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Feed New York Times: F.C.C. Agrees to Open Radio Spectrum (nytimes.com)

From feed by nytfeed on Tuesday November 04, 2008 @06:52PM

Regulators hope the decision will lead to development of low-cost, higher-speed Internet access and a new generation of wired devices.

Feed Wired: Review: 'Resistance 2' Refines the Shooter Experience (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed on Monday November 03, 2008 @08:52PM

Clever new weapons, an intriguing story line and powerful multiplayer options make this PlayStation 3 exclusive a must for your collection.

Feed news.com: Apple debunks Mac Mini, iMac rumor (cnet.com)

From feed by cnetfeed on Monday November 03, 2008 @08:34PM

Apple is done with Mac product releases in 2008, a company representative has confirmed in a rare response to speculation regarding the Mac Mini and iMac.

New Type of Particle May Have Been Found 281

Posted by kdawson on Monday November 03, 2008 @07:33PM from the outside-the-pipe dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The LHC is out of commission, but the Tevatron collider at Fermilab is still chugging along, and may have just discovered a new type of particle that would signal new physics. New Scientist reports that the Tevatron's CDF detector has found muons that seem to have been created outside of the beam pipe that confines the protons and anti-protons being smashed together. The standard model can't explain the muons, and some speculate that 'an unknown particle with a lifetime of about 20 picoseconds was produced in the collision, traveled about 1 centimeter, through the side of the beam pipe, and then decayed into muons.' The hypothetical particle even seems to have the right mass to account for one theory of dark matter."

Netflix Extends "Watch Instantly" To Mac Users 205

Posted by kdawson on Monday November 03, 2008 @04:19AM from the instant-grats dept.

CNet is reporting that Netflix has opened up its "Watch Instantly" feature to Mac users (here is Netflix's blog entry). They accomplished this by using Microsoft's Silverlight technology on both platforms, abandoning the Windows Media Player solution that had been employed in the first, Windows-only, version. Silverlight's DRM capabilities meet Netflix's needs, apparently. Netflix warns that this is beta software. Mac users can opt in here, then watch instantly with Safari or Firefox 2+, with the Silverlight plugin in place. Movie selection is somewhat limited.

Comment Re:But it kills the market for mediocrity (Score 1) 749

by Kryxan on Sunday May 15, 2005 @04:12PM (#12537556) Attached to: How Battlestar Galactica Killed TV

The fact is that Anime Unleashed and Adult Swim would not be showing anime if it had not been subbed by someone, who then distributed it freely, generating interest, which caused it to be noticed by many people, who wrote letters and emails, which sparked corporate interest and got the Anime licensed. Anime IS the perfect example of how piracy can be a good thing. Because after some of us watched Cowboy Bebop for the first time on Adult Swim we started to wonder what else could be out there, what other anime is still waiting to be watched. Piracy IS good, at least some of the time.

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