HTTP:: Breathtaking Cinema Experience the Philips Emotions Jacket
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The internationally renowned Dutch electronics company Philips has recently announced the creation of a new research platform that uses the sense of touch to bring cinematic experiences to the next level. The Philips Emotions Jacket relies on using the body's largest organ, the skin, for relaying the stimuli that characters receive on the screen right to the audiences. The Jacket is the first to be dedicated exclusively to making the skin part of the action, as previous devices only focus on the eyes and the ears, PhysOrg reports. A part of the company's wider “sensory experiences†program, the Philips Emotions Jacket plans to carry on the tradition of trying to bring as much from the movie scenes into the living room as possible. The company has core competences in understanding human perception and behavior, so it plans to bring that to the table, creating a device that addresses the relatively unexplored areas of touching and feeling, rather than the visual and the!
auditive ones. Sensors and actuator technologies are slated to go into the Emotions Jacket, which promises to make watching movies more immersive and real than ever. The research platform features a number of actuators in its arms and torso, which are constructed on designs taken over from the mobile-phone technol...
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Pingie: HTTP:: Samsung Intros Power Efficient External Hard Drive
HTTP:: Samsung Intros Power Efficient External Hard Drive
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Trying to stay atop of its competitors, Samsung, one of the world's leading vendors of consumer electronics and computing products, has recently announced that its 3.5-inch external hard drive, dubbed STORY Station, will be the industry's first external hard drive to boast a standby power consumption below one watt. The updated hard drive is expected to become available starting this November and is said to meet the reduced standby power level requirements of the forthcoming European Union's EuP (Energy Using Products) directive for Standby Regulation.“User requirements for external hard drives now include eco-friendliness and lower power levels in addition to performance, reliability and exceptional design,†said C.H. Lee, vice president, Storage sales & marketing, Samsung Electronics. “Samsung’s STORY Station, which has been praised for its appealing external-drive design, takes a huge step forward in setting the stage for the timely introduction of environmen!
tally-conscious hard drive technology.â€The Samsung 3.5-inch STORY Station external hard drive has been designed to provide customers worldwide with a choice for storage capacities ranging from 500GB to 2TB. The external drive has also been featured with Samsung's Auto Backup functionality, helping users preserve da...
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Trying to stay atop of its competitors, Samsung, one of the world's leading vendors of consumer electronics and computing products, has recently announced that its 3.5-inch external hard drive, dubbed STORY Station, will be the industry's first external hard drive to boast a standby power consumption below one watt. The updated hard drive is expected to become available starting this November and is said to meet the reduced standby power level requirements of the forthcoming European Union's EuP (Energy Using Products) directive for Standby Regulation.“User requirements for external hard drives now include eco-friendliness and lower power levels in addition to performance, reliability and exceptional design,†said C.H. Lee, vice president, Storage sales & marketing, Samsung Electronics. “Samsung’s STORY Station, which has been praised for its appealing external-drive design, takes a huge step forward in setting the stage for the timely introduction of environmen!
tally-conscious hard drive technology.â€The Samsung 3.5-inch STORY Station external hard drive has been designed to provide customers worldwide with a choice for storage capacities ranging from 500GB to 2TB. The external drive has also been featured with Samsung's Auto Backup functionality, helping users preserve da...
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Pingie: HTTP:: Britney Spears Pronounced Dead in Court Papers
HTTP:: Britney Spears Pronounced Dead in Court Papers
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According to legal documents filed last Friday in the case of her conservatorship, Britney Jean Spears is deceased. However, the singer is not the object of a prank, as it has been the case with “Harry Potter†star Emma Watson, but rather of a misunderstanding and a secretarial honest mistake, as TMZ has learned. The celebrity gossip website and paparazzi agency got hold of the papers in question hours ago, and was shocked to see that Britney was pronounced “deceased†on them. After some digging and talking to Spears’ management, though, TMZ got to the bottom of the matter by learning that it was just an honest mistake and Britney was alive and well, as few doubted it presumably. “We just pulled court documents that say Britney Spears is deceased! But don’t panic â€" it’s not true. Just a little secretarial mess up. The docs were filed last Friday in Britney’s conservatorship case. The lawyers were asking the judge to restate an order, keeping various !
business records confidential. But the first page reads, ‘In re the Conservatorship of the Person and Estate of BRITNEY JEAN SPEARS, Deceased.’ No harm, no foul. Mega-lawyer Geraldine Wyle assures us Britney is just fine and has a long life expectancy, and she’ll refile the paper...
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According to legal documents filed last Friday in the case of her conservatorship, Britney Jean Spears is deceased. However, the singer is not the object of a prank, as it has been the case with “Harry Potter†star Emma Watson, but rather of a misunderstanding and a secretarial honest mistake, as TMZ has learned. The celebrity gossip website and paparazzi agency got hold of the papers in question hours ago, and was shocked to see that Britney was pronounced “deceased†on them. After some digging and talking to Spears’ management, though, TMZ got to the bottom of the matter by learning that it was just an honest mistake and Britney was alive and well, as few doubted it presumably. “We just pulled court documents that say Britney Spears is deceased! But don’t panic â€" it’s not true. Just a little secretarial mess up. The docs were filed last Friday in Britney’s conservatorship case. The lawyers were asking the judge to restate an order, keeping various !
business records confidential. But the first page reads, ‘In re the Conservatorship of the Person and Estate of BRITNEY JEAN SPEARS, Deceased.’ No harm, no foul. Mega-lawyer Geraldine Wyle assures us Britney is just fine and has a long life expectancy, and she’ll refile the paper...
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Pingie: HTTP:: Modern Technology Helps Decipher Ancient Aramaic Tablets
HTTP:: Modern Technology Helps Decipher Ancient Aramaic Tablets
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Aramaic is one of the oldest languages on the planet, and it is classified as part of the Afroasiatic language family. The Semitic language's history extends back 3,000 years, during which time it had been used to administer empires, to worship the gods, and also as the language of the commoners, during the Second Temple period of Israel. Various Christian, Jewish and Muslim groups of the Middle East still speak one of its modern forms today. In spite of its longevity, there are still ancient scripts and tablets featuring it that have yet to be deciphered, so experts are now using modern technologies to get the job done, PhysOrg reports. University of Southern California (USC) West Semitic Research Project members are now helping colleagues at the University of Chicago (UC) Oriental Institute obtain highly accurate images of inscriptions that have been laid on clay thousands of years ago. The 700 Aramaic administrative documents were either etched on the clay tablets with!
styluses, or were inked over using early pens and brushes. There are, of course, some tablets that feature both kinds of writing, but the thing is that the passing of time has not been kind to the artifacts. As a result, some of the letters and incisions that were made on the tablets have become invisible under natural light...
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Aramaic is one of the oldest languages on the planet, and it is classified as part of the Afroasiatic language family. The Semitic language's history extends back 3,000 years, during which time it had been used to administer empires, to worship the gods, and also as the language of the commoners, during the Second Temple period of Israel. Various Christian, Jewish and Muslim groups of the Middle East still speak one of its modern forms today. In spite of its longevity, there are still ancient scripts and tablets featuring it that have yet to be deciphered, so experts are now using modern technologies to get the job done, PhysOrg reports. University of Southern California (USC) West Semitic Research Project members are now helping colleagues at the University of Chicago (UC) Oriental Institute obtain highly accurate images of inscriptions that have been laid on clay thousands of years ago. The 700 Aramaic administrative documents were either etched on the clay tablets with!
styluses, or were inked over using early pens and brushes. There are, of course, some tablets that feature both kinds of writing, but the thing is that the passing of time has not been kind to the artifacts. As a result, some of the letters and incisions that were made on the tablets have become invisible under natural light...
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Pingie: TORRE: AFACT v iiNet Day 8 Anti Piracy Evidence Lacking
TORRE: AFACT v iiNet Day 8 Anti Piracy Evidence Lacking
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Day eight of the trial between anti-piracy group AFACT and Aussie ISP iiNet. Today's proceedings centered around the quality of the evidence supplied to the court by AFACT. It was ascertained that AFACT likely counted breaches more than once, with one of their lawyers admitting that one method used was not 100% accurate.
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Day eight of the trial between anti-piracy group AFACT and Aussie ISP iiNet. Today's proceedings centered around the quality of the evidence supplied to the court by AFACT. It was ascertained that AFACT likely counted breaches more than once, with one of their lawyers admitting that one method used was not 100% accurate.
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Pingie: HTTP:: Pinch Media Talks Piracy in the App Store
HTTP:: Pinch Media Talks Piracy in the App Store
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Pinch Media, which offers application analytics for iPhone developers, has released a report (from 360iDev) talking about piracy in the App Store. According to the study, piracy for iPhone and iPod touch users is not an alternative to the “try before you buy†(trial versions) that Apple doesn’t support in the venue, but rather a method to just try an app and maybe even hold on to it. Pinch Media begins by revealing that, “It’s been months since we introduced jailbroken detection to our library, and we’ve begun to get a better understanding of the jailbroken ecosystem, which has remained reasonably steady. To date, Pinch Analytics has received data from approximately 4.0 million jailbroken devices. About 38%, or around a million and a half of those, have used a pirated application. This estimate is low â€" application pirates take steps to avoid detection â€" but it’s worth pointing out that an individual who jailbreaks their phone is not necessarily an indivi!
dual that steals applications.†“Many pirates argue that their piracy is legitimate, because it allows them to ‘try before they buy’ and therefore ensure they’re receiving good value for money,†Pinch Media’s report reveals further on. “To test this, we firs...
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Pinch Media, which offers application analytics for iPhone developers, has released a report (from 360iDev) talking about piracy in the App Store. According to the study, piracy for iPhone and iPod touch users is not an alternative to the “try before you buy†(trial versions) that Apple doesn’t support in the venue, but rather a method to just try an app and maybe even hold on to it. Pinch Media begins by revealing that, “It’s been months since we introduced jailbroken detection to our library, and we’ve begun to get a better understanding of the jailbroken ecosystem, which has remained reasonably steady. To date, Pinch Analytics has received data from approximately 4.0 million jailbroken devices. About 38%, or around a million and a half of those, have used a pirated application. This estimate is low â€" application pirates take steps to avoid detection â€" but it’s worth pointing out that an individual who jailbreaks their phone is not necessarily an indivi!
dual that steals applications.†“Many pirates argue that their piracy is legitimate, because it allows them to ‘try before they buy’ and therefore ensure they’re receiving good value for money,†Pinch Media’s report reveals further on. “To test this, we firs...
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Pingie: HTTP:: Major Character to Be Killed Off on NBC s Heroes
HTTP:: Major Character to Be Killed Off on NBC s Heroes
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The fourth season of the NBC series “Heroes†is slipping in ratings as compared with how the previous three seasons faired on air. As such, the producers are introducing new twists to the story, including one where Hayden Panettiere’s character kisses another girl. There is even more to come, E! Online writes, although this won’t necessarily be a pleasant surprise. Sources from the set are telling the aforementioned US publication that the producers will kill off a major male character in the upcoming episodes. This, as noted above, will be yet another move to revive interest in the show, after figures have shown that it slacked off recently. However, the name of the character and the manner in which he will come to meet his maker have not yet been made public â€" and neither will they be by the time the episode airs, E! assures. “Ouch. This one is going to leave a mark. Sources over on NBC’s Heroes confirm to me that a major death is in the works, and this i!
s not one that will go unnoticed by even the most casual fan. It is huge. So who is it? Well, you know how these things go... We can’t come right out and name any names. I will tell you that this leading character is a male. And he is one of the original cast. But I have to say that I, for one, will m...
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The fourth season of the NBC series “Heroes†is slipping in ratings as compared with how the previous three seasons faired on air. As such, the producers are introducing new twists to the story, including one where Hayden Panettiere’s character kisses another girl. There is even more to come, E! Online writes, although this won’t necessarily be a pleasant surprise. Sources from the set are telling the aforementioned US publication that the producers will kill off a major male character in the upcoming episodes. This, as noted above, will be yet another move to revive interest in the show, after figures have shown that it slacked off recently. However, the name of the character and the manner in which he will come to meet his maker have not yet been made public â€" and neither will they be by the time the episode airs, E! assures. “Ouch. This one is going to leave a mark. Sources over on NBC’s Heroes confirm to me that a major death is in the works, and this i!
s not one that will go unnoticed by even the most casual fan. It is huge. So who is it? Well, you know how these things go... We can’t come right out and name any names. I will tell you that this leading character is a male. And he is one of the original cast. But I have to say that I, for one, will m...
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Pingie: HTTP:: System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 non Windows OS Support
HTTP:: System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 non Windows OS Support
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Microsoft has announced recently that it has completed the work focused on delivering to customers Cooperative Technical Support in collaboration with Linux vendor Red Hat. Designed to boost support options for companies running heterogeneous IT environments, the Cooperative Technical Support streamlines the use of Windows Server platforms and Red Hat Enterprise Linux with virtualization solutions from both companies. In addition, Microsoft has also labored to ensure that its IT infrastructure management products embrace open-source software, including Linux and UNIX operating systems, specifically to support customers with mixed source environments. “Microsoft provides the systems management tools, via System Center suite, to manage physical and virtual IT systems and applications, including non-Windows software such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux. We do a world-class job of managing Red Hat Enterprise Linux, so customers can use one pane of glass to manage their legacy U!
nix and Linux environments together with their Windows Server environments,†revealed Mike Neil, general manager of Windows Server and Server Virtualization. Microsoft has tweaked Operations Manager 2007 R2 in order to offer support for monitoring not just its own software, including Windows client and serve...
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Microsoft has announced recently that it has completed the work focused on delivering to customers Cooperative Technical Support in collaboration with Linux vendor Red Hat. Designed to boost support options for companies running heterogeneous IT environments, the Cooperative Technical Support streamlines the use of Windows Server platforms and Red Hat Enterprise Linux with virtualization solutions from both companies. In addition, Microsoft has also labored to ensure that its IT infrastructure management products embrace open-source software, including Linux and UNIX operating systems, specifically to support customers with mixed source environments. “Microsoft provides the systems management tools, via System Center suite, to manage physical and virtual IT systems and applications, including non-Windows software such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux. We do a world-class job of managing Red Hat Enterprise Linux, so customers can use one pane of glass to manage their legacy U!
nix and Linux environments together with their Windows Server environments,†revealed Mike Neil, general manager of Windows Server and Server Virtualization. Microsoft has tweaked Operations Manager 2007 R2 in order to offer support for monitoring not just its own software, including Windows client and serve...
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Pingie: HTTP:: Free Windows Mobile 6 5 Update Released for Toshiba TG01
HTTP:: Free Windows Mobile 6 5 Update Released for Toshiba TG01
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One of the most powerful mobile phones that run under Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system is the Toshiba TG01, based on a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. Released only a few months ago on the market, the handset has had the Windows Mobile 6.1 platform on board until now, when its maker made available both an update for the most recent flavor of the OS as well as a new version of TG01, one that has WM 6.5 right from the start. The Toshiba TG01 can already be purchased in various European countries, and Toshiba has just posted a free upgrade to Windows Mobile 6.5 on its European website. Here's what the company says about the solution: “This new software will make your current TG01 a Windows phone, running Windows Mobile 6.5. This will give you access to the Microsoft Marketplace applications store and My Phone, together with a choice of home screens.†According to the company, users will also have to ensure that their handset meets certain requirements before p!
roceeding with the update, namely, that the battery is fully charged, or that the update is necessary. In order to check whether the update applies, one should go to Start > Settings > System > About > Version, where they will learn whether the handset runs under Windows Mobile 6.5 or Windows Mobile...
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One of the most powerful mobile phones that run under Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system is the Toshiba TG01, based on a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. Released only a few months ago on the market, the handset has had the Windows Mobile 6.1 platform on board until now, when its maker made available both an update for the most recent flavor of the OS as well as a new version of TG01, one that has WM 6.5 right from the start. The Toshiba TG01 can already be purchased in various European countries, and Toshiba has just posted a free upgrade to Windows Mobile 6.5 on its European website. Here's what the company says about the solution: “This new software will make your current TG01 a Windows phone, running Windows Mobile 6.5. This will give you access to the Microsoft Marketplace applications store and My Phone, together with a choice of home screens.†According to the company, users will also have to ensure that their handset meets certain requirements before p!
roceeding with the update, namely, that the battery is fully charged, or that the update is necessary. In order to check whether the update applies, one should go to Start > Settings > System > About > Version, where they will learn whether the handset runs under Windows Mobile 6.5 or Windows Mobile...
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Pingie: HTTP:: GTA Chinatown Wars Hints IV DS
HTTP:: GTA Chinatown Wars Hints IV DS
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The first GTA to hit the DS, Chinatown Wars, tells the story of Huang Lee, a triad member in the modern Liberty City. Huang flies form China to deliver a ceremonial sword to Wu “Kenny†Lee and ensure the Triad inheritance. But things do not go as smoothly as planned, and Huang loses the sword shortly upon arrival in LC. He is robbed, shot and left for dead, only to survive and swear vengeance.The title uses a cel-shaded 3D Engine and implements the classic, mission-based GTA gameplay, also incorporating the newer features of the franchise, like the safehouse, where you can store cars and items or replay completed missions. The game also features a GPS, to help you navigate Liberty City more easily.The gamer can also engage in different drug trades, buying Coke, Heroin, Acid, Weed and other narcotics only to sell them for a bigger price, through the PDA system, but they need to be careful. Buying in bulk can attract the unwanted attention of the police, causing an immedi!
ate increase in the wanted level. Hijacking drug vans is also a money-making possibility, as players can drive them back to their safe house to retrieve the drugs or the money, if the transaction has already been made.The game is published by Rockstar Games, Inc., developed by Rockstar Leeds and has be...
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The first GTA to hit the DS, Chinatown Wars, tells the story of Huang Lee, a triad member in the modern Liberty City. Huang flies form China to deliver a ceremonial sword to Wu “Kenny†Lee and ensure the Triad inheritance. But things do not go as smoothly as planned, and Huang loses the sword shortly upon arrival in LC. He is robbed, shot and left for dead, only to survive and swear vengeance.The title uses a cel-shaded 3D Engine and implements the classic, mission-based GTA gameplay, also incorporating the newer features of the franchise, like the safehouse, where you can store cars and items or replay completed missions. The game also features a GPS, to help you navigate Liberty City more easily.The gamer can also engage in different drug trades, buying Coke, Heroin, Acid, Weed and other narcotics only to sell them for a bigger price, through the PDA system, but they need to be careful. Buying in bulk can attract the unwanted attention of the police, causing an immedi!
ate increase in the wanted level. Hijacking drug vans is also a money-making possibility, as players can drive them back to their safe house to retrieve the drugs or the money, if the transaction has already been made.The game is published by Rockstar Games, Inc., developed by Rockstar Leeds and has be...
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