Oct 7th, 2008 · An anonymous reader sends in an article by Andrew Keen (author of "The Cult of the Amateur") about TiVo's new TiVo PC, which he believes could seal the fate of advertising on online videos. Just as TiVo let viewers zap commercials on broadcast TV, TiVo …
see also: PC · video · TV · Online · business · Commercial · Tivo
Oct 5th, 2008 · Steve Fossett left behind a secret vessel project called the Deep Space Challenger. Fossett was funding the development of a winged submersible being designed by Hawkes Ocean Technologies, in California. The intent was for the vehicle to be capable of …
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Oct 5th, 2008 · Steve Fossett left behind a secret vessel project called the Deep Space Challenger. Fossett was funding the development of a winged submersible being designed by Hawkes Ocean Technologies, in California. The intent was for the vehicle to be capable of …
see also: vehicle · Steve · death · exploration · secrets · Steve Fossett · ocean
Aug 8th, 2008 · scribbles89 sends in a story with that alarmist headline from Neowin.net; it does sound like it could be a game-changer. "While this may seem like any standard security hole, other researchers say that the work is a major breakthrough and there is very …
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Aug 20th, 2007 · JM78 writes to tell us The New York Times is reporting that Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Animation will be dropping support for Blu-ray Disc and going solely with HD-DVD for their next gen DVDs. "Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO of DreamWorks Animation, said …
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Nov 28th, 2005 · Martin Kersch of Germany made great use of a boring Saturday afternoon by transforming an ordinary USB Stick and NES Controller into an MP3 Player (original German). He even hacked the buttons on the controller to work with the mp3 player, "Start" is …
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Nov 7th, 2005 · For those Star Trek fans wondering what to ask for this Christmas, you may wish to consider The Ultimate Star Trek Collection to be released on November 15. For just (cough) $2499.99, you'll get 212, count them, 212 DVDs with everything ever produced …
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