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Submission + - SPAM: LG Cinema 3D TV get Full HD Certification from VDE

Submitted by i4u on Sunday July 10, 2011 @02:57PM

i4u writes: LG announced today that the German VDE, one of the largest technical and scientific associations in Europe, has certified the LG Cinema 3D TVs to be full HD in 3D-mode. LG’s Film Patterned Retarder (FPR) technology, used on the CINEMA 3D TVs, creates the perception of 3D depth by delivering two 540 line images, one for each eye, that are then combined via the glasses to create a unified 1080p image. The ruling from the VDE lets LG carry the full HD badge. There is no explanation one how the VDE arrives at this ruling.
My personal experience shows a rather big resolution difference between FPR and shutter glass based 3D TVs. What is your take?
Link to Original Source

Submission + - PlayStation Network Reactivation Delayed (i4u.com)

Submitted by i4u on Sunday May 08, 2011 @02:57PM

i4u writes: Earlier this week chatter in an IRC network lead to speculation of a third attack on Sony's network. For its part, the company steadfastly promised that at least some services would resume by the end of this week. But now it looks like Sony has given up on that goal. The PSN reactivation has been delayed.

Sony's explanation? They were "unaware" of the "extent" of the attacks on their system.

Comment Messed up the Title (Score 1) 1

by i4u on Tuesday May 03, 2011 @02:42AM (#36007756) Attached to: Dear Julian Assange: The Internet is the Most Appa

please use: Dear Julian Assange, It is not just Facebook

Submission + - Dear Julian Assange: The Internet is the Most Appa (i4u.com) 1

Submitted by i4u on Monday May 02, 2011 @04:42PM

i4u writes: If you're a regular reader of Russia Today or a big fan of that white-haired rogue Julian Assange, you may want to watch this interview. In it, the Wikileaks founder calls Facebook the "most appalling spy machine that has ever been invented". He goes on to explain that the social network is accessible to US Intelligence, which means none of your data is ever really "private".

Submission + - Interview: The Future of SiLo's Language Library (i4u.com)

Submitted by i4u on Saturday April 30, 2011 @08:38AM

i4u writes: Early this morning I had a chance to speak with Ase (pronounced 'Ace') Deliri, curator of SiLo, the world's first digital language library. At its core, SiLo is a mash of Wikipedia and Babelfish, an open database focused on facilitating real conversations with real people.

"If you have 800-1200 words in your vocabulary, you can carry on a daily conversation. That is what we are looking at. How do you get a conversation going?"

Submission + - YouTube To Launch Netflix Competitor (ibtimes.com) 1

Submitted by RedEaredSlider on Tuesday April 26, 2011 @11:43AM

RedEaredSlider writes: YouTube could become the latest to offer a movie rental service, challenging streaming sites such as Netflix.

Google is lining up deals with major Hollywood studios in order to launch the service. An anonymous executive at a studio that has signed on said Sony Pictures Entertainment, Warner Brothers, Lionsgate and Universal have all licensed their movies to the service. Not everyone is on board — Paramount, Fox and Disney declined to join.

Submission + - NASA announces final homes of Shuttle fleet (space.com) 3

Submitted by

PyroMosh

on Tuesday April 12, 2011 @02:12PM

PyroMosh writes: "NASA administrator Charles Bolden just announced the final homes for the four remaining Space Shuttle Orbiters in a ceremony at Kennedy Space Center today commemorating the 30th anniversary of the first Shuttle launch. The Shuttle Atlantis will remain at NASA's home of Shuttle Launch operations — Kennedy Space Center. Endeavour will be displayed at the California Science Center in Los Angeles, just miles from where she was assembled. Discovery will be moved to the Smithsonian's Udvar-Hazy Air and Space Museum in Virginia outside of Washington DC — the very hangar that Enterprise now occupies. Finally, the Shuttle airframe prototype Enterprise will be moved from her current home to the U.S.S. Intrepid Sea Air & Space Museum in New York City."

Submission + - Bashing MS 'like kicking a puppy' Linux chief says (networkworld.com)

Submitted by

jbrodkin

on Tuesday April 05, 2011 @01:58PM

jbrodkin writes: "Two decades after Linus Torvalds developed his famous operating system kernel, the battle between Linux and Microsoft is over and Linux has won, says Linux Foundation Executive Director Jim Zemlin. With the one glaring exception of the desktop computer, Linux has outpaced Microsoft in nearly every market, including server-side computing and mobile, Zemlin claims. "I think we just don't care that much [about Microsoft] anymore," Zemlin said. "They used to be our big rival, but now it's kind of like kicking a puppy." From Android and the Amazon Kindle to embedded devices, consumer electronics and the world's largest websites and supercomputers, "Linux has come to dominate almost every category of computing, with the exception of the desktop," Zemlin argues as Linux approaches its 20th anniversary."

Submission + - AT&T's Metered Billing Off By Up To 4,700% (itworld.com)

Submitted by

jfruhlinger

on Friday March 25, 2011 @02:20PM

jfruhlinger writes: "Metered billing for home Internet service may be the way of the future. But shouldn't we have the right to expect that the meters will at least be accurate? As AT&T moves its DSL and fiber customers to plans where they'll have to pay for overages, some users have noticed that the company' assessment of how much data is being used can be wildly inaccurate."

Geek Squad Sends Cease-and-Desist Letter To God Squad 357

Posted by samzenpus on Monday August 16, 2010 @10:16AM from the who-would-jesus-sue dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A Wisconsin priest has God on his car but Best Buy's lawyers on his back. Father Luke Strand at the Holy Family Parish in Fond Du Lac says he has received a cease-and-desist letter from the electronics retailer. From the article: 'At issue is Strand's black Volkswagen Beetle with door stickers bearing the name "God Squad" in a logo similar to that of Best Buy's Geek Squad, a group of electronics troubleshooters. Strand told the Fond du Lac Reporter that the car is a creative way to spur discussion and bring his faith to others. Best Buy Co. tells the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that it appreciates what Strand is trying to do, but it's bad precedent to let groups violate its trademarks.'"

Comment pCubee 3D Cube Display for Nintendo 3DS in 2020 (Score 2, Interesting) 77

by i4u on Thursday March 25, 2010 @03:00PM (#31615412) Attached to: How the Nintendo 3DS Might Handle 3D Display

Researchers at the University of British Columbia have developed a cool 3D display dubbed pCubee. Imagine the Nintendo 3DS be like this interactive cube, Sony would start taking the 3DS seriously.
Users playing with pCubee experience new interaction techniques for 3D scene manipulation in a cubic display.
Watch the awesome demo video here.

Submission + - Steve Jobs issues Update on his Health

Submitted by

i4u

on Monday January 05, 2009 @10:18AM

i4u writes: "Rumors about Steve Jobs' health have been flying high again after Apple announced that he will not be holding the keynote at the Macworld 2009.
Today Steve Jobs issued a letter with a rather personal update on why he was loosing weight in 2008. The reason for loosing weight in 2008 is a hormone imbalance that has been reducing proteins. The remedy for this nutritional problem is relatively simple and straightforward according to Jobs.
Steve and his doctors predict that he will have normal weight again by Spring. So stop the rumors and enjoy Macworld 2009."

Submission + - Touchscreen Netbooks to shine at CES 2009

Submitted by i4u on Saturday December 27, 2008 @04:22PM

i4u writes: The new generation of netbooks debuting at CES 2009 will add touch and will have twistable screens to use them in tablet or notebook style.
Intel is set to introduce a new Classmate netbook with a twistable screen and touchscreen at the CES 2009. Back in October Asus alreadt said it is planning to introduce touchscreen Asus Eee netbooks early 2009. Asus is exhibiting at the CES unveiled pre-show that takes place already on January 6th. Expect the Asus Eee Touch to be already unveiled then. Gigabyte has outrun all of them with the Intel Atom powered M912V that has been on the market already for a while. Adding a touchscreen is rather easy. More difficult is to offer a touch optimized UI. Lets see what the netbook vendors are going to invest on the software side.

Submission + - Sony launches 3mm thin XEL-1 OLED TV

Submitted by

i4u

on Monday October 01, 2007 @02:21AM

i4u writes: "Sony introduces their first commercial OLED TV named XEL-1. The stunning XEL-1 is what Sony teased on Friday on their site in Japan. The XEL-1 is an 11 inch display that is only 3mm thin. Other stunning performance indicators include a dramatic 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio and a low 45W power consumption. Sony plans to start shipping the XEL-1 OLED TV on December 1st for 200,000 Yen (~$1,740). See also the Sony OLED TV product page (Japanese)."

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