Skype 5.0 Beta 2 for Windows Brings 10-Way Video Calls [Updates] - 16105th Edition
Flash On Android Is ‘Shockingly Bad’ - 16104th Edition
Hugh Pickens writes “Ryan Lawler writes on GigaOm that although many have touted the availability of Flash on Android devices as a competitive advantage over Apple’s mobile devices, while trying to watch videos from ABC.com, Fox.com and Metacafe using Flash 10.1 on a Nexus One over a local Wi-Fi network connected to a 25-Mbps Verizon FiOS broadband connection, mobile expert Kevin Tofel found that videos were slow to load, if they loaded at all, leading to an overall very inconsistent experience while using his Android device for video. “While in theory Flash video might be a competitive advantage for Android users, in practice it’s difficult to imagine anyone actually trying to watch non-optimized web video on an Android handset,” writes Lawler. “All of which makes one believe that maybe Steve Jobs was right to eschew Flash in lieu of HTML5 on the iPhone and iPad.”"
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How Do You Manage Your Browser Tabs? [Ask The Readers] - 16103th Edition
GameStop Pulls Medal of Honor From Military Bases - 16102th Edition
donniebaseball23 writes “EA’s Medal of Honor reboot doesn’t ship until October 12, but it’s already seen a fair amount of controversy thanks to the publisher’s decision to allow people to play as Taliban in multiplayer. The controversy just got escalated another notch, reports IndustryGamers, as the world’s biggest games retailer GameStop has decided it won’t sell the title at its stores located on US military bases. The new Medal of Honor won’t be advertised at these stores either. GameStop noted that they came to this decision ‘out of respect for our past and present men and women in uniform.’”
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KoHive is a Shared Virtual Workspace for Brainstorming, Filesharing, and More [Collaboration] - 16101th Edition
GameStop Pulls Medal of Honor From Military Bases - 16100th Edition
donniebaseball23 writes “EA’s Medal of Honor reboot doesn’t ship until October 12, but it’s already seen a fair amount of controversy thanks to the publisher’s decision to allow people to play as Taliban in multiplayer. The controversy just got escalated another notch, reports IndustryGamers, as the world’s biggest games retailer GameStop has decided it won’t sell the title at its stores located on US military bases. The new Medal of Honor won’t be advertised at these stores either. GameStop noted that they came to this decision ‘out of respect for our past and present men and women in uniform.’”
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The Basic Guide to Troubleshooting Common Windows PC Problems [Troubleshooting] - 16099th Edition
DNA-Less ‘Red Rain’ Cells Reproduce At 121 C - 16098th Edition
eldavojohn writes “A new paper up for prepublication from the controversial solid-state physicist Godfrey Louis claims that the cells Louis collected from a Keralan red rain incident divide and produce daughter cells at 121 degrees Celsius. While unusual, this is not unheard of as the paper recalls cells cultivated from hydrothermal vents are known to reproduce at 121 C as well. Of course, caution is exercised when dealing with the possible explanation surrounding the theory of panspermia but the MIT Technology Review says researchers ‘examined the way these fluoresce when bombarded with light and say it is remarkably similar to various unexplained emission spectra seen in various parts of the galaxy. One such place is the Red Rectangle, a cloud of dust and gas around a young star in the Monocerous constellation.’”
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Merge Firefox’s Bookmark and Navigation Toolbars to Save Space [Firefox Tip] - 16097th Edition
Hawking Picks Physics Over God For Big Bang - 16096th Edition
Hugh Pickens writes “The Guardian reports that in his new book, The Grand Design, Professor Stephen Hawking argues that the Big Bang, rather than occurring following the intervention of a divine being, was inevitable due to the law of gravity. ‘Because there is a law such as gravity, the universe can and will create itself from nothing. Spontaneous creation is the reason there is something rather than nothing, why the universe exists, why we exist,’ Hawking writes. ‘It is not necessary to invoke God to light the blue touch paper and set the universe going.’ Hawking had previously appeared to accept the role of God in the creation of the universe. Writing in his bestseller A Brief History Of Time in 1988, Hawking wrote: ‘If we discover a complete theory, it would be the ultimate triumph of human reason – for then we should know the mind of God.’”
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