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Some SNES Games Tested On The GCW Zero Prototype
Obscure Handhelds

Qbertaddict is back to test some requested SNES games on the new GCW prototype. It should be noted that these are not finished ports of the emulators and things should be improved by release, having said that it’s looking pretty sweet so far. GCW team are offering a bonus for pre-orderers. The RAM will be bumped from 256MB to 512MB and the internal storage from 4GB to 8GB 16GB! You can pre-order on this page with a deposit of $65. The final cost is said to be around $110 to $120 and it’ll be released in July or August sometime. There are 100 of these spec bumped units up for grabs… go get ‘em. Edit: Whilst writing this article I somehow talked myself into pre-ordering one. Roll on August!

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My Web Design Hell
I . D O U B T . I T/

You know when you’ve got some news or an idea you’re dying to tell someone, but can find no one who has the faintest idea what you’re on about? Good. I’m trying to learn some advanced Web design. Briefly, websites were originally done pretty much like you might lay out a document or design a magazine spread. You put things in their place, they stayed there. The more modern way is to use a ‘content management system’ (CMS). With this you just design the template of your page, then upload your content. The user enters search terms, and a page containing what they want is created for them. This is obviously a lot more complex, as your website is now essentially a computer program. But there are plenty pre-existing systems you can use. WordPress, the one behind the blog you’re reading, is a fine example. I’m using the CMS called Drupal because it’s widely said to be the most flexible and capable of all, and if I’m going to the tro

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Mengenal Linux Dan Open Sourcenya
Kelas Informatika

Sejarah Singkat Linux Pada tahun 1969, Ken Thompson dan Dennis Ritchie (juga adalah developer bahasa C), para peneliti di AT&T Bell Laboratorium Amerika, membuat sistem operasi UNIX, cikal bakal dari Linux. UNIX mendapatkan perhatian besar karena merupakan sistem operasi pertama yang dibuat bukan oleh hardware maker. Selain itu juga karena seluruh source code-nya dibuat dengan bahasa C, sehingga mempermudah pemindahannya ke berbagai platform. Dalam waktu singkat UNIX berkembang secara pesat dan terpecah dalam dua aliran: UNIX yang dikembangkan oleh Universitas Berkeley dan yang dikembangkan oleh AT&T. Setelah itu mulai banyak perusahaan yang melibatkan diri, dan terjadilah persaingan yang melibatkan banyak perusahaan untuk memegang kontrol dalam bidang sistem operasi. Persaingan ini menyebabkan perlu adanya standarisasi. Dari sini lahirlah proyek POSIX yang dimotori oleh IEEE (The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) yang bertujuan untuk menetapkan spesifikasi sta

Gestures in a Virtual World
Digital Insider

Click to view slideshow. Two interesting articles, each overlapping the other, both worth reading because they may change your thinking about the ways we interact with computers and the virtual world. The first article, from the BBC, is about surgeons in a London hospital who are learning to use voice commands and hand gestures to control medical instruments. The process, based upon Microsoft’s Kinect technology (more on this in the second article), allows greater precision and higher efficiency while eliminating some sterilization issues. For certain procedures, this “touch-less” approach to medicine is likely to become the norm within the next 10 years or so. The second article, from the NY Times, is about Microsoft’s shift from “does not condone the modification of its products” and would “work closely with law enforcement . . . to keep Kinect tamper-resistant…” to an understanding that Kinect was going to become something greater than a vid

Loukides: “The winner in the case isn’t just Google; it’s all software developers”
Discursive

Mike Loukides sums up the end of this phase of the Oracle v. Google trial in the title of his piece on Radar: “The End of a Fishing Expedition”. First, Mike is right, as he very often is, but this sentence gives me pause: The winner in the case isn’t just Google; it’s all software developers, who don’t have to worry as much about creative interpretations of copyright law, and are free to develop compatible implementations of an API. Yes, Alsup’s decision is something of a victory for Open Source and people interested in compatibility, but Alsup also mentioned something in the summary that I’m still trying to understand: This order does not hold that Java API packages are free for all to use without license. While this was a win for Dalvik, Java is still confined in this annoying “box”. OpenJDK is open source, but the language and is still gated by this TCK. I have yet to see any analysis from people I trust (aka groklaw) on this top

Breakdown of Facebook: circulate, y& 039; nothing has to know!
Software Technology

Technology – the ré social bucket does not give any explanation on the premiè Re breakdown d' scale which has touché certain countries europé ens this morning. C `is by small a communiquA© laconic that Facebook has commentA© the breakdown which has touchA© its users in Europe and Africa on the version Web and mobile as well as the portable applications for Android, iPhone or Blackberry. has “Aujourda?? today, Facebook has rencontrA© technical difficultA©s, empA? song certain users europA©ens has  to connect itself on the platform. Is these problA¨mes dA©sormais rA©solus and?? accA ¨ S.A.  Facebook is rA©tabli. Facebook its?? excuses of this hitch and invites the da million?? users has  to take again to them activitA© usual on the platform. HAS” HAS  explain the social rA©seau on the dA©diA©e page has  the press. Circulez `has nothing there has  to know! With  the week derniA¨re, Microsoft had chosen the transparency for its platform cloud. Admitte

My Sockso Music Page
Who Knows What.

I am testing a personal music server i downloaded several months ago and just getting around to test it. It is called Sockso a free, open-source, personal music host server.  Go to the new My Sockso Music tab or this link. My Sockso Music Page It is really easy to set up, but a little tough to customize if you want something different then the default page. I will give it a better review after i’ve played with it a bit. Please give it a try and let me know what you think or any problems, it’s playing some good classic rock now. If your interested in it now goto – http://sockso.pu-gh.com/

Instant Web Galleries on Your Server with Bizou
Scribbles and Snaps

So, you just got back from a trip, and you have tons of photos you want to share with the world. While there are dozens of photo sharing services to choose from, uploading megabytes of photos doesn’t sound like a fun pastime. And why bother with a third-party service if you already have a Linux-based server? In this case, consider using Bizou. via Instant Web Galleries on Your Server with Bizou.

Gas Music!
ListenToGoodMusic

Sometimes there are things I’m happy to see on my neighbor’s lawn. This amazing gas – color organ named FireHero is one of them. It was assembled by Chris Marion an 18 years old bright inventor, who has more ideas than time or money to realize them. The nice thing about it is that what helped Chris build this beast is an electronic platform named Arduino. Arduino is an open source project that allows inventors and non technical people to build relatively sophisticated projects at low-cost. The board comes packed with all the needed software for developing those applications. The Arduino blog has lots of very creative and often not so practical projects. However its a great demonstration of imagination and how people made their fantasias come true. Worth looking at! You will also find a detailed explanation on how to assemble your own Fire Hero organ. My neighbors will be happy to assist you !  To see all music related Arduino projects click here. Related articles Fire

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