Monsters and Critics

Pioneer offers 1080p with new Elite KURO Projector

9. May 2008, 11:24

According to Pioneer, its new home projector has been designed to “meet the needs of the most discerning entertainment connoisseurs” thanks to the delivery of industry-leading black levels and impressive 1080p picture performance. ... more

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UK government to use lie detectors to stop benefit cheats

9. May 2008, 11:23

In an aggressive scheme to clamp down on instances of benefit fraud, the UK government is providing £1.5 million GBP (approx. $3 million USD) in funding to help increase the spread of lie-detector technology throughout local authorities.

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Last.fm to power AOL’s re-launched online radio

9. May 2008, 11:21

Ahead of the official re-launch of its European online radio platform, Internet service provider America Online (AOL) has announced that the returning service will be powered by none other than popular Internet radio and music community Last.fm.

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Windows XP users up in arms after SP3 download

9. May 2008, 11:18

Microsoft Corp. may well have declared Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) officially open for download after applying a quick-fix access filter to avoid minor compatibility issues with retail management software Dynamics RMS, but it would appear the update is still far from stable.

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Enforced ID checks to stop underage videogame purchases

9. May 2008, 11:16

Long considered an area of contention in the United States, the sale of adult-themed videogames to minors could be on the cusp of being addressed with a much firmer hand should a new bipartisan bill introduced into the House on Wednesday be carried through into law.

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MySpace embraces data sharing with other Web sites

9. May 2008, 11:14

As social networks continually seek fresh ways to attract the registration of online members, News Corp’s MySpace has this week revealed that its service will soon broaden accessibility levels by allowing users to control and share their profile data with other popular Web destinations.

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Researchers urge AIDS rethink in Africa

8. May 2008, 23:55

On the twenty-fifth anniversary of the discovery of the AIDS virus, a team of scientists has warned that traditional prevention strategies are having a limited effect on the spread of the infection in sub-Saharan Africa.

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NASA set to boost supercomputer capacity

8. May 2008, 22:42

Space agency NASA will look to upgrade its processing capacity with the assistance of the Intel Corp and SGI to introduce a supercomputer capable of  1,000 trillion calculations per second.

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Earliest known American settlers had beachcomber tradition

8. May 2008, 21:17

Latest evidence to emerge from the Monte Verde archaeological site in southern Chile, has confirmed the earliest known Americans migrated down the Pacific Coast more than 14,000 years ago and had a tradition of existing on marine life.

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BBC and ITV launch free satellite TV service

8. May 2008, 12:12

Set to launch alongside similar free TV service Freeview, leading UK channel providers the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and ITV have announced the arrival of Freesat, a new satellite-based service.

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TorrentSpy slammed with $111 million USD copyright infringement fine

8. May 2008, 11:53

A Los Angeles district judge has this week ruled that TorrentSpy site owner Justin Bunnell and operator Valence Media LLC are to pay a total of $111 million USD in fines for the facilitation of copyright infringement across a multitude of multimedia files posted through the now defunct Net service. ... more

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First week GTA IV sales blow away top Hollywood movies

8. May 2008, 11:43

The debate as to whether narrative videogame experiences can ever replace movies may rage on for years but, when it comes to the financial power of videogame entertainment, sandbox crime caper Grand Theft Auto IV (GTA IV) is currently showing that the gaming industry cuts the mustard -- not the cheese -- when it comes to attracting an audience.

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Apple’s iPhone crosses the Mexican border

8. May 2008, 11:22

In the same week that Canada, Australia and Italy have all been confirmed as being set to receive the iPhone in the coming months, Latin America’s leading mobile phone operator, America Movil SAB, has said that the touch-screen iPhone is also heading south from its original North American launch point. ... more

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Clearwire and Sprint breathe new life into WiMAX project

8. May 2008, 11:09

Picking up the pieces of what was thought to be a collapsed telecommunications partnership, Sprint Nextel Corp. and Clearwire Corp. have this week announced revitalised plans to deliver a new high-speed mobile Internet service based on superior wireless WiMAX technology.

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Sun Microsystems highlights RIA possibilities with JavaFX

8. May 2008, 10:58

After beating its chest regarding the arrival of the OpenSolaris operating system, renowned computer company -- and major open-source proponent -- Sun Microsystems is now keen to shine a light on the Rich Internet Applications value of its JavaFX product family.

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Scientists unravel unique platypus genome

7. May 2008, 23:05

An international team of researchers has decoded the genome of one of the world's oddest animals, and found its DNA pattern to be as strange as the animal's appearance.

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European space telescope makes missing matter find

7. May 2008, 22:13

The European Space Agency's (ESA) orbiting telescope has successfully managed to spot hot gas between two clusters of galaxies, confirming the previously only theorised existence of some of the universe's "missing matter".
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Historical NASA footage gets high definition makeover for TV

7. May 2008, 21:22

Space agency NASA has combined with the Discovery Channel to release over one hundred hours of historical footage as part of an epic TV mini-series.

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Super Talent unveils HDD-interchangeable SSD drives

7. May 2008, 12:43

The march of SSD continues courtesy of the tech boffins at Flash-based storage specialist Super Talent Technology, who have this week whipped the covers off a range of new MasterDrive SSD storage solutions described as being “100% interchangeable with hard disk drives (HDDs).”

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McAfee partners with Yahoo to provide safer online searching

7. May 2008, 12:33

Extending the reach of its existing SiteAdvisor Web site warning technology, online security specialist McAfee Inc. has joined forces with Internet giant Yahoo Inc. to bring cautionary notification to the search results of Yahoo users.

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