Climate scientists are predicting the effects of global warming on the nation’s most geographically diverse state, and they say the landscape of California could be drastically different by the end of this century, if not sooner.
Archive for December 29th, 2007
Dec29
Gmail source code hints at social feature
Ionut was digging around through the source code in Gmail when he stumbled across some pieces of text he thinks indicates “updates” for your friends could soon be part of the integrated Google Talk module.
The source code he found includes snippets of text including the following:
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Remove <something — probably a name> from chat and […]
Filed in: Google
Dec29
PGP Corp’s “The 12 Threats of Christmas”
I’ll close out the holiday season for the IT Security weblog here at TechRepublic by presenting one of the most annoying amusing pieces of security culture to come out of 2007. Without further ado, I present PGP Corporation’s new security awareness Christmas jingle, The 12 Threats of Christmas: …
Filed in: Security
Dec29
Fox and Disney iTunes Movie Rentals, 24 Hours Only?
Variety cites studio sources and confirms previous reports that Apple will be announcing iTunes movie rentals at Macworld San Francisco 2008.
They also report that both Fox and Disney have signed on to provide movies for the new iTunes…
Filed in: Apple/Mac
Dec29
Windows home server corrupts your files
A flaw in the way Windows Home Server works with certain Microsoft applications such as Windows Vista Photo Gallery could result in corrupted files. According to Ed Bott over at ZDNet, the response from Microsoft is as follows: This is not an issue that affects every…
Filed in: Software
Dec29
Extreme Weather Is the Norm in 2007
Oddball weather is the norm in 2007. As the year draws to a close, it’s shaping up to be the hottest year on record in the Northern Hemisphere. Most alarming to climate scientists, the Arctic, which serves as the world’s refrigerator, dramatically warmed in 2007, shattering records for the amount of melting ice.
Filed in: Personal Tech
Dec29
Ancient Baby Mammoth Lands in Japan
The frozen carcass of a 37,000-year-old baby mammoth unearthed this summer in Siberia arrives in Japan for tests that researchers hope will shed new light on the internal structure of the ancient beasts.
Filed in: Personal Tech
Dec29
Ivy League Universities Open Courses to All Online
An MIT initiative called “OpenCourseWare” makes virtually all the school’s courses available online for free, and more than 100 universities worldwide, including Johns Hopkins, Tufts and Notre Dame, are joining MIT in a consortium of schools promoting their own open courseware.
Filed in: Personal Tech
Dec29
Mobile advertising still in tryout stage (AP)
AP - In the weeks leading to Christmas, an online wine retailer gave 15 percent discounts to anyone who sent in a photo of its newspaper ad snapped with a camera phone.
Filed in: Cell Phones
Dec29
Lord of the Blings: Nokia’s Diamond-Studded Subsidiary
And you thought you were a big spender, splashing out a few hundred on that Apple iPhone or LG Prada cell phone this holiday season. For the very rich, a high-end cell phone means something else entirely. They’re plunking down thousands — even millions — for handsets loaded with gold, gems and other over-the-top extras. The biggest purveyor of cell-phone bling is Vertu.
Filed in: Personal Tech
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