MattSparkes - Slashdot User

Submission + - Choose what to pay for Radiohead's new album (pcpro.co.uk)

Submitted by Matt on Monday October 01, 2007 @11:06AM

Matt writes: Radiohead are offering their latest album as a download several weeks before the CD comes out, and you get to choose how much to pay. $1,000 or $0.00, it's entirely up to you. The band are free of a record contract for this, their seventh album, so are free to pursue as many wacky plans as they like.

Submission + - Google Hiring Thousands of European Engineers (pcpro.co.uk)

Submitted by Matt on Thursday September 27, 2007 @07:54AM

Matt writes: Google are on the hunt for several thousand European engineers, as they try to set up more R&D centres outside the US. They have hired a new Vice President of Engineering for Europe, Nelson Mattos, who will oversee all these new staff. It seems like an odd move, after all, some people seem to think that they've already over-hired.

Submission + - Dell to Become Carbon Neutral, Maybe, One Day (pcpro.co.uk) 2

Submitted by Matt on Thursday September 27, 2007 @06:42AM

Matt writes: Dell has proudly announced that they are to become the "first major computer manufacturer" to go carbon neutral, but has apparently forgotten to say when. These kinds of claims without any concrete targets are pretty much worthless, and seem especially weak when companies like Google are making such good headway with solar power.

Submission + - UK Cell Phone Service Offers Free Calls for Teens (pcpro.co.uk)

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Matt

on Monday September 24, 2007 @07:50AM

Matt writes: "Those aged 16-24 can sign up for a new service in the UK, called Blyk, where they get free phone calls and SMS messaging in return for viewing adverts on their handsets. Although this has been tried in the US before, this is the first time that a companies entire business model has been based on the concept. Blyk have done a deal with Orange to provide the infrastructure."

Submission + - Is Nano-Generation the Solution to Battery Life? (treehugger.com)

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Matthew Sparkes

on Monday June 11, 2007 @06:41PM

Matthew Sparkes writes: "Nano-generation is the practice of equipping devices with the means to power themselves; wind-up radios, solar powered cell phone chargers, etc. Could it be the solution to two problems? Firstly you wouldn't have to charge up all your different devices everyday and they would never run out on you, and secondly they would reduce our energy consumption and be good for the environment. "Consider this: mobile phone chargers are responsible for a quarter of a million tonnes of CO2 in the UK every year. Now consider the fact that all it would take to wipe out these emissions would be the introduction of a small photovoltaic device to replace each charger.""

Submission + - NASA hitch a ride on Virgin Galactic

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MattSparkes

on Thursday February 22, 2007 @08:42AM

MattSparkes writes: "It recently emerged that NASA may have a gap in their launch capability between the retirement of the Shuttle and the introduction of its replacement. Now the effects of this are showing, as it has been announced that astronauts in training will take flights on commercial space flights, in return for technical knowledge from the space agency."

Submission + - Human Immortality: A Scientific Reality?

Submitted by socram on Friday February 16, 2007 @08:49AM

socram writes: From the moment of birth, we begin the battle against death — against the inevitable. Statistics say that a newborn child can expect to live an average of 76 years. But averages may not be what they use to be.In 1786, life expectancy was 24 years. A hundred years later it doubled to 48. Right now, it's 76. The cause of human aging is now being understood.

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