http://www.nicecoteazur2018.net Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:38:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Allowing journalists access to an uncensored Internet apparently isn't on the International Olympic Committee's list of things to do before the Beijing games begin next week. When Chinese officials were bidding for the right to hold the games seven years ago, they assured international organizers that there would be ''complete ... http://www.nicecoteazur2018.net/index.php/2010/09/04/olympic-organizers-cut-deal-to-censor-net-access/ (Credit: CNET Networks Inc.) Tell me, are you more likely to consider a UMPC (FlipStart or otherwise) for $699 or do you feel that still too much to pay? Coincidentally, I'll be posting a full review of the Wibrain B1 later today (covered previously on Crave here and here), which is ... http://www.nicecoteazur2018.net/index.php/2010/08/29/vulcan-slashes-price-of-flipstart/ Kaminsky then detailed how various security methods on the Web can be defeated if one owns the DNS. For example, if a site wants to establish a Trust Authority Certificate with the Certificate Authorities, they use e-mail to confirm the identity of the requester. He also said that it's possible ... http://www.nicecoteazur2018.net/index.php/2010/08/24/kaminsky-provides-the-why-of-attacking-dns/ This is the last known photograph of Wrex the Dog. I have to say, Wrex is pretty frakin' freaky, especially when he does his cat impression as seen in the video. He's definitely no "Lucky" in the cute department, but he actually has does have a few more features, including more ... http://www.nicecoteazur2018.net/index.php/2010/08/23/wrex-the-dog-unleased-on-us-e-tailers/ However, more recently, 3Dconnexion, a wholly owned subsidiary of Logitech, has pushed down the price point considerably with its SpaceNavigator line. The SpaceNavigator PE is $59 (MSRP) for a non-commercial use license with online support and the SpaceNavigator SE is $99 (MSRP) for a commercial use license with full support. ... http://www.nicecoteazur2018.net/index.php/2010/08/23/3dconnexions-new-3d-controller-for-notebooks/ Pumped hydro, where water is pumped up a mountain and released as needed in a hydro plant, is also used, but its use is limited by the number of available sites. Batteries with different chemistries as well as ultra-capacitors, such as the ones being developed by secretive start-up EEStor, serve ... http://www.nicecoteazur2018.net/index.php/2010/08/23/energy-storage-coming-to-a-power-grid-near-you/ Google and Universal Music Group last week announced Vevo, a music video site that will feature Universal's music videos running on YouTube technology. I use YouTube as my primary source of watching music videos, and I'm not convinced that I, personally, need a Vevo-like site in my life. Anything I ... http://www.nicecoteazur2018.net/index.php/2010/08/23/five-features-that-would-make-vevo-work/ "The reason is because HP hasn't moved to keep the Blackbird's specs up to date. We loved that system then, but we'd definitely think twice before purchasing one now...Until HP updates the Blackbird's configuration options, we can't take that system seriously as a high-end gaming PC." "That said, we are ... http://www.nicecoteazur2018.net/index.php/2010/08/23/rahul-sood-on-blackbirds-long-upgrade-path/ But two years later, Google has yet to broadly embrace OpenSolaris. Google isn't one to take the short-term view on performance. Linux has a strong, vibrant community dedicated to improving its performance and extending its reach. OpenSolaris, while a great project, still lacks this widespread community involvement. In Linux, Google ... http://www.nicecoteazur2018.net/index.php/2010/08/23/google-considered-a-move-to-opensolaris-all-that/ We just finished a major update of our popular chart of HD programming compared and the new winner, in terms of national and local HD channels, by our count, is Fios TV. Bringing a hefty 83 such channels to bear in the New York City area, the fiber-optic-based TV service ... http://www.nicecoteazur2018.net/index.php/2010/08/23/hd-channel-counts-compared-fios-tv-ascendant/