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Master Da Vinci’s Streamwriting Technique
submitted by DrummerGirl 9 hours 38 minutes ago (via http://www.lifehacker.com/soft...)
Productivity blogger Brad Isaac’s recent series on tapping your superconscious describes a technique called “Streamwriting” that Leonardo Da Vinci used to solve problems.
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.4 Released
submitted by sizemoresr 2 hours 52 minutes ago (via http://www.mozilla.com/firefox...)
Firefox 1.5.0.4 is a security update that is part of our ongoing program to provide a safe Internet experience for our customers. The new version features improvements to product stability and several security fixes.
Sleeping drug breaks man's 3-year coma
submitted by capn_caveman 14 hours 42 minutes ago (via http://www.physorg.com/news683...)
A 28-year-old South African man who has been comatose since an accident three years ago is able to wake up with the unlikely help of a sleeping medication.
"Corruption Goes All the Way to the Top", Says Pirate Bay Chief
submitted by NoOneButMe 5 hours 46 minutes ago (via http://wiredfire.org/index.php...)
"Orders went straight top to bottom, from the Swedish minister of Justice,to Chief Prosecutor, etc, to the policemen doing the raid." minister of Justice,to Chief Prosecutor, etc, to the policemen doing the raid."
DSRobot Project - A Nintendo DS Robot!
submitted by digitalgopher 8 hours 28 minutes ago (via http://www.maxconsole.net/?mod...)
According to the creator of 'DSRobot', you can soon turn your Nintendo DS or Nintendo DS Lite to a powerfull programable Robot. Here is a video of prototype for a DSRobot.
Mugshot: open source MySpace on steroids?
submitted by bigblueball 1 day 2 hours ago (via http://www.jeffhester.net/arch...)
A dev team from Redhat has created an open-source project called Mugshot that some are touting as MySpace on steroids. It isn't. But here's what it really is...
Why We Could All Do With A Little Nap
submitted by DrummerGirl 9 hours 52 minutes ago (via http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_...)
Scientists at The University of Manchester have for the first time uncovered how brain cells or 'neurons' that keep us alert become turned off after we eat. The findings – published in the scientific journal Neuron this week – have implications for treating obesity and eating disorders as well as understanding levels of consciousness.
Toyota's Prius in Europe Gets an Electric-Only Mode Button We Don't
submitted by supernova17 6 hours 30 minutes ago (via http://www.autoblog.com/2006/0...)
Ever stare at that spot on your dash that has a piece of plastic where a button should be? More and more Prius owners are finding out that that empty spot on their dashes is occupied on Euro-spec Prius models by a button that switches the hybrid into electric-only mode while driving locally at low speeds.
Half-Life 2: Episode 2 Trailer!!
submitted by gamerzworld 8 hours 56 minutes ago (via http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...)
This is the offical trailer for Half-Life 2: Episode 2 from Half-Life 2: Episode 1's game files.
A Tour of Windows Vista Beta 2
submitted by BloodJunkie 1 day 11 minutes ago (via http://arstechnica.com/reviews...)
Ars Technica gives a wonderfully indepth visual tour of Windows Vista Beta 2, with an eye to what it can offer you.
Yahoo Boss Not Sure If He'd Collaborate With Nazis
submitted by Doomorks 9 hours 20 minutes ago (via http://www.emailbattles.com/ar...)
Yahoo chief Terry Semel told a room jammed with witnesses at the Wall Street Journal's D: conference that he doesn't know if he would collaborate with the Nazis, in the same way Yahoo's partner in China collaborates with its Chinese masters.
Chemists forge a new form of iron
submitted by capn_caveman 9 hours 7 minutes ago (via http://www.news.wisc.edu/12636...)
An international team of chemists has discovered a new and unexpected form of iron, a finding that adds to the fundamental understanding of an element that is among the most abundant on Earth and that, in nature, is an essential catalyst for life.
International Space Station gets Battle Droids
submitted by banjk 14 hours 3 minutes ago (via http://science.nasa.gov/headli...)
Star Wars battle droids sent to the ISS to roam corridors and train Jedi!
Aftermath of the Pirate Raids
submitted by Tatter 11 hours 1 minute ago (via http://www.slyck.com/news.php?...)
While the IFPI, MPA and Antipiratbyrån are jubilant over the seizure of ThePirateBay.org, hundreds of other online domains taken off line stand to lose significant business and traffic.
Multi Distro is Linux times 9 on a single CD-R
submitted by TheAttacks 19 hours 41 minutes ago (via http://www.linux.com/article.p...)
Multi Distro includes nine live CD Linux distributions in one ISO file that you can burn to a single disc. It uses the GRUB boot loader to present the user with a main menu from which they can choose which distro they want to run.
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