Preview the New MythTV User Interface Tombstone-f sent in a cool update on a project that I continue to keep an eye on. MythTV has become a dominant force in the do it yourself media mega box space, so any improvements to the UI matter si

Category :Technology | 2 views | read more | 2008-11-17 09:18:00

MS explains 7-year patch delay Legacy networking problem cure as bad as disease Microsoft has explained why it took seven years to patch a known vulnerability. Fixing the bug earlier would have taken out network applications and po

Category :Security | 3 views | read more | 2008-11-17 09:02:59

Stallman Unsure Whether Firefox Is Truly Free Slatterz writes "Among the theories Stallman bandies about in this Q&A, are: Facebook may not share private data to the CIA, Firefox isn't really "free software", and his dreams of a day where nob

Category :Technology | 4 views | read more | 2008-11-17 08:35:00

75 Comics That Are Being Made Into Films brumgrunt writes "The comic book is the new spec script in Hollywood, if this list is anything to go by. Den Of Geek has uncovered 75 comics that are in the process of being turned into films, along w

Category :Technology | 4 views | read more | 2008-11-17 07:55:00

Science's Alternative To an Intelligent Creator Hugh Pickens writes "Discover magazine has an interesting article on the multiverse theory — a synthesis of string theory and the anthropic principle that explains why our universe seems perfect

Category :Technology | 5 views | read more | 2008-11-17 07:07:00

In AU, Dodgy Dell Deal Faces Consumer Backlash Ben Seberry writes "It appears Dell has been caught red-faced by yet another pricing mistake on their Australian website. Many customers thought they had spotted a fantastic deal when they came across

Category :Technology | 5 views | read more | 2008-11-17 03:22:00

Good Physics Books For a Math PhD Student? An anonymous reader writes "As a third-year PhD math student, I am currently taking Partial Differential Equations. I'm working hard to understand all the math being thrown at us in that class, and th

Category :Technology | 6 views | read more | 2008-11-16 23:37:00

Boycott Novell Protesters Manhandled In India James Mathew writes "This is an interesting story from Kerala, India, where the ruling Communist Party organized a national conference in its efforts to hijack the Free Software Movement, which has en

Category :Technology | 5 views | read more | 2008-11-16 21:14:00

A word about metrics, part III: market share of Google Docs? I’m not sure what Google Docs market share is, but I thought it would be interesting to mention a couple data points and add a new data point. Data point #1: Compete. Compete just estimated that

Category :Search Engines | 6 views | read more | 2008-11-16 19:22:10

Rubber Duckies For Global Warming Research The Wall Street Journal has a look at global warming research using rubber duckies. The toys have been employed in tracking ocean currents since 1992; but recently NASA robotics expert Alberto Behar r

Category :Technology | 3 views | read more | 2008-11-16 18:51:00