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Submission + - U.S. to File Trade Cases Against Pirated Material

Submitted by

ecoshift

on Monday April 09, 2007 @08:27PM

ecoshift writes: "RIAA driving US Trade policy....???

"The Bush administration announced today that it is filing two new trade cases against China to force the Asian giant to crack down on the distribution of pirated products and to drop barriers to the sale of American music, movies and books."

— washingtonpost.com

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/artic le/2007/04/09/AR2007040900574.html?nav=rss_email/c omponents"

Feed Photos: Hybrids that give back to the grid (com.com)

From feed by cnetfeed on Monday April 09, 2007 @08:12PM

PG&E and CalCars demonstrate how owners of plug-in hybrids could one day send electricity back to the grid.

Submission + - Celebrating the HP-35 calculator with a new model

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 09, 2007 @07:25PM

An anonymous reader writes: Hewlett-Packard last week announced a contest whereby HP-35 fans create and submit videos of their favorite calculator memories. HP will choose the best videos and you can win a 50-inch, high-def plasma TV. But everyone wins, because HP this summer will debut a special new calculator model. The details aren't announced, however, it's likely to be a 35th anniversary edition of some sort. This was covered in Computerworld's new vintage technology blog.

Feed Tropical Forests -- Earth's Air Conditioner (sciencedaily.com)

From feed by sdfeed on Monday April 09, 2007 @07:12PM

Planting and protecting trees -- which trap and absorb carbon dioxide as they grow -- can help to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. But a new study suggests that, as a way to fight global warming, the effectiveness of this strategy depends heavily on where these trees are planted. In particular, tropical forests are very efficient at keeping the Earth at a happy, healthy temperature.

Stretching the Net To Its Limits

Posted by samzenpus on Monday April 09, 2007 @07:04PM from the thin-as-paper dept.

DebNY writes "A study from the Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT) group at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu says the rapid rise of Web video and broadband net access 'may overwhelm some of the Internet's backbones' in 2007, while 'ISPs may struggle to keep pace with demand.' Ed Cone of CIO Insight however says reports of the Internet's imminent demise are greatly exaggerated." He goes on to say: "An Internet that is broken or seriously impaired at its core would obviously be bad for business in all kinds of ways...but as in the case of the most notorious prognostication of impending disaster, made in 1995 by Ethernet co-inventor Robert Metcalfe, the doom seers seem likely to eat their words. In fact, the supply of available bandwidth, especially at the core of the net, looks healthier than the pessimists would have it — or even bother to support with hard numbers when pressed to defend their arguments."

Submission + - Researchers chill mirror to near absolute zero

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 09, 2007 @05:58PM

An anonymous reader writes: Physicists have managed to cool a dime-sized mirror to within one degree of absolute zero, the lowest laser-induced freeze yet achieved with a visible object. http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/ 2007/409/1

100 Million iPods 241

Posted by samzenpus on Monday April 09, 2007 @05:27PM from the that's-a-lot-of-music dept.

prelelat writes "I find it somewhat hard to believe but this story over at PC world, indicates that the iPod has sold over 100 million units. It also asks how many are broken and replaced which makes me believe the number may be more accurate."

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