jUploadr - A photo uploader for Linux, Mac and Windows

jUploadr is a cross platform, cross-site Photo uploader. Currently it runs on Windows Linux and OS X and supports both Flickr and Zooomr. It allows you to set all properties of a photo before you upload it. It also supports batch editing, so you can make short work of uploading a bunch of files.

You can read more about it here.

Conroe-L, the brains behind Apple's iTV?

Back in May, we mentioned the emergence of Intel roadmaps featuring the mysterious Conroe-L, a single-core processor from Intel aimed at the very lowest end of the PC market. Even though Conroe-L is based on the Conroe/Merom microarchitecture that powers the Core 2 Duo line

You can read more about it here.

Sling to launch Slingbox Tuner, AV, Pro

It apparently slipped beneath our FCC-radar, but a posting on Sling Community shows some interesting developments according to FCC filings. Sling Media's apparently planning at least three new devices (here, here, and here), the Tuner, AV, and Pro.

You can read more about it here.

A few thousand science fiction magazines (interactive)

This is cool. it's a random colelction of covers from the visual index of science fiction cover art. move the mouse over the covers to see more information, click to see the cover full-size. covers are arranged horizontally by time, and vertically by average hue.

You can read more about it here.

0wnz0red by Cory Doctorow

Programmers who hack their own bodies don't need exercise and never get sick. [This is an awesome short story. It's a little dated but if you've never read it before, like me, it's worth checking out.]

You can read more about it here.

Digg Founders Plot Internet TV Takeover

The Wired News office received an invitation to attend a special event next Tuesday, September 26 hosted by Jay Adelson and Kevin Rose of Digg.com and David Prager of Revision3. There's going to be an announcement at the event about Digg and Rev3's plans for a new internet TV venture.

You can read more about it here.

Woot responds to MSI theft accusations

Woot makes initial response in regards to the accusations from MSI alledging they sold a truck load of stolen GeForce 7900GS video cards.

You can read more about it here.

More Pentium 4 price cuts coming

The largest price cut goes to the Pentium 4 631, which runs at 3.0GHz, has 2MB of L2 cache, and an 800MHz FSB. It will sell for $69 in quantities of 1,000?a 58 percent reduction. The Pentium 4 641, clocked at 3.2GHz, but with the same cache and FSB, will go for $74; the 3.4Ghz Pentium 4 651 will sell for $84.

You can read more about it here.

IE Exploit: Could Soon Be Used By 10,000-plus Sites

The unpatched vulnerability in Microsoft's Internet Explorer that created a stir Tuesday may be exploited by 10,000 or more malicious Web sites if all their owners update to the newest version of the WebAttacker exploit kit, a security researcher said Wednesday.

You can read more about it here.

Oct 3 - Day Against DRM - Get your FREE sticker packs delivered!

When the UK Government's All Party Internet Group reported on DRM, they made a number of recomendations, #1 was to call for "Extensive Labeling" of all DRM products. DefectiveByDesign are sending out free label and sticker packs in time for Oct 3rd. Also, join the action at kick-off events planned for New York and London on Saturday Sept 30.

You can read more about it here.

Simply Search Every Video Site

ScoopVid.com launched today, developed using Open Source code, allows users to search almost every possible video site on the web in a nice ajax format.

You can read more about it here.

How to Attract Links and Increase Web Traffic

Links and traffic...Who wants some?The number of excellent resources that have come out since the beginning of the year on attracting links and building traffic has really mushroomed. Plus there are some timeless classics that are still very relevant today...

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Online guitar archive shut down. Freedom of speech? What's that?

Any guitarist who has ever used the internet knows Olga.net was an amazing resource for budding musicians. It has been shut down. Why? ?Copyright Infringement? Why else?

You can read more about it here.

The Google Goal Of Indexing 100 Billion Web Pages

Yes, 100 Billion Web Pages (think Dr. Evil). Google started out with an index size of around 24 million web pages in 1996. By August of 2000, Google had managed to quadruple their index size to approximately one billion web pages. In September of 2003, Google's front-page boasted an index of 3.3 billion web pages...

You can read more about it here.

Study: 37% of all emails sent by office workers are personal

The average office now sends 3,840 emails from work every year - the equivalent of 158,064 messages over a typical working lifetime. Almost half of workers admitted they email the person sitting next to them to avoid making verbal contact. Yet a nosey one in five Brits uses email just to gossip to desk buddies about work colleagues.

You can read more about it here.

7 out of 10 developers use open source, are you one of the 3 who don't?

IDC surveyed 5000 developers in 116 countries and discovered that open source is used by 71% of them and -- perhaps more surprisingly -- is used in 54% of their production environments.

You can read more about it here.

MIT developing an "engine on a chip" to beat the battery

The new "engine on a chip" technology builds all the traditional parts of a gas-turbine engine using silicon, allowing for utterly tiny, reliable and efficient components. The turbine blades spin at 20,000 revolutions per second, and the mini-generator produces 10 watts of power once up and running.

You can read more about it here.

Fiber Optic Solar Lighting

"Sunlight is the standard for lighting. It's what our eyes are adapted to, it's absolutely free, and it is the light we are most comfortable with. A range of companies are now producing systems for capturing sunlight and transmitting it into the interior of a building with fiber optic cables..."

You can read more about it here.