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What’s wrong with copyrighting your work? Nothing. Copyright offers incentive to be creative. Unfortunately there’s an ongoing battle to extend the amount of time a work can be copyrighted for that has led to parties involved into pulling some sneaky tricks. The very astute Larry Lessig noticed that not EVERYTHING was legit with some of…
...Read MoreThe fine folks who make the Azureus cross-platform Java-based bittorrent client are hard at work on a new project to deliver HD video to your computer. The project called Zudeo delivers video from independent producers (ala YouTube) directly to your machine through a specialized client downloaded and installed locally on your computer. No web interface…
...Read MoreFor a long time scientists have been stumped over how ancient engineers constructed the pyramids in Egypt but now scientists believe the answer may lie in something we step on everyday with little more than a passing thought, concrete. NY Times: “Reporting the results of his study, Michel W. Barsoum, a professor of materials engineering…
...Read MoreLooks like the dreams of Arthur C. Clarke may soon be a reality as NASA has decided to establish a permanent base on the moon. NY Times: “Ms. Dale and other officials of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said the agency envisioned a base at one of the lunar poles, to take advantage of…
...Read MoreMorgan Freeman gets it. Yahoo! News: Just two weeks after “10 Items or Less” opens in theaters Friday, it’ll be available for digital download from Clickstar, a company that Morgan Freeman’s production company and Intel have founded to bring small movies to those who live far from boutique cinemas.
...Read MoreYou think you live in the sleepy little corner of suburbia, far from the world of “tarrarist” plots, crime and then something happens to make it hit home that, “hey, you’re not safe.” CBS2: “Authorities evacuated Modesto City-County Airport Tuesday morning after officials said the city’s Webmaster received nine e-mailed threats. More than a dozen…
...Read MoreMicrosoft is once more under the gun as a case in Iowa gets under way in which the “bolting” of Internet Explorer to the Windows Operating System is being blamed for “guming up users computers” and having “drained memory, decreased speed and an increased incidence of security breaches and bugs”. Forbes: “The plaintiff lawyers contend…
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...Read MoreHere’s something really cool I just found. Lick Observatory Webcams. Pretty cool! Check it out.
...Read MoreIf you’re an avid photographer or a designer who uses the Adobe line of products such as Photoshop and Illustrator then be sure to get the new Camera Raw Plugin. This iteration, 3.6, supports new cameras including the Canon XTi and Nikon D80 as well as improves functionality of the plugin. Adobe: “The camera raw…
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