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coondoggie writes
"NASA officially ended its Phoenix Mars Lander operation today after a new image of the machine showed severe ice damage to its solar panels, and repeated attempts to contact the spacecraft had failed. 'Apparent changes in the shadows cast by the lander are consistent with predictions of how Phoenix could be damaged by harsh winter conditions. It was anticipated that the weight of a carbon-dioxide ice buildup could bend or break the lander's solar panels. [Michael Mellon of the University of Colorado] calculated hundreds of pounds of ice probably coated the lander in mid-winter.'"
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Roberto123 writes
"Network World offers some insights into the way China infiltrates US organizations, physically and via computer, to steal information. Security expert Ira Winkler says there are far more serious threats out there than the 'laughable' uproar over China's hack of Google."
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itwbennett writes:
After a networking error first reported on Wednesday last week caused computers in Chile and the U.S. to come under the control of a system that censors the Internet in China, the 'root DNS server associated with the networking problems has been disconnected from the Internet,' writes Robert McMillan. The server's operator, Netnod, has 'withdrawn route announcements' made by the server, according to company CEO Kurt Lindqvist.
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nadiskafadi writes:
Taiwanese researchers have shown off several flexible display technologies in an endeavour to promote e-readers and e-paper. One of the newest technologies from Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) was a flexible 4.1-inch color OLED (organic light emitting diode) display, which it claims is for the next era of portable devices.
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JoshuaInNippon writes:
A Toshiba employee in western Japan has been arrested on charges of copyright violations for selling software online that breaks copying limits on certain Japanese digital TV recording and playback devices. The software specifically overrides limits on a program called "dubbing10" which is used in devices sold by companies such as Sony, Sharp, and Panasonic. It is believed that the man generated thousands of dollars worth of earnings for himself by selling to at least 712 people, including one teenager who then resold the software to another 240 people. This is the first disclosed cased in Japan of someone being arrested for selling such limit-removal software for digital TV recording. Since it sounds like he has already admitted to selling it, although denies creating it, and due to the generally high conviction rate of those arrested by Japanese police, his future does not look so bright at the moment.
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blee37 writes:
Here is an excellent video demonstration of a new program developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge that can construct a 3D model of an object in real time from webcam video. The user can watch the program deduce more pieces of the 3D model as he moves and rotates the object. The resulting graphics are high quality.
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OrangHutan writes:
Google's Android software source code has been offered up for those looking to create applications on MIPS32 chips, which are different from Intel's x86 architecture and used by companies such as Cisco (in its Linksys devices), Motorola (set-top boxes) and Sony (Dvd players).
MIPS Technologies made the announcement on Monday and is giving "software developers an early access program for customers, which will give them access to MIPS engineers and specific hardware and software optimizations".
The article goes on to say that MIPS made waves at the "Computex electronics exhibition in Taipei by showing off a home media player and a 10.4-inch LCD display with a built-in computer both running Android. They were among the first non-phones to be seen running the Google-developed OS."
http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/313655/android_moves_into_home_entertainment?fp=4194304&fpid=1
