Mar 14

Leo Laporte crowd surfing while live streaming @ Diggnation

Leo Laporte crowd surfing while live streaming on the Internet at Diggnation Live case.

As seen at SXSW 2010 at Stubbs BBQ in Austin, TX!

Source:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeremyjohnstone/4430516153/

Mar 14

When malware strikes via bad ads on good sites

Who is responsible for malware in ads, Web site owners or ad networks and delivery firms? Matt Drudge and Michael Arrington found themselves this week in an unpleasant position when visitors to their respective Drudge Report and TechCrunch sites were targeted by malware that appeared to have come from ads...

Source:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20000353-245.html?tag=mncol;title

Mar 14

FCC Releases Speed Test Tool

The U.S.

Federal Communications Commission has launched a broadband test service to help consumers clock the speed of their Internet.

Source:
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62B08720100312?type=technologyNews

Mar 14

New Version of Digg Revealed

At the Bigg Digg Shindigg event at the South by Southwest Interactive Conference (SXSWi), Digg CEO Jay Adelson revealed that the popular social bookmarking site is getting a major overhaul, teasing the audience about new features such as personalized feeds and the return of the Digg leaderboard.

Source:
http://mashable.com/2010/03/13/new-digg/

Mar 13

Man fined for insulting ex-girlfriend on Facebook

Sometimes, we say things we just don't mean.

Or, more accurately, that we really do mean, but we wish we hadn't said in public.

Source:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10468053-71.html

Mar 13

"Call to Action Buttons: Guidelines and Best Practices

Call to action buttons on websites are often neglected.

Designers sometimes dont understand exactly what makes a good call to action button beyond being attractive and fitting into the overall design. But call to action buttons are too important to be designed without some kind of understanding of what makes them effective

Source:
http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/call-to-action-buttons-guidelines-best-practices-and-examples/

Mar 13

Microsoft loses appeal in Word patent case

Microsoft has lost a second appeal in a case that will see it pay $240m (160m) in damages to software firm i4i.

Source:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8563852.stm

Mar 13

EFF: Fox and NPR Have Something In Common--DMCA Takedowns

The Fox News Channel boasts that it takes a different approach to news coverage than, say, CBS, NBC, or NPR.

But it appears Fox takes the same approach as its competitors when it comes to fair uses of its news coverage in political advertisements.

Source:
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/03/last-fox-and-national-public-radio-have-something

Mar 13

Apple vs HTC: The Real Purpose of Apple

Many experts are inclined to believe that Apples lawsuit against HTC has another real purpose that is to somehow precipitate Google, whose Android operating system and smart phones based on it are becoming a real threat to the iPhone.

Source:
http://www.htcphones.net/apple-vs-htc-the-real-purpose-of-apple/

Mar 12

New Rendering Method Claims Unlimited Detail, Kills Polygons

This technology may be the future of computer graphics, and while this video may not look up to par with the most recent of games, remember it was designed by engineers, not artists.

Can someone more technical elaborate on this?

Source:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-ATtrImCx4&ttl=1