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PreacherTom writes:
In a move worthy of the Mythbusters, scientists in Denmark tracked over 420,000 cell phone users over the course of 21 years in an attempt to determine if the urban legend that cell phone use causes cancer is true. Their results: the RF energy produced by the phones did not correlate to an increased incidence of the disease. Please note that this doesn't make chatting on the highway at 85 mph any more safe.
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Loosehead prop writes:
Fox will become the second US-based movie studio to begin selling cheap DVDs in China to combat piracy. DVDs will be priced around $3 each (20-25 yuan), which is about twice what a pirated DVD costs on the street corner. Time Warner was the first studio to drop DVD prices as the movie industry attempts to recoup the MPAA's estimated $244 million annual losses to piracy in China. 'Studios such as Time Warner and Fox have come to the realization that if they don't make such low-priced offerings to the people of China, they won't make any sales at all. Charging $1.25 to $3.00 per disc and selling a few thousand movie is certainly better than (nearly) nothing, which is what they were making before.'
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Buffalo writes:
Apple's smallest iPod yet has begun shipping. Ars Technica reviewed the itty-bitty iPod, including some stress testing. The shuffle was able to survive being stepped on, a three-story fall, and an encounter with a pint of ale. It couldn't stand up to being driven over, though. The iPod shuffle would be an excellent upgrade except for the fact that it lost its flash drive functionality: "The old shuffle moonlighted on the side as a USB thumb drive that you could plug directly into your computer, so the need for a dock or even a cable was unnecessary. However, Apple has sadly removed this wonderful feature from the iPod shuffle."
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anonymous writes:
Daily Tech reports that the PS3 will allow their owners to upgrade their hard drive. From the article:
Sony is making things a bit easier for gamers with its PlayStation 3. Sony encourages its customers to upgrade their hard drives and even gives them instructions on how to do so in the PS3 user manual. The HDD used in the PS3 is a standard 2.5" SATA unit, so just about any drive should work should you crave more storage space.
Seems like good design decision on Sony's part. With the ability to run Yellow Dog Linux, the PS3 really seems a lot like a PC. Perhaps we can write it off as a business expense?
