"I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing." --Jesus (John 15:5)

A last-minute push to save e-voting before the November election

Seeded on Thu Jan 17, 2008 9:48 PM EST (Ars Technica)

In a last-ditch effort to spare the country as much nastiness as possible in the event of a close presidential election in November, Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ) has introduced the Emergency Assistance for Secure Elections Act of 2008.

election, 2008, politics, law, voting, e-voting, rush-holt

Analysis: Microsoft could, but shouldn't buy Yahoo

Seeded on Sun Jan 13, 2008 9:53 PM EST (Ars Technica)

The Greek chorus calling for Microsoft to buy Yahoo is mumbling louder than ever. Journalists, analysts, and other assorted pundits are saying that Mr. Softy needs to pull the trigger soon or lose a golden opportunity forever.

google, yahoo, business, search, microsoft, merger, msn, live

Microsoft planning to buy Logitech?

Seeded on Fri Jan 11, 2008 9:02 AM EST (Electronista)

Logitech, the maker of popular mice, speakers and other peripherals, may be on the verge of acquisition by Microsoft. Reuters reports that shares rose 12 percent early Thursday morning, fueled partly by trader speculation surrounding a possible takeover.

business, acquisition, microsoft, computers, logitech

MWSF 2008 keynote bingo

Seeded on Mon Jan 7, 2008 8:56 AM EST (Ars Technica)

Ah, winter in San Francisco: the time of year when a young man's fancy lightly turns to keynote bingo. What's that, you ask? You haven't played? Oh, but you must.

technology, apple, mac, macworld, mwsf, stevenote, mwsf-08, keynote-bingo

Warner tries to curtail format war by ending HD DVD support

Seeded on Sun Jan 6, 2008 8:35 AM EST (Ars Technica)

Warner Bros. had stood alone as the sole studio supporting both HD disc formats—until today. The studio gave Blu-ray a boost by deciding to release movies exclusively in that format, announcing that it would limit its HD releases to Blu-ray beginning later this year.

entertainment, warner, warner-bros, movies, hd, hd-dvd, blu-ray

Apple developing dynamic OLED-based keyboard

Seeded on Thu Jan 3, 2008 3:00 PM EST (Apple Insider)

Apple Inc.

technology, apple, patent, mac, keyboard, oled

Netflix aims for the TV (and Apple TV) with set-top box

Seeded on Thu Jan 3, 2008 2:48 PM EST (Ars Technica)

The Internet video market has recently been a hot destination for both upstarts and established players.

netflix, entertainment, video, lg, tivo, movies, set-top-box, apple-tv, streaming-video, amazon-unbox

First Look: Microsoft Office for Mac 2008

Seeded on Thu Jan 3, 2008 9:45 AM EST (Ars Technica)

The MBU has been hard at work on the first new Office for Mac release in four years, and one that's been designed to take on Apple's iWork apps.

technology, microsoft, mac, os-x, ms-office, office-2008

IPv6: coming to a root server near you

Seeded on Thu Jan 3, 2008 9:28 AM EST (Ars Technica)

Just before year's end, ICANN/IANA sent out a short message saying that "on 4 February 2008, IANA will add AAAA records for the IPv6 addresses of the four root servers whose operators have requested it." The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is mostly re …

technology, internet, icann, dns, networking, ip, ipv4, ipv6, iana

Ultimate Leopard Tweaking Guide

Seeded on Wed Jan 2, 2008 1:56 PM EST (Appletell)

No matter how good Apple Mac OS X Leopard is, there will always be features that people dislike, and want to change. And while Apple may think they have the perfect recipe for a perfect OS, many power-users will want to tweak OS X to their liking.

technology, mac, leopard, os-x, tweak

2008: Year of Information Overload?

Seeded on Thu Dec 27, 2007 8:09 AM EST (Ars Technica)

Interruptions aren't merely annoying; they're also bad for productivity.

technology, internet, email, computers, multitasking, information-overload, twitter, basex

Apple to tweak 'Stacks' in Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.2 Update

Seeded on Fri Dec 21, 2007 7:56 AM EST (Apple Insider)

Faced with criticism over the implementation of a new desktop organizational feature of its recently-released Leopard operating system, Apple Inc. is reported to be implementing some refinements as part of an upcoming update to the system software.

technology, apple, mac, leopard, os-x, stacks, 10-5-2

Documents dress up and print out

Seeded on Wed Dec 19, 2007 5:17 PM EST (Official Google Docs Blog)

[W]e're introducing better printing for Google documents and the option to set the following specifications for your printed documents: Margins Page numbers Landscape or portrait page orientation Legal, Letter, or A4 paper size

google, technology, web-apps, google-docs

Online office suites barely register with public, says study; that may change as they mature

Seeded on Wed Dec 19, 2007 2:17 PM EST (Ars Technica)

A new study by the NPD Group doesn't paint a great picture for the current state of online productivity suites. If the numbers from a survey of 600 US residents are to be believed, most of us have never heard of, let alone tried, products such as Google Docs or Zoho.

google, technology, internet, software, web-apps, zoho, google-docs

1,000 pages of bad news: Ohio e-voting report released

Seeded on Wed Dec 19, 2007 1:15 PM EST (Ars Technica)

"To put it in every-day terms, the tools needed to compromise an accurate vote count could be as simple as tampering with the paper audit trail connector or using a magnet and a personal digital assistant," [Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer] Brunner said in a statement.

ohio, election, voting, us-news, e-voting, dre, optical-scan

The coming exaflood, and why it won't drown the Internet

Seeded on Mon Dec 17, 2007 10:18 PM EST (Ars Technica)

Most recently, concern has focused on the rise of Internet video, one of the key drivers of traffic growth over the last couple of years. Should Internet traffic surge more quickly than networks can keep up, the entire system could clog up like a bad plumbing job.

technology, internet, net-neutrality, bob-metcalfe, exaflood

Windows Mobile 6.1 and 7.0 feature big changes to compete with iPhone

Seeded on Mon Dec 17, 2007 3:03 PM EST (Ars Technica)

All seemed well in Windows Mobile land, but then Apple released the iPhone running a stripped-down version of OS X and a new multitouch user interface.

technology, microsoft, apple, windows-mobile, iphone

Hands on with the new online version of OpenOffice.org

Seeded on Mon Dec 17, 2007 10:53 AM EST (Ars Technica)

[T]he OpenOffice.org open source office suite is being taken in a new direction by a company named Ulteo. A brainchild of Gael Duval, founder of Mandriva Linux, Ulteo's mission is to serve as a platform for putting applications onto the web.

technology, web, beta, openoffice, gael-duval, openoffice-org, ulteo

Battle of the next-gen: FireWire S3200 versus USB 3

Seeded on Mon Dec 17, 2007 10:35 AM EST (Ars Technica)

Maximum theoretical data throughput will definitely be a point of contention between the two standards. Intel has stated that it expects USB 3.0 to be 10 times as fast as USB 2.0, which would give it a 4.8Gbps transfer rate.

technology, firewire, usb, ieee, ieee-1394, s3200, usb3

Apple relents, sanctions custom ringtones!

Seeded on Fri Dec 14, 2007 11:39 AM EST (The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW))

Apple sneaks in a new technical support page adding a "Share > Send Ringtone to iTunes" option to Garage Band.

technology, apple, itunes, ringtones, iphone, garage-band

5-year-old descendant of Davy Crockett kills bear

Seeded on Wed Dec 12, 2007 1:03 PM EST (ESPN.com)

A 5-year-old Arkansas County boy killed a black bear Sunday weighing more than 400 pounds. Tre Merritt, a descendant of Davy Crockett, was hunting with his grandfather Mike Merritt when a black bear happened upon their stand.

hunting, bear, odd-news, five-year-old, are-you-serious, davy-crockett

Gmail + chat + AIM = crazy delicious

Seeded on Tue Dec 4, 2007 8:48 PM EST (Official Gmail Blog)

From the beginning, Google has been committed to open standards and interoperation for instant messaging. So when our friends at AOL agreed to let Gmail users talk to users on their network, we jumped at the chance.

google, technology, aol, im, gmail, instant-messaging, aim

Wal-Mart, Amazon ratchet up anti-DRM pressure

Seeded on Mon Dec 3, 2007 2:47 PM EST (Engadget)

Both Wal-Mart and Amazon have already made their positions on DRM pretty well known, but it looks like each are now taking some further steps to ratchet up the pressure on the remaining hold-out record labels.

technology, music, super-bowl, wal-mart, amazon, mp3, drm, pepsi, drm-free

Create a Custom Environment for Leopard's New Guest User

Seeded on Sun Nov 11, 2007 1:26 AM EST (Michael's Mac)

This tutorial will show you how to customize the Guest user and permanently save the settings. In my case, I changed the desktop picture to one featuring a company logo and rebuilt the Dock with the applications my clients need most often... (Via TUAW)

technology, mac, leopard, os-x

A/V for Adium!

Seeded on Fri Nov 9, 2007 3:52 PM EST (Adium Blog)

During all our work on integrating audio and video into Adium, it seems that a company called MeBeam was way ahead of us. They implemented a cross-platform, protocol-agnostic videochat solution using Flash. The best of all: They allowed us to integrate with their service!

technology, mac, chat, adium, videochat, mebeam, adium-vv

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