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Monthly Archives: December 2007

Half Of U.S. Households Have Digital TVs, Trade Group Says

Half Of U.S. Households Have Digital TVs, Trade Group Says

HDTVs are expected to account for 79% of DTV shipments in the United States next year, according to the Consumer Electronics Association.

http://www.informationweek.com/research/showArt

MIT leads way to free online schooling

**ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY DEC. 30**  Massachusetts Institute of Technology mathematics professor Gilbert Strang appears in his office on the campus of MIT, in Cambridge, Mass., Thursday, Dec. 13, 2007. An MIT initiative called "OpenCourseWare" makes virtually all the school's courses available online for free _ lecture notes, readings, tests and often video lectures. Strang's Math 18.06 course is among the most popular, with visitors downloading his lectures more than 1.3 million times since June alone. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)An MIT initiative called “OpenCourseWare” makes virtually all the school’s courses available online for free — lecture notes, readings, tests and often video lectures.

New Neowin Poll: Has your 360 died on you?

New Neowin Poll: Has your 360 died on you?

Do you say a little prayer before you turn on your 360?Not one to help you vanquish Earth of Covenant invaders or anything like that, but one that says "please don't let me see red." If you do, you're p…

Sony Leaves Rear-Projection TV Market

Sony Leaves Rear-Projection TV Market

Sony is dropping its money-losing rear-projection TV business worldwide to focus on two flat panel technologies - liquid crystal display and organic light-emitting diode, the company said Thursday. According…

Hackers Exploit Bhutto Assassination

Hackers Exploit Bhutto Assassination

Within hours of yesterday's assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, malware makers exploited the breaking news to dupe users into downloading attack code, security researchers said Fr…

Steal This Film 2 hits File Sharing Networks

Steal This Film 2 hits File Sharing Networks

Steal This Film 1, which was downloaded nearly 3 million times, has now been succeeded officially (as the sequel premiered and was ironically leaked last month) by none other than Steal This Film 2. B…

Amazon.com releases 'Best of 2007' Lists

Amazon.com releases 'Best of 2007' Lists

Amazon.com Incorporated has released its "Best of 2007" lists, which include the bestselling, most positively reviewed, most-wished-for and favourite gift products as determined by Amazon.com customers in…

Amazon.com releases ''Best of 2007'' Lists

Amazon.com releases ''Best of 2007'' Lists

Amazon.com Incorporated has released its "Best of 2007" lists, which include the bestselling, most positively reviewed, most-wished-for and favourite gift products as determined by Amazon.com customers …

i-Snake 'will transform surgery'

i-Snake 'will transform surgery'

Experts are developing a flexible surgical robot which they say could revolutionise keyhole surgery.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/7155635.stm

i-Snake 'will transform surgery'

i-Snake 'will transform surgery'

Experts are developing a flexible surgical robot which they say could revolutionise keyhole surgery.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/7155635.stm