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The Mice That Didn't Make It 202

Posted by timothy on Thursday August 06, 2009 @04:09PM from the does-anything-beat-a-logitech-marble-mouse? dept.

Harry writes "For every blockbuster of the mouse world (such as Microsoft and Logitech's big sellers) there have been countless mice that flopped, or never made it to market. Mice shaped like pyramids; mice shaped like Mickey; mice that doubled as numeric keypads or phones. Even one that sat on your steering wheel. I've rounded up some evocative patent drawings on twenty notable examples."

Comment ngspice using gschem as frontend (Score 1) 211

by Breetai on Sunday August 02, 2009 @07:15AM (#28915457) Attached to: Cheap, Cross-Platform Electronic Circuit Simulation Software?

A couple of years ago I used ngspice en gschem for simulation.
I had some problems getting the whole toolchain running. But after the initial effort it proved very flexible and effective.
By creating a Makefile for the whole project everything could be automated.

Use gschem to define the circuit.
gnetlist with the spice back-end to generate a circuit
ngspice for simulation
gwave for viewing graphs and gnuplot for producing images.

Bad Signs For Blu-ray 1276

Posted by timothy on Monday September 22, 2008 @09:38PM from the anguish-languish dept.

Ian Lamont writes "More than six months after HD-DVD gave up the ghost, there are several signs that Sony's rival Blu-ray format is struggling to gain consumer acceptance. According to recent sales data from Nielsen, market share for Blu-ray discs in the U.S. is declining, and Sony and its Blu-ray partners are trying several tactics to boost the format — including free trial discs bundled into magazines and cheap Blu-ray players that cost less than $200."

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