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PageRank is widely considered as important factor for your blog or webpage to improve its position in the Search Engines results. It is calculated according to the number of external links which point [more]

CWmike writes “Ever try to remember who you bumped into at the store a few days back? Well, you’re not alone. And IBM researchers are working on software that just may help you better recollect all the forgotten pieces of your life. This week, the company unveiled Pensieve, software that stores images, sounds, and text […]

Japanese parts manufacturer Shimano is launching an electronic shifting system for high-end road bikes that it claims will vastly improve performance and reduce maintenance. By replacing the conventional levers that pull wound-steel cables through protective housings with solid-state switches and rubber-coated wires, there’s no chance for road gunk to clog things up and interfere with […]

The second entry in Square Enix’s new Pure Dreams brand.

Square Enix’s new character brand.

RPG giant forms new brand.

House minority leader Rep. John Boehner is criticizing Friday’s expected censure of Comcast by the Federal Communications Commission for throttling BitTorrent traffic to manage congestion. Boehner, in a letter to FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, said the move is akin to “essentially regulating the internet.” Digital rights groups, however, are already praising the upcoming decision.

Tor and Expanded Books have released part two of the video interview/book trailer they shot with me and John Scalzi, talking about our new young adult novels — my Little Brother and John’s Zoe’s Tale, which comes out in three weeks. The Expanded People really cut nice stuff — I laughed even harder watching the […]

BrookynTwang sez, “Check out this video for the Large Hadron Rap, by far the greatest physics rap of all time. The flow is halfway decent, and it accurately covers a lot of knowledge related to particle physics and the LHC. Its by AlpineKat, alter-ego of a science writer currently working at the LHC.” Oh that’s […]

A British economist teamed with a firm that measures file sharing to show that Radiohead’s ’pay what you want’ album release strategy was a success, despite millions of copies being traded online.

Onion Radio News - with Doyle Redland

prostoalex writes “New York Times magazine explores the history and status quo of Internet trolling. They look at the early days of Usenet trolling, current anonymous forums, and social networking pages as the latest venues for trolls: ’In the late 1980s, Internet users adopted the word troll to denote someone who intentionally disrupts online communities. […]

Sometimes the software you download doesn’t do exactly what you want it to do. Luckily, open source software permits you to adapt, or patch, the code to your liking. Downloading and applying a patch sounds like a formidable task, but it’s not. It just takes a few lines of command line hackery. Fix your favorite […]

It’s a great week for content.

This is my first post here. I've been a member forever, but never did anything with it. Why??? I have no idea, other than the fact that I run so many blogs that I almost forgot about this place. [more]