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Archive for March 2nd, 2007

Have we been kidding ourselves about car exhaust?

Posted by: st3ch on: March 2, 2007

Blog: Scientists at Carnegie Mellon warn we may underestimate the bad effects of exhaust from internal combustion engines. It’s not…
Original post by CNET News.com and software by Elliott Back

Woman accuses Yahoo of stealing her image

Posted by: st3ch on: March 2, 2007

Ohio woman demands $20 million from Yahoo for allegedly embedding a photo of her in a welcome e-mail sent to new users.
Original post by CNET News.com and powered by Img Fly

KDDI AND FUJITSU DEVELOP PRACTICAL-USE HIGH-EFFICIENCY AMPLIFIER …Telephony World (press release) - 53 minutes agoThe new amplifier is a result of joint development efforts which Fujitsu and KDDI started in May 2006 to develop a mobile WiMAX-applicable high-efficiency …KDDI and Fujitsu develop high-efficiency amp for mobile WiMAX Mobile Tech News (press release)all 5 news articles
Original post [...]

Request Line: The tipping point

Posted by: st3ch on: March 2, 2007

Meow, lifehackers! The request line is now open. Got any questions, tips, story ideas or demands of us editors? Hit us up in the comments of this post.
Note: We read every single comment in this thread, which will inform our post choices for next week. Of course, we can’t fulfill [...]

Hacking Vista by guessing a product key

Posted by: st3ch on: March 2, 2007

Blog: Fighting Vista’s piracy protection? Perhaps trying to guess a product activation key will solve the problem. A “brute force” key…
Original post by CNET News.com and powered by Img Fly

Chunghwa Telecom, Alcatel-Lucent to Build WiMAX Net in TaiwanTMCnet - 1 hour agoService provider Chunghwa Telecom selected Alcatel (News – Alert)-Lucent to deploy what the companies call Taiwan's first Universal WiMAX (802.16e-2005) …
Original post by Vitaly Friedman & Sven Lennartz and software by Elliott Back

Best alcohol news since beer was invented

Posted by: st3ch on: March 2, 2007

Blog: One of the cleanest burning fuels we have is ethanol. But how to make it in large quantities? Currently most bio-fuel requires…
Original post by CNET News.com and plugin by Elliott Back

Apple: Write down your passwords

Posted by: st3ch on: March 2, 2007

Blog: Apple advises Mac users to write down their passwords, just in case they have forgotten them when they are needed. On its Mac…
Original post by CNET News.com and software by Elliott Back

Stand up to speed up meetings

Posted by: st3ch on: March 2, 2007

Weblog OrganizingLA suggests that the key to shorter meetings might be losing the chairs.
Instead of sitting at a traditional conference table, we took the chairs out of the room and ran meetings while standing on our feet. Well, the length of the meetings DRASTICALLY dropped, because people didn’t want to stand for long. Meetings went [...]

Precision security fighting at Cisco

Posted by: st3ch on: March 2, 2007

Cisco security maven John Stewart says never mind the OS–attackers are after the apps, from IM to Office.
Original post by CNET News.com and a wordpress plugin by Elliott

Bill Gates to address Senate panel

Posted by: st3ch on: March 2, 2007

Blog: Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates is scheduled to descend on Capitol Hill next week to pepper a U.S. Senate committee with his suggestions…
Original post by CNET News.com and powered by Img Fly

Download of the Day: Explorer Breadcrumbs (Windows)

Posted by: st3ch on: March 2, 2007

Windows only: Donationware program Explorer Breadcrumbs adds a breadcrumb toolbar to XP’s Explorer windows similar to what’s currently available in Vista.
The trail of breadcrumbs toolbar shows the directories you’ve navigated to get to the current folder, giving you an easy way to navigate back to one of the root folders or to another folder altogether [...]

SkyCross Announces Design Wins for Samsung WiMAX PC CardsBroadband Wireless Exchange (press release), AZ - 47 minutes ago3/5/07 – SkyCross announced that it is supplying both the internal and the external WiMAX antennas for the Samsung SPH-H1100 and SPH-H100 PC cards. …SkyCross Provides WiMAX Antennas for Samsung PC Cards TMCnetSkyCross announces design wins for Samsung WiMAX [...]

Photos: Saturn taken from the top

Posted by: st3ch on: March 2, 2007

The Cassini probe, which has been orbiting Saturn for the past year and a half, continues to amaze with a new set of photos of the ringed planet and its moons.
Original post by CNET News.com and software by Elliott

Podcast: The hot, the cool and the very cold

Posted by: st3ch on: March 2, 2007

Tea time gets techie with robots, BBC will bring content to YouTube, and a scientific study of the polar regions kicks off.
Original post by CNET News.com and a wordpress plugin by Elliott

Ferrari’s $3,000 boombox

Posted by: st3ch on: March 2, 2007

Company has decided, thankfully, to make something for the living room too by partnering with Meridian to create its F80 entertainment system. From Crave, CNET’s gadgets blog.
Original post by CNET News.com and powered by Img Fly

VCs plunk more money into algae for fuel

Posted by: st3ch on: March 2, 2007

Blog: Ah, algae. We’ve all swallowed a little bit on summer swimming expeditions, but it’s gaining prominence in the scientific and…
Original post by CNET News.com and a wordpress plugin by Elliott

VCs plunk more money into algae with fuel

Posted by: st3ch on: March 2, 2007

Blog: Ah, algae. We’ve all swallowed a little bit on summer swimming expeditions, but it’s gaining prominence in the scientific and…
Original post by CNET News.com and plugin by Elliott Back

QTEL Global and Megacom announce agreement to build WiMAX Network …UKPRwire (press release), UK - 29 minutes ago… the parent company of Compañía Telefónica Andina SA (Teleandina) of Peru to design and deploy a country-wide WiMax network across Peru. …
Original post by Vitaly Friedman & Sven Lennartz and plugin by Elliott Back

Ask the Readers: What’s in your wallet?

Posted by: st3ch on: March 2, 2007

In response to the ubiquitous credit card commercial, Trent from The Simple Dollar weblog discusses what he carries in his wallet.
There’s nothing I’d call groundbreaking inside his wallet, but he does make good points regarding what he carries, what he doesn’t, and why. For example, his only photo ID is a driver’s license (minimizing [...]

Promotional video for Crave

Posted by: st3ch on: March 2, 2007

Video: Promotional video for Crave. For the latest on cool new gadgets and hardware, visit crave.cnet.com.
Original post by CNET News.com and powered by Img Fly

Chunghwa Telecom Deploys Taiwan's First Broadband Wireless WiMAX …Broadband Wireless Exchange (press release), AZ - 1 hour agoIt is expected that the deployment of this WiMAX network will play a role in accelerating the realization of the Mobile Taiwan (M-Taiwan) project, …
Original post by Vitaly Friedman & Sven Lennartz and software by Elliott Back

Wireless Internet Service Provider to Build a Broadband Wireless …Broadband Wireless Exchange (press release), AZ - 3 hours ago… the parent company of Company Telefonica Andina SA (Teleandina) of Peru to design and deploy a country-wide WiMax network across Peru. …
Original post by Vitaly Friedman & Sven Lennartz and software by Elliott Back

Week in review: Got Real ID?

Posted by: st3ch on: March 2, 2007

Bush administration says states will have until 2013 to issue the ID cards, wants to create the equivalent of a national database.
Original post by CNET News.com and plugin by Elliott Back

Brownsville Chooses Big Blue for WiMAXWireless Week - 1 hour agoRioplex will use three towers to deliver WiMAX Internet coverage with a radius of several miles. As part of the agreement, IBM also will work with the city …Brownsville signs deal with IBM for WiMax Dallas Morning News (subscription)Brownsville Turns to IBM to Build Wireless Internet [...]

Web site TextMarks lets you create a central place to distribute information to anyone via text message.
It works like this: You set up your own free account at TextMarks based on a unique keyword (for example, I used lifehack). Then you can assign a response for that keyword, from a static text response to [...]

Government Technology
KDDI and Fujitsu Develop Practical-Use High-Efficiency Amplifier …Government Technology, CA - 32 minutes agoThe new amplifier is a result of joint development efforts which Fujitsu and KDDI started in May 2006 to develop a mobile WiMAX-applicable high-efficiency …
Original post by Vitaly Friedman & Sven Lennartz and powered by Img Fly

Public safety bids stir spectrum spat

Posted by: st3ch on: March 2, 2007

As 700MHz auction approaches, groups say some of that space should go to emergency responders. Mobile operators disagree.
Original post by CNET News.com and software by Elliott Back

Europeans complete their hydrogen car engine

Posted by: st3ch on: March 2, 2007

Blog: BMW and several European partners said this week that they HylCE project, an effort to build an engine optimized for hydrogen…
Original post by CNET News.com and a wordpress plugin by Elliott

Microsoft wins in second Alcatel-Lucent patent suit

Posted by: st3ch on: March 2, 2007

Judge rules the Windows maker did not infringe on patent for speech coding technology; Alcatel-Lucent plans to appeal.
Original post by CNET News.com and plugin by Elliott Back

Photos: Tea time with robots

Posted by: st3ch on: March 2, 2007

Humanoid machines team up to pour and serve tea–not terribly fast, but you don’t have to leave a tip.
Original post by CNET News.com and software by Elliott

Japanese firms aim GaN amp at mobile WiMAXCompound Semiconductor, UK - 1 hour agoThe company has now produced a prototype GaN HEMT transmitter amplifier, which it says is suitable for deployment in mobile WiMAX network equipment. …KDDI and Fujitsu develop practical GaN HEMT-based high-efficiency … Semiconductor Todayall 2 news articles
Original post by Vitaly Friedman & Sven Lennartz [...]

Researcher launches Month of PHP Bugs

Posted by: st3ch on: March 2, 2007

Initiative focuses on the widely used scripting language with the aim to improve security.
Original post by CNET News.com and a wordpress plugin by Elliott

Researcher launches Month of PHP Bugs project

Posted by: st3ch on: March 2, 2007

Initiative focuses on popular scripting language with the aim to improve security.
Original post by CNET News.com and software by Elliott

Lifehacker Code: Texter (Windows)

Posted by: st3ch on: March 2, 2007

Windows only: Texter is a system tray application that saves you countless keystrokes by replacing user-defined snippets of text with your commonly used text phrases.
In addition to basic text replacement, Texter allows you to set return-to markers for your cursor and insert clipboard contents into your replacement text, in addition to more advanced keyboard macros. [...]

Growing a set of horns

Posted by: st3ch on: March 2, 2007

Other than this blog growing horns I have been busy doing a few things.
1.) Pruning old posts – This place was starting to get cluttered with old outdated ideas. In the past, deleting posts would throw your rankings into a loop, let’s see how search engines handle it today.
2.) Removal of blogroll – Made a [...]

JPMorgan tilts bond index for climate change

Posted by: st3ch on: March 2, 2007

Blog: JPMorgan and Innovest earlier this week launched what they are calling a “green” bond index meant to put a number on the financial…
Original post by CNET News.com and a wordpress plugin by Elliott

KDDI and Fujitsu Develop Practical-Use High-Efficiency Amplifier …Wireless Developer Network (press release) - 1 hour agoThe new amplifier is a result of joint development efforts which Fujitsu and KDDI started in May 2006 to develop a mobile WiMAX-applicable high-efficiency …KDDI and Fujitsu develop high-efficiency amp for mobile WiMAX Mobile Tech News (press release)all 4 news articles
Original [...]

FCC: Local phone companies must connect Net calls

Posted by: st3ch on: March 2, 2007

VoIP industry applauds ruling that says local providers can’t refuse to carry calls on wholesaler-owned broadband lines.
Original post by CNET News.com and plugin by Elliott Back

Love and Money: Thanks to this week’s sponsors

Posted by: st3ch on: March 2, 2007

Thanks to this week’s sponsors for feverishly shoveling cash into the toasty warm oven of Lifehacker. That means you, 30 Second Software, Don Julio, EA Mobile, Intel, Playstation, Sprint, and Verizon! Don’t you want to advertise with Lifehacker, too?
Original post by CNET News.com and powered by Img Fly

Create your own Web 2.0 logos

Posted by: st3ch on: March 2, 2007

Want to create a logo using that hard-to-define but easy-to-recognize Web 2.0 style? Tech blog Hongkiat.com shows you how.
You’ll need Photoshop and a downloadable “style” file provided by the author. This file includes the necessary elements to recreate six popular logos (including LinkedIn and Skype), though the idea here is not to copy, but rather [...]

Turn old LPs into cool coasters

Posted by: st3ch on: March 2, 2007

DIY site Curbly shows you how to turn old, unwanted LP records into nifty-looking coasters.
The key bit of equipment you’re going to need is a 4.5-inch hole saw ($20-40 at the local hardware store), which you’ll use to cut away the record’s vinyl–leaving only the colorful, artistic center. (A drill press would be ideal, too, [...]

Forget DRM. It’s the music

Posted by: st3ch on: March 2, 2007

Studios remain shell-shocked by Napsterization, but CNET News.com’s Charles Cooper says the real solution isn’t attacking pirates.
Original post by CNET News.com and a wordpress plugin by Elliott

Download of the Day: VistaBootPro (Windows Vista)

Posted by: st3ch on: March 2, 2007

Windows Vista only: Tweak your Vista boot configuration with VistaBootPRO, an easy-to-use alternative to the command-line bcdedit.exe utility.
As you may know, Vista supports multi-boot environments, thus enabling you to install, say, three different operating systems on the same box. VistaBootPRO enables you to modify Vista’s Boot Configuration Data (BCD) registry using an attractive, simplified interface. [...]

IMing to save the world

Posted by: st3ch on: March 2, 2007

Blog: Thanks to a new charity drive started by Microsoft, IM-obsessed teenagers can now tell their parents that by staying online, they’re…
Original post by CNET News.com and plugin by Elliott Back

Save the world by IMing with Windows Live Messenger

Posted by: st3ch on: March 2, 2007

Blog: Thanks to a new charity drive started by Microsoft, IM-obsessed teenagers can now tell their parents that by staying online, they’re…
Original post by CNET News.com and a wordpress plugin by Elliott

Hotel virus misses Black Hat attendees

Posted by: st3ch on: March 2, 2007

Blog: VIENNA, Va.–A hotel only blocks from the venue of this week’s Black Hat DC conference closed Thursday night after guests fell…
Original post by CNET News.com and a wordpress plugin by Elliott

Virus misses Black Hat attendees

Posted by: st3ch on: March 2, 2007

Blog: VIENNA, Va.–A hotel only blocks from the venue of this week’s Black Hat DC conference closed Thursday night after guests fell…
Original post by CNET News.com and a wordpress plugin by Elliott

Use your phone to find the nearest Starbucks

Posted by: st3ch on: March 2, 2007

Jonesing for a Carmel Macchiato? Text your ZIP code to MYSBUX (697289) and in a minute you’ll receive a reply listing three of the nearest Starbucks locations–complete with addresses and phone numbers.
The only charge is what you normally pay your provider for text messages. Already over your monthly limit? Use your phone’s browser to hit [...]

SkyCross Provides WiMAX Antennas for Samsung PC CardsTMCnet - 1 hour agoBoth the cards operate on the WiBro network, which is a WiMAX-compliant standard for last mile broadband connectivity in South Korea. …SkyCross announces design wins for Samsung WiMAX PC cards Wireless Design & Development Asiaall 6 news articles
Original post by Vitaly Friedman & Sven [...]

Digg probe hits a nerve

Posted by: st3ch on: March 2, 2007

Blog: The latest brouhaha to enrage bloggers involves a bit of investigative journalism.A reporter at Wired looking into accounts…
Original post by CNET News.com and plugin by Elliott Back

Add a soundtrack to your YouTube videos with AudioSwap

Posted by: st3ch on: March 2, 2007

YouTube has rolled out a new feature called AudioSwap that allows users to add a music soundtrack to their videos after they’ve been uploaded to YouTube.
After you publish a video, click on the Replace Audio button on your My Videos page. From there it’s a simple 2-step process of picking the song you like [...]

Digital Photography School serves up six reasons to get high with your camera. By which they mean, of course, shooting from above your subject. One advantage is the elimination of potentially uninteresting horizons:
Photographing a scene below you eliminates horizons and skies. This means less big empty blue spaces in your shots and hopefully more points [...]

Google defends tax-accounting practices

Posted by: st3ch on: March 2, 2007

In annual 10K filing, search giant says it believes it properly accounts for income taxes, aims to resolve dispute with SEC.
Original post by CNET News.com and software by Elliott Back

Sony and Immersion Play Nice

Posted by: st3ch on: March 2, 2007

Suddenly, it is much more likely that the Playstation rumble pack will return.
Original post by Vitaly Friedman & Sven Lennartz and software by Elliott

Scientists seek cold, hard facts on polar changes

Posted by: st3ch on: March 2, 2007

Major international effort to push multidisciplinary research at the North and South Poles as concern mounts over global warming.Images: A century of polar exploration
Original post by CNET News.com and software by Elliott

Multicore move cuts Oracle database cost

Posted by: st3ch on: March 2, 2007

Facing Microsoft pressure and new multicore chips, Oracle has quietly cut prices database prices for some lower-end servers, News.com has learned.
Original post by CNET News.com and a wordpress plugin by Elliott

Justice Department takes aim at image-sharing sites

Posted by: st3ch on: March 2, 2007

Feds try during a private meeting to convince sites that allow photos or videos to be uploaded to monitor users, News.com has learned.
Original post by CNET News.com and software by Elliott Back

Scientists put cryosphere in the crosshairs

Posted by: st3ch on: March 2, 2007

Coordinated international effort will push forward multidisciplinary research at the Earth’s poles.Images: A century of polar exploration
Original post by CNET News.com and powered by Img Fly

Images: A century of polar exploration

Posted by: st3ch on: March 2, 2007

For more than 125 years, scientists have ventured to the Earth’s poles to study climate change, animal life and the mysteries of the universe.
Original post by CNET News.com and software by Elliott

KDDI and Fujitsu develop high-efficiency amp for mobile WiMAXMobile Tech News (press release), TN - 1 hour ago[KDDI and Fujitsu announce joint development of a high-efficiency amplifier for mobile WiMAX expected to reduce the size and power requriements of outdoor …KDDI and Fujitsu Develop Practical-Use High-Efficiency Amplifier … Compound Semiconductors Online (press release)all 3 news articles
Original post [...]

WiMAX excites configurable processor firmElectronicsWeekly.com, UK - 24 minutes ago“WiMAX is taking a strong hold in China, Seoul is 35 per cent covered by WiMAX networks and Sprint in North America is making a big bet on WiMAX. …
Original post by Vitaly Friedman & Sven Lennartz and powered by Img Fly

KDDI and Fujitsu Jointly Develop Amplifier of Next Generation …Compound Semiconductors Online (press release), TX - 48 minutes agoKDDI reportedly had been exploring ways to make base stations smaller and more energy efficient to ultimately reduce costs required for a mobile WiMAX …
Original post by Vitaly Friedman & Sven Lennartz and software by Elliott Back

Weird and Wonderful PCs: Your Stories Part 2

Posted by: st3ch on: March 2, 2007

From Cheez-It boxes to heavy metal cases, here are more great stories about cool, strange and fantastic PCs and PC mods.
Original post by Vitaly Friedman & Sven Lennartz and plugin by Elliott Back

KDDI and Fujitsu Develop Practical-Use High-Efficiency Amplifier …Compound Semiconductors Online (press release), TX - 1 hour agoThe new amplifier is a result of joint development efforts which Fujitsu and KDDI started in May 2006 to develop a mobile WiMAX-applicable high-efficiency …
Original post by Vitaly Friedman & Sven Lennartz and a wordpress plugin by Elliott

Will WiMAX Lead the Way to "Universal Broadband"?Emediawire (press release), WA - 2 hours agoA new report issued by WTRS finds that mandates to develop global "universal broadband" offer an unexpected market driver for mobile WiMAX, and also create …
Original post by Vitaly Friedman & Sven Lennartz and plugin by Elliott Back

'India can create 1000 companies in the WiMax space'Moneycontrol.com, India - 2 hours agoHe is a professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University and also CTO & co-founder of Beceem Communications, a leader in WiMax …
Original post by Vitaly Friedman & Sven Lennartz and powered by Img Fly

Xchange Magazine Introduces New eBook on WiMAXPR Web (press release), WA - 2 hours agoNetwork operators face some heavy lifting when considering WiMAX deployments. This eBook outlines such weighty issues as variable tower costs, the network's …
Original post by Vitaly Friedman & Sven Lennartz and software by Elliott Back

Direct conversion I/Q demodulator eyes 3G, WiMAX basestations and …RF Design, NY - 6 hours agoConsequently, the LT5575's extended operating frequency range from 800 MHz to 2.7 GHz covers all of the cellular and 3G infrastructure, WiMAX and RFID bands …
Original post by Vitaly Friedman & Sven Lennartz and plugin by Elliott Back

Retro Roundup: One year ago on Lifehacker

Posted by: st3ch on: March 2, 2007

Yaktrax shoe snow chains“Yaktrax are grippy rubber-bandy things that snap onto the bottom of your shoes for a slip-proof walk through snow and ice.”
Put Wikipedia on your iPod“Free, open source software Encyclopodia brings the vast knowledge-base of Wikipedia to your iPod.”
Hack Attack: Beta test your goals“My single most useful tool for productivity and success is [...]

Your Wi-Fi can tell people a lot about you

Posted by: st3ch on: March 2, 2007

People sniffing wireless network traffic have many tools at their disposal to intercept sensitive data from PCs.
Original post by CNET News.com and software by Elliott Back

Marketing chief departs Open-Xchange

Posted by: st3ch on: March 2, 2007

Blog: A year after joining , Dan Kusnetzky has left his job as executive vice president of marketing strategy of the company, a Microsoft…
Original post by CNET News.com and powered by Img Fly

The art of the nagless email reminder

Posted by: st3ch on: March 2, 2007

The Email Overloaded blog has a simple “people hack” that will help you get back email responses you’re waiting for. When David promises he’ll get something back to you on Monday via email:
All you need to do is say, “Thanks!”However, it’s not what you say, it’s when you say it. Don’t reply to David’s [...]

Good news, bad news for security management

Posted by: st3ch on: March 2, 2007

Blog: First, the good news. Security management deals are expanding. What used to be a small, tactical security event management implementation…
Original post by CNET News.com and plugin by Elliott Back

Ning relaunches instant web community tool

Posted by: st3ch on: March 2, 2007

The webapp that lets you create your own social network – Ning – has relaunched with new features that make starting and customizing your new community a snap.
Wendy posted about Ning before but I only got my hands dirty with Ning 2.0 today, and it’s dang impressive. In under 2 minutes I had a [...]

Ambient Clock displays what events are coming up

Posted by: st3ch on: March 2, 2007

The Ambient Clock Google Gadget ties into your Google Calendar and displays events coming up as well as how much time it will take to get there.
Enter an event and location (like Lunch at Nati’s at 12PM) and the Ambient Clock gadget will block out the lunch meeting on the clock, calculate the driving distance [...]

‘Harry Potter’ author fights e-book fraud on eBay

Posted by: st3ch on: March 2, 2007

Has an injunction been issued against eBay? Each side sees court order in India case differently.
Original post by CNET News.com and powered by Img Fly

Starving for Starbucks? Just use a text message

Posted by: st3ch on: March 2, 2007

Blog: Coffee behemoth Starbucks has launched a new cell phone-based service that lets you efficiently locate the nearest store and …
Original post by CNET News.com and software by Elliott Back

Web father says his invention should never be controlled by a single entity, but declines to endorse a specific Net neutrality bill.
Original post by CNET News.com and a wordpress plugin by Elliott

NASA: New Horizons spacecraft passes Jupiter

Posted by: st3ch on: March 2, 2007

Flyby of giant planet expected to yield exceptional photos of Jovian moon; craft is healthy and aimed for Pluto.
Original post by CNET News.com and plugin by Elliott Back


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