Mysteries Of Computer From 65BC Are Solved

The machine was lost among cargo in 65BC when the ship carrying it sank in 42m of water off the coast of the Greek island of Antikythera. By chance, in 1900, a sponge diver called Elias Stadiatos discovered the wreck and recovered statues and other artifacts from the site.

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No more Analog Cell Phone Service as of Monday Feb 18 2008

The biggest U.S. mobile operators, AT&T Wireless and Verizon Wireless, will finally close down their analog networks on Monday. At the same time, AT&T will turn off its first digital network, which uses TDMA technology. (Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile USA don't have analog networks.) Most rural operators also plan on shutting down their AMPS networks.

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U-M creates most intense laser in the universe

Rest assured, we've seen some wicked frickin' lasers in our day, but apparently, even the two-kilowatt rendition that heats coffee in mere seconds can't hold a candle ray of light to HERCULES. (...)

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recharge your ipod with your shirt

U.S. scientists have developed a microfiber fabric that generates its own electricity, making enough current to recharge a cell phone or ensure that a small MP3 music player never runs out of power.

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Inbuilt Solar Panel Powered Notebook Concept [Pics]

A solar-power notebook concept by Designer- Nikola Knezevic to save computer users the trouble of charging batteries by plugging them in, the notebook is powered with the help of powerful batteries that are recharged by wide Solar Panel attached to the computer.

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The Analog Cell Phone Timeline (PIC)

As of today, the analog cellphone is no more. Here's the complete timeline of its development, since Greece in 490BC to February 18, 2008, the day in which networks are no longer obligated to provide with analog cellphone coverage.

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Cameras that detect blood will catch lone drivers

Motorists will be targeted by a new generation of road cameras which work out how many people are in a car by measuring the amount of bodily fluid it contains.

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Invisible Secret Service Headset for Extreme Communications

I really hate to put things even earbuds into my ears. Let me introduce a tiny device - the smallest of its kind. They call it “Secret Service Invisible 2-Way Micro Headset”, the micro-sized earbud is smaller than a hearing aid which fits snugly and securely in the ear canal. But, i don’t think we should call it ‘INVISIBLE’.

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Japanese Store Lets Customers Trade HDDVD players for BluRay

The Japanese electronics retailer Edion is deeply ashamed it sold its customers HD DVD gear. So ashamed they that they're allowing buyers to swap in Toshiba HD DVD boxes for Blu-ray players. A little more investigation reveals that the trade must occur during March, and consumers only need pay the price difference.

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When good toys go bad X: Elmo makes death threats to toddler

Sure, it seemed like after the years of hard drinking, petty crime, and run-ins with the law, Elmo had cleaned up his act -- but a shocking report out of Tampa Bay, Florida, says otherwise. A two-year-old's life has been turned upside down by vicious talk coming from his favorite toy, Elmo Knows Your Name.

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Engadget Finally Tests the Optimus Maximus

It's the damndest thing: years after seeing the renders we're actually finally writing this post on our very own Optimus Maximus. We've had ours for a few weeks for testing, but we weren't able to do a whole lot with it until we got some later firmware updates. Here's the preliminary report:

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ThePirateBay.org files charges against media companies

"Thanks to the email-leakage from MediaDefender-Defenders we now have proof of the things we've been suspecting; the big record and movie labels are paying professional hackers, saboteurs and ddosers to destroy our trackers. While browsing through the email we identified the companies that are also active in Sweden". TPB reported this to the police

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HD-DVD key fiasco is an example of 21st century digital revolt

It's the most circulated number of the week. Sixteen hexadecimal digits that unlock the wonder of most currently released HD-DVD titles from the surly clutches of the AACS revenue content protection system. Sixteen digits that have been posted in so many places -- and in many cases, removed only to be reposted -- that they're hard to avoid.

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Sketsa SVG Editor 5.1 Released

KIYUT just released Sketsa SVG Editor 5.1, a cross platform vector drawing application based on SVG. It features various tools for optimizing content creation, giving designers unsurpassed support for creativity. These tools include property palette, source editor, resources editor, SVG specific shape tools, transformation tools, and additional illustration tools. Sketsa uses SVG as a native file format.

What's new:

• Updated Apache Batik 1.7
• Add Path Element Change Point Type
• Add Embed as base64 options for Insert Image
• Improved Insert Image Dialog
• Improved SVG Code Formatter (Pretty Print)
• Improved Zoom (ctrl-key) and Pan (shift-key) with MouseWheel support
• Improved Toolbox Tool constraint (shift-key)
• Fix NPE related to PATHSEG_CURVETO_CUBIC_SMOOTH_REL
• Other bug fixes

Features:

• SVG native file format
• Produces clean SVG without proprietary namespace
• Support SVG Profile Full
• Property palette
• DOM Editor
• Source Editor
• Defs Editor: gradient and filter
• SVG specific shape tools rect, ellipse, line, polyline, polygon
• Additional illustration tools: Pencil tool for freeform shape and Pen tool for curve shape
• Transformation tool: rotate, skew, scale, and translate
• Basic Text Tool
• Export or rasterize to JPEG, PNG, and PDF (with Plugins)
• Plugins Support
• Build on top Netbeans Platform
• Written entirely in Java

Sketsa SVG Editor Information:

Product Page
Features Page
Screenshots Page

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