Jan
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2009
Comments Off on Racism persists because we don't really find it offensive – Globe and Mail | tags: tech, tv | posted in technical news
Jan
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2009
Comments Off on Palm investors celebrating too soon? – Reuters | tags: tech | posted in technical news
Jan
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2009
Comments Off on EA expands Hasbro lineup – GameSpot | tags: tech | posted in technical news
Jan
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2009
Comments Off on Samsung wants you to stay home, watch TV – CNET News | tags: tech, tv | posted in technical news
Jan
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2009
Comments Off on FEAR 2: Project Origin Demo Slated For This Month – PSX Extreme | tags: tech | posted in technical news
Jan
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2009
Comments Off on Tech Data adds DataCore Software – eChannelLine | tags: tech | posted in technical news
Jan
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2009
In the 80s, video games were still new to the public and the game companies were still trying to figure out how to ease us into the technology. From their early ads, it appears they decided the best way was via batshit insanity.


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Jan
9
2009
darthcamaro writes “Remember the big DNS flaw that Dan Kaminsky ‘discovered’ last year? Well, it looks like another flaw in DNS has just been patched. This time it’s an item that affects DNSSEC, which was supposed to be the savior for the Kaminsky flaw. The good news, though, is that this time, the issue is relatively minor and DNS has already been patched. ‘The flaw is specific to certain usages of DNSSEC,’ Joao Damas, senior programming manager of the ISC told InternetNews. ‘It is strongly advised that all BIND DNSSEC deployments update in case they are using the particular pattern affected (DSA keys in some cases) and to prevent coming across the problem in the future unexpectedly.'”

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Jan
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2009
alphadogg writes to tell us that lessons learned from peer-to-peer networks are being applied to traffic systems in order to prevent jams. “Their Autonet plan would center around ad hoc networks of vehicles and roadside monitoring posts supported by 802.11 technology (the prototype uses 11b). The vehicles would essentially be the ‘clients’ in such a system and feature graphical user interfaces to pass along information to drivers. They’re building the system to be able to handle data on thousands of traffic incidents and road conditions.”

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Jan
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2009
Nick Fletcher writes “Just a few short months after the initial release, Google has released a pre-beta version of Google Chrome 2.0. It sports a few new features including form auto-completion, full-page zoom, ‘profiles,’ and Greasemonkey support. It seems the only notable feature would be profiles, which allows users to separate out their homepage, history, and bookmarks on a per user or category basis. It seems Google is still playing catch-up but they’re definitely moving at a pace unknown to some of their competition. The full list of new features is available in the release notes.”

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