June 22, 2010
Will Ozzy’s Genome Reveal the Secret of Rock Star Resilience?
The infamous rock star is paying Cambridge-based Knome to sequence his genome. Last week, my brother informed me of some strange genome news he had heard on his favorite morning radio show. Ozzy Osbourne, front man for Black Sabbath, is going to have his genome sequenced in order to figure out how he is still alive after decades of legendary drug use.
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Will Ozzy’s Genome Reveal the Secret of Rock Star Resilience?
June 21, 2010
Custom Font Uploader for WordPress Themes
Update (10th July 2010): Pippin has now converted this into a premium plugin which can be purchased from Code Canyon. If you’re not afraid to mess with your code a little though, read on for the DIY method! WordPress theme option panels were a tremendous stride in the world of theme development; they gave site owner’s the ability to modify various aspects of their site, without ever having to touch the code. Every great theme either has or should have an extensive options panel
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Custom Font Uploader for WordPress Themes
June 16, 2010
OpenCL 1.1 gets the go-ahead
Shaun Nichols in San Francisco, V3.co.uk , Tuesday 15 June 2010 at 00:04:00 Parallel processing standard approved by Khronos Group An update to the OpenCL parallel processing standard has been ratified. Standards organisation Khronos Group said that it was releasing the OpenCL 1.1 certification…
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OpenCL 1.1 gets the go-ahead
June 15, 2010
E3 2010: Don’t Call It The Slim [New Xbox 360 Is Not "The Slim", Possibly To Avoid Confusion With PS3, To Replace Original Xbox 360]
The new Xbox 360 was shown off at Microsoft’s E3 keynote today. While it is slimmer, smaller and sexier than the first-gen Xbox 360, you can’t call it the “Slim” Xbox 360. Although it was rumored and discussed in the press for weeks and months as the Slim 360, Microsoft in their keynote and in the official fact sheet only refer to the device as the “new” Xbox 360
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E3 2010: Don’t Call It The Slim [New Xbox 360 Is Not "The Slim", Possibly To Avoid Confusion With PS3, To Replace Original Xbox 360]
First Look Over in Singapore Nokia is getting busy announcing a whole host of new midrange handsets at its Connection event. So the Nokia bods thought it was only right that it gave ample airing to its flagship smartphone, the Nokia N8, over here in Britain.We’ve seen the hardware before , when we showed it off in glorious lime green. Pocket-lint was on hand once again to give it a going over to determine whether or not Nokia’s new star player has a chance of competing with Apple and Android in the heavily contested smartphone market.The main selling point of the N8 is that it is the first Nokia handset to feature the Symbian^3 operating system
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Nokia N8 – First Look
YouTube videos to be featured by Googenheim
Shaun Nichols in San Francisco, V3.co.uk , Tuesday 15 June 2010 at 03:09:00 Art museum seeking out user videos for new exhibit The iconic Googenheim art museum is looking to produce a new feature based on YouTube videos. The video sharing service said that it would be partnering with the art museum..
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HTC Aria: Available on AT&T stateside
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Verizon Business gets into hosted storage game
Shaun Nichols in San Francisco, V3.co.uk , Tuesday 15 June 2010 at 02:19:00 Service will aim at enterprise cloud sector Verizon Business has added hosted storage to its line of enterprise IT services. The company said that it would be launching not only a cloud storage service but hosted storage..
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Grbl, an Arduino-based g-code interpreter
I’m knee deep in software development for a couple of motion control projects, and have had the feeling that I’ve been re-inventing the wheel for a while. Well, I wish I would have found grbl sooner. It appears to be a mostly complete implementation of the g-code standard, written to run on an Atmega328-based Arduino
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Grbl, an Arduino-based g-code interpreter
E3 2010: Kinect Pricing Spoiled By GameStop? [GameStop Allowing Pre-Orders For Microsoft Kinect At $149.99 - Too Expensive?]
Those of us who were covering the Microsoft E3 keynote live here at TFTS headquarters were impressed by the Mircosoft tech, but a little put off when Microsoft didn’t announce the pricing for the new add-on. US game retailer GameStop has now added the add-on to it’s only store, and the Kinect-only bundle is set at $149.99. It’s more expensive than anticipated (sub-$100 prices were rumored for a long time), but as you can see above, GameStop also posted the Kinect coming in bundles with the old (not the ’slim’) Xbox 360.
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How Much Is A 32GB Apple iPad Worth?
Well that’s the questions isn’t it? How about exchanging an iPhone 3GS for the bigger iPhone-ish iPad or how about cold hard cash or even an iPod Touch, or even if you are that desperate try offering the HTC EVO 4G , no doubt you may get a buyer then.However what you don’t do is slap an advert on Craighslist like some gormless idiot did as according to an article over on Mashable by Lauren Indvik by way of a report by ABC15 ; 20 year old Jacob Walker actually posted an article on craighslist wanting to trade Pot for an iPad.Yes folks this dimwit even posted an image of the iPod Touch and 7 gram stash of marijuana he was willing to exchange for a 32GB iPad
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How Much Is A 32GB Apple iPad Worth?
Trading of Box Office Futures Approved
Those who boldly predicted box office glory for The Karate Kid perhaps cracked a grin at this weekend’s returns , maybe they sent a “told you so!” text… well, in the future, these successful prognosticators could get to celebrate in a sea of dollar bills. Despite the best efforts of the film industry, federal regulators approved a plan from Media Derivatives Inc
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Trading of Box Office Futures Approved
Confirmed: Samsung Galaxy S Pro Will Be Sprint’s Second 4G Phone [Leaked Photos and Logo On The Back Confirm Galaxy S Pro Is Coming To The US’ First…
So regular TFTS readers will note that we’re (or at least myself) are a bit crazy for the Samsung Galaxy S – a hot Android phone with a big OLED screen and fast processor.
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Confirmed: Samsung Galaxy S Pro Will Be Sprint’s Second 4G Phone [Leaked Photos and Logo On The Back Confirm Galaxy S Pro Is Coming To The US’ First…
SAP seeks to raise awareness of BusinessObjects
Khidr Suleman, V3.co.uk , Monday 14 June 2010 at 00:15:00 New charter designed to increase customer participation The SAP UK & Ireland User Group (UKIUG) is to work on a new charter designed to increase awareness of the company’s BusinessObjects portfolio….
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SAP seeks to raise awareness of BusinessObjects
GENOS Cyclops Universal Controller Announced [A new gaming type universal remote is touted as the wireless keyboard of the future]
A new kind of universal remote control called the CYCLOPS is set to change the face of TVs and other consumer electronics devices. Genos unveils an ergonomically designed universal remote controller, invented using Play Dough
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GENOS Cyclops Universal Controller Announced [A new gaming type universal remote is touted as the wireless keyboard of the future]
Sprint Employee Gets Pink Slip for Leaking HTC EVO 4G Sales [A Sprint employee gets terminated for spilling sales information of the HTC EVO 4G]
As an analyst, the Sprint employee who figured out how many HTC EVO 4G units got sold would indeed be impressive. Unfortunately, leaking the said figures in public was a big mistake, causing him to lose his job.
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Sprint Employee Gets Pink Slip for Leaking HTC EVO 4G Sales [A Sprint employee gets terminated for spilling sales information of the HTC EVO 4G]
AGAiT Vento Android Snapdragon Tablets Coming in 2010 [Asus Subsidiary Company to Unveil New Android Based Tablets by end 2010]
AGAiT, a subsidiary of Asus, will be unveiling a couple of new Android-based tablets this year. Though they will not really be carrying the familiar Asus brand or logo, these new tablets are expected to hit the market by the end of 2010.
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A bell jar was placed on top of a mini hive and bees from the nucleus started to create foundation of a hive in the jar. Once the foundation is laid, the bees work in masses to form the rest of the hive. Bees Makes Hive In A Jar More: Bee coverage in MAKE Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Makers | Digg this!
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Bees in the Bell Jar
June 14, 2010
An iPad Covered in Chocolate Gifted [Nutty Husband Gifts Wife an iPad Covered in Chocolate]
Here is an idea for couples who want to be sweeter as far as surprising gifts are concerned. For some reason, Steffan Magdalinski came up with the wacky idea of giving his wife an iPad with a different packaging…a chocolate coated one. Though it may not be the first time this idea may have been done, you will agree that this is a “ sweet ” idea
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An iPad Covered in Chocolate Gifted [Nutty Husband Gifts Wife an iPad Covered in Chocolate]
The Plug n Play iGrill Promises More Entertaining Gatherings [Combine social outdoor gatherings just got better with this Grill that has its very own…
Here is another idea to get you Summer gatherings a bit more entertaining. Made especially for the people who love to hold barbecues, inject some lively music while you are grilling those steaks or sausages with the iGrill. The iGrill carries a modern and sleek design that accommodates your iPod and blare out music from your iPod.
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