March 10, 2010
jessie-estella: 4-d: Apple Newton “Cadillac” Prototype. A larger version of the Apple Newton that never made it into production. Click through for more images. Via Grant Hutchinson It sometimes frightens me how fast technology progresses. By sometimes, I mean always.

jessie-estella:

4-d:

Apple Newton “Cadillac” Prototype.

A larger version of the Apple Newton that never made it into production.

Click through for more images.

Via Grant Hutchinson

It sometimes frightens me how fast technology progresses.

By sometimes, I mean always.

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You don’t want to know about Chatroulette.com

UK users can watch Jon Stewart’s hilarious report on Chatroulette here - starts at 7m37s, you have to suffer the ads, and it will disappear in two days. (Who makes these rules, man?) Everyone else can try their luck on the official site.

P.S. the Chatroulette report is followed by an interview with a journalist who’s written a book about quants, if you like that sort of thing.

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“ I feel for Google – Steve Jobs threatened to sue me, too. In 2003, after I unveiled a prototype Linux desktop called Project Looking Glass, Steve called my office to let me know the graphical effects were ‘stepping all over Apple’s IP.’ If we moved forward to commercialize it, ‘I’ll just sue you.’

Sun’s ex-CEO Jonathan Schwartz. Quite why Apple was worried about Project Looking Glass is perhaps the biggest mystery, though. (Via Daring Fireball.)

Mentioned in the article: the interested reader can view a screenshot of Schwartz’s Keynote-esque presentation app, Concurrence, here and a brochure for it here.

(6 hours ago)
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Crazy new 50m statue dominates the capital of Senegal.

Crazy new 50m statue dominates the capital of Senegal.

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“ Apple currently holds the fifth-largest market capitalization among U.S. public companies, behind Exxon Mobil, Microsoft, Wal-Mart, and Berkshire Hathaway.
AAPL market cap hits $200 billion for the first time. (7 hours ago)
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March 9, 2010
Foxy! (Via jessie-estella.)

Foxy! (Via jessie-estella.)

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The new trailer for Tron Legacy can be found here.

The new trailer for Tron Legacy can be found here.

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A new way to crack RSA by deliberately fiddling with the voltage of the CPU on the machine with the private key. University of Michigan press release here. (Image from Engadget.)

A new way to crack RSA by deliberately fiddling with the voltage of the CPU on the machine with the private key. University of Michigan press release here. (Image from Engadget.)

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March 8, 2010
Recession: the United States is winning fewer Oscars each year.

Recession: the United States is winning fewer Oscars each year.

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Watch “Logorama”, the Oscar-winning animated short

May not be up there forever. If you want to be good, you can buy a high quality copy on iTunes. (Via Daring Fireball.)

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“ The next morning, as Mark Thompson announced his plan to close a couple of radio stations, slim down the website, spend less on imported programmes and sport and generally get his tanks off the Murdochs’ lawn, and reseed it, he insisted in the Guardian: “The proposed changes are not a piece of politics.” Smashing! That means they can’t be. If politics were involved, he’d have to say so, wouldn’t he?
David Mitchell on the BBC. (1 day ago)
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If you’ve ever wondered what the underside of Boeing 747 looks like, this is the video for you. Don’t forget you can watch it in 720p.

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Lush: screen grab from Battlefield: Bad Company 2. The game really does look like this when you’re playing it.

Lush: screen grab from Battlefield: Bad Company 2. The game really does look like this when you’re playing it.

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Should we call it “Legs”? The first iPad TV commercial aired last night during the Oscars. (YouTube version here.)

Should we call it “Legs”? The first iPad TV commercial aired last night during the Oscars. (YouTube version here.)

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Five and a half minute long single shot Johnnie Walker ad starring Robert Carlyle.

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