Steve Jobs on Siri: Acquired for Artificial Intelligence Technology, Not Search: "During tonight's All Things D Interview with Steve Jobs, Walt Mossberg asked about Apple's intentions of getting into the search space and possibly competing with Google.
Jobs was insistent that they aren't going to search and that the..."
MacRumors - http://www.macrumors.com
Get the right colors on your Mac display: "If you're an amateur photographer, if you like to watch videos on your Mac, or even if you're a gamer, you should consider calibrating your display. You can use OS X's built-in calibration tools, or an external calibration gadget.
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Macworld - http://www.macworld.com
Elusive Neutrino Change-Up Finally Detected: "In a literally transformative event, physicists find direct evidence that a neutrino morphs from one type into another. The finding provides additional support for the notion that neutrinos have mass, and that requires an explanation beyond the standard model of particle physics.
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June 1, 1495: King James Will Have a Scotch, Good Sir: "The King of Scots commissions a batch of Scotch whisky. However old the beverage itself, this is the first known record of its magnificent existence."
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Why Science Needs to Step Up Its PR Game: "Climate change and evolution are facts, yet the public still falls for half-truths. Researchers need to campaign for their causes and sell them to the people who don't have Ph.D.s.
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Cognitive Surplus: The Great Spare-Time Revolution: "Put those spare cycles to use! Authors Daniel Pink and Clay Shirky see a revolution in how we use our free time."
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The Human Spectacle That Is Russell Brand: "Forget CGI. Brit comedian Russell Brand proves that people being people is the greatest show on earth."
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Roseburg woman gives secret for living 105 years: "
Linus Oakes resident celebrates 105th birthday and tells why she has lived a long and healthy life.
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BUSINESS MONDAY: Marvel Comics' miracle man set up business' success » Naples Daily News: "Success stories, especially in business, often begin as failures. Galton’s 15-year run as the head of Marvel Comics began as both had experienced a bit of failure. Galton was fired from his post as president of a paperback publishing company owned by CBS. Marvel was spiralling toward bankruptcy.
It’s kind of hard to imagine the company responsible for the X-Men, Spider-Man and Iron Man franchises could struggle. But this was the world before superheroes were bankable Hollywood commodities.
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Sony: Developers aren't 'fully utilizing' PS3 yet: "PlayStation 3 has more to show, according to Sony's European gaming chief, who says it could take a while before developers fully harness the power its console."
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Cloud Browse lets you view Flash on iPhone: "Sneaking past Apple's aversion to Flash on the iPhone, the free Cloud Browse app connects you to a remote PC where you can browse the Web and view your favorite Flash content."
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Japan plans $2 billion robot moon base by 2020: "Government panel has outlined plans for humanoid robots to begin lunar surveys in five years and a robot base on the moon's south pole by 2020."
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U.S. to change strategy for war on drugs in Mexico: "The Obama Administration wants to shift U.S. aid in Mexico away from high-priced helicopters and airplanes and toward reforming Mexico's corrupt law enforcement, courts and politicians.
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7 Key Turning Points That Made Apple Number One: "Revisit the key historic moments that contribute to Apple attaining the mantle of the most valuable tech company in the world.
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Having Sex: It's All in Your Head: "The next time lil' Johnny asks about the birds and the bees, give a lesson in biochemistry: 'It starts in the ventral tegmentum and ends in the nucleus accumbens ...'
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Slideshow: Eight tips for photographing panoramas: "Stitching tools makes creating big, detailed panoramas from a series of photos easy. Here's how to shoot for the best results.
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Macworld - http://www.macworld.com
Three tips for using Apple's Remote app with iTunes: "Apple Remote app can help you control iTunes from afar, and in interesting ways.
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Macworld - http://www.macworld.com
Apple surpasses Microsoft to become second-most-valuable U.S. company: "In one of the clearest signs yet of the renaissance that's finally putting a close to The Dark Age of Personal Computing..."
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Facebook Open Graph: A new take on semantic web: "By re-imagining the web as the graph of things we are interested in, a new dimension, a new set of connections gets unlocked -- everything and everyone connects in a whole new way."
An iteration of Ian's work, called RDFa, has been adopted as a W3C standard. All the signs point in the direction of RDFa being the solution of choice for describing entities inside HTML pages.
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