185893
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jpfingst writes:
"There's a lot of buzz lately about the delivery of HD TV and Movie content over the Internet with shows like Lost being delivered by ABC.com and other video download services with XBox360 or iTunes....But there's one dirty little secret that people are forgetting or that they don't understand, IT'S NOT HD they're getting over the Internet. Heck it's not even NTSC 480i (720?480 60 fields interlaced) DVD quality when you really look at the amount of video data you're getting!"
185885
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vaidhy writes:
One more for India. Allahabad high court in India is now running completely on FOSS software and supports ODF (open document format) and it provides the judgement in RSS format too. Sometime actions speak louder than words.
185401
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bobbybobber writes:
AppleInsider has the good word on iPhone availability. The Apple news site is reporting that a just-aired AT&T Wireless commercial advertises the Apple handset will be available beginning June 29th. The spot aired on CBS at approximately 7:00 p.m. eastern time. It included a brief demonstration of some iPhone functions, ending with Apple-branded splash screen and the June 29th availability date.
185347
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YokimaSun writes:
Over at DCEmu Mat Dizzy has released PSP
Earth which is an application that allows your PSP to view Webcamfeeds from
around the World, currently in this beta release it supports 3 webcam feeds.
184713
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darkpriest writes:
Shacknews is reporting that MMO gold vendor IGE has had a class action lawsuit filed against them. The lawsuit was filed in Florida citing Florida's Deceptive And Unfair Trade Practices Act. The lawsuit seems to deal with gold and items sold by IGE for Blizzard's World of Warcraft. The article also points out that Blizzard themselves have filed a lawsuit against Peons4hire, another gold vendor. However, Blizzard's lawsuit appears to be more about Peons4hire's spamming practices and not the actual selling of gold. The entire article can be read here.
184705
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Stony Stevenson writes:
A team of US researchers is using the super-adhesive properties of nanoglue to create a super-sticky web-shooting device much like the comic-book hero Spiderman's, an announcement sure to prick the ears of Peter Parker aficionados the globe over. The nanoglue is also being trialed in the production of computer chip circuitry and is expected to miniaturize the process, meaning faster and more powerful chips.
From the article: "If we can find a way to create threads and/or intertwined bundles using the molecules in a scalable fashion, while retaining the adhesive properties, then creating web-shooters similar to Spiderman's is a real possibility," Ramanath said. "There are ways in which molecular threads/bundles can be created in large quantities. The challenge will be, however, to simultaneously engineer adhesion on certain surfaces (and not others, since we want the suit only to form on the desired surface) and also with each other during the thread formation."
184695
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chuckymonkey writes:
James Watson, Nobel Laureate and co-discoverer with Francis Crick of the DNA double helix was presented this week with his own genome sequence.
