Archive for: May 16, 2008

Ever wonder what makes a computer tick or how a UNIX server does what it does? Discover what happens when you push the potential button on your computer. that essay discusses the different boot types, managing the AIX bootlist and the AIX boot sequence. After reading that write-up, you will better u…

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Just when you thought it was safe to call it a weekend, Wired capped off the week of tech-writing upheaval by picking up the mega-popular and always sharp technology news site Ars Technica. The news follows CBS's recent acquisition of CNET for a cool $1.8 billion and the decision by PC World's editor-in-chief Harry McCracken to step down in favor of starting his own yet-to-be-named tech news venture.

According to Tech Crunch, the actual price that the Conde Nast-owned pub is paying for Ars Technica has yet to be officially announced, but it's being estimated somewhere in the range of $25 million. An official announcement is expected next week--at the moment, both Ars and Wired have yet to report the news.

Ars Technica will be integrated into Wired's large network of existing sites, with its current staff of around a dozen or so staying on during the acquisition.

So you've Jailbroken your iPhone. Now what? Well, there's that rotary dial pad that we showed you a couple of days back. That was neat, sure, but why not go for broke? After all, you'll need something to kill the time until the 3G version of the phone finally hits. iSlsk brings what is perhaps one of the most eagerly awaited applications for the unlocked phone: P2P.

Available for both iPhone and iPod Touches, iSlsk piggybacks on Soulseek, downloading files and importing them into the iPhone's music library. According to Wired, the app downloads songs at around 20 Kbps over Wi-Fi and about half that on AT&T EDGE.

For more information on iSlsk, check out developer Eric Castro's blog, where he promises that "[t]his is just the beginning."

While Overstock showed a little bit of anti-Internet tax solidarity yesterday by banning New York-based advertisers, Amazon is opting to follow the letter of the law, as they take up their battle in court.

The mega retailer announced today that they will begin collecting the newly imposed tax from New Yorkers when it goes into effect on June 1st. They will continue collecting until the issue has been resolved.

Amazon has thus far been a staunch opponent of the tax stating that it "has no physical presence in New York. It does not own, lease, or otherwise occupy any physical property in the state, and none of its employees works or resides in the state."

The company filed a suit with New York State's Supreme Court earlier this month opposing the new law.

Board games might have to change their category's name. Battleship, Yahtzee, Boggle, ConnectFour, SORRY! and the new SORRY! Sliders are coming soon to your favorite game console, via Hasbro Family Game Night.

The game, created by EA and Hasbro, adds challenges and many other dimensions to these standard board games with new versions, including ConnectFour Power Chips, Boggle Portal Cubes, Battleship Barrage and Reverse Yahtzee.

"We're giving families a new way to bond and play together," says Chip Lange, Vice President and General Manager of EA's Casual Entertainment Label. "Hasbro Family Game Night offers parents and their children a digital party experience full of classic brands they know and love. Between original and new rule settings, an easy-to-play party mode and a customizable game room feature, the variety and choice promise hours of fun family play."

Hasbro Family Game Night allows players to experience a digital game room with the opportunity to customize their play through changing the setting, furniture, and decorations. The game also adds a chance to earn trophies and play in party mode mini-game challenges such Match the Pattern, Shake for Words, and Bomb Run.

"Hasbro Family Game Night is designed to bring family and friends of all ages together in the digital living room for an evening of 'anything goes' fun," says Mark Blecher, General Manager of Digital Media and Gaming at Hasbro. "Hasbro has been providing families with the best in game play for decades, and now they can enjoy some of our most beloved brands with an all-new digital twist."

Hasbro Family Game Night will be available this fall on the Nintendo Wii and Sony PlayStation ...

From what we can tell, that is just marketing hoopla to get you to buy a drive “certified” for use in a specific application; in all actuality, users can to put through any USB 2.0 external tough drive to their DISH Network HD DVR and expand their storage capacity for a one-time fee. Neverthel…

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I got a note from Adobe last night. It was like getting email from a girlfriend in a relationship that doesn't work out, but she doesn't want to give in and accept a breakup.

I recently tried the Photoshop Express beta, but I hadn't gone back. Had they noticed? At any rate, Adobe wanted me to chuck it all and commit to Photoshop Express beta.

Not so quick, Adobe. I'm a guy. We don't commit easily. Anyway, I'm still in love with Photoshop Express beta's older, faster, sister, Photoshop. She's heavier than she once was, but those features--wow--they still drive me nuts. I really don't want to piss her off.

Photoshop Express beta is a slick-looking, Web-based photo editing suite. A right click shows that it's running in Flash. Photoshop Express beta is some of what Photoshop is, but slower and less capable. Quite honestly, it's also some of what Gimp is, but slower and less capable. . And Gimp (unlike Photoshop) is free. Have I mentioned, I'm all about free?

You edit on Photoshop Express beta through your browser. The meat of the system lives on a server somewhere, shipping bits and pieces to you as needed. Every time you try and do something new, you wait while that functionality is delivered.

In all fairness, the site has most of what you'd normally need to do simple edits on your photos. You can adjust levels, sharpen, fix color problems and do some minor blemish removal. As you go along, you can save version after version, making sure you never get into a situation where you've fixed a photo until it's broken! And, ...

Orange, a subsidiary of France Telecom, has signed a new deal with Apple to offer the iPhone to its customers in several parts of Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Caribbean. The company already has an exclusive deal with Apple to sell the phone in France. The Orange deal chases a seri…

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We’ve heard plenty of promises of external graphics solutions for laptops in the past, and it looks like Fujitsu Siemens is now about to join the party as well, with it reportedly set to debut its AMILO GraphicBooster in the “next couple of weeks.” That word apparently comes from a leaked pr…

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whether you needed evidence of the popularity of cheap ultraportables in foreign lands, the news main up to the release of the MSI Wind should be a good indicator. final month it was a Turkish video of the thing, now it’s a detailed Chilean writeup of a pre-release model. We’re relying on Goog…

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whether you’re tired of picking on Comcast for the way it throttles back peer-to-peer traffic, you can now direct your angry gaze to Cox Communications. Cox does the same thing, according to researchers at the Max Planck institute. In fact, it’s one of three ISPs they caught engaging in P2P …

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Nothing new to report on the Touch Diamond’s tech here, but wow, look how fun the box is! Of course, we know you’re all waiting to see what they stuffed in the wedge-shaped package, and the reply is a charger, headset, USB cable, a manual or two, and the software. The charger appears to be a…

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