There are times when things do not go according to plan. DARPA knows this all too well. The prototype Hypersonic Technology Vehicle (HTV-2) failed its second test flight after having failed the first one. The HTV-2 disappeared without a trace during the first flight. A video of the second failed flight has been released. The […]
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The new iZON Remote Room Monitor uses a camera and iOS app to keep video and audio tabs on a room. Use it as a baby monitor, set it up for security alerts, or just watch a naughty puppy while you’re away at work.
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Blog spam tends to be a never ending, frustrating battle! It’s like an infectious virus that just seems to spread out of control, and get worse over time. Using blogs to spread spam is a fairly “new” concept as far as spamming goes, mainly because blogging is a recent phenomenon. These spammers will do just about anything imaginable to try and get past filters to get their message across. Most of the time, Spammers use the commenting system a blog has in place to spread the spam.
Even the best filtering systems still miss every now and then. If it weren’t for programs like Akismet, or Spam Karma, blogs would be filled with thousands of spam messages. I always wonder if spammers really think that people will click on the clearly off-topic, many times X-rated links that have nothing to do with the post which it’s placed on, to even make their obnoxious efforts worth it.
eBiquity Group has released some stats on spam on the blogosphere, and really it comes as no surprise. It just verifies what most have known all along, spam within blogs is definitely alive and kicking furiously.
Also interesting is that out of all the pings that eBiquity processed, 51% of Blogspot blogs were spam. This obviously tells us that people are taking advantage of Blogspot and using it for purposes other than legitimate blogging. eBiquity also identified the top keywords that are associated with spam blogs. No surprise here– words like free, new, online, loan, insurance, big, and lawyer were some that appeared frequently.
All of this information was based upon 8.8 million pings on blogs between January 23rd and January 26th. Obviously, a long term study would probably provide more accurate numbers. Regardless, this gives us a good idea as to how spam affects the Blogosphere, and it’s not looking good!
Source: Micro Persuasion
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Welcome to Engadget’s Back to School guide! We know that this time of year can be pretty annoying and stressful for everyone, so we’re here to help out with the heartbreaking process of gadget buying for the school-aged crowd. Today, we’ve got a slew of accessories — and you can head to the Back to School hub to see the rest of the product guides as they’re added throughout the month. Be sure to keep checking back — at the end of the month we’ll be giving away a ton of the gear featured in our guides — and hit up the hub page right here!
Fall’s slowly, but surely creeping back in, and we bet you’ve already started to gather up the necessary gear for your return to the residence hall. Sure, you’ve got the basics covered, with a computer, smartphone, MP3 player and even a tablet at the ready. But wouldn’t it be nice to start the school year off in style with some handy accoutrements to trick out those digital crutches? Let’s face it, you’re going to need a lapdesk buffer zone between you and your laptop’s scorching heat for those countless hours spent churning out term papers. Or, an external hard drive, so you can store those full seasons of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and bring the late night funny to your stressed-out friends. However you manage to make it through the year and snag that 4.0 GPA, we’ve got a selection of accessorized aids to match your collegiate budget. Oh, and don’t forget, we’re giving away $3,000 worth of essential back to school gear to 15 readers, and you can be among the chosen few simply by dropping a comment below! Click on past the break to start browsing.
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As we approach the rumored September or October launch date for the next batch of iPhones, the web’s been spiced up with photos of alleged parts for an “N94” iPhone prototype. We’ve been rather skeptical about them until the above photos landed in our inbox, courtesy of our friends from uBreakiFix. A little while back we’d already heard from our other sources that the N94 is set to be a cheaper version of the current iPhone 4 (probably the 8GB iPhone 4 mentioned by Reuters last week), which would explain why all these components and cables look super familiar. The only notable difference here is the funny dot right next to the sensor location above the earpiece — the dotted pattern is very much like that used by the microphone and the webcam LED indicator on Mac computers, but obviously the latter is more likely the case here.
That said, do bear in mind that according to the mark along the bottom of this part, we’re apparently looking at an “EVT1” (Engineering Verification Test) piece from March 3rd 2011 (making it about three months older than the white N94 back covers that made the rounds last week, assuming they’re legit). Additionally, when our sources last checked around June and July, the N94 had yet to hit the DVT stage, so it’s hard to determine whether these parts will remain the same in the final design, or whether the N94 will even make it to the production line at all.
On the other hand, our sources pointed out that an elusive N97 device — previously reported by the Wall Street Journal as a tiny iPhone — had already reached “DVT” (Design Verification Test) stage back in June, though there’s little information about it other than that it’s been tested with various cellular technologies (though plagued by some bugs related to switching between specific frequencies back then), plus it may sport a camera module supplied by Sony, which was semi-confirmed by Howard Stringer himself back in April. Whatever the N97 ends up being, hopefully we’ll have something at least as slim as our little souvenir from Beijing.
Continue reading iPhone N94 prototype’s front assembly leaked, set to be an iPhone 4S?
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Unless you like watching TV in total darkness, chances are reflections are ruining your picture quality and driving you insane. No problem, we can fix that! Well, the former, anyway.
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Verizon customers will finally be able to get their hands on the Motorola Droid Bionic September 8, well after its introduction back at CES 2011.
Originally posted at Android Atlas
It looks as though our old pal in Mountain View might have its sights set on developing another programming language. Avid coders probably recall the company’s Go offering that was announced last year. Now, Google is looking to stake its claim on the trademark for “Spot.” Sorting through the USPTO mumbo jumbo, it’s clear that the project centers on a coding language and its related computer programs. Also of note: the internet powerhouse gobbled up four case-related domains including spotlang.com, spotlanguage.net, spot-lang.com and spot-lang.net. For those looking to See Spot Run, perhaps you’ll be able to sprint over to the aforementioned URLs in due time.
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