http://nerdd.net news and opinion Sat, 10 May 2008 20:49:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The iPhone is not currently available anywhere in the UK%2C and customers may have to wait for the putative 3G Apple iPhone. Stock of both the 8GB and the 16GB Apple iPhone models, have flown off UK shelves, forcing service provider O2 to admit that no stock remains and the original ... http://nerdd.net/2008/05/10/iphone-is-no-longer-available-in-uk/ A video demo and Python-GTK script of a new kind of scrollbar that should be faster to use and look more neat. Thanks to drew Roberts for helping me with ponunciation, it would be worse without him thorwil.wordpress.com http://thorwil.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/popup-scrollbar-concept-demo/ http://nerdd.net/2008/05/10/revolutionary-scrollbar-concept/ A tutorial on MooTools menu-like effect created in jQuery. Collis, I don’t know if you have realized it, but in feed readers (I’m using FeedDemon), every link with an href=”folder/filename.extension” format, the feed item URl is prefixed. Of course, this... nettuts.com http://nettuts.com/html-css-techniques/how-to-create-a-mootools-homepage-inspired-navig... http://nerdd.net/2008/05/10/nettuts-web-development-tutorials-and-links-how-to-create-a-mootools-homepage-inspired-navigation-effect-using-jquery/ Daniel Burka, co-founder and head designer for Pownce, has generated some buzz by posting a screenshot teaser of an upcoming release. During the height of twitter’s down-time, I was hoping there would be a mass jump to Pownce. That didn’t happen and, in my opinion, the service has languished. The pending ... http://nerdd.net/2008/05/10/is-pownce-developing-an-mp3-player/ If a magnifying glass is like lightning to ants, this would be their atomic bomb. The most recent announcement comes from Sunrgi, which claims its XCPV system will “produce electricity at a wholesale cost of 5-cents per kWh” (via news release). Their system magnifies sunlight 2,000 times at over... cleantechnica.com http://cleantechnica.com/2008/05/10/solar-power-goes-to-extremes-for-5cents-per-watt/ http://nerdd.net/2008/05/10/solar-power-goes-to-extremes-for-5cents-per-watt/ nVidia's CEO is still rampaging across the media circuit, shouting about Intel to anyone who will listen. A few days ago Brooke Crothers from cNet's Nanotech blog posted some comments by an analyst from CRT Capital Group that I thought were spot on:"Huang seems to believe that Nvidia's graphics solutions are ... http://nerdd.net/2008/05/10/nvidia-concentrate-on-innovating-not-intel/ The MPAA has asked a Swedish court for $15.4 million in damages from The Pirate Bay. Peter Sunde, the torrent tracker's fearless captain, says that the claims are bogus. The unflappable Sunde isn't impressed with the claims. He told Swedish newspaper SvD that the figure is a fabrication and that the ... http://nerdd.net/2008/05/10/pirate-bay-mpaas-154-million-damage-claim-a-fabrication/ Its been 40 years since Mr. McGuire pulled Benjamin Braddock withdrawal apart from his degree and said: I just want to say one word to you. ? Just one word are you listening? Plastics ?. There is a great future in plastics. ? The future is still in plastics, but ... http://nerdd.net/2008/05/10/one-word-bioplastics/ New service for building YouTube subscription... interesting if it works as they claim... Its easy to build your subscriber list but it can take time. WebVideoPromoter.com is now offering a service to increase your YouTube Subscriber base by increments of 1,000. Before releasing to the public weve made sure this new ... http://nerdd.net/2008/05/10/youtube-subscribers-making-youre-channel-hot/ Video of Emma Watson being prepared for her most challenging role to date: a 57-year-old male truck driver. great work meowza. that really looks good, but... could you maybe try doing some other things with Aviary. I know you guys with worth1000 and everything, that you are all about doctoring up ... http://nerdd.net/2008/05/10/emma-watson-gets-a-sex-change-in-aviary/ Yugma is a free web conferencing service that enables people to instantly connect over the Internet and to collaborate using any application or software, using both Windows and Mac. Online collaboration is great solution for businesses that need to share information with their employees and clients, regardless where they are ... http://nerdd.net/2008/05/10/yugma/ The number of people whose work is touched by the internet these days is hard to imagine. Many of us have been working full-time online for a while, but for the vast majority of people online today that's not the case. Here at RWW we communicate with people with a ... http://nerdd.net/2008/05/10/five-tools-everyone-working-online-should-have-imho-readwriteweb/ Described as One of the most prevalent pieces of malware in the last three years,? the Downloader-UA.h trojan is running wild on P2P networks. But thanks to its system strength - and the work of torrent site moderators - such outbreaks are shrugged off by BitTorrent. I use shareaza for some ... http://nerdd.net/2008/05/10/bittorrent-shrugs-off-massive-malware-attack/ We, the Diggers, are our own gatekeepers; the responsibility to bring each other the day's stories is shared equally amongst us. However, there are some that don't feel this way. These "shepherd" Diggers have a flock of "sheep" Diggers behind them that digg that flock? to the shepherd's stories, regardless ... http://nerdd.net/2008/05/10/must-read-save-digg-from-the-flock/ The House of Representatives has passed the Pro-IP Act, which aims to impose stricter penalties for copyright infringement. It would also create a new copyright czar in the executive branch. MPAA chairman Dan Glickman applauded the House for passing the bill and expresses hope that it will move just as quickly ... http://nerdd.net/2008/05/09/house-overwhelmingly-passes-controversial-pro-ip-act/ A day after a U.S. judge dinged TorrentSpy with one of the largest fines in copyright history, the lawyer for the torrent-tracking search engine said Thursday the $111 million judgment won't get paid. But how much does Hollywood owe Torrentspy for increased DVD sales - due to the try before you ... http://nerdd.net/2008/05/09/torrentspy-wont-pay-111m-hollywood-publicity-stunt-court-order/ Telstra will be the third Australian mobile provider to sell the iPhone in Australia, fueling speculation of the imminent launch of a 3G iPhone. Bulky 5-megapixel camera phones will be a thing of the past after LG reveals its Secret. At 11mm thick the Secret will be the thinnest high-end camera ... http://nerdd.net/2008/05/09/telstras-june-iphone-launch-points-to-3g/ Medicine of the future will make even todays broad-based therapies obsolete. Breakthroughs such as cancer-hunting nanoparticles, virus-busting lasers and featherweight heart monitors have begun to usher in a new era of targeted treatment... ? PM NEWS: Developing a High-Tech Cure for the Superbug popularmechanics.com http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health_medicine/4262611.html http://nerdd.net/2008/05/09/10-high-tech-health-breakthroughs-coming-soon-to-your-body/ A new solar panel designed for commercial roofs can be installed in just a few minutes. The key innovation in the Lumeta PowerPly is the use of standard roofing adhesives to affix the modules to the roof, rather than traditional racking systems. There are two advantages here - one, roofers everywhere ... http://nerdd.net/2008/05/09/peel-stick-solar-panels-installed-in-35-minutes/ While the quality of its technical books declines, O'Reilly has found a new source of income: The corporate shill. The latest book from O'Reilly Media is a book called Subject to Change, ostensibly covering innovative business processes. The problem? It's nothing more than a vapid, boring, 170-page ad for the ... http://nerdd.net/2008/05/09/the-book-that-killed-ethical-publishing-at-oreilly/