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humor
Obama's BlackBerry: No Wonder He Couldn't Let Go
Kasper Hauser, the brilliant minds behind the SkyMaul parody, have tackled another delicate tech subject: President Obama's beloved BlackBerry. When you see the First Dude staring at his handheld and snickering, this is what's going on. More » -
obits
RIP Microsoft Encarta, 1993-2009
Woe: Microsoft has officially pulled the plug on Encarta, a reference work that, for many of us, was probably more formative than anyone would like to admit. More »
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By John MahoneyComment by pettiblay: Too young to have ever really used it... Knew about it, but why would you not use Wikipedia when you... 13 Responses | Other threads
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bush league
The Biggest Advances in Governmental Tech During the Bush Era
With all this talk about Obama's BlackBerry and weekly YouTube addresses, we tend to assume there was no governmental tech before him. But there actually were some impressive advances in the last eight years. More »
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By Dan NosowitzComment by Andrew Arnold: For real! Obama this Obama that, boring. 13 Responses | Other threads
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wikipedia
If Wikipedia Was a Professor, College Would Be Awesome [Citation Needed]
CollegeHumor, kings of turning internet memes into viral videos, have done it again with Professor Wikipedia. It's pretty awesome, although I take issue with the notion that nobody wants to know the names of all the makeup artists who worked on the original Star Wars trilogy. I'm pretty sure Jesus Diaz does. Guy is a superfan. [CollegeHumor]
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By Adam FrucciComment by dc-united: Awesome slam on those who worship at the Wikipedia altar. 3 Responses | Other threads
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open source
Dispute Over Model Train Control Software Just Became a Landmark Open-Source Copyright Case
Robert Jacobsen wrote a nice piece of software for everyone with a Lionel set in their garage and released it under an open-source license. Fine and dandy. But after a company jacked his code and released it as a commercial product, Jacobsen understandably got a little pissed and sued. After God knows how many hearings and evidence filings involving model trains, the whole thing has ended up in federal appeals court, where it's unexpectedly turned into a potentially landmark ruling for open-source software licenses everywhere, keeping things like Linux and Wikipedia a bit more secure, for the moment. More »
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By John MahoneyComment by urbanturban666: @: yes it is... sad that they dont contribute to the open source community that they make there money off... more » | Other threads
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firefox
Take a Peek Under the Hood as Firefox Renders Websites Visually
Judging by the numbers, a good amount of you downloaded Firefox 3 during World Download Day on Tuesday. Curious as to how the HTML rendering engine in Firefox looks rendering your websites? Yeah, you probably weren't, but now that there are these neat videos of how it works, maybe you are? Above is a visualization of Gecko processing a Wikipedia page. After the jump, Mozilla.org. Science! More »
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By Adam FrucciComment by packetsniffer: @uberfu: Um... Okay. Way to fight semantics on a 6th grade level. Anyway, so it saves time by requiring an addition... more » | Other threads
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hhgttg
Offline Wikipedia Psion Mod is Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy V1.0
Instructables has this neat project which lets you pop an offline version of Wikipedia in your pocket. It's a relatively cheap and cheerful hack, using a Psion 5mx handheld with a stripped-down Linux OS and complete—if slightly old— static HTML Wiki archive. If you're not a seasoned Linux expert, don't panic: apparently it's relatively easy to do. Personally I've always thought of the iPhone as the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy made real (minus the "hundred tiny flat press buttons") but this is a much less expensive solution, with a dab of DIY satisfaction built in. Now I'm just off to look up the recipe for a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster... [Instructables via BB Gadgets] -
google
Google Maps Adds Wikipedia Articles, Geotagged Photos, Real Estate Listings
Google Maps has just added even more information for your geographical perusal, including the option to place links to Wikipedia articles and geotagged photos from Panoramio on top of your maps. It's a cool way to see shots of areas taken with a more artful eye than the Street View vans as well as check out info written by strangers and verified by nobody of authority. It's also added real estate listings, which you can turn on under the "search options" link. The future is now! [Google Maps via Lifehacker]
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By Adam FrucciComment by GrimaceXL: i noticed this last week and thought it was a feature that wasn't new, but hadn't stumbled upon, but now... more » | Other threads
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t-shirts
The Shirt That Sums Up Wikipedia
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gadgets
Be a Walking Wikipedia With the Handheld Looking Glass Computer
There's no better way to annoy your travel companions than to take something like this handheld-computer design wherever you go. Not only can you hold it up to buildings and get the address, history and architectural schematics (you know, for a heist), but it also supposedly hooks up with your personal organizer, a dictionary and Google—for that extra bit of information overload. Good thing that this camera/touchscreen display/GPS/internet 3G device is a design or we'd be forced to actually spend the money to buy one. [PetitInvention via Yanko Design] More » -
announcements
Do You Really Think the Macworld Keynote's Leaked on Wikipedia?
Seriously? We weren't going to post anything on this, but lots of sites seem to be picking it up. Do you really think that Steve Jobs would let his keynote be leaked, and on Wikipedia of all places? The keynote that many of his own people don't even know about? We've even heard about employees who worked on the products being announced at Macworlds being surprised that Steve Jobs pulls it out during showtime. But if you really want to read the list of "what's going to be announced," hit the jump. More »
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By Jason ChenComment by sumocat: Fake. It's plausible enough to look real, but it seems contrived and overly safe to me. Not that some of... more » | Other threads
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roundup
Afternoon News: Sharper Image Cellphones, Cancer-Detecting Mouthwash and More
• Sharper Image is now selling four unlocked Windows Mobile cellphones. The top of the line model has a 2MP camera, touchscreen, Bluetooth, tri-band, and GPRS, but sadly no ionic air-purifier or back massager. [Uber Phones] More » -
googlepedia
Google Puts Wikipedia in its Sights, to Launch Knol Open Encyclopedia
Google, who will not be satisfied until it owns pretty much every major site on the internet, has its sights set on Wikipedia. No, it doesn't want to buy the gigantic, credibility-challenged encyclopedia. It wants to beat it at its own game. That's why Google is developing Knol, an open encyclopedia that aims to bring some credibility to the genre while, yes, bringing in some more coin to the big G. More »
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By Adam FrucciComment by skierpage: @antidayjob: Searching Wikipedia is so old-school. Just jump directly to the article on the subject. In Firefox (and... more » | Other threads
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cellphones
Helio Turns Up the Heat with Digg-Touting Samsung Slider
Today Helio's rolling out a new Samsung touchpad slider dubbed the Heat, which, as you can see, is available in "Onyx Black" or "Gold." Suspiciously familiar, it packs the usual Helio stuff, like Google Maps with that ever popular GPS BuddyStalkerBeacon feature, plus some new goodies on the Helio WAP deck. More » -
power user
Power User - The Best of Lifehacker
This week at Lifehacker: Set up your personal wikipedia. Help that feeble brain of yours and develop digital photographic memory. Remedy your memory-sucking Firefox installation. Make Mom a rotating digital photo frame that refreshes with your current Flickr photos. Finally, rig up a portable USB charger with a 9-volt battery. More » -
ipod
Wikipedia on Your iPod
Despite what the haters say, it s hard to deny Wikipedia its place in the sun. Now you can load up the online encyclopedia on your (third or fourth generation) iPod. Folks with newer iPods, such as the nano or fifth-generation iPod with video, will be disappointed to find out their iPods aren t compatible. A kind fellow by the name of Robert Balmer took the trouble to convert the whole of Wikipedia into an iPod-compatible 800MB chunk. Of course, being based on the free encyclopedia, Wikipedia for iPod is totally free. So the next time you re in a heated debate about where Lionel Messi was born or how many diphthongs are in Portuguese, just whip out your trusty iPod and show everybody who s boss. More » -
power user
Power User - The Best of Lifehacker
This week at Lifehacker: Decide when to trash your old PC and when to upgrade. Be a walking encyclopedia - literally - with Wikipedia on your iPod. Build yourself a booty-hiding secret hollow book. Finally, smack down that annoying Windows error report dialog that pops up whenever software crashes for good. More »
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