Cloud Computing Chrome OS Tip: Accessing Photos from USB Storage As one of the lucky recipients of the Cr-48 Chrome OS test notebook, I've been experimenting with how well I can unwire to live "in the cloud," as they say. If you're unfamiliar, the Cr-48 notebook computers are being used in Google's Pilot program for its new browser-based computer operating system named for its Web browser, Google Chrome. Built… Sarah Perez View comments
NYT Skype Says Bug in Windows Client Responsible for Last Week's Outage We knew that last week's major Skype outage was caused by a problem with "supernodes," and now Skype CIO Lars Rabbe has provided more details about what caused the popular VOIP service to suffer such a widespread failure. The culprit: a bug in a Windows version of the Skype client (version 5.0.0152). On December 22, a cluster of support… Audrey Watters View comments
How-To How to Build a WordPress Plugin in 10 Minutes PHP Heaven is running a tutorial on building WordPress plugins. The tutorial Hack Klint Finley View comments
Art The Dawn of Sensors & Social Media in the World of Fine Art Wall placards, museum docents and audio tours have all become essential technologies for many peoples' engagement with our collective culture as represented in the world's fine art. Imagine what could happen if your enjoyment of art was augmented further by the kinds of social technologies that you already use on the internet. Thousands of… Play Marshall Kirkpatrick View comments
Augmented Reality Kinect Hacked to Play Full-Body World of Warcraft Can you imagine some of the technology world's best game play being combined with the immersive experience of a motion-controlled full-body interface? Nathan Olivarez-Giles posted the video above, from Christmas day, on the LA Times tech blog today, showing USC researchers playing the wildly popular game World of Warcraft with their bodies, using… Play Marshall Kirkpatrick View comments