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Submission + - Interesting mobile touch screen adaption

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 16, 2007 @06:06PM

An anonymous reader writes: A paper was recently published about Shift at the Computer Human Interaction Conference earlier this month. The authors [Daniel Vogel, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Toronto and Patrick Baudisch, a research scientist at Microsoft Research] developed the technology to solve several problems with mobile-phone touch screens, and also created a short video with a demonstration of how Shift works. Shift builds on existing technology already developed and known as Offset Cursor. Offset Cursor displays a cursor just above the spot a user touches on the screen. That allows users to place their finger below the item they wish to choose so that they can see the item, rather than hiding it with their finger.

Submission + - Halo 3 to Surface in September

Submitted by

mrneutron2004

on Wednesday May 16, 2007 @06:03PM

mrneutron2004 writes: "The public beta test of the new Halo's online system begins this week and wraps up on June 6. Microsoft says it will then finish the game and have it ready for store shelves in the last week of September. http://www.siliconnews.net/top-stories/halo-3-to-s urface-in-september.html"

Submission + - Scientists Change Belief in Global Warming

Submitted by

Rommel

on Wednesday May 16, 2007 @05:56PM

Rommel writes: "If you are going to post links to "pro" Global Warming Sites such as the Top Myths dispelled you should present the counter-points as well... Prominent Scientists Reverse Belief in Man-made Global Warming ....Geophysicist Dr. Claude Allegre, a top geophysicist and French Socialist who has authored more than 100 scientific articles and written 11 books and received numerous scientific awards including the Goldschmidt Medal from the Geochemical Society of the United States, converted from climate alarmist to skeptic in 2006. Allegre, who was one of the first scientists to sound global warming fears 20 years ago, now says the cause of climate change is "unknown" and accused the "prophets of doom of global warming" of being motivated by money, noting that "the ecology of helpless protesting has become a very lucrative business for some people!" ".... http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction= Minority.Blogs&ContentRecord_id=927b9303-802a-23ad -494b-dccb00b51a12&Region_id=&Issue_id="

Submission + - Amazon to Sell Music Without DRM

Submitted by whiteknight31 on Wednesday May 16, 2007 @05:55PM

whiteknight31 writes: Amazon has announced that they will soon enter the digital music business by selling MP3's without any DRM.

Submission + - Water generating electricity

Submitted by

Fun house

on Friday April 20, 2007 @11:32AM

Fun house writes: "Using just 3 metal buckets and two metallic tubes connected in a smart way, this professor demonstrates how static electricity can be generated. This can be considered a simple (yet very efficient — 10kV per discharge, perhaps even more) electric battery."

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