Gym machines are boring, CrossFit is sadistic, and dieting sucks. Luckily, none of them is essential to being truly fit. Through years of trial and error — and humiliation at the hands of some of the world’s top trainers — the author discovered the secrets to real health. The article starts to get useful at Read more about Everything You Know About Fitness is a Lie[…]
The German Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration recently reported the development of a camera with a lens attached that is 1 x 1 x 1.5 millimeters in size, which is the size of a grain of salt. At about a cubic millimeter in size, this camera is right at the size limit that the Read more about New Disposable, Medical Camera Is the Size of a Grain of Salt[…]
Background: In 2009, the EU discussed the issue of a term extension for the ”neighbouring rights” that record companies have to recorded music. These neighbouring rights are now 50 years from the recording of a song. The proposal was to extend them to 95 years. After a lively debate in the European Parliament, it was Read more about EU Votes on copyright extension soon – mail your local JURI MEP today![…]
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Summary: 1. LED Backlit TVs only have LEDs on the edges, while Full LED TVs have LEDs spread out all over the screen 2. Full LED TVs have more LEDs than LED Backlit TVs 3. Full LED TVs have a more even lighting than LED Backlit TVs 4. Full LED TVs can attain better contrast Read more about Difference Between LED Backlit and Full LED TVs and monitors[…]
Internet probe can track you down to within 690 metres – tech – 05 April 2011 – New Scientist.
A new study by Forrester Research found that maintaining a Facebook presence is less effective at drumming up business than plain old email newsletters or search ads. Companies interviewed for the study “received little benefits from Facebook,” according to the Wall Street Journal. Another recent study found that even print ads were better at fostering Read more about Facebook not a place for corporate pages say studies[…]
This timeline shows all wars, seiges, battles ever with their location on a google maps api. You scroll through periods of time and see where they were fighting, doing what. You can choose a war and find a small precis on what the war was about, why they were fighting. Conflict History | 1582-1586.
A study conducted by the Dutch calculators came up with the conclusion that open source didn’t save any money. Not so, says the MOD – they didn’t take into account things like the same costs incurred for 2500 users are now spent to service 6000 users, a savings of 66%! Rekenkamer blundert bij berekening open Read more about Dutch govt calculators fuck up on Open Source benefits model[…]
The pensioner was digging for scrap metal when she hacked into a fibre-optic cable which runs through Georgia to Armenia, forcing many thousands of Internet users in both countries offline for several hours on March 28. via 75 year old killed Georgia, Armenia internet – Times LIVE.
The law obliges a range of e-commerce sites, video and music services and webmail providers to keep a host of data on customers. This includes users’ full names, postal addresses, telephone numbers and passwords. The data must be handed over to the authorities if demanded. This means that the data which is handed over can Read more about Net giants challenge French data law that stores your password as plaintext[…]
The Eindhoven suspension is not only electromagnetic but also active, meaning that it doesn’t just mechanically respond to bumps in the road, but is controlled by an onboard computer. That computer receives input from accelerometers and other sensors on the vehicle, and adjusts the suspension accordingly within a fraction of a second. While active suspension Read more about Electromagnetic automobile suspension demonstrated[…]
The European Union’s new point person on copyright policy won’t take up her post until mid-April, but she’s already stirring up controversy. That’s because Maria Martin-Prat spent years directing “global legal policy” for IFPI, the global recording industry’s London-based trade group, before moving back into government. The appointment raises new questions about the past private-sector Read more about Key music industry lawyer now EU copyright chief[…]
Unlike other data recovery software, MiniTool Power Data Recovery is an all in one data recovery software for home and business user. It can recover deleted data from Windows Recycle Bin, restore lost data even the partition is formatted or deleted, restore data from corrupted hard drive, virus infection, unexpected system shutdown or software failure. Read more about Power Data Recovery for windows free with a bootdisk version[…]
The Dutch foreign minister has stated that if the US comes up with some trumped up charges, he’ll happily deliver Rob Gonggrijp – founder of XS4ALL – to the US for helping to spread wikileaks information and the gunship videos. That this isn’t a crime in NL is no barrier to throwing him to the Read more about NL leaves Gonggrijp to dry under US ‘justice’ for wikileaks[…]
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iClarified – iPhone – How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 3GS Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.3.1].
This features a pull out system for your old 35 mm camera, turning it into a digital one. It has a USB connection for copying the pictures and recharging. Unfortunately, it looks like it’s not real, but an April Fools joke. Everyone who sees it wishes it was a real product though, it’s making huge Read more about RE-35 | Digital cartridges for analog 35-mm cameras[…]