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Scientists closer to not seeing invisibility cloak
News Essentially, the material bends visible light in a way that eliminates the creation of reflections or shadows in much the way water flows around a stone. Scientists say they are a step closer to developing materials that will render people and...
Tags: nature, science, materials, object
11 August 2008, 8:22
UK government details game rating options
News Thirdly, a BBFC-only system is mooted that removes the need for PEGI entirely, with existing ratings from U to 18 used, as they are for movies, and with the power to refuse classification to potentially harmful material left intact.
Tags: children, role, industry, weight
1 August 2008, 9:39
EU telecoms vote tackles file sharing
News Such legislation, enthusiastically backed by many in the content industry, would have Internet service providers (ISPs) issue warning letters to those customers they think have been illegally downloading or uploading copyrighted material, before...
Tags: package, providers, service providers, strikes
8 July 2008, 8:57
Photos: Futuristic PCs think out of the beige box
News The surface of Siafu uses a material called 'magneclay', which can morph upward into any shape. That was theme enthusiastically embraced by winners of the fourth Microsoft-sponsored Next-Gen PC Design Competition, which this year encouraged...
Tags: fantasy, entry, human, shape
20 June 2008, 8:57
News.blog: Universal, Bebo start video blog series
News Along the way, he encounters real-life Universal artists, and viewers will be able to submit opinions, send in material, and suggest which bands Sam should scout. Record label Universal Music Group's Universal Music UK announced on Monday that it's...
Tags: label, part, universal, aol
11 June 2008, 9:05
Photos: Fashionable tech hits the runway
News Stephanie Sandstrom's EPA Dress is designed with sensors embedded in the material that sense pollutants in the air and respond by wrinkling the fabric. Here, recycled newspapers were the material selected to create a dress fit for royalty.
Tags: skin, networks, credit, person
29 April 2008, 9:11
Photos: Wearable tech at 2nd Skin show
News Around the joints of the elbows and hips of the garment is piezoelectric material that generates electricity in response to applied mechanical stress. Science and technology converged with art and fashion at "2nd Skin: Imaginative Designs in...
28 April 2008, 9:24
News.blog: Sony BMG links with Nokia music service
News We think this business model will encourage users to sample a wide range of material, expand their musical tastes, and listen to more music than ever before," said Thomas Hesse, Sony BMG's president of global digital business.
Tags: labels, nokia, concept, music service
23 April 2008, 9:22
'Alarming' 100 UK data leaks in six months
News Information has been stolen, gone missing in the post and while in transit with a courier, and the ICO said the material includes a wide range of personal details, including financial and health records.
Tags: protection, records, financial, cases
23 April 2008, 9:17
EU warns against 'criminalising' filesharers
News People should not be criminalised for the file-sharing of copyrighted material if they are not profiting from doing so, the People downloading from sites -- often they don't know that it's not legal, so they shouldn't [be criminalised] if they're...
Tags: industry, order, material, property
14 April 2008, 9:05
Photos: Cardboard furniture keeps it green
News French designer Eric Guiomar began sculpting furniture from discarded corrugated cardboard boxes 15 years ago and became enchanted with the material. The company uses mostly honeycomb cardboard, which bears enough weight that even companies that...
Tags: interest, designs, material, shapes
10 March 2008, 9:37
BBC content goes live on MySpace TV
News He said it will put BBC content in front of new audiences around the world and help promote material which will be available on the multi-broadcaster platform Kangaroo. BBC Worldwide has clubbed together with MySpace to bring new and archived...
Tags: deal, platform, sharing, myspace
25 January 2008, 9:18
'Manhunt 2' release halted again
News The first is whether the material is question is criminal (for example, containing child pornography), and Manhunt 2 was ruled to not contain anything of this nature. First, Manhunt 2 was banned in the UK by the British Board of Film Classification.
Tags: case, children, viewed, criteria
25 January 2008, 9:03
News.blog: Facebook probed over privacy
News Maybe they were pulled voluntarily due to embarrassing content, or involuntarily due to inappropriate material -- either way, sometimes social-networking profiles get deleted. And a recent controversy in the
Tags: profile, profiles, networking, deleted
23 January 2008, 9:05
Photos: Roam the heavens with Google Sky
News In this picture, a star 40 times bigger than the sun is blowing a giant bubble of material into space. Effectively turning Google Earth on its head, users are given a view of the sky as seen from Earth where they can view and navigate 100 million...
Tags: navigate, earth, credit, star
29 November 2007, 9:53
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Format wars: The tech that should have won
Did you love Laserdisc? Were you bonkers over Betamax? Travel back in time with Captain Tech and check out the format losers that should have triumphed
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