Monty Python Crew To Reunite For Movie

28 January 2012

dutchwhizzman writes "The surviving members of Monty Python have announced they will make a new movie. It will be titled Absolutely Anything. Graham Chapman won't be there to join them anymore, but they think the movie will still be in the spirit of L...

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Deathmatch On Mars: an Interview With Warren Ellis

28 January 2012

pigrabbitbear writes "Iconic comic book writer (Transmetropolitan, Planetary, Red), cult novelist (Crooked Little Vein), futurist intellectual, and beloved Internet curmudgeon, Warren Ellis, known for his impassioned arguments for space travel, talks ...

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F-BOMB $50 surveillance computer hides in your CO detector, cracks your WiFi

28 January 2012

What happens when you take a PogoPlug, add 8GB of flash storage, some radios (WiFi, GPS) and perhaps a few sensors, then stuff everything in a 3D-printed box? You get the F-BOMB (Falling or Ballistically-launched Object that Makes Backdoors), a batter...

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Theophilus London Brings His Unique Style to Sundance

28 January 2012

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Mega Aftermath: Upheaval In Pirate Warez Land

28 January 2012

While last week's shutdown of MegaUpload is of huge interest in itself, but a wave of aftershocks and side-effects are proving equally fascinating to watch. In addition to causing all sorts of problems for legitimate users of file-sharing services, there is no avoiding the fact that certain elements of the piracy scene are in a mess. But amazingly, still the beat goes on.Source: Mega Aftermath: Upheaval In Pirate Warez Land

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New Privacy Laws Could Boost EU Cloud Industry

28 January 2012

sweetpea86 writes "Cloud providers based in the European market could turn the fear, uncertainty and doubt around data protection and the U.S. Patriot Act to their advantage, according to Andy Burton, chairman of the Cloud Industry Forum. The only way...

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Google tells Android devs to kick the menu button to the curb, seriously you guys

28 January 2012

If you've seen Ice Cream Sandwich and the Galaxy Nexus in action, then it should be clear that the menu button has no future in the Android ecosystem. In order to drive that point home, Google has posted over at the Android Developer blog urging app c...

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Plasmonic cloak makes objects invisble, but only in the microwave region of the spectrum

28 January 2012

Okay, so we're not up to USS Pegasus levels yet, but for the first time researchers have been able to cloak a three dimensional object. Don't start planning your first trip to the Hogwarts library restricted section just yet though, the breakthrough i...

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iPhone 4S’s Siri Is a Bandwidth Guzzler

28 January 2012

Frankie70 writes "'Siri's dirty little secret is that she's a bandwidth guzzler, the digital equivalent of a 10-miles-per-gallon Hummer H1.' A study by Arieso shows that users of the iPhone 4S demand three times as much data as iPhone 3G users and twi...

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Tamron and Kenko bring third-party glass to the Micro Four Thirds bash

28 January 2012

The fresh trend of Micro Four Thirds shooters is on the rise, thus it shouldn't come as a surprise that more glass-makers are jumping on the MFT bandwagon. Joining the likes of Panasonic, Olympus and Kodak as part of the Micro Four Thirds Group, is a...

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