A new type of binoculars developed by DARPA not only penetrates heat haze, it uses the shimmering distortion to magnify distant objects behind it, significantly extending target recognition and identification.
The one disadvantage is that since the technique relies on a combination of images, you can’t see what’s going on in real time. Best case [...]

I think it was smart for Yahoo to drop its music-subscription service earlier this year. But it’s hard for me to believe that consumers need anyone directing them to music. Even if they did, would anyone look to Yahoo for that?

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A music subscription and download service didn’t work out for Yahoo, so the [...]

Within the next two months the software will be updated to play videos off of Hulu, meaning AppleTV owners who run the hack will be able to watch full-length TV shows (with ads) without having to purchase them from Apple’s proprietary storefront. The company is also trying to get Netflix’s freshly improved Watch Now [...]

However, processors–Intel’s and AMD’s main business–should still see healthy growth. “Microprocessors, which account for roughly 14 percent of total semiconductor revenues, have experienced healthy unit sales growth to date in 2008, and revenues are expected to grow over 10 percent per year for the next two years,” the SIA said.
He also disassociated Kuma from [...]

Universal Music Group came out on top among record labels for total album sales in 2008 (31.5 percent market share, down ever so slightly from 2007) as well as for digital albums and digital tracks (market shares of 27.8 percent and 31.8 percent, respectively). Sony BMG was second overall, with 25.3 percent of all album [...]

This latter tactic also becomes more inviting given that enterprises increasingly look to open source as a commons to be used but not replenished. This is one reason why Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst has been evangelizing for enterprises to contribute code back to the open-source communities from which they derive benefit. Open source has [...]

In case you’re one of the millions of people who are sick of Facebook’s new design, and want to change the way it looks, there’s a simple solution called PageRage. It won’t tweak things to look like they did before, but it will let you to do one of the things Facebook has never allowed–theme [...]

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Using largely HP hardware and Intel processors, six initial data centers will be built at those locations, each with 1,000 to 4,000 processor cores (that’s probably about 125 to 500 servers). Though research has already begun “in bits and pieces,” all [...]

Through Facebook Connect, members will be able to use their Facebook identities across the Web–profile photos, names, photos, friends, groups, events, and other information. Facebook profile content, for example, could appear on other social sites, and Facebook event listings could theoretically connect with external event and invitation services.
It’s a big move for the site. Until [...]

In fact, SAP nixed its revenue forecast for the year–in essence yanking away investors’ security blanket. Shareholders often find great comfort in the revenues and earnings forecasts that companies provide for the current and upcoming quarters.

However, with recent cost savings initiatives in place, the company expects the full-year 2008 non-GAAP operating margin, which excludes a [...]