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Comment Enjoy this historic event on your iPhone/iTouch! (Score 1) 376

by dos on Sunday February 08, 2009 @08:07PM (#26777799) Attached to: February 13th, UNIX Time Will Reach 1234567890

A rather geeky friend of mine has already released an app named UnixTime to let you enjoy this historic event on your iPhone/iTouch:

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=303467372&mt=8

http://markdamonhughes.com/UnixTime/

(no, I have no sponsorship deal, just thought if it was geeky enough to be worth writing, it might be geeky enough for some of you to be worth buying)

2008 Beijing Olympics as a Media Test-Bed 134

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday July 07, 2008 @04:45PM from the just-a-test-of-inconvenience dept.

CNN is reporting that NBC is using the 2008 Olympics in Beijing as a test-bed to understand how people are using different media platforms. "NBC has scheduled 3,600 hours of Olympics programming on its main network, along with Telemundo, USA, Oxygen, MSNBC, CNBC and Bravo. That's the equivalent of eight days of programming packed into each day. In addition, the company is planning to make 2,200 hours of streaming video available on NBCOlympics.com. Consumers may also get video on demand via their computer and Olympics content through their mobile phones."

Comment Re:Not the point... (Score 1) 727

by dos on Friday June 27, 2008 @10:52PM (#23977391) Attached to: Where To Draw the Line With Embryo Selection?

Genetic engineering of this sort is likely to be extremely rare if illegal.

I disagree. Even excepting the easy possibility of visiting other jurisdictions where such may be legal or less monitored, setting up an underground shop to provide this kind of service should be relatively easy compared to other "high-tech" ventures. My understanding is that the equipment for this is neither as complicated nor as expensive as one might think.

Used sequencers for pricing research:
http://www.labx.com/v2/newad.cfm?CatID=218

Then again, maybe I've just been reading too many cyberpunk novels lately...

RIAA Now Filing Suits Against Consumers Who Rip CDs 403

Posted by Zonk on Sunday December 30, 2007 @01:31AM from the because-we-needed-another-reason-to-be-cranky-at-them dept.

mrneutron2003 writes "With this past week's announcement by Warner to release its entire catalog to Amazon in MP3 format with no Digital Rights Management, you would think that the organization that represents them, The RIAA, would begin changing its tune. Instead, they are pressing on in their campaign against consumers by suing individuals who merely rip CDs they've purchased legally. 'The industry's lawyer in the case, Ira Schwartz, argues in a brief filed earlier this month that the MP3 files Howell made on his computer from legally bought CDs are "unauthorized copies" of copyrighted recordings.'"

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