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 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:10:51 -0600 http://www.megite.com/technology/1258823293/1#item_1 cd4a308fc21c518e5569df39c41d6bbc Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T09:30:00.000-08:00 http://www.megite.com/technology/1258823293/1#item_2 956a0c485b3d6dea98fca60c8a2edab4 Chinese spies are aggressively stealing secrets to build up China's military and economic power, a US advisory panel on US-China relations has warned. Its members urged the US Congress to ensure the country was adequately protected against Chinese spying. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:47:54 -0500 http://www.megite.com/technology/1258823293/1#item_3 eeeeef3dbf35cab60baadb1d1e36dac0 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:47:54 -0500 http://www.megite.com/technology/1258823293/1#item_4 1665422d3df304c96db30712b0039d33 Among the initial batch are seminal indies such as John Sayles' "Return of the Secaucus Seven" and Errol Morris' "The Thin Blue Line"; Susanne Bier's "Brothers" (the original Danish pic on which the upcoming Jim Sheridan remake is based) and rare titles like Christopher Nolan's debut feature, "Following," are also in the Netflix package. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:00:00 EST http://www.megite.com/technology/1258823293/1#item_5 13fde1eabbce2d292b82230e3eea4d6f If you're deleting miscellaneous unimportant files on your computer, simply dropping them in the trash or deleting them ought to be sufficient. If you need to permanently and irrevocably erase files to keep them from ever being resurrected, however, then you need a reliable file shredder. Here are four of the best open source applications to try. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:28:27 -0800 http://www.megite.com/technology/1258823293/1#item_6 a22834d5c45e9dce577bd2759d9e1b8f The MacJury reconvenes with a new panel and more holiday gift picks. The trend of wide-ranging favorites continues, with several storage-related picks, a jewelry option, audio choices, video selections and more. Perhaps most surprising, several members of the MacJury make their singing debuts awhile making their picks. (No, really, they sing.) ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:47:54 -0500 http://www.megite.com/technology/1258823293/1#item_7 b4e25a8b0f1064133f9c12701d94abd8 Black Duck Software has compiled the industries's most comprehensive KnowledgeBase of open source components, used to identify and provide information about the content of software and associated licenses. Each day we extract related license information and present the data below. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:33:03 +0000 http://www.megite.com/technology/1258823293/1#item_8 0c861c7e62a9463126353c634d2f63d8 MoTR 190 is 37:49 minutes long and is a 34.7 MB file in MP3 format. CLICK HERE to download the file and listen directly. HOSTS: James Kendrick (Houston), Matthew Miller (Seattle) and Kevin C. Tofel (Philadelphia) TOPICS: Matt’s back from möbius with a handset rundown Maybe Pocket PC isn’t such a bad name, after all Hands on with the ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0800 http://www.megite.com/technology/1258823293/1#item_9 ca0eb238699f9abf1af04e1cec90772a On Friday, Cloud Engines introduced the second generation of its Pogoplug multimedia sharing device. The Pogoplug is designed to plug into your home or small office network and let you access and share content of USB hard drives over the Internet using a standard Web browser. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:28:27 -0800 http://www.megite.com/technology/1258823293/1#item_10 21ae2c6d97806930d3cf6153d67b3ceb Whitney Houston, left, being interviewed by Oprah Winfrey. Ms. Winfrey will focus her energy on her cable channel. Ms. Winfrey, the billionaire queen of daytime television, is planning to announce on Friday that she will step down from her daily pulpit, “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” in two years in order to concentrate on the forthcoming ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:43:30 -0800 http://www.megite.com/technology/1258823293/1#item_11 b1acae07ff0dfa868c2589aef57f98cf Adobe's online office suite, Acrobat.com , is getting its first major upgrade since the service left beta back in June of this year. The new release, launching tomorrow, is an entirely unified experience thanks to the addition of a much-requested file organization tool, explains the service's Director of Project Management Rick Treitman. Also ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:50:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/technology/1258823293/1#item_12 99d775999e3596f94ace85f9334e63ca The professional scientist and former prostitute Brooke Magnanti told her agent, "If New Scientist asks for an interview, I'll do it." We did ask (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:07:26 +0000 http://www.megite.com/technology/1258823293/1#item_13 527f8e8eada8b109ea65fa812fa13922 Paradou’s weekly newsletters are so warm and welcoming (they’re how we found out about their three-for-one deal!) that it’s hard to imagine the man who pens them (owner Vadim Ponorovsky) as anything but a teddy bear. But a tipster has sent Gawker an e-mail in which Ponorovsky calls his employees “assholes,” “ ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:07:26 +0000 http://www.megite.com/technology/1258823293/1#item_14 7f009e6247e1902a463c8d1f26034795 Sega and Sony are working together to bring Sonic into the PlayStation 3 version of LittleBigPlanet. In the middle of December, five Sonic the Hedgehog costumes based on Sonic Unleashed will be released as downloadable content. You can get Sonic, Sonic the Werehog, Tails, Dr. Eggman, and Knuckles alone or in a pack. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:14:27 -0500 http://www.megite.com/technology/1258823293/1#item_15 3ab30bf6134863485db25d7bc6b8098c According to sources on the set of "Good Morning America" yesterday, staffers were talking about the "get" that was Chaz Bono . When the subject of George Stephanopoulos vs. Chris Cuomo came up, the staffers wondered if George could or would even want to pull that interview off. "It's great morning TV to have that exclusive and Cuomo pulled it ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:37:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/technology/1258823293/1#item_16 90620f5bf1a86885e340328d28a944e7 Read more: #iphoneapps, #appstore, #appstoreapprovalprocess, #apple, #iphone, #apps, #software, #cellphones, #phones, #smartphones, #privateapis, #iphoneprivateapis, #staticanalysistool, #automatedappapproval (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:24:10 -0500 http://www.megite.com/technology/1258823293/1#item_17 130781685349eea7efd6cc60300e275b $7.00 Here we have a 41" full sized tree skirt made of thin green felt with snowflakes....and 5 Horde logos! Great for that WoW household! This skirt is being sold at a much lower price as it is imperfect. As you can see in the photo there are marks on the felt from the medium I use to attach the logos. It is on the back side though so once ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:37:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/technology/1258823293/1#item_18 9626063d0fb2336035eecb6a848bdf70 Content : Jurassic: The Hunted Demo Price : Free Availability : United States Dash Text: Jurassic: The Hunted is an epic, story-driven first-person shooter set on a dark, mysterious island that connects the modern world with the age of dinosaurs. Players take on the role of Craig Dylan, a weapons and survival expert, hired to protect a research ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T09:30:00.000-08:00 http://www.megite.com/technology/1258823293/1#item_19 e5338459dfda87a0886ffa3e8760818c Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T09:30:00.000-08:00 http://www.megite.com/technology/1258823293/1#item_20 697602dde2cf3f32a0041607f1fbe64a Citing the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s call to civil disobedience, 145 evangelical, Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christian leaders have signed a declaration saying they will not cooperate with laws that they say could be used to compel their institutions to participate in abortions, or to bless or in any way recognize same-sex couples. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T11:00:04-05:00 http://www.megite.com/technology/1258823293/21#item_1 7768e01c2b6f2125eec100cc48db446b Tina Feytook a shot at her bosses Wednesday night, saying: "NBC is sadly the fourth-place network; actually, we're in ninth place if you count the radio stations ahead of us right now." The 1,200 guests at the Ad Council gala at the Waldorf laughed raucously as Fey continued, "I really believe that if everyone in this room would watch NBC for one ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T09:30:00.000-08:00 http://www.megite.com/technology/1258823293/21#item_2 25c1e52af2af886bda21b95a2470a7ee Italian polymath Umberto Eco: "I like lists for the same reason other people like football or pedophilia." Italian novelist and semiotician Umberto Eco, who is curating a new exhibition at the Louvre in Paris, talks to SPIEGEL about the place lists hold in the history of culture, the ways we try to avoid thinking about death and why Google is ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T09:30:00.000-08:00 http://www.megite.com/technology/1258823293/21#item_3 310677ce128504a8e037885107ec72ff This is a project that I made to take care of an ever increasing need to prototype vacuum tube (valve) circuits. As you can see from the photos, it really is a test “board”. I do a lot of work with tubes and love to design and improve circuits. In the process I often use various CAD type programs to rough out the designs. I have ... 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(Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:56:36 +0000 http://www.megite.com/technology/1258823293/21#item_8 8f70fac02255e85ab1156ecb040b09c3 We have been asked to make clear that Edgar Wright's appreciation of Edward Woodward, which appeared in the paper on Tuesday, November 17, was abridged and the full version can be read here or at www.edgarwrighthere.com (Read on Source) ]]>