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June 29, 2006
One Cheap Desktop for All
"The $150 Municator packs a 40-GB hard drive, a DVD drive, Wi-Fi, 256 MB of RAM and a 400/800-MHz Godson processor. "
June 28, 2006
Superfast internet cafe launches
"An internet cafe offering connections 50 times faster than typical broadband services has opened in Cornwall, England. "
Magnetic fields created using nanotechnology could make computers up to 500 times more powerful, if new research is successful.
"But if this research is successful, it could make computers with wireless semi-conductors a possibility within five or ten years of the end of the project. Then computers could be made anything from 200 to 500 times quicker and still be the same size."
June 22, 2006
Test Tube Burgers by 2009?
"A team of researchers hope to create lab-grown meat by 2009 that smells and tastes just like the real thing. "
Advertisers Thrilled About New Ways To Irritate Readers
"Though the rise of pop-up blockers is a clear indication that users don't like intrusive advertising, publishers haven't stopped looking for ways to annoy their readers. "
In Case You Weren't Clear On How The Telcos Screwed Everyone
"... the telcos were granted all sorts of subsidies and benefits in exchange for promising to delivering high speed fiber to our homes -- something they've still never done..."
Where To Go For Biggest Data Leaks? Our Own Government
"The preferred method of acquisition? Unattended laptops. When that fails, crooks fall back to tapes, printouts, web postings, inside theft and other tricks wholly dependent on bureaucratic incompetence."
June 20, 2006
The Corruptables: Don't Let Them Steal Your HD
All that is required for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing.
Users of Aged Windows Face Risk
"Microsoft warns of security problems for Windows 98, 98 SE and Me, all finally phased out."
USB Air Conditioned Shirt
"When it comes to USB powered gadgets, this doesn’t just take the cake, it takes the entire bakery and then burns it down for the insurance money."
June 19, 2006
Google listens to screen
"A system that lets your computer 'listen' to your television to create targeted web adverts has been designed and tested by researchers at Google." Yikes.
June 16, 2006
IP Address Locator - Enter an IP address to find its location - Lookup Country Region City etc
Not perfect, but interesting. My home IP shows a city near me, where I suppose my ISP has registrered the IP range; at work it shows a location thousands of miles from here, but again, I presume that's where my workplace network joins the internet.
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June 06, 2006
Cleopatra the Electronic Home Attendant
"She greets each resident in the home by name, announces visitors, phone calls, voice mails, emails and deliveries. Cleopatra shows who is home, pictures of recent visitors at the front door, the local weather forecast, stock market changes, and even the national security level."
The Worst Bill You've Never Heard Of
"Simply put, SIRA fundamentally redefines copyright and fair use in the digital world. "
June 05, 2006
Teen ringtone too high-pitched for teachers
"Now all the kids in class can hear cell phones, which have been banned in most classrooms, but the teachers can't."
11th Circuit to Webmasters: Telling Someone To Go Away Doesn't Make Them
"The Eleventh Circuit in the case of Snow v. DirecTV held that a webmaster may not exclude certain persons from his site merely by telling them their access is unauthorized."
Robots Help Hospitalized Students Keep Up
"The robot in the classroom, which displays a live picture of Achim, provides what its inventors call "telepresence": It gives the boy an actual presence in the classroom, recognized by teachers and classmates. It can move from class to class on its four-wheel base and even stop at the lockers for a between-periods chat."
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