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Chats and Forums RSS FeedsHow about Your Own Invisibility Cloak - Apologies to Harry Potter, but we seem to be on the verge (I mean, just barely at the verge) of developing an invisibility gadget.Yes, that's right -- invisibility. Like a Klingon Bird of Prey, the effect is the same: to hide the user from sight. While one mostly sees such technology being used for military purposes in books and movies, there are some applications that are grounded in reality. (Really?)One approach to creating a cloaking device is using something called a superlens, which has what's called a negative refraction index. This allows it to bend electromagnetic waves back upon themselves, in effect, using interference to render an object invisible....Feed Source: feeds.feedburner.com Apple Lets a Little Air Out ... - Apple has quietly dropped the price of the high-end MacBook Air by $500. The Air, which comes with a 1.8GHz upgrade (from 1.6GHz) and a 64GB Solid State Drive (SSD), is now $2,598. Compare this to the original price of the 1.8GHz/SSD MacBook Air at $3,098 just last week.The difference in price appears to be a combination of price drops in both the processor upgrade ($200 vs. $300) and SSD ($599 vs. $999). (And maybe it wasn't selling so good -- although I do have a colleague who loves it!)The base price for the 1.6GHz 80GB MacBook Air remains at $1799. Apple has emailed customers who have outstanding ... AT&T Dropping CallVantage? - Just got this email stating that as of July 7th, AT&T will no longer offer CallVantage through their affiliate channel. To me, this is "codeword" for "we're no longer promoting CallVantage and expect AT&T to end CallVantage entirely in the near future." I've read about many affiliate programs that when they're ended, it's the end of the road for that product. Further, the emails explains, "We ask that you remove all of your promotion of the CallVantage product on/before July 7th and we recommend that you swap out your creative to another of our product offerings such as High Speed DSL or our latest flagship product, UVerse." Now tell me that doesn't hint towards the end of the road for CallVantage.... Sony PS3 Boo-Boo ... - Can't believe stuff like this still happens!Can't anybody here play this game!Sony has been forced to pull the 2.40 version of the PlayStation 3 software from download servers because of complaints that the new update was causing problems for the owners of the console. It was only available for an hour, but apparently caused enough mayhem that Sony pulled the plug.Bad news -- they sent it out that way.Good news -- they acted really, really fast to stem to damage.Read more about it at ZDNet.
Tags: ... First Frameless Plasma Is Coming! - While not as easy to set TV technology firsts like Olympic swimming trials world records, still, it's pretty impress that LG plans to launch the world's first frameless plasma TV.The new model, dubbed PG61, the new plasma resembles a seamless black sheet of glass. The unique combination of frameless design, enhanced audio performance and amazing viewing experience earned the PG61 the "Best of innovations Award" at the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show.According to the CEA SmartBrief newsletter, LG says numerous consumer surveys showed that consumers wanted to see something more than just a conventional plain black TV. ... Is There More to Netflix/Roku Than Meets the Eye? - Blogged about the intriguing Netflix/Roku deal back on May 20, but now an interesting piece on VentureBeat makes it even more (and more!) interesting.The new Roku box (doesn't look like much, does it?) lets you stream any of Netflix's 10,000+ "Watch Now" movies (movies that can be watched immediately over the internet for free with your subscription) to your TV set instantly. However, a new wrinkle may make the device even more attractive -- with a simple software download, other services beyond Netflix will soon be able to use it, according to Forbes... AOL BigDownload Indeed! - AOL has introduced its newest online gaming site, BigDownload.com, moving to expand its niche audience and boost targeted ad revenue. The addition to AOL's smaller GameDaily.com is a joint venture with Weblogs, an information-based Internet company. WIth 700 downloadable files, the site includes 100 full games and 600 teasers, along with game-related news. An additional 50 to 100 new files will be added to the site each month, according to sourcesUnlike its main competitor, Yahoo! Games, BigDownload will not require customers go through a registration process before they start downloading gaming content. (Yeah! ... 8x8, Inc. Awarded New VoIP Patent - 8x8, Inc. the provider of the Packet8 broadband Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), videophone and mobile VoIP communication services, today announced that it has been granted U.S. Patent No. 7,394,803 entitled "Distributed Local Telephony Gateway." The patent was issued from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office yesteday on July 1, 2008.Interestingly, the patent relates to Internet Protocol (IP) communication systems and, more particularly, to broadband telephony services having "distributed local gateways". Don't all broadband telephony services use "distributed local gateways"? After all, you need distributed local gateways to help get cheaper rates. So Does this mean Packet8 can g... Microsoft Equipt includes Office, OneCare for $69.99/Year - Microsoft will start selling its Office programs to consumers on a subscription basis starting in mid-July. According to the news, it's a a bid to reach "thrifty PC buyers" who would otherwise pass on the software. The software bundle, formerly code-named "Albany" , includes Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007, giving them the latest versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote. Additionally it comes with Microsoft's Live OneCare computer security software, Windows Live tools, such as Windows Live Mail, Windo... Starbucks closes 600 stores - Starbucks, the gourmet coffee retailer said today that it had drastically increased the number of stores it plans to close, citing in part continued weakness in the U.S. economy. Starbucks now plans to close 600 stores in the United States, up from its previous plans to close 100 stores. Additionally, StarBucks said it now plans to open fewer than 200 stores in its coming fiscal year.Apparently, with high prices for oil, gas, and food, something had to give -- luxury items like $4 cups of coffee were apparently the first to go.Where does one get a caffeine fix now? I guess Dunkin Donuts. Wonder how their stock is doing today? Probably shot up.Also, I wonder if high oil pr... PlayStation 3 helps discover oil - The technology used in the PlayStation 3 is being used to help explore and find oil much faster than before. Woohoo! Using IBM technology, specifically the IBM PowerXCell 8i, which was originally developed for the Sony Playstation, a Spanish Oil company reports that specialized "Cell" microprocessors are speeding the search for oil and natural gas reserves located 30,000 feet below the Gulf of Mexico up to 6 times faster than current technology. Repsol and the Barcelona Supercomputing Center are using a process known as... Dog Photo of the Day - Thought I'd share a photo of my Labrador/Shepherd mix named Jessie. It's not often I shoot in black & white (B&W) but I thought this photo came out pretty well. She's yellow in case you were wondering.
Tags: dogs, Jessie Keating, Labrador, ... truphone summer credit giveaway - Andy Abramson tipped me off to a new summer promotion by Truphone which now gives you 4X the inititial credit in your new account. Andy told me, "With the summer holiday season upon us, Truphone is giving away more credit to new users - meaning more free minutes and free SMS messages. New customers signing up for Truphone from Tuesday, July 1 to Monday, July 14 will get $8 credit in their account (instead of $2). This is a great gift just in time for the 4th of July holiday weekend just days away. (You did buy your fireworks, right? ... Fringe on FOX - Speaking of fring (blogged earlier today), there is a cool new TV series called Fringe which comes out this Fall created by American Emmy Award-winning film and television producer, writer, actor, composer, and director J.J. Abrams. J.J. Abrams also wrote and produced for the popular TV show Lost, including the opening sequence in the first episode of Lost where the plane breaks apart in mid-air. Apparently Abrams hates planes since in the opening sequence in Fringe involves a plane that lands "intact" but all of its occupants are dead and the inside of the plane is bloody, dark, and eerie. The s... fring Enhances Mobile IM Client with fringAdd-ons - ... Already Rocked Out on Guitar Hero Aerosmith -- Right? - It's been out, you've bought it and by now you've already shredded quite a few songs we are talking Guitar Hero Aerosmith of course!Which are the hardestWhat is the coolestWe want our GHA!!!
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... Need a Headset, Get a Ticket - Love this concept!!Get pulled over for using a mobile phone in the car, get a ticket (you have to be in the right state to be in the wrong -- you know who you are!), send that ticket to Headsets.com and get a free headset.Yessir! That's what I'm talking about.If you don't believe me, then just click here for the full story from CNet.
Tags: headset, headsets, ... Top Selling Mobile Phones for June - According to Swedish case maker Krusell, the Top 10 selling mobile phones in June 2008 were:1. (8) Apple iPhone2. (5) HTC Diamond3. (3) Nokia E514. (2) Nokia 63005. (1) Nokia 31096. (9) LG KU9907. (6) Nokia N95 8 GB8. (4) Sony Ericsson K810i9. (-) Sony Ericsson K530i10. (10) Sony Ericsson W890i() = Last month's position. At the moment, many companies in the Accessory industry are loading their warehouses with iPhone accessories just waiting for the European launch of the 3G version on July 11. The list is based upon the number of pieces of model specific mobile and smart phone cases that hav... Enabled Comments from AOL/AIM, Yahoo, Movable Type, WordPress, LiveJournal, OpenID, or Vox users - Movable Type 4.0+ has several plugins that utilize Movable Type's extensible Open ID Login framework to give a customized login experience for AOL/AIM, Yahoo, Movable Type, WordPress, LiveJournal, or Vox users on Movable Type blogs. The logon requirements for AOL/AIM, Yahoo, Movable Type, WordPress, LiveJournal, and Vox all support OpenID which makes this possible. On any blog entry you'll see the following text near the Comments form: Sign in to comment using AOL/AIM, Yahoo, Movable Type, WordPress, LiveJournal, OpenID, or Vox. Or comment ... Compaq Aero: What's Your All-Time Favorite Gadget? - Thinking about all the gadgets I've owned over the years and the ones I really liked (easy to remember) and the ones I didn' t like (those are much harder to remember).Quickly coming to mind was the Compaq Contura Aero, a snappy subnotebook that had its trackball at the right edge of the wrist rest -- great for righties, but must have been impossible for lefties!This was a great notebook for word processing and commuting -- which when I had it was exactly what I used it for -- made my train rides super productive! I had both the mono and color versions of this thing, but actually liked the mono better.Check out these representative stats (on the super high-end model):In... Summer Camp & Gadgets: Let the Smuggling Begin - Can see why summer camps aren't too big on allowing their campers to bring their personal gadgets along with them.But while they don't allow them, seems like smuggling them into camp has become a new tradition.Wonder what the most popular contraband item will be -- couple of years ago it was the iPod, but I think now it''s the cell phone.'Course there could be some other ones, but I don't think so
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| ... Why Not Guitar Hero: Led Zeppelin or Somebody Else? - You know, we've had many long talks at home about what band we would have chosen for the first dedicated Guitar Hero offering.Now many out there are probably very satisfied with the choice that was made, I imagine many of your may have chosen a different band if it was up to you.Lots of votes at home for Led Zeppelin (Jimmy Page vs. Joe Perry -- are you kidding???) or even Buckethead. And let's not forget Jimi Hendrix; I could go on and on Now wouldn't it be cool if the folks behind Guitar Hero opened up the voting to the players/fans of the game, who could vote for what band/guitar hero they wanted to see next on a dedicated game.If it worked for American Idol, then why not Guitar Hero?
Tags: ... Dell Enters the Studio - Remember when writing about computer hardware -- actual PCs and desktops -- was the heart and soul of writing about gadgets. Well, we're getting a bit of that back now, with Dell's introduction of Studio, a new consumer product line "designed for self-expression and creative living." Here's what Dell had to say: "People seeking stunning design, brilliant colors, and innovative new technology find inspiration in Dell's new Studio brand. These products are built for today's digital nomad based on the millions of conversations we have every year on dell.com, Ideastorm and community forums... Guitar Hero: Aerosmith Launch Party! - We are all very excited about the launch of Guitar Hero: Aerosmith. Now Circuit City is pretty excited too! They've decided you can "party like a rock star with Guitar Hero: Aerosmith" at your local store on June 29 from 12-4 PM.Cool eh! Compete in the store tournament and you could win a Guitar Hero: Aerosmith bundle or a signed Black Crowes poster (heh, why not an Aerosmith poster?).Anyway, wear your best rocker costume and you could win a one-year membership in the Gamers Savings Club. Click her... Trade in your Headphones cash back offer - Time to upgrade your headphones or ear buds for some high-quality iPod music listening? Not to mention some high-quality VoIPing, Skyping, etc. etc. Well, why not get cash back for your headphones to offset the costs of a new one? Check out this news I just received Due to the wild success of Sennheiser's upgrade program, the high-end German headphone manufacturer has relaunched the trade-in program with several enhancements. The cash back offer now includes wired AND wireless headphones of all sizes: + Audiophile headphones + Wireless headphones + Hi-Fi headphones + Portable headphones + Sport headphones + Noise cancelling headphones (yes, you can even trade earbuds for $50 bucks off ... PS3 Movie Downloads Coming - So who will be the winner -- the ruler -- of the home entertainment (media) center battle royale? Sony is making a strong bid -- and why not with its history? -- using the PlayStation 3 as the centerpiece of their strategy. According to Engadget, Sony will make a movie download service available to US PlayStation 3 owners this summer -- Japan and Europe at later dates with details coming "next month," presumably at E3. Of course, we already knew that Sony was prepped to deliver full-length TV shows... Microsoft Drops VoIP from Windows Live Messenger - Just saw this article that reiterates Microsoft's decision last year that the existing VoIP partnership with Verizon would be terminating in 2008. (See 2006 launch of Windows Live Messenger w/ Verizon deal) As of today you can use Windows Live Messenger users to make regular landline and mobile phone calls, but this functionality is set to expire on July 15th 2008 in EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) and the US... T-Mobile USA T-Mobile@Home VoIP Service - T-Mobile USA is going to launch next week a $10-a-month broadband VoIP service that will be available to T-Mobile wireless subscribers. The VoIP service is called T-Mobile@Home, granting users unlimited local and long-distance calls over a broadband connection. They've partnered with Cisco's Linksys for the $50 ATA device to connect analog phones.Features include the usual suspects: call waiting, caller ID, three-way conferencing, voicemail and call forwarding. You will be able port your existing home phone number, and you can also add a second voice line.The move poses a challenge to traditional carriers, cable TV operators that offer bundled services, and and single-play VoIP providers like Vonage and Packet8.This is T-Mobile USA's first foray into the fixed line market after being ex... Dell Video Chat Launches - Today, Dell will launch Dell Video Chat powered by SightSpeed, which will be pre-bundled on all consumer Dell PCs. Landing Dell is a major win for SightSpeed, a competitor to Skype, Microsoft Live Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, and others. I spoke with Eric Quanstrom, Vice President of Marketing... Interview With Asterisk Founder, Mark Spencer -
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It's been awhile since I've interviewed Mark Spencer, the founder of the open source Asterisk telephony platform and current Chairman & CTO of Digium. Digium and the Asterisk open source platform has helped spawn an entire ecosystem of Asterisk-based products, some of which are competitive to Digium, while others are complimentary and help grow the Asterisk community. Relatedly, I had a couple Asterisk community members tell me that Digium seems a bit "quiet" on the news front lately. Well, Digium di... posting a new zine - Hello.
We had a bit of a look around, but couldn't find anything that obviously answered our question (so, sorry if we did miss something obvious).
We are about to start posting content for a new we ... Re: Albert Deutsch, The Shame of the States 362.2 D48S HC - I read this post and saw how you and your family worked hard and really congrats you, really cool one keep it up.
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... Re: Copyright Question - I am just now working on a British author who died in 1934, whose copyright thus expired in 2004. A few of his books have been reissued in modern facsimile, i.e. not re-set by a publisher, so I don't ... Extremely slow download speeds - I've been collecting public domain ebooks for two or three years now, but only recently came across this truly fantastic site. I couldn't believe the range and quality of texts available - all for fre ... Re: Copyright Question - Correction-- it's late--- instead of Late 19th Century, read after 1911. Nothing before 1911 is still in copyright in the U.K, but after 1911 many works are, because the authors lived past 1945.
Bert ... Re: Copyright Question - P.S. to get Google off the hook a little, there is an interesting legal copyright problem concerning British authors who died after about 1945 or so. It also applies to other online American archives . ... Re: Copyright Question - Yes, that's exactly what I'm talking about. Few people have noticed this about Google.
Unlike the now-gone Microsoft Live Book Search, oftentimes Google will make their clearly pre-1923 works unavail ... Re: Copyright Question - What about their pre-1923 scans that are inaccessible apart from snippits? There is a lot from the late nineteenth century. ... Re: Copyright Question - Thanks.. that's great news.
Now, if only Google will use them to do copyright checks on their post 1923 scans, and then release them if they're PD! (you can never ask for too much ) ... Re: Copyright Question - *mouth hangs open*
Thanks for the link, very useful! ... Re: Copyright Question - Coincidentally, Google just announced yesterday they have created a single database of all the copyright records from 1923-63 available for download.
http://booksearch.blogspot.com/2008/06/us-copyrig ... Re: Please remove - Done. ... What happened to all of Microsoft Live's journal scans? - Related to the question right below, Microsoft claimed that they scanned a tremendous number of journal articles for their now defunct scholar search. Something like millions.
What happened to all o ... Re: Copyright Question - If the work was published before 1923, then it's in the public domain in the U.S., so anyone can use it.
After 1923, up to 1964, it's in the public domain unless copyright was officially renewed. All ... Re: Potential for a collections of newsletters, magazines, newspapers, comics? - Some of the better periodicals are often re-issued in bound volumes and thus get caught up in the scanning efforts so if your lucky they can be found - but I agree 100% periodicals have been a neglect ... Potential for a collections of newsletters, magazines, newspapers, comics? - Currently the Archive's concentration in the text sector is for books and e-books - however, there is generally many less ongoing efforts to save actual periodicals (magazines, newletters, newspapers, ... Re: DIY orbital scanner - Bump! ... Re: Copyright Question - The archive, as part of the scanning process, has tried to give hints to those that want to use the books. But the archive does not know about copyright-- it is insanely complicated.
So, you can use ... Re: Copyright Question - If it's in the public domain-- which is what 'not in copyright' means-- then you can do anything you want with it. You can even claim you wrote it yourself-- if you can get away with it
I believe ... Re: No support for "resume" downloads? - It's strange. I use XP with Firefox and Download Accelerator Plus, but the direct link from the Archive web page doesn't work right-- when the server gets queried a file size 'unknown' comes back as w ... Why don't more public libraries subscribe to JSTOR? - Glancing at a list of California libraries that are subscribers to the JSTOR database, I was amazed at how few there are-- and only one public library, San Francisco, as well as just a small number of ... Request regarding 'Sort by Date' function - Hello,
First of all I should say that I really, really, really love this website. Thank you!
My problem is that when I search for books and wish to sort them by the order of their published year (ie . ... Copyright Question - Hi,
I am new to this list. I live in the United States. Do I need written permission to transcribe, edit, and use the text from a book listed as NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT and which was submitted by Miscrosof ... Greek letters - I've opened several books including polytonic Greek texts like Polyaenus, P. Oxy vols 1 to 14 and tried to download the text files. While latin characters were OK, the Greek is a mess. It is not unico ... Re: No support for "resume" downloads? - The Archive supports http 1.1 for almost all downloads (and all book downloads), so it should work with resume. What platform are you having this issue with?
-brewster
... Re: Has anyone else noticed this about Google Books? - The reason for the discrepancy must be that in the EU and so Britain, copyright extends 70 years after the death of the author, so a book published in the US in 1923 (and so out of copyright there now ... No support for "resume" downloads? - I have a slow connection, and would often use the "resume" download function of my browser to access Archive texts through Microsoft Live Books. It worked great.
But I notice that with dire ... Re: Has anyone else noticed this about Google Books? - By the same token, we can't access any of that great archive of 50's classical music recordings that are available in Europe!
BTW, when does the public domain kick-in in the U.K.? Here it's pre-1923 . ... PDF's in Windows/IE fixed -
A few readers have mentioned they have had a hard time with our PDF's in Windows/IE recently. (please tell us about these issues as they come up!)
It seems it has to do with the "linearizati ... Re: Has anyone else noticed this about Google Books? - You think that's bad -- in the UK I can only seem to view and download books that are pre-1880. I wonder why the UK's Google Books are so restricted? Everything after about 1880 is only available in s ... Re: Movement for the Liberation of Old Documents - Sounds like a great way of getting the Archive in trouble. Deliberately uploading known copyrighted content.
That means money for scanning will go into money for attorneys, now forced to deal with a ... Has anyone else noticed this about Google Books? - Excellent article last week by Dvorak about the demise of Microsoft Live Books-- very sad, and John seems to be one of the few who even noticed it-- many librarians were even unaware of Live Books in ... Requests for scans - Is there any way a reader can request for a text to be scanned apart from writing to this forum? A research project I am involved with has involved downloading a text which has 2 volumes. Unfortunatel ... Re: How does printing through Lulu work? - No, no replies at all. I haven't done any further books, just keep a copy of Memorabilia Domestica for sale. ... No More FTP Nonsense! - Thank you, Thank you, THANK YOU! For eliminating that inconceivably lame FTP nonsense you formerly had to go through to download a book in the DjVu format! You cannot imagine how annoying that was! Of ... Re: Movement for the Liberation of Old Documents - I love it! Throw the moneychangers out of the halls of history! Up the rebels! ... Re: How does printing through Lulu work? - Hi, PETERINSCOTLAND, did you get any further info on your query re Lulu printing, as I would also like to know what the ethics are on this. ... Microsoft - watermarks - According to Brewster's recent announcement that Microsoft will be quitting the book scanning project and releasing those 300,000 books it has scanned without contractual restriction.
http://www.arch ... Re: wrong item needs to be removed - Dudeman, if the identifier still covers the work you wanted to upload, I believe you should be able to upload the correct work over the incorrect work using the Edit Item function for this particular ... DIY orbital scanner - For ages now I've been walking around with the idea of making a custom, cheap planetary scanner using mostly off-the-shelf parts, but I am not very handy, nor can I afford to spend gobs of money in tr ... Re: 400,000 books! - Amazefabuloutastic! Congrats everyone! ... Re: spam removed - Thanks for taking it all off. ... Re: spam removed - Done. ... Take off now. - It says internet archive texts, and I think its the idea is pretty clear. Why we keep having these damn spammers essentialy vandelize it is beyond me.
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Like anyone using this ... Re: How to delete duplicate of text? - OK, I found two items and removed the earlier one, all set! ... Re: How to delete duplicate of text? - I don't know the url but it's on this site and is called Alien Mind, a text. ... Re: How to delete duplicate of text? - What is the url of your item? ... How to delete duplicate of text? - My ebook, a text, was re-submitted, because the first version was erroneous. So, I need to delete the first version. How do I do so? ... Re: How do Microsoft (make that Scribe) digitize texts? - Thanks for that lead, Brewster, I found a couple of things (oddly, mentioning a guy named Brewster):
redjar.org/jared/blog/archives/category/preservation/digitization/
aipengineering.com/scribe/
www . ... Re: Is the archive "dark web" to Google - that is odd since we put a link on the book display page specifically because a google representative kept telling the press they had a hard time crawling these books.
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