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Auto-Tuned Sagan Strike Again With The Case for Mars [Space]
by Chemmyone on Jun.05, 2010, under 2, 2010, 3, 303, 3D, 5, 7, 7d, A4, ANT, AR, Ac, Ad, Add, Ads, Ai, Ants, Astronomy, Auto, Bell, Bp, Button, Case, Clips, Display, Ds, E, EC, Ea, Et, Fb, Feeds, Ge, Gizmo, Hd, History, Home Automation, Id, Im, In, Isp, La, Labels, MSN, Mars, Mic, Mod, Ms, Music, My, Nbc, News, Of, One, Orb, Orbit, Os, PI, Pad, Padd, Pixel, Play, Q, RSS, Rc, Rv, Space, Style, TI, TV, Tag, Tea, Techno, Technology, The case for mars, Trike, Tron, Us, V, Vide, Video, Watch, X1, age, and, autotune, buttons, car, carl sagan, cat, clear, color, de, ff, gizmodo, images, kin, mid, om, order, quant, serve, tech, why, world
“Mars is a world of wonders” sings Carl Sagan . And he’s right. Here you can see him telling us why we should go now, instead of staying in orbit looking into our belly buttons. [ Cosmic Log ] More
Watch BP Place A Containment Dome On The Broken Oil Pipe [Bp]
by Chemmyone on Jun.04, 2010, under 2, 2010, 3, 5, 7, 7d, ANT, AR, Abc, Ac, Ad, Add, Ads, Ai, Ants, Bp, Bp oil disaster, Ces, Display, Ds, E, EC, Ea, Et, Feeds, Ge, Gizmo, Gm, Hd, Home Automation, Id, Im, In, Io, Ion, Isp, La, Labels, Leak, Men, Mod, Nes, News, Of, Oil, Oil disaster, One, PI, Pad, Padd, Pixel, Play, Pr, Pro, Q, RSS, Rc, Robot, Rv, Style, TI, TV, Tag, Top, Up, Us, V, Vide, Video, Watch, X1, age, and, broken, bus, business, cat, clear, color, construction, de, ff, gizmodo, images, kin, live, mess, mid, oil spill, om, order, quant, serve, tech, ted
BP has managed to cut the top off the broken oil riser pipe and is in the process of getting a containment dome mounted over the mess. You can watch the process live here . [ ABC ] More
ThunderCats Ho! New Anime Cartoon Network Series Planned [Anime]
by Chemmyone on Jun.03, 2010, under 17, 1980S, 2, 2010, 2D, 3, 3D, 5, 7, 7d, ANT, AR, Ac, Ad, Add, Ads, Animation, Anime, Ants, Art, Ati, Bp, C6, Cartoon, Cartoon Network, Cats, Content, D3, Display, Ds, E, E3, EC, Ea, Et, Fb, Ge, Gizmo, Hd, Home Automation, I4, ISS, Id, Ie, Im, In, Io, Ion, Isp, La, Labels, Men, Ming, Mod, NK, Net, News, Nostalgia, Of, One, Os, PI, Pad, Padd, Pixel, Play, Port, Q, RSS, Rc, Rv, SF, Style, TI, TV, Tag, Tent, The cartoon network, Thundercats series, Uk, V, Via, Wood, X1, age, car, cat, clear, color, de, ff, gizmodo, hollywood, images, matrix, mid, mission, network, nin, om, order, plan, quant, rom, series, serve, sfx, sight, studio, tech, television, thunder, thundercats, vision, work
Grab your sword of omens, we need sight beyond sight! Yes, the ThunderCats are planning a return, with the Cartoon Network commissioning an anime series from the same studio that did The Animatrix . [ HollywoodReporter via SFX ] More
Sir Patrick Stewart: Britain’s Newest Knight [Congratulations]
by Chemmyone on Jun.03, 2010, under 17, 2, 2010, 3, 3g, 5, 7, 787, 7d, ANT, AR, Ac, Act, Ad, Add, Ads, Ai, Ants, Art, Ati, Bp, Britain, Display, Ds, E, EC, Ea, Entertainme, Et, Fb, Ge, Gizmo, Happy, Hd, Home Automation, ITA, Id, Ie, Im, In, Io, Ion, Ir, Isp, Knight, Knighthood, La, Labels, Make, Men, Mod, News, Of, One, Os, PI, Pad, Padd, Pixel, Play, Q, RSS, Rc, Rv, Science, Science Fiction, Sir patrick stewart, Star Trek, StarTrek, Style, TI, TV, Tag, Trek, Tricks, Ui, Uk, Us, V, Vide, Video, War, Wes, X-men, X1, age, and, app, bbc, brita, car, cat, clear, color, congratulations, d8, de, entertainment, ff, gizmodo, images, ions, kin, meme, mid, nex, next, om, order, patrick stewart, quant, serve, star, tar, tech, ted, trick
Actor Patrick Stewart of Star Trek: The Next Generation and X-Men fame has been knighted at Buckingham Palace. I’m quite happy for him, but I just hope that “Make it Sir!” doesn’t turn into a meme now. [ BBC ] More
United States’ First Megaplex Closing Before End of Year [Lifechanger]
by Chemmyone on Jun.03, 2010, under 2, 2010, 3, 40D, 5, 7, 7d, ANT, AR, Ac, Ad, Add, Ads, Amc, Amc grand megaplex, Ants, Art, Ati, Bp, C6, Content, Dallas, Dc, Display, Ds, Dust, E, EC, Ea, Et, FP, Ge, Gizmo, HTML, Hd, Home Automation, Id, Ie, Im, In, Industry, Io, Ion, Ir, Isp, La, Labels, Lifechanger, Mod, N1, News, Of, One, Os, Ovi, PI, Pad, Padd, Pixel, Play, Q, RSS, Rc, Red, Rv, Sad, Screens, Stories, Style, TI, TV, Tag, Tat, Tent, Test, Us, V, X1, age, and, cat, change, clear, color, d8, de, ff, first, gizmodo, images, late, life, mid, movie, movies, om, order, quant, screen, serve, tech, ted, theater, theaters, unit
In 1995, the AMC Grand opened in Dallas. It had 24 screens and it changed the movie theater industry: It was the United States’ first megaplex. Sadly, the theater will close on November 30
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British Airways Ad Implies Osama Bin Laden Is A Frequent Flyer [Airlines]
by Chemmyone on Jun.03, 2010, under 2, 2010, 2D, 3, 3D, 5, 7, 7d, A4, ANT, AR, Ac, Ad, Add, Ads, Advert, Ai, Air, Airline, Ants, Ati, Bp, British, British Airways, Dc, Display, Ds, E, EC, Ea, Error, Et, F2, Gdc, Ge, Gizmo, Hd, Home Automation, ISS, Id, Ie, Im, In, Intern, Io, Ion, Ir, Isp, La, Labels, Led, Les, Mod, Nes, News, One, Os, Osama Bin Laden, PI, Pad, Padd, Pixel, Play, Pr, Pro, Q, RNA, RSS, Ram, Rc, Red, Rv, Style, Sue, TI, TV, Tag, Terror, Terrorism, Us, V, X1, age, airlines, and, bin, bump, cat, clear, color, de, down, download, ff, gizmodo, images, ions, magazine, mid, om, order, organ, paper, quant, que, serve, tech
Recently, British Airways advertised and discussed its downloadable, paperless boarding passes in an internal staff magazine called LHR News. There was something odd though: The sample boarding pass pictured in the magazine is issued to Mr. Osama Bin Laden . More
DivX Acquired By Sonic Solutions With Hollywood Streaming in Mind [DivX]
by Chemmyone on Jun.02, 2010, under 2, 3, 300, 5, 7, 787, 7d, ANT, AR, Ac, Acquisitions, Act, Ad, Ads, Ants, Bp, CDs, Codec, Content, Content Delivery, Corporations, DVDs, Display, DivX, Downloads, Ds, E, EC, Ea, Et, Gizmo, HTML, Hd, Help, Home Automation, Id, Ie, Im, In, Intern, Io, Ion, Ir, Isp, La, Labels, Legal, Mergers, Ming, Mod, Movie Downloads, Multimedia, Net, News, Ny, Of, One, Ovi, PI, Pet, Ping, Pixel, Platform, Play, Port, Q, RSS, Rc, Red, Roxio, Rv, Solutions, Sonic, SonicSolutions, Stream, Streaming, Style, TI, TV, Tent, The Internet, Ui, Us, V, Vide, Video, Wise, Wood, ally, and, ash, business, cat, clear, cnet, code, current, dash, de, down, download, dvd, ff, future, gizmodo, hollywood, internet, ions, kin, live, media, mid, mind, movie, om, order, quant, serve, tech, ted, time, work
DivX Inc, the company that owns the codec which made your early 2000s movie downloads look actually not too bad, is being acquired by Sonic Solutions, a content delivery company, for a reported $300 million. Sonic’s been working in circular media like CDs and DVDs for years—they own the popular Roxio brand—but is now looking to the internet as the content delivery platform of the future. DivX, a current competitor of Sonic’s, has been helping deliver video content to internet users, legally and otherwise, for years. More
Google Chrome OS Launching "Late Fall" [Google]
by Chemmyone on Jun.02, 2010, under 2, 2010, 3, 5, 7, 7d, ANT, AR, Ac, Ad, Ads, Ai, Ants, Art, Bp, Cam, Chrome, ChromeOs, Computex, D3, Display, Ds, Dust, E, EC, Ea, Eu, F2, Ge, Gizmo, Google, Google Chrome, Google Chrome OS, Hd, Home Automation, Id, Im, In, Ir, Isp, La, Labels, Launch, Mod, News, Of, One, Operating Systems, Os, PI, Pixel, Play, Q, RSS, Rc, Reuters, Rv, Show, Style, Sun, TI, TV, Tag, Taiwan, Tat, Techno, Technology, Us, V, artic, cat, chrome os, clear, confirmed, de, dna, fall, ff, gizmodo, kin, late, mid, om, order, quant, rom, serve, source, tech
Speaking at the Computex show in Taiwan, Google’s Chrome head Sundar Pichai confirmed that Chrome OS is on track for a “late fall” launch. [ Reuters ] More
Hulu Coming to Xbox Live? [Unconfirmed]
by Chemmyone on Jun.02, 2010, under 17, 2, 2010, 3, 303, 360, 5, 5D, 7, 7d, ANT, AR, Ac, Ad, Add, Ads, Ants, Art, Bp, Console, Display, Ds, E, E3, EC, Ea, Et, F1, Gadget, Games, Ge, Gear, Gizmo, Hd, Home Automation, Hulu, Hulu on xbox live, Id, Im, In, Io, Ion, Ir, Isp, La, Labels, Mic, Ming, Mod, Ms, News, Of, One, Os, PI, Pad, Padd, Pixel, Platform, Play, Q, RSS, Rc, Rumors, Rv, Service, Style, Subs, TI, TV, Tag, V, Via, Vide, Video, Video Games, X1, Xbox, Xbox Live, age, app, artic, ash, bd, cat, clear, color, confirmed, dash, de, engadget, ff, game, gizmodo, hbo, images, live, micro, microsoft, mid, om, order, quant, rip, serve, source, sub, subscription, tech, unconfirmed
Apparently a “very reliable source” told the folks at GearLive that Microsoft will offer Hulu as an Xbox Live service—for a subscription fee, of course. [ Gear Live via Engadget ] More
Intel Trims Netbooks To Just Half an Inch Thick, Adds Dual-Core Atom CPUs [Intel]
by Chemmyone on Jun.01, 2010, under 2, 2010, 3, 3D, 5, 7, 7d, A4, A9, ANT, AR, Ac, Ad, Add, Ads, Ai, Ants, Ati, Atom, Books, Bp, CPU, CPUs, Canoe lake, Ces, Cia, Computex, Display, Ds, E, EC, Ea, Et, Ge, Gizmo, Hard, Hardware, Hd, Home Automation, Id, Im, In, Intel Atom, Io, Ion, Iphone, Isp, La, Labels, Light, Mod, Ms, NK, Net, Netbook, News, One, Os, PI, Pad, Padd, Pine Trail, Pixel, Play, Pr, Pro, Processor, Processors, Q, RSS, Rc, Rf, Rim, Rv, Style, TI, TV, Tag, Us, V, War, X1, age, app, book, broadcom, cat, clear, color, core, d425, d525, day, de, design, dual-core atom, ff, gizmodo, good, guts, hal, images, ims, intel, mid, n455, n475, netbooks, om, order, phone, pinetrail, power, pre, processing, quant, rail, serve, tech, unit, what
The bad news: Intel’s new dual-core Atom processors won’t be appreciably more powerful than what’s in your netbook now. The good news: a Pine Trail netbook reference design Intel introduced today at Computex is only slightly thicker than an iPhone. More
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