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<title><![CDATA[New jumbo jet performs ultimate aborted takeoff]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2011 07:10:12 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[There is no plane I feel safer in than a Boeing 747. Its sheer size and its apparent effortlessness offer something no other plane seems to manage: the ability for passengers to relax.And they don't seem to drop out of the sky all that often either.However, Boeing is introducing a new and more economical version of the jumbo jet, the 747-8. So, in order to test its capabilities and secure safety certification, Boeing conducted an experiment to see just how well the new plane could abort takeoff.They loaded it with almost 1 million pounds of weight and, just for fun, installed a set of Goodrich brakes that were simply 100 percent worn out.&quot;They've got them machined down so there's basically no material left.&quot; Boeing's flight test manager, Andy Hammer, said on the company site.var so = new FlashObject (&quot;http://boeing.pb.feedroom.com/pb-comp/boeing/custom1/player.swf&quot;, &quot;Player&quot;, &quot;706&quot;, &quot;425&quot;, &quot;8&quot;, &quot;FFFFFF&quot;)'so.addVariable (&quot;Environment&quot;, &quot;&quot;)'so.addVariable (&quot;SkinName&quot;, &quot;custom1&quot;)'so.addVariable (&quot;SiteID&quot;, &quot;boeing&quot;)'so.addVariable (&quot;SiteName&quot;, &quot;Boeing&quot;)'so.addVariable (&quot;ChannelID&quot;, &quot;92f816b0c0d4ca1c99f2d685e52e658cba0c9648&quot;)'so.addVariable (&quot;StoryID&quot;, &quot;ed6342f5e54657456cb2735157e6c6bbd6e3a037&quot;)'so.addVariable (&quot;Volume&quot;, &quot;.5&quot;)'so.addVariable (&quot;HostURL&quot;, document.location.href)'so.addParam (&quot;quality&quot;, &quot;high&quot;)'so.addParam (&quot;allowFullScreen&quot;, &quot;true&quot;)'so.addParam (&quot;allowScriptAccess&quot;, &quot;always&quot;)'so.addParam (&quot;menu&quot;, &quot;false&quot;)'so.write (&quot;flashcontent&quot;)'So all Captain Kirk Vining had to do was slam on the brakes at 200 mph. Oh, and he wasn't allowed to use the thrust reversers.I imagine Capt. Vining to be a man with relatively low blood pressure and an addiction to bungie jumping without the bungie part.For he managed to bring this huge machine to a stop earlier than the test team had imagined.But then they had to hope the brakes wouldn't catch fire. And they weren't allowed fire department assistance for five minutes, in order to simulate a real scenario at a real airport, with real chaos.After it was done, Hammer offered, with renewed confidence: &quot;This was the worst case. So when the airplane is in service, you can be assured that at 975,000 pounds, with worn brakes, worst center of gravity, and worst cut speed that you actually can stop the airplane.&quot;Well, I couldn't stop the airplane. I would be too busy trying to jump out of the window. But you know what he meant. And it seems like a good thing.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[New site tells you what your Facebook friends really think of you]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2011 07:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>TattooBoo77</dc:creator>
<category>Marketing and advertising</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Of course you love Facebook. You love the way it makes you feel to have so many friends. Yes, thousands of them. You love the fact that you can have open, personal interactions with all of those who mean something to you.And then there's what you really think about them. Which, should you be human, can be something a little more critical, a little more personal.A new site called AboutEveryone.com understands your feelings. It purports to offer you the opportunity to vent your real feelings about your Facebook friends, with a security that Facebook cannot possibly offer. Yes, you can do it anonymously.The site's method is blissfully simple. It asks you to &quot;select a user by visiting the user's Facebook profile and pasting the URL below.&quot;Once you do that, you can release your thoughts about the way your Facebook friend smells and about how he's the most untrustworthy, conniving pifflehead since Genghis Khan's law tutor.(Credit:Screenshot: Chris Matyszczyk/CNET)Here is a sample of the deep-seated improvisation that is offered on AboutEveryone: &quot;f*** you. You think you have the perfect little life (and you do) but that's why I hate you.. and ppl like you. You think you can just walk all over us poor, not-as-smart-as-you ppl and get away with it so, thanks for not being there when I needed you cuz you decided you were better than me. f*** youuuu.&quot;This was not written in reference to any tech company CEO. Still, you have to wonder about some of the awful--and awfully human--possibilities this site extends.Here's another: &quot;I am such an easy-going person. I have never LOATHED anyone before this chick. She was my bff and then I caught her in a lie, accidentally. When confronted she said she'd make my life a living hell. And that she did, she ICED me out of all my friendships. I hate her. I want to beat the shit out of her, but I won't. I've got responsibilities and I can't afford to be in jail.&quot;You wouldn't see posts like that on Facebook so often, would you Anyone who has anything against you--for whatever unjustified and perverse reason--can post something to this site. You just know this could have consequences. Within days, some enthusiastically modernized human resources person will waft there, just before you are extended a job offer or a promotion. Suddenly, the words of one critic might drown out the adoring fawning of your Facebook friends.But perhaps even worse than that is the idea that people will start posting positive things about themselves in order to balance out (or even pre-empt) any criticism. &quot;John is the most wonderful, caring, thoughtful, wealthy, great-in-bed boyfriend I've ever had,&quot; a poster might offer (about himself). &quot;I can't believe I ever let him go.&quot;I fear this site will become the repository of much trouble. I fear the odor of retaliations and lawsuits. I fear it is another site that can only, in the end, offer pain and anguish to the innocent just as much as to the guilty.Yes, I fear many people are going to love it.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Could we see an iPad 3 this year]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>TattooBoo77</dc:creator>
<category>Latest News</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Apple is expected to unveil the iPad 2 within the next few  weeks, but the company may also be gearing up to introduce another model in  the fall, according to TechCruncha4a4s MG Siegler.A  source tells Siegler that Apple is planning a a4Abig fall surprisea4,  which may in fact be an iPad 3. But Applea4a4s most eloquent fan John  Gruber, who many thought confirmed a fall iPad release with an offhand comment, also considers the possibility that the iPad 3 may just be some sort of slight upgrade to the iPad 2 later this year.The conflicting reports (it should be noted Gruber is  only guessing) point to two separate iPad releases this year, which isn&amp;'t a stretch considering Apple will be facing some major tablet  competition from the likes of Motorola, RIM and now HP.Grubera4a4s  scenario sounds more plausible to me. Apple needs to wow the tech  community with its iPad 2 announcement soon, but it wouldna4a4t make much  sense for the company to release an entirely new model so quickly. An upgraded iPad 2 &amp;8212' perhaps with more memory, storage, and other features  to make it competitive against other tablets for the holiday  season &amp;8212' falls more in line with Applea4a4s typical product cycle. But don&amp;'t be surprised if that iPad 2 upgrade still ends up being called the iPad 3.Both  Gruber and Siegler predict that we may finally see a high-resolution  screen with the fall iPad release, which would explain why it was so  heavily rumored for the iPad 2. The iPad 2 is reportedly in production now using the same 1024 by 768 pixel resolution display as the original iPad.Next Story: Dave McClure&amp;'s 500 Startups opens an incubator Previous Story: Augmented reality helps you fix your printerPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: iOS, iPad, iPad 2, iPad 3, release cycles, tabletsCompanies: Apple          Tags: iOS, iPad, iPad 2, iPad 3, release cycles, tabletsCompanies: AppleDevindra Hardawar is VentureBeat's lead mobile writer and East Coast correspondent. He studied philosophy at Amherst College, worked in IT support for several years, and has been writing about technology since 2004. He now lives in Brooklyn, New York. You can reach him at devindra@venturebeat.com (all story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com), and on Twitter at @Devindra. Have news to share Launching a startup Email: tips@venturebeat.comVentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[U.S. video game sales finally grow 3 percent during February]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>TattooBoo77</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Video game players finally bought enough games in February to push the monthly sales numbers above year-ago figures, with February sales coming in 3 percent above a year ago.Total sales of game hardware, PC games, console games, and  portables rose 3 percent to $1.36 billion from $1.33 billion a year ago, according  to market researcher NPD. The report is encouraging since many months have been negative compared to year ago numbers. The core video game industry has been struggling with a slow recovery, aging hardware, and increased competition from gamer time from smartphone and tablet games, Facebook, and web games.&amp;nbsp' But this report shows that the industry is not necessarily doomed to ever-declining sales.Software sales (console and portable games sold in stores) were still weak in the month, with sales down 5 percent to $601.4 million from $633.6 million a year ago. Dollar sales were down in part because of lower average selling prices for console games, said Anita Frazier, analyst at NPD.Hardware sales, on the other hand, were healthy. And accessory sales were up thanks to sales of Microsoft&amp;'s Kinect motion-sensing system and sales of Xbox Live point cards. The latter means that users are starting to buy lots of cards so they can purchase digital content, such as movies or Xbox Live Arcade games, online.Retail sales of console software were up 2 percent, while portable game sales declined. The portable game business was probably impacted by gamers waiting for Nintendo to launch its 3DS handheld game system in March and by sales of competing Apple iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad devices.Overall, video games as a whole were down 6 percent in 2010.  But the game industry has many growing niches, including social network  games, mobile games, browser-based online games, used games, game  rentals, and free-to-play games on a variety of platforms.NPD said U.S. retail game hardware sales were up 10 percent to $466.9  million from $426.4 million a year ago. Game software sales also fell 5 percent in January. Accessories were up 22 percent to  $256.9 million from $210.0 million a year earlier, largely because of  sales of Microsofta4a4s Kinect motion-sensing accessory for the Xbox 360,  as well as Sonya4a4s PlayStation Move wand-like controller.The No. 1 title on all platforms was once again Call of Duty Black Ops, the  hot-selling combat game from Activision Blizzard which debuted in  November. Black Ops was also No. 1 in January, continuing a long streak. Call of Duty Black Ops is now the biggest-selling game in history, surpassing Nintendo&amp;'s Wii Play game.No. 2 was Capcom&amp;'s Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds, for the Xbox 360 and PS 3. Ubisofta4a4s Just Dance 2 for the Wii was No. 3, showing that music games aren&amp;'t dead but the trend is moving from faux guitar games to dance games. Take-Two Interactive&amp;'s NBA 2K11 was No. 4, and Electronic Arts&amp;' Dead Space 2 was No. 5.For new releases, there were fewer big titles released in February 2011 compared to February 2010. One of the new games that sold well, but not spectacularly, was Sony&amp;'s Killzone 3, pictured above. It came in at No. 8. Bulletstorm, also from EA, debuted this month at No. 7.Frazier said that the best-selling hardware of the month was the Xbox 360, which had its best non-holiday month ever. The 250-gigabyte version bundled with the Kinect sensor was the driver of higher average selling prices for console hardware. Microsoft said it has now sold more than 10 million Kinect sensors. All hardware systems sold more in February than they did in January. That might be a reflection of an improving economy.Nintendo said that its Wii console sales have now sold more than 35 million units in the U.S. since the console launched in 2006. The console sold more than 454,000 units in February. Nintendo said that Donkey Kong Country Returns for the Wii has now sold more than 2 million units and New Super Mario Bros. Wii has now sold more than 9 million units.Microsoft said it sold more than 535,000 Xbox 360 consoles in February, up 27 percent from a year ago. Total spending on the Xbox 360 during the month was $475 million, the highest among the consoles.Next Story: RadiumOne raises $21M for new ad network with a social twist Previous Story: 4G company Clearwire loses CEO Bill MorrowPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: Bulletstorm, Dead Space 2, game sales, Just Dance 2, Killzone 3, Marvel vs Capcom 3, NBA 2K11Companies: Electronic Arts, Microsoft, nintendo, NPD, Sony          Tags: Bulletstorm, Dead Space 2, game sales, Just Dance 2, Killzone 3, Marvel vs Capcom 3, NBA 2K11Companies: Electronic Arts, Microsoft, nintendo, NPD, SonyDean is lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. He covers video games, security, chips and a variety of other subjects. Dean previously worked at the San Jose Mercury News, the Wall Street Journal, the Red Herring, the Los Angeles Times, the Orange County Register and the Dallas Times Herald. He is the author of two books, Opening the Xbox and the Xbox 360 Uncloaked. Follow him on Twitter at @deantak, and follow VentureBeat on Twitter at @venturebeat. Have news to share Launching a startup Email: tips@venturebeat.comVentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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