del.icio.us links for April 23, 2007

del.icio.us links for April 23, 2007

1. TechNudge: All the news that’s fit to read

   A funny photo which proves that timing is everything

2. Mac OS X homebrew on Xbox 360? Not likely

   A very dubious looking video of an Xbox 360 running Mac OS X has popped up on YouTube, the combination of the low resolution video, some strange background noise, and the out of shot mouse, nevermind the anonymous submitter

3. Nokia Interactive Busstop Advertisement

   In London Nokia gives you something to do while waiting for the bus: You can play a game of memory on the interactive Nokia N95 touchscreen ad. Watch the video to see it in action.

4. Build a Super Sky Cycle and jump that traffic jam!

   Don’t worry about traffic jams anymore. This SkyCycle is a cross between a motorcycle and a gyroplane. It can race to 55 mph on the ground and more than 100 mph in the air. Unfortunately, it is only available as a kit, cost about $37,000.

5. AMD’s quad-core 50% faster than Intel’s quad-core?

   The company had claimed that Barcelona will surpass the performance of Clovertown by about 40% at any given clock speed. Now the company says that it believes it will have a 50% advantage over Clovertown in floating point applications

6. eBay Watch: 1986 Apple IIgs Woz Limited Edition Sells For $668

   The first 50,000 Apple IIgs computers came with Steve Wozniak’s “Woz” signature silkscreened on the front and were referred to as the “Woz Limited Edition“. These machines are not functionally different from machines without the signature

17 more articles after the jump

1. Very funny prank call :: Amazing

   This guy had a great idea, he waited until a telemarketer called, and then played a prank on him, by telling that he called the place of a murder scene.

2. Circuit Diagrams

   Free online circuit diagrams

3. PC World – UPDATE: Hacker Breaks into Mac at CanSecWest

   Due to incorrect information supplied by conference organizers, the story “Hacker breaks into Mac at security conference,” posted Friday, misspelled the name of the hacker. His name is Dino Dai Zovi.

4. MySpace: Friending Is the New Ad

   “Friending is the next advertising,” proclaims the report. And 40 percent of social network users claim to have “discovered brands and products that [they] really like” through the websites.

5. Man Gets 5,000 Calls for YouTube Posting

   Ryan Fitzgerald is unemployed and has a little bit of time on his hands. After posting a video with his cell phone number on YouTube on Friday, the 20-year-old told The Boston Globe he has received more than 5,000 calls and text messages.

6. Samsung Develops New, Highly Efficient Stacking Process for DRAM

   The new wafer-level-processed stacked package (WSP) consists of four 512 megabit (Mb) DDR2 (second generation, double data rate) DRAM (dynamic random access memory) chips that offer a combined 2 gigabits (Gb) of high density memory.

7. Samsung Announces Q30 Notebook With Hybrid HDD

   Samsung has now announced its Q30 15.4″ notebook will feature the MH80 hybrid hard drives (256MB flash). Internal testing has shown, the hybrid-equipped Q30 has 26% faster writes, 71% faster reads, 30% lower boot times and a 10% increase in battery life.

8. Sen. McCain laughs, Sings ‘Bomb Bomb Bomb Iran’

   So how comes in this version that YouTude deleted and then reinstated the audience are laughing at his joke. When the footage shown on TV had no laughting at that point in the clip. Did YouTube add it? or the TV station edit it out?

9. Sen. John McCain Bomb Bomb Iran , Music by Greenday

   Listen to this footage about 45 sec in, no one laughs after he makes the ‘bomb bomb bomb’ joke. This version was recorded off a TV as it was shown on a news program

10. YouTube Deletes Video of McCain Singing ‘Bomb Iran’

    Arizona senator joked about attacking the sovereign nation during a campaign stop in South Carolina this week, singing, to the tune of the Beach Boys song “Barbara Ann”: “That old, that old Beach Boys song, Bomb Iran. Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, anyway.

11. Napster Takes to the Air in Japan – Mobile News – Digital Trends

    pioneer Napster is launching a new over-the-air music download service in Japan, the company announced today. Customers of NTT DoCoMo, Japan’s largest wireless carrier, will be able to use the service to download full-length songs

12. Automated Home – PC Motherboard Smaller than a CD Jewel Case!

    “Chip-maker Via Technologies has revealed details about its “pico-ITX” hardware reference design, and promised to announce its first commercially available mainboard based on the new form-factor “soon.” Smaller than the venerable PC/104 standard

13. Trendhure.com » Geek culture

    Some more great photos of Geeks and there computers

14. GREATTURTLERACE.COM

    We’re doing this “race” to raise awareness and invite donations to protect leatherback turtles on Playa Grande’s beaches and along the turtles’ migration paths. These amazing animals have been around 100 million years, but may have only 10 years lef

15. IMEEM – what’s on your playlist?

    the Web’s fastest-growing online community with 3 million monthly unique visitors where users can post, share, and discover new content of any type, including music playlists, video, photos, and blogs. (found via The Daily Galaxy)

16. Navy Showers: Water Saving Goes Hardcore (TreeHugger)

    Apparently, a typical shower takes as much as 230 L (60 US gallons) of water, while taking a navy shower can use as little 11 L (3 US gallons); one person can save 56,000 L (15,000 US gallons) per year!

17. Karl Rove Gets Heated With Laurie David and Sheryl Crow Over Global Warming

    On the eve of Earth Day, Laurie David and Sheryl Crow decided to take their case of Global Warming to the top. While at the White House Correspondents Dinner Saturday night, the two were introduced to Karl Rove. What transpired was nothing less than lunac