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Richard Feynman, Computer Geek

Saturday, June 30, 2007

One day when I was having lunch with Richard Feynman, I mentioned to him that I was planning to start a company to build a parallel computer with a million processors. His reaction was unequivocal, “That is positively the dopiest idea I ever heard.” For Richard a crazy idea was an opportunity to either prove [...]

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Altec Lansing Makes Speakers Not for the iPhone

Saturday, June 30, 2007

Leveraging 70 years of professional theater expertise, Altec Lansing, a division of Plantronics, Inc., today introduced a new portfolio of high-end audio systems for the home theater. The new Powered Theater Series provide elegant designs and wireless surround sound for flat panel TVs. “While digital audio plays a central role in homes today, the majority [...]

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The One Swell iFoop Approach

Saturday, June 30, 2007

First Engadget iPhone returned How many iPhones did Engadget snag? Hands-on with Crystal Film for the iPhone HD video: iPhone on-screen effects Apple iPhone vs HTC Touch vs LG Prada: battle royale iPhone doesn’t work with most 3rd party headphones iPhone: pottymouth friendly iPhone not supported under 64-bit Windows XP or Vista — oops

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What’s the State Flower of New Mexico?

Saturday, June 30, 2007

New Mexico has a new medical marijuana law with a twist: It requires the state to grow its own. The law, effective Sunday, not only protects medical marijuana users from prosecution – as 11 other states do – but requires New Mexico to oversee a production and distribution system for the drug. “The long-term goal [...]

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Starve the People, Save the Plants

Saturday, June 30, 2007

Shrugging off accusations of rampant industrial pollution and the news that it has overtaken the US as the world’s largest carbon emitter, China last week unveiled a conservation strategy for its flora. The country is home to 10 per cent of all known plant species – half of those unique to China – and about [...]

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For Cloning Humans

Saturday, June 30, 2007

Human therapeutic cloning has moved one step closer to reality. Stem cells have been extracted from cloned monkey embryos for the first time – and if it works in monkey cells, why not in human cells too? “It’s proof of principle for human therapeutic cloning,” says team member Don Wolf of the Oregon National Primate [...]

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Nukes to the Moon

Saturday, June 30, 2007

One of America’a top nukes-in-space scientists says it’s time to consider nuclear-powered rockets again. He reckons atomic boosters could cut the cost of NASA’s upcoming Moonbase plan. Stephen Howe is director of the Center for Space Nuclear Research, a division of America’s Idaho National Laboratory (INL), and he was speaking at Tuesday’s Space Nuclear Conference [...]

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Maybe We’re Not All That Dumb?

Saturday, June 30, 2007

Doesn’t it seem like January 9th of this year was much, much more than just a half year ago? In the nearly six months since it was announced, the iPhone has dominated the technology press. Coverage online reached such a feverish pitch that smitten geeks felt like they had one option: brave the crowds and [...]

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Dumb Computer Thief

Saturday, June 30, 2007

…Earlier this week, a state appeals court in Los Angeles upheld a guilty verdict against a man named Ronnie Henning. According to court papers, he burglarized the apartment of a woman he met through an Internet personals site, made off with her laptop and certain accessories, and promptly sold them to a pawn shop for [...]

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Saturday Is Strangeness Day — At least For Some Of Us

Saturday, June 30, 2007

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Roswell: Do You Believe?

Saturday, June 30, 2007

…last week came an astonishing new twist to the Roswell mystery. Lieutenant Walter Haut was the public relations officer at the base in 1947 and was the man who issued the original and subsequent press releases after the crash on the orders of the base commander, Colonel William Blanchard. Haut died last year but left [...]

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Video Games With Your Beer

Saturday, June 30, 2007

A pub chain is installing bar-side computer games to give smokers something to do when the ban starts. Installation of the Nintendo DS hand-held games is the idea of Geronimo commercial director Ed Turner. His 17 pubs already have board games such as Battleships and Monopoly for punters, reports The Sun…Geronimo will start with ten [...]

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Case Mod Of the Fifties Day

Saturday, June 30, 2007

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Getting A Glow On — Glowing Clouds

Saturday, June 30, 2007

NASA launched the Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) satellite on 25 April on a mission to investigate “night-shining” or noctilucent clouds. These clouds float 80 kilometres above the ground and are made of tiny ice crystals. Because they are so high up, the Sun still reaches them and makes them glow after sunset [...]

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MeToo!

Saturday, June 30, 2007

Meizu has confirmed that their MiniOne will be released early next year. Meanwhile, importers like Negri Electronics are still listing a December 7th launch date (which looks to be jumping the gun at this point) along with their revealed price of $989. More

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