Topic: - on January 10, 2003 at 12:24:16 PM CET
Virtual fireplaces
Wallpaper for fish tanks, marketed in 2000 to cure GDD — Goldfish Depressive Disorder — was doomed to fail, the main drawback being the difficulty pet owners had seeing the genki fish in front of the Horny Toad, Sexy Octopus or appetizing Fish Food Yellow images. More successful were DVD gizmos, converting TVs across the nation into "Seaman" — Sega Industries' virtual carp video.
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Topic: - on January 10, 2003 at 12:04:34 PM CET
Airborne Laser
* Attacks ballistic missiles in their boost phase of flight, when they are most vulnerable and predictable.
* Unique force multiplier provides missile launch and impact point prediction cues to other DoD assets.
* Fully integrated into joint DoD operations.
- Uses Link 16 to communicate with other joint DoD assets.
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Topic: - on January 10, 2003 at 11:59:47 AM CET
SanDisk debuts 802.11b compact flash and secure digital cards + 128MB, 256MB
SanDisk, one of the top producers of compact flash and other memory cards, a few minutes ago at the Consumer Electronics Show publicly introduced the "world's first cards combining flash memory and wireless communications."
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Topic: - on January 10, 2003 at 11:28:54 AM CET
TV-Magazin: Lauschangriffe verletzen geltendes Recht
Neuen Zündstoff für die öffentliche Diskussion der verschärften Telefonüberwachung dürfte ein TV-Beitrag liefern. Wie das ARD-Magazin Kontraste gegenüber heise online bekannt gab, wolle man in einem heute Abend um 21:45 Uhr ausgestrahlten Beitrag auf gravierende Rechtsverstöße bei Lauschangriffen hinweisen. Das Magazin zitiert eine rechtswissenschaftliche Studie über 500 überwachte Telefongespräche.
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Topic: - on January 10, 2003 at 11:25:49 AM CET
Drei Viertel aller Lauschangriffe fehlerhaft
Die Ermittler verstoßen beim Abhören von Telefongesprächen massiv gegen geltendes Recht, fanden die Autoren einer Universitätsstudie heraus. Die meisten Überwachungen beruhen auf Anordnungen, die die gesetzlichen Anforderungen gar nicht oder nur unzulänglich beachten.
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Topic: - on January 10, 2003 at 11:24:02 AM CET
Nordkorea kündigt Atomwaffensperrvertrag
Nordkorea hat den Vertrag zur Nichtverbreitung von Atomwaffen aufgekündigt. Das Abkommen sei ab sofort ungültig, meldete Nordkoreas amtliche Nachrichtenagentur KCNA. Das Land habe aber keine Ambitionen, Nuklearwaffen herzustellen. Die Regierung sei derzeit an einer friedlichen Nutzung der Kernenergie interessiert, hieß es weiter.
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Topic: - on January 10, 2003 at 11:08:26 AM CET
RealNetworks preps format-agnostic DRM
RealNetworks Inc plans to help prevent theft of digital content with the beta release of its digital rights management system, Helix DRM.
Traditionally, film studios and music companies have been less than keen to distribute their content in electronic form due to the ease with which it can be copied and distributed, usually via the internet. Digital rights management is seen as the solution, but so far has been limited in terms of the number of formats supported.
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Topic: - on January 10, 2003 at 10:58:00 AM CET
Internet helps write the book of life
A hugely ambitious project to find and name every species on Earth within the next 25 years has been launched by scientists.
The internet and the development of DNA sequencing technology make the goal achievable, they say.
This should create "a one-stop shop" of data which both amateur and professional naturalists can use.
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