Archive for March, 2008

Computer monitors use more energy to display white pixels than black. Other colours use varying amounts of energy between the limits of black and white. This is the theory proposed by Blackle (www.blackle.com), who have come up with a black search engine. It's a front-end to Google, but with a black background, hence the name. Heap Media, the company behind Blackle claim that by making Google searches using a black background, Internet users could collectively save thousands of kilowatt hours in electricity. According to EnergyStar, a typical monitor displaying a full screen of solid colour might use the following amount of ...

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Slysoft claims that the latest version of its AnyDVD program lets users make copies of the new high-definition movies on Blu-ray discs. Sony, who launched Blu-ray's BD+ anti-piracy system in 2007, claimed that it would take 10 years for it to be cracked. SlySoft claim that they had cracked BD+ as early as November 2007, but they waited until the High Definition format war was over before releasing a product. The developers of BD+ say that the system will react to attempts to break it and that they can re-lock copied discs, making them unusable in the future. SlySoft say that ...
In just 40 minutes on a sunny day in the UK, we receive enough energy from the Sun to provide the country’s entire energy requirements for a whole year. That’s a pretty amazing statistic! it makes me wonder why we’re not doing more to make use of that free energy. We’re trying to build fusion reactors - why don’t we use the one we’ve already got? Of course, there are two big problems with this; the first is capturing that energy, and the second is storing it. We can not cover the entire UK with photovoltaic cells or heat exchangers, ...
It is with great sadness that we report the death of Sir Arthur C Clarke at the age of 90. He died at 20.00 GMT on 18th March 2008 after suffering respiratory problems. He is known to most as being a great science fiction author; the most famous of his works being 2001: A Space Odyssey - the film based upon his short story The Sentinel. The author of more than 100 books was not just a writer; he was a science visionary. During the Second World War, he worked on the development of radar which was instrumental in the success of the ...
You can't do everything on the internet Smartphone software distributor Handango has signed a deal with Carphone Warehouse to have its service promoted with sales of the pink edition BlackBerry Pearl.… More: continued here Categories: Uncategorized. Share this post: Barrapunto BlinkList ...
Any industry requires specialists in their department of research and development to carry out the work. A chemical industry needs its chemists to study about paints, dyes, and textiles. A computer industry needs its engineers to study cons... More: continued here Categories: Computers. Share this post: Barrapunto BlinkList...
Your server will be all 'bew bew bew bzzzap' White coats at IBM today said they have built the world's teeniest optical switch, measuring 100 times smaller than the cross section of a human hair. More: continued here