“Qunu is a next-generation expertise matching service. We use instant messaging to connect — in real time — people who have software or tech-related questions with experts who are passionate and willing to help.”
Qunu via Juha
Month: June 2006
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Qunu – live help when you need it most
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Police raid doubles Pirate Bay's popularity
“The Pirate Bay, one of the world’s most popular websites for illegal downloading of movies, has doubled its number of visitors after Swedish police shut down the site for three days, according to an Internet monitoring site, Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter said on Sunday.”
The Local via Juha
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Firefox To Drop Support For Windows 98, Me
“Mozilla will drop support for the nearly obsolete operating systems when it releases Firefox 3.0 in 2007. Some users criticized the decision [and a counter bug has been filed].”
Information Week via Digg
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Pixar's Hardware Boost for Cars
“[Pixar’s BVP of technology, Greg] Brandeau explained that Cars […] has put more strain on his internal systems than any other movie […]
“We realized that our rendering time was taking too long. Frames were taking 10 hours [to render] that should have taken one hour. […] A gigabyte of memory on our file server heads was nowhere near good enough,” he said, adding that Pixar needed something in the region of 32 Gbytes.
Light Reading via Juha
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HP Recalls Digital Cameras Due to Fire Hazard
“Hazard:
The digital camera can cause certain non-rechargeable batteries, such as the Duracell CP-1, to overheat when the camera is connected to an AC adapter or docking station, posing a fire hazard.Incidents/Injuries: HP has received one report of a camera catching fire, damaging the camera and its docking station, and causing minor smoke damage to the room. No injuries have been reported.
Description: This recall involves the HP Photosmart R707 digital camera. The HP logo and the model name and number are printed on the front of the camera.”
CPSC via Juha
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Just some stats…
“Just some stats… here are some reasons why TPB is down sometimes – and how long it usually takes to fix[.]”
The Pirate Bay via Juha