Comment Re:quality of components isn't the only cost facto (Score 1) 935
Almost all Apple products have the following on the box: "Designed by Apple in California. Assembled in China". Therefore, the labor argument is moot.
HDMI-Enabled Graphics Cards Debut 235
TrackinYeti writes "HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface), is the first industry supported digital-only interface, that requires a single cable to connect an output source to an HD-ready device, such as a television or monitor and deliver HD video, plus multi-channel digital audio, like Dolby Digital and DTS. Recently, Asus Computer released versions of their GeForce 7600 and Radeon X1600 cards with HDMI outputs on them, driven by an on-board Sil1930 controller. These are some of the first graphics cards to hit the market that can output HDMI natively with an integrated HDCP cipher engine and support HD-audio as well. Just the thing for that HTPC?"
Feed In a Video Era, There’s No Hiding a Face for Radio (nytimes.com)
Radio station owners are putting up more and more video fare on their Web sites — from a simple camera in the broadcast booth to exclusive coverage of special events — to tempt both listeners and advertisers.
Atom Smasher May Create "Black Saturns" 423
David Shiga writes "If we ever make black holes on Earth, they might be much stranger objects than the star-swallowing monsters known to exist in space. According to a new theory, any black hole that pops out of the Large Hadron Collider under construction in Switzerland might be surrounded by a black ring — forming a microscopic 'black Saturn'. This could happen if extra dimensions exist, as string theory suggests, and if they are large enough." An evocative excerpt from the article: "...there is an outside chance that in a few years in a tunnel near Geneva, physicists will make a black hole far smaller than a proton and circled by a squashed four-dimensional black doughnut."
