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 2009-11-24T07:29:00.000-08:00 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/1#item_1 8ee7a23601d5c37b432c56493be6deb4 Posted by Andy Palay, Software Engineer One of the most requested features for Offline Gmail has been the ability to include attachments in messages composed while offline. Starting today, attachments work just the way you would expect them to whether you are online or offline (with the exception that when you're offline you won't be able to ... (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:58:00 -0500 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/1#item_2 46779000748acf695765adaba88d2d14 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-25T10:11:00+00:00 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/1#item_3 e4b88ab3ab95a1d0a79294c3a19a5084 Shadowmage13 writes "After months of planning, I am happy to announce finally that the Ubuntu Massachusetts Local Community Team will be preparing a booth at the upcoming 2010 Anime Boston convention. We need support from the community to secure a booth and print materials, including copies of the Ubunchu! manga. I really believe the Anime fandom ... (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:44:00 EST http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/1#item_4 2d363812c70e03415323cc68b382a2a4 Gerard Earley was so impressed by Ian Hart’s performance in the West End that he got to his feet to applaud. Ian Hart was so unimpressed by Mr Earley that he ran from the stage to scream threats at him. (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:00:44 +0000 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/1#item_5 dba6ecca88bf66dbeb9742a503a22a08 Black Friday, the biggest retail shopping day of the year, is usually seen as a key barometer of the health of the economy. And the best way to check its pulse is to look at three of the biggest categories of consumer spending. We included the stores that are leading the retail rebound; department stores like Sears and Target, electronics stores... (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:45:04 +0000 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/1#item_6 b0e7a034e02a5abbe9b40e4bb3157de4 Digg is a place for people to discover and share content from anywhere on the web. Digg surfaces the best stuff as submitted and voted on by the community. Take the Tour to learn more. (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:44:00 EST http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/1#item_7 b04f04f6e597078fcda2b774dcc45151 A free PDA that came with a magazine subscription in 2002? An early Peek prototype? No, this is the humbly named USB Wireless Handheld Keyboard and Touchpad that's now available from USB Geek, and it just might be the sort of device you never knew you were looking for. As the folks at CrunchGear have noted, while the device is simply being ... (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:56:00 EST http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/1#item_8 8370405244933519a24f9c6f6e47cd3a If you're reading this in South Korea, or are planning a trip there this holiday season, do us a solid, will ya? Apparently LG is releasing a Christmas Edition of the BL40 , with the tantalizing name: "New Chocolate: Black Label Series." We were sort of hoping that you could maybe get some hands-on pics for us. Unlike the standard BL40, this new ... (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:00:00 EST http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/1#item_9 2ad3c284b7e3aa07b7f621fb6c344d7a Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-24T10:13:00.000-08:00 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/1#item_10 aed22fe5497c74309a47954dbac0d4e0 We recently asked you for your ideas (and votes) on how to make Reader better. One of the more popular suggestions was adding favicon support for subscriptions , so today we're introducing just that (thanks to 20%-er Shreyas Desai). We realize that not everyone wants their subscription list to turn into a multi-colored extravaganza, so we've ... (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:44:39 PST http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/1#item_11 8823e848c043864ee0b52f6618ae02ce Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:54:56 GMT http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/1#item_12 537111015427b815d9be30204802bfa0 UN-backed forces are failing to stop Rwandan-Hutu rebels in eastern DR Congo, a report seen by the BBC reveals. (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:46:39 GMT http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/1#item_13 c87acdee484361a2e00a6713da1806b3 A court in Pakistan charges seven suspects in connection with last year's attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai which killed 166. (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:45:04 +0000 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/1#item_14 0af66616f7734362a09829eeac9bbcf0 According to a recent article in InformationWeek, the United States Air Force is moving forward in obtaining 2,200 PS3 systems to enhance its already 336 unit strong supercomputer. The PlayStation 3s will be used at the Air Force Research Laboratory’s information directorate in Rome, N.Y. The Air Force also has no plans to drop this method, ... (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:45:04 +0000 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/1#item_15 127b72907fdc127dba6216bc9a53734c I've noticed that people who read a lot of blogs and a lot of books also tend to be intellectually curious, thirsty for knowledge, quicker to adopt new ideas and more likely to do important work. (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:10:00 -0500 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/1#item_16 eae9aa60084e7e59b2390a81decd47da A Muppets version of Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody ? You got me at Gonzo and the chickens. This is one of the first 1080p YouTube clips, weighing 107MB compared to the 72MB 720p. Does the resolution make any difference? You bet. First, enjoy the video by playing it full screen. Switch between 1080p and 720p while you do it. Better yet: Use Firefox's ... (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:19:25 GMT http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/1#item_17 c5ec4c2a79df46eaa423a7b92bef0aab The UK government's claim Iraq had weapons of mass destruction is to be probed on the second day of the UK inquiry into the war. (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:00:00 -0800 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/1#item_18 40f8b793bddfef4829d137fb08c76d2c The Dangerous Book for Boys Essential Electronics kit presents electronics every kid should know through fun, engaging, and impressive experiments and activities. Read a brief history of the research and discoveries associated with electricity and electronics. A full-color, 32-page, manual guides you through 30 hands-on experiments. Don't let ... (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:05:34 +0000 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/1#item_19 fee9103f7fcd8d4b8571aa99397a4b32 Decision-making site Hunch is back with another predictable yet intriguing report claiming that so-called "Mac People" are more individualistic and design-oriented than "PC People". (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:04:09 +0000 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/1#item_20 7866eae97de36d4a1d63bbc7c4dfc29a The 25-year-old man was attacked by four-year-old bear Finn, before a nearby policeman shot the creature - injuring it and forcing it to retreat into a cave. (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:04:00 EST http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/21#item_1 06f8bd9f5dd61bf630791ea882f40d0e Alright, we're not too happy with the Natural Selection moniker implying that being a celebrity is somehow a marker of evolutionary prowess, but we'll forgive Toshiba this one time. The Japanese company has recruited a quartet of famous folks to help promote its wares with limited edition laptops painted to their specifications. Aerosmith guitar ... (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:04:00 EST http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/21#item_2 86ee2d6e6476362935f01be55ad7761a You would think that, almost exactly 4 years after opening up to the public, WordPress.com would have a way for people to subscribe to blogs by e-mail, right? You’d be wrong, at least until today. (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:00:00 EST http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/21#item_3 30352cc44d4fbbeabea33c1b10446eb0 Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:00:00 EST http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/21#item_4 7446cc23d877f4f6e4558caedbe0cdde We've all read studies about the health benefits of having a life partner. The same thing is true at the molecular level, where amino acids known as cysteines are much more vulnerable to damage when single than when paired up with other cysteines. (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:22:13 PST http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/21#item_5 eb375bc75f5c3cdb1142210c5d22db25 Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:30:37 GMT http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/21#item_6 1b57c65aebac5a71959ac4e20827b91c Cathay Pacific says its Airbus fleet is being hit by a series of mysterious toilet blockages on Hong Kong flights. (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:14:57 GMT http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/21#item_7 ad76eb41768a1d8ca53cc13f9ed1fced The Hajj pilgrimage begins in Saudi Arabia, with officials saying they expect lower numbers because of fears about swine flu. (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:30:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/21#item_8 8bcd17c2006d1e51bc04bd1a47fec1bd The Belgian man recently discovered to be conscious and not comatose for 23 years has given some interviews with the help of an aide. But experts say his words may actually be those of the facilitator guiding his finger over the computer keyboard. (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:06:33 PST http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/21#item_9 b0e5ea42b431c6a8bb0744680f7a6fe6 A big thank you to all of the libraries that responded to our feedback survey about your National Gaming Day activities for 2009. The big news is that we more than doubled participation all the way around! (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-25T00:01:00.000-08:00 2009-11-25T07:55:17-00:00 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/21#item_11 d60f318c067cd004c27d9f832342209b Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:52:20 +0000 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/21#item_12 72220faaafaa3e48762471843d055548 Stars are sometimes also very asymmetrical inside; Pictures of the star HD 12545; (XX Triangulum) made by K. G. Strassmeier (University of Vienna) show the same phenomenon which we observe on the pictures of Uranus. It is a gas ball warmed from the inside by an asymmetrical heat source. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-25T06:12:00+00:00 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/21#item_13 94d95c3e0b8109474b051d338369e4c1 Drroman22 writes "Schools are working to put real-world relevance into computer science education by integrating video game development into traditional CS courses. Quoting: 'Many CS educators recognized and took advantage of younger generations' familiarity and interests for computer video games and integrate related contents into their ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-25T07:10:00+00:00 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/21#item_14 3c1f553a9059a9e425369942a1f359ca Derrida writes "After over a year of intensive development and refactoring, Inkscape 0.47 is out. This version of the SVG-based vector graphics editor brings improved performance and tons of new features, including: timed autosave, Spiro splines, auto-smooth nodes, Eraser tool, new modes in Tweak tool, snapping options toolbar & greater ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-25T07:10:00+00:00 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/21#item_15 b6f131274627ea77c7a49c81d2236f87 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-25T07:10:00+00:00 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/21#item_16 b727ed6dcb3411527c0e343d6f5f788c We all know the Mobile web is exploding in popularity. Opera Mini, Opera’s mobile browser, grew its monthly users by 11 percent to nearly 40 million users in October from 32 million users in August. In terms of page views, Opera Mini delivered 17.2 billion last month, a 238 percent annual increase, indicating that mobile web usage is ... (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:35:16 +0000 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/21#item_17 2a71ac95c1bbb85b62ead619a8a3aaeb Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-25T00:21:00-05:00 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/21#item_18 7981ca49c8bc3c591e014dc6284e15aa For the Lou Dobbs/Pat Buchanan fan in your life. Compatible with both the "Terrified Immigrant Family" and "Misidentified Sex Offender" playsets. Sold separately. (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:35:16 +0000 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/21#item_19 24ba7b35f1e413ef21c2a77c1444d841 On this happy anniversay–the 150th anniversary of the Origin of Species–let us contemplate one of evolution’s great works: the origin of giants. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-25T05:11:08Z http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/21#item_20 7d49981c7af9581d9418bd391669f202 Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/41#item_1 bd42ee0e38caa5b902fb8118517b9646 The youngest of the three Chevrolet brothers meets an early end in the middle of a race at the end of a season. And yet, he wins. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-25T06:12:00+00:00 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/41#item_2 61ab956775894c8380f456a434810431 "The Princess and the Frog" starts out with a fairy tale. Two little girls, in full princess regalia, sit together in a pink bedroom straight out of every miniature Disney fan's fantasies, listening to a story of wishing on stars, transformative kisses and happily ever after. But this fairy tale is different. And though our doe-eyed heroine, Tiana, (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-25T06:12:00+00:00 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/41#item_3 74f42c5f85a00bb6ffec820063c13bdb Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:31:26 +0000 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/41#item_4 0823a9161817ffbfc0bc1ab6e7dab2cf Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:40:00 -0500 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/41#item_5 651c14bef63008b196b4c7052d5bd426 I like my typography the same way I like my coffee and men. Hot and confusion-free . These venetian blinds are neither. They look neat, but I can't figure out why you want to spell something out in blinds. Do I just have abnormal windows? Does the rest of the world have ones that spell things out and would fit these blinds? Confusion aside, it's ... (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:40:00 -0500 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/41#item_6 63a10d59fd5985538452e8dda36b6225 “Garden Party” with Jennie Garth is sponsored by Clorox's Hidden Valley Ranch salad dressings. NBC Universal Digital Studio is producing the show. (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:00:14 -0800 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/41#item_7 ef4f5c86f04097b43c7476b5f05bcf51 How the H1N1 vaccine is made... That looks like a pick and place egg machine... The most striking feature of the H1N1 flu vaccine manufacturing process is the 1,200,000,000 chicken eggs required to make the 3 billion doses of vaccine that may be required worldwide. There are entire chicken farms in the US and around the world dedicated to ... (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:01:26 -0600 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/41#item_8 6c792313ca98333489e237a1fce87928 In case you love to collect the expensive wines, or else if you like to keep the good bottle in home for dinner, then you must think of how you are going to cool and keep those wine bottles. You have different choices of the Wine Storage Coolers for choosing to meet your requirements and budget. (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/41#item_9 90bec97762a8d52ba34efbf8724153dd WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve doesn't expect the recovery will be strong enough to quickly drive down the jobless rate, and acknowledged its efforts to keep the rebound going could feed a new speculative bubble. (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:46:25 -0800 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/41#item_10 c2d753298f1669fea8ffc438508b3749 Think of this as the early warning system. Our annual Menu For Hope campaign is right around the corner. In its sixth year, this charity event brings together bloggers from all over the world to raise money for the United Nations World Food Programme. It's an awesome event that raises tens of thousands of dollars each year for hungry children ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-25T04:11:00+00:00 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/41#item_11 f7efc40f90b835c3f3b2a3b0756013f7 Newscloud writes "Writer Evan Ratliff tells how he managed to hide from crowdsourced searchers for 27 days. The first person to find him and photograph him would claim a $5,000 prize. In addition to hiding out as a roadie with indy band 'The Hermit Thrushes' for a week, Ratliff donned a variety of increasingly impressive disguises. It's an ... (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:06:07 +0000 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/41#item_12 857bcac36384334e0ef2355c302f95da Online Backup Service Review is a post from Chris Pirillo This review was sponsored by KeepVault . Editorial was completed without sponsor intervention. Hardware crashes can – and will – happen to you at some point. It’s inevitable, and often unpredictable. You could be thinking to yourself that you’re safe. After all, ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-24T23:19:00+00:00 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/41#item_13 26e775739b21bf551ef9f02d4fbcfdcf Sopssa sends in a TechCrunch story that begins "Several federal and regional government officials in Germany are trying to put a ban on Google Analytics, the search giant's free software product that allows website owners and publishers to get detailed statistics about the number, whereabouts, and search behavior of their visitors (and much more)." (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:00:14 -0800 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/41#item_14 5f944dee2b3d2879effdd0395b7f5335 Los Angeles Times' Andrew Malcolm tries a nifty little sleight-of-hand in his November 23 blog post titled "Sarah Palin v. Barack Obama: The approval gap silently shrinks to a few points" and gets rewarded by Drudge for it. Problem is, it's not even close to true. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-24T23:49:17+00:00 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/41#item_15 83a7cd89ed6dc6dde0103ca168b6ce99 Yelp for iPhone contains all the ingredients you'd expect from the well-known business-rating and reviews site, except for one small thing: the capability to write a rated review from the iPhone or iPod Touch. True, two features do provide a workaround: one lets you write short, 140-character tips and observations; the other lets you begin a ... (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:00:00 -0800 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/41#item_16 3792d61051502197e0464fa95b1243bb To give his pepper plants some extra light during the winter months, João Silva decided to set up a solar-powered light that would charge during the day, then light a lamp after dark. Rather than simply scavenging a circuit from an old garden lamp, though, he designed his own SolarLamp circuit from scratch. It looks like a fun project, and he ... (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:01:26 PST http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/41#item_17 e317385b51fb2db4ffe7ca7b60b32219 That’s what a federal appeals court is telling Scott Tooley of Kentucky in dismissing his civil rights lawsuit. Tooley believes the government put him under blanket surveillance after he said the word bomb to an airline agent. (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:01:26 PST http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/41#item_18 6ebdc1cfcb875075196868708eaead17 Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:01:26 -0600 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/41#item_19 273885c076bde778d141773cb51e26ff IT COULD be fear of catching H1N1 or perhaps it’s a sign of the recession, but whatever the reason, pub-goers aren’t drinking beer in the quantities they used to. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-25T00:09:00+00:00 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/41#item_20 cb2f5c6f11b060f85bd5fdd038407c4d Thanksgiving is coming fast, and with over 50 personas available on Mozilla Add-ons for you to try, you can bring the season joy to your favorite browser as well. Here are just a few to consider. (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:00:00 -0800 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/61#item_1 57b4f572b8378d40fde4ddd28da9c93e The Thinkpad X200 is a state-of-the-art mobile notebook computer. It is, and has been the gold standard of laptops. The design is timeless (hasn't changed in a decade or more) and Lenovo has always kept the hardware up to date. (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:01:26 -0600 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/61#item_2 8f27b13abddcedabacbd4b9387c5d3ab Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:20:00 -0600 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/61#item_3 ceb2a01ad72fc8185e8ffdd2a631306e Is Sweden, the only country to have sent a member of the Pirate Party to the European Parliament, finally giving up its swashbuckling ways? When Sweden's IPRED anti-piracy law went into effect earlier this year, Internet traffic across the country plummeted overnight—a sign that P2P users, fearing exposure at last, were abandoning their ... (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:20:00 -0600 2009-11-24T19:26:00-05:00 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/61#item_5 0ea53f6de1853b0ed5ccb85a0bf38c1a For those skeptical about the ability to restrain health care cost growth in heath reform, read Ron Brownstein’s latest article on how the bills now being considered in Congress would transform the health care system so that it delivers better care to more Americans at far less cost. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-25T01:04:26+00:00 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/61#item_6 0485f013de0cb5ad55079dc980dc32d4 valadj=[0.,0.,0.,0.,0.,-0.1,-0.25,-0.3,0.,-0.1,0.3,0.8,1.2,1.7,2.5,2.6,2.6,2.6,2.6,2.6]*0.75 ; fudge factor - These are adjustments being made to five year average temperatures over the last century. I do not need to say where this comes from, do I? Blimey.... (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:05:49 -0600 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/61#item_7 8f851719429f65ebfbdf86117dfc304b When someone says that they like a particular wine because it is good, what do they mean by that? Well, most of the time, a good wine is simply just a wine they enjoy the most. It is as simple as that however; there are some standards that wine experts agree upon to decide whether a wine is good or not. These standards involve concepts such as ... (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:00:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/61#item_8 08240514d5d6c86b2bfa14b5576181f5 There's been a lot of talk about malicious software on jailbroken iPhones lately, but if you haven't been paying close attention, tech site Network World has a breakdown of the worms running wild and how to eradicate them from your device. (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:41:57 -0600 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/61#item_9 1a9ba451bc551a8c3ab64ceeca33b45f Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:32:42 PST http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/61#item_10 672cd85b775e6c57ad59a22a06c7d361 British prosecutors withdrew charges last week against Brian Thomas, a 59-year-old retired steelworker from Wales who strangled his wife to death as she slept in their camper van. Thomas claimed he was also asleep during the attack and imagined he was fighting off an intruder. Sleep experts believed him. How did they know he was telling the truth? (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-24T23:37:20-00:00 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/61#item_11 530a2f64651ffbb2aa38996f5ba7f5cf Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:00:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/61#item_12 4b5cde160c3147b09797c99d2d38cf39 : Though Wired.com readers selected 10 excellent photos in our sleep photo contest , we here at the photo department like to fight for the underdog. Here are our 10 favorite submissions that we think deserved more attention. The morning after by J.C. Rojas "Morning comes and you know the sun will wake her up pretty soon. You take a mental note ... (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:00:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/61#item_13 503796e14b15ae4805a9443dc84e5e84 Beginning today, all U.S. advertisers can get started with a new feature of AdWords called product extensions. Like Ad Sitelinks, which we introduced earlier this month, product extensions are a way for you to enrich your existing AdWords ads with more relevant and specific information. Product extensions allow you to use your existing Google ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-24T23:07:00+00:00 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/61#item_14 9633e99320920287ca6941efe54d0ebe They’re calling it “Climategate.” The scandal that the suffix –gate implies is the state of climate science over the past decade or so revealed by a thousand or so emails, documents, and computer code sets between various prominent scientists released following a leak from the Climate Research Unit (CRU) at the University of ... (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:35:00 -0600 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/61#item_15 69c375e3ecf82e252b569ab351d61066 Rumor has it that, during latest UDS, Ubuntu planned to drop Gimp from the default distro and the LiveCD. I won't comment this decision as 1) I have no clue if that's a rumor or more, 2) it was already commented too much, 3) I'm not a whiner, 4) there's a rationale behind that decision and I think I understand it, 5) the full Gimp is only one apt- ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-24T19:26:00-05:00 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/61#item_16 af405b6ea67857014bb41d8cd01baf4f Via Drudge comes this news , reported by The Hill newspaper, of a long-awaited (by lefties) stock transaction tax bill. Just about every sentence in the article is infuriating, in that dull way: Under a bill being drafted by Democratic Reps. Peter DeFazio (Ore.) and Ed Perlmutter (Colo.), the sale and purchase of financial instruments such as ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-25T00:09:00+00:00 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/61#item_17 c04dad30024c60a7484bab0d6602753a Sciencehabit writes "For what may be the first time, fMRI scans of brain activity have been used as evidence in the sentencing phase of a murder trial. Defense lawyers for an Illinois man convicted of raping and killing a 10-year-old girl used the scans to argue that their client should be spared the death penalty because he has a brain disorder. ... (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:00:00 -0800 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/61#item_18 6085dfd3a838bb72c598a6c96affc0f1 Microsoft is running another contest for 2010 centered on embedded systems and their embeddedSPARK platform, the Windows embedded software for hobbyists. The grand prize this year is a $15,000. The theme is "Fun & Games." See the embeddedSPARK website for all of the contest details. embeddedSPARK 2010 Challenge Read more | Permalink | Comments | ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-24T23:49:17+00:00 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/61#item_19 6feba00a7b347bf347c39792152e9af7 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-24T20:55:00+00:00 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/61#item_20 0a3b3e4ae81831cdc36242bf21062c48 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-24T22:32:00+00:00 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/81#item_1 66e4a9b8efbe063581b5f195642f12c3 After this weekend's report of a dangerous flaw in IE (which Microsoft confirmed today), intrudere points out an exclusive report in The Register on a new hole in IE8 that could allow an attacker to pull off cross-site scripting attacks on Web sites that ought, by rights, to be safe from XSS. This is according to two anonymous sources, who told ... (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:31:03 +0000 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/81#item_2 aecf5406ac6276a2d9667054c52645b9 Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:30:54 +0000 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/81#item_3 3b2b363bb05d425626428e95a3b68bf9 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-24T23:26:52Z http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/81#item_4 a885da57d40524ae2a3ade49f868f1be A huge repository of blueprints of cars, trains, ships, weapons, sci-fi vehicles, etc. (via quips ) Tags: design (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-24T23:26:52Z http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/81#item_5 b52e0ca8755095841df8a17b8a1b23ac Some of the magazine industry’s biggest names are on the verge of forming a new company that would allow them to take the digital future into their own hands. (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:21:41 PST http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/81#item_6 4f79ba8e993e13fad1f38ae005dc0b67 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-24T23:07:00+00:00 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/81#item_7 fbb453ec7ef8f7df00778717ea21ac32 Researchers from the School of Medicine at the University of California have shown that the more germs a child is exposed to, the better their immune system in later life. Their study found that keeping a child's skin too clean impaired the skin's ability to heal itself. From the article: "'These germs are actually good for us,' said Professor ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-24T23:07:00+00:00 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/81#item_8 63dd49939b7cbf6e5ce17a659985530f Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-24T13:06:18 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/81#item_9 749c06ee66f547710074268fec67337c Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-24T23:07:00+00:00 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/81#item_10 ac5a17c094431a00c5be8d98d4831c01 One of the so-called “soft” services – i.e. services that aren’t quantifiable in the same way as, say, consulting hours – that RedMonk has traditionally offered to clients has been job related. We’ve never formalized the service to date (in spite of requests that we do so), believing that it’s more ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-24T22:32:00+00:00 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/81#item_11 9999829bdbf54e7bd0b94c29ee61d7a6 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-24T22:32:00+00:00 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/81#item_12 364fdbe7c19415cdb0575cfe8a96f856 Since I saw Plasma for the first time, I immediately imagined it as something really organic, where you can manipulate the objects on the canvas like one would do with real objects, just grab them with one or two hands and move them, rotate them, stretch them to make them fit as you like. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-24T13:16:09 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/81#item_13 c0863d2a74bc1377686a90190b1d2e3c (November 24, 2009 01:16 PM, by Bryan Caplan) Factoids of the day: 1. 44% of Congressmen are millionaires. 2. Consistent with the "limousine liberals" stereotype, eight out of the ten richest are Democrats.I wonder how much of this can be explained by the vast overrepresentation of lawyers in... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-24T22:32:00+00:00 2009-11-24T22:07:39Z http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/81#item_15 a35c7f9b3aa5a76ef780deaeb4f63d99 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-24T22:05:00+00:00 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/81#item_16 d869818ac3065214b53bd8ac67aed73d Paltemalte writes "Simon Marlow has posted an announcement of Haskell 2010, a new revision of the Haskell purely functional programming language. Good news for everyone interested in SMP and concurrency programming." Read more of this story at Slashdot. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-24T22:05:00+00:00 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/81#item_17 694691a16d22b13291aac298966ab85d <p><img style="margin: 4px; float: right;" src="http://z.about.com/d/judaism/1/0/7/0/-/-/nofrat-frenkel.jpg" alt="Nofrat Frenkel" width="150" height="235" />Last week I wrote about an incident in Israel where a <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://judaism. ... (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/81#item_18 d31cb63e64eb94eba55be7c5c051236e It might not be the price of gasoline that's making you angry. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-24T13:56:33 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/81#item_19 e5577912c3d587661bb86c91bef6c3e4 (November 24, 2009 01:56 PM, by David Henderson) This is my third post (see the first two here and here) on Levitt and Dubner's SuperFreakonomics. Chapter 3 is one of my favorite chapters in the book, for one main reason: the way it deals with the Kitty Genovese... (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:48:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/81#item_20 74e451ab43e5f1675d5d9f072a9f6f35 As the Titanic director gets ready to unveil his long-awaited sci-fi adventure, Wired magazine looks at the self-assured filmmaker — and the technological achievements that helped him bring his stunning 3-D Avatar to the big screen. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-24T16:44:28-05:00 http://www.megite.com/jrideout/1259148151/101#item_1 44324ff052dc7b831a9e9409e245b194 Read on Source) ]]>