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Dennis Ritchie‘s work, though invisible to us laymen, is a fundamental building block of every computer system we use today. Ritchie, also known as “dmr”, is best know for creating the C programming language as well as being instrumental in the development of UNIX along with Ken Thompson. Father Of C And UNIX, Dennis Ritchie, [...]
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A scant few weeks shy of its 8th b-day, the iPod gets an FM tuner. Wow. Actually it’s just the iPod Nano (8GB @ $149, 16GB @ $179), and it also gets a video camera. Here’s a list of the other features: Video camera (640×480) Integrated mic Integrated speaker FM Radio!!!!! One-click YouTube uploads Voice [...]
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Jobs has a new liver and Apple is about to get some new products….iTablet? The Apple Store
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Watch Earth’s tectonic plates shift in this accelerated computer simulation: 650 Million Years In 1:20 Min.
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Adobe and University of Wisconsin scientists have created software that can correct shaky camerawork, but it’s way cooler than anything on the market now. Using 3D modeling, it guesses the intended look, then warps the original video to adjust. New Software Corrects Shaky Camerawork by Warping the Crap Out of It (via Gizmodo)
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When Google representatives recently invited dozens of prominent artists to contribute work to be featured on its new Web browser, the company enthusiastically sold the idea as an opportunity to have artwork shown to millions. Use Their Work Free? Artists Say No to Google (via NYTimes.com)
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There is really nothing “meta” about Dragonize now. Not sure if there ever was, so I think it’s time to retire the “metamedia” aspect of this site’s name. I just heard the term “informavore” on this weekend’s episode of NPR’s “On the Media,” and it is not an entirely benign term. It’s loaded with the [...]
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Really, really funny…as long as you like “The IT Crowd” and/or spoofs of cheesy 1980s hospital dramas that dabble in sci-fi and mysticism: YouTube – Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace Episode 1 – Part 1
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