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Holy Bender Bending Rodríguez! Six years after getting axed by Fox, Futurama is being resurrected on Comedy Central. A spokesperson for 20th Century Fox Television confirms that the cable net has ordered 26 new episodes of Matt Groening and David X. Cohen’s late, great animated series to air beginning in 2010. The studio cites Futurama’s “blockbuster” performance on DVD and in reruns on Comedy Central as the reason for its rebirth. Continue reading It’s official: ‘Futurama’ is reborn! AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — She dared a deputy constable to shock her with a Taser. So, he did. Video released by a Travis County Constable’s Office shows Deputy Chris Bieze confronting 72-year-old Kathryn Winkfein after stopping her for speeding on May 11 just outside Austin. Video from a camera mounted in the deputy’s car shows Winkfein cursing and challenging the deputy and even daring him to use the Taser on her. Continue reading Elderly Woman Dares Cop to Tase Her
These are the sandals that can detect metal while you walk, allowing you to find buried artifacts while strolling the beach. A copper coil built into the right sandal is powered via a battery pack that straps to your calf. Using beat frequency oscillation technology, the ring creates a magnetic field; when a metal object is underfoot–up to 2′–it distorts the field and the battery pack alerts you to the presence of metal using a flashing red light and either a gentle vibration or a clearly audible buzz. Requires one 9-volt battery not included–provides up to six hours of use. The sandals have non-skid soles and polyurethane foam footbeds. Google has announced the availability of the first official Chrome developer release for Linux and Mac OS X. The search giant says that the release is a preview intended for testing purposes only and that the software is still unsuitable for regular users. When Google launched Chrome last year, the browser was available only on Windows. Development on the Linux and Mac OS X ports began shortly after the initial Windows release and has progressed at a steady pace. The Chrome team aims to build ports that feel native and conform well with the underlying platform, but also retain some of the browser’s unique characteristics, such as the distinctive angled tab skyline. This approach to cross-platform software development is very challenging, especially on Linux where the inherent diversity and modularity of the platform makes it difficult to translate many elements of the original Chrome vision. via Google releases Chrome preview for Mac OS X and Linux – Ars Technica. The SATA International Organization, the industry consortium governing Serial ATA interfaces, yesterday released a finalized version of the SATA 3.0 specification, which features 6.0Gbps data transfers and a number of improved features while remaining completely backwards-compatible with existing drives, controllers, connectors, and cables. While current hard disk drives can’t saturate SATA 2.0’s 3Gbps data rate, SSDs can, and the new features are moderately compelling. SATA launched in 2001, and has been through one prior speed bump, from 1.5Gbps to 3.0Gbps. The IDE-SATA transition and prior bump were both timed to give the industry about three years to adopt the new standard, making for a smooth transition, unlike, for instance, the 4GB file limit on FAT32 file systems, the 4GB memory limit on 32-bit x86 operating systems, or the 640k memory limit and extended/expanded memory misery of the 1980s. This new transition is significantly more urgent than the others, because SSDs are already saturating SATA 2.0. via SATA 3.0 standard ratified; 6Gbps, isochronous SATA inbound – Ars Technica. Scientifically, this tiny arachnid goes by the name of Theridion grallator – but it takes little imagination to see how it got its more popular name: the happy-face spider. Found only in rainforests in the Hawaiian islands, the spiders have a vast range of patterns and colours on their abdomens – yet all come from the same species. The amazing diversity is due to genetic variations, although the patterns may also change depending on diet. via Meet the Hawaiian spider that will make you smile
. Redmond is taking a page from the early days of Mac OS X with Windows 7. Similar to Classic—Mac OS X’s emulation-based support for Mac OS 9 (and earlier) apps—the newly confirmed “XP Mode” that will appear in Windows 7 will use a VM for backwards compatibility with a previous-generation OS. Win7’s XP Mode uses VirtualPC to run some XP apps. In a blog post (via CNET), the Win7 team says, “All you need to do is to install suitable applications directly in Windows XP Mode which is a virtual Windows XP environment running under Windows Virtual PC. The applications will be published to the Windows 7 desktop and then you can run them directly from Windows 7.” If Microsoft was going to do this, I almost wish that they actually had ripped off of the Classic/OS X combination, in the sense that Apple just threw out all of the previous Mac OS and introduced a completely new OS with no legacy support except for a VM. But maybe I’m just a crack-smoking Mac user who shouldn’t be opining on what Microsoft should or shouldn’t do. Discuss. |
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