The day before yesterday I showed the above video (it has now been viewed nearly 100,000 times), which shows some jaw dropping examples of next generation image manipulation, and said “I want this in PhotoShop immediately.” Well, that may be happening sooner rather than later. Co-inventor Shai Avidan has now joined Adobe…
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Google has confirmed it is working on a desktop linux project called Goobuntu, in a possible bid to take on Microsoft in its core business - desktop software.
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desktop linux users doubled
24-Aug-07
“Some great news from desktoplinux.com! They recently revealed the desktop survey results. The facts are there, the number of desktop linux users has doubled the last year!”
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Plain Soap as Good as Antibacterial
24-Aug-07
Researchers say regular soap kills germs as well as antibacterial soap.
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Scientists break the speed of light
16-Aug-07
It was supposed to be the one speed limit you cannot break.
But scientists claim to have demonstrated there is the possibility of travel faster than the speed of light.
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Exciting Gnome Projects
08-Aug-07
“i’d like to take this time to list some things that are happening right now in the gnome community that have me very excited. these are the projects that are actively improving the future of the gnome desktop.”
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Levitation has been elevated from being pure science fiction to science fact, according to a study reported today by physicists.
In earlier work the same team of theoretical physicists showed that invisibility cloaks are feasible.
Their discovery could ultimately lead to frictionless micro-machines with moving parts that levitate…
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The mathematics of quantum computing
07-Aug-07
Currently no commercially viable quantum computer exists. While a usable, functional quantum computer may exist in a few months,
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Leaders from Darfur’s fractured rebel movement are holding their first main day of talks in Tanzania, aimed at finding common ground.
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Bisphenol A (BPA) — a chemical commonly found in hard plastics — has for the first time been linked to female reproductive disorders in a strongly-worded
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First Armed Robots on Patrol in Iraq
02-Aug-07
Robots have been roaming the streets of Iraq, since shortly after the war began. Now, for the first time — the first time in any warzone — the machines are carrying guns.
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