Tech News November 12, 2009
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Twitter Fun Follow
Name Mrs Stephen Fry
Location Stuck indoors as usual.
Web Yes
Bio Stephen’s poor, down-trodden wife and mother of his six kids.
Sample Tweet: “@stephenfry It’s your turn to make breakfast, dear. Remember, I won the arm wrestle?“
Who is your alter ego?
Facts of the Day
Cows have 60 chromosomes – 14 more than humans.
Quote of the Day
- I could dance with you until the cows come home. On second thought I’d rather dance with the cows until you come home. Groucho Marx
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Google Search Insight
Is this TMI? See more insight here. (casnocha . . .)
Credit is Due
Netbooks started from AMD, not Intel. (bsn . . .)
AMD Sings the Intel Sounds
$1.25 Billion – is it enough? (wsj . . .)
MPAA Tried To Blame You
Most movie piracy occurs before the studios release the movies on home video, much of it through the motion picture studios and their contractors – a fact that studios hide. (huffington post . . .)
Flaw in Wiretap
Big Brother has a flaw. (pcw . . .)
Verizon Doubles Fees
Basically forcing you to stay away from the iPhone. (nytimes . . .)
iPhone Will Work Anywhere
No app needed. Apple plans iPhone that will support both 3G and CDMA2000, enabling the iPhone “to work anywhere in the world”. (guardian . . .)
Does This Smell Bad To You?
US Navy Intelligence is soon to deploy radical new computer monitoring software able to sniff out “deviations” among hundreds of thousands of sailors at sea on the world’s oceans.(theregister . . .)
Beauty Is In The Eye Of The Program
A contact lens that harvests radio waves to power an LED is paving the way for a new kind of display.(newscientist . . .)
No
A not so spectacular new way of communicating. (pb . . .)
AWESOME
I will so make this a personal project, just I need an exercise bike. Do you think this will work with a treadmill or rowing machine? Do you think I can paddle the Nile or Indian Ocean? (bako . . .)
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Comment Clash
Question: Brrrr, did someone turn off the fire and brimstone? (article . . .)
Comments: “…tomorrow he’s going to apologize to his own viewers for apologizing to Jon stewart…” (comments . . .)
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Monthly Online Gaming Pick
The Lord of the Rings Online has quickly established itself as the emerging leader and was named the PC MMO Game of the Year 2007 by the editorial staff of GameSpy and PC Game of the Year 2007 at the 25th Annual Golden Joystick awards. The New York Times proclaimed The Lord of the Rings Online “a major achievement of interactive storytelling, the first game truly worthy of the ‘Lord of the Rings’ franchise and a must-play for just about anyone with an interest in Tolkien or the future of online entertainment.”
Demographics: 80+% of Lord of the Rings Online players are male and are on average 31 years old. Additionally, the game is only available for PC users it is not currently MAC compatible.
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