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Comment Re:Ghost in the Shell (Score 1) 297

by GotenXiao on Friday December 05, 2008 @05:02PM (#26007243) Attached to: Scientists Achieve Mental Body-Swapping

Actually, I believe Shirow has categorically stated that Ghost in the Shell and Ghost in the Shell: Innocence are operating in a completely different timeline to the events in Stand Alone Complex.

Quite appropriately for a discussion on GitS, CAPTCHA is "identify".

Submission + - Cisco: Neworking professionals! 2

Submitted by vaise on Thursday September 25, 2008 @05:20AM

vaise writes: Seems Cisco.com has lost all it's T's. So, if you've been waiting for the perfect time to read up on your Neworking Soluions, or maybe some Indusry Soluions, now's the time!

Russian Town Puts Giant Smiley On Google Maps 280

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 24, 2008 @11:58PM from the working-together dept.

Toramir writes "Citizens of the Russian town Chelyabinsk calculated when the satellite, QuickBird, which takes images for Google Earth and Google Maps, would cross above their city and used people to make a giant smiley face. A rock concert on the main square attracted many people and everyone got a yellow cape. It looks like someone at Google was quicker than usual to put up the new data. Maybe Google likes the idea of an entire town working hard to get its 15 minutes of fame. The article has a screenshot of Google Maps and images taken directly at the event."

Open Wi-Fi May Become Illegal In India 179

Posted by timothy on Wednesday September 17, 2008 @10:34AM from the remember-to-punish-the-innocent-first dept.

chromoZ writes with word that because of the serial blasts in Indian cities (and terrorist outfits claiming responsibility via email, often sent via Cyber Cafes and open Wi-Fi spots), sharing unsecured wireless access may get much tougher in India: "The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) after studying open Wifi networks is coming up with a set of guidelines and recommendations to secure them. 'All ISPs may be instructed to ensure that their subscribers using wireless devices must use effective authentication mechanisms and permit access to internet to only authorised persons using wireless devices.' An open Wi-Fi could be as much as illegal in India after this."

Submission + - UK-based TNWA Group in administration

Submitted by on Wednesday July 16, 2008 @11:42AM

An anonymous reader writes: TNWA Group, owners of CentralanUK and Enemy Down have been found to have been in administration for the past two months.

This was discovered earlier today by a poster on the Epic Games forums, but the thread was deleted by forum administrators shortly after it was posted.

Details of TNWA Group on Companies House

Researchers Work To Perfect Computerized Lip Reading 117

Posted by Zonk on Sunday January 20, 2008 @01:13AM from the eee-aye-eee-aye-oh dept.

Iddo Genuth writes "Researchers at the University of East Anglia are working to develop computerized lip-reading systems. Lip-reading is extremely hard for humans to master, but a software-based system has several benefits over even the most highly trained expert. The ultimate goal of the project is to convert lip-read speech into text. 'Apart from being extremely helpful to hearing-disabled individuals, researchers say that such a system could be used to noiselessly dictate commands to electronic devices equipped with a simple camera - like mobile phones, microwaves or even a car's dashboard. England's Home Office Scientific Development Branch ... is currently investigating the feasibility of using lip-reading software as an additional tool for gathering information about criminals or for collecting evidence.'"

Nokia Claims Ogg Format is "Proprietary" 619

Posted by Zonk on Sunday December 09, 2007 @05:32PM from the i-do-not-think-that-word-means-what-you-think-it-means dept.

a nona maus writes "Several months ago a workgroup of the W3C decided to include Ogg/Theora+Vorbis as the recommended baseline video codec standard for HTML5, against Apple's aggressive protest. Now, Nokia seems to be seeking a reversal of that decision: they have released a position paper calling Ogg 'proprietary' and citing the importance of DRM support. Nokia has historically responded to questions about Ogg on their internet tablets with strange and inconsistent answers, along with hand waving about their legal department. This latest step is enough to really make you wonder what they are really up to."

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