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Wednesday Afternoon
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Wednesday, 9-September-2009 14:59:45 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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Today is 9/9/9, thanks JC. You win nothing. ;) Besides, it's much more important to note that yesterday was Star Trek's birthday!
It's not the first time that this has happened, but it's worth a reminder: Facebook scammers are out to get your cash. Natasha Cann endured the Father's Day from hell on Sunday when hackers broke into her Facebook account and proceeded to scam her closest friends out of significant amounts of money.
Speaking of scams, beware fake renewal notices about domain names, trademarks, etc. I actually got a couple of these about 3 months ago and the main tipoff was that my wife also got some for her business at the same time. Turns out it wasn't really a renewal at all, just a "transfer to us" type scam, relying on office workers being too busy to notice and just paying every bill that arrives on their desk.
The iPhone now has a C64 emulator. Well, except it has been pulled from the iTunes store for now. Apple had worked with the developer to remove the BASIC interpreter from the initial version of C64 as it violated the SDK clause specifically prohibiting interpreted or executable code. So when Apple discovered that it was possible to enable it using the hack like we did, they had no choice but to remove it from the iPhone App Store.
Paul spotted a demo of touchless browsing. This time 'round the company's teamed up with Opera and presents us with a much more polished affair, not to mention a couple technical details. According to CEO Stian Aldrin, the device is based on ultrasound, tracks the hand itself (no reflector or sensor necessary), has a range of one foot, and has been designed to be either embedded in any electronic device (including a cellphone) or to connect to devices via USB.
PopularMechanics have a list of 10 awesome DIY projects, including a giant car-crushing hand. It is powered by a 90-hp Perkins 1104C-44T four-cylinder diesel engine and is controlled through a glove worn by the operator. At demonstrations, that operator is usually a random member of the audience.
PeXa noticed a story on Slashdot about the Church of Scientology proposing net censorship in Australia. Recommendation 2: Restriction on Anonymity on acts of Religious Vilification: 2.1 Websites created with primary purpose of inciting religious vilification shall be removed or their access to the Australian public restricted. 2.2 Creators of websites whose primary purpose is the incitement of religious vilification shall be prevented from concealing their identity.
Tomorrow USA time (I assume) the biggest game of monopoly launches, using Google Maps, thanks Mark. Own any street in the world. Build humble houses, crazy castles and stupendous skyscrapers to collect rent. Use MONOPOLY Chance Cards to sabotage your mates by building Hazards on their streets.
Canada is knee-deep in copyright reform at the moment, thanks OhSmeg. There are only six days left in the consultation and the thousands that have spoken out for fair copyright - the students, teachers, Internet users, software programmers, privacy advocates, librarians, and a growing number of creators - now find themselves under attack from two sides.
He also sent in some computing conspiracies over on PCPro. The US government knows that little green men exist - and it also knows that we'll never find them by listening for radio signals. So to keep us off the scent, it promotes futile SETI research. ... The fact that SETI research now receives no public money seems to derail the idea that the US government are using it to distract us from the real way to reach aliens.
Today's timewaster is Elements, from Damien. It's an online card game in the same vein as Magic the Gathering.
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