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IPhone Gets Video Recording Capability
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processor (Infinion’s SGOLD-2), most notably hardware-supported, on-the-fly crunching of the incoming video stream. The second restriction is purely commercial as you will have to pay $19.95 to fully enjoy the application. The unregistered evaluation version...
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Greenpeace Ranks Nintendo Least Eco-Friendly Electronics Company
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the eco-friendliness of the Xbox 360, the PlayStation 3 and the Wii. While the report found that all three consoles were well within the restrictions of the European Union’s RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances), Pthalates (believed to interfere in sexual...
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Report: Apple Pitching $30/mo iTunes TV Service
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Peter Kafka says no programmer has made a firm commitment yet, the networks are said to be "intrigued by the idea." Details are scant, so there's no word on whether this will be an "all you can eat" type service or if Apple will impose some sort of restriction....
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Philips Eco TV Wins Best of Show at CES 2008
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the same size) while active, and that consumes less than 0.15 Watts in standby mode. In addition, the Eco FlatTV makes other concessions to the environment. Most important, the construction complies with ROHS (Restriction of Hazardous Materials Directive, a...
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Hacker Posts Personal Details of 6 million Chileans Online
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this kind of information can only be used for political reasons in the US, Chile apparently doesn’t enforce that kind of restriction. The hacker also reportedly claimed that the files contained academic information on the daughter of Michelle Bachlet, the...
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Adobe Acrobat 9: PDF Gets Movie Support, Goes SaaS
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accordance with instructions provided by [the user] through use of the services and as otherwise provided in the Adobe Online Privacy Policy." The most obvious restriction is storage space. Adobe already says that "retains the right to create reasonable limits...
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Rogers Caves to Public Pressure, Offers Customers Sane Data Plan
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early protesters. 6GB for $30 is the biggest data bucket officially offered yet by the Canadian GSM carrier, and bests even the $115 2GB iPhone plan originally presented. The only restriction placed on the 6GB limit for $30 offer is that it must be on a three-year...
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Captain Kirk Rakes In Real Dough From Virtual Autographs
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the name of a business (according to Liveautographs.com’s frequently asked questions page), one journalist seems to have gotten around the restriction. Michael Arrington of TechCrunch.com purchased a signed photo from the site way back in May and just received...
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European Union Says iPod Must Die
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details on how to remove the battery safely." This is not the first time Apple has come up against a brick wall with Europe. 2006 saw the implementation of the Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive (wiki), new limitations set in the usage of lead, mercury,...
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Comcast To Offer 50 Mbps Service
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limit on October 1. As originally reported, the company claimed that the new limit is more than enough for its customers, and will more than likely never surpass the limit. But considering the consumers who purchases games and movies online, this restriction...