Macworld’s Ideas to Improve Apple Products TidBITS(cached at May 15, 2013, 11:32 pm)

Macworld is on a winning streak of constructive suggestions for how Apple could improve the products we all rely on every day. Josh Centers takes a look at some of their best ideas.

 

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Macworld’s Ideas to Improve Apple Products TidBITS(cached at May 15, 2013, 11:32 pm)

Macworld is on a winning streak of constructive suggestions for how Apple could improve the products we all rely on every day. Josh Centers takes a look at some of their best ideas.

 

Read the full article at TidBITS, the oldest continuously published technology publication on the Internet. To get a full-text RSS feed, help support our work and become a TidBITS member! Members also enjoy an ad-free version of our Web site, email delivery of individual articles, the ability to make long comments with live links, and discounts on Take Control orders and other Apple-related products.

Stockholm ska bli bäst i landet SvD Inrikes(cached at May 15, 2013, 11:32 pm)

Politiska krav 2014 på behandling av tyst folksjukdom.
How European Startups Are Battling Labor Laws For Developers and Programmers Slashdotby Soulskill on business at January 1, 1970, 1:00 am (cached at May 15, 2013, 11:32 pm)

Nerval's Lobster writes "The United States with its H-1B controversy isn't the only country going through that sort of immigration upheaval. As the cult of entrepreneurship spirals upward in Europe, the intricate vagaries of immigration policy on the continent are being newly scrutinized by our company-building classes. Freshly venture-backed European Internet companies want talent, and they are going to remarkable lengths to get it — but not always legally. Milo Yiannopoulos talked to whole bunch of entrepreneurs and investors in Europe about the fudges, shortcuts, workarounds and, in some cases, 'strategic decision-making' are — just about — getting their companies the talent they need. For example, one well-known Parisian venture capitalist told Milo that he knows of 'at least nine' startups in France employing developers illegally, keeping them off the books not only to avoid France's notoriously onerous labor laws but also because it would have been impossible, or simply too expensive, to import them officially."

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US scientists clone human stem cells AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE)(cached at May 15, 2013, 11:30 pm)

French-funded programme leads to first harvesting of stem cells from skin of human embryos in "landmark" medical move.
US scientists clone human stem cells AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE)(cached at May 15, 2013, 11:30 pm)

French-funded programme leads to first harvesting of stem cells from skin of human embryos in "landmark" medical move.
Vuln: Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird CVE-2013-1670 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabili SANS ISC SecNewsFeed(cached at May 15, 2013, 11:30 pm)

Tanzania Fossils May Pinpoint Critical Split Between Apes and Monkeys Slashdotby Soulskill on science at January 1, 1970, 1:00 am (cached at May 15, 2013, 11:02 pm)

sciencehabit writes "From the human perspective, few events in evolution were more momentous than the split among primates that led to apes (large, tailless primates such as today's gorillas, chimpanzees, and humans) and Old World monkeys (which today include baboons and macaques). DNA studies of living primates have estimated that the rift took place between 25 million and 30 million years ago, but the earliest known fossils of both groups date no earlier than 20 million years ago. Now, a team working in Tanzania has found teeth and partial jaws from what it thinks are 25-million-year-old ancestors of both groups. If the interpretations hold up (abstract), the finds would reconcile the molecular and fossil evidence and possibly provide insights into what led to the split in the first place."

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Interactive Raycaster For the Commodore 64 Under 256 Bytes Slashdotby Soulskill on software at January 1, 1970, 1:00 am (cached at May 15, 2013, 11:02 pm)

New submitter Wisdom writes "1bir (1 Block Interactive Raycaster) is a simple ray casting engine implemented only in 254 bytes to run on a stock, unexpanded Commodore 64. The name comes from the fact that on a C64 floppy disk, 1 block is equivalent to 254 bytes stored on a disk sector. In 254 bytes, 1bir sets up the screen for drawing, creates sine and cosine tables for 256 brads based on a simple approximation, casts rays into a 2D map that lives inside the C64 KERNAL ROM, renders the screen in coordination with KERNAL, evaluates 8-way joystick input and detects collision against walls. The ray casting core employs a brute force algorithm to determine visible walls, while the mapping portion supports both open-ended (infinitely looped) and traditional, closed maps. The source code in 6502 assembly is available, with extensive comments. A YouTube video showcases 1bir in a detailed manner with both kind of maps and more information, while a Vimeo video presents a shorter demonstration."

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Vuln: Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird CVE-2013-0801 Memory Corruption Vulnerability SANS ISC SecNewsFeed(cached at May 15, 2013, 11:00 pm)

Upcoming Webinar: The Affordable Way to Maintain Security and Compliance with Two-Fa SANS ISC SecNewsFeed(cached at May 15, 2013, 11:00 pm)

EU-möte gav miljardlöfte till Mali SvD Utrikes(cached at May 15, 2013, 10:32 pm)

Över tre miljarder euro utlovades som grundplåt till ett nytt Mali när internationella beslutsfattare och bidragsgivare möttes i Bryssel.
Cameron överlevde pinsamt bakslag SvD Utrikes(cached at May 15, 2013, 10:32 pm)

Brittiske premiärministern David Cameron tog emot ett bakslag när en tredjedel av hans konservativa parti röstade emot honom i protest.
Ingen gripen efter smitningsolycka SvD Inrikes(cached at May 15, 2013, 10:32 pm)

Polisen har inte gripit någon efter smitningsolyckan på Amiralsgatan i Malmö i dag.
Sjuk förskingrare slipper fängelse SvD Inrikes(cached at May 15, 2013, 10:32 pm)

En kvinna som förskingrat miljonbelopp från sin arbetsgivare slipper fängelsestraff på grund av sjukdom.