Scotsman.com News – Sci-Tech – Scientists unveil ‘clay’ robots that will shape our world TINY robots that can turn into any shape – from a replica human to a banana to a mobile phone – are being developed by scientists in the United States. The new science of claytronics, which will use nanotechnology to create […]
Read more "coming soon.. clay robotz?"Warner Gets a Jump on Film Pirates in China In a groundbreaking response to movie piracy, Warner Bros. Entertainment released its latest film on DVD in China the same day it debuted in U.S. theaters. The goal for Warner is to battle rampant piracy in China by giving movie fans a legitimate alternative to bootlegs. […]
Read more "Warner Gets a Jump on Film Pirates in China"from CNET News.com Study: iTunes more popular than many P2P sites The survey by market research firm NPD Group found that approximately 1.7 million U.S. households downloaded a song from iTunes in March. That was good enough to earn the store a second-place ranking with peer-to-peer downloading service LimeWire. The most popular digital music service […]
Read more "survery says: ppl happy to pay for music etc"The New York Times > Technology > Little-Known Bands Get Lift Through Word-of-Blog This is how the Internet was supposed to help music: last year, J. P. Connolly, a science teacher in Brooklyn, heard a song by one of his students, a rail-thin 15-year-old named Oliver Ignatius, who is the lead singer for a band […]
Read more "ppl like mp3 blogz"CNN.com – The machine that can copy anything – Jun 2, 2005 But Bowyer told CNN the RepRap’s ability to copy itself could put rapid prototyping technology within reach of the world’s poorest communities by alleviating the need for the sort of large-scale industrial infrastructure common across the developed world. “People can start manufacturing goods […]
Read more "soon, will everything be a copy of a copy of.."BBC NEWS | Business | Brazil adopts open-source software “Open-source alternatives are a great opportunity for developing countries,” says Jose Luiz de Cerqueira Cesar, head of IT at Banco do Brasil. “If computer users within a geographical region pool their expertise, they can develop software that is perfectly suited to their needs.” Mr Cerqueira Cesar […]
Read more "Brazil adopts open-source software"Wired News: Gadget Promos Creep Into TV Shows Tech product placement is going into overdrive, with several prime-time shows basing plot lines around hip gadgets and gizmos. And soon, thanks to interactive “object-tracking” technology, consumers may be able to buy featured products with a click of the remote. As consumers turn away from traditional advertising, […]
Read more "expect to see more than just Apple laptops on tv.."when they think you’re high-tech, go low-tech (William Gibson) Wired News: Want the Sith DVD? Go to Usenet Usenet newsgroups dedicated to piracy are seeing a resurgence in activity as file sharers seek less-policed areas of the internet to trade illegal data.
Read more "Usenet is the new P2P?"The Observer | UK News | 2050 – and immortality is within our grasp ‘If you draw the timelines, realistically by 2050 we would expect to be able to download your mind into a machine, so when you die it’s not a major career problem,’ Pearson told The Observer. ‘If you’re rich enough then by […]
Read more ".. British Telecom guy predicts .. lotsa stuff .."Wired News: Bands Embrace Social Networking MySpace is aimed at teenagers. It claims more than 15 million members, and even established acts like Weezer, Beck and Billy Corgan are starting to realize the potential of social networking. Weezer’s new album, Make Believe, is prominently featured on the band’s MySpace page, and was featured exclusively in […]
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