Saturday 5 January 2013

Vaporware we're still awaiting from CES 2012

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/01/ces-2013-vaporware/?pid=4263&viewall=true / MySpace TV Project Fiona Wikipad OLPC XO 3.0 One Laptop per Child Tablet 1TB Swiss Army Knife Kodak PlayFull Dual /

A rare interview with famous iOS hacker pod2g

http://www.idownloadblog.com/2012/12/20/pod2g-interview/ / Cyril French JailbreakCon jailbreak jailbreaking Project Manager software company Apple OS X UNIX jailbroken GNU XNU kernel catalog mobile cell applications phone smartphone Android fragmentation Cydia ecosystem OpenSSH SBSettings Barrel IntelliscreenX 5 icons dock handbook /

Our personalities are constantly changing, even if we think they’re not

Has your personality changed through your life? What about in the future? Will your personality continue to change? The article linked below may contain some surprises.

http://healthland.time.com/2013/01/04/our-personalities-are-constantly-changing-even-if-we-think-theyre-not/?iid=hl-main-lead / make decisions that their future selves regret people mature professor psychology Harvard University University Virginia psychologist Timothy Wilson change constant present as a watershed moment future personality changes researchers phenomenon the end of history illusion /

Wikipedia is driving away newcomers, report says

http://www.freep.com/article/20130104/FEATURES01/130104028/Wikipedia-is-driving-away-newcomers-report-says?odyssey=nav%7Chead / editor edit reject impersonal rejection restrictive rules website's quality American Behavioral Scientist journal sign up start editing entries /

The other blue planet: What Mars might have looked like billions of years ago


Credit: Kevin Gill/ ExtremeTech

http://m.extremetech.com/extremetech/#!/entry/the-other-blue-planet-what-mars-mightve-looked-like-billions,50e6dd0394f4be7169335ae2/1 / liquid water planet life atmosphere Curiosity Rocknest global planetary magnetic field solar winds /

Lost in Space: Study says a trip to Mars could mean Alzheimer's

So, by the time they get there, they won't understand how to get home again?

http://dvice.com/archives/2013/01/lost-in-space-s.php / robots radiation galactic cosmic radiation cognitive impairment low-level high-mass, high-charged HZE particles /

How to talk security so people will listen (& comply!)

http://m.computerworld.com/s/article/9234634/How_to_talk_security_so_people_will_listen_and_comply_ / Symantec block blocked malware backup back up Web-based attacks Internet security threat report IT company companies policies policy procedure communicate goals commitment /

The amazing magical LED: Has it really been fifty years already?

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/12/29/history_of_the_led/ / light emitting diode semiconductor energy efficient efficiency long life incandescent glowing wire general lighting illumination electroluminescence physics P N type dope doped electrons holes /