Researchers at the Naval Research Laboratory claim to have come up with a better tool for underwater acoustics. The new system uses laser light to create sound underwater from a distance. This technology could allow planes a much easier method of communicating with submarines without the need for a …
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Way back in January of 2007, we reported on the Strange family, who were suing Sacramento radio station KDND-FM for the wrongful death of Jennifer Strange, who was found dead in her home after competing in a contest to try to win a Nintendo Wii. The contest — “Hold Your Wee for a Wii” — [...]

An anonymous reader writes “Phoronix has brought benchmarks comparing the FreeBSD 8.0-RC and Ubuntu 9.10 Alpha 6 operating systems. FreeBSD rather ends up taking a wallop to Ubuntu Linux, but there are a few areas where FreeBSD 8 ran well. They also posted benchmarks comparing this near-final FreeBS…
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I have two 23″ monitors on my desktop at work, and have worked that way for about three years now (aside from a brief flirtation with a single 30″ monitor in California). On Windows and Linux this is an incredibly productive setup. I can have a full screen IDE open on one and a full-screen [...]

Windows/Mac/Linux: VLC—the most popular video player among Lifehacker readers—just released an update to version 1.0.2. The update addresses a serious security issue, adds…
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Windows/Mac/Linux: The official, actually-made-by-Google Chrome OS won’t hit netbooks until late 2010, but you can try out a custom-built Linux distribution that’s somewhat stripped down and puts Google’s browser at the center of everything.
“Chrome OS” was built using SUSE Studio, a distribution and virtual appli…
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LinkAssistant 3.4
LinkAssistant is an easy-to-use link building tool for webmasters and SEOs. Want to propel your site to the top in the major search engines? LinkAssistant will do link building work for you!
It finds and manages hundreds of premium-quality link partners, and helps you get link …
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Rank Tracker 4.1
Rank Tracker is an all-in-one rankings monitoring SEO tool for webmasters and professional SEOs who need to monitor their site’s positions in 257 search engines.
Here’s what this amazing SEO tool can do: Reveals web site rankings for an unlimited number of keywords. Makes it …
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VholdR missed being FIRST! with a mainstream 1080p helmet cam by a few months, but they’ve got a different take on the concept anyway. For example, does your GoPro have dual sighting lasers? Hm…
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The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific (SPAWAR) is the Navy’s new command center designed to create an “unfair advantage” over enemy forces. And I’ll be damned if they didn’t set it up to look like the USS Enterprise.
Spaceship-like setups include a 135-inch viewscreen, huge multi-to…
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