Supernova Shrapnel Found In Meteorite
Source: SlashdotPosted: 2010-09-09 20:30:40
coondoggie writes "Talk about finding a needle in a cosmic haystack. Scientists this week said they found microscopic shrapnel in a meteorite of a star they say exploded around the birth of our solar system 4.5 billion years ago." Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Show detailsTraffic Deaths Fall to 1950 levels In United States
Source: digg.com: Top NewsPosted: 2010-09-09 20:30:10
Traffic deaths in the United States have fallen for the second consecutive year, marking a low not seen in 60 years.
Show detailsAcer: Apple products are "mutant viruses"
Source: digg.com: Top NewsPosted: 2010-09-09 20:00:10
Apple's products are "mutant viruses" that need to be cured, Acer's creator Stan Shih claimed to reporters late Wednesday.
Show detailsIndependent Trucks: Grinding For Over 25 Years
Source: digg.com: Top NewsPosted: 2010-09-09 20:00:07
Twenty-fine years of Independent Truck Company constitutes an anniversary that demands both respect and introspection. The contemporary tendency is to envelop history in an impenetrable containment sphere of numeric details. The human relevance of occurrences and entities becomes lost in a blizzard of data. What real consequence do computations of ballistic rounds expended, X billion burgers served, acres burned. number of units produced, pool size of participants, topographical chart coordinates, revenues generated, reentry duration times, calories used, et cetera, have? What stats could convey the impact of 25 years of Independent Trucks? The value of Independent far exceeds its performance as a business entity. Granted, Independent Trucks are the de facto standard of contemporary skateboard truck design. Virtually all legendary riders have been associated with Independent Trucks in some way at some time. No professional skateboarder or company owner exists who is not aware of the Independent hegemony. Nevertheless, the true accomplishment here is about people and their discovery of a workable way to live out their lives. Whatever success they ultimately garnered is incidental to that first pure impulse. Independent is proof that the hectic will inevitably push out the hype. The Independent Trucks cartel is very much a family. Once you are in, you are never out.Every person in this narrative is more or less connected to the others. That interrelation and the expectation of excellence are the primary mechanisms that drive the beast known as independent. It has always been about the truck. Websters Dictionary describes the skateboard truck as a wheeled vehicle consisting of a frame with a pair of wheels to carry and guide one end of a vehicle in turning sharp turns. Independent is defined as not dependent: not subject to control by others. not affiliated: not looking to others for ones opinions or for guidance in conduct.Independent Trucks have been around for many years. I have been riding them since I was 12 and I will not switch. I guess my slogan on this list would be Built To Grind. Here is a list of Independent Truck Slogans that have been used in ad campaigns over the last 25 years. Of course the most popular and the one that is my favorite is Built To Grind.
Show detailsNew Adobe PDF Zero-Day Under Attack
Source: SlashdotPosted: 2010-09-09 19:30:40
Rahmmp writes "Adobe has sounded an alarm for a new zero-day flaw in its PDF Reader/Acrobat software, warning that hackers are actively exploiting the vulnerability in-the-wild. An Adobe spokeswoman described the attacks as "limited" but warned that that could change with the availability of public samples and exploit code." Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Show detailsShould Reggie Bush lose his Heisman Trophy?
Source: digg.com: Top NewsPosted: 2010-09-09 19:30:11
Bush was voted the best college football player in 2005. Now his off-field foibles could cost him that prize.
Show details15 Genius Marketing Moments From Mad Men
Source: digg.com: Top NewsPosted: 2010-09-09 19:30:09
Critics have applauded Mad Men for making excellent use of marketing tactics, some real and some fictional. Here we have collected fifteen of the most genius tactics aired to date.
Show detailsJailbreak hole in iOS 4.1 will be hard to close The Register
Source: digg.com: Top NewsPosted: 2010-09-09 19:30:07
Dev-Team members say there is still work to be done to fine-tune the exploit technique and that would-be jailbreakers are best served by forgoing the update to 4.1 for now. The admonition comes after they called iOS 4.1 a trap designed to prevent future jailbreaking and unlocks
Show detailsCybercriminals Create 57,000 Fake Sites Each Week
Source: SlashdotPosted: 2010-09-09 19:00:42
wiredmikey writes "In a recent investigation, it was discovered that cybercriminals are creating 57,000 new 'fake' websites each week looking to imitate and exploit approximately 375 high-profile brands. eBay and Western Union were the most targeted brands, making up 44 percent of exploited brands discovered. Visa, Amazon, Bank of America and PayPal also heavily targeted by cybercriminals. Banks comprise the majority of fake websites by far with 65 percent of the total. Online stores and auction sites came in at 27 percent, with eBay taking the spot as the No. 1 most targeted brand on the Web today." Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Show detailsArtists Build Incredible Obelisk Out of 340 Bicycles (PICS)
Source: digg.com: Top NewsPosted: 2010-09-09 19:00:08
California artists Mark Grieve and Ilana Spector recently constructed this incredible towering obelisk made entirely out of bikes on a street corner in Santa Rosa. Dubbed Cyclisk, the monument is an ode to bike culture constructed from 340 bicycles and one tricycle.
Show detailsApple Relaxes iOS Development Tool Restrictions
Source: SlashdotPosted: 2010-09-09 18:30:45
An anonymous reader writes "Earlier this year Apple caused major upset among developers by updating the iPhone developer program license with clause 3.3.1. It basically stopped the use of cross-platform compilers, meaning Adobe Flash could not be used to develop an app for the App Store. The move also put into doubt which other development platforms could be used and generally caused a lot of confusion. Apple has just significantly relaxed that policy and allowed for the use of development tools, as long as "the resulting apps do not download any code"." Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Show details5 Classic Movies If They Got Pitched in Hollywood Today | Cracked.com
Source: digg.com: Top NewsPosted: 2010-09-09 18:30:08
Chaz Blazer, elite Hollywood executive and part-time volunteer whaler, strode confidently into the immense office, slapped a sheaf of papers down on the behemoth desk in front of him, and flopped c...
Show detailsApple Caves, Drops Ban on iOS Third-party Development Tools
Source: OSNewsPosted: 2010-09-09 17:31:51
Very good news out of Cupertino just now. It took quite a bit of negative press, but Apple has finally caved in: the company is dropping its restriction on third-party development tools for iOS. Also, the company has published all its App Store review guidelines out in the open for the first time. It took a little too long, but very good news nonetheless.
Show detailsGoogleTV, AppleTV and the Battle For The Living Room
Source: SlashdotPosted: 2010-09-09 17:30:52
An anonymous reader pointed us to an article talking about Google TV and AppleTV challenging the major networks and taking their place in your living room. It'll be a tough battle, amusingly waged on cable company wires in many major markets. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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