extrinsic

The true weblog portion of drzy. Bookmarks from around the internet this last week. Updated every Sunday evening.

• China has been spying on us through Microsoft products » Computer intruders targeting pro-Tibetan groups, U.S. defense contractors and government agencies slipped in through previously unknown security holes in Microsoft Office, prompting Microsoft to issue a flurry of patches to the popular software suite in 2
• Nanofibers Heal Spinal Cords » Injected directly into the spinal cords of paralyzed mice, a new material restores use of the animals’ hind legs.
• Drug protects mice, monkeys from radiation damage » An experimental drug helped protect mice and monkeys from the damaging effects of radiation, researchers said on Thursday, in a finding that may lead to less toxic cancer treatments or an emergency treatment for radiation exposure.
• TOP500 Supercomputing Sites »
• NVIDIA Promises Powerful, Sub-$45 Processing Platform to Counter Intel »
• The Martian Express » One of the more intriguing theories to fall out of the early gravity-assist research was a hypothetical spacecraft called the Cycler, a vehicle which could utilize gravity to cycle between two bodies indefinitely– Earth and Mars, for instance– with li
• The Difference Engine Arrives in Silicon Valley »
• The Handler » Afraid to touch things in public restrooms, or anywhere public for that matter?
• Dyslexia Differs by Language » Dyslexia affects different parts of children’s brains depending on whether they are raised reading English or Chinese.
• Self-Cleaning Underwear Goes Weeks Without Washing »
• Virtual Psychotherapy Works Better Than Live Doctors »
• "V" Remake Aiming for Theaters, Plus Sequels »
• Color-blind gamers: common. Developer awareness? Minimal »
• Super Mario in 14kB Javascript »
• Phobos HiRes images »
• Flickr now supports video »
• NOTEPAD++ » notepad laternative
• PeaZip » free RAR 7Z ACE PAQ TAR ZIP archiver utility
• Eraser » Free secure data erase tool to wipe files on your hard drive
• Firefox Extension Development Tutorial »
• DonorsChoose.org » Give to students and schools. Stephen Colbert has a straw poll for Pennsylvania schools to determine support for Clinton or Obama.
• Ping.fm » update twitter jaiku and other microbloggers at once
• Google App Engine » Run web applications on the Google infrastructure. Jaiku will be the first ap released on the Google App Engine.
• IGN: Gauntlet DS Preview »