http://newskicks.com/Popular/Technology Technology Stories en http://newskicks.com/content/total-lunar-eclipse-tonight.html <p><a href="http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/080220-eclipse-news.html" title="Go to the original news source.">Original news source</a></p> http://newskicks.com/content/total-lunar-eclipse-tonight.html#comments Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:24:42 -0500 chris 464 at http://newskicks.com http://newskicks.com/content/fun-google%2526%2523039%3Bs-calculator.html Google's new calculator is a fun diversion, with several undocumented new features. Here's a few. (Kottke has some more impractical uses. Please post more as you find them.) - How long can you play a 30GB iPod without repeating a song? Answer: 18.2 days - How much hard drive space does one hour of 128kbps MP3s consume? Answer: 56.25 megabytes - How many seconds in a decade? Answer: 315,569,260 - 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit in Celsius? Answer: 37 degrees - How many feet in a smoot? Answer: 5.58 (via Ryan)<p><a href="http://www.waxy.org/archive/2003/08/14/fun_with.shtml" title="Go to the original news source.">Original news source</a></p> http://newskicks.com/content/fun-google%2526%2523039%3Bs-calculator.html#comments Sun, 18 Nov 2007 12:36:00 -0500 admin 251 at http://newskicks.com http://newskicks.com/content/how-ruin-perfectly-good-country.html To get started, enshrine ignorance and elevate folly. Elect people to high office who don't know much about history, for instance, and then let them have pretty much unfettered powers free from the checks and balances that were originally concocted in order to keep things from getting ruined. Be sure that your children graduate from school and enter adulthood even more ignorant of their history than their leaders are, and be sure that they are equally clueless about their system of government.<p><a href="http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/12417" title="Go to the original news source.">Original news source</a></p> http://newskicks.com/content/how-ruin-perfectly-good-country.html#comments Sun, 27 Jan 2008 11:11:48 -0500 admin 349 at http://newskicks.com http://newskicks.com/content/xbox-live-five-years-what%2526%2523039%3Bs-next%3F.html Microsoft’s Xbox Live is five years old and has come a long way since it launched in November of 2002. Xbox Live started out as a multiplayer gaming network, but today the 8 million users with Live accounts do much more than just play games. Last100 looks at the state of Xbox Live today, and explores how Microsoft might enhance it in the future.<p><a href="http://www.last100.com/2007/11/22/xbox-live-five-years-on-whats-next/" title="Go to the original news source.">Original news source</a></p> http://newskicks.com/content/xbox-live-five-years-what%2526%2523039%3Bs-next%3F.html#comments Sat, 24 Nov 2007 03:18:01 -0500 admin 264 at http://newskicks.com http://newskicks.com/content/manjuice.jpg-%28jpeg-image%2C-469x612-pixels%29-scaled-%2891%25%29.html <p><a href="http://masculinists.org/images/manjuice.jpg" title="Go to the original news source.">Original news source</a></p> http://newskicks.com/content/manjuice.jpg-%28jpeg-image%2C-469x612-pixels%29-scaled-%2891%25%29.html#comments Sun, 23 Mar 2008 03:00:57 -0400 admin 559 at http://newskicks.com http://newskicks.com/content/top-10-custom-javascript-functions-all-time.html If there was ever a universal common.js shared among the entire develosphere, you’d fine these ten (plus one bonus) functions. It would be the swiss army knife no developer would go into production without. They have no doubt been tested tried and true and have proven usefulness and helpfulness to all those who’ve used them. So without further ado, here are what I believe to the top ten greatest custom JavaScript functions in use today.<p><a href="http://www.dustindiaz.com/top-ten-javascript/" title="Go to the original news source.">Original news source</a></p> http://newskicks.com/content/top-10-custom-javascript-functions-all-time.html#comments Sat, 26 Jan 2008 00:51:06 -0500 admin 336 at http://newskicks.com http://newskicks.com/content/while-sitting-your-desk%2C-lift-your-right-foot-floor-and-make-clockwise-circles.....html <p><a href="http://www.jeffbridges.com/images/somethingtodo1.gif" title="Go to the original news source.">Original news source</a></p> http://newskicks.com/content/while-sitting-your-desk%2C-lift-your-right-foot-floor-and-make-clockwise-circles.....html#comments Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:35:55 -0500 admin 353 at http://newskicks.com http://newskicks.com/content/udp-hole-punching.html NAT traversal through UDP hole punching is a method for establishing bidirectional UDP connections between Internet hosts in private networks using NAT. It does not work with all types of NATs as their behavior is not standardized. The basic idea is to have each host behind the NAT contact a third well-known server (usually a STUN server) in the public address space and then, once the NAT devices have established UDP state information, to switch to direct communication hoping that the NAT devices will keep the states despite the fact that packets are coming from a different host.<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UDP_hole_punching" title="Go to the original news source.">Original news source</a></p> http://newskicks.com/content/udp-hole-punching.html#comments UDP hole punching Sat, 06 Oct 2007 14:09:24 -0400 chris 75 at http://newskicks.com http://newskicks.com/content/unusual-software-bug.html A heisenbug is a computer bug that disappears or alters its characteristics when it is researched. One common example is a bug that occurs in a release-mode compile of a program, but not when researched under debug-mode; another is a bug caused by a race condition. The name "heisenbug" is a pun on the "Heisenberg uncertainty principle," a quantum physics term which is commonly (yet inaccurately) used to refer to the way in which observers affect the measurements of the things that they are observing, by the act of observing alone (this is actually the observer effect, and is commonly confused with the Heisenberg uncertainty principle). <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unusual_software_bug" title="Go to the original news source.">Original news source</a></p> http://newskicks.com/content/unusual-software-bug.html#comments Sun, 27 Jan 2008 14:38:27 -0500 admin 351 at http://newskicks.com http://newskicks.com/content/new-features-newskicks.html Dear All, We have added following new features on this site: 1)OpenID Support : Now you can use your OpenID on this site. 2)Captcha Support : Less spam :) Keep submitting the stories. Team - NewsKicks<p><a href="http://newskicks.com/content/new-features-newskicks.html" title="Go to the original news source.">Original news source</a></p> http://newskicks.com/content/new-features-newskicks.html#comments Sun, 27 Jan 2008 12:30:16 -0500 admin 350 at http://newskicks.com http://newskicks.com/content/customizing-drupal-login-box.html <p><a href="http://drupal.org/node/19855" title="Go to the original news source.">Original news source</a></p> http://newskicks.com/content/customizing-drupal-login-box.html#comments drupal login box Sun, 30 Sep 2007 12:24:28 -0400 admin 34 at http://newskicks.com http://newskicks.com/content/far-infrared-sauna%2C-home-saunas.-developed-1965.html Far Infrared sauna heaters for the first time were developed in 1965 by the doctor Tadashi Ishikava who works at the Fuji Medical’s R&D department. Only after 14 years of thorough medical researches this technology was allowed for the public use. Regular infrared sauna sessions are an effective help for elimination of such ailments as, for example, insufficient blood circulation in the limbs (known as “cold feet” typical for elderly people).<p><a href="http://www.wccomfort.com/sauna-products/" title="Go to the original news source.">Original news source</a></p> http://newskicks.com/content/far-infrared-sauna%2C-home-saunas.-developed-1965.html#comments 1 Far Infrared sauna Home saunas bathroom business health online shopping Tue, 08 Apr 2008 06:21:01 -0400 shopping 649 at http://newskicks.com http://newskicks.com/content/microsoft-hires-linux-security-guru-crispin-cowan.html Microsoft has added yet another big name to is Windows Security team: Crispin Cowan. These hirings have become old hat at this point, but this one has an interesting twist in that Cowan is renowned as a Linux security expert. He is the brains behind the StackGuard compiler, which is designed to turn out applications that are resistant to buffer overflows. Cowan also was the CTO and founder of Immunix, which produced a hardened Linux OS and was acquired by Novell in 2005.<p><a href="http://secgeeks.net/microsoft_hires_linux_security_guru_crispin_cowan.html" title="Go to the original news source.">Original news source</a></p> http://newskicks.com/content/microsoft-hires-linux-security-guru-crispin-cowan.html#comments Sat, 26 Jan 2008 00:33:01 -0500 admin 335 at http://newskicks.com http://newskicks.com/content/building-.com-24-hours.html This is about how I spend 24 concentrated hours spread out over 4 days during Holidays to build the online service Wigitize.com. It is part of my ongoing learning process on how to run a successful web startup. Even though I’m a super pimple-faced code-geek, I strive to be a creative entrepreneur who can utilize modern day tools and navigate the chaos to build cool stuff. What I tried to do for this project is use some new methods/tools out there to solve practical problems in my weakness area: design, frontend coding, system administration and SEO.<p><a href="http://dominiek.com/articles/2008/1/6/building-a-com-in-24-hours" title="Go to the original news source.">Original news source</a></p> http://newskicks.com/content/building-.com-24-hours.html#comments Wed, 09 Jan 2008 10:11:59 -0500 admin 311 at http://newskicks.com http://newskicks.com/content/optimizing-and-tuning-your-mysql-database.html Even the most well-designed database, functioning on its own or as part of an application, needs to be maintained. This hour is part of a 3-hour set of administrative lessons that will give you pointers for optimizing and tuning your database so that you get the most bang for your buck. Think of your database like a garden -- basic water and sunlight will allow it to grow just fine, but a little extra plant food will help it flourish.<p><a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=29406&amp;rl=1" title="Go to the original news source.">Original news source</a></p> http://newskicks.com/content/optimizing-and-tuning-your-mysql-database.html#comments Wed, 02 Jan 2008 10:39:24 -0500 admin 298 at http://newskicks.com http://newskicks.com/content/how-tell-if-web-page-sucks.html check the link.<p><a href="http://warpedvisions.org/projects/how-to-tell-if-a-web-page-sucks/" title="Go to the original news source.">Original news source</a></p> http://newskicks.com/content/how-tell-if-web-page-sucks.html#comments Sat, 24 Nov 2007 08:29:27 -0500 admin 265 at http://newskicks.com http://newskicks.com/content/use-web-fuel%2C-get-acquired.html An exit for a startup company is often crucial in obtaining maximum reward and success. Compared to liquidation when a company’s physical assets are sold or auctioned due to the lack of viability in a company’s prospects, an exit provides to an acquiring company the ability to ultimately improve customer satisfaction, with a startup able to place a premium on its price based on the value that it adds to an acquirer in this way.<p><a href="http://blog.wajsbrem.com/index.php/use-web-fuel-get-acquired/" title="Go to the original news source.">Original news source</a></p> http://newskicks.com/content/use-web-fuel%2C-get-acquired.html#comments Fri, 09 Nov 2007 13:23:26 -0500 admin 234 at http://newskicks.com http://newskicks.com/content/slow-motion-bullet-flight.html [coolplayer] http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1094733/slow_motion_bullet_in_flight/ [/coolplayer]<p><a href="http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1094733/slow_motion_bullet_in_flight/" title="Go to the original news source.">Original news source</a></p> http://newskicks.com/content/slow-motion-bullet-flight.html#comments Wed, 13 Feb 2008 07:05:56 -0500 chris 409 at http://newskicks.com http://newskicks.com/content/hotmail-founder-set-take-microsoft-and-google.html Hotmail co-founder, Sabeer Bhatia, is investing in an online office productivity suite that is set to compete with Microsoft and Google. Instant Collaboration Software Technologies (InstaColl), a Bangalore company co-founded by Bhatia, unveiled its Live Documents on Wednesday, an application that allows users to access and work on their documents online using a browser, and collaborate and share documents in real-time with others. <p><a href="http://www.techworld.com/applications/news/index.cfm?newsID=10731&amp;pagtype=all" title="Go to the original news source.">Original news source</a></p> http://newskicks.com/content/hotmail-founder-set-take-microsoft-and-google.html#comments Fri, 23 Nov 2007 12:26:40 -0500 admin 263 at http://newskicks.com http://newskicks.com/content/gathering-%2526%2523039%3Bstorm%2526%2523039%3B-superworm-poses-grave-threat-pc-nets.html The Storm worm first appeared at the beginning of the year, hiding in e-mail attachments with the subject line: "230 dead as storm batters Europe." Those who opened the attachment became infected, their computers joining an ever-growing botnet. Although it's most commonly called a worm, Storm is really more: a worm, a Trojan horse and a bot all rolled into one. It's also the most successful example we have of a new breed of worm, and I've seen estimates that between 1 million and 50 million computers have been infected worldwide. <p><a href="http://www.wired.com/politics/security/commentary/securitymatters/2007/10/securitymatters_1004" title="Go to the original news source.">Original news source</a></p> http://newskicks.com/content/gathering-%2526%2523039%3Bstorm%2526%2523039%3B-superworm-poses-grave-threat-pc-nets.html#comments storm worm Thu, 04 Oct 2007 13:35:30 -0400 admin 71 at http://newskicks.com