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Scientists engineer bacteria to carry Einstein?s E=MC^2
2007-02-25 15:24:02
This undated micrograph, released by Yoshiaki Ohashi laboratory of the Institute for Advanced Bioscience from Keio University in Japan, shows Bacillus subtilis bacteria, which has digital data embedded in its DNA. Ohashi?s research team said it had developed a technology for storing digital data in the DNA of bacteriaTokyo: For people who want to ensure their words last for future generations, Japanese scientists have found a way to literally put a message into genes.A research team at Keio University in Tokyo said this week it had developed a technology for storing digital data in the DNA of bacteria, which unlike most living organisms can survive for millennia in the right conditions.The researchers encoded Einstein ?s most famous equation, E=MC^2, and his most prolific year, 1905, into the genome of one the toughest strains of bacteria, Bacillus subtilis, also known as hay bacillus.The characters were then read from the bacterium at a later date by analysing its genetic sequence.A...
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Scanner to see through clothes at US Airport
2007-02-25 15:24:02
A scanner capable of seeing through clothing went into use at a US airport on Friday in the first test of whether the revealing technology should become a routine part of passenger screening. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) installed a "backscatter imaging" X-ray machine the size of a huge armoire at a security checkpoint at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in Arizona. The first volunteer for scanning was a Vietnam War veteran traveling with his wife for a 40th wedding anniversary trip. "He didn't have any problem with it whatsoever," said Department of Homeland Security spokesman Nico Melendez. During the imaging process, light gray silhouettes produced by scans appear on computer screens in a secure room a short distance away, according to Melendez. Male TSA agents check scans of male passengers and female agents review images of women. "We are absolutely not able to see you naked," Melendez said. "It is more of a chalk outline. ... The amount of radiati...
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RFID powder that stores digital data
2007-02-25 15:24:02
Tokyo: Tiny computer chips used for tracking food, tickets and other items are getting even smaller. Hitachi Ltd, a Japanese electronics maker, recently showed off radio frequency identification, or RFID, chips that are just 0.002 inches by 0.002 inches and look like bits of powder. They?re thin enough to be embedded in a piece of paper, company spokesman Masayuki Takeuchi said Thursday.RFID tags store data, but they need to be brought near special reading devices that beam energy to the chips, which then send information back to the readers.The technology is already widely used to track and identify items, such as monitoring the distribution of food products or guarding against forgery of concert tickets.Shown to the public for the first time earlier this month, the new chip is an improvement on its predecessor from Hitachi ? the Mu-chip, which at 0.4 millimetres by 0.4 millimetres, looks about the size of the full stop at the end of this sentence.The latest chip, which still has n...
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Most American Trust Bloggers And Not Media
2007-02-23 21:23:11
About 86 per cent media insiders said bloggers will play an important part in journalism?s futureNew York: A majority of America ns have more faith in bloggers as purveyors of news than traditional media which they say is out of touch with what the people want.A majority of 55 per cent in an online survey said bloggers are important to the future of American journalism and 74 per cent believe that ?citizen journalism? will play a vital role in future.Around 74 per cent opine that Internet has had a positive impact on overall quality of journalism and 53 per cent consider Internet-based media provide the greatest opportunity to the future of professional journalism.The survey conducted by the Media v was released at a conference hosted by the School of Communications of Miami.In the national survey of adults, 72 per cent said they were dissatisfied with the quality of American journalism today. Nearly 86 per cent media insiders said they believe bloggers will play an important part in ...
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DVD Game To Battle Obesity
2007-02-23 21:23:11
Obesity may be a global epidemic, but it?s Obeez City that is spreading out of control in a new DVD game that available for purchase online.The game, called ?Body Mechanics,? teaches youngsters how to avoid being overweight by joining forces with a team of superheroes who battle villains with names like Col Estorol and Betes II.The fighting takes place inside the body of Jack Decayd. If Obeez City is not contained, ?Jack will die soon,? says Neuro, the Yoda-like wise one who narrates the game?s story line.?I remember how it started. A few snacks here, a soft drink there,? Neuro speaking in an ominous tone says during the opening. ?And before we knew it, the Evil Coalition of Harm and Disease was threatening us all? Only you can change how this story ends.??Body Mechanics? is the latest in a string of video games that promote more exercise and better eating habits, although this one doesn?t actually get kids up and active. It?s more of a teaching tool packaged with an animated movie ...
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Turn your iPod to a fully functional PC
2007-02-23 21:23:11
What if your entire PC could fit on your iPod (or any other MP3 player, hard drive, USB flash device or even a cell phone)? No more struggling with excess laptop weight and your fully-rigged mobile "computer" would fit right in your pocket. RingCube Technologies, Inc. says that's when you've got your Mojo working. It just launched a new software application called MojoPac. Essentially, it turns any storage device into a bootable PC that can store all of your important applications and data on it. To access them, all you need to do is plug your device into any PC or Mac. MojoPac will boot itself to life and the PC you're working from can look just like the one you left at home.The company plans to sell MojoPac as downloadable software. You visit their site, plug in your iPod or other device and access it as an external drive. Then, load the MojoPac software. Once you've got MojoPac, you start loading all of your favorite applications by reinstalling them on the new drive. That ...
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Must Have Add-Ons For Your Firefox Browser
2007-02-23 21:23:11
Here are some must have add-ons for your Fire fox Browser ...FoxyTunes Why bother switching to another application to manage your music player when you've got this awesome extension? This summer's update to version 2 added in a host of Web functionality, such as searching for artists, photos, lyrics, and albums on a variety of sites.Tab Mix Plus Don't like the new close button on each tab? Do you miss the multiple rows of tabs when they exceeded the width of your screen? This marvelous add-on can change those settings and almost everything else associated with tabs. Use your scroll wheel to browse through open tabs, or control tab switching via mouse gestures. MR Tech Local Install Not only will this extension-manager extension give you comprehensive control over all aspects of your add-ons, it can override the MaxVersionNumber of older extensions that haven't been updated for version 2. It's worth installing for the "Restart Firefox" functionality alone.Download Statusbar Downlo...
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Trade Your Old Cds
2007-02-23 21:23:11
THE ADVANTAGEhttp://www.lala.com provides an easy, inexpensive, and entertaining way to trade used CDs; the site also hosts a decent assortment of Internet radio stations including the once-defunct WOXY, plus user-programmed selections; Lala recently began streaming live performances; community features such as buddy lists, member home pages, member blogs and user-created music reviews make the Lala experience all the more engaging; Lala also offers low-cost new CDs. Some Disadvantages:Some CDs languished for months on our Have List without finding any takers; for the best experience, you need to create a relatively large Have List containing 50 or more CDs; you currently have to request the privilege to create your own Internet radio station; because of copyright laws, you can't listen to your own Internet radio station; other limitations also apply. THE BOTTOM LINEIf you have CDs that you don't want anymore, you can trade them on Lala.com, a very cool online swap meet that also ...
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Google says YouTube filters coming ?very soon?
2007-02-23 09:22:02
With the broadcast and cable networks turning their backs on YouTube , Google CEO Eric Schmidt promised that the video site?s much-anticipated copyright filtering tools are ?going to roll out very soon? and they?re ?one of the company?s highest priorities.? YouTube?s biggest mistake was promising the technology ? which would identify copyrighted video by unique ?fingerprints? ? would roll out at the first of the year. Since then, Viacom has pulled all its clips, CBS? deal is ?unraveling? and NBCU?s lawyers have told the site to remove all its video.
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Google shuts hole in desktop product
2007-02-23 09:22:02
Boston: A potentially devastating hole in Google ?s prevalent desktop search product could have exposed personal files on users? computers to data thieves. Google fixed the defect within weeks of being informed about it and says it has no evidence the vulnerability was exploited.The flaw was uncovered late last year by Watchfire Corp, a security-analysis provider. Now, while this sort of vulnerability exists in roughly 80 per cent of Web applications, this problem appeared far more extreme ?given the sensitive nature of what Google Desk top is doing,? said Danny Allan, a researcher at US-based Watchfire.Google?s free desktop product, first released in 2004, has millions of users. The service offers a fast, easy way to find documents, e-mails, instant-messaging transcripts, archived Web pages, etc that are stored on PCs. In fact, a Google executive once described it as ?the photographic memory of your computer.?The Watchfire researchers discovered, however, that the setup was open...
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Bill Gates keeps close eye on his kids? computer time
2007-02-23 09:22:02
Ottawa: Just because you?re the daughter of Bill Gate s does not mean you get to play on your computer all day long.The Microsoft founder said his 10-year-old daughter, his oldest child, was not a hard-core Internet and PC user until this year, when she started at a school where the students use tablet PCs for almost everything.?She became very avid and discovered a lot of computer games, including one that runs on the Xbox 360 called Viva Pinata, where you take care of your garden,? he said.Gates said he and his wife Melinda decided to set a limit of 45 minutes a day of total time for games and an hour a day on weekends, plus what time she needs for homework.Microsoft?s new Vista OS enables parents to control the Web sites their kids go to but also includes an audit log that records sites they have visited and whom they?ve been Instant Messaging.?Up to a certain age, it?s very appropriate for a parent to get a sense of what kids are seeing out there, and be able to have conversation...
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LCD display with ethernet interface
2007-02-23 09:22:02
Guido writes -Originally I wanted to write the next article about a weather station based on the avr web server. Based on a request from a customer I decided then to develop this circuit first. The weather station comes next. There are a number of interesting aspects/problems here which could also be useful for developing other circuits.Most LCD displays want 5V. The avr web server uses 3.3VThe simple "switch on/off a relay" circuit which was the only function provided by the avr web server until now did not require HTML-forms. I used simply 2 URLs http://baseurl/password/1 for switching on and http://baseurl/password/0 for switching off. This does not work anymore for the display as we want to type a text into a web page which should then be shown on the display. What is needed is a needed is a proper decoding of HTML form data.
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Apple, Cisco settle iPhone trademark lawsuit
2007-02-23 09:22:02
Cisco Systems and Apple said Wednesday they have settled the trademark-infringement lawsuit over the use of the iPhone name for Apple's new multimedia phone. The agreement allows Apple and Cisco to use the iPhone brand on their own products. Also, the companies said that they would explore opportunities for interoperability in the areas of security, consumer and business communications. The brief announcement made no reference to any financial agreement or specified how the two companies might work together. Representatives for Apple and Cisco declined to comment further, citing confidentiality restrictions. Cisco sued Apple for trademark infringement in January after Apple unveiled its long-awaited multimedia phone called the iPhone, a name claimed by the network equipment maker. Cisco also charged in its complaint that Apple had attempted to get rights to the iPhone name several times, but after Cisco refused, the company created a front company to try to acquire the rights anoth...
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Music industry targets colleges over downloads
2007-02-23 09:22:02
WASHINGTON ? Cracking down on college students, the music industry is sending thousands more complaints to top universities this school year than it did last year as it targets music illegally downloaded over campus computer networks. A few schools, including Ohio and Purdue universities, already have received more than 1,000 complaints about individual students since last fall ? significant increases over the last school year. For students who are caught, punishment varies from e-mail warnings to semester-long suspensions from classes. The trade group for the largest music labels, the Recording Industry Assn. of America, identified the 25 universities that received the most copyright complaints it sent so far this school year. The group long has pressured schools to act more aggressively against online pirates on campus. "It's something we feel we have to do," association President Cary Sherman said. "We have to let people know that if they engage in this activity, they are not an...
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Logitech Altoportable notebook stand
2007-02-21 21:20:06
Enter the Logitech Alto portable notebook stand ? a three-in-one combo of keyboard, stand and USB hub. The Alto helps you maintain better posture and neck and back positioning with a special display riser that puts your notebook screen at a more ergonomically correct height and distance. Its something cool and if you are only getting one gadget for 2007, then don?t let this pass out of your hands.The Alto?s full-size, integrated keyboard (the only portable notebook stand to offer this feature) boasts a large, soft-satin, integrated palm rest so you can type normally. It also protects your wrists from exposure to notebook heat ? and cuts out the cords and clutter.Hot keys provide easy access to your favorite Web sites, folders and applications, with volume and playback control literally at your fingertips! What?s more, the Alto?s three high-speed, multipurpose USB 2.0 ports give you instant connectivity to webcams, printers and other external devices such as the Logitech® VX Revoluti...
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Prevent your laptop from thefts
2007-02-21 15:19:01
Any law enforcement official can tell you that a few extra steps of caution can avoid a disastrous theft. Thieves enjoy convenience just as any shopper does; if your laptop is more difficult to pinch than the next guy's, it's the next guy who loses.Mark your laptopMarking your laptop helps with the recovery of a stolen (or lost) laptop. Either engrave your information onto your laptop or use a tamper-resistant asset tag. After all, the best proof that something is yours is your name right there on the stolen item.You can use an engraving tool to literally carve your name and contact information on your laptop.Some clever folks merely write their names inside the laptop, either on the back of some removable door, inside the battery compartment, or other places a thief probably wouldn't think to check. Use a Sharpie or other indelible marker.You can get asset tags from most print shops. The tags peel and stick like any sticker, but you can't easily remove or damage them.Don't use...
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Students 'own hi-tech gadgets'
2007-02-21 15:19:01
Students tend to be up-to-date with the latest technology Students increasingly own an expensive range of personal items such as MP3 players, iPods, laptops and widescreen televisions, a survey suggests.A study for Direct Line home insurance shows the average value of students' goods rose 50% over the past 10 years.In 1996, students had possessions worth £1,900, compared with £2,900 now, the poll of 587 students indicated.The findings come as students starting courses this autumn will have to pay up to £3,000 a year on tuition fees alone. Nearly two-thirds of those surveyed by YouGov owned laptop computers, more than half had MP3 players, 48% owned DVD players, 12% had widescreen TVs and 6% owned PDAs.Luxury good ownership extended to the wardrobe, with students spending 40% more a year on clothing and accessories than on books and essential household appliances, such as kettles and irons.'Treats'The survey found 62% "treat themselves" to non-essential items at least once a mont...
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A Germ Zapper For That fits Into Your Pocket
2007-02-21 15:19:01
How about a pocket-sized gadget that zaps bird flu and super germs?Designed for use in the home and office, the zapping device flips open like a mobile phone to reveal a powerful ultra-violet lamp, capable of killing deadly bacteria.UV light is already used in hospitals to sterilise surgical instruments.But until now the technology has not been publicly available... This device, which is available online quite easily, would be suitable for sterilising toothbrushes, toilet seats, cutlery and babies? dummies and toys with its blasts of light, experts say.Tests have shown that it can kill bugs such as MRSA, salmonella and E.coli.It is also highly effective against the H5N1 strain of bird flu, killing 99.99 per cent of organisms in just ten seconds.Safe for use on any surface other than the skin, the device is supposed to be held between a quarter and one-and-three-quarter inches from its target.The Nano-UV Portable Disinfection Light, designed by Hong Kong firm Corva Technology, is pow...
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Google May Block Key Sites
2007-02-21 15:19:01
Google vice-president Vinton G Cerf said the blocking of images would not be helpful in solving the security concerns raised by the India governmentBangalore: Google is in talks with the Union government to camouflage sensitive images appearing on the Google Earth service. This was disclosed by Prasad Ram, centre head and engineering director, Google India, research and development, in Bangalore on Tuesday.?Our legal team is handling the matter. The identification (of sensitive locations) process is on,? Ram said after participating in a seminar on the future of the Internet.Google vice-president and chief internet evangelist Vinton Cerf who was also present indicated that Google was willing to consider the Indian government?s request to reduce the level of details of certain images appearing on Google Earth.?Whenever we have come across issues pertaining to national security, we have managed to address them. We do understand the problems of security raised by governments,? Cerf add...
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Remote Shut Down Computers on LAN
2007-02-20 21:17:02
Do you have a LAN (Local Area Network) ? Now you can shut down your PC from your friends PC who is in the same LAN....pretty useful if u wanna stay over for a longer time...Here is the way to go about doing it :1. Right click on desktop, create new short-cut.2. Type shutdown.exe -i3. Click next, type in name for your short-cut e.g. shutdown computers4. Click finish.5. Run the short-cut you just created. Now you can browse the network for computers to shutdown/reboot etc. or just type in the IP/Name of the computer.You can even broadcast a message, and schedule the shutdown.Cool for sysadmins.NOTE: You will only be able to shut down computers that you have admin access on!
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Fun with a Wheel Mouse and IE
2007-02-20 21:17:02
Hey I just found these out by mistake...check it out its kool...Are you interested in browing the internet the fastest way possible?  Save time by using keyboard mouse shortcuts desiged for a wheel scroll mouse.  Below are a few tips to help you naviagte the web faster.To change the size of the text using your wheel mouse:  Hold down the CTRL button on your keyboard Scroll the wheel on your mouse up to decrease size of text Scroll the wheel on your mouse down to increase the size of textTo use you mouse to navigate back and fourth between pages instead of the buttons:Hold down the Shift button on your keyboard Scroll the wheel on your mouse up to navigate forward one page Scroll the wheen on your mouse down to navigate back one pageAll of the above tips require a mouse with a scroll wheel.
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Some Useful Tweaks
2007-02-20 21:17:02
I had previously promised that I would bring you on to more Tweak s n TIps to help you improving your PC expreience....Here are someThe Right-Click TweakLets say you have a bout 4-5 very useful applications which you use always. By placing them all on the first level menu will eventually crowd your start menu. Now why not utilize the right-click option instead? The right-click option gives you the ability to Open, Explore and Find. If you can add a shortcut to your application to that menu, it would be great.To do this, crank up your registry editor and go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTDirectoryShell. Right-click on Shell and create a new key. Type in an appropriate name for the key. On the right pane, double-click on the Default value, and add a title with a & character in front of the letter as an accelerator key. Right-click on the key you just created and create another key under it called command . For the Default value of command, enter the full path and program you want to execute in ...
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Restore Registry Files
2007-02-20 21:17:02
As the changes in the registry are permanent then you might make a mistake which will cause problems in windows. So what you will need to know is how to restore your backed up registry. Fortunately the process is quite simple.First if you can't access windows from a normal boot then you will need to access safe mode. To do this simply tap the "F8" key on boot (Before the Windows splash screen) and when the boot menu appears select "Safe Mode"". Once in safe mode go to the next step.So to open the registry editor click on "START", "RUN", then type "REGEDIT" (No speech marks). The registry editor will now open, click on "FILE" then "IMPORT". Now select the file you used to backup your registry with, and select "OPEN". Now exit the registry editor and reboot Windows your registry will now be restored.Your computer should now be working 100%
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Turn Off The Irritating boot sound
2007-02-20 21:17:02
If those beeps annoy you there is a way to turn them off... They really annoy me when my PC starts...it goes like beeeeepp and the noice penetrates into your ears Start Regedit. If you are unfamiliar with regedit please refer to our FAQ on how to get started. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelSound Once there, locate Beep on the list on the right. Right click on it and select Modify Change the value equal to no Reboot your computer and the beeps will be gone!
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Google to Create Artificial Intelligence
2007-02-20 09:16:01
In a speech Friday night to the Annual American Association for the Advancement of Science conference, Google co-founder Larry Page let slip with a truth we all suspected:?We have some people at Google [who] are really trying to build artificial intelligence (AI) and to do it on a large scale?It?s not as far off as people think.?Yep, you read that right, Google is trying to build real AI. The world?s most dominant online search company, with the largest accumulation of computing power the world has ever seen, is trying to build artificial intelligence, and according to Page it isn?t that far away either. The term Googlebot is about to take on a whole new meaning, and in the not to distant future as well.But Google is a altogether a good company. After all Do No Evil is the company slogan. But true artificial intelligence not only has serious ethical and moral implications, self aware intelligence may also not be controllable, after all it thinks for itself and makes decisions based ...
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Could Electronic Arts Buy 2K Sports ??
2007-02-20 09:16:01
Electronic Arts would be wise to buy 2K Sport s , or so says industry analyst Michael Pachter for Wedbush Morgan Securities. The suggestion came amid the move from Wedbush downgrading Take-Two Interactive's stock from ?hold? to ?sell? Friday. Take-Two Interactive owns 2K Sports as a subsiderary.?It is clear to us that Take-Two?s sports business would have tremendous value to EA, as it would give EA a monopoly on football, basketball, baseball, and hockey,? Pachter said. His analysis concluded that EA might purchase 2K Sports for as much as $200 million dollars, but he noted, ?It is arguable that EA would benefit by as much as $1 billion if it were to obtain an exclusive; this does not mean that it is willing to pay $1 billion.?The acquisition would no doubt be controversial, as EA Sports games are seen by many consumers as inferior to their 2K Sports competitors. EA has responded to this by securing exclusive rights to the names and players of several sports leagues.Sports games have...
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Intelligent Robot Cars to Come Soon
2007-02-20 09:16:01
Accidents have really taken toll... 13% of deaths today are due to fatal accidents...When we are so advanced...why can't we stop accidents?? Have a lookThe first wave of intelligent robot cars, capable of understanding and reacting to the world around them, will be tested this November in a competition run by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).Scientists are developing vehicles which will not only be driven by robots independently, but will be able to operate in a simulated city environment."In the past it was sufficient for a vehicle just to perceive the environment, said Sebastian Thrun, an associate professor of computer science and electrical engineering at Stanford University."The new challenge will be to understand the environment. The robot must be able to recognize another car, to understand that it is moving and that it will interact with it as it gets closer."Thrun, who was speaking at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual me...
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The Intel Power Workhouse .... Stunning
2007-02-20 09:16:01
San Jose: The world?s biggest chipmaker said Sunday it developed a programmable processor that can perform about a trillion calculations per second, or deliver a performance of 1.01 teraflops. It accomplishes this feat while consuming 62 watts of power when the chip is running at a frequency of 3.16 gigahertz.A similarly powerful supercomputer in 1996 at Sandia National Laboratories took up more than 2,000 square feet, used nearly 10,000 Pentium Pro processors, and consumed more than 500 kilowatts of electricity.Intel ?s latest chip is still in the research phase, but it marks an important breakthrough for an industry obsessed with obtaining the highest amount of performance for the lowest energy consumption.Just last month, Intel and IBM separately announced they had devised ways to replace problematic but vital materials in the transistors of computer chips that have begun leaking too much electric current as the circuitry on those chips gets smaller.Executives at Santa Clara-base...
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Raise your fists for a virtual fight at the hood
2007-02-20 09:16:01
Ever wanted to play a rapper and learn about living the hard life, on the streets of New York. Well, to bad, this game does no such thing. Def Jam Fight for NY: The Takeover is far from the streets as you can be. You play a fighter who has to basically take over the hood with the power of his fist there are a few twists, turns and betrayal along the way, but I am sure you can ignore them to enjoy the game for what it is? a good one on one fighter.Needless to say the Def Jam series of fighting games from Electronic Arts is as good a title, probably as good as Need for Speed is for racing.The Takeover has about 40 rappers making an appearance in the game, though some might be harder to recognise as they have all been beefed up to look like fighters. In any case, you can kick their butts and extract revenge for some of the crap they dish out in the name of music.Speaking of which there is little to choose from as far the tracks are concerned mostly various forms of rap and hip-hop. The...
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Virtual war on post-traumatic stress disorder
2007-02-20 09:16:01
A screenshot of Full Spectrum War rior the game Virtual Iraq is based onSan Francisco: Traumatised US soldiers are being treated for post-war psychological disorders by going out on patrol in a computer-generated ?virtual Iraq?.Skip Rizzo, a psychologist at the University of Southern California, USA, has helped create a program that simulates life in the war zone for soldiers suffering from conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).The ground-breaking treatment allows soldiers to experience the sights, sounds and even the smells of a war-zone, courtesy of wrap-around goggles linked to a startlingly realistic virtual world.The idea is to re-introduce veterans to the experiences that have inflicted mental scars until gradually they are no longer haunted by the memories ? a long-established therapeutic technique known as ?exposure therapy?.?What we do is put somebody in a virtual war zone but at a level where there will be minimal anxiety,? Rizzo said. ?Eventually over th...
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