Judge to Oracle: A High Schooler Could Write rangeCheck
mikejuk writes with an update on the Oracle vs Google Trial. From the article: 'One month into the Oracle v Google trial, Judge William Alsup has revealed that he has, and still does, write code. Will this affect the outcome? I think so! After trying to (rss.slashdot)
Avira antivirus upgrade wreaks catastrophic havoc on Windows PCs
German security firm Avira yesterday issued a service pack for its antivirus software that crippled an unknown number of Windows machines, with one customer calling the gaffe \catastrophic\ to his company. (rss.computerworld)
Report: Google Will Unveil Android 5.0 on Multiple Nexus-Branded Smartphones
MiTeC InfoBar is one of the most versatile, useful desktop tools we?ve ever seen
At first glance,%A0MiTeC InfoBar%A0looks much like a host of other desktop tools. There?s a display of your CPU utilization here, your free RAM there -- not exactly the most interesting or essential of applications.%A0But wait. There?s much more here than you m (feeds.betanews)
It used to be a given in Hollywood that a sequel was never as good as the original. This has obviously changed in recent years, with fans expecting no less than a stellar experience the second time around. read more (feedproxy.google)
If This Game Studio Collapses, Taxpayers Will Owe $112.6M
There seriously needs to be some ass kicking going on here...starting with the governor. With Rhode Island politicians and 38 Studios silent on the precarious financial condition of the developer, the potential cost of the doomsday scenario to taxpayers (hardocp)
The Mathematics of Obesity
Hugh Pickens writes 'The NY Times reports that Carson C. Chow, an MIT-trained mathematician and physicist, has taken a new look at America's obesity epidemic and found that a food glut is behind America's weight problem, with the national obesity rate ju (rss.slashdot)
The power of cool: Whatever became of Starlite?
Two decades ago, Maurice Ward invented a fireproof substance that outperformed all known materials. Why wouldn't he reveal its secret, asks Richard Fisher (full text available to subscribers) (feeds.newscientist)
Water Soaked Laptop? Not a Problem! [Humorous Images]
There is a right way and a wrong way to deal with a water soaked laptop& (howtogeek)
Fiat Photo Bombs VW On Street View
Don't ask me how Fiat pulled this one off (search for Volkswagen Group Sverige AB) but it is damn funny! Comments (hardocp)
4 Of The Best Printers For Connecting To A Wireless Network
Up until a few years ago, a small home printer had to be attached directly to the computer it was servicing. Or, if you had several computers, it had to be attached to at least one of them, and that computer had to be sharing it for others to be able to u (feedproxy.google)
Here's what Android fragmentation really looks like
Data reveals thousands of devices running wild in the global Android jungle.[Read more] (feedproxy.google)
Facebook has nearly a billion users today, so what could topple the blue giant? Government intervention, the shift to mobile, and a loss of 'cool' all have the power to violently disrupt Facebook, or at least see it lose its iron grip on social networking (feedproxy.google)
How To Use Calibre To Correctly Order Your Ebook Series
Trying to remember, based on the titles alone, what order a series of books goes in can be quite frustrating. Read on as we show you how to annotate and sort your book titles as they?re transferred to your ebook reader for frustration-free reading. Here (howtogeek)
DDR4 May Replace Mobile Memory For Less
Lucas123 writes 'The upcoming shift from Double Data Rate 3 (DDR3) RAM to its successor, DDR4, will herald a significant boost in both memory performance and capacity for data center hardware and consumer products alike. Because of the greater density, 2 (rss.slashdot)
NVIDIA virtualizes the GPU for streamed desktops and cloud gaming
New GPUs also triple speed for high-performance computing (feeds.arstechnica)
The de/Rastra oscillographic synthesizer will make you wish you hadn't tossed out that old TV set
You know the old saying: one man's trash is another man's oscillographic synthesizer. The de/Rastra project from Kyle Evans takes an old CRT set and turns it into an audio / visual work of art, courtesy of four force sensing resistors, an accelerometer (engadget)
Paralyzed Man Regains Hand Function After Breakthrough Nerve Rewiring Procedure
An anonymous reader writes 'A 71-year-old man who became paralyzed from the waist down and lost all use of both hands in a 2008 car accident has regained motor function in his fingers after doctors rewired his nerves to bypass the damaged ones in a pione (rss.slashdot)
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