Cody Taylor

Digg, which has spent four years trying to level the playing field and democratize media, will soon receive a facelift. According to Kevin Rose, Digg’s founder and chief architect, the site, which hasn’t changed much since its inception, will be putting a “stake in the ground this year and making some big changes.”

As analysts predicted it might, Microsoft on Thursday reported the company’s first ever year-over-year sales decline for the quarter ended March 31.The software maker said fiscal third-quarter sales totaled .65 billion, down 6 percent compared with .45 billion in the same quarter a year ago.

Really creative PV3D model. Blow into the microphone and create a wind!

Color helps define how users perceive information. To add to the complexity of this issue, most of the judgements people make about your site’s color schemes are subconscious. They may not provide any feedback about your site’s color, but they’re always thinking about it.

The sheer depth of Final Cut Pro features can intimidate new users. In order to shake Avid from its high horse, Apple had to cram an unbelievable amount of features in there. We’ve assembled ten features that will help you master FCP and create the next

Mix, crossfade, and scratch like a master turntablist with these DJ equipment choices, like a portable mixer and USB turntable.

Rational Egoist writes “Scientists working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have come up with a novel, easy way to detect life on other planets. Rather than try to measure the composition of atmospheres, they want to look at the chirality of light coming from the planet. From the article: ‘”If the [planet’s] surface had just a collection of random chiral molecules, half would go left, half right,” Germer says. “But life’s self-assembly means they all would go one way. It’s hard to imagine a planet’s surface exhibiting handedness without the presence of self assembly, which is an essential component of life.”‘ And they have already built a working model: ‘Because chiral molecules reflect light in a way that indicates their handedness, the research team built a device to shine light on plant leaves and bacteria, and then detect the polarized reflections from the organisms’ chlorophyll from a short distance away. The device detected chirality from both sources.’ The article abstract is available online.”

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