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<pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2011 07:10:09 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Frida factory robot won't crush your fingers]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2011 07:10:09 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>richarrrii</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Frida can manipulate small parts. (Credit:ABB)Swiss automation firm ABB is showing off a concept factory robot called Frida that's more humanoid than the typical one-armed drones on the assembly line. The two-armed Frida is being billed as a &quot;harmless robotic co-worker for industrial assembly.&quot; Of course, any robot described as being &quot;harmless&quot; should be treated with extreme caution. It has seven-axis arms, flexible grippers, and camera-based parts location and runs via ABB's IRC5 controller. It's designed as a lightweight, portable complement to human parts assembly.Frida stands for &quot;Friendly Robot for Industrial Dual-arm Assembly,&quot; but I reckon the first word in that name won't sit well with some people. Still, it has padded arms and can sense when a human hand gets too close, as seen in the video below. While Frida is only a concept, with several prototypes being used in pilot applications, Japan's Yaskawa has had two-armed assembly robots on the market for years with its Motoman series. They're much bigger and bulkier, and potentially less safe, but they can play the drums too. Frida's size rather than its number of limbs is innovative. We'll see whether manufacturers appreciate it too. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[While talking green, Sprint CEO slams T-Mobile-AT&T merger]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 07:10:59 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>dotwitter</dc:creator>
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<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=while-talking-green-sprint-ceo-slams-t-mobile-att-merger</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Spring Nextel CEO Dan Hesse(Credit:Spring)SAN FRANCISCO--Sprint CEO Dan Hesse said earlier today that the proposed merger between T-Mobile and AT&amp;T will create a duopoly in wireless that will slow innovation and move America backward.&quot;Competition will be stifled, growth will be stifled and wireless innovation will be jeopardized,&quot; he said while speaking at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco. &quot;We just can't let this happen.&quot;Though Hesse largely focused on Sprint's green initiatives and the formal unveiling of the eco-friendly Samsung Replenish during his speech, he also took several shots at the deal that would create the country's largest wireless carrier. The result was a somewhat schizophrenic hour that lurched abruptly between the two topics while sometimes connecting them&quot;If allowed to push forward [the merger] would push the wireless industry into a duopoly,&quot; he said while. &quot;Innovation is at risk and green initiatives [in the wireless industry] are at risk.&quot;When asked exactly how the merger would disrupt Sprint's green efforts, Hesse declined to be specific. Instead, he pressed his case that an AT&amp;T and T-Mobile marriage would be bad for customers because of less competition, higher prices, and a decreased spirit of innovation. He also refused to elaborate on what Sprint would do if the merger goes through, saying only that &quot;we'll continue to compete as well as we can.&quot;One of the more interesting points during the event came when the moderator asked Hesse why a rumored venture between Sprint and T-Mobile would have been OK. Hesse denied that the two carriers were ever in talks, but he responded that it was all a discussion of size. &quot;Theoretically, if Sprint and T-Mobile were talking, they are much, much smaller companies than either AT&amp;T or Verizon,&quot; he said. &quot;If we had combined, we'd be the third largest carrier.&quot;Though most of the wireless industry has remained silent on AT&amp;T's T-Mobile bid, Sprint announced its opposition almost immediately on March 21 and repeated its arguments in an official statement a week later.Still, Hesse said today that he expect other companies to join Sprint in blocking the deal. He also encouraged audience members to let their voice be heard. &quot;I think a number of companies will oppose it,&quot; he said before exiting the stage. &quot;I'm encouraged that everyone I've talked to is taking a close look.&quot;<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Kinect for Windows SDK means business]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 07:10:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>escucce</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=kinect-for-windows-sdk-means-business</guid>
<description><![CDATA[LAS VEGAS--Microsoft had some fun while offering up details of the software development kit for Kinect for Windows. A technology evangelist named Clint Rutkas jury-rigged a lounge chair with wheels, wiring, and a Kinect motion-sensing controller for the company'sXbox 360 game console. Then, using just hand gestures, he drove the chair onto the stage at Mix11, Microsoft's annual Web and mobile phone developer conference.The Kinect SDK, though, may wind up leading to a business that's anything but trivial. The kit will give software developers tools to create applications that use motion-sensing and hand gestures. And Microsoft expects developers to come up with ideas that could generate huge paydays.Kinect drivable lounge chair at Mix11(Credit:Jay Greene/CNET)Think about running a meeting and moving through presentation with hand gestures, instead of a handheld clicker. Or maybe a device for conference video calls that knows to shift camera angles for different speakers. And there's little doubt Microsoft will come up with applications inside products such as Office.If developers embrace the technology and come up with clever and useful creations, Microsoft stands to gain. And maybe it stands to gain a lot.&quot;I think it could be a meaningful business,&quot; said Anoop Gupta, a distinguished scientist in Microsoft Research who is overseeing the project. And a meaningful business for Microsoft, which generated $62.5 billion in sales in the last fiscal year, generally has a few commas in it.That's because Microsoft would license the technology to enable so-called natural user interfaces. Software developers would likely pay Microsoft a fee to build applications that use the Kinect technology. And computer screen monitor makers would likely pay a licensing fee, too, to put the Kinect technology in their products.&quot;There's both the hardware and the software opportunity,&quot; Gupta said.And he knows a bit about building those businesses. From 2003 to 2007, Gupta built and led Microsoft's Unified Communications Group, running Microsoft Exchange Server,Microsoft Office Communications Server, and Microsoft Office Live Meeting.It's taken Microsoft some time to embrace developers using the Kinect for something other than Xbox gaming. When hackers first created applications, Microsoft was ambivalent at best. It mostly looked the other way, though Gupta said it was because the company was heads down on selling the device to gamers.Initially, Microsoft won't encourage commercial applications for Kinect. The software giant will release the SDK later this spring, but only on a noncommercial basis. That means developers can't use it for projects that they want to sell. That probably limits it to academics and enthusiasts, many of whom have already come up with creative hacks in the absence of an official SDK from Microsoft.And what happens if a developer creates an application that has commercial viability They do so at their own peril, according to Gupta. &quot;We are not making any promises that the (programming interfaces) will remain the same,&quot; Gupta said.Part of the reason is that Microsoft is trying to figure out how to draw up a commercial SDK license that protects its financial opportunity. &quot;Certainly, that would be one of the considerations,&quot; Gupta said.In the meantime, developers will have to satisfy themselves with ginning up applications more clever than a mobile lounge chair.Here's a video of me taking the Kinect Drivable Lounge Chair for a spin, with instruction from its creator, Microsoft's Clint Rutkas.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft de-emphasizes Silverlight at Mix11]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 07:10:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ekumankamk</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=microsoft-de-emphasizes-silverlight-at-mix11</guid>
<description><![CDATA[LAS VEGAS--As Microsoft works to woo Web developers to its tools, it is subtly trying to wean them from one product that the company once touted as the answer to advanced graphics development: Silverlight.The first day of Microsoft's Mix11 conference here, the company's annual gathering of Web developers, included demonstrations and talk about HTML5, the emerging Web standard. HTML5's promise is to make developing Web applications that use video and animation easy, much the same thing for which Microsoft created Silverlight.But Silverlight was largely missing in action today. The technology was never mentioned in either of the keynote speeches by Dean Hachamovitch, corporate vice president of Internet Explorer, and Scott Guthrie, corporate vice president of Microsoft's .NET Developer Platform.In debuting a preview version of Internet Explorer 10, Hachamovitch played up its support for HTML5, demonstrating smooth graphics programs loading quickly from the Web, like the new multi-level Pac-Man application, built by Namco for the 30th anniversary of the game.Namco&amp;39's Pac-Man(Credit:Microsoft)Microsoft has been de-emphasizing Silverlight for several months now. As veteran Microsoft watcher Mary Jo Foley noted at the company's Professional Developers Conference in October, Silverlight started falling off the radar. Just last week, Microsoft played up Silverlight's role as a browser plug-in, which, in turn, demoted its role as the key platform for advanced Web graphics.The reason, according to Tim O'Brien, a general manager in Microsoft's platform strategy group, is that HTML5 has evolved and addresses many of the technical issues that are core to Silverlight. &quot;The things that are driving this shift are the market dynamics,&quot; O'Brien said. As the standard evolves, it becomes easier for developers to create applications for it. And writing for the standard means that the application will run more widely than writing for a plug-in such as Silverlight.Silverlight still has its place, O'Brien said. It offers support for digital rights management, and handles Smooth Streaming, which speeds video start times. &quot;There is no single answer for all programming tasks,&quot; O'Brien said. And tomorrow at Mix11, Microsoft plans to roll out the beta version of Silverlight 5.But it also seems clear that Microsoft is placing an ever-larger bet on HTML5. The company disclosed that its next Professional Developers Conference will be September 13-16 in Anaheim, Calif. For Microsoft, the PDC is a stake-in-the-ground event where the company lays out a broad vision for its vast developer community to follow. The September PDC will likely be the place where the company shares details for its upcoming Windows 8 operating system. Expect HTML5 to be play a role there as well. &quot;We're going to place more emphasis on HTML5,&quot; O'Brien said.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft tries to polish Silverlight's future]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 07:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>lanulim2</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=microsoft-tries-to-polish-silverlights-future</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Microsoft Silverlight logoBack in the good old days, Microsoft's Silverlight merely had to take on the mighty Flash Player.Now Microsoft's browser plug-in has a very different challenge than Adobe Systems' rival technology: Web standards. And Microsoft, through the release of IE9 and presumably its successors, is helping to bring those standards to the real world.Nevertheless, Redmond's engineers believe Silverlight has a future as a browser plug-in, and at Microsoft's Mix conference next week, the company will be trying to advance that future.At Mix11, Microsoft plans to release a beta version of Silverlight 5, and augmenting browser abilities is one of the primary roles Silverlight fills, Microsoft executives said in a blog post.&quot;For plug-in based experiences, we believe Silverlight delivers the richest set of capabilities available to developers today,&quot; said Walid Abu-Hadba, corporate vice president of developer platform and evangelism, Scott Guthrie, corporate vice president of the .Net developer platform, and S. Somasegar, senior vice president of the developer division.Silverlight 5 brings a wealth of new features to programmers: hardware-accelerated video playback for better performance and battery-life preservation' hardware-accelerated 3D graphics' crisper text with advanced formatting' remote-control support' faster start-up' 64-bit browser support' the ability to run Silverlight programs outside the browser' and new digital rights management abilities.The three executives have no illusions that HTML5--along with improvements to other Web standards such as Cascading Style Sheets, Scalable Vector Graphics, WebSocket, and JavaScript--are a real force for programmers. But they're not for everybody, and Microsoft reiterated Adobe's argument that plug-ins can bring technology to the Web earlier than standards.While much has been written about a diminishing gap between the capabilities of HTML5 and capabilities provided by plug-ins, plug-ins will continue to evolve and so there will likely be a gap of some degree, and it will cyclically contract and expand. Contraction occurs as the standard specification &quot;catches up&quot; with the plug-in technologies, and then expands again as the next wave of innovation pushes the boundary further forward.That's a fair argument. Plenty of technologies have arrived in Flash first, with Web standards trailing years behind. HTML5, with its built-in video, isn't due to be finalized until 2014, for example (though elements of it are already in browsers today).But the trickle-down argument isn't complete for a couple reasons. First, browser programmers these days at Apple, Google, Opera, and Mozilla are bubbling with ideas, and more to the point, they're implementing them in browsers. Microsoft's IE9 team, while not as eager to be bleeding-edge, is actively involved in defining those standards, too, and its work with hardware acceleration has advanced the maturity of Web applications. The Web-standards gang are not such laggards as in years past. Plug-ins long have been a major source of browser crashes, and now that browser makers have some momentum to reduce their reliance on plug-ins, they're moving ahead fast.The Microsoft developer executives acknowledge the reality: &quot;The market momentum behind adoption of HTML5 as the path forward for broad cross-platform reach continues to gather momentum, and with Internet Explorer 9 Microsoft is chief among those leading that charge.&quot; But they make that point more as a lead-in to their point that there's no single perfect programming technology. While it's true that Silverlight is an answer to some software challenges, the tremendous reach of the Web standards--and the strength of Android and iOS development environments--mean that Silverlight is not the answer for a huge swath of programmers.Related links&amp;149' New CEO wants faster, more relevant W3C (Q&amp;A)Second, there's the mobile world. Flash is a reality here, but only on a small minority of higher-end handsets right now, and even it's often a rough experience. If it catches on more widely, programmers still will have to work around its banishment from Apple's iOS devices. But though Flash has challenges with mobile, Silverlight can only aspire to those problems. It's not even a part of the debate on mobile, and let's face it--a cross-platform programming foundation that doesn't work on a huge number of influential mobile devices is seriously weakened.Silverlight, by virtue of its essential role in Windows Phone 7 apps, does have potential role in the mobile market. WP7, though, trails iOS and Google's Android.Microsoft famously understands developers and understands their importance to the success of its products. When it comes to Silverlight, though, the company still has a lot to prove.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[MPAA files copyright suit against Zediva]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 07:11:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>AndreasWils88</dc:creator>
<category>Marketing and advertising</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=mpaa-files-copyright-suit-against-zediva</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The trade group representing the six major Hollywood film studios filed a copyright suit in federal court against online video distributor Zediva today.The suit has started the process that almost certainly will end with Zediva's demise. &quot;Zediva illegally streams movies to its customers without obtaining required licenses from the movie studios,&quot; the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) said in a statement today. &quot;Zediva claims it is like a brick-and-mortar DVD 'rental' store and therefore not obligated to pay licensing fees to copyright holders. But the DVD 'rental' label is a sham. In reality, Zediva is a video-on-demand service that transmits movies over the Internet using streaming technologies in violation of the studios' copyrights.&quot;Zediva didn't immediately respond to an interview request. Who didn't see this coming Lots of better loophole-business models have come along that appeared to have a better claim on legality than this operation. Most of those were sued into oblivion. The MPAA filed suit in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against WTV Systems, parent company of Zediva, and CEO Venkatesh Srinivasan. The studios have asked for $150,000 for each infringed work. They also want the service shut down. See, everybody wants free content, but all the wishful thinking in the world or half-baked arguments aren't going to make that happen. Some companies manage to use the Internet to create revolutionary, lucrative, and consumer-friendly business models. YouTube is still chugging away. Viacom is challenging the Google-owned company in court but YouTube has penned content deals with scores of entertainment companies. Netflix may not be the most popular company in Hollywood but the rental service operates within the law. Some of these would-be challengers that try to shoe-horn their business strategies into a very broad reading of the law are begging to be litigated out of existence. Last month, I asked Zediva managers why their company would fare better in court than, say, ivi.TV. That's the Web-video company that came along before Zediva. It too saw some success at stirring excitement before finally losing in court. A month ago, a federal judge in Manhattan ordered ivi.TV to stop retransmitting broadcast TV programming over the Web. This is what Zediva said: &quot;Zediva is a DVD rental service. It lets a person rent a real DVD and a real DVD player, and control that DVD player over the Internet. It's just like a DVD player with a really long cable attached to it.&quot;Ivi.tv streamed live TV to users over the Internet, arguing that the service was protected by licenses that copyright laws grant to cable systems. &quot;Zediva isn't a cable system and doesn't rely on those special licenses that Ivi was trying to take advantage of,&quot; Zediva said. &quot;Zediva is operating on the same principle that video rental stores have operated on for decades: once you buy a lawfully made DVD, you're allowed to rent it out to your customers.&quot;So, I never see or touch this DVD player or the disc I didn't buy either. Zediva acquired them for me and will use this little thing called the Internet to connect me to the hardware--but this isn't Internet distributionI'm not a lawyer but I'm predicting this one is headed to a permanent injunction and forced shutdown, just like in ivi.TV's case.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Major security breach exposes customer info (video)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 07:10:56 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>krysttsrst</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<title><![CDATA[All iPhone 5 rumors in one handy infographic]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 07:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>floaraagell</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=all-iphone-5-rumors-in-one-handy-infographic</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This is just part of the awesome graphic--click it to see the whole thing.(Credit:Nowhereelse.fr)It's our job to keep the various rumors about upcoming Apple devices straight, but even we have a hard time. Right now, it's looking like Apple won't be releasing a newiPhone this summer as had been expected, but may later in the year. But what will it be likeThere have been rumors of bigger screens, faster processors, and even a touchless payment system built in, and that's just the tip of the iCeberg. (See what I did there) Thankfully, the wonderful artists from French Web site Nowhereelse.fr have stepped in to help. They've created a giant infographic (part of which you see above) that not only conveniently lists all the various rumors going around, but also gives odds on each one becoming real.And they made it look awesome. I recommend that each of you bookmark this image to use as a reference as we wait and wait for the next iPhone to arrive. It helps.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Hidden 99-cent gem: Hit the Deck Baseball for iPad and iPhone]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 07:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>sealazenby</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Hit the Deck Baseball costs 99 cents for the iPad or iPhone/iPod Touch version (alas, it&amp;39's not a universal app). (Credit:Smashedfly)We're always on the hunt for good under-the-radar games, but it's not always easy to discover new titles that aren't already on the top games list in the App Store. Well, in honor of the start of the baseball season, we'll point you toward one that's worth taking a shot on: Hit the Deck Baseball from developer Smashedfly (Mike Miller).As you can see, this isn't a &quot;real&quot; simulation baseball game but actually a throwback to a great old mechanical baseball pinball game of the '80s--and the first one to use solid-state electronics. The game is a faithful rendering of that pinball machine, and the physics are solid, with smooth gameplay.  You get a choice of three pitches (fastball, curve, change-up) when you're pitching, and swinging is pure timing. The home-run ramp randomly goes up and down and you can play against the computer AI, a friend, or just go for a high score in arcade mode.Alas, our only complaint is that this isn't a universal app, so you have to buy theiPhone andiPad versions separately. But in all it's a polished game that should only get better with updates. It's also simple yet challenging enough that both adults and kids can enjoy it. Editors' note: Look for CNET's full roundup of best baseball apps tomorrow.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Testing Android battery drain at different native resolutions]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 07:10:45 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>nevilleslv</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=testing-android-battery-drain-at-different-native-resolutions</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The only phones brave enough to endure the rigors of native-resolution battery testing! Or the only phones we had available at press time...A few weeks ago I posted detailing the performance scores of several smartphones. Of particular interest were the video battery results for the Android phones. Some commenters took issue with the fact that I used 720p video to drain the battery life of the Android phones, while theiPhone 4 was tested with video running at that device's native resolution.Some thought this was an unfair battery drain, as the 720p video would have to be resized to fit a phone's native resolution, possibly taking away processing cycles, draining the battery more quickly. Commenters suggested that the video run at each phone's native resolution.This idea piqued my curiosity, so I went back and re-encoded the original 720p video to run at each Android phone's particular resolution.I only had access to the three phones listed in the chart below when I conducted the retests, so this list may seem limited in scope' however, I think the following chart paints a pretty clear picture.Phone name720p video battery life (in hours)Native-resolution video battery life (in hours)HTC Evo 4G6.85.6Motorola Atrix 4G76.5Samsung Epic 4G6.95.9AnalysisFrom the evidence provided here, running a 720p movie on an Android phone draws less power from the battery than running a movie at the phone's native resolution. Each drains anywhere from 30 minutes to over an hour faster when running a native-resolution movie. The full specification of 720p is 1280x720-pixel resolution. The Atrix 4G's native resolution, for example, is 960x540 pixels. Honestly, we were surprised by the results. The video we used is exactly the same (same bit rate and so on), save for the difference in resolution.We're not fully sure why running at full resolution draws more power, but it could be that the phones are optimized to play movies at that resolution more than at native res, since 720p is a movie standard and 960x540 pixels isn't so much. The mVideoPlayer app we used could also have something to do with it, but we've yet to have a chance to test with an alternate app. As time allows, I may run more tests, but for now we'll be sticking with 720p as our Android phone battery-life draining standard.How we testedWe evaluated battery life by continually running a movie file on each smartphone until its battery died.We set each smartphone to Airplane mode and adjusted its respective brightness to 140 candelas per square meter (cd/M2) or as close to that number as possible. &quot;Toy Story 3&quot; was the movie of choice used to drain the battery.We used the movie player app mVideoPlayer as it provides a much-needed repeat video function that not all native Android movie players include.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google to crack down further on ads for fake goods]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=google-to-crack-down-further-on-ads-for-fake-goods</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 07:11:09 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>SlamForBamzz</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=google-to-crack-down-further-on-ads-for-fake-goods</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Google is promising a few improvements to its online ad system to help stop the spate of advertisers hawking counterfeit items.In a blog posted yesterday, the search giant tallied the number of advertisers using AdWords at more than 1 million spread across at least 190 different countries. As a result, finding specific accounts that advertise phony products can be a challenge. Google was able to shut down around 50,000 such accounts just in the second half of 2010, but the company admits that more needs to be done.To help stop the proliferation of fake items sold through AdWords, Google is promising three new improvements to its online ad system.Offering an online form in which brand owners can file complaints over counterfeit goods, Google now says it will respond to such complaints within 24 hours.The company is also pledging to do a better job of catching AdSense ads that link to phony items. AdSense allows other companies to earn revenue by placing Google ads on their own Web sites. Specifically, Google says it will work more closely with brand owners to catch advertisers who don't play by the rules and will kick them off the AdSense program. Finally, Google has set up a new help page for people to read the policies against counterfeit goods and report complaints over different types of abuse.Over the years, Google has been the target of lawsuits by brand owners upset about the use of certain keywords in AdWords, in part arguing that such a policy allows non-brand owners to more easily advertise counterfeit products. Google has always maintained that it works with brand owners and is quick to clamp down on any misuse of its ad system.Following a series of lawsuits, Google was cleared last year in a suit filed by luxury goods maker Louis Vuitton and other companies. The European Court of Justice found that Google was not liable for violating the trademarks of advertisers by offering keywords identical to those trademarks. But the court did find that Google is obligated to remove such ads if the brand owners complain that their rights have been violated.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA['Eco-monastery' opening at Siddhartha's birthplace]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 08:10:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>lamonammll</dc:creator>
<category>Eco</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=eco-monastery-opening-at-siddharthas-birthplace</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Elevation sketch of the eco-monastery set to open in Lumbini, Nepal this April.(Credit:LumbiniWorld.org)Lumbini, the UNESCO World Heritage Site so marked for being the birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism, will soon also be home to an &quot;eco-monastery.&quot;The Lumbini Udyana Mahachaitya World Center for Peace and Unity (LUM), which began construction in 2006, opens this April in Nepal. It will be the largest Buddhist temple and meditation hall in Lumbini, but aims to leave the smallest carbon footprint.The lighting system for the 48,600-square-foot structure will rely entirely on solar panels to generate electricity for its lighting, as well as incorporating the use of natural light in its design. It has cavity walls for increased thermal insulation and was designed so that it can rely on natural passive airflow systems to regulate heating and cooling.Floorplan for the main building complex of the Lumbini center.(Credit:United Trungram Buddhist Fellowship)But the temple is not entirely green. The LUM center is being built to withstand earthquakes of up to 7.7 on the Richter scale, it was constructed using stone and brick masonry, as well as concrete, a material known for its release of carbon gases when manufactured. The building itself, however, was constructed in large part without the use of electricity. That was mainly due to frequent power outages in the area, necessitating workers to even carry &quot;heavy buckets of wet cement to the top of the structure's dome,&quot; according to Dharmakaya, the organization leading the building effort.&quot;This is an effort to save the ancient arts and wisdom, to highlight the importance of our gentleness to the earth, and to promote a sense of peace and unity for all,&quot; Trungram Gyaltrul Rinpoche, the high-ranking lama leading the project.&quot;Architecturally, unlike many other monasteries, this one will be a modern hybrid monastery. It is a chaitya based on the ancient Indian work of Shariputra's stupa found at Nalanda University, and also incorporates Nepalese architecture, which is then beautified by Tibetan artworks,&quot; Rinpoche said.Rinpoche, a Harvard graduate, is known for being one of the first lamas to earn a Western Ph.D.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[New sports channels signal shift in Apple TV]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 08:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>marabmin7y87</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=new-sports-channels-signal-shift-in-apple-tv</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Apple is beefing up its Apple TV offering with live streaming sports.(Credit:Donald Bell/CNET)It's becoming obvious that Apple TV is not a hobby anymore.The company had famously referred to its set-top device that way when it premiered four years ago as a way of keeping expectations low. But with today's software update, Apple is being more aggressive about making Apple TV competitive with its set-top rivals. As part of the iOS 4.3 update released today, Apple TV owners will now have access to MLB.TV and NBA League Pass. Both are subscription services for streaming live games over the Web, and like Netflix, which is already on Apple TV, customers have to enter their existing account to gain access via Apple TV. It's the first time Apple has featured live sports on Apple TV, and with the addition of these channels, Apple is also signaling that something else may be in the works: a more app-like approach to the device.Until now, Apple's set-top basically did three things: allow you to rent or buy iTunes content (that stayed on Apple TV only), stream Netflix (if you're a subscriber), and stream iTunes content from other devices. Those are great, but it still placed Apple TV behind the offerings of set-top devices like Roku,Xbox, andPlayStation 3. Besides Netflix, Roku, PS3, and Xbox have integrated Amazon Video on Demand, Hulu Plus, and scores of other sources of Hollywood content. Apple wants customers to buy iTunes content, so it's not likely we'll see it add many more ways to watch non-iTunes content beyond big name players like Netflix. But the sports angle is a big deal for cord-cutters--those of us who are trying to consume all of our entertainment content on TV without a cable TV subscription. Up until today Apple TV had no sports offering. In terms of major sports, Roku has long had MLB.TV and NHL GameCenter Live, Xbox 360 has ESPN live streaming and MLB, and the PlayStation 3 has MLB.TV and NHL.Today's update makes Apple TV a lot more competitive in comparison to what those other set-top devices offer. So while Apple TV might be late getting into the sports streaming game, this is a solid start, and probably (hopefully) means we'll see more.App-le TVIt's something we've wondered about since the new-and-improved $99 device arrived last fall: would Apple TV eventually be able to run iOS apps, thus expanding the platform's reach and giving new opportunities to game developers and app makers Games on Apple TV would make a lot of sense, as would many other apps.But when Steve Jobs introduced the reimagined Apple TV last fall--a smaller, sleeker device with a lower price tag and Netflix access--he specifically noted that it was running a version of iOS, but not the full-fledged system that appears on iPhones, iPads, and theiPod Touch. While Netflix, MLB.TV, and NBA League Pass are being positioned as channels on Apple TV--you can't download them from any sort of app store, they're only available via this software update--they're really not any different in how they work than the Netflix app on the iPhone or iPad, or the MLB Game Day app on the same devices. MLB's Game Day app has always been very popular in the App Store, so if these sports channels do well on Apple TV, it's hard to see why Apple wouldn't someday want to give customers more variety of channels or apps to choose to add to their Apple TV. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Senators tell Biden to push Russia into antipiracy]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 08:11:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>svetalalf</dc:creator>
<category>Marketing and advertising</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=senators-tell-biden-to-push-russia-into-antipiracy</guid>
<description><![CDATA[If Russia wants to prove the country is a good trade partner, then the country must be more aggressive in fighting online piracy. That's the message a group of U.S. senators wants Vice President Joe Biden to send during his visit to Moscow this week. A screenshot of file footage of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden.(Credit:Screen shot by Greg Sandoval/CNET)In a letter written Friday by Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), the group reminded Biden that Russia appears to have once again grown soft on copyright violations and the lawmakers want him to nudge leaders there back on track. For more than a decade, Russia has done too little to protect U.S. intellectual property, says the office of the U.S. Trade Representative and has earned a spot on a list of countries with poor records on enforcing copyright and intellectual property laws. Just last week, the USTR issued a report on &quot;Notorious Pirate Markets&quot; and accused several Russia-based sites of profiting from intellectual property theft. Biden landed in Russia today for talks on multiple issues, including attempts by both countries to reduce nuclear arms and the turmoil in the Middle East. According to Reuters, Biden will meet with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Thursday. The trade groups for the U.S. film and music industries are among the copyright owners who want the U.S. government to close down U.S.-based sites that distribute pirated materials as well as cut off access in this country to overseas pirate sites. For a while, Russia appeared to be cracking down. In 2007, Russia's government shut down Internationally-known Allofmp3.com, a music site accused of selling unauthorized music and later tried to toss the site's founder into jail . But as soon as Allofmp3.com went down a half dozen similar sites went online. The senators noted in their letter that more recently, Russia's communications and press minister said publicly that pirate sites should &quot;be relieved of certain obligations to address piracy problems so long as they agree to take down infringing materials when notified.&quot; In their letter, the senators, who are part of the Congressional International Antipiracy Caucus, suggested that Biden should use the World Trade Organization as leverage. Russia has been trying to win acceptance into the WTO for years. &quot;Addressing these rogue sites will go a long way toward demonstrating Russia's willingness and ability to operate under the rule of law,&quot; the senators wrote, &quot;and therefore its preparedness to take on the obligations of membership in the [WTO].&quot; Biden is a big supporter of tougher copyright protection. Last year he angered many file sharers by declaring online piracy was no different than theft. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Could subway dig topple Michelangelo's 'David']]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2011 08:10:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>breannavfd3</dc:creator>
<category>Social</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=could-subway-dig-topple-michelangelos-david</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Michelangelo's &quot;David&quot; has seen better days. He's spent centuries on his feet. He's tired, yet he cannot take a seat.Now some are wondering whether engineering work that's taking place beneath him might cause the Renaissance icon to quite simply collapse with exhaustion.The Telegraph reports that construction of a high-speed railway being built beneath Florence might cause one vibration too many for David.The paper quotes Fernando de Simone, a specialist in subterranean engineering, as saying: &quot;The tunnel will pass about 600 meters (2,000 feet) from the statue of David, the ankles of which, it is well known, are riddled with microfissures. If it's not moved before digging begins, there is a serious risk that it will collapse.&quot;Is he cracking up(Credit:CC Jay8085/Flickr)&quot;David&quot; is, apparently, not made of stern stuff. The marble used by Michelangelo was not of the finest quality. Moreover, the 17-foot-high &quot;David&quot; has been at something of an angle for quite a while, putting additional pressure on his left side.An Italian art critic, Vittorio Sgarbi, reportedly believes that the rail project should simply be diverted elsewhere, which shows an interesting and cultured sense of priorities.However, for now authorities seem to be content merely to monitor the effects of the engineering work. Florence has had its fair share of smaller earthquakes, and thus far &quot;David&quot; seems to have withstood everything. But perhaps it might be better to find him a more peaceful home in his old age.Perhaps the Italians could move him somewhere to the south of Italy, where the tourist economy certainly needs boosting, as does its image--given that many see it as a place in which nefarious activities abound.One can only hope that a sensible solution is reached before, one difficult night, someone has to pick up the pieces.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Software links police sketches to mug shots]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2011 08:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>norncrymoup</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=software-links-police-sketches-to-mug-shots</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Here's a new spin on an old way to catch crooks--researchers at Michigan State University have developed algorithms and software that can match police sketches to thousands of mug shots in a database. The research, by MSU computer science and engineering professor Anil Jain and doctoral student Brendan Klare, is being published in this month's edition of the journal IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence.Mug shots and composite sketches have long been used in police investigation, but witness descriptions can be inaccurate. The researchers say their project is the first large-scale experiment to link the sketches and mug shots, adding that results have been promising. The algorithms compare eye, nose, and chin shapes, as well as other structures, in pairs of images. In the experiment, using a database of more than 10,000 images, the system found the correct person 45 percent of the time. The sketches were from real crimes in which the culprit was later identified.&quot;We improved significantly on one of the top commercial face-recognition systems,&quot; Klare was quoted as saying in a release. The system is to be field-tested in about a year. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[In clean energy R&D, a spark--but then what]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 08:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>muwuban</dc:creator>
<category>Eco</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=in-clean-energy-rd-a-spark-but-then-what</guid>
<description><![CDATA[NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.--Although its short-term funding remains uncertain, the 2-year-old Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program has so far delivered on its mission to pursue high-risk, high-payoff research. But even at this week's ARPA-E Summit, a conference to tout potential game-changers, there were reminders that even great technology doesn't guarantee commercial success, which could be crucial when questions over government R&amp;D funding arise in the future.In interviews at the conference, entrepreneurs and investors said that ARPA-E has brought high-caliber scientists to the Department of Energy to vet well chosen research proposals. &quot;It's not your father's DOE,&quot; joked one successful scientist. ARPA-E researchers dig deep for energy innovation (photos) The program has spent $400 million over two years funding research projects--usually with grants under $10 million--geared at proving out new technology concepts within a few years. For example, the DOE is funding commercial and academic research to speed up development of energy-dense batteries that would extend the range of electriccars to 500 miles, roughly five times what can be done now. Another ambitious effort is in the area of &quot;electrofuels,&quot; where genetically engineered microorganisms fed carbon dioxide, sunlight, and water, create organic compounds that can be turned into liquid fuels.Many attendees at the conference lauded the progress scientists and engineers have made on these research programs, which has catalyzed follow-on investments from the private sector. But when it comes to commercializing these technologies after they have been demonstrated at small scale, conference attendees listed a number of commercial and policy barriers. ScalingOne concern is that many energy and materials innovations incubated in the U.S. will be built elsewhere, something that happened with lithium ion batteries, which are largely made in Asia, noted Energy Secretary Steven Chu during his keynote. To keep manufacturing in the U.S., the country needs a manufacturing strategy built around lower corporate taxes, well educated workers, and robust research and development, said John Engler, the former governor of Michigan and president of the Business Roundtable, during a panel. In places such as Germany, it's common to have manufacturing facilities located near research and development centers because one feeds the other.&quot;Innovation and manufacturing go very close together. It's logical that where you innovate, you prove it at scale because what happens in the lab is not always what happens when you manufacture at scale,&quot; said Suniva CEO John Baumstark. Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Energy Secretary Steven Chu speak to a group of students from university energy clubs who attended the ARPA-E Summit.(Credit:Department of Energy)Suniva, which makes solar photovoltaic panels, was spun out of Georgia Tech University and built its first factory in Georgia. But as the company looks to expand, Baumstark said there needs to be clear signals--such as a nationwide renewable energy mandate--that there will strong demand for solar in the U.S. compared to other countries.The DOE's loan guarantee program, which is designed to lower risk for commercial bankers investing where there is new technology, is an important financial tool the government can provide, said First Solar President Bruce Sohn. &quot;We would think these fairly modest programs are robust and are going to last, but they are under siege to some extent&quot; in Congress, he said.Launching energy-related products and projects tends to be expensive and requires lots of capital to get to a meaningful scale. During a panel, David Berry, an investor at Flagship Ventures, indicated that financing for Flagship Ventures' biofuels companies could come from national governments eager to invest in fossil fuel alternatives. &quot;The challenge is not building that first plant. There's a lot of focus on that plant because it's a milestone and defines it as a success,&quot; he said. &quot;The question is getting access to capital (after that) at a scale that actually makes a difference.&quot;Customers and fundingARPA-E is modeled after DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Program Agency, which spawned a number of commercial technologies, including the Internet and GPS. DARPA differs significantly from ARPA-E in that the Defense Department typically is a customer for research projects, but ARPA-E programs don't have a built-in customer, an entrepreneur told me.The Departments of Energy and Defense did take a step in that direction, however. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus on Wednesday announced a partnership where the Navy will test batteries being developed under ARPA-E's energy storage program, part of an initiative to cut the Navy's fossil fuel use in half this decade.To better prepare R&amp;D efforts for the commercial world, one venture capitalist suggested that ARPA-E programs need to complement the existing technical and scientific milestones with commercial targets. Another business-related concern is that many of the channels for selling energy-related goods--the equivalent of value-added resellers in the computer industry--are not well developed ingreen tech, said Rob Day, a partner from Black Coral Capital. &quot;I see a lot of clean tech manufacturing start-ups which haven't put thought into creating a robust channel to the market place so they can get to scale,&quot; he said.In lighting, for example, there's a need for service companies well versed in how to install more efficient lighting products, he said. Energy storage is another area that's seeing a great deal of research, but utilities tend to be conservative with new technologies. So rather than buy and operate battery systems themselves, utilities could be more likely to contract with third-party companies that build storage systems themselves and sell power services to the grid.Meanwhile, the funding outlook for ARPA-E is murky. The White House is seeking to invest in research and development to spur innovative technologies and stimulate the economy. As part of that agenda, the Department of Energy requested an increase to $300 million for ARPA-E in fiscal 2011 and $550 million for fiscal 2012, a DOE representative said. In a continuing resolution measure to keep the federal government operating, the House this week cut the budget request by $250 million, which would bring the ARPA-E 2011 budget to $50 million. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[AT&T creates postpaid tablet data plans]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 08:10:31 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>lawannumelly</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=att-creates-postpaid-tablet-data-plans</guid>
<description><![CDATA[AT&amp;T customers can now choose postpaid data plans for theirtablet PCs.Starting today, AT&amp;T said, customers can opt to pay $14.99 for 250MB of monthly data or $25 for 2GB of monthly data. The postpaid option will show up on the person's monthly wireless bill after the data is used. Prepaid plans, which feature the same price and data allotments, are charged on a person's credit card prior to their use.Both the postpaid and prepaid plans are month-to-month, meaning that customers have no long-term contract.The only difference, apparently, between the two types of plans is the charge for exceeding the data limit. Under the postpaid plan, those who exceed 2GB will be charged another $10 per 1GB of extra data. Under the prepaid plan, customers who exceed 2GB can choose to buy an additional 2GB for $25.AT&amp;T's new option is available for all tablets, including theiPad 2, which will launch March 11.To jump-start the new postpaid option, AT&amp;T is offering customers their first month free when they activate a new 2GB postpaid plan.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Bing now aggregates, recommends local deals]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 08:10:20 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>renadar</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=bing-now-aggregates-recommends-local-deals</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Microsoft is trying to make it easier to find nearby deals, and today has launched a deals service that aggregates them from around the Web.Bing Deals, which will show up for both desktop and m.bing.com users, aggregates deals from a number of deal providers, including LivingSocial, Groupon, and Restaurant.com. On the mobile side, when combined with a phone's real-time location, this lets users see which of the deals from those services are nearby. The technology itself is a partnership with deals aggregation site The Dealmap. All told, Microsoft says Bing Deals adds up to more than 200,000 offers at launch. In a phone interview with CNET last week, Bing director Stefan Weitz described the new feature as a better way to find money-saving deals.&quot;People are not as good about finding deals as we think they are,&quot; Weitz said. &quot;The coolest thing about this is that when you pop into the m.bing experience and hit that deals button, the first thing we show you are what some of the hottest deals are for you.&quot; Bing&amp;39's new deal finder can narrow down its list of deals by user location, taken from a mobile phone.(Credit:Microsoft)Those picks are based on Bing's algorithms, Weitz explained. That means the system will also take into account if a deal is more than half off, and if it's been shared by a number of people. In the move to add deals, Weitz said Microsoft was not trying to build its own deals system, or to compete with some of the existing deals businesses.&quot;It got me thinking back to the earlier premise of Bing, which from the get-go was really about partnerships,&quot; Weitz said. &quot;We can build a lot of this stuff ourselves...but if you look at how Bing generally has grown successfully it's been because we're almost recognizing where we can tap into those who have already come before us and done a really good job.&quot;Weitz said that same approach would continue with some future additions to the service. &quot;You'll see more and more of these things over the next several months here, about how we're trying to expand the scope of Bing, but doing in a way that encourages independent innovation in the industry--doesn't try to quash it, but actually encourages it--but allows us to offer it to a very broad audience,&quot; Weitz said. &quot;Broader than likely a lot of these smaller sites are having access to.&quot;Weitz and Bing mobile program manager Tom Marsh demo the new deal finder in the video below:Video: Bing Launches Deals<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[LaCie announces Thunderbolt external hard drive]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 08:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>qaziopper</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=lacie-announces-thunderbolt-external-hard-drive</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The new Thunderbolt-enabled Little Big Disk from LaCie.(Credit:James Martin/CNET)Intel announced a completely new I/O peripheral protocol today called Thunderbolt, which had previously gone by the code name Light Peak. In a nutshell, Thunderbolt is a superfast peripheral standard with the speed of 10Gbps (1.25GBps) and almost no overhead. This means devices can be connected at a real-word throughput speed of around 1.25GBps. Thunderbolt is compatible with DisplayPort 1.1 and later.The LaCie Little Big Disk comes with two Thunderbolt ports.(Credit:James Martin/CNET)Currently, the technology is available only in Apple's new MacBook Pro (which comes with one Thunderbolt port) and can be used only with DisplayPort devices, such as Apple's Cinema display. But that will change soon.Today, LaCie announced an external hard drive, the LaCie Little Big Disk, that will be one of the first storage devices to support Thunderbolt technology. A prototype of the drive was used at the Intel demo today. The Little Big Disk has two solid-state drives inside. The drive comes with two Thunderbolt ports and can be used to daisy-chain with other Thunderbolt-enabled devices, such as a display or additional storage device.LaCie says that thanks to the support for Thunderbolt, the Little Big Disk can deliver multiple streams of HD video plus hours of content in just minutes--instead of hours, as in the case of USB 2.0 or FireWire. Basically, the external hard drive now offers speeds previously available only from rack-mounted storage arrays, allowing general and professional users to access a large amount of data in real time in a matter of seconds. Owing to its two Thunderbolt ports, the Little Big Disk can also be daisy-chained for storage expansion or connection to up to six other peripherals.The LaCie Little Big Disk will be available by this summer. Currently its pricing and capacities are still to be determined.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA['Atlas Shrugged' pushing high-speed rail]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=atlas-shrugged-pushing-high-speed-rail</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 08:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>pestcontrolguildford</dc:creator>
<category>Eco</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=atlas-shrugged-pushing-high-speed-rail</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Contemporary high-speed rail seems to have gotten the nod as a plan worthy of pursuit from the makers of the long-awaited film version of &quot;Atlas Shrugged,&quot; Ayn Rand's controversial Objectivist novel in which the railroad industry plays a key role.Production company The Strike released its first trailer for &quot;Atlas Shrugged, Part I&quot; last week. Due out April 15th, the film was directed by Paul Johansson, actor/director of &quot;One Tree Hill&quot; fame.Dialogue in the trailer signals that the book's ideas promoting the value of capitalism, rational self-interest, the intellectually elite, and minimal government interference in society still hold. However, as one might expect, some aspects of the original story appear to have been tweaked for the film version.Train that appears in the &amp;34'Atlas Shrugged, Part I&amp;34' trailer (left) alongside train in an artist&amp;39's rendering of the proposed California high-speed rail line.(Credit:Screenshots by Edward Moyer/CNET)Judging from the trailer, the movie seems to be set in present-day America (the book never specified a year, but it alluded to Depression-era conditions while including 1950s technology). Perhaps the most interesting change, however, is what appears to be a subtle difference in the plot.Rand's book had protagonist Dagny Taggart, a railroad executive, championing train tracks and a bridge made with &quot;Rearden Metal,&quot; an alloy invented by steel magnate Hank Rearden that's supposedly so innovative it's bound to make steel and aluminum obsolete. In planning the construction of a new rail line, Taggart decides to use a diesel locomotive capable of 100 mph for the inaugural trip. But the trailer for the movie seems to have Taggart championing high-speed rail trains of the sort currently in service around the world.The trailer includes footage of old train locomotives breaking down and getting into accidents, and shots of Taggart and Rearden driving what is clearly a new high-speed rail train (see the second video here for a look at real-life examples).&quot;Atlas Shrugged, Part I&quot; could only be more relevant to today's rail situation in the U.S. if the Rearden Metal was not actually metal at all, but something akin to the Recycled Structural Composite (RSC) developed by Axion and Rutgers University.Axion announced recently that its RSC is going to be used to make railroad ties for several U.S. sets of tracks. Like the fictional Rearden Metal in &quot;Atlas Shrugged,&quot; RSC was also initially met with skepticism and scrutiny regarding its strength and durability. A now famous photo of a U.S. military tank crossing a military bridge made from the recycled plastics material, and several military contracts won by Axion, seems to have eased public skepticism of the material's worth.The real-life U.S. high-speed rail project is backed by a combination of federal, state, and private funding. But one could safely assume that the fictional high-speed rail project of &quot;Atlas Shrugged, Part I&quot; is privately funded, in keeping with Rand's original plot and her personal belief that &quot;the only way a government can be of service to national prosperity is by keeping its hands off.&quot;Adding a high-speed rail angle to the film might, actually, be the greatest tribute the filmmakers pay to the book's original intent. Its inclusion could result in a film that's of interest to all sides of the political spectrum, and, therefore, maximize its profit potential.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[DirecTV 3D channel launching Sunday]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=directv-3d-channel-launching-sunday</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 08:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>lovislaiuy</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=directv-3d-channel-launching-sunday</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The first 24/7 TV channel featuring all 3D content in the U.S. arrives Sunday night.(Credit:Sony)They've been talking about it for long enough. On Sunday evening, Sony's3D TV channel is finally going live.3net will be available to DirecTV subscribers starting Sunday at 5 p.m. Pacific. The emphasis at the start will be on original content, airing two shows right off the bat called &quot;China Revealed&quot; and &quot;Forgotten Planet.&quot; 3net also promises &quot;an unprecedented&quot; stream of original 3D series, with a new one debuting every night.The satellite provider is the first distribution deal for the 24/7 3D channel that is a partnership between Sony, Discovery, and IMAX. Sony introduced the concept at CES in January 2010, and revealed the name of the channel last month atCES 2011.3D is central to Sony's consumer strategy right now, with the company being one of the first to heavily market 3D-capable TVs last year as well as 3D games forPlayStation 3, and having its own movie studio to churn out 3D movies. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Another sharing service piggybacks on Kindle lending]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 08:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>arztmedizin</dc:creator>
<category>Marketing and advertising</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=another-sharing-service-piggybacks-on-kindle-lending</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Here's another me-too service that intends to help consumers share their electronic books by piggybacking on the lending features available on Kindle and Nook books. (Credit:Greg Sandoval/CNET)BookSwim, which bills itself as a &quot;Netflix for Books,&quot; announced that it plans to launch eBookFling.com tomorrow, a site where users swap e-books. BookSwim's press release makes it obvious that company managers either anticipate the service won't be warmly received by Amazon, Barnes &amp; Noble, and book publishers or are trying to gin up the release with a little controversy. &quot;The initial reaction may be a negative,&quot; the company said in its statement. &quot;Publishers and authors will claim the lending feature is being abused and causing cannibalization of sales.&quot; The company breathlessly acknowledged that the service may force authors to worry about &quot;making only half the sales on the new books too!&quot; (The exclamation point is theirs).The service comes two weeks after a start-up called the Kindle Lending Club launched a similar digital-book sharing service. In the age of file sharing, it's hard to see how services like these would be seen as a serious threat, or for that matter, attract much of an audience. For people who don't want to pay, there is the legal means to acquire them (library) and the illegal means (peer-to-peer networks). Meanwhile, gadget makers are trying to streamline the arduous process of digitizing books and should they succeed, that will undoubtedly speed up digital-book sharing via P2P networks. Still, Amazon, which launched Kindle lending on December 30, may not want to take any chances. My colleague Stephen Shankland wrote earlier this month&quot; &quot;It's no Napster, but the Kindle Lending Club probably has facilitated the lending of more than 1,000 books among strangers. At scale, it holds the potential to automate free book lending on a global scale when Amazon would prefer to see an actual sale.&quot;An Amazon representative was not immediately available for comment. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[NASA reveals strange, bomberlike planes of 2025]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jan 2011 08:10:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ramirolesi</dc:creator>
<category>Social</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=nasa-reveals-strange-bomberlike-planes-of-2025</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Given that we are unlikely to get past 2012, perhaps it's churlish to even think of what 2025 might look like.However, the indelible optimists at NASA have revealed images of commercial aircraft designs that might well take to the air, should 2025 actually materialize.It seems that in the darker parts of 2010, NASA gave Lockheed Martin, Boeing, and Northrop Brumman money to ponder what improvements might be made to our current aerial cattle carriers.The initial designs, published on NASA's own site, will make some drool and a few, perhaps, shiver.For at least two of them make me think of, well, war--specifically, military aircraft--while the third seems plain peculiar.Just a little like a Stealth Bomber(Credit:NASA/Boeing)Engine at the back Um, never liked that.(Credit:NASA/Lockheed Martin)Er, double B-52, anyone(Credit:NASA/Northrop Grumman)Life might, indeed, be very peculiar by the time 2025 comes along.And perhaps I am suffering the after-effects of mind-altering 2005 Amista syrah. But perhaps someone else might see in, for example, the Boeing design, a rather touching homage to the Stealth Bomber Then there's the design from Northrop Grumman. Please forgive me in advance (a phrase that does, actually, sometimes work for me), but doesn't it look just a little as if someone took two B-52 bombers and slapped them togetherFinally, the Lockheed design. This, perhaps, seems the most conventional of the three, at least from the angle in which it is presented. Yet again, as someone who merely looks at planes at airports as they arrive late, I'm reminded just a little, by that engine at the back, of the Lockheed Tri-Star--which, oh, never moved me to paroxysms of joy.I would naturally love to hear from those with a more intimate knowledge of both aircraft design and future times.Do these designs move Or are they mere flights of fancy<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Start-up hopes to profit from Kindle lending]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=start-up-hopes-to-profit-from-kindle-lending</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 08:10:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>sevenForuxxtyvi</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=start-up-hopes-to-profit-from-kindle-lending</guid>
<description><![CDATA[(Credit:Kindle Lending Club)A small company called Kindle Lending Club plans to launch a beta site today or tomorrow that will let it profit from Amazon's e-book ecosystem.The five-person start-up has a simple business model. First, connect people who are willing to lend the electronic books to those who want to borrow them. Second, when the borrowers discover that they didn't finish with Amazon's 14-day lending window, offer a link to buy the e-book and share a portion of the resulting revenue through Amazon's affiliate program.It might not be enough to acquire Facebook, but site founder Catherine MacDonald--a 40-year-old Canadian mother of three who lives in Malta and Tunisia--believes it'll pay the bills. &quot;I'm anticipating that Martin (my husband) and I will be able to work on this full-time, so a full-time living for the family seems realistic,&quot; she told CNET News.And it could be enough to raise Amazon's eyebrows. It's no Napster, but the Kindle Lending Club probably has facilitated the lending of more than 1,000 books among strangers. At scale, it holds the potential to automate free book lending on a global scale when Amazon would prefer to see an actual sale.It's an interesting concept, one that's spun up rapidly since Amazon launched Kindle lending on December 30. MacDonald started with a Facebook group, quickly concluded that wouldn't accommodate the interest, raised an angel investment commitment of $12,500, signed up two Web developers, and is launching a site--all within two weeks.&quot;Last Thursday, December 30, I heard about the introduction of lending (I missed the October announcement) and I was thrilled,&quot; said MacDonald, who's worked in Web development and search marketing since 1998. &quot;While my husband and I were going to sleep that night, an idea suddenly occurred to me, and I told him, 'Martin, you have to remind me to start a Facebook page in the morning to get people together to lend each other books!' So, that's what I did, and it just took on a life of its own.&quot;A look at the Kindle Lending Club beta site (click to enlarge)(Credit:Kindle Lending Club)Time was of the essence, too, since others had the same idea, she said. &quot;It became apparent really fast that we had to move decisively and do social media and software development in tandem,&quot; she said. Another social media angle: The site will broadcast lending possibilities and desires through the KLCfeed on Twitter.She estimates that the Facebook site has facilitated more than a thousand loans. &quot;It seems that most of the book loans on offer are snapped within a day of being posted,&quot; she said.Amazon didn't respond to a request for comment. It can't have been a complete surprise, though, to a global-scale Internet-company. If nothing else, Barnes &amp; Noble beat Amazon to market with a sharing option on its rival Nook e-reader system, and that option has spawned Nook book-sharingsites.The existence of the Kindle Lending site sheds a revealing light on Amazon's move to add a lending option.E-book limitsFrom a customer point of view, one of the big drawbacks of e-books compared to physical books is that digital rights management (DRM) technology, including encryption, typically restricts a person's ability to lend or resell a book. If you buy a Kindle or Nook book, it doesn't become the sort of communal family property a physical book might. And of course systems such as Google Books, Amazon Kindle, and Barnes &amp; Noble Nook aren't compatible.Even though a physical book can be physically copied, it's a pain, and the results aren't likely to match the original. But digital content is famously easy to copy. That makes it tough for a company such as Amazon to strike the right balance between a totally locked down Kindle ecosystem and one that's got some measure of the freedoms of physical books.Amazon's 14-day lending constraint, along with a limit of one lending per book and the fact that publishers don't make all books available for lending in the first place, puts a pretty significant brake on those freedoms while still permitting a person trying to infect a friend with enthusiasm for the latest good read. But the Kindle Lending Club shows that there's a big appetite for free books and a corresponding urge that people have to share.&quot;I have seen people who have said that they will save their loans for friends and family, but the number of lenders who are just entirely altruistic has really impressed me,&quot; MacDonald said. &quot;We have seen it in action over hundreds of loans already, so I think it's reasonable to imagine that people will continue to be altruistic.&quot;MacDonald wants to keep money out of the core lending activity, too.&quot;I do not want to associate money or even credits with book lending on our platform,&quot; she said. &quot;I like the idea that someone who does not have access to a credit card, for whatever reason, can still borrow a book from someone--I could imagine someone in a developing country borrowing a book on business start-ups from someone in America. We enable people to do something simple: just lending a book like we've all been doing for years' but the scale and reach now makes this action potentially transformational on a global level. That gives me a great feeling when I lend an e-book, and I trust that the majority of our community members will feel the same.&quot;Publishers might not get a warm feeling of happiness pondering the possibility of free exchanges of their books. But one factor that doubtless weighed into Amazon's calculations is how often lending actually hurts sales directly. It's not clear how often book borrowing supplants book purchasing, but it's not hard to imagine people might read a free book that they wouldn't pay for.Bear in mind also that the ease of copying isn't just a threat to publishers. It also drastically lowers their production costs, giving them an incentive to embrace the e-book revolution as long as it's not Napsterized.And even if 100 percent of the lending replaced actual Kindle e-book book sales, the idea still might be good for Amazon in the big picture. Here's why.Expanding ecosystemKindle is an ecosystem. Amazon sells Kindle e-readers as well as books, and some number of freely available Kindle books makes a Kindle more valuable. And of course, once somebody has bought a Kindle, they're more likely to buy future e-books through Amazon.Even if a person doesn't buy a Kindle reader, using Amazon's free Kindle apps fortablets, phones, and computers instead, that's another customer in the ecosystem. The more books in a person's Kindle library, the less likely that person is to jump ship for a Nook--and probably the more likely that person is to purchase or upgrade a Kindle reader.&quot;In our view, as the Kindle ecosystem expands, Kindle device users will not only continue buying more e-books but also subscriptions, accessories, hardware warranties, and eventually use Kindle's wireless and computing capabilities for other data and content consumption (e.g. pictures, music, videos, e-mail, etc.),&quot; said Sandeep Aggarwal, an analyst with Caris &amp; Company, in a Kindle report today.Last, don't forget that the site is funded by sales of Amazon products, and a lot of Kindle customers will be using her site.&quot;I borrowed [Jonathan] Franzen's 'Freedom' on December 30,&quot; she said. &quot;I know I'm not going to get it finished, so I'll have to purchase a copy.&quot;<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[CES: Panasonic event Wednesday at CES 2011 (live blog)]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=ces-panasonic-event-wednesday-at-ces-2011-live-blog</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 08:10:31 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Sanya01</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=ces-panasonic-event-wednesday-at-ces-2011-live-blog</guid>
<description><![CDATA[It wouldn't be CES without new televisions to talk about, and Panasonic's press conference tomorrow shouldn't disappoint. Sign up below for to receive an e-mail reminder for our live coverage of Panasonic executives speaking live at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas at 3 p.m. PT Wednesday. I'll be joined by CNET's trio of television experts, including David Carnoy, David Katzmaier, and Matt Moscovciak, as we outline the news released during the event and provide commentary.Panasonic CES 2011 press conference live blog<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[CES: Sony, Lenovo look to move beyond Netbooks]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=ces-sony-lenovo-look-to-move-beyond-netbooks</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 08:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>rubultya</dc:creator>
<category>Business &amp; Finance</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=ces-sony-lenovo-look-to-move-beyond-netbooks</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Sony will move beyond traditional Netbooks, a market it has never fully embraced, while Lenovo is making a case for these more powerful, but small laptops already. Lenovo&amp;39's 11.6-inch ThinkPad X120e looks like a Netbook but, like the 11.6-inch MacBook Air, offers better performance. (Credit:Lenovo)Sony will move its Netbook-class laptops up-market with Advanced Micro Devices newest Brazos processors, according to sources. Those AMD chips integrate two processing cores and graphics silicon with robust performance--the latter feature a major departure from Intel's Atom, the standard for Netbooks. &quot;Sony wants to get out of Netbooks,&quot; one source said. Intel has &quot;created a great opening for AMD. They can now drive a big truck through that [performance] gap and gain a bunch of loyalty with&quot; PC makers,&quot; said the source.When contacted, Sony would not comment. And, today, Lenovo announced what it is calling an &quot;ultraportable&quot;--the 11.6-inch ThinkPad X120e. &quot;Integrating an AMD Fusion E-Series [processor] gives users 65 percent faster graphics performance,&quot; according to Lenovo's release. These new AMD-based systems from Sony and Lenovo--expected to make an appearance at the Consumer Electronics Show this week--are not labeled Netbooks. Lenovo's X120e, for example, has the same screen size as Apple's 11.6-inch MacBook Air ultraportable laptop. Intel says the competition was not unforeseen. &quot;We always expected to compete with AMD in this space, and I guess this is further proof that the death of the Netbook has been greatly exaggerated,&quot; said Intel spokesman Bill Kircos, in a statement. &quot;Over the past two years, we've learned that size, connectivity, battery life and price matter most in companion PC devices like Netbooks, and that's where our priorities are,&quot; he said. Sony has been marketing the Vaio W series of Netbooks. But the PC maker may exit the low-cost, traditional Netbook business in the U.S.(Credit:Sony)Sony currently markets the Vaio W series of Netbooks that sport Intel Atom processors and are priced from $449 on Sony's Web site. At the high end, Sony also has the 1.6-pound Vaio X series based on Atom processors. But Sony has been careful not to call the Vaio X a Netbook. Both Vaio X models are currently being discounted. For example, the lower-end model has been cut to $1,099 from $1,299. The new AMD-based Sony models will be dropped into a non-Netbook price band, above $500. &quot;Sony is more of a premium brand and this makes sense for them from that perspective,&quot; said Bob O'Donnell, an analyst at IDC. Another analyst says AMD-based systems bode ill for Netbooks using Intel's Atom chip. &quot;These higher-end products may work to snuff out the traditional Netbook market,&quot; said Richard Shim, an analyst at DisplaySearch. &quot;The market liked the price [of Netbooks] but didn't like the performance,&quot; said Nathan Brookwood, the principal analyst at Insight64. Toshiba is also set to bring out an AMD-based system--what Toshiba's European release says is &quot;much more than a normal Netbook.&quot; But Intel is adamant that the Atom-based Netbook still has plenty of life left. &quot;CES attendees will see some very cool, ultra-sleek Netbooks with outstanding battery life, and plans for Intel to adopt popular and unique features like Wireless Display in future Netbooks. All told, we expect some 100 new Netbook and tablet devices coming to market in the coming months on top of all those already on retail shelves,&quot; Kircos said. Both Intel's Atom and AMD's Brazos processors fuse the central processing unit, or CPU, with the graphics processing unit, or GPU. Intel has been doing this since last year, while AMD is doing this for the first time. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Periodic table gets weighty update]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=periodic-table-gets-weighty-update</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 08:11:15 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Pamela01</dc:creator>
<category>Social</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=periodic-table-gets-weighty-update</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Let me tell you, this baby comes in handy...well...almost never.(Credit:Josh Lowensohn/CNET)In the biggest development to rock the popular-science world since Pluto got demoted, 10 elements will see their atomic weights changed on the periodic table.With the news, oversize posters and textbook inserts around the world (not to mention the tiny periodic table I've been carrying around in my wallet since the ninth grade) are about to become outdated.The reason for the change is that atomic weights are not always as concrete as most general-chemistry students are taught, according to the University of Calgary, which made the announcement, and the snappily named International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry's Commission on Isotopic Abundances and Atomic Weights, which oversees such weighty matters. Certain elements have more than one stable isotope, which means they can appear in nature with different weights. In its statement today, the organization gave the example of sulfur, which is typically listed as having an atomic weight of 32.065 but which can actually weigh anywhere between 32.059 and 32.076, depending on where it is found.As a result, the Table of Standard Atomic Weights will now show a range of weights--rather than one fixed atomic weight--for hydrogen, lithium, boron, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, silicon, sulfur, chlorine, and thallium. While this change will make the periodic table a more accurate reflection of how elements exist in nature, it could make teaching basic chemistry a little more complicated.&quot;Though this change offers significant benefits in the understanding of chemistry, one can imagine the challenge now to educators and students who will have to select a single value out of an interval when doing chemistry calculations,&quot; said Fabienne Meyers, associate director of the IUPAC.&quot;We hope that chemists and educators will take this challenge as a unique opportunity to encourage the interest of young people in chemistry and generate enthusiasm for the creative future of chemistry.&quot;The man who dared to invalidate giant posters in chemistry classes around the world, Michael Wieser, a scientist from the University of Calgary who is helping to update periodic table.(Credit:Riley Brandt/University of Calgary)So, other than those of us who startle at the notion of such a staunch figure in the chemistry world being changed (and the schools that now have to replace their posters), what does this announcement mean for the average Joe Probably not much, if the frequency with which I whip out my trusty mini-periodic table is any indication.  But, as Meyers says, it could give teachers an opportunity early on to school students in the nuances of basic chemistry. As an example, in today's announcement, the University of Calgary explained how atomic weights are much more than another data point for high school chemistry students to memorize.  In fact, the ability to measure isotopes can be used to determine the purity and source of food, such as vanilla and honey' to trace pollutants in streams and groundwater' and to identify performance-enhancing testosterone in the human body. I think I'll still hang on to my card, though--just for old time's sake.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[WikiLeaks--public enemy No. 1 (week in review)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 08:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>bugrasman1</dc:creator>
<category>Business &amp; Finance</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=wikileaks-public-enemy-no--1-week-in-review</guid>
<description><![CDATA[WikiLeaks promised its latest release of classified documents to the Internet would be its biggest to date, and the resulting backlash ratcheted up as well.Despite strident denunciations from Washington officialdom, the whistle-blowing site released about 250,000 sensitive diplomatic cables. Among the files released is a directive signed by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ordering clandestine electronic surveillance of United Nations leadership, including obtaining &quot;security measures, passwords, personal encryption keys, and types of VPN versions used.&quot;The files, which appear to have originated from the U.S. Defense Department's SIPRNET, were provided in advance to news organizations including Germany's Der Spiegel and Spain's El Pais--Wikileaks waited before releasing the cables on its own Web site. However, even before WikiLeaks was able to post the files, its site was reportedly targeted by a massive computer attack. &quot;We are currently under a mass distributed denial of service attack,&quot; WikiLeaks said on its Twitter feed the morning the files were expected to be released.The climate only heated up from there. Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.), the incoming chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, asked the Obama administration to &quot;determine whether WikiLeaks could be designated a foreign terrorist organization,&quot; putting the group in the same company as al-Qaeda.As a result of that pressure, Amazon stopped hosting the controversial site on its servers. WikiLeaks had been tapping into Amazon's EC2, or Elastic Cloud Computing service. WikiLeaks said it's now being hosted by servers in Europe.&amp;149'&amp;nbsp' WikiLeaks, Assange feel the heat (roundup)&amp;149'&amp;nbsp' WikiLeaks faces more U.S. demands for prosecution&amp;149'&amp;nbsp' WikiLeaks reappears on Swiss Net domain&amp;149'&amp;nbsp' Amazon: U.S. played no role in WikiLeaks disconnect&amp;149'&amp;nbsp' AG says WikiLeaks criminal probe is 'ongoing'&amp;149'&amp;nbsp' WikiLeaks has U.S. scrambling to plug holes&amp;149'&amp;nbsp' Republicans slam White House over WikiLeaks responseMore headlinesU.S. seizes sites linked to copyright infringementDepartment of Homeland Security launches major crackdown on online copyright infringement, seizing dozens of Web site domains linked to illegal file sharing and counterfeit goods.&amp;149'&amp;nbsp' Pirate Bay appeal falls on deaf ears&amp;149'&amp;nbsp' Google to do more piracy fighting with search<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google plans Chrome OS event for Tuesday]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=google-plans-chrome-os-event-for-tuesday</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 08:10:29 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>smithadam</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=google-plans-chrome-os-event-for-tuesday</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Tuesday could see the arrival of a new preview of Chrome OS, but consumer Netbooks aren&amp;39't thought to be ready just yet.(Credit:Google)Google could finally be ready to shed a little more light on the progress of its Chrome OS project. The company sent out invitations to an event next Tuesday, December 7, in San Francisco &quot;where we plan to share some exciting news about Chrome,&quot; according to a copy of the invitation. No further details were provided. Chrome OS Netbooks were once expected to arrive before the end of the year, but that timing appears to have slipped over the last several weeks, as Google is now expected to merely have a beta software version ready by the end of the year, with consumer-oriented systems not ready until 2011. The idea behind Chrome OS is to create a lightweight browser-based operating system that would run just Web applications, as opposed to native ones. Another possibility for the event is that Google is ready to show off the Chrome Web Store, which was also expected earlier in the year but has slipped. CNET will be there to provide coverage both during and after the event.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Wireless Space outdoes Time Capsule]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 08:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Sophia002</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<title><![CDATA[Sylvania 60-watt replacement LED coming to Lowes]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 08:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>enochkeonc</dc:creator>
<category>Eco</category>
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<description><![CDATA[The Sylvania LED designed for general lighting, which gives off as much light as a 60-watt incandescent and uses 12 watts.(Credit:Osram Sylvania)The battle to unseat the popular 60-watt incandescent bulbs with more efficient LEDs is moving to retail outlets.Osram Sylvania today said that home improvement store Lowes will carry Sylvania's general-purpose LED bulb, which gives off as much light as a 60-watt incandescent bulb and uses 12 watts.The Ultra A-Line bulb will be available online this month and in all Lowe's stores by the second quarter of next year. The price will $39.98, according to Osram Sylvania. Home Depot is offering a 60-watt replacement LED from Philips for $39.97.LED bulbs in this category are significant because millions of 60-watt incandescents and equivalent compact florescent bulbs are sold every year. Also, these latest LEDs, which give off light more evenly the spotlight LEDs, are designed for general lighting, such as desk lamps and overhead fixtures.The Sylvania Ultra A-Line 12-watt LED, which is dimmable, gives off 810 lumens of light, slightly more than the competing bulb from Philips. The color temperature is 2,700 Kelvin, which means it will have yellow color similar to an incandescent. The color rendering index, a measurement of accuracy, is 90. The rated life is 25,000 hours.Osram Sylvania intends to make a brighter LED which would give off as much light as a 75-watt incandescent which will be available in 2011, according to a company representative.Lowe's already sells LEDs from Sylvania, including a 40-watt equivalent in the G25 globe shape for $30.87. In addition to making brighter lights, manufacturers are seeking to ramp up the volume of LED bulb production, which is expected to lower the price of general-purpose LED bulbs. Some lighting company executives forecast that within two years, LED bulbs in the 800 lumen category will cost less than $10. Updated at 10:06 a.m. PT with price and timing on follow-on bulb.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Intel tackles effort to create safer football helmets]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 08:10:20 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>bernbeebeb</dc:creator>
<category>Business &amp; Finance</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Intel is using its technology know-how to pave the way for safer football helmets with the goal of reducing serious injuries on the field.(Credit:Intel)Working with football equipment designer Riddell and a host of universities, the chipmaker is tapping into its own supercomputers and workstations to simulate the effects of a football collision on the brain. Data from those simulations will then be used to help design safer football helmets. Intel recently demoed the simulation at the SC10 conference in New Orleans. Simulated collisions on the football field are processed by groups of Intel Xeon-based workstations linked together. Using real-time data from an in-helmet technology from Riddell, the simulations show the differences between impacts that result in concussions and ones that cause no injuries.&quot;Computer simulations have been instrumental in designing improved brain injury criteria,&quot; Dr. Igor Szczyrba, of the University of Northern Colorado, said in a statement. &quot;In the near future, they can also help doctors diagnose actual brain injuries.&quot; Intel is also working with the Mayo Clinic to speed up the diagnostic of medical scans by using supercomputers. Though its technology, Intel said it has been able to accelerate the reading of cranial scans by up to 18 times compared with more traditional technologies.With an eye on the future, Intel envisions outfitting helmets with Atom processors, which could then send data wirelessly to servers and networks to measure the effects of collisions and injuries in real time. Combining that information with data from the simulations could help doctors respond to football injuries more quickly and treat them more effectively.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Blow away asteroids and play as a giant worm: iPhone apps of the week]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 08:10:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>critolly</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[(Credit:CNET)Hey,iPhone gamers, I received a press release just yesterday that plenty will be excited about: Real Racing 2 is coming soon for the iPhone. As one of my favorite games for 2009, the original Real Racing might be the best in its class for graphics, gameplay, and realism (as the name suggests) among auto-racing games on the iPhone.Though there is no information beyond the announcement (here is Firemint's cryptic info page), I'm personally hoping for new tracks, newcars, and maybe even an accelerometer-based motorcycle racing mode. I admit that last wish is probably far-fetched, but it never hurts to dream, right It almost seems impossible to improve upon the original, so I'm excited to see what Firemint will add in the sequel.Though I can only guess at a release date, the timing of this press release seems to suggest that we could have this product on our iPhones in time for the gift-giving season. I'm crossing my fingers!This week's apps are both arcade games: an advanced Astroids-like title and a game where you play as a man-eating giant worm.Gather ore from asteroids to gain bonus multipliers for bigger scores.(Credit:Screenshot by Jason Parker/CNET)Space Miner Blast (Free) is a slimmed-down arcade version of one of my favorite games on the iPhone called Space Miner: Space Ore Bust. The original game included a storyline in which you tried to keep your uncle's space-mining company afloat by mining various sectors of space and using the ore to make money so you could upgrade your ship. Though I still recommend the original as a more involved and unique game, Space Miner Blast takes the basic gameplay mechanic (flying around and shooting asteroids) and makes it into a fun challenge on its own.Space Miner Blast tasks you with battling your way through wave after wave of asteroids and spaceships, all while grabbing power-ups to add to your firepower. Similar to the arcade classic Asteroids, Space Miner Blast uses a control scheme that lets you control your ship on the left side of the screen with your main fire buttons and thrust on the right. You'll need to shoot large asteroids to break them up into smaller pieces and blow away the remaining rocks by following the blue arrow indicators around your ship. As you progress through the game, harder enemies like UFOs and mines will make your job more difficult, but fortunately you can find shields as you play, and you can upgrade your ship in between levels for more firepower.Space Miner Blast is an ad-supported free game. To get rid of the ads you have the option to buy one of three advanced ships for 99 cents each or you can allegedly by the Blast Pack of all the ships for only $1.99. As of this writing, I was unable to locate the Blast Pack in the menus, but hopefully the developers will fix this soon so you don't have to buy all three ships at 99 cents each.Part of what made the original Space Miner: Space Ore Bust such a great game was the classic Asteroids game mechanic. With Space Miner Blast, you get a game that the developers say &quot;Brings asteroids into the 21st century!&quot; and I can't help but agree. Anyone who liked the original game or the classic Asteroids will love this shoot-'em-up action game.Sneak up from underground to take the evil humans by surprise.(Credit:Screenshot by Jason Parker/CNET)Death Worm (99 cents for a limited time) is a lot like a game I reviewed not long ago called Super Mega Worm and is the original game that Mega Worm was based upon. Already a widely acclaimed indie title, Death Worm is a great fit for the iPhone andiPod touch screen. The control system involves a directional pad on the left and buttons for nitro and firebombs on the right. The object of the game is to take out as many humans as possible as you worm your way underground and breach the surface to create havoc against a military onslaught. As you progress, your worm will level up, letting you add more nitro power, better fireballs, and stronger skin. Death Worm is an excellent time waster, but not terribly challenging in the early levels, leaving you wondering just what it will take to bring you down. But as the game goes on, you'll be challenged by tanks, cars, rocket-launcher-wielding soldiers, helicopters, and more. In later levels, you'll struggle to stay alive long enough to level up, giving you full health to continue on. Overall, with 45 levels to play across three themed locations, 30 enemy types to contend with, and enough explosions and carnage to satisfy the most serious shoot-'em-up gamers, Death Worm is a great addition to your iPhone game library. What's your favorite iPhone app How do you like the arcade action of Space Miner Blast Which game is better: Super Mega Worm or Death Worm What do you think Firemint will add to Real Racing 2 Let me know in the comments! <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Paper plane launched into space]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 08:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Sharmeen</dc:creator>
<category>Social</category>
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<description><![CDATA[We tend to think of paper planes as small things, thrown in class in order to get 7-year-olds through the crushing boredom of, say, arithmetic.But you might not have guessed that some adventurous sort would, one day, try to build a paper plane with a three-foot wingspan. If you did, I feel sure that it would not have crossed your mind, as it did that of three British amateurs, to build a paper plane with a three-foot wingspan and send it into space.John Oates, one of the threesome, cheerily told the BBC: &quot;I knew we'd be able to get some stuff into space.&quot; However, he admitted that he was more than a little stunned to track the plane, find it when it returned to Earth 100 miles from where it started and even locate the payload with the camera equipment.Recently a man and his 7-year-old son sent an iPhone into space with an HD camera.But the chances of sending something made of paper up there, on a helium balloon that detached itself leaving the plane to soar free, and seeing it return seem rather less sure.The experiment took place over Spain and, according to the Daily Mail, the paper plane, called Vulture 1, went 17 miles high and cost a mere 8,000 British pounds (roughly $12,000) to launch. Well, it was entirely made out of paper straws that were covered in paper.The PARIS (Paper Aircraft Release Into Space) Team have posted pictures from the flight to Flickr. You will be astounded to hear that the three men are all a little technologically inclined and discussed their project on the tech site The Register.I cannot currently confirm that their next project is to send a spaceship made of chewing gum and chopsticks to Mars. But it would surely undercut any NASA project by quite a few dollars.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Road Trip Pic of the Week, 11/11: What is this]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 08:10:32 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Cristoph-i</dc:creator>
<category>Gaming</category>
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<description><![CDATA[If you know what this is and where it was taken, you could win a prize in the Picture of the Week challenge.(Credit:Daniel Terdiman/CNET)What a gorgeous scene. And what ominous rocks. But what is it, and where is it locatedIf you know, you could win a prize in the CNET Road Trip Picture of the Week challenge. If you have those answers, please e-mail them to me no later than 6 p.m. PDT Friday (to daniel--dot--terdiman--at--cnet--dot--com, and PLEASE include &quot;Picture of the Week&quot; in the subject line). I'll choose a winner at random from among everyone who sends in both pieces of the correct answer. Please forgive me if you don't hear from me if you're not the winner. I get dozens of responses. Also, I've turned off comments because some people would post the correct answers there. I hate to shut down discussion, but I want you to figure out the answer on your own.One caveat: no individual can win more than two prizes. Also, for everyone who played regularly during Road Trip 2010, please note that this is the 12th of the weekly Picture of the Week challenges. With Road Trip 2010 officially finished--and therefore no more new Road Trip pictures per se--the challenge is now taking place each Thursday, and the photos could come from anywhere, not just Road Trip 2010 locations, and might be related to stories I've written in the past. So, please have fun playing today, and then come back each Thursday. For most of the summer, Geek Gestalt was on Road Trip 2010. After driving more than 18,000 miles in the Rocky Mountains, the Pacific Northwest, the Southwest and the Southeast over the last four years, I drove 5,266 miles this summer looking for the best in technology, science, military, nature, aviation and more throughout the American Northeast. You can follow me on Twitter at @GreeterDan and @RoadTrip and find the project on Facebook.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Guy creates bot to auto-buy cheap gifts online]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 08:10:55 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Lynda</dc:creator>
<category>Marketing and advertising</category>
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<description><![CDATA[The secret sauce that gave Hunkin his idea.(Credit:Randall Munroe)Being that I'm a famous geek-culture Internet celebrity, people send me gifts all the time. Why, just today I walked out of my apartment to find an eye patch, chopsticks, a John Elway coffee mug, and a power supply for a PowerBook 1400cs. Thank you, readers, for your kind gifts!But not everyone can be a well-known blogger. Take, for example, Paul Hunkin, a Ph.D. student in New Zealand. He set up an Internet bot to randomly buy low-priced stuff, with free shipping, from an online auction site. Paul, you see, likes to get packages. This way, he gets one, on average, every three days. The bot even tweets what it bought (these watch batteries, for example,) so Paul, and anyone else, can keep track.The thing was inspired by this wonderful old strip at XKCD, a nerd Web comic that you should be reading if you aren't. A quote from Paul's Web site:Google didn't reveal anyone doing this already, and after asking a few people, the general opinion was that doing this was a terrible idea that would inevitably end badly. So obviously I had to do it.Poor life choices are, in my opinion, a mark of disturbed genius. Hunkin's script uses Python, and it gains a dollar a day and runs every evening at 8 p.m. Each time it runs it has a one-in-three chance of purchasing something' that way if it doesn't find anything it likes, it can save up for slightly more pricey items.Paul includes more tidbits on his Web site, like an overview of the algorithm the bot uses to pick what to buy, but sadly no downloadable source code.Paul, if you're reading this, please make it available. More people, including Yours Truly, want to get random packages. And really, this could help out the global economy, don't you think&amp;quot'Look what my bot got me today!&amp;quot'(Credit:http://twitter.com/trademe_xkcd576)<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ellison pressed to quantify TomorrowNow concerns]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 08:10:36 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>parsirlim254</dc:creator>
<category>Business &amp; Finance</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Larry Ellison onstage at Oracle Open World in 2009. (Credit:James Martin/CNET)OAKLAND, Calif.--Oracle CEO Larry Ellison took the stand today at his company's TomorrowNow trial versus SAP and was pressed to quantify how many customers were lost to his archrival over third-party support.Oracle is seeking damages of $1 billion from SAP over infringement by its now defunct TomorrowNow unit, which offered third-party support for PeopleSoft and J.D. Edwards software. SAP has admitted guilt and the trial in U.S. District Court for Northern California is designed to pinpoint damages. Ellison was trying to paint a picture that Oracle would lose 20 percent to 30 percent of its customers to SAP over TomorrowNow. Oracle didn't lose those customers, but did argue that it lost 358 customers to SAP due to TomorrowNow.SAP lawyers pressed Ellison to quantify matters--where were the e-mails or documents revealing his concerns &quot;I would never write anything like that down,&quot; said Ellison.Read more of &quot;Oracle vs. SAP: Ellison pressed to quantify customer losses over TomorrowNow&quot; at ZDNet's Between the Lines.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[EU wants stronger online privacy rules]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 07:11:31 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Anila</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[The European Union wants stronger rules that would give people more control over how their personal information is used by online companies like Google and Facebook.The EU has directed its European Commission arm to draft proposals for new rules governing online data, looking to address a variety of questions: What happens to your personal data when you board a plane, open a bank account, or share photos online How is this data used and by whom How do you permanently delete profile information on social-networking Web sites Can you transfer your contacts and photos to another serviceThe new rules could require online companies to clearly explain to their users what personal information is collected, what happens to that information, and how people can modify or delete that information.Both Google and Facebook have found themselves once again in hot water over privacy issues. Google admitted last month that it grabbed e-mails and passwords while taking photos for its Street View service. Facebook recently revealed that some of its app developers had been selling user information to a data broker.Beyond addressing key questions and concerns about online data, the EC is also looking to set up a common set of rules that all 27 members of the EU would follow. The goal is to cut down on the current red tape and confusion that exists among businesses and law enforcement officials over online data collection.Released yesterday, the EC's proposals (PDF) are expected to drive further discussion and debate on the topic of online data. These proposals will be the basis for the new rules that will be proposed next year to revise and modernize the EC's 1995 Data Protection Directive, which laid out regulations for protecting personal data and allowing the free flow of that data.European citizens and other stakeholders have until January 15 of next year to comment on the new proposals.&quot;The protection of personal data is a fundamental right,&quot; EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding said in a statement. &quot;To guarantee this right, we need clear and consistent data protection rules. We also need to bring our laws up to date with the challenges raised by new technologies and globalisation. The Commission will put forward legislation next year to strengthen individuals' rights while also removing red tape to ensure the free flow of data within the EU's Single Market.&quot;<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sophos unveils free antivirus software for the Mac]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 07:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>daviswawva</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Sophos unveiled free antivirus software today that Macintosh users can install to detect and block malware that targets computers running theMac operating system.Sophos AV software detects a Mac virus.(Credit:Sophos)Sophos Anti-Virus Home Edition for Mac also detects malware written for Windows that Mac users can spread via USB drives and e-mail, Chet Wisniewski, a senior security adviser at Sophos, told CNET. The software is a noncommercial version of Sophos Anti-Virus 7.2 for Mac, targeted at home users and modified so it is easier to install and use, he said.  The free Mac antivirus software from Sophos, which also launched a Mac support forum, will compete with ClamXav, Avast, and PCTools' iAntiVirus. Sophos has more information about Mac threats in this blog post.  While the vast majority of malware is written for the Windows platform, Mac threats do crop up. Last week, the Boonana Trojan horse surfaced. And in an update to Snow Leopard in June, Apple added software to protect Macs from a Trojan horse that was being distributed by attackers disguised as iPhoto. Updated 8:57 a.m. PDT and 9:30 a.m. PDT: Links to Sophos Anti-Virus Home Edition for Mac and to the Sophos blog post have been added. Also, the image has been replaced.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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