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PS3 is power hungry!

Australian Energy watchdog "The Source" took a look at different electronic products around the house, and looked at how much energy they use per month, and what that works out to on a yearly basis. They looked at products like Apple's iMac, a wireless router, and even products like Microsoft's XBOX 360 and the PS3. Believe it or not, the piece of electronics that uses the most electricity is Sony's PS3. It uses a staggering 1738.39 kWh per year which works out to about $261 (Australian). Believe it or not, the PS3 when idling for the same amount of time uses 1655.20 kWh, so if you aren't going to use the thing, don't turn it on, as it is a "gas guzzler". For the full list of products, and their results, click

Man Uses Steak Knife For Self-tracheotomy

Article:Omaha man uses steak knife to perform self-tracheotomy:/n/a/2008/05/08/national/a174738D61.DTL

Shopit Uses Omniture to Optimize Performance of Ecommerce Widgets on Social Networking Sites

Commerce Platform Provider Uses Insight from Omniture to Proactively Build Widgets that Appeal to Consumers

Yahoo Uses McAfee to Make Searches Safer

Yahoo's new SearchScan feature uses McAfee's SiteAdvisor technology to warn users about potentially risky Web sites that might appear in Yahoo search results listings.

Linux uses 12 percent less power than Windows 2008, study finds

Network World ran a series of independent tests and discovered that Red Hat Enterprise Linux uses 12 percent less power than Windows Server 2008. The greener operating system by a significant margin? Linux.

Matrixware Information Services Uses ISC Star-P's Software to Search Patent Database, Libraries

TMCNet: Matrixware Information Services Uses ISC Star-P's Software to Search Patent Database, Libraries

RAF Regiment uses condoms for advertising

The Royal Air Force is using instructions on the many uses of condoms as a tactic to lure young British men to sign up for the RAF Regiment.

WhiteSmoke 2008 Extended Edition Uses Artificial Intelligence to Create Eye-Catching and Precise Text

WhiteSmoke 2008 Extended Edition Uses Artificial Intelligence to Create Eye-Catching and Precise Text

Berkeley Group Uses iPhone to Control UAV Squadron

The Center for Collaborative Control of Unmanned Vehicles (C3UV—the "3" makes it hip) at the University of California, Berkeley has developed a system that uses the iPhone to develop tasks, set coordinates and send orders to a fleet of UAVs. Naturally, this development is interesting because it allows a single person to control a large number of small, unmanned aircraft at one time using a cellphone. But, as Wired points out, the clause in the SDK agreement clearly states that "autonomous control of vehicles, aircraft, or other mechanical devices" is a big no-no. So the future of this type of technology is unclear.[C3UV via Wired]

Firefox 3.0 wins memory battle - uses less system memory

Mozilla's Firefox 3.0 browser uses memory much more efficiently than its rivals, according to an independent tester who wrote a memory-monitoring utility to track usage by Firefox, Internet Explorer (IE), Flock, Opera and Safari.

Fididel Ecommerce Marketplace Uses Real People to Haggle

A new website with a new buzzword - "engagement commerce" - launched on Tuesday. Fididel says it moves the online buying experience from an "auction" or "fixed price" transaction to real-time negotiation. But rather than straight automation, the site also uses real people to negotiate on behalf of its sellers. The launch of Fididel follows closely on the heels of the introduction of another "haggle" ecommerce site, Wigix.com, a week ago (http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y08/m04/i30/s04).

City of Burlington Uses RAD Equipment to Extend T1 Circuits over Fiber Optic Network

RAD's Optimux-4T1L units offered Burlington Telecom a simple and low cost way to transport four T1 circuits over a single fiber optic link. Burlington Telecom also deployed RAD's Optimux-T3 in a ring configuration to provide complete path protection that prevents service failure, even if a fiber link is damaged or disconnected. The Optimux-T3 multiplexes up to 28 T1 lines over a single T3 link. Burlington Telecom uses RAD's FOMi-E1/T1 when only a single T1 is needed for a particular location. RAD's LRS-24 SNMP-managed modem rack saves space in the central office.

MPs propose new safeguards for Government uses of personal data

A Parliamentary committee has called on the Government to be more transparent about its uses of personal data and to adopt "a principle of data minimisation." Its report includes safeguards it recommends to avoid the UK becoming a surveillance society.

TorreyPines Therapeutics Licenses Intellectual Property from Johns Hopkins Related to Novel Uses of Glutamate Receptor Antagonists for Prevention, Treatment of Stroke, Heart Attack

TorreyPines Therapeutics Licenses Intellectual Property from Johns Hopkins Related to Novel Uses of Glutamate Receptor Antagonists for Prevention, Treatment of Stroke, Heart Attack

Viacom's YouTube lawsuit a threat to internet, Google says

While there are many legal uses of YouTube, such as the Queen's royal channel, pictured here, Viacom says part of the website's business plan depends on illegal use of copyrighted material.While there are many legal uses of YouTube, such as the Queen's royal channel, pictured here, Viacom says part of the website's business plan depends on illegal use of copyrighted material.

ASPNET Web Counter Free Open Source Code

Counter can track and display hit of the page(s). This simple counter uses only one stored procedure to update and display hits. So it uses less server memory. The database back-end is SQL Server. But you may easily modify procedure to use with MS Access.

PS3's Consume Five Times More Energy Than A Fridge

In these times of eco-friendly policies and the need to reduce energy consumption it has been reported that the PS3 uses five times more electricity than the average fridge. The report, by Australian consumer group Choice, also claims that the Nintendo Wii was the most energy efficient of the games consoles on the market, with the Xbox not far behind. When you consider that the PS3 uses on average ten times the electricity required by the Nintendo Wii, it very much puts it all into perspective.

BlackBerry clamshell "Kickstart" due by end of year...

Plans for a new BlackBerry clamshell phone were confirmed today with photos surfacing of the device. The BlackBerry flip phone is codenamed the Kickstart, according to the BGR report and uses the SureType keyboard. It features an external LCD as well as an internal LCD and also uses the TrackBall for navigation. RIM, which also included a new camera in the device, is expected to release it before the end of the year.

Nanotech process produces plastics that are 10 times more stretchable

Move over, Rumplestiltskin. Researchers in China report the first successful "electrospinning" of a type of plastic widely used in automobiles and electronics. The high-tech process, which uses an electric charge to turn polymers into thin fibers in the presence of electricity, produced plastic mats that can stretch 10 times more without breaking than the original material and could lead to new uses for the plastic, they say. Their study is scheduled for the June 10 issue of ACS' Macromolecules.

Nanotechnology process produces plastics that are 10 times more stretchable

(Nanowerk News) Move over, Rumplestiltskin. Researchers in China report the first successful “electrospinning” of a type of plastic widely used in automobiles and electronics. The high-tech process, which uses an electric charge to turn polymers into thin fibers in the presence of electricity, produced plastic mats that can stretch 10 times more without breaking than the original material and could lead to new uses for the plastic, they say. Their study is scheduled for the June 10 issue of ACS’ Macromolecules, a bi-weekly journal.

US titanium-dioxide market to top $2 billion in '09 on nanotech

US exports of titanium dioxide -- the naturally occurring oxide of titanium -- will grow by 21% to $1.5 billion this year, and could top $2 billion next year, as the commodity rebounds on strong sales of nanotechnology-based products, according to market reseach firm SBI. These nano-based products containing the material include self-cleaning windows and fabrics and pollution-busting paints, according to SBI's new report entitled The US Market for Titanium Dioxide. The new technology coupled with a wide range of uses will drive the US market for titanium dioxide, with the market jumping to $2.2 billion in 2009 and $2.3 billion by 2012. What's more, the market for the material's current uses -- including paints, printing inks, plastic and paper products, food, cosmetics, ceramics and rubber -- "are keeping export levels robust," the report

Spammer Uses Texas Attorney General as Front

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Zappos uses an army of robots to ship you your Nikes

Zappos, the online footwear retailer, knows that puny humans are totally inefficient when it comes to doing warehouse work, which is why they've replaced them with an army of box-toting robots. More specifically, an army of robots from the Kiva Mobile Fulfillment System.

Honda uses robotics to help elderly walk again

Using technology developed for Honda’s famous ASIMO (Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility) robot, the company has developed an assistive walking device that can be used to boost the strength of strides for the elderly and those with weakened or impaired walking.

Google Uses Previous Searches to Serve Ads on Current Ones

Google is testing ads that target user behavior, reports The New York Times. Ads a person sees on a given Google search may be influenced by what s/he queried minutes earlier.

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