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Comment Re:knock yourself out (Score 1) 231

by Fletchnuts on Monday August 06, 2007 @01:35PM (#20131951) Attached to: It's Time for Social Networks to Open Up

Indeed there are urls at the bottom of every facebook photo page that will allow an unregistered user to view the photos. There is also a url they distribute for aim/other IM clients that allow an unregistered user to view the users profile.

Feed Polar Lakes and Global Warming (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed on Friday February 16, 2007 @04:12PM

Previously undiscovered lakes under Antarctica may help improve our understanding of the interaction between global warming and the melting icepack. Plus: New climate accord sought. By the Associated Press.

Feed Water on Mars: New Evidence (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed on Friday February 16, 2007 @04:12PM

Photographs sent by a NASA orbiter suggests that water may indeed be flowing on Mars. And where there's water, there's at least a chance of life. By the Associated Press.

Journal Journal: [parenting] Immunizations 8

Journal by FroMan on Friday February 16, 2007 @04:10PM

I guess I'll start my own tag of [parenting] to let folks know, incase they are severely brain damaged and don't want to hear about the [mis]adventures that my wife and I experience raising our son.

Todays topic: Immunizations.

Consumer Vista Upgrades Moving at Snail's Pace 269

Posted by Zonk on Friday February 16, 2007 @03:44PM from the playing-the-waiting-game dept.

Chester Freeze writes "During the holiday season, many shoppers bought PCs with the promise of quick, free Vista upgrades. The reality has been something else entirely: many Dell and HP customers are being told that they won't receive their copies of Vista before April. 'One source at a major OEM who spoke on condition of anonymity said that the real issue is that OEMs are still not sure which PCs are really ready to support Vista, and which PCs aren't... Customers who qualify for an Express Upgrade also qualify for OEM support for Windows Vista, even if their machines came with Windows XP. The last thing a Dell, Gateway, or HP wants to do is start sending out upgrades to customers who might have video cards that do not have particularly stable drivers yet (or sound cards, or RAID controllers, etc.). This could be a support disaster.'"

Submission + - Google acquires in-game advertising company

Submitted by

Firmafest

on Friday February 16, 2007 @03:37PM

Firmafest writes: "According to Red Herring Google has bought an in-game advertising company called Adscape for $23 million. Is this the next logical step to delivering ads where there's sufficient potential buyers? Or is it simply a response to Microsoft acquiring a similar company. Considering the massive budget for product placement in movies, this could mean larger budgets for games resulting in better and/or cheaper games."

Feed Israel Begins Running Web Cameras at Contested Excavation Site (nytimes.com)

From feed by nytfeed on Friday February 16, 2007 @03:12PM

Responding to intense criticism from the Muslim world, Israel began operating live Internet cameras at a construction project next to a hotly disputed holy site.

Submission + - Congress Tackles Patent Reform

Submitted by nadamsieee on Friday February 16, 2007 @03:07PM

nadamsieee writes: Wired's Luke O'Brian recently reported about Congress' latest attempt to reform the patent system. In the article O'Brian tells of how "[w]itnesses at Thursday's hearing painted a bleak picture of that system. Adam Jaffe, a Brandeis University professor and author of a book on the subject, described the system as "out of whack." Instead of "the engine of innovation," the patent has become "the sand in the gears," he said, citing widespread fears of litigation." The House Oversight Committee website has more details. How would you fix the patent system?

Submission + - Nanotech battery claims to solve electric car woes

Submitted by rbgrn on Friday February 16, 2007 @03:07PM

rbgrn writes: A123 Systems claims to have invented a Lithium Ion battery that not only can discharge at very high rates of current but can be recharged very quickly without damage to the cells or overheating. From their website: "A unique feature of A123Systems' M1 cells is their ability to charge to high capacity in 5 minutes or less. That's a significant improvement over traditional Li Ion, which typically requires more than 90 minutes to reach a similar level of charge." Using this technology, General Motors has announced a plug-in hybrid SUV and Venture Vehicles is developing a fully electric 3 wheel vehicle. Politics aside, the main technological hurdle to mass adoption of electric cars has been a fuel station replacement when driving distances beyond a single charge worth of range. Will we finally be seeing high current recharge stations in the next decade?

Apple TV to be a Centrally Controlled P2P Network? 165

Posted by Zonk on Friday February 16, 2007 @03:04PM from the lean-on-your-neighbors dept.

Rolgar writes "PBS' Bob Cringely theorizes that since the Apple TV will be an always-on device with a 40GB hard drive, Apple may move to content distribution via a P2P network. The ISPs will incur higher bandwidth locally, possibly lose some subscribers to cable TV, but have fewer costs through the Tier II Internet backbone providers. Bob also expects that Google will be involved with their fiber network and advertising expertise, and my hope is that they'll bundle in YouTube content as well. The article suspects that they won't get around to announcing the full details of this plan until they hit a half million units or more, and that this Apple and Google pairing will become the equivalent of a cable TV provider with almost none of the infrastructure costs. Eventually, he hopes, we'll see a real HD revolution from Apple and Google for this service." If Apple rolled something like this out to the service, would you bite on it? What would it take you to move to this over Tivo or MythTV?

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