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Google to Launch Internet TV

January 8th, 2008 at 11:26 pm » Comments (0)

Matsushita Electric Industrial said it would start selling
internet-connected televisions in the US that can access Google’s
YouTube, marking the first partnership between a Japanese consumer
electronics manufacturer and the world’s leading search engine.



Creating 3D Models from Video Clips

January 8th, 2008 at 10:27 am » Comments (0)

VideoTrace is an application that lets you easily create 3D models from things in video clips. The user interacts with VideoTrace by tracing the shape of the object to be modeled over one or more frames of the video. By interpreting the sketch drawn by the user in light of 3D information obtained from computer […]



Richard Branson Makes Plans to Fly Space Tourists into the Northern Lights

January 8th, 2008 at 9:29 am » Comments (0)

For his next big plan for the private space industry, Richard Branson
is thinking up new ways to excite affluent space tourists: flying them
into the biggest lightshow on Earth, the Aurora Borealis. Although the
New Mexico Virgin Galactic Spaceport isn’t scheduled for completion
until 2010, the British entrepreneur is already planning his next
project intended for cruises into the […]



DVD Sales Slipping

January 8th, 2008 at 9:17 am » Comments (0)

Could the luster be coming off the shiny DVD? For the first time since the format was launched in 1997, consumers spent less on DVDs than in the previous year.



Spending for E-Mail Marketing on the Rise

January 8th, 2008 at 8:55 am » Comments (0)

E-mail marketing spending will grow to $2.1 billion in 2012 from $1.2 billion in 2007, according to JupiterResearch’s "US E-mail Marketing Forecast, 2007 to 2012" report.



Anger As Clinic Offers Women Half Price Fertility Treatment If They Donate Eggs

January 8th, 2008 at 8:53 am » Comments (0)

Doctors are offering half price fertility treatment to women prepared to donate eggs for stem cell research, it has emerged.



Woman Had Wedding Cake Sculpted As A Full-Sized Likeness Of Herself

January 8th, 2008 at 8:46 am » Comments (0)

Chidi Ogbuta of Allen, Texas decided to have her cake and eat her too…



This Lake Has Spots

January 8th, 2008 at 8:39 am » Comments (0)

Spotted Lake (Kliuk), situated in Osoyoos, Canada, is a rare and unique natural phenomenon covering 15.2 hectares (38 acres). It contains one of the world’s highest concentrations of minerals: magnesium sulphate (Epsom salts), calcium and sodium sulphates, plus eight other minerals and traces of four more, including silver and titanium.



Taser Unveils Holster For Stun Guns With Music Player

January 8th, 2008 at 8:29 am » Comments (0)

You know what a bother it is to carry both your MP3 music player and your Taser gun? Worry no more.
Yesterday at CES, Taser International introduced the Taser MPH - the first combination hand-held music player and Taser.



The Eye Gallery

January 8th, 2008 at 8:26 am » Comments (0)

Most eyes tell a story. When we first meet someone, our first reaction
is to look into their eyes and see what story they are telling us.
Well, these eyes tell a different kind of story. With some, a very
twisted, disturbing story, but none the less, a story.



Panasonic Unveils World’s Largest TV

January 8th, 2008 at 8:25 am » Comments (0)

A 150-inch high-definiton plasma TV unveiled by Panasonic is the world’s largest to date, the Japanese consumer electronics company claimed Monday at the International Consumer Electronics Show.