Month: August 2008 (Page 4 of 5)

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Published Blacklist Blocks Core Location Only?
Mac Rumors – DaringFireball.net clarifies that the published blacklist url likely only blocks malicious apps from accessing the iPhone’s Core Location functions. Core Location allows applications to detect the user’s location through GPS and Wi-Fi triangulation.

Iron Man Blu-ray Packs a Stark-Worthy Arsenal of Bonus Features
Gizmodo – The Blu-ray version of Iron Man has been available for preorder on Amazon for quite a while now, but no one knew exactly what they were buying (other than, you know, the movie itself). Now we know that the Ultimate Edition will be released September 30 and contain two discs packed with all sorts of good stuff, including the ability to check out Iron Man’s full suit in crazy-explicit detail:
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Remote iTunes Streaming to iPhone or iPod Touch?
Mac Rumors – A new patent application (as detailed by AppleInsider) by Apple reveals that Apple has been working on the ability for iPhone and iPod touch owners to wirelessly stream content from their at home iTunes library for use on the road.

NVIDIA Uncorking PhysX Support for GeForce Cards on August 12th
Engadget – It’s arriving a month later than anticipated, but at least it’s arriving (we hope). According to a first look at PhysX on NVIDIA’s GeForce cards, The Tech Report is reporting (ahem) that the graphical outfit will dish out new drivers that add PhysX support on August 12th. Continue reading

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New Apple Cinema Displays Finally at MWSF 2009?
Mac Rumors – Readers interested in new Apple Cinema Displays may have to wait just a bit longer. Apple has not significantly updated their Cinema Displays in years. Apple currently offers 20″, 23″ and 30″ monitors at $599, $899, and $1799, respectively. While Apple has introduced routine price drops and minor spec improvements, the displays have remained largely unchanged since June 2004.

EC Cuts a Slice of Spectrum for Vehicle-to-vehicle Communication
Engadget – It seems that Dash-like devices that rely on plain old GPRS for two-way vehicle communications could one day be a bit redundant in Europe, as the European Commission has just set aside a slice of spectrum that’s intended specifically to let vehicles communicate with each other. Continue reading

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MIT Team Working On a $12 Apple (II) Desktop
Slashdot – “A new project to create a $12 computer is underway at MIT, the same University that spawned the One Laptop Per Child non-profit laptop. The PCs will be loosely based on Apple 2 machines, first unveiled over 30 years ago, and the team are actively recruiting enthusiasts of the retro computer to help develop the new PC.”

Burning Question #234: how Deadly is Space?
mental_floss – Fifty years of movies that feature gory death scenes in which people are exposed to total vacuums (with decidedly gooey results) would have us believe that outer space is so incredibly hostile an environment that it can’t be withstood, even for a second. According to damn interesting (and some scientists with access to fancy vacuum chambers), that’s not entirely true.
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Microsoft Working On “post-Windows” Cloud Computing OS
Slashdot – “Microsoft is working on a web-based operating system called Midori, as it looks to life beyond Windows. Midori is expected to be a cloud-computing service, and so not as dependent on hardware as current generations of Windows”.

Scotty’s Final Mission
Slashdot – “According to Ars Technica, the ashes of James Doohan, who played “Scotty” in the original ‘Star Trek’ series and several movies, were aboard the SpaceX III launch and were lost when the launch vehicle failed.” Which totally wouldn’t have happened if Scotty was the engineer. Continue reading