Free things, free stuff, get free things, Freally, free stuff, Freecycle.
I don't know about you but these are two things i have quite a bit of, old gadgets I no longer use and the want for more gadgets (to use or not to use lol).
Check out the link below for Freely, a sydney based outfit who have setup this service where you may list something to give away or request something that you may want. You can login with facebook or twitter and meet up at home, the office, a shopping center or whatever suits you and the other party.
As the old saying goes "waste not want not" well i do nto want to waste and I do want free stuff! haha
Free things, free stuff, get free things, Freally, free stuff, Freecycle.
Microsoft, T3 and Stephen Fry...what do they have in common?
Stephen Fry spoke recently at T3 awards in the UK. He covers Windows Phone 7 as well as gadgets and technology in general. A whimsical speech about the usability of Windows Phone 7.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO1s_bF6TSY&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]
Notable quotes such as "Using windows was quite like walking into a piss smelling council flat with flickering lights" and "I got up on stage and spoke about Windows Mobile and didn't feel embarrased", real praise over WP7 and side commentary on other technology.
Stephen Fry On Technology: “This Is A World In Which Science, Creativity And Commerce Meet” | Gizmodo Australia.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO1s_bF6TSY&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]
Notable quotes such as "Using windows was quite like walking into a piss smelling council flat with flickering lights" and "I got up on stage and spoke about Windows Mobile and didn't feel embarrased", real praise over WP7 and side commentary on other technology.
Stephen Fry On Technology: “This Is A World In Which Science, Creativity And Commerce Meet” | Gizmodo Australia.
Stone Age humans liked their burgers in a bun - life - 18 October 2010 - New Scientist
According to the below article from New Scientist, stone age humans knew how to grind and mill flour to make bread, or something similar.
(Image: IIPP)
The article explains how traces of plants on 30 000 year old grindstones found in Italy, Russia and the Czech Republic indicate that we knew how to mill flour at that time.
It indicated that these grindstones had been used like mortar and pestles to grind plants such as cat's tail and fern root. These are beleived ot have provided an energy hit to early man. It is thought that this may have assisted early man during times of climate change.
Stone Age humans liked their burgers in a bun - life - 18 October 2010 - New Scientist.
(Image: IIPP)
The article explains how traces of plants on 30 000 year old grindstones found in Italy, Russia and the Czech Republic indicate that we knew how to mill flour at that time.
It indicated that these grindstones had been used like mortar and pestles to grind plants such as cat's tail and fern root. These are beleived ot have provided an energy hit to early man. It is thought that this may have assisted early man during times of climate change.
Stone Age humans liked their burgers in a bun - life - 18 October 2010 - New Scientist.
Microsoft Kinect games ready for launch!
The Microsoft Kinect is promising to be quite interesting with claims it can read American Sign Language as well as demos showing multiperson avitar recognition. It is due for launch in November for a mere $199AU, these are the games touted to be ready for the launch:
Kinect Adventures Price : Packed in with the Kinect sensor Date: November 4 |  Kinectimals Price : $US49.99 or $US59.99 for the Limited Edition which comes with a plush toy and unlock code Date : November 4 |
 Game Party: In Motion Price : $US39.99 Date : November 18 |  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 The Videogame Price : $US49.99 Date : November 16 |
 Your Shape: Fitness Evolved Price : $US49.99 Date : November 4 |  Dance Central Price : $US49.99 Date : November 4 |
 The Biggest Loser Ultimate Workout Price : $US49.99 Date : November 4 |  DanceMasters Price : $US49.99 Date : November 4 |
 EA Sports Active 2 Price : $US99.95 and comes with a heart rate monitor Date : November 16 |  Zumba Fitness Price : $US49.99 Date : November 18 |
 Kinect Sports Price : $US49.99 Date : November 4 |  MotionSports Price : $US49.99 Date : November 4 |
 DECA Sports Freedom Price : No price listed Date : “Holiday” |  Kinect Joy Ride Price : $US49.99 Date : November 4 |
 Adrenalin Misfits Price : $US49.99 Date : November 4 |  Fighters Uncaged Price : $US49.99 Date : November 4 |
 Sonic Free Riders |
from:Kinect’s ‘Launch Portfolio’ Is One Shy Of Xbox 360 Launch Line-Up | Gizmodo Australia.
Laptop Thief Posts Victim His Data On A USB Stick | Gizmodo Australia
Laptop Thief Posts Victim His Data On A USB Stick | Gizmodo Australia.
The above link tells a story of a thief with honour, returning all the users data on a usb stick. How nice :)
Super-Mathematician Benoît Mandelbrot Has Passed Away | Gizmodo Australia
Super-Mathematician Benoît Mandelbrot Has Passed Away | Gizmodo Australia.
You may have heard of fractals or Mandelbrots ro even seen them as in the example above, well this took a genius mathematician called Benoit Mandelbrot to formulate. The aove link from gizmodo shows more detail.
Monday, October 18, 2010
Ghostly Smeagol fish 7km under the sea
Short Sharp Science: Ghostly Smeagol fish found 7km down in trench.
Thanks to new scientist we have this amazing ghostly Smeagol fish found 7km's under the sea.
Thanks to new scientist we have this amazing ghostly Smeagol fish found 7km's under the sea.
Charles Babbage’s Failed Computer From 1837 Will Be Built | Gizmodo Australia
Charles Babbage’s Failed Computer From 1837 Will Be Built | Gizmodo Australia.
Many of you would not know about the Babbage calculating machine, but it was the very first programmable computer and was purely machanical. Unfortunately it was never built with only some examples built that were nto fully functional.
The machine was designed by charles Babbage in 1837. Click the above Gizmodo link for more info.
Many of you would not know about the Babbage calculating machine, but it was the very first programmable computer and was purely machanical. Unfortunately it was never built with only some examples built that were nto fully functional.
The machine was designed by charles Babbage in 1837. Click the above Gizmodo link for more info.
Windows Phone 7 Is The Real Facebook Phone | Gizmodo Australia
Windows Phone 7 Is The Real Facebook Phone | Gizmodo Australia.
“This is, I think, one of the most exciting partnerships we’ve done on the platform so far,” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg
More praise for Windows Phone 7. There is lots of hype around this os, click the above link for some deep explaination of facebook's integration into the new Phone.
“This is, I think, one of the most exciting partnerships we’ve done on the platform so far,” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg
More praise for Windows Phone 7. There is lots of hype around this os, click the above link for some deep explaination of facebook's integration into the new Phone.
Friday, October 15, 2010
How to hide a file in windows. Meta data at work for you
say you have a movie that you want to store, but work has blocked all that kind of file and restricuted disk space usage.
say we have a movie.avi and we want to hide it in a nice little text file.
try this:
c:\>type movie.avi > hide.txt:movie.avi
This will attach your movie into the meta data of a nice little text file.
to get it back use cat c:\hide.txt:movie.avu > c:\movie.iso
This nice little "workaround" comes to us courtesy of NTFS data streams.
to check for these kinds of files in your servers as an admin, use a utility called lns from ntsecurity.nu.
this will enable you to look up any files that may contain hidden stream data, anything that isn't id.identity then you have some hidden file in another file.
This utility doesn't work in 2008 but there is another tool called ADS or Alternate Data Streams. (streamtools)
More info can be found here: http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/Alternate_Data_Streams.html
say we have a movie.avi and we want to hide it in a nice little text file.
try this:
c:\>type movie.avi > hide.txt:movie.avi
This will attach your movie into the meta data of a nice little text file.
to get it back use cat c:\hide.txt:movie.avu > c:\movie.iso
This nice little "workaround" comes to us courtesy of NTFS data streams.
to check for these kinds of files in your servers as an admin, use a utility called lns from ntsecurity.nu.
this will enable you to look up any files that may contain hidden stream data, anything that isn't id.identity then you have some hidden file in another file.
This utility doesn't work in 2008 but there is another tool called ADS or Alternate Data Streams. (streamtools)
More info can be found here: http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/Alternate_Data_Streams.html
The Amazing Spinning Bullet! Judge for yourself
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foZlciP6gUQ[/youtube]
This amazing clip was posted on Gizmodo today and is aparently going ot be tested by Mythbusters.
This amazing clip was posted on Gizmodo today and is aparently going ot be tested by Mythbusters.
Sadikhov IT Certification Forums - For all your certification needs
Are you doing or considering doing some IT certifications? Sadikhov IT Certification Forums are full of information from people who have been throguh it all.
Check them out for any detail around where to go, what to do and why when it comes to IT certification.
Check them out for any detail around where to go, what to do and why when it comes to IT certification.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
The Ultimate Aussie WP7 Handset Guide | Gizmodo Australia
The Ultimate Aussie WP7 Handset Guide | Gizmodo Australia.
A nice little guide on WP7 phones announced at todays launch.
A nice little guide on WP7 phones announced at todays launch.
Discover | Windows Phone 7 - Out from November 8
Discover | Windows Phone 7.
I have posted before about Window Phone 7. Personally i'm quite excited to see it.
Currently i run a HTC HD2, in my opinion the nicest looking and performing hardware thus far. I have Android running on it but have chosen to go back to my faster, longer battery life and more usable Windows Mobile.
Aside from the app stores there is nothing missing from WM and i enjoy using it every day, especially when my HD2 lasts 2-3 days with full time data connection and services.
So...here it is, the offical inside looke from Microsoft of the new up and coming Windows Phone 7.
Look out for some amazing new hardware including the HTC Mondrian and Schubert as posted previously.
I have posted before about Window Phone 7. Personally i'm quite excited to see it.
Currently i run a HTC HD2, in my opinion the nicest looking and performing hardware thus far. I have Android running on it but have chosen to go back to my faster, longer battery life and more usable Windows Mobile.
Aside from the app stores there is nothing missing from WM and i enjoy using it every day, especially when my HD2 lasts 2-3 days with full time data connection and services.
So...here it is, the offical inside looke from Microsoft of the new up and coming Windows Phone 7.
Look out for some amazing new hardware including the HTC Mondrian and Schubert as posted previously.
Monday, October 11, 2010
Water evaporates then falls as rain!....right...??
Water cycle goes bust as the world gets warmer - environment - 10 October 2010 - New Scientist.
The above link brought to us by New Scientist explains how water evaporation has risen steadily till around 1998, which is normal for a warming atomosphere. However since then it appears to have dropped.
The data has been collected by Martin Jung of the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry in Jena, Germany.
According to Steven Running of the University of Montana in Missule, rising temperatures have been evaporating all the water out of the ground in some regions, falling as rain again but in other regions leaving the regions from where the water came from dry.
This can also be seen in satellite measurements and shows the strongest trend in areas such as South America and Australia.
Further information can be found in the link at the begining of the article.
The above link brought to us by New Scientist explains how water evaporation has risen steadily till around 1998, which is normal for a warming atomosphere. However since then it appears to have dropped.
The data has been collected by Martin Jung of the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry in Jena, Germany.
According to Steven Running of the University of Montana in Missule, rising temperatures have been evaporating all the water out of the ground in some regions, falling as rain again but in other regions leaving the regions from where the water came from dry.
This can also be seen in satellite measurements and shows the strongest trend in areas such as South America and Australia.
Further information can be found in the link at the begining of the article.
Honeybee disapperance mystery may be solved
Short Sharp Science: Honeybee disapperance mystery may be solved.
New Scientist bings us some insight on the major honey bee deaths happening around the globe.
In Australia here we are not so unlicky with our stocks holding up nicely, so much so that we provide queen bee's to EU and US for restocking.
The above link sheds some light on this blight, hopefully this means we can understand how to stop it ans save our planets flora.
New Scientist bings us some insight on the major honey bee deaths happening around the globe.
In Australia here we are not so unlicky with our stocks holding up nicely, so much so that we provide queen bee's to EU and US for restocking.
The above link sheds some light on this blight, hopefully this means we can understand how to stop it ans save our planets flora.
IHS | GHDB - how to use google to search better!
IHS | GHDB.
Eg.
Filetype:pdf will find all pdf's
add intext:google will show all pdf's with google in the body.
ad a site:au will limit it to .au sites only.
Handy for finding all kinds of files and info.
Eg.
Filetype:pdf will find all pdf's
add intext:google will show all pdf's with google in the body.
ad a site:au will limit it to .au sites only.
Handy for finding all kinds of files and info.
Bugmenot.com - login with these free web passwords to bypass compulsory registration
Bugmenot.com - login with these free web passwords to bypass compulsory registration.
Want to access, post or download stuff without creating a user account?
Check this out, clicky clicky.
Want to access, post or download stuff without creating a user account?
Check this out, clicky clicky.
Friday, October 8, 2010
"Surftime" - Matrix meets surfing with Canon EOS array and Ripcurl
Watch 52 Canon DSLRs Bring The Matrix To Surfing | Gizmodo Australia.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyDVmIDv_4c&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyDVmIDv_4c&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Get Naked And Internode Will Let You Keep Your Home Phone Number | Gizmodo Australia
Get Naked And Internode Will Let You Keep Your Home Phone Number | Gizmodo Australia.
Been putting off getting Naked because you want to use youre home number?
Well now internode can port your home lin over to a VoIP (internet phone) account. Giving you line rental free internet access and cheap rate phone calls and all without anyone (including yourself) even noticing you've changed anything!
Win for not paying Telstra line rental!
Been putting off getting Naked because you want to use youre home number?
Well now internode can port your home lin over to a VoIP (internet phone) account. Giving you line rental free internet access and cheap rate phone calls and all without anyone (including yourself) even noticing you've changed anything!
Win for not paying Telstra line rental!
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Diesel VW Goes 1,531 Miles On One Tank | Autopia | Wired.com
New world record for a standard car, a VW Passat to be presice. Sunday Times Reporter drove from Maidstone, Kent to Calais, france on a single 77.25Liter tank of diesel fuel. A new world record according to Guinness with an amazing 90mpg's.
Diesel VW Goes 1,531 Miles On One Tank | Autopia | Wired.com.
Bye Bye Symbian: Samsung, Sony Ericsson Have Bigger Fish To Fry | Gizmodo Australia
Bye Bye Symbian: Samsung, Sony Ericsson Have Bigger Fish To Fry | Gizmodo Australia.
Poor Symbian, an old friend left behind and lost on the battlefield.
Interesting article from Gizmodo about the major phone developers dropping symbian.
This leaves iOS, Android and Windows Mobile/Phone for smartphone choices.
Poor Symbian, an old friend left behind and lost on the battlefield.
Interesting article from Gizmodo about the major phone developers dropping symbian.
This leaves iOS, Android and Windows Mobile/Phone for smartphone choices.
Right Place, Right Time or Wrong Place Wrong Time?
The Answer...it depends on which side of the lens you are standing.
This amazing shot was taken by photographer Mark Pain.
Ironic because either Mark or his camera were in serious pain after Tiger woods drove this ball right down his lens.
Side LOL: check the guy in the turban and handle bar moe with a cigar hanging out of his mouth. On the right side of the photo! LOL!
Click below for more details:
RYDER CUP 2010: The moment Tiger Woods's challenge at Celtic Manor was halted... by a photographer | Mail Online.
This amazing shot was taken by photographer Mark Pain.
Ironic because either Mark or his camera were in serious pain after Tiger woods drove this ball right down his lens.
Side LOL: check the guy in the turban and handle bar moe with a cigar hanging out of his mouth. On the right side of the photo! LOL!
Click below for more details:
RYDER CUP 2010: The moment Tiger Woods's challenge at Celtic Manor was halted... by a photographer | Mail Online.
Windows Phone 7′s US Launch Details Will Be Shared On Oct 11 | Gizmodo Australia
Windows Phone 7′s US Launch Details Will Be Shared On Oct 11 | Gizmodo Australia.
New York, 3pm EST (6am AEDST) is the date to put into your calendars for details on the Windows Phone 7 launch.
New York, 3pm EST (6am AEDST) is the date to put into your calendars for details on the Windows Phone 7 launch.
Boy Becomes First Human To Live With Permanent ‘Robot Heart’ | Gizmodo Australia
Boy Becomes First Human To Live With Permanent ‘Robot Heart’ | Gizmodo Australia.
The first perminent artifical heart to be implanted has been put into a young Duchenne syndrome patient by doctors in Rome.
The 4cm long battery operated heart sits in his left ventricle and has a connector that runs from his left ear down to a belt mounted battery.
Now i wonder what kind of connection that charger uses, mini-usb or have they gone for the new micro-usb :P
The first perminent artifical heart to be implanted has been put into a young Duchenne syndrome patient by doctors in Rome.
The 4cm long battery operated heart sits in his left ventricle and has a connector that runs from his left ear down to a belt mounted battery.
Now i wonder what kind of connection that charger uses, mini-usb or have they gone for the new micro-usb :P
Friday, October 1, 2010
Have gene findings taken the stigma from ADHD? - health - 30 September 2010 - New Scientist
Have gene findings taken the stigma from ADHD? - health - 30 September 2010 - New Scientist.
Interestingly enough UK scientists have discovered a correlation of certain high levels of CNV's on chromosome 16 that may indicate disorders such as ADHD and possibly some other related disorders such as Autism and Schitzophrenia.
Click above for more info.
Interestingly enough UK scientists have discovered a correlation of certain high levels of CNV's on chromosome 16 that may indicate disorders such as ADHD and possibly some other related disorders such as Autism and Schitzophrenia.
Click above for more info.
A Habitable Exoplanet — for Real This Time | Wired Science | Wired.com
A Habitable Exoplanet — for Real This Time | Wired Science | Wired.com.
Looks like we have an Earth like habitable planet within detectable range, click the above link for more info.
Looks like we have an Earth like habitable planet within detectable range, click the above link for more info.
Lamborghini Sesto Elemento: Angry Called, It Wants Its Car Back | Autopia | Wired.com
Lamborghini Sesto Elemento: Angry Called, It Wants Its Car Back | Autopia | Wired.com.
I want it if you dont want to take it back to them lol
I want it if you dont want to take it back to them lol
U.S. Acts to Quiet Blaring TV Ads. Welcome to the 1960s | Epicenter | Wired.com
U.S. Acts to Quiet Blaring TV Ads. Welcome to the 1960s | Epicenter | Wired.com.
Let's hope australia follows suite. Personally i find it very annoying especially when watching tv to fall asleep when the ads are much louder than the program i am watching ot listening too.
Click the above link for further information about that CALM Act
Let's hope australia follows suite. Personally i find it very annoying especially when watching tv to fall asleep when the ads are much louder than the program i am watching ot listening too.
Click the above link for further information about that CALM Act
Thursday, September 30, 2010
The Machine SID Duplication Myth - Mark's Blog - Site Home - TechNet Blogs
The Machine SID Duplication Myth - Mark's Blog - Site Home - TechNet Blogs.
Very interesting take on SID's and the need to sysprep cloned operating systems.
Very interesting take on SID's and the need to sysprep cloned operating systems.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Yes people there is a choice! - iPad Vs PlayBook Vs Galaxy Tab Vs Slate
Ultimate Tablet Showdown: iPad Vs PlayBook Vs Galaxy Tab Vs Slate | Gizmodo Australia.
If you are wondering why the iPad is getting so much hype well it's the great Apple marketing machine. beleive it or not there are alternatives and sometimes, actually most of the time, they are better choices.
The above link from Gizmodo shows a great little comparison of the Tablet computing choices out there.
If you are wondering why the iPad is getting so much hype well it's the great Apple marketing machine. beleive it or not there are alternatives and sometimes, actually most of the time, they are better choices.
The above link from Gizmodo shows a great little comparison of the Tablet computing choices out there.
Human Trial Suspended Animation Treatment Set To Begin At Mass General | Gizmodo Australia
Human Trial Suspended Animation Treatment Set To Begin At Mass General | Gizmodo Australia.
Say what now! Human trials of suspended animation - oops sorry Mrs. Blogs but we froze your husband...but he helped us learn what not to do next time!
Say what now! Human trials of suspended animation - oops sorry Mrs. Blogs but we froze your husband...but he helped us learn what not to do next time!
Windows Phone 7 - Smarter and better phones
Two new ads for the new Windows Phone 7 platform are out featuring the HTC Mondarin .
Some of you will already be familiar with this model via the leaked rom already.
It remains to be seen if the public will catch on to this and start dropping their "i" products.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFAUTy4wizU&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvV6_t3crlk&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]
Some of you will already be familiar with this model via the leaked rom already.
It remains to be seen if the public will catch on to this and start dropping their "i" products.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFAUTy4wizU&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvV6_t3crlk&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]
Friday, September 24, 2010
Why not to by a mac.....
From an unknown source, why Mac's are so expensive..or actually more accurate why are macs so expensive?!
Coming Oct 1 - Communication Shutdown
The beginings of a very cool marketing campaign by AEIOU (Autism awareness)AEIOU Communication Shutdown Coming Oct 1.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynj58O4JdLQ&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]
Can you go one day without facebook or twitter?
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynj58O4JdLQ&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]
Can you go one day without facebook or twitter?
Measuring Consciousness One Bit At A Time | Gizmodo Australia
Measuring Consciousness One Bit At A Time | Gizmodo Australia.
Cool stuff about mind mapping...clicky clicky
Cool stuff about mind mapping...clicky clicky
What A Package Hears As It Travels Across Europe | Gizmodo Australia
What A Package Hears As It Travels Across Europe | Gizmodo Australia.
I love this kind of thing, have a listen for yourself...pretty cool.
I love this kind of thing, have a listen for yourself...pretty cool.
World population and food supply - Are we running out of resources?
Is The Era Of Cheap Food Ending? | Gizmodo Australia.
With the ever increasing population and dwindling resources such as oil and farmland, are we close to the begining of the end?
It is predicted that our food production will need to increase by 50% in the next 20 years to accomodate the population growth predicted.
We are already experimenting with genetically modified food, so how far will this have to go to make up for the increasing demand on food resoucres?
With plenty of rights activists fighting against large scale farming of animals due to the inhumane way most of these productions must operate, do we have a choice?
The above link from Gizmodo as well as the links in that have some very interesting reports and information on this paradox of human growth. I hope you enjoy reading and hopefully we can all consider this when we stuff our faces full of food lol
With the ever increasing population and dwindling resources such as oil and farmland, are we close to the begining of the end?
It is predicted that our food production will need to increase by 50% in the next 20 years to accomodate the population growth predicted.
We are already experimenting with genetically modified food, so how far will this have to go to make up for the increasing demand on food resoucres?
With plenty of rights activists fighting against large scale farming of animals due to the inhumane way most of these productions must operate, do we have a choice?
The above link from Gizmodo as well as the links in that have some very interesting reports and information on this paradox of human growth. I hope you enjoy reading and hopefully we can all consider this when we stuff our faces full of food lol
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
RSS Feed fixed - Finally
I found the offending code and have now got the RSS feed working. Please subscribe to the site for updates.
The Force is real?! - Mysterious force found to be pulling Pioneer 10 towards the sun.
Mysterious Force Pulling Pioneer 10 Back Towards The Sun | Gizmodo Australia.
The Force is real!? Check out the above Gizmodo link for an intersting discovery of a new force in the universe.
The Force is real!? Check out the above Gizmodo link for an intersting discovery of a new force in the universe.
Friday, September 17, 2010
What size are you? The broadband "T-shirt" guide - Internode 1TB ADSL2+ Plan
Internode have released a new range of plans marketed as "T-shirt" sizes. From a S at 150Gb allowance for $59.95/month right up to the mega XXL with 1TB yes 1000Gb's! of data allowance for $129.95/month (or $119.95 bundled with a nodeline).
I have said this before and will put it in writing, you may find cheaper but you will not find better.
In my opinion after 17+ years of using the internet from it's early days right through to the new ADSL2+ and Annex M, Internode are the best network and customer support bar none.
Pick up the phone to speak to a local real human who will greet you with a "G'Day mate" most of the time. They will be more than helpful with your problems and queries. (and if you sign up put norgan in the campaign code ;)
Internode :: Residential :: Broadband :: ADSL :: Easy Broadband.
I have said this before and will put it in writing, you may find cheaper but you will not find better.
In my opinion after 17+ years of using the internet from it's early days right through to the new ADSL2+ and Annex M, Internode are the best network and customer support bar none.
Pick up the phone to speak to a local real human who will greet you with a "G'Day mate" most of the time. They will be more than helpful with your problems and queries. (and if you sign up put norgan in the campaign code ;)
Internode :: Residential :: Broadband :: ADSL :: Easy Broadband.
HTC’s Windows Phone 7 Treatment Looks Absolutely Gorgeous | Gizmodo Australia
HTC’s Windows Phone 7 Treatment Looks Absolutely Gorgeous | Gizmodo Australia.
Thankyou once again Gizmodo for this great little peak at HTC's treatment of Windows Phone 7.
Decide for yourself, this is not confirmed yet but it looks great:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Oi6ENRvSNM&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]
Thankyou once again Gizmodo for this great little peak at HTC's treatment of Windows Phone 7.
Decide for yourself, this is not confirmed yet but it looks great:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Oi6ENRvSNM&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Please support childsplay charity - I do..
www.childsplaycharity.org. is a great initiative that provides gaming consoles and games to il children while they are stuck in hospital.
I think it's a fantastic initiative and a great way to help ease the pain of being stuck in hospital and in pain. No child deserves to live through the pain and discomfort of serious illness.
As you can see below this great charity has helped so many children form all over the globe, including here locally in Australia.
If you can afford a few bucks then please consider helping this great charity out and think about your children or children you know who may have, are or end up in hospital at some point and how much this can ease the discomfort associated with such a sad thing.
You can donate here: via paypal
I think it's a fantastic initiative and a great way to help ease the pain of being stuck in hospital and in pain. No child deserves to live through the pain and discomfort of serious illness.
As you can see below this great charity has helped so many children form all over the globe, including here locally in Australia.
If you can afford a few bucks then please consider helping this great charity out and think about your children or children you know who may have, are or end up in hospital at some point and how much this can ease the discomfort associated with such a sad thing.
You can donate here: via paypal
The Age of Autism: Mercury, Medicine, and a Man-made Epidemic Available now
From "Thin Autism":
"An important book has just been published by Dan Olmsted and Mark Blaxill. They have painstakingly researched and referenced this groundbreaking material. If you want to know about the earliest cases of autism and environmental exposures contributing to the epidemic now affecting 1 in 110 children in the US, we encourage you to buy this book today."
Amazon.com: The Age of Autism: Mercury, Medicine, and a Man-made Epidemic (9780312545628): Dan Olmsted, Mark Blaxill: Books.
"An important book has just been published by Dan Olmsted and Mark Blaxill. They have painstakingly researched and referenced this groundbreaking material. If you want to know about the earliest cases of autism and environmental exposures contributing to the epidemic now affecting 1 in 110 children in the US, we encourage you to buy this book today."
Amazon.com: The Age of Autism: Mercury, Medicine, and a Man-made Epidemic (9780312545628): Dan Olmsted, Mark Blaxill: Books.
Boeing to Offer Rides Into Orbit by 2015 | Autopia | Wired.com
Boeing to Offer Rides Into Orbit by 2015 | Autopia | Wired.com.
There is a lot of talk (relitively) about the possibility of travel to space. There are already offers on sites like adrenalin.com.au to fly to the egde of space or sign up for an orbital space flight to the ISS.
But now boeing have released a press release about thier plans to make flights ot space viable for commercial sale on a regular basis.
The flights will be aboard the Boeing Crew Space Transportation-100 spacecraft and take you into low orbit. Flights will also be made available to companies and other agencies.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPJSlI4XXhE&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]
There is a lot of talk (relitively) about the possibility of travel to space. There are already offers on sites like adrenalin.com.au to fly to the egde of space or sign up for an orbital space flight to the ISS.
But now boeing have released a press release about thier plans to make flights ot space viable for commercial sale on a regular basis.
The flights will be aboard the Boeing Crew Space Transportation-100 spacecraft and take you into low orbit. Flights will also be made available to companies and other agencies.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPJSlI4XXhE&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]
Let There Be Light: Light Paintings and Sculptures - Smashing Magazine
Let There Be Light: Light Paintings and Sculptures - Smashing Magazine.
Some amazing light sculptures brought to us by Smashing Magazine. Via Gizmodo :)
Well worth the look.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW_9SYaWAQg&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]
Some amazing light sculptures brought to us by Smashing Magazine. Via Gizmodo :)
Well worth the look.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW_9SYaWAQg&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Google’s Ginormity Expressed In Two Dozen Ways | Gizmodo Australia
Google’s Ginormity Expressed In Two Dozen Ways | Gizmodo Australia.
Very intersting look at just how big Goole is. Very much worth the click through :)
Very intersting look at just how big Goole is. Very much worth the click through :)
Conroy’s Still Got The Comms Job, But A New Nemesis In Turnbull | Gizmodo Australia
Conroy’s Still Got The Comms Job, But A New Nemesis In Turnbull | Gizmodo Australia.
Not so good news but let's hope the Greens among them will help balance the policies. Turnbull on the other hand, well it will remaind to be seen how much he can positively contribute to the debate.
Not so good news but let's hope the Greens among them will help balance the policies. Turnbull on the other hand, well it will remaind to be seen how much he can positively contribute to the debate.
Friday, September 10, 2010
New South Wales same-sex adoption bill passed | Adelaide Now
New South Wales same-sex adoption bill passed | Adelaide Now.
Finally! We may be heading towards a more modern and accepting government after all?!
Finally! We may be heading towards a more modern and accepting government after all?!
Thursday, September 9, 2010
1.5GHz Snapdragons Arriving End Of 2011, 1.2GHz Early Next Year | Gizmodo Australia
1.5GHz Snapdragons Arriving End Of 2011, 1.2GHz Early Next Year | Gizmodo Australia.
Thanks once again to Gizmodo we see the new Snapdragon chips coming through. Can't wait to see the snappy (pun intended) phones this will appear in.
Thanks once again to Gizmodo we see the new Snapdragon chips coming through. Can't wait to see the snappy (pun intended) phones this will appear in.
Twitter / Over capacity - Again!
Twitter / Over capacity.
This is the second time i have seen this in only a few months - see twitter-over-capacity.
Surely it can;t be that hard to keep such a basic site up, all it does is link and post messages. Is this a sign like the old myspace days that the growth cannot be served by the management of the server infrastructure??
This is the second time i have seen this in only a few months - see twitter-over-capacity.
Surely it can;t be that hard to keep such a basic site up, all it does is link and post messages. Is this a sign like the old myspace days that the growth cannot be served by the management of the server infrastructure??
Watch How Watches Work | Gizmodo Australia
Watch How Watches Work | Gizmodo Australia.
Thanks to giz we have a nice little clip of how watches are made and operate.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiCPu0SjEW4&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]
Thanks to giz we have a nice little clip of how watches are made and operate.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiCPu0SjEW4&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]
These Are The True Lungs Of Planet Earth | Gizmodo Australia
These Are The True Lungs Of Planet Earth | Gizmodo Australia.
Very cool pics and some info about phytoplankton and it's role in generating oxygen in our atomosphere. Well worth the read.
Very cool pics and some info about phytoplankton and it's role in generating oxygen in our atomosphere. Well worth the read.
North Sydney Power Outage
As i walk down to my local sandwich adn boost shop i discover that the entire Greenwood plaza as well as many buildings along the Pacific Highway between Berry and Walker Streets are out of power.
The problem seemed to have occured right before i walked intot he plaza at around 9.15am.
The cause and resolution is yet to be identified.
The problem seemed to have occured right before i walked intot he plaza at around 9.15am.
The cause and resolution is yet to be identified.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Where are my smartphone apps?!
So it seems every man and his dog is making an iPhone app for anything from how to scratch your butt to actual usefull stuff like transport timetables etc.
My question is, why is everyone making iPhone apps for what is literally one of not the youngest smartphone operating systems, not even close to majority market share at my last count.
Nokia's Symbion OS, Microsoft Windows Mobile, and WebOS from Palm have been out for many many years longer then the iOS on iPhone yet it seems that it is absolutely ok to just ignore these other smartphones that have at least up until recently dominated the smartphone market share.
Are Apple paying developers to make these apps? Where is my windows mobile app for each iPhone app that is made? Where are the Nokia apps?
Quite frankly i am sick of waiting for app developers to provide apps for my windows mobile phone and i am unsure of just who to blame. Is it the sheeple blindly buying and downloading iPhone's and apps or is it the developers for being lazy, or is it Apples fault for driving out other platforms by either paying or incentising the development of apps for thier platforms?
Is it just me or are there other smartphone users just as frustrated at the lack of support for thier much more established platforms?
Is it Dominos or Cityrail's fault for just ignoring us as smartphone users with the same needs as iPhone users?
Please comment below and let me know what you think and if you find the same frustrations as i....
My question is, why is everyone making iPhone apps for what is literally one of not the youngest smartphone operating systems, not even close to majority market share at my last count.
Nokia's Symbion OS, Microsoft Windows Mobile, and WebOS from Palm have been out for many many years longer then the iOS on iPhone yet it seems that it is absolutely ok to just ignore these other smartphones that have at least up until recently dominated the smartphone market share.
Are Apple paying developers to make these apps? Where is my windows mobile app for each iPhone app that is made? Where are the Nokia apps?
Quite frankly i am sick of waiting for app developers to provide apps for my windows mobile phone and i am unsure of just who to blame. Is it the sheeple blindly buying and downloading iPhone's and apps or is it the developers for being lazy, or is it Apples fault for driving out other platforms by either paying or incentising the development of apps for thier platforms?
Is it just me or are there other smartphone users just as frustrated at the lack of support for thier much more established platforms?
Is it Dominos or Cityrail's fault for just ignoring us as smartphone users with the same needs as iPhone users?
Please comment below and let me know what you think and if you find the same frustrations as i....
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