Lockheed Martin awarded $194 million for production of Army Tactical Missile System

February 12, 2008 The US Army has given Lockheed Martin $194 million for the production of the Army Tactical Missile System, which it expects to complete by the second quarter of 2010. The contract includes the ATACMS Quick Reaction Unitary and the Block IA Missiles... Tags: Military, Missile DefenseRelated ...

MLB STAR GOES TO WAR WITH SUPER AGENT BORAS...

QinetiQ tests new MAN military trucks through tropical, desert and Arctic conditions

January 24, 2008 QinetiQ has put 12 types of MAN military logistic trucks through simulated hell and back as part of an 18-month evaluation contract. Over three separate six week phases, the 12 models of the new supply vehicles destined for the U.K. Ministry of Defense have been subjected to temperatures ...

Essay: "I'm the proud owner of Karl Rove’s father’s solid gold cock ring."

Xeni Jardin: Shannon Larratt, founder of the body modification online publicatoin BMEzine, points us to a first-person essay by a person named Yard[D]og regarding the deceased, adoptive father of Deputy White House Chief of Staff Karl Rove (the younger Mr. Rove is shown in the image below). About ...

Spanish TV Channels Vandalize Wikipedia

strider2004 writes to tell us that Barrapunto, the Spanish version of Slashdot, has outed two TV stations in Spain, one public and the other private, for engaging in Wikipedia vandalism for the sake of a story. (The link is in Spanish; Google translation here.) The public station introduced falsehoods ...

Patent Threats In OOXML

An anonymous reader notes an initiative by the New Zealand Open Source Society to weigh in on the question of standardizing Microsoft's OOXML. The organization has authored a white paper (available in several formats, HTML here) laying out the ways in which the OOXML spec falls short of what a standard ...

Aids For Communicating With Hospitalized People?

charliezcc writes "My grandmother recently fell and broke two vertebrae (among other things) and is in the hospital while she recovers. Thankfully, she was not paralyzed and retains the use of her limbs. However, they have placed her on a respirator and she is virtually unable to communicate with us, ...

Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition, Latest News

Lord Aramil of Dreadwood writes "Blogger and Dragon magazine writer Jonathan Drain is tracking the latest developments on the new D&D edition. Highlights include: Thirty levels instead of twenty, no more XP costs for magic items creation, flexible talent trees replacing feats and prestige classes, ...

Linus on Subversion, GPL3, Microsoft and More

victor77 writes "Linus has repeatedly slammed Subversion and CVS, questioning their basic architecture. Subversion community has responded...how valid is Linus's statement?" This and many other subjects are covered in this interview with Linus.Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Algorithm draws on millions of images to seamlessly fill blanks in photographs

August 17, 2007 The advent of digital photography has opened up a new world of image editing possibilities including the ability to fill-in blanks or replace unwanted parts of an image. A new algorithm devised by James Hayes and Alexei A. Efros of Carnegie Mellon University facilitates this process ...

Logitech iPod bedroom music system features motion and light sensing technology

August 18, 2007 Logitech have unveiled two new iPod speakers - one designed specifically for the bedroom and the second aimed at iPod portability. The iPod Pure-Fi Dream speakers for the bedroom are designed as a replacement of the conventional alarm clock and incorporate innovative functions such as ...

Flash Padlock offers physical security solution for portable data storage

August 17, 2007 With Flash drives becoming a necessity these days, the need to protect sensitive data from theft or simple misplacement is increasingly critical. The new USB 2.0 Flash Padlock from Corsair offers a physical security solution while on the go and addresses the need for secure data storage ...

Yamaha’s iPod ready compact electric motorcycle

August 17, 2007 Yamaha first unveiled the EC-02 electric motorcycle as part of a range of sustainable machines in 2005. Not wanting to be left behind in the age of the ubiquitous personal music player, the latest incarnation of the short-range commuter features a tank mounted iPod dock...

The Compact Disc turns 25

August 17, 2007 In an event that marked the shift from analogue to the new digital era in the music industry, the world’s first compact disc rolled off the production line at a Philips factory in Langenhagen, Germany, twenty-five years ago today. Philips and Sony co-developed the CD and an estimated ...

Parents Want Unique Names for Baby to Increase Googleability

Remember the Chinese couple who wanted to name their baby "@"? Turns out there’s a trend of giving babies unique names to increase their "Googleability": In the age of Google, being special increasingly requires standing out from the crowd online. Many people aspire for themselves ...

Google Baby

While we’re on the subject of baby names and Google, here’s what Elias and Carol Kai named their baby (born 2005): Oliver Google Kai. Link (Yes, it’ll be readily apparent that Elias is a "Search Engine Marketing Specialist")

Vegetalien

Till Nowak has created “Salad” - a digital image of the Alien movie monster made out of vegetables. Link - via Boing Boing

Cardboard Robot Rumble

Last month, the streets of San Francisco saw its share of robot mayhem with the 2007 Cardboard Robot Rumble! The Cardboard Robot Rumble began at Mission Dolores Park. After scoping out territory within the Mission, the two cardboard robot armies (Valencia v. Mission) clashed on Clarion Alley. The humans ...

Keanu Reeves vs. Teddy Bears

A pre-Matrix Keanu from his correspondent days on “Going Great.” (1984) Click play or go to Link [YouTube].

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