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Submission + - UK Porn Filesharers Get RIAA Treatment

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on Friday December 05, 2008 @04:10PM

bughunter writes: "Thousands of internet users have been told they'll be taken to court unless they pay hundreds of pounds for illegally downloading and sharing hardcore porn movies. This Newsbeat story describes how people across the UK have been accused of using file-sharing networks to get hold of dozens of adult titles without paying for them. A German company called DigiProtect claims the users are breaking copyright law and is demanding £500 to settle out of court. Many recipients of DigiProtect's 20-page legal letter deny copying the movies and say they have no idea why they were identified in the first place. TorrentFreak appears to have identified this activity as early as November 18 (potentially NSFW URLs on target page)."

Submission + - Most Business-Launched Virtual Worlds Fail (informationweek.com) 1

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on Saturday May 17, 2008 @02:51PM

bughunter writes: "Internet consultant firm Gartner claims that only 1 in 10 commercial virtual worlds succeeds, and most fail within 18 months

"Businesses have learned some hard lessons," Gartner analyst Steve Prentice said in a statement released Thursday. "They need to realize that virtual worlds mark the transition from Web pages to Web places and a successful virtual presence starts with people, not physics. Realistic graphics and physical behavior count for little unless the presence is valued by and engaging to a large audience."
Nonethless, Gartner advises businesses to keep trying. Virtual worlds can add value initially to training and simulation exercises, and suggests it will eventually provide a venue for more mundane collaboration."

Submission + - War of the Future: Robot vs. Robot (thestar.com)

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on Friday May 02, 2008 @01:53PM

bughunter writes: "This spring, it seems everyone is publishing breathless fearmongering stories of killer robots run amok, but this story is a refreshingly insightful treatment of unmanned warfare. While it doesn't go into depth, The Star does accurately represent the technical limitations, challenges, and the paths being blazed by Unmanned Systems companies. Sensor data fusion, personal equipment, force protection and civilian awareness are the current focus of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle and Unmanned Ground Vehicle development, in the UK as well as at my company in the US and also abroad.

"It is a weird extrapolation, the idea that war is becoming a scenario of `Your robots versus our robots,' Why not just fight it out on a video game instead?" said Mindsheet's Tribe. "But this is where things are moving."
Yes, we played Starcraft in our spare time, too. But credit goes to Orson Scott Card, who saw this coming over thirty years ago."

Submission + - GE Announces OLED Manufacturability Breakthrough (businesswire.com)

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on Tuesday March 11, 2008 @02:41PM

bughunter writes: "Today GE announced the successful demonstration of the world's first roll-to-roll manufactured organic light-emitting diode (OLED) lighting devices. This demonstration is a key step toward making OLEDs and other high performance organic electronics products at dramatically lower costs than what is possible today. Even the green crowd is thrilled. Personally, as the parent of a 3-year-old technophile, I'm dreading the animated cereal boxes."

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