Sony, Toshiba give up on unified DVD format-paper
2005.08.22 • Technologie
“Groups headed by Toshiba Corp. and Sony Corp. offering competing technologies for next-generation DVDs have given up efforts to develop a unified format, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Tuesday.”
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Hybrid Supercar
2005.08.22 • Technologie
“Wow, this Hybrid Supercar can do 0-60 in the low 4-seconds and can get 50mpg. Developed by a bunch of High School kids, the car is call “The Attack” and looks just as good as it performs.”
Vous avez bien compris, 0 à 100 km en 4 secondes! Enfin une voiture hybride performante…
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Bob Moog passed away
2005.08.22 • Feeling
“Bob died this afternoon at his home in Asheville, N.C. He was 71. Bob was diagnosed with brain cancer (glioblastoma multiforme or GBM) in late April 2005. He had received both radiation treatment and chemotherapy to help combat the disease. He is survived by his wife, Ileana, his five children, Laura Moog Lanier, Matthew Moog, Michelle Moog-Koussa, Renee Moog, and Miranda Richmond; and the mother of his children, Shirleigh Moog.”
Robert A. Moog is best known as the inventor of the Moog synthesizer, heavily used by the popular band Stereolab. I suggest you go check out his description on Wikipedia to learn more about his life achievements.
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Apple Legal vs. x86 Mac OS X
2005.08.22 • Technologie
“MacBidouille reported late last week that Apple Legal has taken action against the information floating around the web demonstrating successful use of Mac OS X on 3rd party PC hardware.”
This is exactly what Apple Legal has started to do last night (Central Europe time) by sending us an amazingly aggressive email asking for the immediate removal of all links to the videos showing OSX x86 booting from non-Apple certified SDK PC.
“MacBidouille notes that Apple will have a difficult time keeping these efforts under check… especially once Mac OS X for Intel becomes publicly available. At present, it appears Apple is pursuing legal action to suppress the information.”
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Canada’s Big Brother Plan Unmasked
2005.08.22 • Technologie
“Last week’s reports on new Canadian Internet surveillance were short on details. This article reveals the full extent of the plan including access to Internet user information without any judicial oversight and real-time surveillance capabilities.”
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CFH Returns to USA in one week!
2005.08.22 • Podcast, Technologie
“Well it doesn’t look like anyone else is going to announce it so I’ll confirm what most of you have already guessed. If you check your Tivo or Yahoo! TV listings you’ll notice that Call for Help is back on the schedule at G4.”
“G4 has purchased the show for air in the US. I will continue to fly to Toronto to produce it, and we’re not changing a thing. In fact, as those of you who have been watching it know, it’s really more like the Screen Savers of old than Call for Help used to be, especially now that Kevin Rose has agreed to appear on the show twice a week. We’ll get Patrick up to Toronto, too, I promise.”
“Starting August 29 CFH will be on G4 weekdays at 11a Eastern/8a Pacific and weekends at 6 and 7a Eastern. If enough of you watch I’m sure we’ll be able to move to a better spot in the schedule. G4 has also purchased the last four months of programs so there will be lots of great stuff from many of your TechTV favorites including Kevin, Alex Lindsay, Steve Gibson, Mr. Excel Bill Jelen, Dick DeBartolo, and of course my Canadian cohort, Amber, Andy, Mike, and Sean.”
“Thanks for your support over the past year. I know all the emails and calls G4 has received has a lot to do with our return. Please watch and tell your friends to watch, too. I think you’ll like what you see!”
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