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Universities in hot water over students' peer-to-peer sharing

Students sharing copyrighted files through university networks are landing their institutions in hot water. But with new legislation about to come into force, where do we stand now? by Zack Whittaker

Tags: P2P, Student, Water, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-10-25

Cubicle Flood 1.0 (Windows)

Under water at work? Cubicle Flood animates that sinking feeling by turning your idle computer screen into a flooding office, complete with rippling waters and floating debris. There's never a static moment as you watch the water levels rise subtly on-screen over time. But is it rising suspense or peaceful...

Tags: Water, Idle Time, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-10-20

NASA spacecraft crashes into the moon

On Friday morning, NASA successfully rammed the LCROSS satellite and a probe into the south pole of the moon in an attempt to search for hidden pockets of ice. by Andy Smith

Tags: NASA, Network Technology, Networking, Moon, LCROSS, water, Andy Smith

Image galleries 2009-10-09

Ohio, what are you drinking?

That stuff in your drinking water could be detected if we applied a little green tech. Sensors, digitally linked, could alert water drinkers in Ohio, Texas, Florida, Maryland and other atrazine-rich habitat. "Atrazine alert," it could say, "drink something else for a while." Real-time monitoring of public...

Tags: Beverage, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Water, Ohio, ATRAZINE Atrazine, Syngenta, Food & Beverage, Wiki, Manufacturing, Online Communications, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-08-23

Noah's Ark (Windows)

The great storm is coming, the water is rising, and you've got animals to save. Match the animals to send them up to the ark to safety, but be quick about it, the waters are rising fast. Combines elements from all your favorite puzzle games with cute animal graphics and...

Tags: Animal, Water, PopCap Games, Noah, Microsoft Windows, Games, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-07-14

iWaterfall 1.0 (Mobile)

Water flows down the screen whichever way you rotate it. Divert the flow of water with your fingers.

Tags: Mobile, Finger, Flow, Water, Lemur Software, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-07-08

You are full of water, so's your food

Because humans, corn, grapes, beer, ice cream, coffee and French fries all contain large amouns of water, most of us can agree it is a necessity. There are hints that life cannot exist without fresh, relatively non-toxic water. With that in mind researchers are looking for ways to...

Tags: Food, Researcher, Monitoring, Water, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-05-04

Desktop Puddle Screen Saver 1.2 (Mac)

Watch your desktop, or any other image, through a puddle of water with this realistic looking water effect screensaver. As the water ripples around your screen, your desktop is refracted through it, making it amazingly hypnotic to watch!

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Water, Useless Creations, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-04-27

Image Gallery: Proporta BeachBuoy waterproof case

When you hit the beach or pool you want to make sure that your mobile phone or camera is safe from water damage. You may also want to use your camera to capture photos or video in or under the water. The Proporta BeachBuoy lets you keep your device sealed...

Tags: Camera, Water, product photos, waterproof, proporta, mobile accessories, digital camera, mobile phone, Matthew Miller

Image galleries 2009-04-13

Bioethanol is a heavy drinker

A new scientific study of bioethanol production estimates it will use lots of water, perhaps water that won't actually be available as the climate changes in the U.S. Corn Belt. Some estimates of current water use for bioethanol production: 9 billion gallons annually. The new study says that...

Tags: Production, Water, Bioethanol, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-04-13

Mythbusting moisture-detecting stickers/liquid submersion indicators

There seems to be a fair number of myths surrounding moisture-detecting sticker or liquid submersion indicators LSIs, so much so that I feel that a post is in order. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Battery, Cell Phone, Water, Color Change, Battery Compartment, Engineering, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2009-03-17

Water woes: Chile, Tampa, California, global

Down in Chile they are free market supporters, to such an extent that water rights are bought and sold like land or cattle. That has particularly acute effects in areas where there is little or no local rainfall. And local water supplies are dependent on good behavior by...

Tags: Istanbul, Green Technology, Chile, Global Warming, Water, Tampa Bay Area, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-03-15

Forget global warming, consider global blooming

Recently I tried to warn an indifferent public about the curse of the killer jellyfish. This time, it's an even tinier threat, but also a great one. Deadly and toxic algal blooms are increasing in the world's coastal waters. Researchers cite degraded water quality from increased nutrient...

Tags: Global Warming, Water, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-01-06

First synthetic tree mimics transpiration

Cornell University researchers have created the world's first synthetic tree. So far, it's a very small 'tree' which stands in a palm-sized piece of hydrogel. This 'tree simulates the process of transpiration, the cohesive capillary action that allows trees to wick moisture upward to their highest branches.' Apparently, the scientists...

Tags: Tree, Water, Hydrogel, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-09-14

A wall's being built along the northern border of the U.S.

NOAA map of the Great Lakes Basin. And this isn't a wall promulgated by Homeland Security. It's not about people trying to get into the U.S. No this wall is aimed at keeping some states from getting resources that other states have. ...

Tags: Lake, State, Water, Wall, Construction, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-05-28

Water technology sure to become more profitable. Great "Dry" Lakes study released. Our food is consuming our water.

The Great Lakes are a major source of fresh water for much of the industrial and agricultural Midwest as well as southeastern Canada. Now the US Geological Survey has released a report on what happens to the water after people take it out of the lakes. You can...

Tags: Food, Clean Technology, Water, Livestock, U.S. Geological Survey, Great Lakes, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-05-23

Dropclock 1.01 (Windows)

Dropclock is an aesthetically intriguing motion clock screensaver. Every minute of real time is numerically expressed with heavy Helvetica dropping into water in super slow-motion. Be captivated as the contrasting elements of organic water and solid typography infinitely morph and mix. You can preview the product at the publisher's Web...

Tags: Water, Dropclock, Microsoft Windows, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Channel Management, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-04-02

Dropclock 1.0 (Mac)

Dropclock is an aesthetically intriguing motion clock screensaver. Every minute of real time is numerically expressed with heavy Helvetica dropping into water in super slow-motion. Be captivated as the contrasting elements of organic water and solid typography infinitely morph and mix. You can preview the product at the publisher's Web...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Water, Dropclock, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Desktops, Channel Management, Internet, Hardware, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-04-01

Are we running out of everything? MSM's stunning lack of concern

Water. Worry about it, say some experts. Yet the MSM's oblivious to the fact that we even need water. Recently there was a joint briefing by a Congressional leader and the U.S. Geological Sruvey on America's water problems. Number of news articles about it found by...

Tags: Water, MSM, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-03-22

SoundSeeing Rome Trevi Fountain 1.0 (Mobile)

Here is Romes most famous fountain, thanks to the exuberant Anita Ekberg. She splashed around in the fountain at night in an old black-and-white film. A centuries-old aqueduct provides the fountain with its water. Today, the extravagant fountain still provides a romantic setting for enamored couples.

Tags: Film, Mobile, Water, Shoeboxmedia, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-01-06