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Comment Re:Two words (Score 1) 3709

by ubergoober (#25641149) Attached to: Barack Obama Wins US Presidency

So... the soon to be ex-president managed to fark things up sooo completely, Obama won't be able to fix it immediately. Why is that a poor reflection on him?

At least with Obama I figure we're less likely to end up with another laundry list of "Ha ha, I farked your country" items at the next election.
Technology (Apple)

Submission + - Axiotron Launches Modservice, New MacBook-to-Table (prweb.com)

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ubergoober
ubergoober writes: "Axiotron® today launched Axiotron Modservice, a one-of-a-kind service exclusively performed that enables Apple® MacBook® owners to transform their existing computer into a Mac® Tablet solution.

The award-winning Modbook's state-of-the-art pen-based digitizer technology gives users drawing and writing functionality along with the ability to manipulate the Mac OS® X operating system environment without a keyboard or mouse. Through Axiotron Modservice, almost any Intel® Core 2 Duo-based Apple MacBook computer can be transformed into an Axiotron Modbook.

"Customers have been requesting a program like our Modservice," said Andreas E. Haas, Axiotron's CEO. "There is something intrinsically appealing about the idea of taking your computer and turning it into a new and exciting product like the Modbook.""
Power

Mimicking Electric Eel Cells 71

Posted by kdawson from the positively-shocking dept.
An anonymous reader writes "A team of US researchers has asked the following question in the new field of systems biology: 'Do we understand how a cell produces electricity well enough to design one, and to optimize that design?' They believe it should be possible to build artificial cells replicating the electrical behavior of electric eel cells. In fact, such artificial cells could deliver better performance — as much as 40% more energy than real eel cells, a computer model suggests. They could be used to power medical implants and other small devices."
Software

Submission + - Build your own Virtual World on the Web: Blink 2. (prweb.com)

Submitted by ubergoober
ubergoober writes: With the slew of virtual worlds recently promoting themselves, Pelican Crossing, a developer of multi-user web based worlds recently released Blink 2.0, a tool that allows you to create your own. A complete system for creating interactive, animated and chat enabled multi-user 3D Web environments easily and without the need for programming skills. Will DIY tools like these make it easier to get to the Metaverse reality?
Media

Submission + - Feature Film Created Within Virtual Gaming Environ (prweb.com)

Submitted by ubergoober
ubergoober writes: Voig.com and Full Stealth Films released the first installment of a feature length, high-definition (HD) film, entitled MMOvie. The film will be released in segments to enable HD-quality streaming across the internet and allow viewers to influence the outcome of the film through voting. A ten minute segment represents approximately 60-80 GB of uncompressed HD footage, but through the use of advanced codecs and Ooyala's adaptive bitrate technology we are able to maximize video quality for each individual user The entire film is shot within the online video game, World of Warcraft and is an ongoing production. http://prweb.com/releases/2008/3/prweb773474.htm

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