http://www.megite.com Megite is the newspaper for anyone interested in what's happening right now by intelligently uncovering the most relevant items from auto discovered news sites and weblogs. Copyright 2009, Megite 30 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:58:28 GMT http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/1#item_1 2b2996d24d96b7f4a4c2cebc5e8ade30 Electronic gadgets are at the top of many wish lists and account for an ever-growing share of holiday shopping budgets. Fortunately for shoppers, tech gifts don't have to break their budgets. (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:58:28 GMT http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/1#item_2 92d0a4b35d31143e237800da4407da08 Today we’re launching tags across Hulu. Those of you who are heavy users of the web are likely already familiar with the benefits of tags as both a classification system and a discovery tool. With the web sprouting up in random directions so quickly, you could say that a bottoms-up classification system like tags was made for the web (and in ... (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:23:20 EST http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/1#item_3 8a2e9d0b2b1c571a4c3568e034d806d8 Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:02:25 +0000 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/1#item_4 7b86ba425e792ed6a0383e1b4a8c7c00 China Hush has a blog post on a new selection system adopted by Peking university to pick up talented students. 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(Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:17:17 +0000 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/1#item_8 00ab164e0dc96e0d5b9af54c3d4ffff4 Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:21:19 +0000 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/1#item_9 1527849cd8b82718dbb1ba2d6c1daa99 Cochina posts a series of videos showing yesterday's protest against the construction of garbage incinerator in Guangzhou Panyu. ESWN has translated the details of the protest. (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:10:53 GMT http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/1#item_10 88450a60a92d8fa8fac90015a7386160 Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:56:09 GMT http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/1#item_11 0cbae1d45af7f4765eb67683f95e593a How much would you pay to save the world from the threat of global warming? We might find out soon. (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:56:09 GMT http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/1#item_12 e4d1482d7e700684c64b20f4153f3328 It seems that Apple doesn't respect Verizon's Droid phone quite as much as it does Microsoft's PCs. But two new ad spots, launching Monday evening, come as close as Apple has done thus far to directly attack the allegedly do-it-all robotphone. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-24T01:33:00+00:00 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/1#item_13 d16431df45d1d2b93e41203e0e6ea84f Can you spot the difference between these two sample display ads? Of course you can. However, the most important difference is not discernible to the naked eye. (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:22:55 -0700 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/1#item_14 dcda28f0d6c38521d11d238cdf789522 Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:33:28 GMT http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/1#item_15 473a2bb95fec8fdb08306b3b65f14e72 Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:23:20 EST http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/1#item_16 7e1652160bf1392196a8eb25660b6311 Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:23:20 EST http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/1#item_17 f13dce6c6517980f19e4a82261a40a47 Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:22:55 -0700 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/1#item_18 43d74a4fe0690058fa5b4049f95028fe LinkedIn aims to be an even more central part of your professional identity, by expanding its platform today with the site developer.linkedin.com. The Mountain View, Calif.-based professional networking site already offers a platform for third-party developers, allowing them to build widgets and apps that run in LinkedIn itself. What it’s ... (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:22:55 -0700 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/1#item_19 78af6d3e2a8bb638d7ac1386f63bbdef Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:08:16 +0000 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/1#item_20 97ea2d1043cc799743c5d50734885448 Google is buying ads to explain why an offensive image of the First Lady is back in its index and ranking so highly on searches for Michelle Obama in Google Image Search. (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:56:09 GMT http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/21#item_1 21baffc0b258253e0e34c445199cb7c9 Every year, the Black Friday online circulars hit the Web, and lots of sites round up every Black Friday tech deal under the sun. If you want to see massively long lists with loads of models names that make no sense to you, go over to our friends at ZDNet or Gizmodo. They've done an excellent job compiling everything. (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:22:55 -0700 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/21#item_2 6f5a258e656405c57dcf480b5a167741 If you’re a middle manager who essentially views your job as one of gate keeping or refereeing information flows, you should be pretty frightened by these technologies, because they’re going to greatly reduce your ability to do that. They’re going to reduce your ability to filter what goes up in the organization and what comes down in the ... (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:22:55 -0700 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/21#item_3 c68042c269c0eb9c3738987191c21779 Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:22:55 -0700 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/21#item_4 8185b128d6c54dbcec6195a71f9d81cc Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:00:24 +0000 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/21#item_5 7db16c2de9ee1c602d17d5bd3adb6f74 On June 17, 2009, we were out intercepting tornadoes just west of Aurora, Nebraska, as part of my doctoral research. We thought we were looking at weak tornadoes that day, but as it turned out, a freakishly intense storm almost cost us our lives even as it gave me the data I needed to complete [...] (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:48:37 +0000 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/21#item_6 d2e454859a0526d03496feac062a4345 Walt Becker should never, ever be allowed to direct again. I’ll freely admit, for better or worse, that his debut film, Van Wilder, is among a long list of my guilty pleasure movies. It is not a great movie and at times it's even a downright disgusting movie, but it knew its target audience and played along the lines of the then-current ... 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(Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:52:27 +0000 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/21#item_10 ceba053b59067934c4f8460ac14c2024 I’m sure that, by now, you may be thinking that I may have abandoned this blog, since it has been nearly two weeks since the last post I have put together over here. Nothing further from the truth. There is actually a good reason why I haven’t been blogging during that time… Holidays! Yes, that’s [...] (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:48:37 +0000 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/21#item_11 5b3b786aac3149dfc99e3634f6af00ec Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-23T23:11:00+00:00 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/21#item_12 5593add9f49e7750555c009828b9e764 Pickens writes "The NY Times reports that a program to detect plutonium or uranium in shipping containers has stalled because the United States has run out of helium 3, a crucial raw material needed to build the 1,300 to 1,400 machines to be deployed in ports around the world to thwart terrorists who might try to deliver a nuclear bomb to a big ... (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:38:59 +0000 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/21#item_13 73adb1a2d33a7a2de555728367fb001e The Super Readers discover why eating healthy snacks is better for you by exploring the world of Hansel & Gretel! (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-23T22:26:00+00:00 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/21#item_14 dc43848f9c38aec67ae949e94f9154b3 An anonymous reader writes to share the findings of a recent transatlantic survey which suggests that the recession is pushing workers to be a little bit more accommodating when it comes to sharing, viewing, or stealing sensitive information from the company they work(ed) for. "Pilfering data has become endemic in our culture as 85% of people ... (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:21:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/21#item_15 dada1669b39fa236d135f3988377cb57 A federal appeals court tosses a civil rights lawsuit brought by a Kentucky man who claims he became the victim of a "round-the-clock" government surveillance program after he dropped the "bomb" word to a Southwest Airlines ticket agent. (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/21#item_16 880acbcdb3d72822ca8add4a2a29a621 Adults are fooled by a visual size illusion, but children see right through it, revealing that the brain develops the ability to understand visual context later. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-23T20:58:00+00:00 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/21#item_17 12735e610dc352c5b43340c16d04ae61 In a speech at the White House today, President Obama launched a new campaign, "Educate to Innovate," designed to get American students fired up about science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). The full text of the speech is also available on whitehouse.gov. "The new campaign builds on the President's Inaugural Address, which included a ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-23T21:43:00+00:00 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/21#item_18 108263bb5e1186c7028cec249c20d53a An anonymous reader writes "Only four days after the first attempt to send a particle beam around the LHC, we have arrived at the point when all four experiments got their first real collisions from the machine. This was met by celebrations and champagne, as people have been waiting years and years for this moment. It is a testament to the ... (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:27:17 GMT http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/21#item_19 cfe9119b1bd3a04206cbfab8cf530d72 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-23T20:16:00+00:00 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/21#item_20 bb1f5a5e01c01ac707550e8b677a029b Opera 10.10 has been released, and with it their new "Unite" technology, which allows users to share content directly between all of their own devices. Unite wraps both web browser and web server into a single package in an attempt to change the way users think about their browser. "'We promised Opera Unite would reinvent the Web,' said Jon von ... (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:27:17 GMT http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/41#item_1 cbfc0d37c0f6e7afb42b6b86f9a44a06 The popular songs list shows most songs at $0.99 so you could grab 3 tracks although some are priced at $1.29. If you redeem the code, leave a comment with the songs you picked up! (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-23T20:58:00+00:00 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/41#item_2 7ea48d566f81ce3f629974ff182c8ef2 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-23T18:48:00+00:00 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/41#item_3 df00498d797a9efa97a56312b9121a3c Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-23T18:48:00+00:00 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/41#item_4 f27129e3af51049777845b9a4b812703 We're currently looking for a member to make a presentation to the group, and members to share their work for design review/critique, so please reach out to me if you have anything exciting you would like to present to the group or if you have a website that you would like to have reviewed/critiqued. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-23T20:16:00+00:00 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/41#item_5 f031d5f6a55fbf9807e943c76edad77c Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-23T19:33:00+00:00 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/41#item_6 8e75d6156de1a80f8481e861e2100349 An anonymous reader writes "Using the latest build of Google's Chromium OS source code, Phoronix built it out to run on a Samsung netbook and ran sixteen benchmarks, putting it up against Moblin 2.1, Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.10, openSUSE 11.2, and Fedora 12. They ran some of their usual desktop benchmarks (encoding, video, etc..), but more ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-23T19:33:00+00:00 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/41#item_7 21565906f1a2de4bad068bc30af00f9a 18 November 2009—Scientists and engineers at IBM’s Almaden Research Center, in San Jose, Calif., announced today at the Supercomputing Conference (SC09) in Portland, Ore., that they have created the largest brain simulation to date on a supercomputer. The number of neurons and synapses in the simulation exceed those in a cat’s ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-23T19:33:00+00:00 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/41#item_8 673de98aa16d823ec6f61e282099a4bd Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-23T18:48:00+00:00 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/41#item_9 4912d756244fc38c86cc115e993202b4 CNETNate writes "Most of us assume modern life is the peak of human achievement, but is it really? CNET decided to take a look at the major technologies of the modern world and compare them to their closest equivalent of pre-digital mankind — Facebook vs. dinner parties, World of Warcraft vs. actual war craft, iPhones vs. hills on fire & ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-23T18:05:00+00:00 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/41#item_10 e5185023d17c475dc6f9f25d8c356452 Aeonite writes "The third book in a pseudo-trilogy, Writing for Video Game Genres: From FPS to RPG, offers advice from 21 experts in the field of video game writing, pulled from the ranks of the IGDA's Game Writers Special Interest Group and wrangled together by editor Wendy Despain. It follows in the footsteps of Professional Techniques for ... 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(Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-23T16:38:00+00:00 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/41#item_15 daf23d0bbe56403d91b48f97e1747ec9 Eldavojohn writes "Eufloria is a strategy game made by independent game company Dyson. I bought it on the Steam service this weekend for $20 and was impressed that it is a visually and aurally pleasing game. It's a real-time strategy game, but isn't a rehashed Civilization or Age of Empires — it employs a different kind of mechanic to ... (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:45:36 GMT http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/41#item_16 35c32bb8f182d3978fb88e0de6d2b44e The world's largest atom smasher made another leap forward Monday by circulating beams of protons in opposite directions at the same time in the $10 billion machine after more than a year of repairs, organizers said. (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:36:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/41#item_17 e2a87cd7d9d9795ccd331f609c3c1994 A second iPhone worm is in the wild, and unlike the jokey Australian worm authored by hacker prankster Ikee two weeks ago, this one is dangerous. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-23T15:08:00+00:00 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/41#item_18 01fe61ba44b991953155701fd1d6fe59 Theodp writes "In May, the USPTO rejected Amazon.com's patent claims (PDF) for its Method and System for Placing a Purchase Order Via a Communications Network (a 1-Click spin-off). At the time, a USPTO Examiner cited Bilski, explaining that elements of CEO Jeff Bezos' gift-delivery invention 'may be performed largely within the human mind,' ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-23T15:08:00+00:00 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/41#item_19 851265c03c9a7f239d50ba58bb3ef2a4 Having just launched a new real-time mobile search engine in conjunction with OneRiot only weeks ago, mobile search company Taptu is now expanding their revamped service to the Android platform. Today, they're launching a new application designed specifically for Android phones running version 1.5 and above. Like their brand-new mobile website, ... (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:54:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/41#item_20 db6e693f2614c30680d997596cf7d2ea Every geek knows of the 'international' standard known as the Smoot, but here are 11 other ways we measure things. And, believe me, we measure lots of things. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-23T06:29:00.000-08:00 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/61#item_1 cceb064941bccd448e8f3a0313c7a844 After LearnTrends 2009 , I received a note from a person I know and highly respect that said, “I dropped in on several sessions over the last three days and wanted to thank you for your good facilitation skills …” It’s great to get that positive feedback, but this was actually a bit of a surprise. I often felt during the conference that ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-23T09:23:32-05:00 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/61#item_2 e4cead234054dcb79abe5dfb91fa0e48 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-23T09:23:32-05:00 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/61#item_3 afc5c6e7d0b0392df6afeb1a3c66cbdd Nebul.us: Nebul.us is a vibrant tool for understanding your web usage as well as sharing the stuff that you love online. We’ve been careful to appeal to a wide gamut of users on the internet. From casual surfers who want to save interesting content to their personal clouds to power users who not only quantify their usage but actively curate an ... (Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:01:48 +0000 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/61#item_4 4440d39c66be49baca238ba7e9b03c71 Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:42:32 GMT http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/61#item_5 a04d2b42822d5022d0913ea1312b6bdb Every day at precisely 10am, gather your team. One by one, ask them to put on a silly hat, hop on one leg, and say in a squeaky voice what is their single most pressing problem for the day. (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/61#item_6 bca8efb8fb9c86dbf2195c1142514f99 After a flurry of activity over the past several weeks, the Solar Impulse team have finally taken their first steps towards solar flight. The prototype of the aircraft designed to be the first to fly around the world powered only by the sun, has completed the first taxi tests down the runway at its home airport in Switzerland. (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:49:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/61#item_7 4ee02e360e095518bd9d33963919a7c9 Turkey Day is on its way! Thanksgiving is one of my very favorite holidays—no pressure to find the perfect gifts, just a day of relaxing with family, being grateful for each other and all my blessings, and, of course, eating ridiculously scrumptious food. I love stuffing, turkey, veggies and pumpkin pie. I'm thankful for all of it, but I try ... (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:49:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/61#item_8 b8d5be3972dc6a1601f566f62425876c Record, communicate and track all action items resulting from the evaluation of previously deployed incremental releases. Identify the applications to be implemented for this release. Select a development methodology. Assess the requirements for upda... (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:49:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/61#item_9 2ae85b228994a19e30439657dc2a9434 As the economy slowly recovers, project teams are facing an unusual challenge. Management is coming to project offices, and to product managers, and asking them to "restart" projects that were suspended some time ago due to economic concerns. (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:00:10 +0000 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/61#item_10 c18ed32e3e73ce2067f115073c2a58e3 Posted John LeMasney: 10 Amazing Free Fonts for Designers. Posted SonjaandLibrary: Jenny Levine from the American Library Association is exceptionally helpful and patient. Word.. Shared ’cause I’ve got Pac Man Fever. Posted amyewest: [...] (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-22T20:14:44-08:00 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/61#item_11 c4a5335116f400a37be8b51b0a87dc55 Back when I was reporting the book, I remember a meeting I had with Gary Flake, then the lead technologist at Overture, now a Fellow at Microsoft running Live Labs, responsible for stuff like Seadragon, Photosynth, and now, Pivot, an experimental approach to large datasets that attempts to rethink... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-22T20:14:44-08:00 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/61#item_12 5d226dc6d8c29d20a4b3b9b66ce65b27 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-22T20:14:44-08:00 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/61#item_13 d991fad9f48c48378fc244741bcf6621 Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/61#item_14 bb1e17a3228d3ee42428c74895be0548 Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:57:45 GMT http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1259037404/61#item_15 17268edaef3a4eb463a8a40ee7af5254 Read on Source) ]]>