Comment Re:Smalltalk (Score 1) 473
Wouldn't GEOS on the ol' (and much beloved) Commodore 64 qualify as prior art?
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Journal Journal: NHL unveils new high-tech hockey uniforms 4
The National Hockey League unveiled new uniforms developed by Reebok, to be used for the first time in Wednesday's all-star game. The new "Rbk EDGE system" is the biggest change in hockey uniforms since the switch from the old wool "sweaters", and features a 9% reduction in aerodynamic drag (measured by MIT's wind tunnel), and should be lighter, cooler and
Submission + - home theater built like Star Trek bridge
gevmage writes: "Gary Reign, a guy with apparenlty way too much time on his hands, built a home theater in his basement. This is not unusual. However, the room is designed, floor to ceiling, as the bridge of a Star Trek style starship. See his
photo page for details.
Although I don't remember seeing this on Slashdot, this has been around long enough to e featured in the books The Home Theater Book, Manspace, A Primal Guide to Marking Your Territory, Electronic House Magazine, and Look what I did! on HGTV."
Although I don't remember seeing this on Slashdot, this has been around long enough to e featured in the books The Home Theater Book, Manspace, A Primal Guide to Marking Your Territory, Electronic House Magazine, and Look what I did! on HGTV."
After 100M IE7 Downloads, Firefox Still Gaining 425
Kelson writes "Internet Explorer 7 hit the 100 million download mark last week. Yet in the three months it's been available, Firefox's market share has continued to grow. InformationWeek reports that nearly all of IE7's growth has been upgrades from IE6. People don't seem to be switching back to IE in significant numbers, prompting analysts to wonder: has Microsoft finally met its match?"
Google Patents the Design of Search Results Page 114
prostoalex writes "ZDNet is reporting that USPTO issued a patent to Google, Inc. for 'ornamental design for a graphical user interface'. This is not, as ZDNet points out, a software patent (which is usually issued as a utility patent), but a design patent, which governs the look and feel of the product and prevents others from directly copying it." Ironic, given Google's recent slip-up of copying a Yahoo page. In news on the flipside, Google has launched a patent search service (in beta).
Free Geek Robbed 275
Ellen Wilson writes, "Portland, Oregon, non-profit Free Geek, which turns old PCs into Linux boxen, has been robbed of about $4500 worth of hardware. Portlanders are asked to keep an eye out for suspicious sales of Ubuntu laptops." This blog post has some details of labeling that could help to spot the stolen laptops. BoingBoing picked up the story and added that another local outfit, the Independent Publishing Resource Center, which supports Portland's zine scene, had been hit on the previous night.
IE7 Vulnerability Discovered 386
slidersv writes "Not 24 hours after the release of IE7, Secunia reports Internet Explorer Arbitrary Content Disclosure Vulnerability. So much for the "you wanted it easier and more secure" slogan found on Microsoft's IE Website."
Face on Mars Gets a Make-Over 232
Alien54 writes "ESA's Mars Express has obtained images of the Cydonia region, site of the famous 'Face on Mars.' using the High Resolution Stereo Camera. After multiple attempts to image the Cydonia region from April 2004 until July 2006 were frustrated by altitude and atmospheric dust and haze, the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board Mars Express finally obtained, on 22 July, a series of images that show the famous 'face' on Mars in unprecedented detail, with a ground resolution of approximately 13.7 metres per pixel."
