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Sunday, January 31, 2010

DIY



DIY Green Energy | sarialam
DIY Green Energy. Easily Build a Solar Panel, Wind Turbine, and Make Biodiesel Yourself And Save Hundreds of Dollars %26ldquo;step-by-step guide will show you how to create your own Solar Panel quickly and easily, even if you have no ...

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Firefox for mobile makes Maemo its first home - Engadget
As if you needed any more evidence of the tech supremacy of your Nokia N900 or N810, here's Firefox making its official mobile debut on.

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Saturday, January 30, 2010

youtube



youtube Blog: Introducing youtube HTML5 Supported Videos
A while ago, youtube launched a simple demo of an HTML5-based video player. Recently, we published a blog post on our pre-spring cleaning effort and your number one request was that youtube do more with HTML5. Today, we're introducing ...

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Nice %26ldquo;Quick Hit%26rdquo; Videos about asp.NET 4 and VS 2010 - ScottGu's Blog
Earlier today someone pointed me at some nice %26ldquo;quick hit%26rdquo; videos that have been published that also provide quick first looks at some of the new features coming with asp.NET 4 and VS 2010. These videos aren't an exhaustive list of ...

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Friday, January 29, 2010

apple



apple iPad: The definitive guide (so far) - Engadget
digg_url = 'http://digg.com/apple/apple_iPad_The_definitive_guide_so_far_Engadget'; By now you've probably read more on apple's iPad then you ever d.

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Nancy Grace hacks, Sneezes Through Deposition | TMZ.com
Nancy Grace's deposition could make you sick .... if you were sitting in the same room with her. Grace sat for her deposition in Atlanta today, in a ...

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Thursday, January 28, 2010

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Move the Taskbar to Different Locations In Windows - the How-To Geek
Most of you are probably used to the Taskbar always being at the bottom of the screen and have never thought about moving it. Here we show you how to move it to any of the four corners of the desktop in XP, Vista, and Windows 7. ...

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nokia



nokia grows profits and smartphone share in Q4 - Engadget
Pretty good news for nokia today as it announces its Q4 results. Net income jumped 65% to �948 million (on �12 billion in sales) or.

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Wednesday, January 27, 2010

DIY



DIY Aerodynamic Honda Motorbike
Motorbikes are already quite fuel efficient, but what happens when you need to save even more? Well, Allert Jacobs decided to pop a couple of modifications on his Honda ANF125i Innova motorbike, turning it from a 100+ MPG (miles...

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hacks



55+ Most Wanted WordPress Tips, Tricks, and hacks
There are times when you come across a feature in a blog, and you just start thinking to yourself: How can I get this in my WordPress blog/site as well. Everybody have experienced this feeling. In this article we will be sharing some of ...

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Tuesday, January 26, 2010

mobile



Opera: Facebook Rules the mobile Web
Opera just released its latest State of the mobile Web report. In this report, Opera focused on analyzing the behavior of users of Opera Mini, the company's mobile ...

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youtube



youtube Blog: Your State of the Union
Then next week (we'll announce the exact timing soon), we'll bring some of your top-voted questions to the president in a youtube interview from the White House, which we'll also broadcast live on Citizentube. As always, questions are ...

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Monday, January 25, 2010

asp



About Technical Debates (and asp.NET Web Forms and asp.NET MVC .
Below are a few observations I've made over the years about technical debates in general, as well as some comments about some of the recent discussions I've seen recently about the topic of asp.NET Web Forms and asp. ...

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howto access ext3 partition from Windows | Ubuntu Geek
howto access ext3 partition from Windows. January 25, 2010 � General � Email This Post. Share. If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed and if you have questions related to your ubuntu system post question to our ...

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Sunday, January 24, 2010

apple



apple tablet starts showing up in app-tracking stats, kinda .
It's sort of funny that this is the hardest evidence we have of an apple tablet, but here we go: mobile app analytics company Flurry.

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nokia



Android dual-boot could make nokia N900 jack of two trades - Engadget
Maemo's already pretty open as open platforms go, but what's better than a single open platform on your open phone? Two open platforms, of course,

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Saturday, January 23, 2010

asp



PayPal X Developer Network: Help with Updating Classic asp SDK
I use Classic asp on my site (which will go away as we upgrade to a newer site in about 4 months), however I'm stuck with needing to fix this problem. The developer that I use on a contract basis is not very knowledgable with this ...

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Learning Windows 7: Watch TV Programming Without a TV Tuner - the .
Earlier this week in another Learning Windows 7 post, we showed you how to set up live TV in Windows Media Center (WMC). Not everyone has a TV tuner card and maybe can't install one%26hellip;in a laptop or netbook for example. ...

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Friday, January 22, 2010

DIY



DIY smartphone car dock: 10 minutes, $2, and worthy of a MacGuyver .
The problem: you need a hands-free option for safely espying your smartphone while behind the wheel of a moving vehicle. Your equipment: Ahesive-bac.

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mobile



Windows mobile 7 rumors coalesce around Q4 launch, MWC .
So lean in close when it cites "sources familiar to Microsoft's roadmap" in claiming a September 2010 release of Windows mobile 7 to its handset partners -- the same month pegged by that LG leak last week. That should translate into ...

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Thursday, January 21, 2010

apple



In A Pre-apple Tablet World, Instapaper + Kindle Is King
Everyone is awaiting apple's tablet device. Some people (like me) won't shut up about it. Others (like Paul) won't shut up about shutting ...

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hacks



NXT hacks: tanks and heaters - Hack a Day
filed under: toy hacks. Here's a double-dose of Lego NXT goodness; a robotic tank and an automatic aquarium heater. The image to the left is a robotic tank powered by the popular Lego Mindstorms NXT kit. The brains rest inside of a tube ...

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Wednesday, January 20, 2010

nokia



nokia N900 review - Engadget
Today, nokia stands at a fascinating fork in the road. Let's consider the facts: first, and most unavoidably, the company is the largest manufacturer.

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youtube



youtube To Live-Stream Sports With Multicam%26mdash;Howzat?! - youtube .
youtube's signed a deal with the Indian Premier League to broadcast all Twenty20 cricket matches around the world, for free. It's not the most thrilling of news, but it's a healthy step away from being associated with live-streaming U2 ...

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Tuesday, January 19, 2010

youtube



youtube to Begin Live Sports Coverage
As a commenter rightly points out, it's a win-win solution for both parties involved, it will increase exposure to sports unable to achieve international tv deals but will also open peoples eyes to the potential for youtube far more ...

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howto



howto Read science-fiction Boing Boing
howto Read science-fiction. On Tor.com, Jo Walton's stupendous essay on reading science fiction -- one of those moments where someone says something that seems to perfectly crystallize something you've been trying to explain for years ...

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Monday, January 18, 2010

asp



Drop-down Lists and asp.NET MVC
Drop-down Lists and asp.NET MVC. Working with drop-down lists in asp.NET MVC has some confusing aspects, so let's look at an example. Imagine the goal is to edit a song (not the music and lyrics of a song %26ndash; just the boring data pieces). ...

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DIY



Make: Online : Phillip's science, tech, DIY, making and more .
Looking for some good podcasts? Here are my picks! I try and listen or watch about an hour of science programming a day, it's usually on a treadmill or pedaling a bike or if I am in a.

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Sunday, January 17, 2010

hacks



Combat Arms Working Mult-Public-hacks
Status: UNDETECTED Supported Systems: * Windows 7 32/64bit * Windows Vista * Windows Xp 32/64bit CodedMinds Public Release. Credits: WeeMan3005.

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Apple Again Hits Back at nokia in Patent Dispute - Mac Rumors
Bloomberg reports that Apple has struck back at nokia again in the growing patent dispute between the two companies, filing a complaint with the US International Trade Commission (ITC) seeking to pr.

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mobile



FiOS mobile app comes to Android - Engadget
Every decent DVR today supports remote scheduling via the web -- well except Windows 7 Media Center -- and Verizon's FiOS TV DVR is no.

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apple



Nokia Moves To Ban apple Imports, apple Moves To Ban Nokia Imports .
First Nokia sued apple. Then apple sued Nokia. Last week, Nokia went to the International Trade Commission and requested a ban on the import of infringing apple products. Today, apple asked ITC to ban the import of infringing Nokia ...

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Saturday, January 16, 2010

nokia



Apple Again Hits Back at nokia in Patent Dispute - Mac Rumors
Bloomberg reports that Apple has struck back at nokia again in the growing patent dispute between the two companies, filing a complaint with the US International Trade Commission (ITC) seeking to pr.

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DIY



Check Out These DIY Working Phasers w/ Video %26 Instructions .
JayRob has also posted a tutorial of instructions on how you can do it yourself at laserpointerforums.com. These include a full set of photos to make it easy to do for those with some experience with electronics. ...

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Friday, January 15, 2010

hacks



Sprint hacks $10 off its monthly mobile WiMAX pricing - Engadget
Cutting the price of its mobile WiMAX subscription prices for the second time in half a year, Sprint's confirmed a $10 drop in its.

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asp



asp.NET MVC 2: Model Validation - ScottGu's Blog
asp.NET MVC 2 includes a bunch of new features that make validating user input and enforcing validation logic on models/viewmodels significantly easier. These features are designed so that the validation logic is always enforced on the ...

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Thursday, January 14, 2010

youtube



Analyst: Google's youtube to Start Earning Profit This Year .
Starting last summer, Google executives have consistently promised that youtube was close to becoming profitable. When will that finally happen? This year, says analyst Douglas Anmuth, who thinks the video site will "start contributing ...

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How to Tether Your Android Phone - Android - Lifehacker
There are three ways to tether your Android handset and get sweet internet love even where there's no Wi-Fi in sight: the risky-but-free rooting method, the still-geeky-but-not-as-bad free route, and the $30 easy way.

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Wednesday, January 13, 2010

mobile



mobile app analytics firm guesstimates Nexus One hasn't sold like .
Maybe we're oversimplifying here, but we never really got the impression that Google was intending to blow out the launch of the Nexus One. Sure,

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apple



How Will We Type on the apple Tablet? - apple tablet keyboard .
Speculation about the apple Tablet mostly focuses on what the device is, not how it works. Text input, more than anything else, is the problem apple needs to solve to make this work. So how will they do it?

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Tuesday, January 12, 2010

hacks



Amazing chassis hacks - Hack a Day
This is not a hack, this is a chassis mod%26hellip;. Posted at 1:27 pm on Jan 12th, 2010 by Atom. Looks like this thing does rough terrain better than the MIT's little dog robot. Posted at 2:16 pm on Jan 12th, 2010 by Einomies ...

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youtube



Supreme Court Blocks youtube Coverage of Same-Sex Marriage Case .
The Supreme Court blocked the videotaped broadcast of a landmark federal trial that begins on Monday in San Francisco on the issue of same-sex marriage.

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Monday, January 11, 2010

apple



The Street: Features can't sway apple customers' trust
The article focuses mostly on apple's iPhone/iPod + iTunes ecosystem, which isn't surprising. Though Mac sales bring in a fair amount of cash to the company, apple's handheld market is the company's most current success story, ...

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asp



asp.NET MVC 2 - ScottGu's Blog
Given that the final release is not too far away, I thought it was a good time to start a new multi-part asp.NET MVC 2 blog series that discusses the new features and how best to take advantage of them. ...

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Sunday, January 10, 2010

nokia



nokia's Impact on How People Connect | State of Telecom Industry .
nokia has a loyal following in some of the largest mobile phone populations. With the recent pressure from competitors, nokia has adopted a strategy of providing phones with improved connectivity and seamless applications for web, ...

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howto



How To Make Money From Funny Videos
Here's how to make funny video websites and make money at it: 1. Getting a site. The first thing to making a funny video website is choosing a good name. Have some fun trying to think up catchy names for your website. ...

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Saturday, January 09, 2010

DIY



DIY Spider Vein Treatment: Home Remedies for Broken Capillaries on .
Red veins on the cheeks, nose, and under the eyes can be embarrassing, but there are a few simple home remedies to hide them or help them fade over time.

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mobile



Global Voices Online � Southeast Asia: Prepaid mobile internet .
Post-Thumbnail. No Thumbnail. Preetam Rai lists the prepaid mobile internet services offered by mobile telcos in Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and Vietnam. Cancel this reply ...

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Friday, January 08, 2010

youtube



Jason Liebman: Facebook, Twitter and youtube Are Tools For Diplomacy
If US diplomatic policy is going to encourage civil society development and fight violence and oppression, 21st-century tools like Twitter, Google, and youtube are going to be key.

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apple



Greenpeace and apple: Can you feel the love tonight?
Environmental activist group Greenpeace and apple haven't exactly been good buddies in the past. For example, in the past Greenpeace slammed apple with a mock apple website, had fig-leaf clad representatives visit the first apple Store ...

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Thursday, January 07, 2010

hacks



offline web applications hacks.mozilla.org
35 Days (45); @font-face (7); about:hacks (1); Audio (4); Canvas (11); CSS (32); Debugging (1); Demo (43); Device APIs (2); DOM (10); Drag and Drop (4); Feature (32); Featured Article (9); Featured Demo (9); FileAPI (5); Firebug (1) ...

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nokia's Ovi Store now available on AT%26T, still not competitive .
As revealed by Ralph de la Vega at AT%26T's CES Developer Summit this morning (liveblog here) and singled out by CNET, nokia's flailing and.

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Wednesday, January 06, 2010

asp



asp.NET 4 SEO Improvements (VS 2010 and .NET 4.0 Series .
This is the thirteenth in a series of blog posts I'm doing on the upcoming VS 2010 and .NET 4 release. Today's post covers some of the improvements being made around Search Engine Optimization (SEO) with asp.NET 4. ...

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howto



How To Remove Antivirus Live and Other Rogue/Fake Antivirus .
Great advise on how to get rid of those nasty fake anti-virus programs. I just helped a friend get rid of a few from her computer, although I did it differently. All the attempts that I made to clean it via safe mode were met with ...

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Tuesday, January 05, 2010

DIY



Make: Online : DIY steadicam with cheap/easy gimbal
Tho Bui writes: I've been toying with homemade steadicams lately. The gimbal joint usually gives people a fit. The roundness of the acorn nut fits into the indentation of the opposite screw/nut and freely rotates. More: DIY steadicam ...

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mobile



Apple Is Said to Buy mobile Ad Company - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com
Apple has acquired Quattro Wireless, a mobile advertising company, for about $300 million, according to a person briefed on the deal.

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Monday, January 04, 2010

apple



apple Product Announcement Scheduled in San Francisco Wednesday .
So, that rumored apple event everyone has been jawing about these past few weeks? It's on and it's going to be a big deal. Sources in a position to know tell me apple is indeed planning a media event later this month at which the ...

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DIY



Make: Online : DIY powder coating oven
Flickr user j_tenkely wanted to do his own powder coating, so he bought a commercial powder-gun and built a custom oven in his garage. He says,

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Sunday, January 03, 2010

youtube



Pat White Injury youtube!
INJURY UPDATE - Here is youtube Video of Pat White's injury. Pat White's injury by Ike Taylor came during Sunday's Steelers vs. Dolphins game in the third.

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asp



asp.NET 4, asp.NET MVC, and Silverlight 4 Videos of my Talks in .
This 2 hour talk provides a nice introduction to asp.NET MVC, and explains it by walking through how to build a simple application with it from scratch. Along the way it highlights and discusses some of the new features coming in asp. ...

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Saturday, January 02, 2010

howto



CNC Hack %26ndash; How to Make a $20 CNC Machine!
Are you kidding me? This guy built a $20 CNC scanner using a hand powertool, parts from an old scanner (for X and Y axis), and acrylic! This is indeed.

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nokia



SiliconRepublic.com: nokia N900 Review - New Media
I have to say the nokia N900 is probably the first and only Linux-based mobile device I have ever reviewed and I certainly hope won't be the last.

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Friday, January 01, 2010

hacks



Mind hacks: 2010-01-01 Spike activity
Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.) URL: Remember me? Yes No. Comments: Neuroscience and psychology tricks to find out what's going on inside your brain. Mind hacks is a book by Tom Stafford and Matt Webb. ...

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mobile



First five.Windows mobile apps to download - Pocket-lint
First five...Windows mobile apps to download - Got a Windows Phone? Here's a quintet of apps you need to download now.

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