New Technique Finds Gaseous Metals in Exoplanet Atmospheres

Using a new technique at a new telescope, two separate groups of exoplanet scientists have discovered potassium in the atmospheres of two hot Jupiters more than 190 light-years from Earth.
Posted in Syndicated on September 1st, 2010 | Comments Off

Darpa’s Star Hacker Hopes to WikiLeak-Proof Pentagon

WikiLeakers may have to be sneakier than just dumping military docs onto a Lady Gaga disc. A legendary hacker is trying to make it harder for troops to funnel classified material to the site.
Posted in Syndicated on September 1st, 2010 | Comments Off

Pirate Bay Documentary in the Works

Notorious file sharing website The Pirate Bay is a long-standing enemy of the movie industry, but one Swedish filmmaker has plans to create a documentary called TPB AFK about the three founders of the site, and their reactions to being found guilty of being accessory to crime against copyright law and fined about $3.6 million.
Posted in Syndicated on September 1st, 2010 | Comments Off

Pirate Bay Documentary in the Works

Notorious file sharing website The Pirate Bay is a long-standing enemy of the movie industry, but one Swedish filmmaker has plans to create a documentary called TPB AFK about the three founders of the site, and their reactions to being found guilty of being accessory to crime against copyright law and fined about $3.6 million.
Posted in Syndicated on September 1st, 2010 | Comments Off

Bank of America reaches new low. Charges customers to use parking lot. [pic]

submitted by voyetra8 to WTF [link] [48 comments]
Posted in Syndicated on September 1st, 2010 | Comments Off

Why?

submitted by moby323 to reddit.com [link] [51 comments]
Posted in Syndicated on September 1st, 2010 | Comments Off

Palm brings improved multitasking and Node.js to webOS 2.0

Palm's webOS smartphone platform introduced some compelling innovations when it was first released in 2009. The next major version of the operating system, which is currently under development, brings some noteworthy feature improvements and new capabilities for developers. The first beta release of the webOS 2.0 SDK, which was made available this morning, offers developers an early look at some of the new functionality. The new feature lineup includes substantial enhancements to webOS multitasking and support for deeper extensibility in several key components of the platform. Read the comments on this post
Posted in Syndicated on August 31st, 2010 | Comments Off

Palm brings improved multitasking and Node.js to webOS 2.0

Palm's webOS smartphone platform introduced some compelling innovations when it was first released in 2009. The next major version of the operating system, which is currently under development, brings some noteworthy feature improvements and new capabilities for developers. The first beta release of the webOS 2.0 SDK, which was made available this morning, offers developers an early look at some of the new functionality. The new feature lineup includes substantial enhancements to webOS multitasking and support for deeper extensibility in several key components of the platform. Read the comments on this post
Posted in Syndicated on August 31st, 2010 | Comments Off

seriously. slow down.

submitted by JimKB to funny [link] [26 comments]
Posted in Syndicated on August 31st, 2010 | Comments Off

Digg Update: A List of Upcoming Changes (Kevin Rose/Digg Blog)

Kevin Rose / Digg Blog: Digg Update: A List of Upcoming Changes Just wanted to give you an update on the changes we have coming out this week, and what you can expect going forward. Fixed: Algorithm: We've updated the algorithm to prevent any single source or user from dominating the homepage.
Posted in Syndicated on August 31st, 2010 | Comments Off