“IBM Slows Light,” not your typical headline and not something I had thought was possible, I mean I know about refraction and how light travels at different speeds through certain substances, but I hadn’t give this subject much thought before. Though this has been done before, IBM is reportedly the first company to do this by using standard materials. This could be a huge breakthrough for future hardware, companies creating components that require far less energy to run than in computers today; further paving the way for optical based CPUs.
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Newsvine sounds very interesting, interact with other readers and control the news that is important to me.
Again, evolution is challenged in Kansas, but now it they have rewritten the definition of science, which is no longer limited to the search for natural explanations of phenomena. Intelligent Design will be taught alongside evolution, which seems utterly ridiculous to me.
I would hope that schools would teach science based on fact, hard evidence and years of scientific data. Now they will cop out and say, “evolution is a theory, and life here could be too complex, so there must have been a creator.” That sounds like creationism to me, God and science don’t usually mix well. Read more…
I think that Steve Smith pretty much summed up my opinions, why should I switch from Firefox or Safari if I’m happy with their performance?
I have been using Inquisitor in Safari for quite sometime and enjoy its slick interface and ease of use. Recently, info was released regarding its next incarnation, Inquisitor 2.0 which looks very promising.
I must say that the Inquisitor Instant Search Beta is an online version of the same search interface, working on any platform. Built on the same technology that powers Google Suggest with some AJAX goodness, should prove to be an interesting experiment.
Google has a new RSS reader integrated with your Google user account. via kottke.
I posted about this before on evolvefuel, but I want to devote a little more time to reviewing the product.
Linotype FontExplorer X is a new font management utility, much like Suitcase X1 or Apple’s Font book. I’ve been using Suitcase for a few years now and it usually works pretty good, though the PC version lacks some additional features that are in the OS X version.
Font Book sounded really good when it was first introduced but I found it difficult to manage a large library of fonts without my system slowing to a crawl or Font Book crashing out right.
In comes FontExplorer, a sleek interface reminiscent of iTunes brushed metal, and easy to use tools. Font organization is quick, featuring multiple preview options, auto-activation with an option to buy missing typefaces directly through the application. Searching for fonts is as easy and quick as using Spotlight.
I’d recommend this alone on the how its features are equal to or better than the competition, but the last selling point is that it is completely free, free forever, no ads or nagging, pretty generous of Linotype in my opinion.
Steve Jobs said they’re “greedy,” Warner Music Group CEO Edgar Bronfman has his own thoughts on Apple and now Microsoft said no to a subscription service because they don’t want to pay the labels’ price tag.
If prices are too high, consumers may go back to stealing/illegal downloading, which could hurt the record industry (though I doubt they’re hurting much, some CEO may not get a new Learjet for the Holidays). If prices stay the same, the record companies are going to incestantly complain and possibly withhold music from online retailers. Seems to me that the consumer is hurt either way, thanks for leaving us out of the equation.
Preview screen fonts, wheter Mac or PC, also preview any active system fonts, give Typetester a spin.
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