454 Life Sciences Corporation, a majority-owned subsidiary of CuraGen Corporation, in collaboration with scientists at Dana Farber Cancer Center and Broad Institute, today reported a new method for the detection of cancer gene mutations present at extremely low levels.
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“Google’s new mission: Organize the world’s products and make them universally accessible. This could be a watershed week in the Google era: the June 28 rumored launch of a Google online payment system.” And “last week, Google set in motion an eBay style marketplace affiliate network – “Content Referral Network”.
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Moral questions are raised: Would sex between a human and a robot be considered actual sex or a form of masturbation? Do we need to protect robots from rape and sexual abuse? is it moral to create robots for deviant sexual urges (child robots for pedophiles, or robots that crave physical abuse for S&M)?
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A fledgling new political movement calling itself The Pirate Party of the United States has emerged from the dust of last month’s police raid on The Pirate Bay in Sweden.
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Counterfeiters aren’t Microsoft’s only opponents in its effort to combat piracy: Some of its customers are against it, too. As Microsoft pushes ahead with a controversial tool, some users debate the need for validation and search for ways around it.
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Pixar used a “computationally expensive and sophisticated approach” to create the reflections and lighting in “Cars,” said MovieEditor.com studio technology consultant Robin Rowe. Rendering each frame took about 20 hours to complete before the artist could see the results of their work.
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Civil liberties advocacy group the Center for Democracy and Technology and New Yorkers for Fair Use, comprised of businesspeople and technology advocates, both released net neutrality proposals Tuesday, two days before the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee is set to debate the issue.
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It seems our friends over at the RIAA just cannot get enough. Apperently its illegal to dance to a song that you are playing in your room and to flm it . . . has the RIAA ever heard of a night club? I guess not because they dance to music all the time I hear, and they even *gasp* film it! I hope that they back down on this for fucks sake because it is just getting stupid!
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“Oregan Networks has upgraded their Oregan Media Browser with Skype calling. This means as soon as an equipment manufacturer that uses the new version of Oregan�s software puts out a product, you�ll be able to send Skype messages and make calls through your TV…”
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This video shows you a new way to display and organize your desktop. It’s 3D, physics-ruled environment looks more like your actual desktop, which may force users to clean and organize it more often.
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The DS will now have internet browsing on July 24th. I wonder how easy this will be to import?
I really, really, really want a Nintendo DS Lite, I think that I just miss the old Game Boy games of my youth. Although I can have the New Super Mario Brothers, Retro Atari, Mario Cart DS, etc for it. I guess I should find that job or something in order to pay for it first shouldn’t I? 
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“How many people realize that we’re living in a golden age, the Golden Age of the Internet? It won’t last; golden ages never do. Some of it will remain, but there’s evidence that much of it is headed for the trash heap of history.” Great article to pass on to non-techie friends about why stuff like net neutrality matter.
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I had my 30 or so seconds of Internet fame on one of the podcasts that I listen to. I was mentioned in Episode 61 of Michael and Evo’s Wingin’ It! The reason that my name was mentioned, they even pronounced my last name correctly!, was that I purchased on of their Limited Edition Beer Openers. It was signed by the entire Wingin’ It Crew and the studio audience, I must say that this thing a freaking brilliant! All you do is place the opener on top of the bottle, press down firmly, and then lift. You should hear a satisfying popping noise and the bottle cap should be attached to the bottom of the opener and held in place by the included magnet.
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Thats right, one of the movies that I have been looking for is finally approaching its release. What am I talking about, weill its Snakes On A Plane of course! According to Wikipedia this film is described as: Continue reading →
