Topic: - on October 10, 2002 at 11:29:50 PM CEST
Project Timber
Timbot = the Timber robot, Timber = Time as a basis for embedded real-time systems
Timbot is a robot vehicle that we have built and are using as an experimental platform for Project Timber, a DARPA funded research project (part of the PCES program) in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the OGI School of Science & Engineering at OHSU.
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Topic: - on October 10, 2002 at 10:56:45 PM CEST
Google explains new page rankings
Some sanity returned to Google 's page rankings last week, and the only damage incurred appears to be a few bruised egos. So we were surprised when Wired adopted a note of faux outrage (hey! that's our job) in its coverage of the new index. "Geeks Aghast"! reported Paul Boutin: "The inevitable backlash finally appears to have hit the world's most popular search engine." An anonymous poster cited by the report declares that PigeonRank™" ... is dead."
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Topic: - on October 10, 2002 at 10:54:56 PM CEST
Microsoft eases copy protection in XP
MICROSOFT IS EASING up on its copy protection technology in the upcoming release of its Windows XP Media Center Edition operating system, and will allow users to record TV shows onto CDs and DVDs and play them back on a variety of devices.
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Topic: - on October 10, 2002 at 9:19:39 PM CEST
Russian space tourism TV show planned
A Russian television network, possibly in cooperation with an American producer, is planning a reality TV show whose winner would fly to space on a Soyuz taxi flight.
¬> <a href="www.spacetoday.net"target="_blank">spacetoday.net
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Topic: - on October 10, 2002 at 8:58:06 PM CEST
How to ZAP a Camera:
Using Lasers to Temporarily Neutralize Camera sensors. Cameras are ubiquitous today, and, from a technology perspective, the revolution is just beginning. Video cameras are becoming smaller and cheaper while the Internet is enabling unlimited live webcasting. Web camera usage has grown from one in 1991 to hundreds in the mid-1990s to hundreds of thousands today. Video cameras the size of postage stamps can be procured for under $100, and will certainly become even smaller and cheaper.
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Topic: - on October 10, 2002 at 8:48:03 PM CEST
'The Most Powerful Media Player in the World' Is a Universal Headache
The most annoying thing about streaming media on the Internet is trying to listen to any kind of decent-quality audio over a modem connection. The second most annoying thing is managing all of the programs required for the major formats -- MP3, RealNetworks' RealAudio and RealVideo, Microsoft's Windows Media, and Apple Computer's QuickTime.
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Topic: - on October 10, 2002 at 8:00:04 PM CEST
Do we really need to have copyright?
As the high court reviews an extention in the number of years of ownership, consider social and economic costs. One of the hottest debates in economics is scheduled to erupt today on the floor of the U.S. Supreme Court. The outcome could ripple from Hollywood to the Internet to your local public library. The subject is copyright; specifically, the court is reviewing a decision by Congress to extend the number of years that anyone can claim to own a work of art or literature.
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Topic: - on October 10, 2002 at 7:55:04 PM CEST
42-Inch TFT-LCD
World's TFT-LCD Monitor Leader Raises Industry Bar With New,Cutting-Edge 42-Inch TFT-LCD . In a move sure to revolutionize the home entertainment display industry, LG.Philips LCD Co., Ltd., a leading innovator in thin-film-transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) technology, has unveiled the world's largest TFT-LCD for high-definition television (HDTV) applications. Topping its own largest-to-date 30-inch (30W) display by 40 percent, this breakthrough new TFT-LCD measures an impressive 42-inches (42W)-delivering superior resolution and the widest viewing angle on the market today, in a modern "wide" aspect ratio shape.
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Topic: - on October 10, 2002 at 7:46:30 PM CEST
Playstation 3 to warp the mind
It's early days yet!
Hello and welcome to the PS3 Resource Centre. Our aim is to provide all the current and best links to Playstation 3 resources. At present info on PS3 is as rare as rocking horse poo! Still, we endeavour to scour the web and other sources to keep bringing PS3 info until it is launched sometime in 2005!
¬> <a href="home.btconnect.com"target="_blank">Playstation 3
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Topic: - on October 10, 2002 at 7:41:52 PM CEST
Police patrols protect albino squirrels from predators
A US town has employed special police officers to protect its albino squirrels. The officers wear white squirrel patches and arrest anyone suspected of harassing the squirrels.
¬> <a href="www.chicagotribune.com "target="_blank">chicagotribune
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Topic: - on October 10, 2002 at 7:23:57 PM CEST
Five Things We Know About the Maryland Sniper
If you have no idea what's behind the shootings in suburban Washington, D.C., you're hardly alone. FBI, CIA and local police forces are also puzzled — and residents are terrified. While we're largely in the dark about the shooter's cause, motive or methods, a few theories have emerged. What do we know so far about the sniper?
¬> Time
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Topic: - on October 10, 2002 at 7:15:40 PM CEST
SWAT TEAM UK - Pensioner dies during police search
A 78-year-old woman has died while police searched her home near Staines in Surrey. Connie Sherwood collapsed while officers from Surrey Police searched her terraced council house in Viola Avenue, Stanwell, at 0600 BST on Wednesday. Her family said she was "frightened to death" by the dawn raid.
¬> <a href="news.bbc.co.uk"target="_blank">BBC = SWAT TEAM UK
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