Archive for January, 2008
Skyfire browser for Windows Mobile is game changing, does Flash
The Skyfire browser is set to finally bring PC-like browsing to your Windows Mobile device with crazy speeds and support for all manner of embedded content. Sure, there are ways to get Youtube and other mobile video content through proxy sites that convert on the go or with other 3rd-party applications, but this puppy does […]
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Octopi hung out to dry (Pics)
Calamari anyone? This is cool.
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Scientists find plant gene that affects stress resistance
The study—published this month in the top-ranked plant journal The Plant Cell—could pave the way for development of agricultural and forestry crops that are more tolerant to environmental stresses such as ultra-violet light and other types of radiation.
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People don’t read books - says Steve Jobs
When Mr. Jobs was asked at the Macworld Expo what he thought of Amazon’s Kindle, he heaped scorn on the book industry. “It doesn’t matter how good or bad the product is; the fact is that people don’t read anymore,” he said. I presume he won’t read this news article then.
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BMW Travels At High Speed Down a Private Airport Runway…
And “the car ran off the 85-foot-high embankment at the end of the runway”, “was airborne for 200 feet”, and when it smashed into “the large tree, the car split in half, scattering wreckage over an area of 200 square feet.” All five young men inside the BMW were killed.
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Gartner: Blu-ray to win in 2008, HD DVD resistance “useless”
Gartner, the fat lady of research firms, is singing HD DVD’s swan song this morning. Hiroyuki Shimizu, Principal Research Analyst in Japan, says in Gartner’s Semiconductor DQ Monday Report that, “Gartner believes that Toshiba’s price-cutting may prolong HD DVD’s life a little, but the limited line-up of film titles will inflict fatal damage…
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LEGO Brick 50th Anniversary Time Line and Curiosities (PICS)
The LEGO brick turns 50 at exactly 1:58pm today. This timeline shows fifty years of building frenzy by happy kids and kids-at-heart, all the milestones from the LEGOLAND themed sets to TECHNIC and MINDSTORMS NXT, as well as all kind of weird curiosities about the most famous stud-and-tube couple system in the world.
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Beijing’s Bubble-Wrapped Water Cube Unveiled
China officially unveiled its bubble-wrapped National Aquatics Centre, nicknamed the “Water Cube”, on Monday, one of the two iconic venues for this year’s Beijing Olympics.
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