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(Wired.com) Search and advertising giant Google plans to build and test super fast fiber-optic broadband networks in a few communities around the U.S., promising up to a one gigabit per second service — a hundred-fold increase over what most Americans currently can subscribe to. A 1 Gbps could let a user download a HD movie [...]
- In: Technology
- Tags: broadband, consumer, Google, internet, ultra-fast
Miniature Robots to Swarm the Oceans
10, Nov 2009(livescience.com) Swarms of soup-can-sized robots will soon plunge into the ocean seeking data on poorly understood phenomena from currents to biology. With $2.5 million in new funding from the National Science Foundation, researchers at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography will create and deploy fleets of autonomous underwater explorers (AUEs) to explore the depths. Tens [...]
- In: Science|Technology
- Tags: minature, ocean, robot
Nov. 10, 1983: Computer ‘Virus’ Is Born
10, Nov 2009(Wired.com) 1983: Fred Cohen, a University of Southern California graduate student, gives a prescient peek at the digital future when he demonstrates a computer virus during a security seminar at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania. A quarter-century later, computer viruses have become a pandemic for which there’s no inoculation. Cohen inserted his proof-of-concept code into a [...]
- In: Technology
- Tags: 1983, apple, computer, virus
(inthemix.com ) If a massive chunk of the world’s dance music fanatics go into a state of feverish anticipation everytime a new Renaissance release from South American progressive god Hernan Cattaneo is on the horizon, it’s for good reason – the effort Hernan goes to when crafting one of his compilations usually means the [...]
- In: Music
(ibeats.co.uk) Pioneering International DJ, producer and label boss Sander Kleinenberg is back with an impressive new mix compilation called ‘This Is Sander Kleinenberg 2’ on Little Mountain Recordings. This release showcases Sanders’ unique and forward thinking DJ sets, reflecting his legendary club night of the same name which has touched down at major cities all [...]
- In: Music
- Tags: dj, house, kleinenberg, sander, this is sander kleinenberg 2
Badass Supercar; C8 Aileron Spyder
8, Sep 2009(Wired.com) In the rarefied world of supercars, some names stand alone. Ferrari. Bugatti. Lamborghini. But there are all kinds of boutique automakers producing small numbers of outrageously expensive and stunningly quick cars, and Spyker has to be one of the coolest. The Dutch company has been building sports cars at a rate of about 60 [...]
(Wired.com) Biologists have figured out the most efficient way to destroy an ecosystem — and it’s based on the Google search algorithm. Scientists have long known that the extinction of key species in a food web can cause collapse of the entire system, but the vast number of interactions between species makes it difficult [...]
Tom Ford Autumn/Winter 2009/2010 Ad Campaign
3, Sep 2009(Fashionising.com) Tom Ford seems to ooze it; sex appeal that is. In fact, he does so to such an extent that the advert for the Tom Ford Grey Vetiver scent features not a model but the designer himself. When it comes to advertising the Tom Ford Autumn (Fall)/Winter 2009/2010 collection, however, it’s a different story. [...]
Formula One: Fisichella Signs Ferrari
3, Sep 2009(bbcnews.com) Giancarlo Fisichella will drive for Ferrari for the rest of the 2009 Formula 1 season before taking a new role as their reserve driver in 2010. The Italian, 36, will replace Luca Badoer as stand-in for the injured Felipe Massa for the final five races. “It has always been an ambition,” said Fisichella, who [...]
- In: Auto
- Tags: f1, ferrari, fisichella, formula one
Obama Photo Reminds of Kennedy Moment
3, Sep 2009(bbcnews.com) The US White House has released a photograph of President Barack Obama’s daughter Sasha sneaking up on her father as he works in the Oval Office. The image has drawn comparisons with the famous 1963 image of John F Kennedy Jnr playing underneath the Oval Office desk as his father reads documents. That picture [...]
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- In: Lifestyle