First-ever FSU variety TV show airs The lights shone, the countdown began and the audience cheered as the Florida State University student-run variety TV show, Seminole Night Life, started its first taping in front of a live audience on Thursday, April 7, at 7:30 p.m. at the WFSU studio. Read more on FSView Adobe Photoshop [...]
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Nokia X7 with Symbian ‘Anna’ now official on Three UK (Updated) So, it’s official. The Nokia X7 , unfit for a US launch , has finally found a home with Three in the UK. The heavily leaked stainless steel handset runs an updated Symbian^3 “Anna” OS that finally introduces a vastly improved browser and portrait [...]
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New approach gives students a voice in their education Third in a series of four articles Forget what you think you know about school libraries and the librarians in charge of them. The stereotypical book-lined room so quiet the still is deafening has been erased from Van Meter Community Schools, and in its place is [...]
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Government lets Google buy travel software company WASHINGTON (AP) – Google Inc. won government clearance with restrictions Friday for its $ 700 million purchase of airline fare tracker ITA Software in a deal that will give the Internet search giant a key role in online travel. Google promises to give consumers more choices and better [...]
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All kidding aside, Phil Jackson’s concern about Lakers’ slump is very real Lakers have lost four in a row, and their coach is clear on the causes: turnovers, failing to block out under the boards, poor transition defense. ‘Same old stuff in greater magnitude,’ Jackson says. At first, Lakers Coach Phil Jackson was playful, preening [...]
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Video: New breed CDs offer alternatives Anchor Intro: Interest rates are bound to rise eventually and CD investors are understandably reluctant to lock into long-term CDs. But Bankrate.com has recently surveyed some of the rising rate CD alternatives such as liquid CDs, bump-up CDs, and step-up CDs. Read more on Bankrate.com Police Tase Man At [...]
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Engineer Uses Kinect To Control AR Drone Ever since its release, Microsoft motion-control camera Kinect has been a modder’s paradise. It seems like we seem something new being done with the peripheral on a near-weekly basis. This week’s awesome Kinect mod comes courtesy of aeronautical engineer Tom Zickel, who rigged a Kinect for use in [...]
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Two displays make work more efficient, productive Could two displays make my work more efficient when I don’t really need the spread-out territory required by palettes, floating windows, and more? In short: yes, and it’s helped my productivity more than I expected. Read more on Seattle Times John Legend Talks Million Education Prize John Legend [...]
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