On July 31st, GameSpot added new screens for Microsoft’s Flight Simulator X, Microsoft’s latest in the 25 year series. Although the game was designed for DirectX 10, it will run on version 9 with slightly less detail. My money’s on v10 for these amazing screens!
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David Letterman actually performs the Diet Coke+Mentos trick on TV!! He gets some pretty good explosions!
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Joss Whedon’s “Firefly” will air in HD on UHD starting September 24.
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Busy train stations (those with large numbers of passengers willing to bounce heavily through the gates) will be able to accumulate a relatively large amount of electricity. It works by embedding piezo elements in the ground.
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A group of US record labels agreed to drop a music piracy case in the US after the alleged file-sharer argued that it could not be proved that she downloaded any illegal music. The case may set a precedent that undermines scores of other music piracy cases.
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A list of linux commands for common operations including: file searching, networking, directory navagation, etc.
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The Sherburne Sheriff’s Department destroyed more than 2,000 marijuana plants as a result of an investigation that rose out of information gathered from a social networking Web site.The departments drug task force gathered enough information off the Web site to execute a warrant after a juvenile girl indicated there was pot growing at her house.
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My boss recently decided that we’d be more productive if we adopted an open floor plan, which includes having all monitors facing outwards so he can keep a constant eye on what we’re working on. In order to continue reading digg in peace, I whipped up a little proxy app which I thought some of you might find useful.
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USB drives are extremely handy tools, but in some instances it might not be a good idea to allow users to write onto these devices from their PCs. Here is how “Users of Windows XP with service pack 2 installed can disable writing to USB devices.”
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