Topic: TV - on September 30, 2007 at 12:31:00 PM CEST
Streaming future of internet TV
While the current state of web streamed TV might be considerably less than high definition quality, the ability to watch TV from around the world on-demand could completely change when and how we enjoy our favourite shows.
Watching TV shows via the web can be a tricky business. Sure, you can download the latest episode of blockbuster programmes hours after their first transmission via torrent sites. Unfortunately this is normally illegal.
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Topic: HOLLYWALD - on September 30, 2007 at 12:29:00 PM CEST
Bond star Lois Maxwell dies at 80
Actress Lois Maxwell, who starred as Miss Moneypenny in a string of James Bond movies, has died aged 80.
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Topic: W A R - on September 30, 2007 at 11:40:00 AM CEST
Burma's Secret War
burmacampaign.org.ukHigh-Resolution Satellite Imagery and the Conflict in Eastern Burma [pdf]
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Topic: COMPUTER - on September 30, 2007 at 11:24:00 AM CEST
Experimental High-resolution Skype for Mac and PC
Jaanus Kase posted instructions over on Skype's developer site for enabling higher quality 640x480 video.
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Topic: Phone - on September 30, 2007 at 11:19:00 AM CEST
Hacked iPhones Confirmed As Bricking With Latest Update
Field experience has confirmed that if you have a hacked iPhone, it will become an iBrick if you use Software Update to install the latest update on your iPhone.
slashdot.org sinteur.com Master Your iPhoneUnlocked iPhones (Temporarily?) iBricked
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Topic: HOLLYWALD - on September 30, 2007 at 11:18:00 AM CEST
Coppola plea after computer theft
Film director Francis Ford Coppola has appealed for the return of his computer backup device following a robbery at his house in Argentina on Wednesday.
He told Argentine broadcaster Todo Noticias he had lost 15 years' worth of data, including writing and photographs of his family.
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Topic: ART - on September 30, 2007 at 11:07:00 AM CEST
Terry Pratchett's "Making Money" -- economic comedy
Making Money is a Terry Pratchett novel in the Discworld series, published in the UK on 20 September, 2007. It is the second novel featuring Moist von Lipwig, and involves the Ankh-Morpork mint and specifically the introduction of paper money to the city. Ankh-Morpork has hitherto not used banknotes. The continuing work of Adora Belle Dearheart (Lipwig's girlfriend by this novel) with the Golem Trust is also a feature of the novel.
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