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Sony PSP will benefit starting Q1 2007 from a new video download service, according to Financial Times. Users will first download the video to their PCs, then transfer it to the Sony PlayStation Portable. The movies will be displayed on PSP's 4.3in LCD display with a maximum resolution of 130,560 p ... [read more>>]
The inventors of Skype are believed to be working on a new Web TV service, currently dubbed "Venice Project." The Financial Times said around six thousand people are already beta testing the new Web TV service from Skype's inventors. After selling Skype to the biggest online marketplace, ... [read more>>]
Computer modeling revealed that the Arctic basin will be iceless by 2040, provided there is no change in the amount of greenhouse gases released. The winter ice will also decrease four times by that time. A team of researchers carried the computer tests at the The National Center for Atmospheric Re ... [read more>>]
Two milleniums ago, what we first believed was a big pile of scrap metal fell on the bottom of the sea, in the south of Greece. But what seemed like scrap metal turned out to be the oldest mechanical computing device, at that time used to determine astronomical events. Mike Edmunds, professor of a ... [read more>>]
Six years ago the Tagish Lake in Canada had an uninvited visitor: a meteorite. Extensive research proved that it bears tracks of organic material old since the birth of the solar system. It is believed that this particular type of organic material found on the meteorite led to the formation of life ... [read more>>]
The Samsung i600 is the thinnest 3G-supporting cell phone with full QWERTY keys; it also is capable of running podcasts and RSS feeders. Pieter Knook, a senior vice president at Microsoft, at the Hong Kong at ITU Telecom World 2006: "The mobile population is increasingly looking to use one dev ... [read more>>]
Google Blog lets the world know of the tragic Google Answers' death. The work of approximately 800 people, consisting in Google Answers, came to an end. "Google Answers was a great experiment which provided us with a lot of material for developing future products to serve our users. We'll co ... [read more>>]
Editor Donald Kennedy commented on the six-member panel report, saying it "points out forcefully that the environment for science now presents increased incentives for the production of work that is intentionally misleading or distorted by self-interest. (it) urges us to give a special attentio ... [read more>>]
Amazon places Zune 95 in the top 100 best-selling electronic gadgets in the US, with the Creative 30Gb Zen Vision and SanDisk 2GB flash player in the top 25 best-selling electronic gadgets in the US, according to Amazon. Needless to say, the entire Amazon top 5 gadgets is RULED by Apple iPods. Micr ... [read more>>]
Scientists at the Field Museum in Chicago and the University of Chicago found out that Dunkleosteus's bite was the most feared (with a force equaling 11000lbs or 5000kg), delivered by its incredibly powerful jaws. The biting force reached a peak point of 80000lbs or 36000kg per square inch, turning ... [read more>>]