European PS3 in March!
The fighting and looting to get one of the PS3 will be quite interesting since only 1 million of them will be release for the entire continent. Is that enough??
Source and Images: Engadget, Reuters Tech News
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Monday, January 22, 2007
It takes 21 SMS to make a cellphone thief repent!
Pan Aiying, a teacher in the eastern province of Shandong, had her bag containing her mobile phone, bank cards and 4,900 yuan (in dollars, in euros) snatched by a man riding a motorcycle as she cycled home on Friday. She tried calling her lost phone with her colleague's cell phone but was disconnected. Then she began sending text messages.
Here are some of those messages: "I'm Pan Aiying, a teacher from Wutou Middle School. You must be going through a difficult time. If so, I will not blame you," wrote Pan in her first text message which did not get a response.
"Keep the 4,900 yuan if you really need it, but please return the other things to me. You are still young. To err is human. Correcting your mistakes is more important than anything," Pan wrote.
When finally she thought that she wouldn't be able to retrieve her possessions, on her way out on Sunday morning, she stumbled over a package that had been left in her courtyard only to discover it was her stolen bag. Nothing had been taken.A letter inside the box said: "Dear Pan: I'm sorry. I made a mistake. Please forgive me. You are so tolerant even though I stole from you. I'll correct my ways and be an upright person."
I wonder if the "21 SMS technique" will work with every thief...
From: Reuters Tech News
DRM for HD-DVD and Blu-Ray cracked already!!
The "straight from Hollywood" DRM standard AACS (Advanced Access Content System) which is used both in HD-DVD and Blu-Ray was already cracked, according to a post in Engadget.
At this time, only the HD-DVD implementation of AACS cracking can be confirmed, but there are already some rumors that the Blu-Ray AACS implementation was cracked as well.
So, the search for an "uncrackable" DRM standard continues...
The question is: will these events affect in any way the acceptance of these new High Definition standards?
Need free pictures?
If you need free (or public domain) pictures for posting on your blog or for some document you need, you can use the Wikipedia's public domain pictures resource repository.
The pictures are categorized according to subject, such as Art, Music, History, etc...
Friday, January 19, 2007
The Nintendo Wii's "Before and After"
As I posted last November, Nintendo's Wii is good for exercising. But now, some proof is starting to come up. Check out Mickey's results:
Mickey DeLorenzo, a 25-year-old living in Philadelphia, decided to run an experiment for six whole weeks, and while he sought to keep his eating habits constant, he devoted 30 minutes per day to Wii Sports and monitored his weight, calories burned per session, body fat percentage and heart rate.
Mickey started out at 182 pounds, and after a month and a half of Wii workouts, managed to take his weight down to 172 pounds.
So, looking for a diet? Buy the new Nintendo Wii's Diet Program Pack...
Source and images: Engadget
Fight crime with your cell phone
New York City plans on recruiting average citizens armed with cell phone cameras to help fight crime. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said that the city plans to install new technology so that 911 call centers can receive digital images and videos sent from cell phones and computers.
"If you see a crime in progress or a dangerous building condition you'll be able to transmit images to 911 or online to NYC.gov," he said.
The technology will also eventually be extended to 311, a hot-line established during the mayor's first term in office to deal with nonemergency, quality-of-life concerns.
Source: CNET News
Wireless Energy????
CES 2007 was really a stage for wonderful ideas. A company, named eCoupled has presented a new infrastructure that will support wireless energy supply. It's the beginning of real cordless devices around the office. Excellent idea :-)
Check out this demo video:
Source: Peopleware (Portuguese)
Free Online TV
Wanna see free online TV? Check out CraftyTV. Dozens of recent movies, tv shows and live tv channels with reasonable quality.
Tip from Peopleware (Portuguese)
Google working on its own "iphone"?
Is Google really working on its own version of a iphone-like cellphone: the googlephone? Unnamed sources are saying that Google is teaming up with Samsung on the production of the Google Switch, a button-less touchscreen device only this time with GPS built-in for pinpoint navigation around Google Maps.
According to those unnamed sources, the device doesn't have any on-board storage. All applications are served up over the network with new apps "attached" to an account via a web interface.
Source and photos: Engadget
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Searching the Wikipedia
If you're like me, you're probably tired of using the search mechanism in Wikipedia. It just feels like it's not enough, mainly because most of the time you end up feeling that the results don't really reflect your search.
Anyway, a solution is here: Wikiseek.
Wikiseek is a search engine, kind of like Google, but specifically for Wikipedia. A lot more powerful than the Wikipedia search mechanism and you still get that Google-like interface that you're already used to.
Enjoy!
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