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Digi-Key’s Android App Listed as a Top App
08 February 2012 9:58 PM | No Commentsvar AdBrite_Title_Color = '0000FF'; var AdBrite_Text_Color = '000000'; var AdBrite_Background_Color = 'FFFFFF'; var AdBrite_Border_Color = 'CCCCCC'; var AdBrite_URL_Color = '008000'; try{var AdBrite_Iframe=window.top!=window.self?2:1;var AdBrite_Referrer=document.referrer==''?document.location:document.referrer;AdBrite_Referrer=encodeURIComponent(AdBrite_Referrer);}catch(e){var AdBrite_Iframe='';var AdBrite_Referrer='';} document.write(String.fromCharCode(60,83,67,82,73,80,84));document.write(' src="http://ads.adbrite.com/mb/text_group.php?sid=2053203&zs=3436385f3630&ifr='+AdBrite_Iframe+'&ref='+AdBrite_Referrer+'" type="text/javascript">');document.write(String.fromCharCode(60,47,83,67,82,73,80,84,62)); THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, recognized by design ...
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Infonetics Research: Mobile Broadband, Smartphones, LTE Drive Diameter Signaling Controllers to 106% CAGR to 2016
08 February 2012 4:40 PM | No CommentsCAMPBELL, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Communications market research firm Infonetics Research (www.twitter.com/infonetics) on Friday released its Diameter Signaling Control Worldwide and Regional Market Size and Forecasts ...
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BioHorizons Unveils New Mobile Application for Dental Implant Professionals
07 February 2012 5:05 PM | No CommentsBIRMINGHAM, Ala.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–BioHorizons, a dental implant company, today announced a new mobile application allowing Apple iPad mobile digital device users access to the latest BioHorizons product information. The free app is...
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Youngsters assume smartphones are secure
07 February 2012 4:49 PM | No CommentsG Data supports Safer Internet Day with mobile security tips for children London, UK – 07 February 2012: With only 13% of the 2.8 million children in the UK now owning a smartphone using a security solution, many youngsters are putting themselves at risk. **(source: Carphone...
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Evi, The New Girl in Town, Has All the Answers
07 February 2012 4:37 PM | No CommentsCAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Evi, a next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) now being launched via her own “conversational search” mobile app, has skyrocketed to the top of iOS and Android app popularity. ...
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Wikileaks not worried post-U.S. Army kerfuffle
Posted on June 9, 2010 | No CommentsA quick update to that Wikileaks story from the other day. The site says that the recent arrest of a U.S. Army analyst who had contributed to the site won't negatively affect the site at all. More importantly, the arrest shouldn't prevent future whistle-blowers from shining the light of truth on humanity's darkest secrets. (That sounds ominous, no?)
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Effectology recreates the Dr. Who theme
Posted on May 26, 2010 | No Comments
If you've ever watched old-timey Dr. Who, you probably wondered how they made the music for that series. It's simple, really:
In 1963 Delia Derbyshire working for the BBC Radiophonic Workshop created one of the most significant and innovative pieces of electronic music, even before the availability of commercial synthesizers.
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Would America support a national broadband tax or is that too ‘big government’?
Posted on May 20, 2010 | No CommentsThe Cousins were mulling over a broadband tax, but the new Government has put a stop to that. (Now they're considering using some of the BBC license fee to fund broadband development.) The idea was to charge people 50p (around $0.70) per month to fund the expansion of broadband into rural areas. Would such a move work here in the U.S.? Would you be willing to pay, say, $1 per month, paying toward some sort of Broadband Fund, to ensure that people in the middle of nowhere have access to reliable broadband? What's more American than wanting to help your neighbors?
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And now your car can be hacked, so what are you gonna do?
Posted on May 17, 2010 | No CommentsLooks like your car is one dumb "hacker" kid away from careening into a pole, or, more comically, into a big bale of hay. Researchers have demonstrated how to take control of a car's engine, brakes, and fiddle with the instruments. Is there anything you can do about this?
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Yet another violent video game debate (but one that doesn’t demonize games per se)
Posted on April 8, 2010 | No CommentsThere was another "are violent video games evil?" debate yesterday, this time on BBC Radio in the UK. (We sure do cover a lot of UK-centric news here, don't we?) A group called Mothers Against Violence, whose goal is the complete eradication of violence (OK...), debated games journalists, the radio show hosts, and the video game industry in general. The debate wasn't as silly as you may automatically think, with the anti-violence group coming down on parents rather than violent video games in general. You know, "Be parents for once!"
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BBC Wildlife magazine shares secrets online
Posted on March 22, 2010 | No CommentsOne great thing about the internet is the number of people offering advice. Of course, sometimes you need to take that advice with a grain of salt, but photography advice is usually safe. Case in point; BBC’s Wildlife Magazine published a series of Photo Masterclasses in 2006/2007. The information still holds true now (theory rarely [...] -
Mission to Mars simulated by 250 days in a sealed environment
Posted on March 22, 2010 | No Comments
Someone call Pauly Shore, because there's a new closed environment that'll need his madcap hijinks to stave off boredom and no doubt save the day. The Mars500 project, located in Moscow, hopes to simulate the experience of a manned mission to Mars. It's the mission to part that they're testing, and not the actual Mars part. It takes a long time to get to Mars, and once you start there's no pitstops. So a lucky group of international astronauts will be working together to see what's its like to live in 550 cubic meters for the better part of a year.
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TiVo will be offered by Virgin Media in UK later this year
Posted on March 11, 2010 | No Comments
One of the three points I laid out as TiVo's keys to survival was to partner with more content providers. And just like that, Virigin Media announced it will be offering TiVo set-top boxes to its 3.8 million subscribers sometime this year. This move, along with the Conax partnership, makes TiVo a major player in the European DVR market. See, I told you the company didn't deserve the deathwatch label.
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Hard drive design leaving XP behind
Posted on March 9, 2010 | No Comments
Bad news for the XP diehards out there, hard drive manufacturers are tired of supporting you, and the next generation of controller technology is not going to work properly with DOS and Windows XP users. Of course it won't be a major issue until 2011, and maybe not even then.
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Planespotters arrested in India
Posted on February 23, 2010 | No Comments
Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a room overlooking an airport runway so you can note the planes arriving and taking off in your special notebook.
Two Britons, Stephen Hampton and Steven Ayres, were released on bail after being coaught with binoculars and radios. Their crime? Planespotting.
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Stealth Jets. Now in Russian!
Posted on January 29, 2010 | No CommentsAir superiority hasn’t been top news in a while. But Russia’s got a nifty new stealth fighter jet they’re showing off. Video after the jump. The Sukhoi T-50 was created jointly between Russia and India, and seems to be aimed at rivaling the United States’ F-22 Raptor. The proposed feature list looks pretty impressive: All-weather flight Ability to [...] -
The Windows 7 black screen of death will destroy us all!
Posted on December 1, 2009 | No CommentsHave you run into the black screen of death in Windows 7 yet? I haven't, but that's probably because I only use Windows as a conduit to playing Team Fortress 2 and spend only as much time as I can in there. I also haven't applied any security updates to it, and that may be the culprit.
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BlackBerrys for coppers: UK law enforcement to smarten up in 2010
Posted on October 16, 2009 | No CommentsPolice men and women of Blighty are about to step into the 21st century, albeit a decade late, with a new weapon in the fight against boredom on the beat. The BBC reports that smartphones will become standard issue throughout the Queen's realm by March 2010, as a result of successful trials carried out in 30 constabularies through this year. Improved "operational efficiency" and reduced bureaucracy are argued as the key benefits, with a solid 30 minutes less time being spent in police stations each day. And we're absolutely positive that extra half hour will go toward increased "visibility in the community" and not checking out friends' Facebook status updates. No, really!
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The crazy, rolling pebble toad
Posted on October 16, 2009 | No CommentsIt’s early on a Friday so I’m just going to put this out there and just leave it for you guys to pick up and pass on. It’s a freaking toad that, like me, turns into a pebble when it’s scared. The toad finds a hill, curls up, and tenses. It just falls away from danger, [...] -
Full body scanners at airports reveal your junk
Posted on October 13, 2009 | No Comments
Full-body scanners are being tested in a variety of airports. I didn't get the pleasure of using one on my recent trip to Japan, unfortunately, so I can't provide a first-hand account of what it's like. I suspect it's quite unremarkable to walk through one of these. That won't stop people from being outraged over the fact that some TSA goon sitting in a sterile room somewhere where he can't see the individual walking through the scanner gets to drool over grainy black-and-white images of everyone's naughty bits!