November 2008
Stanza 1.6 is out—with an embedded browser and... →
Got the Web address of an e-book file you want to read on your iPhone or iPod Touch?
Simply type it in, and the just-released Stanza 1.6 will download it directly via its new embedded…
Port-O-Tipping →
There it was. Tipped over on its side, door slightly ajar, turning heads on Sentinel Road. The blue Port-o-Potty that once stood in solidarity with York University’s TAs, GAs and contract…
The Iconoclast - New English Review →
The New English Review - A monthly political/cultural magazine with a literary slant. The Iconoclast is a group blog featuring Hugh Fitzgerald, Mary Jackson, Rebecca Bynum, Andy McCarthy, Andrew…
TextFlow Offers a New Take on Collaboration... →
Windows/Mac/Linux: TextFlow is an Adobe AIR-based word processor with a new and innovative take on document collaboration. Rather than offer real-time updates when multiple users are working on…
TextFlow Offers a New Take on Collaboration... →
Windows/Mac/Linux: TextFlow is an Adobe AIR-based word processor with a new and innovative take on document collaboration. Rather than offer real-time updates when multiple users are working on…
Piracy at sea: Britons held on Sirius Star say... →
Two British hostages held on the hijacked Saudi oil tanker Sirius Star spoke for the first time last night and said they had not been mistreated by their pirate captors.
Peter French from…
Times Higher Education - Nine out of ten dogmas →
Naturally, academics also take their lifestyles very seriously. But it is important that we resist the temptation to discover the moral worth of our lifestyle through our research. And maybe we…
Daddy's girls | Life and style | The Guardian →
The Uberprat Pack are set to become style icons for a generation says Hadley Freeman
H.P. Unit Sheds Stepchild Status to Take on Cisco... →
Hewlett-Packard is attacking Cisco to capture a larger chunk of the $20 billion market for local area network and wireless switches.
Book Publisher Suspends New Acquisitions -... →
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, which has undergone staff layoffs and other turbulences, has temporarily suspended acquisitions of new manuscripts.
Times Higher Education - Education news, resources... →
President Bill Clinton declared that “the era of big government is over”. There is bipartisan agreement in the US that, as far as possible, public services should be provided by markets rather than…
Privacy and free speech: there’s no contradiction →
The actions of celebrities and journalists should be judged in the court of public opinion, not a court of law.
New Rolando trailer says release in December →
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Gaming, Software, iPhone
Last we heard from Rolando, perhaps the iPhone game we’re most excited to play, ng:moco had announced that they were…
Federal Reserve, Treasury Announce $800 Billion... →
Let’s see, Bloomberg said yesterday that the Federal government had committed $7.4 trillion to lending facilities and guarantees. The total is now $8.2 trillion thanks to new programs…
The Daily Photoist: November 25, 2008 →
Every weekday morning, bright and early, we feature a photo (or two) from a photographer in the Torontoist Flickr Pool. It’s our way of giving the many excellent photographers in our pool the…
The Three Big Thanksgiving Don'ts →
Read this story before you craft your ambitious culinary plan for Thanksgiving. Your guests will thank you.
Make a Better Sweet Potato Dish This Thanksgiving... →
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Mark Bittman on better sweet potatoes.
Minimalist chef (and my man crush) Mark Bittman says this Thanksgiving’s the time try something better than “that canned sweet…
Keyboardr Is Lightning Fast Search Mashup with... →
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I just started using it, it’s great!
Web site keyboardr is an as-you-type search mashup of Google (including blog and image search), Wikipedia, and YouTube with blazing…
New Kindle coming after the holiday →
Update on the Kindle 2: It was scheduled to be released in October in time for this holiday season, but Bezos himself reportedly pulled the plug for last minute changes to the software. Our…
Gifts for the beginning developer →
Filed under: Developer, Holidays
Whether you’ve just started writing your first lines of code or you’ve just moved over to the Mac/iPhone platform as a developer, this guide is sure to please.
Most of the time, video game addiction isn’t... →
Well look at that, most gamers who are “addicted” to gaming aren’t addicted at all. That’s the conclusion of the first clinic set up to help gaming addicts get off the smack, Amsterdam’s…
Kevin Rose Apologizes for Sexist Joke on... →
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Hmmm… the show is basically about a couple of braindead guys sitting on a couch drinking beer: sexist comments are sure to occur, just like they do at many comedy clubs. Sexism…
iPhone 2.2 Jailbreaking Tools Now Available... →
iPhone/iPod touch only: If you’ve been waiting to upgrade your iPhone or touch to the recently released iPhone 2.2 software until you could jailbreak the update and run your must-have…
iPhone 2.2 firmware jailbroken once again →
The iPhone dev team has released iPhone 2.2 pwning tools, allowing you to jailbreak your iPhone. Read their instructions carefully before you decide whether to proceed or not.
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iPhone Developer Paying for Five-Star App Store... →
Brian X. Chen: The developer of Santa Live, a jokey iPhone app for kids, appears to have posted a listing on Amazon’s Mechanical Turk offering to pay $4 for the highest-rated reviews on Apple’s…
OrbLive Apps Stream Media and TV to Your iPhone... →
iPhone/iPod touch only: Streaming media server Orb has released free and $9.99 versions of an app that lets you watch videos, listen to music, check documents and even stream live or recorded…
iPhone 2.2 Firmware Update Now Available [IPhone] →
The long-awaited 2.2 firmware updates for iPhones and iPod touch models hit iTunes at midnight last night, pushing a good deal of new features and long-awaited fixes to the mobile devices….
Q-Dir Explores Files with Multiple Panes and... →
Windows only: Free file browser Q-Dir makes for a good USB drive app or installed replacement for Windows Explorer for those who do a serious amount of file swapping, or just like to be able…
Extract from Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers: Is... →
To become a chess grandmaster also seems to take about 10 years. (Only the legendary Bobby Fischer got to that elite level in less than that time: it took him nine years.) And what’s 10 years? Well,…
“To become a chess grandmaster also seems to take about 10 years. (Only the...”
– Extract from Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers: Is there such a thing as pure genius? | Books | The Guardian
E=mc^2 Verified In Quantum Chromodynamic... →
chirishnique and other readers sent in a story in AFP about a heroic supercomputer computation that has verified Einstein’s most famous equation at the level of subatomic particles for the first…
Google empowers users to edit search results →
Internet giant now lets users reshuffle results so their favourite websites get top billing and disliked destinations get discarded
In Search of a Research Assistant →
If you follow me on Twitter, then you already know that I’m looking for a research assistant, a person whose primary job would be to help me dig up information for longer, in-depth blog…
Apple stock back to pre-iPhone levels →
Apple experienced significant stock growth thanks to the iPhone, but even Steve Jobs & Co. are susceptible to the financial doldrums. The entire tech sector is chill’n on the poop…
Q-Dir Explores Files with Multiple Panes and... →
Windows only: Free file browser Q-Dir makes for a good USB drive app or installed replacement for Windows Explorer for those who do a serious amount of file swapping, or just like to be able…
iPhone 2.2 Firmware Update Now Available [IPhone] →
The long-awaited 2.2 firmware updates for iPhones and iPod touch models hit iTunes at midnight last night, pushing a good deal of new features and long-awaited fixes to the mobile devices….
Evernote Passes 500,000 Registered Users, Most of... →
Some apps wander around the wilderness for a while until they can find the perfect home. For Evernote, that home is the iPhone. The note-taking, picture-capturing, voice-recording,…
OrbLive Apps Stream Media and TV to Your iPhone... →
iPhone/iPod touch only: Streaming media server Orb has released free and $9.99 versions of an app that lets you watch videos, listen to music, check documents and even stream live or recorded…
Torvalds's Former Company Transmeta Acquired... →
desmondhaynes sends along a posting from the TechWatch blog detailing the sale of Transmeta (most recently discussed here). Linus moved ten time-zones west, from Finland to Santa Clara, CA, to join…
Quick look at the 2.2 iPhone firmware →
I took some shots of 2.2 in action. The walking directions would have been great for the past two weeks - I’ve had so much trouble using car-based GPS in walking/biking cities. Streetview…
[Edible Idiom] Avoir du pain sur la planche →
This is part of a series on French idiomatic expressions that relate to food. Read the introductory Edible Idiom post, and browse the list of French idioms featured so far. This week’s…
Eraser Portable Securely Wipes Data from Your... →
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I use it all the time!
Windows only: Free application Eraser Portable puts previously mentioned Eraser—the popular open-source secure file deletion tool—on your thumb drive…
Etherpad Tracks Group Editing or Coding with... →
Etherpad, a collaborative-minded text editor forged by a group of ex-Google employees, focuses on making documents live and easy to collaborate on. That means that, at this point, the…
CRTC Rules Bell Can Squeeze Downloads →
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This is an unfortunate loss for free speech and a free society
pparsons writes “Bell Canada Inc. will not have to suspend its practice of “shaping” traffic on the Internet after a…
Man claims photo of his genitals found on his... →
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How dumb are men, generally? A woman is set to divorce her husband after she discovered a photo of his genitals in his iPhone’s sent e-mails folder. The woman suspected that…
Canada faces two years of budget deficits →
Deficit of $3.9-billion for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2010, says newly appointed parliamentary budget officer
iPhone: Mimic Cocoa UIKit in Webkit →
Using webkit in iPhone / iPod touch application development is a common practice. However, jumping from cocoa to webkit and back can be confusing to the user. Here are a couple of simple hints for…
Apple updates AppleTV to 2.3, adds AirTunes... →
A update is now available for the Apple TV that adds the ability to stream music from on Apple TV to an Airport Express or other AppleTVs, as well as a couple other handy features, like controlling…
Packard Bell dot spotted in UK →
Oh, look! It’s another netbook in the wild! This one is Packard Bell’s dot, and according to the boffins at Pocket-lint it’s now available for purchase across the pond by anyone who…
t-rex, we're involved in a high-stakes game of... →
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