$110 Million Bill For TorrentSpy
BitTorrent portal TorrentSpy has been ordered by a Federal Court Judge in Los Angeles to pay a $110 million fine to the movie industry in compensation for facilitating piracy.
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Ebay video listings from Vzaar
Vzaar founded by Ken Moss in April 2007 has developed an application to provides video to eBay sellers, giving them both a video for their eBay listings and an embedable video with links to the sellers eBay page for other sites.
To use, users record a video of their item, upload it to Vzaar, then add it to their eBay listing of choice.
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Hydro Physio Lifestyle
The Hydro Physio Lifestyle range has been designed to harness the unique benefits of water exercising to improve the health, fitness and wellbeing of individuals performing at the top of their profession or those looking for a less stressful method of training.
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Virus infested ‘Recertified’ iPhones
Ouch… news.com has reported on that a customer bought a refurbished iPod Touch through Buy.com for $99 and it was infected/infested with a trojan that quietly installs a backdoor on your Windows system.
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Sony Ericsson Profits Crash 48%
Sony Ericsson this week has revealed some particularly nasty Q1 figures. Profits have crashed a huge 48 per cent to €133m while sales also fell eight per cent compared to the same year ago quarter.
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Honda Assist Walking Device
Honda began research of its walking assist device in 1999 with a goal to provide more people with the joy of mobility. Currently, the device has entered into the feasibility stage. The compact design of the device was achieved with flat brushless motors and a control system developed by Honda. Honda began research of a walking assist device in 1999 with a goal to provide more people with the joy of mobility. Currently, the device has entered into the feasibility stage. Honda is planning to offer interested attendees an opportunity to wear and experience this walking assist device at the Honda booth at BARRIER FREE 2008.
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Asustek to Launch Asus Eee with a 10″ Screen
Asustek plans to launch a new version of the Eee PC with a 10-inch screen. Jerry Shen, the CEO of Asustek, said during a news conference in Taipei.
“The feedback we’ve received from users has been great. Many have asked us for bigger screens and better usability. That’s what made us start developing the Eee PC 900,”People are asking for bigger keypads and more software as well, issues the company continues to work on.
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Waiterless Restaurant - Baggers in Nuremberg
The Baggers restaurant in Nuremberg is fully automated removing the need for waiters. Customers use touch-screen TVs to browse the menu and choose their meal. The meal is prepared by a human chef 
and then when it is ready, the meal is put in a pot and given a sticker and a colour to match the customer’s seat. Then it is put on the rails and despatched downhill to the correct table.
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Microsoft Surface launching April 17th… with AT&T
Microsoft has choosen AT&T to launch the world’s first Surface into retail. Shoppers in New York, Atlanta, San Antonio, and San Francisco will be treated to what amounts to the novelty (at least initially) of learning about a device (Samsung BlackJack II, pictured) by simply placing it atop the Surface.
Microsoft Surface is a 30-inch table-like display that gives individuals or multiple people the opportunity to interact with devices and content in a way that feels familiar — by using touch, gestures and placement of devices on the display. In essence, it’s a surface come to life for exploring, learning, sharing, creating, buying and much more.
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iPassConnect - combines Wi-Fi and 3G into one simple service
Since most Wi-Fi hotspot services have limited coverage, mobile professionals often must cobble together access through a complicated and expensive combination of high hourly or day rates and individual subscriptions for their favorite cafés, local airport, and preferred hotel chains. With broadband speeds generally only available outdoors and in major cities, 3G alone is not a complete solution either
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iPass combines Wi-Fi and 3G into one simple service so that busy road warriors cam choose the option that best suits their situation. This service aims to fight for market share with WiFi Internet access plans from companies like Boingo, and with iPass claiming over 95,000 WiFi hotspots worldwide, the gauntlet has clearly been thrown.
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Flexible Silicon Chips Create Opportunities for Biomedical Implants
Normally fragile and brittle silicon chips have been made to bend and fold, paving the way for a new generation of flexible electronic devices such as biomedical implants, advanced brain implants, health monitors or smart clothing. These complex devices consist of concertina-like folds of ultra-thin silicon bonded to sheets of rubber.
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Firefox 3 arriving soon
Good news for Mozilla Firefox fans. The latest version of Firefox will be released in June 2008. The Firefox 3 AKA Gran Paradiso is claimed to be much more stable than “anything else out there”. This Internet Explorer competitor features enhanced security level and allows users to run websites when they are not connected to the Internet. The new Firefox 3 also uses less computer memory than Firefox 2.Good news for Mozilla Firefox fans. The latest version of Firefox will be released in June 2008. The Firefox 3 AKA Gran Paradiso is claimed to be much more stable than “anything else out there”. This Internet Explorer competitor features enhanced security level and allows users to run websites when they are not connected to the Internet. The new Firefox 3 also uses less computer memory than Firefox 2.
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LG Unveils LH2300 Touchscreen Web Phone
LG has just unveiled its new touchscreen web phone called the LH2300. With full net browsing - and a 3-inch 800 x 480(Wide VGA) resolution touchscreen to view it, helped along by a Quick Search Icon for direct access to main portals, Internet hot keys and a jog wheel. It features a 3-inch touchscreen display, Bluetooth 2.0, 3.0-megapixel camera, microSD card slot, and a T-DMB digital TV tuner. Available next month in Korea, priced at $600
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Nintendo bottoms out on Greenpeace scores
Greenpeace releases a “Guide to Greener Electronics” guide on a regular basis which tracks how “green” technology companies are on a scale from 0-10. Their latest guide features 18 companies, and Nintendo came in dead last. Greenpeace said Microsoft, Philips and Panasonic also scored fairly low, with 4.7, 4.3 and 4.7 respectively.
Not only did they come in dead last, they scored only a measly 0.3 of 10. Their closest competitor (Philips) scored a full four points higher. There are a total of nine different categories that are taken into account for the score. Apparently the only thing Nintendo managed to do was establish a Green Procurement Standards for Suppliers. They weren’t able to actually provide this information, only mention that they had it. That gave them a “Partially Bad” on Chemicals Management, and “Bad” on everything else.
Via Reg Hardware Via Slashgear
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Virus Spreading Digital Photo Frames from China
Computer Associates has uncovered the Mocmex virus embedded into a digital photo frame made in China. According to SANS, they have found more than four other trojans in different brand of photo frames sold at Best-buy, Costco, Target, and Sam’s Club. Computer Associates also has traces of the virus backdoored to a specific group in China. If you have concerns with recent purchase of your digital photo frames, I suggest you read the report the how-to and SANS contact information from San Francisco Chronicle.
The Mocmex was first identified as a Trojan horse that collected online games passwords, further studies has revealed its ability to get around more than hundred antivirus vendors and Windows security layers. The malware infected PC only ( Winblow !, what else?), and known to download files and hid them randomly with hard to trace patterns, it would then propagated to another PC or other portable storage device as a shelter as soon as it’s plugged into one. CA says Mocmex’s strength is more than just a simple game-password collector, it has the potential for a much bigger attack with its nature to collect personal and private data.
Via Slashgear
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