“CompuLab introduces fit-PC2 – the smallest, most power-efficient Intel Atom PC to date. fit-PC2 architecture is what sets it apart from other nettop PCs — fit-PC2 is designed around the Intel Atom Z530 1.6GHz and the ultra low power Intel US15W system controller hub, rather than the Atom N270 and 945G used in other nettop-PCs, thereby reducing power consumption by more than two thirds. US15W incorporates hardware video acceleration. This allows fit-PC2 to run Windows XP or Ubuntu Linux at just 6W and to play full HD 1080p H.264 video using less than 7W. ” Looks like an awesome media center pc.
“You may not need that cup of coffee. A study has found that once people get through caffeine withdrawal — terrible headaches, among other unpleasantness — they feel just as wide-awake on a placebo as they do on caffeine.” I’ll stick with my coffee thank you very much.
“Michael Steele has made perhaps the most peculiar case yet against President Obama’s criteria for choosing a Supreme Court nominee.” I’m pretty sure even Perez Hilton wants a Supreme Court justice like Perez Hilton.
“A study of more than 2,000 female twins showed that those with greater emotional intelligence had larger numbers of orgasms.” Well okay then.
“Microsoft Corp. priced a $3.75 billion debt offering on Monday, a first for the world’s largest software maker.”
Shop, shop, people.
“As I stated many times before, my goal with Adblock Plus isn’t to destroy the advertising industry. In the end, the Internet does need money to run and ads are still the most universal way to distribute that money. The only problem is that ads are becoming increasingly intrusive and annoying as webmasters try to maximize their profits which is the main reason people install Adblock Plus. So the idea is to give control back to the users by allowing them to block annoying ads. Since the non-intrusive ads would be blocked less often it would encourage webmasters to use such ads, balance restored.” A plan to hopefully restore a little harmony to the world of internet advertising.
“Residents of this upscale community are suburban pioneers, going where few soccer moms or commuting executives have ever gone before: they have given up their cars.” Using smart planning to make the suburban life manageable and even desirable without a car.
“Facebook has confirmed my earlier suspicion that it has disabled two of the five Holocaust denial groups whose presence has caused much controversy over the past week, following attorney Brian Cuban’s consistent pressure for the groups’ removal.”
These changes look like they will make for a much more engaging show.
NYT adds in a real time monitoring service to it’s news, but as of right now not enough information flowing to be super useful.
I’ve landed my two while in college professional jobs due to social media.
“This chain e-mail is a transparent April Fools’ Day hoax. It fabricates an AP news story about an nonexistent group, and makes false claims about Obama and the Fulbright program.”
“In summary, this author’s claims are simplistic, fallacious and unsupported by historical or current evidence.”
“Three banks that passed the government’s “stress tests” announced large common stock offerings on Monday and said they would use the proceeds to repay money received under the government’s bank bailout program.”
“Hamad Al-Razine, a Saudi Arabian Judge, made statements indicating that men can hit their wives as punishment for overspending during a recent seminar on domestic violence.”
“There’s been a lot of debate lately about the growing amount of energy needed to power the Internet, and we wanted to weigh in on the discussion. A few months ago, I first blogged about the about amount of energy used in one Google search. Our engineers crunched the numbers and found that an average query uses about 1 kJ of energy and emits about 0.2 grams of carbon dioxide. But those raw numbers don’t really put the environmental impact of searching the Internet into perspective. To add some context, below is data about the C02 impact of some everyday activities and items compared to Google searching:”
“Rape and coerced sex with young girls and teenagers is linked to a host of problems later in life, according to a new study in Swaziland by Unicef and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The victims had higher lifetime risks of venereal diseases, pregnancy complications and depression. About 5 percent of those interviewed said they had been forced into intercourse before they were 18, and a third said men had tried to rape them or otherwise pressed nonconsensual sex on them. The most common perpetrators were not strangers but men or boys from the neighborhood; 17 percent were male relatives or family friends, almost 3 percent were teachers or principals.”
“This would all sound familiar to filmmakers and musicians who fought similar battles — with varying degrees of success — over the last decade. But to authors and their publishers in the age of Kindle, it’s new and frightening territory.”
You know you have some tweet that deserves a shirt of it’s own.
“Pakistan’s military is stepping up an offensive against the Taleban, after a weekend in which it said it killed 200 militants in and near the Swat valley.”
“The US now has 2,532 confirmed cases of swine flu, after a jump in figures in recent days, officials say.” US now has more cases than Mexico.
“Seven astronauts blasted off for one last dance with the Hubble Space Telescope on Monday.” The last mission to service Hubble.
“An Ohio appellate court has upheld the felony hacking conviction of a man who was found guilty of unauthorized access for misusing his computer at work. Richard Wolf acknowledged that his behavior was inappropriate when he used his work computer to upload nude photos of himself to an adult web site and view other photos on porn sites, but he didn’t think he should be convicted of hacking for doing so.” That seems a weird application of the law.
“Where do you get your news from? While there’s a lot of reasons to visit Twitter online, it’s essentially a place to learn about what’s going on in your world. For the first time last month, the site saw more unique visitors than the websites of both the New York Times and the Wall St. Journal.” Twitter had more uniques than either the WallStreetJournal or NewYorkTimes.
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