Archive for December 19, 2007

Gateway CEO Ed Coleman Bows Out

After a little more than a year on the job, the recently acquired PC maker bids adieu to its top executive.

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Gaming Mag Graveyard! Ten Magazines that didn’t last a year

They couldn’t find readers. They couldn’t find advertising. Or maybe they just couldn’t find a clue. Games.net counts down game media’s biggest print flops.

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BBC Launches iPLayer for MAC and Linux

A streaming version of the BBC’s iPlayer online TV on-demand service has been launched for Windows, MAC and Linux.

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Adobe Design Achievement Award Winners

The best projects from Adobe Design Contest, 5 images of the winners.

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Synthetic DNA on the Brink of Yielding New Life Forms

The Washington Post reports that researchers are poised to cross a dramatic barrier: the creation of life forms driven by completely artificial DNA.

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Tunguska Meteorite Found?

A team of Italian scientists from the University of Bologna recently identified a lake in the Tunguska region as the possible impact crater from the famous 1908 Tunguska event. Lake Cheko is a small bowl-shaped lake, situated approximately 8 kilometers north-north-west of the epicenter of the cataclysmic event…

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‘Death Star’ Black Hole Fires at Neighboring Galaxy

A powerful jet from a super massive black hole is blasting a nearby galaxy, according to new findings from NASA observatories. This never-before witnessed galactic violence may have a profound effect on planets in the jet’s path and trigger a burst of star formation in its destructive wake.

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Internet Access on Airplanes may be a Mixed Blessing

A certain breed of road warrior will welcome the chance to bump up productivity and do away with the prospect of hours in which they’re unreachable. But others among us — including some more-reluctant road warriors — will mourn the elimination of another sanctuary from the ceaseless buzz of data and connectedness.

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PS3 Firmware Upgrade 2.10 Live

Get downloading the latest PS3 Firmware Upgrade.

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Doing it with style: bringing more bling to GTK with OpenGL

Canonical developer Mirco Müller (also known as MacSlow) demonstrates the latest advancements in GTK bling and tells Ars about the benefits and challenges of incorporating OpenGL into desktop applications.

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E3 Returns To The LA Convention Center

Kotaku has exclusive details on next year’s E3 Media Summit, which returns to the LA Convention center due to overwhelming complaints over this year’s show in Santa Monica. Still Booth Babe free, but in a much better place.

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Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core comes out March 25th

FFVII prequel gets a US release date. First US trailer included.

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