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Spore evolving into movies and TV
News An as-yet-undated Wii version is also in development, and EA has indicated that the game may surface on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in the future. Now that Electronic Arts has signed on with top Hollywood representatives United Talent Agency, it...
Tags: film, sims, wright, game space
14 August 2008, 9:32
Photos: Gibson frets over custom guitars
News A lot of effort is put into making sure that every part of the guitar's surface is as smooth as possible and that goes for the sides as well as the top and bottom. The guitars can easily go for more than at retail and some, like a very small series...
Tags: channels, body, shape, production
1 July 2008, 9:16
Photos: Futuristic PCs think out of the beige box
News The screen surface, for example, uses a photo-optic visual sensor with colour recognition. The surface of Siafu uses a material called 'magneclay', which can morph upward into any shape. Microsoft-sponsored Next-Gen PC Design Competition, which...
Tags: fantasy, entry, human, shape
20 June 2008, 8:57
News.blog: Windows 7 gets multi-touch
News Microsoft's Surface or Apple's iPhone. Microsoft plans to add multi-touch interface to Windows 7, top executives announced on Tuesday at The Wall Street Journal’s D: All Things Digital conference in Carlsbad, California.
Tags: multi, technology, rotating, steve ballmer
28 May 2008, 7:31
Gates: Windows 7 ready 'in the next year or so'
News Gates said new versions of Windows would help revolutionise mobile phones and run the desk of the future, which would have a touch surface display allowing users to call up items using their hands. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said on Friday...
Tags: development, operating system, vista, comments
7 April 2008, 9:17
Photos: Up close with Saturn's icy geysers
News NASA's Cassini probe has successfully flown through the plume of a geyser and took its closest approach to the surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus, according to first reports of the mission from NASA. This appears to be the closest image of the...
Tags: space, mission, science, surface
14 March 2008, 9:46
Photos: Cassini takes an icy look at Saturn
News Scientists say it's possible to see liquid water, even an ocean, on the surface of the small moon.Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute The probe ventured around 200 kilometres above the moon to examine the geysers and then wound up about 50...
Tags: water, earth, planet, ancient
13 March 2008, 9:21
News.blog: Facebook to try music streaming?
News It's a long-standing rumour that has once again floated to the surface of social-media chatter. Facebook may be getting closer to launching a music service that competes with Apple's iTunes, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.
Tags: labels, film, streaming, advertising
6 March 2008, 9:46
Photos: NASA tests robot moon trucks
News NASA is planning development of a fleet of robotic trucks and rovers designed to explore the lunar surface, which astronauts are expected to revisit around 2020. This robotic rover is designed to search for water and oxygen on the lunar surface.
Tags: surface, moon, vehicle, apollo
29 February 2008, 9:41
Photos: Tesla charges up electric sports car
News Note the smooth surface. On Friday, the first commercial version of the car came out of its shipping crate. The street-legal car was bought by Tesla chairman Elon Musk, who showed it off to employees and reporters at the company headquarters in San
Tags: sports, engineering, car, credit
5 February 2008, 9:33
Gates says goodbye to London
News Alluding to Microsoft's Surface technology, which he gave a demonstration of, Gates added: "We'll be talking about a computer in the desk in the future. In his final UK appearance before he steps down as Microsoft chairman to pursue his...
Tags: chairman, gates, microsoft chairman, jobs
31 January 2008, 8:11
Photos: Is there a man on Mars?
News Spirit has been on the Martian surface for more than four years. Pictures of Big Foot, the Loch Ness monster and the Face on Mars may have new company. A blown-up section of an image from the Mars rover Spirit shows what looks like a person perched...
Tags: face, section, university, spirit
25 January 2008, 9:30
Photos: LED contacts see bionic future
News The display could potentially create a surface for Web surfing in midair, flash a vehicle's speed to a driver or immerse someone in a virtual world, the university said. Researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle have developed a...
Tags: research, eye, lens, creating
23 January 2008, 9:36
Photos: Tech and art combine at Sundance
News The LEDs face the wall, creating an image on the wall's surface. A sort of media center 2.0, New Frontier on Main is geared toward filmmaking and art from the cutting edge of cinematic culture. In addition to art installations, it hosts panel...
Tags: artist, gallery, led, wall
22 January 2008, 9:16
Bill Gates bids farewell to CES
News Microsoft has a new concept application for its Surface computer that shows how the product can tie into Windows Live services and other devices. Gates used the tabletop Surface PC to design a custom snowboard and then send the design to his...
Tags: microsoft, demand, speech, copies
7 January 2008, 5:37


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