The Hubble space telescope recently made it One hundred thousandth orbit around the earth. And a productive one at that. In depth photos of the stellar nursery of the Tarantula nebula.
The Hubble may not see many more orbits unfortunately and the last maintenance mission is scheduled for October 2008.
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Good old Digg. We all love it. The site where we get to enjoy other peoples idea and submissions and hope they like ours. Kinda like YouTube. Oh wait-a-minute here comes Google. Yes kiddoes its true, in the ongoing effort to stay hip the former web-startup Google continues to buy up newer more fashionable franchises. Word is out that Digg is next.
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Shiver and quake in fear Children, Uncle Sam is reaching around to feel up your pockets for more loose change. More states are evaluating the possibility of taxing you for downloading data off the internet. the states of Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and Washington already do.
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In what some are calling Epic fail the largest BlueScreenOfDeath ever recorded was seen projected for all to see during the Olympic torch lighting ceremony. Oh yes, Mr. Gates you’re famous now MUAHAHAHA … lulz
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Weeell, its been a fun few weeks since I last made a news post so heres goes.
Iran is once again at the focus point of international attention. This time because of nuclear centrifuges that allow them to generate enriched nuclear material twice as fast as they used to. While Iran maintains that it’s nuclear is strictly for energy, the UN is not so sure. As a result a third set of UN sanctions against them are being drafted. Full story
Not surprisingly Ralph Nader has once again announced his candidacy for the presidency, while running independently. Full story
The Trans-texas corridor is now subject to public hearings. The corridor is part of an initiative to build a 16 lane Superhighway from Mexico to Canada with accompanying rail lines. Amidst the many complaints are unpaid government land seizures, lack of customs gates on the planned route, other national security concerns. and the hazards to the many ecological settings it will traverse. A website dedicated to fighting the corridor is urging citizens to attend these hearings and voice their concerns, even while the project itself is downplaying any possible downsides.
On a lighter note, What would you do with a keyboard you could customize to to show anything on the keys on-the fly? Dream no more. They have made a keyboard with tiny OLED displays on each key, so that you can choose any 48×48 pixel icon or graphic or even video to display. Great for productivity, multimedia, or gaming. Careful though, the price tag bites. View it here
Jack Thompson, was served by the Florida Supreme court to stop abusing the legal system with his regular antics and ambulance chasing anti-video gaming rhetoric. Gamers rejoice! Article here
Nvidia 9600 GT is on shelves now. It holds the crown for the best in market spot months ahead of ATIs competing product. Power consumption, size and performance have reached a beautiful balance on this card featuring Nvidia’s 9 series GPU. Technology: its a beautiful thing Specs and release info here
The announcement has finally come down, Bluray wins! The next generation of movie viewing technology has been selected and one of the last major supporters for the HD-DVD standard has backed off its support. coupled with microsoft also switching to bluray, we can dig out the the shovels, read the eulogy and buy bluray.
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Hey all, I was lookin around the internet during a coffee break and lo-and-behold I found something neat!
Creative uses for the miniaturized technology of a Nintendo Wii Remote controller. Wiimote for short. Since the Wii uses bluetooth you can link it to your computer. Since it has an Infrared camera in it you can track points of light. Finally it has motion sensors. So what can you do with a stream of light and motion data fed directly into a computer? Answer: whatever you want. Check out this page of projects made by an engineering student with too much time on his hands.
Also, To any survivors of Crit’s Yukon outbreak campaign or just zombie flick fans in general, You Will want to check out Left 4 Dead. Thats right a Co-op zombie game. You and a group of friends team up and pick zombie team or survivor team and finally FINALLY, you get to make the choices you always screamed at the movie screen. In a beautiful 3D rendered world. Preview News Article Here >>>
Finally, We can all breath a little easier knowing that IBM is not, after all, going to buy out AMD. apparently they just aren’t cheap enough. Article >>>
Sorry for the late post guys enjoy!
And now for your weekly news, thoroughly un-researched and posted at the last minute!
As a not so surprising development at the CES, Intel (r) revealed its long-awaited prototypes for the Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs). These pretty little gadgets are not intended to replace Smart phones or notebook computers but instead act as a kind of intermediary. Full Story here >>> This was a well anticipated move by Intel and its partner companies as it is an extension of Intel’s year-old Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC) standard. For full details on the new techno-jargon and TLA’s (three-letter-acronyms) you’ll be expected to know look here:
And yes its finally here The CES best in show winners for all categories.
http://ces.cnet.com/best-of-ces/?tag=ces_promo
Nu Image/Millennium Films has made a North American distribution rights deal with Lionsgate for a new film series based on the Robert E. Howard-created character Conan the Barbarian More …
Wizards of the Coast announced it will be releasing its designers material in two separate phases with the full OGL going live on January 1st 2009.
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Thats all this week for odd-man news!
