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Business Coalition for Balanced Copyright Speaks Out Against Canadian DMCA
via Fair Copyright For Canada by Michael Geist on February 11, 2008
... largest broadcasters, largest Internet companies, and most of the major telcos have all joined forces to oppose a Canadian DMCA. What does this new coalition stand for? An excerpt from the proposed package includes: 1. Expanded Fair Dealing - "if Canada is to truly modernize its copyright legislation, then the time has come for Canada to broaden the existing fair dealing rights in the ...
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GeForce 8 Cards to Gain PhysX Engine Support
via Shacknews Games by (author unknown) on February 13, 2008
Hardware manufacturer Nvidia, which just purchased physics technology developer AGEIA, is porting AGEIA's PhysX engine software to run on its GeForce 8 cards, according to The Tech Report. During a financial call, Nvidia CEO Jen-Hseun Huang revealed that the ported engine will bring enhanced ph...
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Nanowires Allow For Electricity-Generating Clothing
via Slashdot by Zonk on February 13, 2008
lee1 writes "The latest development in the field of 'energy harvesting', which includes such opportunistic technology such as self-winding watches, generators implanted in soldier's boots, and knee brace dynamos, is a cloth that generates electrical power. The cloth is newly developed by scientists in the US, and can produce up to 80 milliwatts per square metre. It is made from...
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World's Coolest Private Arcade
via Gaming Today by William on February 16, 2008
In the following video, TheDigitalLifestyle.tv takes a visit to Luna City, Peter Hirschberg’s private arcade wonderland! I always have massive respect for people who create their own personal arcades. It’s unfortunate that the arcades are pretty much dead in the United States and guys like this are helping to preserve a part of history that many of us have fond memories of. The video is a...
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Web Features: Plastic (Not) Fantastic: Food Containers Leach a Potentially Harmful Chemical
via Scientific American by (author unknown) on February 18, 2008
Bisphenol A (BPA) is a ubiquitous compound in plastics. First synthesized in 1891, the chemical has become a key building block of plastics from polycarbonate to polyester; in the U.S. alone more than 2.3 billion pounds (1.04 million metric tons) of the stuff is manufactured annually.
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Songsmiths seek boost to Internet charges
via wfpLIVE Canada by (author unknown) on February 20, 2008
THE Songwriters Association of Canada will reveal a proposal Thursday that would see every Canadian's monthly Internet bill increase by $5 in exchange for the ability to download as many "illegal" music files as they choose. The association says its proposal, which would require federal approval, would wipe out the need for music-selling websites such as iTunes.ca and PureTracks.ca, making...
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EA's Boom Blox to include Wiimote Headtracking
via Procrastineering - Project blog for Johnny Chung Lee by Johnny Chung Lee on February 21, 2008
Louis Castle announced yesterday at GDC2008 that EA's upcoming title "Boom Blox" will ship with an easter egg that allows head-tracking using the Wii remote! Very cool. Here's the Digg article someone created for it - which you should all digg to help drum up some attention and demand for this feature. Reward the developers who decided this was worth including and send a signal to EA...
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Sherman's Lagoon for Friday, February 22, 2008
via Sherman's Lagoon by (author unknown) on February 21, 2008
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BBC iPlayer Bandwidth Explosion Bodes Ill For ISPs
via Slashdot by kdawson on February 21, 2008
penfold69 writes "Dave Tomlinson is one of the network gurus at PlusNET PLC, a Tier-2 ISP in the UK. He recently put up a blog post about the ramifications of the BBC iPlayer for the ISP industry in the UK. The post makes some very interesting reading regarding the bandwidth usage triggered by the iPlayer, and raises timely questions about the Net Neutrality debate. The Register also picked up on...
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