Lenin's Tomb (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009 | Technology
I am saddened to hear the news that Chris Harman , revolutionary socialist and leading theoretician of the International Socialist tradition, died of a cardiac arrest in Cairo last night. Before his death, he edited the International Socialism journal, and had written an accessible critique of mainstream economic theory, Zombie Capitalism . I personally owe a considerable portion of my Bildung to the...
SOCIALIST UNITY (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009 | Technology
Very sad and totally unexpected. More at Luna 17 and Lenin’s Tomb
The Guardian Technology blog (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009 | Technology
A new project gives you an overview of what's being talked about by the Twitterers you follow, through the medium of a personalised newspaper In a world of information overload, the reading lists of friends and interesting people you follow are becoming more important; a lot of traditional news organisations have grasped this, and integrated social media features deep within their sites. However,...
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009 | Technology
Filed under: Hardware , Rumors , iPhone Photo courtesy of flickr: Thijs Jacobs Back in April 2009, TUAW's Dave Caolo posted a video showing off the potential (and some of the potential annoyances as well) and possibilities of an RFID-enabled iPhone world via an iPhone RFID prototype by Near Field. And, according to a Near Field Communications blog posting , Apple is said to have equipped prototypes...
Fergie's Tech Blog (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009 | Technology
Dan Goodin writes on The Register : Researchers say they've uncovered a flaw in the secure sockets layer protocol that allows attackers to inject text into encrypted traffic passing between two endpoints. The vulnerability in the transport layer security protocol allows man-in-the-middle attackers to surreptitiously introduce text at the beginning of an SSL session, said Marsh Ray, a security researcher...
Android Phone Fans (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009 | Technology
It seems to be the consensus that Verizon will be launching the best Android Phone to date when they unveil the Motorola Droid tomorrow – and some would even consider it the best phone of ALL phones. T-Mobile and O2 in the United Kingdom must have seen something different, or a high cost partnership [...]
Coolest Gadgets (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009 | Technology
I don’t know about you, but I just can’t stand printing. It usually never goes well, and the final document never looks like what is on the display. Not only that, I always run out of ink at the worst possible time. Therefore, I always put off printing jobs as much as [...]
Techdirt (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009 | Technology
When Lord Mandelson officially announced his plan to kick file sharers off the internet based on accusations (not convictions) -- the so-called "three strikes" plan -- I asked a simple question: how will this get people to buy more. It was fun watching industry defenders paint themselves into corners trying to explain it, but they couldn't. The best they could say is that the fear of losing...
The Agitator (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009 | Technology
This ACLU video profiles the Gitmo prisoners detained, tortured, and then released without charge. You might keep the recent 2nd Circuit ruling my colleague Jacob Sullum wrote about yesterday in mind while watching.
Fleck.com Blog (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009 | Technology
Adult and children favourites Wallace and Gromit have been given the ultimate honour to mark their 20th birthday – taking over the Google logo. The plasticine duo’s first outing, A Grand Day Out, debuted 20 years ago today. The logo, which was produced by Aardman Animation, is only one of three ‘Google doodles’ to be created [...]
TechConnect Magazine (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009 | Technology
CPU & Motherboard - Intel Core i7-870 vs AMD Phenom II 965BE @ the Inquirer - AMD Athlon II X4 620 @ OC3D @ XtremeComputing @ Bjorn3d (with Sapphire PI-AM3RS785G board) - ASUS M4A785TD-V EVO Motherboard @ [H]ard OCP - MSI 785GM-E65 Motherboard @ iXBT Labs Memory - Corsair Dominator 4GB 1600MHz DDR3 Dual Channel Memory @ Futurelooks Storage - AXUS FiT 500 RAID box @ Techware Labs - Thecus N7700...
The Guardian Technology blog (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009 | Technology
Big Bird and other characters are featuring in Google Doodles today to celebrate the Children's Television Workshop's ground-breaking series It's somewhat shocking to discover from a Google Doodle that Sesame Street is 40 years old. The educational show created by the Children's Television Workshop certainly has legs, as they say, and Google has chosen to highlight the ones belonging to Big Bird rather...
Joystiq (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009 | Technology
Apple's App Store has attained over 100,000 fart simulators apps and blown by the two billion download mark. GI.biz reports that games make up 19.6 percent of the store's content. EA Mobile VP Travis Boatman notes that the store, which is now available in 77 countries, has allowed his company to make high quality games that "have been a huge success with customers." If Gameloft's sales figures...
the::unwired (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009 | Technology
Early October, Acer finally announced its long-awaited first Android smartphone, the Acer Liquid. And beside being Acer's first Android smartphone, it's also the first Android device which runs on Qualcomm's Snapdragon platform as well as featuring a yet unique WVGA touchscreen at 800x480 pixel. Running on Android 1.6 (aka Donut), the Acer Liquid is powered by a Qualcomm QSD 8250 Snapdragon CPU at...
Photography Blog (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009 | Technology
The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TX1 is a small, stylish and svelte pocket camera with a twist - it delivers excellent image quality in almost any situation. With Sony's new Exmor-R sensor at its heart, the TX1 takes great pictures in all lighting conditions, and thanks to its amazing 10fps burst mode, it can keep up with the action too. Other key features include touch-sensitive operation via the 3 inch LCD...
