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DivX, Inc. today announced that it has granted DivX® Certification to six new Blu-ray DVD players from Panasonic, Philips, and Denon. They join the Sony PLAYSTATION® 3, which has been capable of DivX® playback since December, 2007
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She looks so flawless, that her usually recognisable features disappear, making her resemble an oil painting. But in reality, although the star looks in great shape, she looks shorter, more muscular, and a lot paler than she looks on the album cover.
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The drama unfolded when operators spotted a technical fault with one of the four tyres used to turn the giant wheel at 6pm on Monday. Engineers decided to stop the wheel while it was repaired.
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Ofcom said plans were now in place to allow passengers on UK-registered aircraft to use their own mobiles while in flight in European airspace. Some airlines have offered passengers in-flight telephone services via the airline’s own network.
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Increasing numbers of computer users are downloading TV shows from the internet, with 2.2 million people using the BBC’s iPlayer service in its first three months. Many internet packages only allow users to download 1GB per month.
We shot each other at close range with no shirts on with a high powered Tipmann paintball gun.
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Each is printed in its color and positioned on a color wheel. Just looking around, there sure seem to be different regions for different names. We also made a color label explorer, so you can search for different terms and see different parts of the space
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Clearly Facebook is a little tired of beating questionable developer tactics away with a stick. So now they will reward developers who play by the rules and build useful, popular applications, with the ‘Preferred Application Program’
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As usual, Google is at the forefront of, well, everything. But this one is a little surprising: their philanthropic branch, Google.org, is putting $10 million into plug-in electric hybrid research and real-world testing.
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The Associated Press reported that its reporters were able to use an undisclosed method to access private photos on Facebook, Update: Some readers here and on Twitter are telling us that it was a simple URL edit, which no longer works.
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On Thursday, the magazine will introduce the Vault, a free site within SI.com that contains all the words Sports Illustrated has ever published and many of the images, along with video and other material, in a searchable database.
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Although more money is going to online video advertising, relatively little of that is subsidizing user-generated video. Many advertisers are staying away for fear their ads could appear with clips that have nudity, foul language
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The company’s new online music store has about 500,000 tracks for you to choose from, for legal purchase, separate from the P2P service. $20 per month for 75 songs, $15 for 50 songs, $10 for 25 songs, and a pay-as-you-go option.
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India has the world’s largest solar kitchen. The system has been installed as a collaboration between the Academy for a Better World and Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University, with technology from Solare-Brücke, Germany.
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A survey of more than 1,000 senior executives found 74% expected “virtual teams of employeesâ€, working at a distance from each other, to become the norm by 2018. About 64% thought talented people would become “multi-employedâ€
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Police agencies from coast to coast are furious with a new website on the internet. RateMyCop.com has the names of thousands of officers, and many believe it is putting them in danger, with ratings on more than 130,000 US officers.
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Leonard Cohen has announced his first world tour in 15, including eight dates in Britain… REM are to stream their new album Accelerate on Facebook, a first for the social networking site
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A new Ipsos MORI survey on trust in professionals showed that respect for UK television newsreaders has plummeted. Their net trustworthiness is now +34 after years in the 40s and 50s. Ten years ago their rating was +60
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Here’s 9 versions of Hallelujah, writen by Leonard Cohen, and featured in the movie Shrek.
I’m not religious but I do really like this song. I prefer the Allison Crowe version, what version do you like best/least?
Leonard Cohen
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Construction would begin within the next decade. “Building replacement nuclear facilities … will help Ontario meet its future energy needs, keep prices stable, cut our carbon footprint and reduce greenhouse gas emissions,”
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The University of Minnesota is embarking on a five-year project to upgrade its Wi-Fi network to the much faster 802.11n standard. The $15 million upgrade would provide about 9,500 access points, one of the largest deployments to date.
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Sun Microsystems Inc. said Friday it will build a JVM for the Apple Inc. iPhone and the iTouch, now that the iPhone’s SDK beta version has been released. A JVM is basically a set of programs that can be used to execute other programs and scripts.
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MobiTV sent a letter to Howardforums.com, asking the site to take down links that provide MobiTV streams. The letters were provided to The Associated Press by Howard Chui, owner of Toronto-based Howardforums.
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Forbes magazine released its list of the world’s mega-rich Wednesday and said Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, 23, became the youngest ever self-made billionaire. Zuckerberg, who turns 24 in May, is worth $1.5 billion.
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“If we have a million signatures by midnight March 16, we’re going to get it into the hands of someone in Congress and try to get the ball rolling,” said Shawn Clair of the public relations firm which handles the US account of Guinness, an Irish stout bee
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General Motors Corp (GM) and Daimler AG unveiled plans on Tuesday for lithium-ion hybrids as automakers push to overcome difficulties with a technology that promises to push hybrid autos to the next level of performance.
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Masanori Naruse jogs every day, collects miniature cars and feeds birds in his backyard, but what he’s most proud of is the way his home and 2,200 like it in Japan get electricity and heat water — with power generated by a hydrogen fuel cell.
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More than three years after the Asian tsunami devastated several countries, $200 million of the $360 million donated to the Canadian Red Cross has still not been spent. After the tsunami killed more than 225,000.
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Last fall, the Associated Press and the Electronic Frontier Foundation reported that Comcast, the largest cable provider in the United States, was actively interfering with network traffic by engaging in traffic shaping.
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Dusting Off the Archive for the Web – New York Times – NYTimes.com
On Thursday, the magazine will introduce the Vault, a free site within SI.com that contains all the words Sports Illustrated has ever published and many of the images, along with video and other material, in a searchable database.
Advertisers Shun User-Generated Video – News.Wired.com
Although more money is going to online video advertising, relatively little of that is subsidizing user-generated video. Many advertisers are staying away for fear their ads could appear with clips that have nudity, foul language
LimeWire Music Store, Free and Legal – Mashable.com
The company’s new online music store has about 500,000 tracks for you to choose from, for legal purchase, separate from the P2P service. $20 per month for 75 songs, $15 for 50 songs, $10 for 25 songs, and a pay-as-you-go option.
World’s Largest 38500-meal Solar Kitchen in India – Inhabitat.com
India has the world’s largest solar kitchen. The system has been installed as a collaboration between the Academy for a Better World and Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University, with technology from Solare-Brücke, Germany.
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