MC2 Post 802 The Mice Are Falling, The Mice Are Falling

From http://news.mongabay.com/

U.S. Government Bombs Guam with 

Frozen Mice to Kill Snakes

These Guys:

The mice-bomb program is currently underway with Dan Vice, assistant state director of the US Department of Agriculture's Wildlife Services in the Pacific, telling Radio Australia that 250 poisoned mice have so far been dropped in a trial run. Researchers are now working to see if the preliminary mice-bombs worked.

 It might also cut bills for taxpayers: the brown tree snake costs $1-4 million dollars in direct damages and lost productivity per yer due mostly to snaked-caused power outages, which occur at a rate of roughly one every three days.

Link: http://news.mongabay.com/2010/0928-hance_micebombs.html

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MC2 Post 801 Current royalties for music streaming 'unreasonable' says court

Current Royalties for Music Streaming 'Unreasonable' says Court

Link: http://www.tgdaily.com/business-and-law-features/51769-current-royalties-for-music-streaming-unreasonable-says-court?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feedutm_campaign=Feed%3A+tgdaily_all_sections+%28TG+Daily+-+All+News%29

222 to 26 Characters, How Idiotic!

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/2edntoo

The Ruling Took So Long Yahoo no longer has a presence in the music streaming business, having sold out to CBS Radio in the meantime.

But Still Very Interesting Stuff about Royalties and ASCAP The Collector.

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From http://www.tgdaily.com/

But there are still millions of dollars in back royalties at issue, and the decision could also have implications for other streaming services, including those from AOL, YouTube and Pandora.

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MC2 Post 800 Apple's iPad Takes a Rim Shot to the Belly

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From http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/

 The First Professional Tablet ?

RIM unveils PlayBook Tablet with Dual-Core CPU 

and 1080p Support

Won't Be Out Until 2011, and No Real Details about Battery Life or Price, but
The RIM Offering Seems to Hit All the Missing "Features" of the iPad.
   
    7" 1024 X pixel Widescreen Display
    WSVGA, capacitive touch screen with full multi-touch and gesture
    support
    1GHz dual-core ARM Cortex A9-based processor
    1GB of RAM
    BlackBerry Enterprise Integration
    Dual HD Front and Back Facing Cameras 3MP and 5MP
    both with 1080p Video Recording
    microHDMI Output
    microUSB Connector
    Flash 10.1
    HTML5
    802.11n WiFi, BlueTooth
    undisclosed GPU
    Open, flexible application platform with support for
    WebKit/HTML-5,
    Adobe Flash Player 10.1, Adobe Mobile AIR, Adobe Reader, POSIX,
    OpenGL,
    Java
    Ultra thin and portable:
    Measures 5.1"x7.6"x0.4" (130mm x 193mm x 10mm)
    Weighs less than a pound (approximately 0.9 lb or 400g)
   
 

Let The Tablet Games Really Begin....

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Link: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2010/09/rim-unveils-playbook-tablet-with-dual-core-cpu-1080p-support.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss

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TinyUrl: http://tinyurl.com/2agkuwj

 

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MC2 Post 799: Why Hackers, Are Alive and Doing Well

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Simple Answer:  iPhone.

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Hacking Headlines

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From http://www.time.com

The iPhone Jailbreak: A Win Against 

Copyright Creep

Link: http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2006956,00.html

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From http://www.iphonehacks.com/

iPad PIX:

Apple Patents Reveal Next Gen iPad Could Come With Dual Dock Connectors, Front-Facing Camera, Smart Bezel & More

Link: http://www.iphonehacks.com/

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O'Reilly Has A Book For It
iPhone Hacks PIX:

iPhone Hacks  (ebook 27.99)

Description

With iPhone Hacks, you can make your iPhone do all you'd expect of a mobile smartphone -- and more. Learn tips and techniques to unleash little-known features, find and create innovative applications for both the iPhone and iPod touch, and unshackle these devices to run everything from network utilities to video game emulators. iPhone Hacks is exactly what you need to make the most of your mobile phone.

Link:  http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596516642

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Jailbreakme website Changes Everything:
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Jailbreaking PS3's with iPhone Jailbreaking Tools?

We previously posted an entire guide on how to Jailbreak the PlayStation 3 with an Android Phone and also that iPhone Dev-Team member MuscleNerd confirmed that the hack would soon be coming to iPhones. Well guess what, it’s here folks! The PSGroove / PSFreedom has been ported over to jailbroken iPhones but the interesting thing is that it is not by the same team which MuscleNerd talked about. It’s actually by a hacker who goes by the name of NTAuthority! and he has used OpeniBoot method which was previously used to port Android on iPhone 2G, 3G and iPod touch.

BREAKING: PlayStation 3 has been Jailbroken Using 

Apple iPhone and iPod touch [Video]

Link: http://www.redmondpie.com/jailbreak-playstation-3-ps3-with-iphone-3g-ipod-touch-using-psfreedom-psgroove-video/

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Most Recent is Hacking the PS3 with 

PS Controller or TI Calculator.

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MC2 Post 795 A Very Bad Week For Jerry Jones

Panasonic, Charlotte Motor Speedway Team Up for the Biggest HD screen Ever

It's been a bad week for Jerry Jones. Not only are the Cowboys 0-2, but Panasonic and Charlotte Motor Speedway have announced plans to take away his record for the largest HD video screen  anywhere. 

Scheduled to debut in May 2011, the 720p, 16,000 sq ft (200 feet wide, 80 feet tall, 165,000 lbs, more specs are in the press release after the break) LED video wall will be installed along the backstretch between turns 2 and 3 at the race track allowing fans seated on the frontstretch to still see drivers shake and bake all the way around the track. A quick perusal of Wikipedia's list of top videoboards reminds of former contenders for the title -- massive screens at stadiums hosting the Kansas City Royals, Tokyo horse racing, Longhorns football and Miami Dolphins will all drop one more notch on the list.

Link: http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/23/panasonic-charlotte-motor-speedway-team-up-for-the-biggest-hd-s/

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/2wk5tfn

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MC2 Post 794 Roku Goes All Out Against AppleTV

Roku With New Set Top Boxes

To Compete Against Apple TV

Roku Wednesday introduced its new line of streaming set top boxes, which promise better performance, smaller physical footprint, and lower prices than the previous versions of the popular net TV appliance.

The new lineup includes: Roku HD for $59.99, Roku XD for $79.99, and the Roku XDS for $99.99.

The new top-of the line XDS offers 1080p HD streaming, support for dual-band 802.11n, composite and HDMI outs, optical video output, and a USB port with the new USB Playback channel, which supports content from connected storage devices, a feature heretofore absent from the Roku streamers.

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TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/2en3aes

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MC2 Post 793 The Very Deepest Dive

From http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/

The Very Deepest Dive

Robot submarine dives to the deepest part of the ocean controlled by a 7-mile cable as thin as single human hair

A robotic submarine has dived 6.8miles to reach the deepest known part of the ocean, becoming just the third craft in history to explore the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific Ocean.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1190486/Robot-submarine-Nereus-dives-deepest-ocean-7-mile-cable-human-hair.html#ixzz10GQdmrqW

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1190486/Robot-submarine-Nereus-dives-deepest-ocean-7-mile-cable-human-hair.html#ixzz10GPcTvAe

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/2a9hpkb

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Last Night on SciHD Channel 720:

Dive To The Bottom of The World

A team of scientists and engineers explores the Challenger Deep, which lies in the Mariana Trench in the Western Pacific.       

Next Showing:   Thu 9/23      5:00-6:00am

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MC2 Post 792 Nikon D3S A Low Light Dream Camera

Pro Wedding Shooter's Dream Camera ??

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From Engadget:

Nikon D3S: The Field Review

Link: http://i.engadget.com/2010/06/21/shooting-around-with-the-nikon-d3s-the-field-review/

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MC2 Post 791 Twitter Goes Down

From PC Magazine:

Popularity Rears It's Ugly Head--

Twitter Gets Hacked

Twitter Hit with 'Mouse Over' XSS Attack

Link:  http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2369438,00.asp

Link: http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/2010/09/cross-site_scripting_attack_hi.php

Basically, Just Stay Off Twitter For A While 

It Appears that most  Linked Sites, that let you post to Twitter,

Like Facebook and TweetDeck Are Still Safe.

The warnings Get Posted...

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Twitter Reports Hack Patched...

Channel 5 KTLA Morning News Updates Very Handy.

Link:  http://www.ktla.com/

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MC2 Post 790 Hack Turns $170 Media Viewer Into Tablet

Hack Turns $170 Media Viewer Into Tablet

If you haven’t heard of the Insignia Infocast, a photo and app viewer billed as an “internet media display,” it may be time to give this device a second look.

Link:  http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/09/170-linux-tablet/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/24d5bqy

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MC2 Post 789 Google: Chrome Will Be 60 Times Faster

Chrome Will Be 60 Times Faster

Link: http://www.hackinthebox.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=37924

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/34cpjbk

In a post at the Chromium blog, software engineers James Robinson and Gregg Tavares say that early versions of Chrome 7 are boasting speeds 60 times faster than Chrome 6. The key, they say, is hardware acceleration -- the same technology that's giving Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 beta such a boost.

The new feature, say Robinson and Tavares, "picks the best graphics API to use on each OS that Chromium supports: Windows XP/Vista/7, Mac OS and Linux."
 

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Chromium Blog Site:

http://blog.chromium.org/

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MC2 Post 788 While The Networks Were Sleeping in "Reality TV"

The Year AMC Stole Their Lunch 
and Chocolate

This Isn't Funny Anymore.

The Big Shot Networks decided to played it safe.  
Let's Up Chuck another Reality Show, 

the audiences won't realize its just regurgitated Crap.

But wait, the Emmys said the 

Top Drama Show For The Third Straight Year  

Was ... 

 Mad Men on AMC.....

AM Who???

Mad Men

Breaking Bad

Rubicon

Hey 

This IS Serious Stuff.

What's it Doing on Regular TV? 


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Link:  http://www.amctv.com/originals/

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It would appear, quite a lot.

and Not Quite As Serious, But.....

Watch Out!

The Walking Dead

 For Curiosity sake where This Last One Is Coming From:

The Comics and

AMCTV was Huge at ComicCon

The Pilot Airs on Halloween.

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Creator of  "The Walking Dead" Comic:

Kirkmania Webpage: http://www.kirkmania.com/

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Wake Up Networks, This is Not Your Old Guys TV any more.  HBO rubbed your nose in it for years.  Then came regular cable shows like USA Network with Audience and Award winning shows 

 like Monk and Burn Notice.  

Then Showtime jumped in and joined the Fun 
with the Unique and Edgy 
Dexter, 
the show that splattered network tv 
to the drain holes.
It too became an award winner. 

Now It's AMC TV showing the Big Networks 
that well written, 
well acted and 
HBO style directed shows 
can outperform the me-too-"reality"
and Lazy-Fare "Dramas" every time.

And Apple and Google TV 

are waiting in the wings, ready 

to give the Networks 

what iTunes did for the Music Business.

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MC2 Post 787 Let's Get Animated

 The Big BrouHaHa About HTML5 is Animation and Movie/Film Playing on A Web Page.

That was a Snap from AnimeNewsNetwork

Link:  http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/

Most of the Animation There is Side Siders, which is
a simple trick with Javascript.

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From Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, 
September 6-12 (Part 1):

The Memorial Edition for the live-action film adaptation of Inio Asano's Solanin romance manga dropped from #3 to #12 in its second week. It sold 4,433 copies to add to its total of 20,613. The Standard Edition also fell from #15 to #24. With 2,067 more copies, it has now sold a total of 6,162 copies.AKB48's Nogashita Sakana-tachi ~Single Video Collection~ dropped from #27 to #29 and moved 1,799 more copies in its ninth week. It has now sold 111,566 copies.

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It's Iteresting to see Pixar/Disneys
Toy Story Special Edition at 23
and Toy Story 2 Special Edition at 30

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"HTML5" versus Flash: Animation Benchmarking
The Man in Blue Web Site Tests

(Really Best Viewed in Google Chrome.)

Link: http://www.themaninblue.com/writing/perspective/2010/03/22/

Flash Test Snapped running in Chrome.

Hey, it's just a Test.

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Okay, Okay, If You're Still Running Chrome 
Check This Out:

15 HTML5 Demos Showcasing Prowess of HTML5 Over Adobe Flash

The (maybe) Power of HTML5 Over Flash

15 Demos to Check Out. 


TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/3334vdy


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MC2 Post 786 So You Think You're Safe Eh?

From www.how-to-geek.com:

Security by Obscurity

 Debunking Myths: Is Hiding Your Wireless SSID Really More Secure?

Wireless SSIDs Were Never Designed to Be Hidden

Link: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/28653/debunking-myths-is-hiding-your-wireless-ssid-really-more-secure/

bit.ly Link:  http://bit.ly/biYQAn

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Finding Hidden SSIDs Is a Trivial Task

It’s extremely easy to find the ID for a “hidden” network—all you have to do is use a utility like the inSSIDer utility  and scan the network for a short while to show all of the current networks out there. It’s really that simple, and there’s plenty of other tools that do the same job.

Scanner Link from How-to-geek article:

http://www.metageek.net/products/inssider

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Not exactly the frappuccino in your cup Is It?

Remember the tag-line from Hill Street Blues?

"  Be Careful Out There..."

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MC2 Post 784 So Really, What Can You Do With HTML5

From www.linuxtoday.com

Header: Microdata: HTML5’s Best-Kept Secret

Link: http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2010-09-12-003-35-OS-SW-SD

Bit.ly:  http://bit.ly/cWZ56B

 

 

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MC 783 Nvidia Price Drops For GeForce 460

Nvidia Drops Price GeForce 460 

768MB Graphics Card

From Xbitlabs.com

Nvidia Quietly Reduces Pricing of Performance 

Mainstream Graphics Board.

New Price: $179 and in some online stores: $169.  

Sweet!
 

Link: http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/video/display/20100909155406_Nvidia_Quietly_Reduces_Pricing_of_Performance_Mainstream_Graphics_Board.html

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/37r6hf3

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