Archive for October, 2008

It’s Time to Hack the Economy

The Hacker Underground is dead. Long live the Hacker Underground! In the most recent issue of Phrack Magazine, I read an article titled “The Underground Myth,” that makes a number of astute points about the demise of the hacking scene of the last few decades. The author describes a technical landscape in which the technology […]

Almost Human: A Review of Google’s Android G1 Phone

“The T-Mobile G1 Google smartphone, designed by Google and made by HTC, remains firmly in the shadow of the iPhone-for now. The phone, which goes on sale next week in the US and next month in Britain, was released too early. The HTC hardware and Android OS that powers it lack the polish and depth […]

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Finally, an Apple notebook built with green credentials in mind

I ve been writing stories about Apple products for longer than I care to enumerate here, and have always been agog over the sheer creativity that s associated with its product design. Too expensive, yes. Too heavy, absolutely. Self-indulgent, probably. But my second-hand, three-year-old PowerBook G4 notebook still draws comments (not […]

Five Yahoo! Search Panels at SMX East

At the Javits Convention Center in New York next week, the Yahoo! Search team will speak on five SMX East panels to address a number of industry topics, including spam, URLs and domains, design techniques, and enhanced listings. Also, the team will offer answers to your questions and give you a behind-the-scenes look at search […]

Clarification: Apple’s Dual GPU Setup

In our coverage on the Apple press event earlier this week, where Steve Jobs introduced a revamp of all the company’s notebooks (as well as a new Cinema Display), an error leaked into our story. We said that the new dual-GPU MacBook Pros used Hybrid SLI so you could use both graphics chips at the […]

Google & Yahoo Dicker with Feds To Salvage Deal: WSJ

They are now in early-stage negotiations with the regulators, the paper said, hoping to sidestep litigation. Google, in particular, has been publicly resistant to the idea of making any changes to the agreement, but concessions may be inevitable – unless of course Google decides to walk. The Journal says the talks may not “resolve US […]

Simulated Bomb Tests of Jets Launched

Last year, the government posed a question for scientists: Could a computer program show how bombs might rip through jets?
Today, that question is answered. Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque have created the first computer model that simulates a bomb blowing up a passenger plane. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is hoping that it […]

Mithras Suggests Microsoft Buys Yahoo For $22 a Share

Mithras Capital, an investment fund that, poor thing, owns 1.9 million shares of Yahoo, which amounts to a fractional percentage in the company, has suggested that Microsoft buy the joint for $22 a share, these days something like a 60% premium to its bombed-out stock price, then sell off Yahoo’s Asian and non-search interests, cut […]

The PostgreSQL Reference Manual Volume 3: Server Administration Guide (The Postgresql Reference Manual) (Paperback) newly tagged “programming”

The PostgreSQL Reference Manual Volume 3: Server Administration Guide (The Postgresql Reference Manual) (Paperback)By The PostgreSQL Global Development Group
Buy new: $24.95$18.2118 used and new from $16.05 First tagged “programming” by Leandro G. F. DUTRA […]