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All in all I think it's been a fairly quiet year. Google+: View post on Google+
It had to be Logitech becuase I love the hyper-fast scrolling feature. You can adjust the DPI on the fly as well which is quite cool but somehow I doubt it'll make me a better gamer. Embedded Link Logitech – Gaming Mouse G500 The Logitech G500 Gaming mouse has onboard memory, weight tuning, & adjustable [...]
Very interesting development, nice one HP! Now if only I could pick up a TouchPad on the cheap!! Embedded Link HP to Contribute webOS to Open Source HP today announced it will contribute the webOS software to the open source community. Google+: View post on Google+
It was interesting to watch the Facebook employee struggling to justify the way the Like Button exploits users through advertising. "So let's pause (awkward silence) that's interesting, you're asking a profound question"…. It's about 50 minutes in. It ends with "ask not what Facebook can do for you, but what you can do for Facebook". [...]
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Such a shame models like this are so rarely used in Movies. Bluescreen technology (or Chroma key compositing as Wikipedia helpfully informs me) has a lot to answer for. Embedded Link All Your Miniature Star Wars Fantasies Come True Star Wars is epic, spawning movies, toys, and video games. That's doesn't mean it's too big [...]
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According to this study 84% of almost 10,000 Web Applications tested were deemed insecure. This is pretty damning but not at all surprising. We (well IT professionals in general) should really be trying much harder than this. Embedded Link Insecure Applications: We Are The 84 Percent! | threatpost New data from application testing firm Veracode [...]
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Reshared post from +Cancer Research UK As you may have seen, our landmark report on lifestyle and cancer is in the news this morning, showing just how many cancers could be prevented if the UK got healthier. A third of all cancers could be prevented by stopping smoking, eating a balanced diet, cutting down on [...]
and talking of which! Embedded Link Microsoft starts bundling IE with Windows after anti-trust terms expire – TechSpot News A decade ago Microsoft lost an anti-trust case that effectively “loosened” the link between their operating system and its Internet Explorer browser. Yesterday marked the end of that ruling, and the R… Google+: View post on [...]
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It's certainly true that more and more sites and webapps are popping up that only work fully in Chrome, but I think comparisons with IE6 are unfair. I guess time will tell. Also IIRC it wasn't the new features that caused IE to have a 95% market share, it was the bundling of the browser [...]
+Lee Bowyer Google sin(x) and you'll see your sine wave is way off ;-) Google+: View post on Google+
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