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Wolfram Research Releases Mathematica 7

Nov 19th, 2008 · Wolfram Research has released the seventh version of Mathematica, and it does a lot more than symbolic algebra. New features range from things as simple as cut-and-paste integration with Microsoft Word's Equation Editor to instant 3D models of mathematical …
see also: integrated · 3D · research · chemicals · expense · financial · weather

Wolfram Research Releases Mathematica 7

Nov 19th, 2008 · Wolfram Research has released the seventh version of Mathematica, and it does a lot more than symbolic algebra. New features range from things as simple as cut-and-paste integration with Microsoft Word's Equation Editor to instant 3D models of mathematical …
see also: integrated · 3D · research · chemicals · expense · financial · weather

Unhappy People Watch More TV

Nov 15th, 2008 · A new study by sociologists at the University of Maryland concludes that unhappy people watch more TV, while people who describe themselves as 'very happy' spend more time reading and socializing. 'TV doesn't really seem to satisfy people over the long …
see also: TV · viewers · research · John · expense · social · television

New AMD Processors Aiming Between Laptops and Netbooks

Nov 15th, 2008 · An anonymous reader writes with an article about AMD's Conesus chip, suggesting that it is intended to compete with Intel's Nano for the netbook market. However, CNet reports that AMD is eschewing that form factor in favor of something larger, yet still …
see also: PC · strategy · Portable · expense · Intel · laptop · CNet

Scientists Create Easier Way To Embed Objects Into Video

Nov 14th, 2008 · Stanford artificial intelligence researchers have developed software that makes it easy to reach inside an existing video and place a photo on the wall so realistically that it looks like it was there from the beginning. The photo is not pasted on top …
see also: video · intelligent · software · scientists · Commercial · photos · technology

The Shady Business Practices of Classmates.com

Nov 14th, 2008 · Some of your classmates are trying to contact you!" reads one e-mail. Attempts to remove yourself from the mailing list may only result in more mailings from the site of ill repute. Well, Ars Techica brings us news of a suit against Classmates.com. You …
see also: business · ads · expense · classmates · Classmatescom · toyRead · Ars Techica

10th Year of the International Nethack Tournament

Nov 2nd, 2008 · The 10th annual Nethack Tournament just started over at nethack.devnull.net, so put on your Hawaiian shirt, grab an expensive camera, and head for the dungeon. The tourney runs through the month of November each year, with volunteer game servers dotted …
see also: servers · world · expense · cameras · nethack · volunteer · Dungeon

HP Opens Up TouchSmart To Third-Party Developers

Nov 1st, 2008 · HP recently released their TouchSmart Application Development Guidelines to third party developers, allowing anyone to port and create touch-friendly applications that integrate and run within the TouchSmart Software suite on their popular TouchSmart …
see also: software · integrated · download · creation · Website · distribution · expense

Streaming Election Night Broadcast TV?

Oct 29th, 2008 · A couple of years ago, we dumped our cable TV, and don't have much luck getting old-fashioned broadcast where we live. That's fine — we can download or netflix almost anything we want to see, and it is great not to pay the Comcast tax every month. …
see also: TV · network · fashion · download · Website · expense · graphics

Streaming Election Night Broadcast TV?

Oct 29th, 2008 · A couple of years ago, we dumped our cable TV, and don't have much luck getting old-fashioned broadcast where we live. That's fine — we can download or netflix almost anything we want to see, and it is great not to pay the Comcast tax every month. …
see also: TV · network · fashion · download · Website · expense · graphics

Microsoft Embraces AMQP Open Middleware Standard

Oct 27th, 2008 · AlexGr writes to tell us that Microsoft apparently has plans to embrace a little known messaging standard called AMQP (Advanced Message Queuing Protocol). Red Hat, a founding member of the AMQP working group, was very excited about the news and wrote …
see also: solution · welcome · IBM · business · fashion · Microsoft · products

First Mars-Goers Should Prepare For a One-Way Trip

Oct 23rd, 2008 · Luminary Crush writes with this excerpt from PhysOrg about the permanance of leaving Earth for Mars, at least for early travelers: "The first astronauts sent to Mars should be prepared to spend the rest of their lives there, in the same way that European …
see also: distance · expense · Physorg · European · astronaut · America · trips

Computers Causing 2nd Hump In Peak Power Demand

Oct 20th, 2008 · Traditional peak power hours — the time during the day when power demand shoots up — run from 4 pm to 7 pm when air conditioning begins to ramp up and people start heading for malls and home but utilities are now seeing another peak power …
see also: PC · TV · medical · Partners · computer · industry · expense

Computers Causing 2nd Hump In Peak Power Demand

Oct 20th, 2008 · Traditional peak power hours — the time during the day when power demand shoots up — run from 4 pm to 7 pm when air conditioning begins to ramp up and people start heading for malls and home but utilities are now seeing another peak power …
see also: PC · TV · medical · Partners · computer · industry · expense

Canada Election Result Bad News For DMCA Opponents

Oct 19th, 2008 · For those with a stake in the opposition of Jim Prentice's C-61, the Canadian DMCA, this previous week's election results will be displeasing. The Conservative Party, which promised to reintroduce the DMCA if elected, gained 19 seats this election, mostly …
see also: parties · Public · copyrighted · expense · Canadian · Canada · Historians

Artificial Gecko Adhesive, Now in Experimental Glue

Oct 11th, 2008 · Scientists at the University of Dayton have created a peel-on, peel-off glue which mimics the wall-climbing abilities of Spiderman. The substance, based on the feet of the Gecko lizard, is three times stickier than existing adhesives. The material is …
see also: robots · scientists · Commercial · consumer · technology · calculations · expense

Artificial Gecko Adhesive, Now in Experimental Glue

Oct 10th, 2008 · Scientists at the University of Dayton have created a peel-on, peel-off glue which mimics the wall-climbing abilities of Spiderman. The substance, based on the feet of the Gecko lizard, is three times stickier than existing adhesives. The material is …
see also: robots · scientists · Commercial · consumer · technology · calculations · expense

Yoko Ono/EMI Suit Exposes Fair Use Flaw

Oct 9th, 2008 · Yoko Ono and EMI Records have backed down from their suit against the makers of a documentary film who used a 15-second fragment of a John Lennon song — but only after a Stanford Law School group got involved. Even though the use of the clip was …
see also: expense · songs · Fair Use · Documentary · fragment · Emily · Doctrine

AMD To Spin Off Fabrication From Design Work

Oct 7th, 2008 · I.M.O.G. was one of many readers to write with the news that "Advanced Micro Devices plans to announce Tuesday that it will split into two companies — one focused on designing microprocessors and the other on the costly business of manufacturing …
see also: business · history · fabrication · company · expense · Intel · Companies

AMD To Spin Off Fabrication From Design Work

Oct 7th, 2008 · I.M.O.G. was one of many readers to write with the news that "Advanced Micro Devices plans to announce Tuesday that it will split into two companies — one focused on designing microprocessors and the other on the costly business of manufacturing …
see also: business · history · fabrication · company · expense · Intel · Companies







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