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Vision preserved in diseased mice-> 0

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on Monday March 17 2008, @07:43AM

Furmy writes "The Toronto star reports that "scientists from the University of Utah have been able to make blind mice see again". It even includes a solid car analogy — "All this paper is saying is that not only is there an accelerator in your car, there's actually a brake." That "brake," Li says, is a protein known by the sci-fi sounding name of Robo4. Looks good to me!"
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CNET Editor James Kim - 1971-2006

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on Friday December 08 2006, @11:55AM

Furmy writes "CNET Senior Editor James Kim was found dead after attempting to hike out of a remote road in Oregon. Kim and his family became lost several days ago. His wife and two kids survived the ordeal after being found by rescuers. James Kim Memorial on CNET. Leave CNET has filled their CNET-TV playlist with videos featuring James Kim Donations to the family can be made at www.jamesandkati.com."

XBOX 360: One year later w/ LIVE movie rentals

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on Thursday November 23 2006, @01:07AM

Furmy writes "So the XBOX 360 has now been around for about a year. The PS3 and Wii are out, and according to TG Daily Microsoft has introduced LIVE-based movie downloads.
FTA "The Xbox Live Marketplace, in addition to arcade-style games and digital extras for Xbox 360 titles, is now stocked with digital versions of full-length TV shows and movies, available for between $2 and $6, with a myriad of different pricing levels depending on the resolution chosen by the user.""

Sony says P3 has lousy backwards compatibility

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on Tuesday November 14 2006, @02:02AM

Furmy writes "According to Google's news feeds Sony has announced limited or restricted backwards compatibility when trying to play PS2 or PSone games. Sony released a statement quoted by SeattlePI which includedSeattle PI "Titles including the "Gran Turismo" and "Final Fantasy" series sold for the PlayStation and PlayStation 2 can't display menus properly and graphics sometimes freeze". Sony's statement also said "Software updates to the console will be provided to fix the problems, the statement said.""