Dell Mini 5 tablet integrates with Amazon’s Kindle to challange Apple’s iPad
Submitted by Seher Dhillon on Thu, 03/11/2010 - 11:18The Dell Mini 5 tablet computer is all set to make its presence felt in a range of colors, leaked information originally posted on Engadget claimed.
The leaked document described the Snapdragon-powered device as "Streak". The upcoming tablet will be equipped with a front-facing video camera, a dock connector and capacitive touch-screen.
EFF reveals Apple’s secret iPhone developers agreement
Submitted by Sunil Kumar on Thu, 03/11/2010 - 10:30Apple’s contracts with iPhone developers have been brought to light by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, in a move that provided experts with a chance to scrutinize the contracts.
The terms of the contracts have been described as ‘troubling’ by the EFF as the App store developers even require written permission to talk about the contracts. The EFF also described Apple as "a jealous and arbitrary feudal lord".
ICANN to re-consider .xxx domains
Submitted by Seher Dhillon on Thu, 03/11/2010 - 09:58The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers, which decides on the availability of new web addresses, will re-consider a proposal to create an internet domain suffix for adult websites.
ICM Registry has proposed that there should be “.xxx” top-level domain for adult websites instead of “.com”.
The net’s governing body ICANN had previously agreed to .xxx suffix for the adult sites, but it protests from the conservative groups forced it to retreat.
Best Buy teams up with Panasonic to sell 3D TVs in the US
Submitted by Seher Dhillon on Thu, 03/11/2010 - 09:50United States’ leading electronics retailer Best Buy has teamed up with Japan’s Panasonic Corp. to exclusively sell its first 3D TV home-entertainment system bundle in the US.
The bundle, which costs $2,899.99 in total, includes a 50-inch plasma 3D Viera set, a Blu-ray based disc player and viewing glasses.
The bundle was made available for purchase on Wednesday via Minneapolis-based Best Buy's Magnolia Home Theater unit.
Colorado man charged with TSA computer tampering
Submitted by Seher Dhillon on Thu, 03/11/2010 - 08:38A federal grand jury has indicted a Colorado man named Douglas James Duchak on charges that he attempted to damage a Transportation Security Administration database.
Forty-six-year-old Douglas James Duchak has been indicted with two counts of sabotaging protected computers. Duchak reportedly attempted to transmit a code that would have damaged a computer that contained a terrorist screening database.
He tried to damage the computer database after he was told his job as a data analyst would be terminated.
Virgin Media to offer TiVo set-top boxes before the end of 2010
Submitted by Seher Dhillon on Thu, 03/11/2010 - 08:36Virgin Media has confirmed that it would bring TiVo software to its set top boxes in the UK later this year.
The return of the vastly popular American digital video recorder to the UK will help Virgin in developing its next-generation set-top boxes.
Choosing video on demand services or boxed sets will become a lot easier with TiVo service. As the the two firms will try to combine online video on demand services like YouTube and BBC iPlayer with conventional programming and DVR capabilities.
Prof Druckmuller captures pictures of solar corona
Submitted by Seher Dhillon on Thu, 03/11/2010 - 07:22The temperature at the solar corona, which is a layer of plasma gas, soars up to two million degrees Celsius, making it impossible to see it without a total eclipse.
The corona of the sun is ten times as dense as its centre and produces just about a millionth as much light, which means that it can be seen only at a time when total eclipse hides the whole of the sun.
Fifty-six-year old Professor Miloslav Druckmuller of the Brno University of Technology in the Czech Republic has managed to capture extraordinary photos of the solar corona.
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