MC2 Post 1223 Get MAD for the iPad -- Tomorrow -- Tomorrow No Foolin'

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MAD for the iPad

Just in time for April Fools' Day, the iconic 

humor magazine MAD 

gets its first dedicated iPad app

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Not available until Sunday, which is known to watercooler comedians as both April Fools' Day and the birthday of MAD mascot Alfred E. Neuman, the MAD app might surprise you: it's not a waste of time.

Guarantees against it insulting your intelligence, 

however, have yet to be made.

The app itself will be free and offer some free content, although full issues of MAD will cost you. New issues of MAD run $4.99 in the app, while back issues go for $1.99. Unlike DC's Comixology-powered app for its comic books, the MAD app, developed by 1K Studios, will offer digital subscriptions for $1.99 per issue or $9.99 per year. Current print subscribers will automatically get a free digital subscription.

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Link:  http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-57406834-12/mad-for-the-ipad/ 

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MC2 Post 1235 Science And Apple Keeps Pushing the Envelope

Honeycombs of Magnets could Lead to New Type of Computer Processing  

From:  http://www.physorg.com

Scientists have taken an important step forward in developing a new material using nano-sized magnets that could ultimately lead to new types of electronic devices, with greater capacity than is currently feasible, in a study published today in the journal Science.

Link:  http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-03-honeycombs-magnets.html 

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/6mnwul4       

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Going for Something Really Small.

Honeycomb Image:

Image of the two-dimensional honeycomb structure of silicene as captured by a scanning tunnelingmicroscope. Credit: Guy Le Lay et al./TU Berlin

(PhysOrg.com) -- Since its discovery in 2004, graphene -- sheets of carbon an atom thick -- has sparked a flurry of research into the nanomaterial's potential applications for blazing fast, tiny electronics.

Now, several research groups claim to have created analogous thin sheets of silicon called silicene, igniting a controversy over who won the race to synthesize this promising new material.

Link:  http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-03-multiple-groups-atom-thick-silicon-sheets.html 

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/br99cw6

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MC2 Post 1234 Researcher Publishes Specs for Real Linux-Powered Star Trek Tricorder

From:  http://arstechnica.com

Link:  http://www.tricorderproject.org/

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The Star Trek tricorder has become a reality, thanks to the hobby project of a cognitive science researcher. Dr. Peter Jansen has developed a handheld mobile computing device that has a number of sophisticated embedded sensors. The device is modeled after the distinctive design of the 24th-century tricorder.

He began working on the project in 2007 and aims to make it easy for others to reproduce his designs. He has made complete schematics for two of his four models available under the terms of the TAPR non-commercial hardware license. The underlying source code of the device's software environment is available under the GPL. In a blog post about the project, Jansen explained that he hopes his project will encourage scientific curiosity and help people better understand the world.

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Weighing In at 234 Characters, there's No Way In @#!$# I'm going to Dignify Posting that Ridiculous Link... Wingman. 

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/6vb4gjj

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For more information about the Jansen's tricorder project, including specifications and construction details about the Mark 1 and Mark 2 tricorders, you can refer to his website.

Link:  http://www.tricorderproject.org/tricorder-mark1.html

Link:  http://www.tricorderproject.org/tricorder-mark2.html

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SiliconDust HDHomeRun Dual High Definition Digital TV Tuner (Network Attached) - Watch, Pause, Record & Rewind Live TV on Your Computer

Link:  http://www.dailysteals.com/

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MC2 Post 1233 Flat-Panel TV Shipments to Fall for the First Time Ever in 2012?

From:  http://www.engadget.com

Link:  http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/28/flat-panel-tv-shipments-to-fall-for-the-first-time-ever-in-2012/ 

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/7vdrw7l       

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Android 4 ICS on Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket on You Tube

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Spacing Your Workouts Seems to Help Your Brain as Well as Your Body

Take your time: Neurobiology Sheds Light on the Superiority of  Spaced vs. Massed Learning

Link:  http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-neurobiology-superiority-spaced-massed.html

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/6tggveq

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FTC Seeks Laws to Reveal What Data Brokers Hold

Link:  http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-03/D9TOTVE80.htm 

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/7pmkgmq 

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New MC2 Section:

What The H is Going On  ???

Top of the Morning with Linux, Open Source and Security News

MC2 Headlines of Interest will be expanded 

(More Detail--Sources)

at MC2's sister blog LBK (Linux by Knight).

Today's H Headlines
 

Link:  http://www.h-online.com/

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Adding WebGL to Firefox's Latest Build:

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For Firefox you need to download the latest build and enable this in:

type about:config into the address bar, search for "webgl", and double-click  "webgl.enabled_for_all_sites" to set it to true

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MC2 Post 1232 XBMC 11.0 released with new Ubuntu-based live CD and iOS support

From:  http://arstechnica.com

Link: .

At 229 Characters it's a HOG...  At the Most: It Means Bread Crumbs ARE Going in Too many directions.  If it has to be Parsed that Closely "some kind of Cookie Crumb" is falling through  the Cracks.... Wingman. 

At the Least: Too many needless characters clogging the pipeline.  Wingman.

This is only 26:

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Link:  http://xbmc.org/natethomas/2012/03/24/xbmc-11-0-eden/ 

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/7e9ogr9  

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$14.99 only 14 hours to go...

Link:  http://www.dailysteals.com/

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What The H is Going On???

Top of the Morning with Linux, Open Source and Security News
 

MC2 Headlines of Interest will be expanded 

(More Detail--Sources)

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MC2 Post 1223 James Cameron Dives To Deepest Point On Earth In Submarine

From:  http://www.mtv.com

'Avatar', Titanic Director Plunges to

 35,756 feet in the Pacific Ocean. 

Director James Cameron has scaled the heights in Hollywood with mega-smashes including "Titanic" and "Avatar."
 Hell, he even once described himself as "king of the world" at the Oscars.

But on Sunday, the oceanographic nut reached new depths when he piloted his custom one-man submarine to the deepest point in the world's oceans by hitting 35,756 feet in the Mariana Trench, southwest of Guam, according to National Geographic. Following seven years of preparation for the dive, and a few days cooling his heels to wait for bad weather to pass, Cameron pulled the feat off at 2:52 p.m. Pacific time and then shared the historic news on Twitter.

"Just arrived at the ocean's deepest pt. Hitting bottom never felt so good," Cameron tweeted after the two hour and 36-minute descent that took him 6.8 miles deep. "Can't wait to share what I'm seeing w/ you @DeepChallenge."

Link:  http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1681745/james-cameron-diving-record.jhtml

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/7u56p6r

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The Mad Men Birthday Party Scene was so:

"Playboy After Dark"
Link:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playboy_After_Dark
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MC2 Post 1230 Lucky I Caught Up On Netflix: Mad Men IS BACK

From:  http://www.hollywoodreporter.com

'Mad Men' Spoiled Bastard: 

Episodes 1 & 2: 'A Little Kiss.'

The Times They are a-changing. So Let's Dance!

This two-hour episode will probably go down in Mad Men history as the “Zoo Be Zoo Be Zoo” episode (and we’ll leave it to you to decide if Jessica Pare has the Sophia Loren facial similarities that probably sprung the idea to cover 

the song into Matthew Weiner’s head). 

That party scene says more about where Mad Men is now than words ever could.

Link:  http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/bastard-machine/mad-men-spoiled-bastard-episodes-304059 

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/87enuz6 

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And Next Sunday: The Killing Returns

To AMC

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MC2 Post 1229 Is The Hunger Games Just Left-Overs From Earlier Feast?

From:  http://www.csmonitor.com

A Battle Royale Online over Origin of 

'The Hunger Games'

Battle Royale Film  2000

Link:  http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2012/0323/A-Battle-Royale-online-over-origin-of-The-Hunger-Games   

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/73ocvsy 

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MC2 Post 1228 Fusion Power--The Promise--and One Stumbling Block Passed.

 Record-Breaking Laser Pulse Boosts 

Fusion Power Hopes

 

 

One Giant Step towards 'Creating a Miniature 

Star on Earth'

From:  http://www.theregister.co.uk

The world's most powerful laser has fired a record-breaking pulse that exceeded even its own design goals.

For 23 billionths of a second, the 192 ultraviolet lasers in the National Ignition Facility (NIF) generated the equivalent of 411 trillion watts of peak power, which the NIF described as being 1,000 times more energy than the entire US uses "at any instant in time".

The shaped laser pulse delivered a staggering 1.875 million joules of energy into the NIF's facility's target chamber center – and that was after the pulse traveled through diagnostic instruments and other optics on its journey to the target.

Link:  http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/03/23/nif_laser_pulse/

Just 55 Characters--Just Too Beautiful for words...  

Wingman.

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/6ph75lp

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A Post by One of the Meteorologists (Brad Panovich @WCNC) I Follow on Google+, reminded me about a
  
Celestial Event taking place this weekend. 

Last Dance for Venus, Jupiter 
and the Moon This Weekend



"It's not as sinister as it sounds..."

Linked Here:  http://www.space.com/15019-venus-jupiter-moon-night-sky-dance.html

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MC2 Post 1227 Acer Iconia Tab A510 goes Quad-Core

Acer announces an updated version of its A500 Android tablet that includes a quad-core Tegra 3 processor and an installation of Android 4.0, 

right out of the box.

The Acer Iconia Tab A510 tablet, running Android 4.0.

(Credit: Acer)

If you're looking for a 10-inch Android 4.0 tablet running the lastest Nvidia Tegra 3 quad-core processor, we have great news. You can buy one right now for $500, and it's called the Asus Transformer Prime.

But for those of you who like having more than one option available to you (and wouldn't mind saving a little money), Acer's Iconia Tab A510 goes on presale today. Pricing starts at $449, configured with 32GB of storage.

From:  http://news.cnet.com

Link:  http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57402059-94/acer-iconia-tab-a510-goes-quad-core/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=title 

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/7z9dyh9  

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MC2 Post 1226 Adobe Releases Free Public Beta of Photoshop CS6

Adobe late on Wednesday released a public beta of its first major update to Photoshop in two years, touting new 3D editing capabilities and a redesigned interface.

The preview of Photoshop CS6 is available for download at the Adobe Labs website. The OS X version of the software is a free 984MB download.

Adobe last overhauled Photoshop with the release of Creative Suite 5 in April 2010.

From:  http://www.appleinsider.com

Link:  http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/03/22/adobe_releases_public_beta_of_photoshop_cs6.html 

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/7wfwprw 

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Link:  http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/photoshopcs6/

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MC2 Post 1225 Is Microsoft Banning Mac, iPad Purchases by its Sales and Marketing Group ???

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Filed Under: How Can You Keep Them Down in the "BARN",

After They've Seen "Something Wonderful" ???

Wingman.

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From:  http://www.zdnet.com by  Mary Jo Foley

Summary: An alleged internal Microsoft e-mail claims the company’s marketing and sales organization is about to halt Mac and iPad purchases made with company funds. 

Smart or pointless?

Link:  http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/microsoft-banning-mac-ipad-purchases-by-its-sales-and-marketing-group/12221 

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/75gw7cr 

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Wikipedia Link:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_field_communication

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