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BitTorrent goes to the movies, legally NEWS.com.au - WEB company BitTorrent, once scorned in Hollywood, has joined a number of providers in the nascent arena for legal downloads of movies and television shows with content from several key studios. BitTorrent Launches Media Marketplace BitTorrent, Joost Bringing P2P Mainstream |
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| Samsung Mass-Producing 60-Nano Memory Chips Korea Times - By Cho Jin-seo. Samsung Electronics said Thursday it has begun mass-producing memory chips using 60-nanometer-class process technology, distancing itself from competitors that are still using 80-nanometer technology. Will iPhone halt a drop in NAND flash pricing? Samsung mass-produce 60-nano DRAM |
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 Portable Planet |
SimCity for DS Eurogamer - by Rob Purchese. EA has been squashing cities this afternoon, and has announced that SimCity will appear on DS sometime this summer. Build your dream city with SimCity DS SimCity coming to DS |
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| Office 2007 security issue discovered Monsters and Critics.com - By Steve Ragan Feb 28, 2007, 16:08 GMT. The security expert’s at eEye Digital Security have reported that they have discovered a flaw in Office 2007. Symantec Vista White Paper Links to PatchGuard Crack Security vendors lagging on support for Vista |
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 Chemistry World |
'World's thinnest material' found Manchester Evening News - A TECHNOLOGY based on the world's thinnest material could transform electronics and speed up the development of drugs, say scientists. Scientists create world's thinnest material It’s only an atom thick, a film that defies the laws of physics |
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TechWeb – IBM has reached adeal with Google Inc. to bring the consumer Internetinto the office by piping YouTube and thousands of other Webprograms into IBM software used by millions of office workers.
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Chemistry World |
Scientists create world's thinnest material Telegraph.co.uk - By Roger Highfield, Science Editor. Researchers have created the world’s thinnest sheet – a single atom thick – and used it to create the world’s smallest transistor, marking a breakthrough that could spark the development of super-fast computer chips. It’s only an atom thick, a film that defies the laws of physics New ultra-thin technology developed |
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AP – An Australian state has banned the video Web site YouTube from government schools in a crackdown on cyber-bullying, a minister said Thursday.
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Second Life to Find Voice Soon Techtree.com - Second Life avatars (animated proxies of members), look set to find a voice of their own, according to Second Life creator, Linden Labs. `Second Life' Gets Chatty The future of the web: living online |
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TORONTO—In an attempt to more favorably arrange his team’s schedule for the next week, Raptors forward Chris Bosh called fellow NBA player…
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Chinese develop remote-controlled pigeons Register - By Lester Haines → More by this author. Chinese scientists have pulled off what they claim is a world first: controlling pigeons via brain-implanted "micro electrodes", Reuters reports. Bird-brained idea to control flight Scientists Control Pigeons Via Remote Control |
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AMD's First Integrated Graphics Chipset Techtree.com - The first product since AMD's much talked about, $5.4 billion ATI acquisition last year, has been unveiled. At an event in San Francisco yesterday, AMD announced its new 690 chipset, calling it the company's first hardware platform to feature an ATI … AMD to unveil new graphics chipset for PCs AMD Debuts PC-to-TV Chipset |
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Reuters – Fox Broadcasting Co. is set to announce Thursday that it will make select primetime series available for download-to-own on the Web sites of more than 200 of its affiliated stations during the next few months.
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AP – Politicians have not cherished most of their YouTube moments, those snippets of candid camera video posted on the popular Internet site. Now comes a friendlier YouTube politics.
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CBC – Newfoundland & Labrador |
World's first robot-controlled bird People’s Daily Online - The Robot Research Center at Shandong University of Science and Technology recently developed a robot-controlled pigeon that "understands" and follows human-directed computer commands. Chinese develop remote-controlled pigeons Bird-brained idea to control flight |
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Secrets of universe eyed as collider core installed Malaysia Star - By Robert Evans. GENEVA (Reuters) – The world's leading centre for research into the origins of matter on Wednesday took a giant step towards completion of a 15-year project which scientists hope will unlock many secrets of the universe. Scientists' hoping to shed new light on universe's secrets Giant magnet lowered to underground particle detector |
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TAMPA, FL—New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner informed reporters yesterday that manager Joe Torre could face firing if the Yankees do…
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Budget cutbacks may delay NASA plans for manned spacecraft San Jose Mercury News - By Mark K. Matthews. WASHINGTON – NASA Administrator Michael Griffin told Congress on Wednesday that a budget shortfall this year could delay the launch of the space shuttle's successor – probably until 2015. Budget shortfall may delay new space vehicle NASA budget crunch delays moon ship work |
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TechWeb – A new proof-of-concept code is circulating for a Firefox vulnerability that was fixed in Mozilla’s security update that was released last week.
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| Assault spurs school YouTube ban CNN International - MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian state has banned the online video Web site YouTube from government schools in a crackdown on cyber-bullying, a minister said Thursday. State bans YouTube Web swept clear of bullies |
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 GigaOm |
Wireless Rivals Primed for Mobile TV BusinessWeek - US cell-phone providers, including Verizon Wireless and AT&T, are finally poised to sell televised programming; will customers buy it? Confirmed: Verizon V-Cast Mobile TV Launching Tomorrow Verizon introduces network TV on cell phones |
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MattSparkes writes “PCBs from discarded computers, cellphones and other devices could be recycled less harmfully using a technique developed by researchers in China. Unlike current methods, it can be used to reclaim metals such as copper without releasing toxic fumes into the air. Only a small numbers of PCBs are currently recycled.”
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 NintendoRevolution.ca |
Build your dream city with SimCity DS Monsters and Critics.com - By Hector Cortez Mar 1, 2007, 7:00 GMT. EA announced today that the SimCity franchise is returning with SimCity DS, developed especially for the Nintendo DS. SimCity on the DS! Use the DS mic to blow out fires! |
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CBC – Newfoundland & Labrador |
Bird-brained idea to control flight Sydney Morning Herald - A pigeon with micro-electrodes planted in its brain is seen at Shandong Science and Technology University in Qingdao, east China's Shandong province. Chinese develop remote-controlled pigeons Scientists Control Pigeons Via Remote Control |
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 Gizmodo.com |
Confirmed: Verizon V-Cast Mobile TV Launching Tomorrow Gizmodo.com - Laptop Mag's just confirmed that Verizon's V-Cast Mobile TV service will launch tomorrow, the first of March. Verizon's planning to have eight channels at launch—which is actually more than the number of of HD channels I get from Comcast—which will be … Wireless Rivals Primed for Mobile TV Verizon introduces network TV on cell phones |
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FCC rule requires all new TVs to be digital Boston Globe - Not all digital televisions are high-definition, but demand for HDTV is easing the transition to all-digital television broadcasting. The Transition to Digital TV Coalition Pledges to Alert Consumers About Transition |