June 2007
A glitch in the Matrix, or a hungry exploit?
Weird internet behaviour. What’s going on?
Sûnnet Beskerming researchers observed an interesting deviation in global network traffic over the last 24 hours, particularly for South American, Asian, and Australian networks. Normally, global Internet traffic (as observed by the Internet Traffic Report) oscillates around nine per cent packet loss, with global response times of 138 ms, and...
Build Your Own iPhone
Don’t want to pay for an iPhone? Use this guide to add all the features to your existing phone. (via Digg / Technology)
Josh: launching a new part of...
Josh: launching a new part of http://www.sussexdigital.com (via Twitter / James with friends)
iPhone not supported under 64-bit Windows XP or...
Struggling with your new iPhone on a 64-bit Windows Vista or XP system? Take solice, you’re not alone. The error message, “The software required for iPhone is not installed. (via Digg / Technology)
Daddy, What's Internet Explorer?
“The words of my eight year old should send shudders down Microsoft’s spine. The default browser on Windows PCs, and my kid has no idea what it is? A sign of the future?” (via Digg / Technology)
Slashdot: Dell To Sell Advanced Server Cooling...
Slashdot: Dell To Sell Advanced Server Cooling Systems http://tinyurl.com/2yq4x9 (via Twitter / James with friends)
Woman tries to buy all of the iPhones at a store...
This woman brought $16,000 to try and buy all of the iPhones at a store in Dallas to sell them on eBay. She pays a guy $800 for his first spot in line. Once the AT&T store opens, she is told there is a limit to how many she can get! The guy walks away with free iPhone. (via Digg / Technology)
A list of iPhone dissapointments.
Numerous and all valid. (via Digg / Technology)
Parallel computing technology makes computers 100...
Parallel precessing was used since the beginning of the computational era, but it was only available for supercomputers because of serious programming issues. These programming difficulties arise when you try to make each processor handle a certain job in an efficient manner, so that all tasks are done in order. (via Digg / Technology)
Local MInneapolis Media Calls iJustine an...
Justine of justin.tv fame was flown to Minneapolis by the man behind TechEvangelist.com, Ed Kohler. While she was waiting in line at the Mall of America for the iPhone launch when the local media decided to see what the girl with the camera on her head was all about. (via Digg / Technology)
Josh: getting ready to launch another Sussex...
Josh: getting ready to launch another Sussex Digital feature… (via Twitter / James with friends)
Top 10 Things Digg Needs (Or Needs to Improve On)
One item conspicuously absent…. (via Digg / Technology)
How far we've come
Old school, meet new school. (via Digg / Technology)
Slashdot: Freeman Dyson On Open Source Biology...
Slashdot: Freeman Dyson On Open Source Biology http://tinyurl.com/2bdlrw (via Twitter / James with friends)
Google Linux Software Repositories
Google Repositories for: * Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty) * Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 * openSUSE 10.2 (via Digg / Technology)
James: last dr who for a while :(
James: last dr who for a while :( (via Twitter / James with friends)
Slashdot: 100x Faster Hard Drive In Lab...
Slashdot: 100x Faster Hard Drive In Lab http://tinyurl.com/2brux4 (via Twitter / James with friends)
Slashdot: Fuzzing Toolkit For Web Server Testing...
Slashdot: Fuzzing Toolkit For Web Server Testing http://tinyurl.com/2dravn (via Twitter / James with friends)
Slashdot: 100x Faster Hard Drive In Lab...
Slashdot: 100x Faster Hard Drive In Lab http://tinyurl.com/2brux4 (via Twitter / James with friends)
Wozniak first in line at Valley Fair [photos]
Apple co-founder Steve ‘Woz’ Wozniak arrived at San Jose’s Valley Fair Apple Store before 3:30 a.m. this morning to be the first in line to purchase iPhones. Woz was reportedly promised an iPhone by Steve Jobs on Saturday, but is waiting in line anyway to purchase more devices for his children and to experience the iPhone launch… (via Digg / Technology)
Justine: Can you perhaps spare a digg for this...
Justine: Can you perhaps spare a digg for this somewhat comical local MN news clip I snuck into about the iPhone? Thanks! http://tinyurl.com/yu8nxc (via Twitter / James with friends)
Josh: ordering yet more moo cards
Josh: ordering yet more moo cards (via Twitter / James with friends)
Slashdot: Fuzzing Toolkit For Web Server Testing...
Slashdot: Fuzzing Toolkit For Web Server Testing http://tinyurl.com/2dravn (via Twitter / James with friends)
El Reg gets an iPhone
May return it
No, Apple didn’t send us an iPhone. Newsweek got one. And The Wall Street Journal. And The New York Times. But Jobs and Co. have a very different attitude towards El Reg. We weren’t likely to get an official review unit even before our very own Ashlee Vance publicly questioned the sanity of the company’s PR staff. We had to wait in line like everyone else.…
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Justine: Anyone from the chat remember where I...
Justine: Anyone from the chat remember where I parked my car at the airport? This is why I lifecast. (via Twitter / James with friends)
Slashdot: Eben Moglen on the Global Software...
Slashdot: Eben Moglen on the Global Software Industry Post-GPL3 http://tinyurl.com/39nuer (via Twitter / James with friends)
Slashdot: Recovering a Lost or Stolen Gadget...
Slashdot: Recovering a Lost or Stolen Gadget http://tinyurl.com/yse3tv (via Twitter / James with friends)
Justine: United lost over 50 peoples luggage. Yep,...
Justine: United lost over 50 peoples luggage. Yep, of course I’m one of them. (via Twitter / James with friends)
Apache vs. IIS6, Which handles the digg effect...
Digg this story so the servers will get hammered with hits. (via Digg / Technology)
First idiot to drop iPhone!
As titled, this guy opens the box and…just watch. (via Digg / Technology)
Gruber's iPhone First Impressions
Overall day one impression: the iPhone is 95 percent amazing, 5 percent maddening. I’m just blown away by how nice it is – very thoughtful UI design and outstanding engineering. It is very fun. (via Digg / Technology)
iPhone first hands-on video
Here’s a brief feel for what you can expect fooling around (after already having activated). (via Digg / Technology)
Comparative iPhone review,tested vs Treo,...
The iPhone may have been hyped beyond belief, but we’ve found through scientific testing that some of the hype is warranted. In our lab testing, the iPhone beat out most phones for audio quality, but the iPhone’s camera left much to be desired. Read on for the full results, and see how it stacks up vs the Nokia N95, Treo 750, Helio Ocean, and more. (via Digg / Technology)
iPhone Stress Tests - PC World Video
Can you scratch it? What happens when you drop it? PC World’s Eric Butterfield takes the iPhone through a grueling set of tests to check how the device handles abuse. (via Digg / Technology)
Justine: Not even coffee can save me now.
Justine: Not even coffee can save me now. (via Twitter / James with friends)
Josh: sitting in "the office" surrounded by wet...
Josh: sitting in “the office” surrounded by wet people and noisy kids (via Twitter / James with friends)
Slashdot: Apple iPhone Dissected...
Slashdot: Apple iPhone Dissected http://tinyurl.com/2d3uvr (via Twitter / James with friends)
Slashdot: Permit May Be Required For Public...
Slashdot: Permit May Be Required For Public Photography in NYC http://tinyurl.com/2d3nej (via Twitter / James with friends)
Slashdot: Power Consumption and the Future of...
Slashdot: Power Consumption and the Future of Computing http://tinyurl.com/226knl (via Twitter / James with friends)
Now you see us, now you don't: ICANN goes...
What about those voting rights, again?
ICANN San Juan 2007 The Wednesday ICANN-arama wrapped up with a session covering ICANN’s ongoing efforts to improve its management and accountability practices: the “Accountability and transparency management operating principles” workshop.… (via The Register)
Slashdot: Apple iPhone Dissected...
Slashdot: Apple iPhone Dissected http://tinyurl.com/2d3uvr (via Twitter / James with friends)
Chris Brogan: My favorite visual thinking company...
Chris Brogan: My favorite visual thinking company is hiring: http://www.xplane.com/#/careers/ (via Twitter / James with friends)
Justine: Haven't slept yet, and no I don't have an...
Justine: Haven’t slept yet, and no I don’t have an iphone yet :Ö heading to the airport. (via Twitter / James with friends)
AT&T Activation Clumsiness hurts iPhone
Apple may be smooth and polished, but AT&T has botched the great iPhone rollout. These are some of the frequent errors that people are experiencing. It is so bad that the AT&T web and phone support have shut-down at this point. (via Digg / Technology)
Hahlo goes live - slick twitter interface for the...
First released just a couple of days after WWDC iTweetr is now know as Hahlo and its bringing twitter to the iPhone is a slick iPhone style interface. You can do just about anything that twitter can do, and all you need to get started is a twitter account. Built using the wonderful twitter API. Hahlo can also be used in your Firefox sidebar. (via Digg / Technology)
Bring Out the GIMP Part 1: GIMP Basics
Maximum PC starts a series of tutorials for The GIMP (via Digg / Technology)
Slashdot: John Edwards on Open Source Voting...
Slashdot: John Edwards on Open Source Voting Machines http://tinyurl.com/2gexfr (via Twitter / James with friends)
Slashdot: Winnipeg Demands Immobilizers on...
Slashdot: Winnipeg Demands Immobilizers on High-Risk Cars http://tinyurl.com/38h7jk (via Twitter / James with friends)
[PICTURE] Best Dog Suit Ever. By a Longshot.
The ‘Croc-Eat-Dog’ Promotion Neunkircher Zoologischen Garten. (via Digg / Technology)
AMD's quad-core 'Barcelona' launching in August
Advanced Micro Devices in August will begin selling its quad-core “Barcelona” Opteron processors, models that answer Intel’s current products but soon will face stiffer competition. (via Digg / Technology)