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 2009-11-23T11:00:00.000-08:00 http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/1#item_1 924bb0c98f9cdeed2f33b2257ca4c0d4 A few weeks ago we launched Google Maps Navigation (Beta) as a free feature of Google Maps on Android 2.0 devices. Today we're expanding availability of Google Maps Navigation to devices running Android 1.6 (Donut) and higher, such as the T-Mobile myTouch 3G and the G1. Google Maps Navigation is an internet-connected GPS system with voice ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-23T11:00:00.000-08:00 http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/1#item_2 8ac5f26d76a5a6e7de23e0bc173d96a0 Despite being more than a month away from the public, Intel's Core i9 (Gulftown) platform has already been tested and is shown to be potentially as fast as its design implies. The move from four to six cores has translated into an almost perfectly linear increase in speed for those apps that can use multiple processors. In tasks such as 3D ... (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:40:00 -0500 http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/1#item_3 7482d603d05dde51fbec6dcae6c58042 Phil Schiller Talks App Approval, Avoids Saying Much of Anything...Microsoft Reiterates Smackdown on Pirate Xbox Users...iPhone Magnification Camera Mod Came From the Recycle Bin...Another Anonymous Netbook/Sleeping Aid Hits Wireless Carrier... Phil Schiller Talks App Approval, Avoids Saying Much of Anything There are lots of legitimate concerns ... (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:19:56 -0500 http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/1#item_4 e8b6d69d420f1faa273bb62c57ed4b83 Reuters reports that Tesla is planning an Initial Public Offering, after postponing planned IPOs in 2008 and 2009. Tesla reportedly hopes to capitalize on the recent success of battery developer A123 Systems, on the assumption that the A123 IPO has raised interest in electric auto firms. According to one of Reuters’ sources, Tesla’s ... (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:19:56 -0500 http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/1#item_5 f3db93940ee01db88d18a937668af7e9 Hysterical news, stats and their new Onion News Network video section make this site one of the best around. Check out The Onion Store and marvel at the ingenious Gotcha Box. (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:20:00 -0500 http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/1#item_6 dae4881aea1d6da37bb6ac0f5db66b98 We've heard that just about anything could give you ED , so what to do when things down below just aren't working? You could pop lil' blue pills or you could go with something more reliable: Shockwaves to the crotch. According to research done at the Rambam Medical Center in Haifa, Israel, low-intensity shockwaves can actually reverse erectile ... (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:19:56 -0500 http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/1#item_7 2ce677966cd65b4f1bff5eee1ceba604 San Francisco-based Bizo has raised $6M. Bessemer Venture Partners led the round with existing investors Venrock, Vulcan and Ascent. Bizo was a spin-off of ZoomInfo in May 2008 and its CEO Russell Glass was SVP & GM at ZoomInfo. Bizo charges high rates with the claim that the can target ads at job titles within companies in verticals. We think ... (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:19:56 -0500 http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/1#item_8 81f2aac5da94d015d101a754f74cde8f But I want to say something first about the dust jacket. Going Rogue has a remarkable dust jacket. After the jump I have posted two images for your consideration. (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:19:56 -0500 http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/1#item_9 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 00:20:00 -0500 http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/1#item_10 ac45d7158da4d3dc74f38c4e4f6095eb These aren't teens crowded around a laptop in a dorm room. These are the President of the United States and his staffers crowded around a laptop on board the Air Force One . We don't know what's on the screen. Guesses? I like to think that they're figuring out how to set up a soccer ball controlled Guitar Hero game in the White House, but let's ... (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:07:27 +0000 http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/1#item_11 0563540ae73bb79db4341324c24645bf Woot , the popular bargain site that offers one good (sometimes great) deal a day, has just launched a new portal at deals.Woot . The new site is a fairly major departure for Woot, which up until now has been driven by product selections from a team of Woot employees (aside from the main Woot.com site, which is often tech/geek focused, there are ... (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/1#item_12 b64e65d98cd1781c52f7a9200f2b698f 1974: Paleonanthropologist Don Johanson and graduate student Tom Gray discover the skeleton of Lucy, the first recognizably human member of the primate family tree. (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/1#item_13 ccab2f7208d43374ab8d06b605511058 Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/1#item_14 cc2c40588e91083e9a7285d49902913d Wired brings you nine more of the biggest, most awesome machines ever to be seen on the face of the Earth. (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:59:00 EST http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/1#item_15 3d9a6a8f8181e1de16793bc38dd1dce5 We're still waiting for this so-called QR code revolution to hit North America, but our contemporaries across the Pacific are already looking to develop the next big thing. Reportedly, a smattering of mega-corps (including the likes of Toshiba and NEC) are joining hands in order to concoct a rivaling technology that requires even less effort to ... (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:59:00 EST http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/1#item_16 7bf5a0369c23f98f11c90222bc72c496 Congratulations to the Financial Times. It’s taken them 10 days and three reporters to confirm our previous story that Microsoft and News Corp, along with plenty of other newspaper publishers, are in actual, formal discussions to encourage them to de-index from Google and will incentivise them with premium positions on the Bing search engine, (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:29:45 -0800 http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/1#item_17 6bc8f59f6a88015cb9bbc4ff1d09c4c0 Wow, this is interesting... Hobbymedia writes - Yesterday I went to Tokyo MAKE Meeting 04 with Gianluca Martino: a member of the Arduino team. He has been super popular and he really appreciated the Japanese Arduino scene. During the show Gakken displayed the prototype of the JAPANINO (Arduino clone). It will be released next spring in the Otona ... (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:59:00 EST http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/1#item_18 bded053ab80902342a5e7e053e993c80 This is the Bountii Team Blog. Here you will find details about newly released features on Bountii and a variety of other topics that we hope you find useful. (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:34:56 +0000 http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/1#item_19 51baa20b74e9f0a46feaa1eff3f8366a Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:34:56 +0000 http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/1#item_20 4284c01a069e8da64599ed09cf5cd30a Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:44:41 PST http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/21#item_1 d25c3b8017f08f1aa2d0d0b074aabf3f Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:40:05 PST http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/21#item_2 b53e950de9e775bb12a324176d0cfbc7 T-shirt: Freshjive (via Raymond Roker)... (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:42:00 EST http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/21#item_3 715aa5796964bcc4c71b496c3bb9e0dd We first saw Ostendo's crazy CRVD monitor at CES 2008 with Alienware branding , and then again at Macworld 2009 with an NEC label , but it looks like those were just flirtations: the monster 2880 x 900 quad-DLP display has been quietly on sale directly from the mothership since late August. Ostendo tell us most of the units sold have been for ... (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:42:00 EST http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/21#item_4 cf627a583c29c6381192ea0e41360f8f Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:31:00 -0800 http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/21#item_5 cbc6028f349008acd5501b862d4dcc6c There are woodcarvers, and then there's Gary Tatman, of Glen Burnie, Maryland. Gary explains his incredible work on Hemmings Auto Blog: You're correct in your assumptions- these carvings start out as a block. I use the Internet motorsports archives to obtain enough photos of the project car for detailed areas such as interiors, engine ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-24T02:26:22Z http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/21#item_6 f5408eaaff33be1ca961db7c27020983 George Nemeth and myself have been invited to debate the silly notion that copyright laws should be changed to “protect” old media.  Lordy lordy lordy.  Dec. 1st, noon. Here’s a few of the issues I’ll bring up during the debate: - the 4th estate doesn’t get any more special treatment, they’re “just&# ... (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:19:20 +0000 http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/21#item_7 90727894248f35c236620daf9c5199cd It seems that flight delays could turn into a big business. FlightCaster , the startup that helps predict flight delays long before the airlines themselves usually do, has just landed a $1.3 million funding round led by Tandem Entrepreneurs and Sherpalo Ventures. FlightCaster previously recieved money as part of the Y Combinator program. Today ... (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:00:00 EST http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/21#item_8 b0d2b867d55984b6724967ab32362172 Filed under: China , Hatchback , Misc. Auto Shows 2010 MG 6 - Click above for high-res image gallery The last new MG was the MGF sportscar way back in 1995, and oh, what a difference 14 years makes. The MG6 is the first new MG by the company's new owner, Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. (SAIC), and they've chosen a four-door liftback for their ... (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:00:00 -0800 http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/21#item_9 65575ee1a96eefede8e68b36e19a870c Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-24T01:39:43Z http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/21#item_10 efe16a9a7ba48e027224f97d5c3a0eeb The Hadron collider works. We’re all still here! Bigger test coming. AOL changes name and logo. Cripes. ATT&T does prepaid broadband. Apple chewing up all the mobile broadband traffic. Apple voids warranty on smokers who smoke around the computer. It’s supposedly a hazard to workers. New USB wireless HDD. Wikipedia losing ... (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:30:00 -0800 http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/21#item_11 343d5d8f72db5d0430ca6269f10815df Readers offer their best tips for permanently pinning Chrome tabs, pasting your email address with a quick-access bookmarklet, and using less expensive coffee with Starbucks' fancy VIA cup. Don't like the gallery layout? Click here to view everything on one page. About the Tips Box: Every day we receive boatloads of great reader tips in our inbox, (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-24T01:33:00+00:00 http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/21#item_12 ace60b57ce004490574f2a5b9f70edec An anonymous reader writes to tell us that finding malicious code might have just become a little harder. Last week at the ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security, security researchers Joshua Mason, Sam Small, Fabian Monrose, and Greg MacManus presented a method they developed to generate English shell code [PDF]. Using content ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-24T01:19:25Z http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/21#item_13 ca59fe5ec8a9af7f92fc97d6df3b9c3e (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:35 +0000 http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/21#item_14 4c5653bbd7909e156fbafa965636df3d Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-23T23:53:00+00:00 http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/21#item_15 d6f5ada3fd0ab1549f6c1adf74dcd0a1 Coondoggie writes to mention that IBM researchers have an internal smartphone software project that is capable of translating text between English and 11 other languages (Chinese, Korean, Japanese, French, Italian, Russian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Arabic). There are no concrete plans to release this as a public product, but IBM ... (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:00:00 -0800 http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/21#item_16 db96ae94aba182ac9104f48eded21e86 We're a cheap lot around Lifehacker HQ, which is why we have a serious love affair with free software. As Americans get ready to give thanks over a big fat turkey dinner, we also want to remember the apps we're thankful for. Photo by stevevoght . In the spirit of the season, we want to hear about the free applications you're most thankful for on ... (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:00:00 EST http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/21#item_17 0a5a243b22bea613b7502127312a8ef7 Filed under: Aftermarket , Coupe , Performance , Chevrolet 2010 Fesler-Moss Camaros - Click above for high-res image gallery Back in April, we told you about the new partnership between Chris Fesler's custom car shop and Jon Moss, the former director of General Motors' specialty vehicles division. At that time, we only had renderings of the ... (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:45:46 +0000 http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/21#item_18 cebad4cf51abfc05e2ae4a28b505c38b Two-year-old Hulu, which has quickly become Americans’ preferred method of consuming TV online, is now blocking startups from embedding its video library. But while Hulu is now (mostly) unfriendly to startup video aggregators, it’s still sharing its videos with its corporate parents’ friends: the big web [...] (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:00:00 EST http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/21#item_19 0d8ad6b13fb420e8eb69e4f5c0dea54f We know that coupons are a great way for local businesses to drive customers to their stores - that's why we created the option for businesses to add coupons to their Google Local Business Center listing back in 2007. Now, as the holiday shopping season kicks off, we've upgraded the ways that customers can find your coupons. (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:26:00 EST http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/21#item_20 1cc704b2a89e8afb16addba0f368f917 Filed under: Autoline on Autoblog How to Raise the Gas Tax Raising taxes on gasoline is political suicide in the United States. Any politician foolish enough to propose raising the gas tax would be hounded out of office, or never elected in the first place. We, the American people, will see to that. You see, we don't like taxes of any sort. And ... (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:26:00 EST http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/41#item_1 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 19:20:00 EST http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/41#item_2 cab1bd54df5b249e1963ac57ce2d9354 First Drive: 2011 Buick Regal prototype looks to be a good sport GM's batting average for selling rebadged Opels in the U.S. is practically nil, but the 2011 Buick Regal may be the exception that disproves the rule. Spy Shots: Next-gen Buick Excelle for China snapped Buick's product renaissance is in full effect and the latest addition to the ... (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:02:00 EST http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/41#item_3 103809ae71a63688d85884b957809b2a Fine cultured pearls should last for many years, even generations---but only if they are properly cared for. Cultured pearls should be kept free of perfumes, cosmetics, perspiration and dirt, advises Tiffany & Co. Acid and akali substances can be harmful to pearls, including chemicals found in perfumes, skincare products, hair products and ... (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:35 +0000 http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/41#item_4 8d6b65899647710364bb8ade4ce7d350 The new AOL will differ than the old one in several ways: New boss, smaller headcount, different owners. So, of course, it also gets a new logo. This one will look awfully familiar, since it is the same trio of well-known letters, and if you’re not paying attention you won’t notice a thing. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-23T15:59:44-08:00 http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/41#item_5 682631dbdffeb089883f0a35296500e9 last week we mailed checks for around $550k to fatem.org and fonkoze.org . we were proud to see so many of our farmville players participate in this program which has raised over $700k to date . following is more info on the programs zynga and farmville players are supporting.� this was prepared and executed by my amazing sister, laura hartman, ... (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:47:12 PST http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/41#item_6 b4cb99c7b0681c568c2c319999b6b8de Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:30:00 EST http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/41#item_7 3c2bd95a48e92d006c576e6355fbf18b Filed under: Motorsports , Hirings/Firings/Layoffs , Mercedes-Benz Following earlier speculation, the newly-acquired Mercedes Grand Prix team has confirmed its first driver for the upcoming Formula One season. As expected, Nico Rosberg will be switching places with Rubens Barrichello, the departing Brawn GP driver who moves to Williams for next ... (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:30:00 EST http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/41#item_8 36aa9a471cfc1fc44439045bff3414e0 Docky gained a sleek new panel mode and a network manager docklet in an update to users of the Docky PPA yesterday. For those wondering why Docky is not longer part of GNOME Do see here for our interview with Docky creator Jason Smith. (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:30:00 EST http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/41#item_9 87e69253279ec409fb5558f1ae19127e Service, called Wii no Ma (Wii's Room), has 120 titles at launch, including episodes of "Sesame Street" and "Pocket Monsters," as well as other old pics, toons and TV shows. Among the supplying partners are Toei, Yoshimoto Kogyo, TV Asahi, NTV and NHK Enterprises. The cost to view one title ranges from 30� to 500� (33� to $5.60). In addition to ... (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:30:00 EST http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/41#item_10 434d7e1511c453b82cdadd494594cf40 During the last few months, our team has been working hard to support extensions in Google Chrome's beta channel. Today, we are getting one step closer to this goal; developers can now upload their extensions to Google Chrome's extension gallery. We are making the upload flow available early to make sure that developers have the time to publish ... (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:17:39 +0000 http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/41#item_11 0af4a3d5439ef3d4270167354694ac7b My building only had one broadband provider until recently, as Stacey reported last week. But that’s changing, as Verizon FiOS just became available in my building, and the company is making a huge push to get people connected. So for those of you in other areas [...] (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-23T23:11:00+00:00 http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/41#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 18:02:00 EST http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/41#item_13 8a5dac9639d331cc4eca1fa509b32b78 According to Reuters , today, "Bernard Madoff's bankruptcy trustee and the law firm employing him submitted a $22.1 million legal bill covering five months of work." Baker & Hostetler LLP wants $21.28 million, and court-appointed trustee Irving Picard, the partner at Baker & Hostetler who is overseeing the liquidation of Madoff's ... (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:52:57 PST http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/41#item_14 866309473c5e5bbb140a64fe93798c27 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-23T22:26:00+00:00 http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/41#item_15 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) ]]> 2009-11-23T22:26:00+00:00 http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/41#item_16 d6a18f2fc0d59d03fe01e59f58735ba0 Today we released our October Mobile Metrics report.  Instead of comparing smartphone platforms against each other, this month we look inside each operating system at the distribution of requests coming from different handsets. (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:01:00 EST http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/41#item_17 e8114500081552a604fa1670af5790ac Metallics are all the rage this season, and the Jasmine Sloane Leather bag does up the trend in a big way with scale-effect metallic leather in silver, double leather handles in metallic bronze, and an oversized signature Vivienne Westwood orb in bright goldtone. It has a slouchy, pouchy shape that's a little bit casual and a little bit evening ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-23T21:43:00+00:00 http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/41#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 13:38:56 PST http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/41#item_19 81602657173cc1ee0fbcdf49a28a7f1c Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:35:15 PST http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/41#item_20 2fe35a26e7afc6048352c5b6e9d960ce Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-23T21:28:53Z http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/61#item_1 c08540445884838765a46865c3bd72ab Visualizing empires decline from Pedro M Cruz on Vimeo. Wait for it. Blobs disgorging. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-23T21:27:36Z http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/61#item_2 663f7b74d8491ce28478a4e3831e410a After posting some thoughts a month ago about Erving Goffman's classic sociological text, The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life , I heard from a reader who urged me to try out a deeper work of Goffman's, Frame Analysis (Harper Colophon, 1974). This blog presents the thoughts that came to mind as I made my way through that long and rambling ... (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:23:00 -0500 http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/61#item_3 9411575d0ab152dec5b6bc853fe7d843 In a move that will generate more cash for the company, First Solar (FSLR:NASDAQ) announced today the sale of their 21MW photovoltaic solar project in Blythe, California to NRG Energy (NRG:NYSE). Terms of the deal were disclosed. Located about 200 miles east of Los Angeles, the Blythe Solar Project will be NRG Energy’s first working solar ... (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:02:30 GMT http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/61#item_4 f5005a4fad3db9d4822691027651983b I assumed that because we elected Obama to end the war in Iraq that it went without saying that the war in Afghanistan would be ended as well. Apparently not so. The President is now considering an escalation of the war in Afghanistan. I can't imagine he will not face substantial opposition in the US and elsewhere, if the answer is escalation. I ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-23T20:58:00+00:00 http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/61#item_5 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) ]]> 2009-11-23T20:58:00+00:00 http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/61#item_6 a57eb88d01401312cae6d0d0bae6ffeb Remember that hubbub a few weeks back about Seth MacFarlane’s Family Guy advertising Windows 7? But the show was apparently deemed to raunchy so Microsoft replaced Family Guy with Warner Bros. Well, did you catch last night’s episode? There was a Family Guy segment that certainly looked like an advertisement and was then followed ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-23T20:16:00+00:00 http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/61#item_7 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) ]]> 2009-11-23T20:16:00+00:00 http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/61#item_8 8f7a940683aa39a3c54461b6891f5ae5 Go ahead and take that second helping of bacon-broasted mashed potatoes and high-fat gravy this Thursday, friends, because even if your tummy gets big and round like a steamed black bean bun, there’s an app for that. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-23T19:33:00+00:00 http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/61#item_9 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) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:32:40 PST http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/61#item_10 069364228b81487c21a4c14fc5d1f8e8 Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:06:56 PST http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/61#item_11 a278cffd3d69ceb0ef54400175f30861 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-23T14:00:37-05:00 http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/61#item_12 f309fcdc762b68f69e0b38b3e088ad2a Powerpointless We tried an experiment last week at a Return Path Board meeting -- and not just a regular Board meeting, but our once-a-year, full-day (~9 hour) annual planning session attended in person by all Board members, observers, and executives.  First, a little background. We have been driving two important trends over the years at our ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-23T14:00:37-05:00 http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/61#item_13 62bac8c0fb6c47edd9e039bf6c4aa7d5 KAMRA, PAKISTAN, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- A new JF-17 Thunder multi-role fighter plane, first of its kind made in Pakistan, was unveiled at the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) here Monday. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-23T13:53:51-05:00 http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/61#item_14 a19c619dc5cae5b7b6a74e4a5fd60a33 For the third time in 16 years the federal government is forming a blue-ribbon panel to try to save the USA’s troubled airline industry, which has racked up $58.5 billion in losses and shed 158,000 jobs this decade... (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:53:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/61#item_15 1b7dd0d65ece1e7a795c0f529d0b6f2d A winning mix of fantastic settings and addictive play keeps Blizzard's ever-evolving online game at the top of the role-playing heap. With millions of players and a cataclysmic expansion coming in 2010, WoW 's future looks brighter than ever. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-23T13:52:49-05:00 http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/61#item_16 38e1855c04d0d9704b33891365ed925b PISA, Italy (Xinhua): Five people were killed in a plane crash near Pisa airport in northwestern Italy, the country’s air force said on Monday. A military C-130 transport plane with five people on board crashed soon after takeoff from Pisa airport at 2:10 p.m. local time (0310 GMT), according to ANSA news agency... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-23T18:48:00+00:00 http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/61#item_17 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/markfletcher/1259045695/61#item_18 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 ... (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:54:04 PST http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/61#item_19 f4dd08969f7f1cd730c31d5ce931f443 Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:54:04 PST http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/61#item_20 50b51b45ff94bb61fa31e0980a7ec8da Here it comes: Best Buy ran a national Black Friday ad inviting the world to celebrate Thanksgiving and Eid Al-Adha, the Muslim festival of sacrifice. Fair enough, right? Happy Eid! Well, take a gander at the ad up there and brace yourself. (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:25:36 -0500 http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/81#item_1 23344a2fd430427169c94724cfc9bb6b Cool dolph and van damme together again. the movie reminds me a little bit of call of duty. lets hope it will not be a direct to dvd movie. lets hope its direct to blu ray (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-23T17:22:00+00:00 http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/81#item_2 2003ab7192dab4446382bc2bed85a128 It seems that a recent survey of global broadband practices by Harvard's Berkman Center at the behest of the FCC has stirred the telecommunications hornet's nest. Both AT&T and Verizon are up in arms about some of the conclusions (except the ones that suggest offering large direct public subsidies). "Harvard's Berkman Center study of global ... (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:56:53 Z http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/81#item_3 73ade04c037307346e86924cc990e9d2 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-23T16:38:00+00:00 http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/81#item_4 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 15:36:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/81#item_5 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) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:32:26 +0000 http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/81#item_6 1bbc980974431e6b47b079ba89d7161c ... (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:08:57 +0000 http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/81#item_7 195e823ad2a5ac44d67477c70b4c5804 Owned by Richard D. Fain, the $1.4-billion, world's largest ship, "Oasis of the Seas" is finally finished. It's five times larger than the Titanic, has seven neighborhoods, an ice rink, a golf course and a 750-seat outdoor amphitheater. The... (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/81#item_8 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 12:00:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/81#item_9 d394d3745cd2cd3c6128dab2b43d68aa Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:53:13 +0000 http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/81#item_10 23778b95cc140717ac4f05522c41f4b2 > Vladimir Ashkenazy + James Walker Rachmaninov: Preludes 2. There's A World [Live At Massey Hall 1971]>> Neil Young from Neil Young Archives Volume I [1963 - 1972] 3. CELLZ>> Doom from BORN LIKE THIS 4. RN2-09 PT1 + PT >> AOKI Takamasa from ununtrium / RN-RHYTHM-VARIATIONS 5. Magnetfeld>> Feadz from 10 Years ... (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:36:14 +0000 http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/81#item_11 b5510d154b06b4adf9a1a8a00bdf9fab The culmination of year 2009 shall witness Bonhams conducting a rare auctioning of watches from the Private Collection of the Porsche Family in its "Fine Watches Wristwatches" auction on New Bond Street. The unique collection features pieces by... (Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:52:54 PST http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/81#item_12 db48dd9f27b5a63bb520b3bff2406b4e Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:45:43 PST http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/81#item_13 c811a6b0929ba3dc456f96f39eaf2eb9 Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:25:48 +0000 http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/81#item_14 05e09f43241be7bc1c1a8a1517671aad My Teeth are Yellow and Falling Out is a post from Chris Pirillo Okay, so I’m a bit of a LEGO maniac. So is Johnny : LEGO AT-AT Fun LEGO Dad The World’s Geekiest Toothbrush: Philips Sonicare My Birthday Present: Building the LEGO Death Star LEGO Unboxing Happy Birthday Video The Gift of LEGO, Star Wars and Games Call for Help Blooper & (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/81#item_15 872fec52ddb56537288b79aa69e014ab 1963: At 6:15 on a cold, wet night, the BBC premieres its new family science fiction show, Doctor Who, with its first episode, “An Unearthly Child.” The series will become a legendary part of modern British folklore and the longest-running sci-fi series on TV. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-22T20:14:44-08:00 http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/81#item_16 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) ]]> 2009-11-22T17:11:33-08:00 http://www.megite.com/markfletcher/1259045695/81#item_17 52f5ab73403edc455a0dce85dadc375d Yesterday, I walked with my friend Chris Gulker on the Alpine Trail in Portola Valley. I was sporting my brand new Canon PowerShot S90 camera - trying it out for the first time "in the field". Chris took a shot of me shooting and posted it over on his blog. Here's an example of my initial results - shot using the S90 in basic Auto mode in large ... (Read on Source) ]]>