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• How R2-D2 and Your Computer Are Similar!
  If you're a Star Wars fan, did you ever wonder how Luke Skywalker or Anakin Skywalker could communicate to R2D2? Oh sure, in Empire Strikes Back, we saw Luke using a computer monitor to translate R2's beeps, but that wasn't always the case. And you know why? Because Luke and Anakin knew their BIOS.
• Morpheus: Y Combinator-Like Incubator in India (RWS Interview)
  Morpheus describes itself as "a gang of serial entrepreneurs and around 40 startup founders" who are "trying to make a small contribution towards India's startup revolution." The venture aims to fill the gap in early-stage financing with a decidedly hands-on approach. Is it a fund, an angel network, or an incubator? Are these labels even still...
• Tempting... (View From The Porch)
  I need a $200+ video game boat anchor cabled to my TeeWee about like I need a hole in my head, but I can't help but notice that used first-gen X-Boxes are running fifty bucks and less at most prawn shops and used video game stores these days. Fifty bucks is darn near free, and there's a literal boatload of games out there for the system. At the...
• Infochimps looks to build business based on marketplace for datasets
  Infochimps is looking to build a business around a marketplace for sets of data like those in this picture.(Credit: Infochimps) SAN DIEGO--It might not make immediate sense to everyone why someone would want to buy datasets, but to an early-stage start-up called Infochimps, there's an entire business to ...http://j.mp/getswag - Earn Rewards when...
• Clearing Up Cloud Confusion
  Over the past year or so, you have probably heard the term cloud computing. This phrase has been tossed around a lot, but many are still confused as to its meaning. So, what is cloud computing?
• Network Cabling Your Home - A Beginners Guide
  There are two type of copper cable used for creating a network they are referred to as Category 5e and Category 6, once you know the basics anyone can install a data network either in an office or at home. These two categories are made up of either UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair), or in the USA ScTP (Shielded Twisted Pair) also called FTP (Foil...
• GetJar Helps Bring Mobile Apps to Everyone
  GetJar, a large cross-platform mobile application store, has today launched a new service called the "App Download Page." Designed for companies distributing mobile applications, this page is essentially a mobile-ready web page which automatically detects the make and model of a website visitor's mobile phone in order to identify the correct...
• Fox making animated Spore movie; Ice Age director onboard; procedural generation, probably not (Joystiq)
  EA is on a movie-making tear thanks to that deal with UTA ; it's got The Sims , Dante's Inferno , Army of Two , Dead Space , and Mass Effect . And now, Variety reports that Twentieth Century Fox is signed on to create a CG-animated movie based on EA's make-anything-you-want sim Spore , with Ice Age's Chris Wedge signed on to direct. To put it...
• Sharper Image’s Rotating Speaker System for iPod and iPhone
  While I was at CES last January, I had a chance to view The Sharper Image’s new product line for their comeback for the fall, and the Rotating Speaker System was one of them. Contrary to what its name implies, the Rotating Speaker System is not designed as an apparatus that spins your speakers, [...]
• [MODIFIED] Google Search Engine - Display Weather Reports
  Will it rain? Snow? Or are sunny days predicted? Display weather reports for the U.S. and selected cities around the world from within the Google search engine.Instead of visiting other weather search sites, you can display weather reports for the U.S. and selected cities around the world directly in Google. Google displays the current...