Archive for January 11, 2008

Swedish Politicians Strike Blows at Copyright Lobby

Last week, seven Swedish MPs wrote to a prominent Swedish tabloid newspaper ‘Expressen’ to express their dissatisfaction with proposals for dealing with copyright infringers. Now, that number has increased to 13, and the issue seems to keep growing.

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Starbucks iPhone Ordering Concept Design

Multimedia designer, Phil Lu, has created some mockups of an iPhone application that he calls “QuickOrder”. The series of images show how such a system might work.

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Vast Cloud of Antimatter Traced to Binary Stars

Four years of observations from the European Space Agency’s Integral (INTErnational Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory) satellite may have cleared up one of the most vexing mysteries in our Milky Way: the origin of a giant cloud of antimatter surrounding the galactic centre.

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Why Microsoft Must Control One Laptop Per Child

It’s a threat Microsoft can’t let stand: the entire third world learning Linux as children, and growing up to use it. And Microsoft is going to get its way.

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Metal Gear Solid 4 at Bug Testing Phase: No Further Delays

Today we bring you the exciting news that Kojima doesn’t want to disappoint his fans any longer - there will be no further delay for MGS4, as confirmed in the Kojima Report Podcast. Bug testing phase is imminent.

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Hubble finds double Einstein ring

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has revealed a never-before-seen optical alignment in space: a pair of glowing rings, one nestled inside the other like a bull’s-eye pattern. The double-ring pattern is caused by the complex bending of light from two distant galaxies strung directly behind a foreground massive galaxy, like three beads on a string

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Sony BMG Officially Drops DRM, Selling MP3s Through Amazon

Less than a week after it came out Sony BMG was planning to sell music not loaded down with copyright, they’re officially selling DRM-free MP3s through Amazon’s MP3 store later this month, making it the first to carry DRM-free music from all four major labels.

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2504 Steps to Closing Your Facebook Account

Yes, it’s true! I finally managed to close my Facebook account. It was a long, arduous road - the hardest part was slaying the Gorgon on level 16 - and I’m glad it’s finally over.

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1 Billion Downloads in 2007, Podcasting Far from Dead

The company claimed 85 million downloads for the month of May, which put it on a pace to hit 1 billion in a year. In their year-end calculation they determined that the Wizzard servers were receiving an average of 2.75 million requests for podcast episodes per day in 2007, up 300% from demand in 2006.

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Mac developer helps out the little guy

In response to a tuaw user email, Ecamm’s iPhone developers have built a custom version of their CaptionCrunch tool. It now sets the iPhone’s carrier string. No “jailbreak” is necessary to use this.

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Macenstein Mac Chick of the Month (Jan 2008): Elise Frappier

Another nice “Mac Chick of the Month” from Macenstein: The lovely Elise Frappier, a French-Canadian illustrator that loves her Apple gear! Features a nice girl in lingerie with an apple computer

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10 Steps to Become an Email Ninja

Let’s look at some simple strategies for being able to get your inbox to done in as little time as possible.

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