Well actually, I suppose it’s the Immersive Media mobile since those are the people behind the Google Street View. PR. Differently got the scoop on the fleet of mysterious vehicles behind all the awesome pictures that have been popping up. The camera on top of the roof of the car is actually Immersive’s own specially designed 11 lens camera. Hot stuff.
Posted: June 4th, 2007 under Google, Internet, Tech.
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From Torrentfreak.com
Interesting article about the hugely popular torrent search engine The Pirate Bay.
Today it’s exactly one year since the controversial raid on The Pirate Bay. Unlike the MPAA would have wanted, TPB is still online, more poular than ever. Let’s look back at last years events.
Read the full article after the jump.
Posted: June 1st, 2007 under PirateBay, Article, Piracy, Internet.
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Economist.com has released a report outlining the countries with the most software piracy per computer.
TECH firms constantly moan about software piracy and no wonder. Last year it accounted for 35% of the worldwide market and cost the industry $39.6 billion according to the Business Software Alliance, a trade body. America and China lead the world in terms of total losses from piracy at $7.2 billion and $5.4 billion respectively. But when calculated according to the number of computers in each country a different picture emerges. Cash-strapped countries dominate the leader board. In Azerbaijan, which comes out on top, computers are loaded with $262-worth of pirated software on average. But Iceland is the surprise second-placed nation: although software to the tune of $32m is pirated it is spread over only a few computers.
Okay. What the hell is going on here. I don’t want to sound like an idiot but, where the hell is Azerbaijan? Seriously, maybe it’s just me but I didn’t even know some of the countries on this list had electricity let alone internet. I’m half tempted to let the Economist check out my computer, that should catapult the U.S. to about third on that list. I mean… uh.. nothing. Nevermind.
Posted: May 31st, 2007 under Software, Piracy, Internet.
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It’s been officially announced today that mid-June AppleTV will support streaming YouTube videos directly to your TV. Pretty cool addition to the product.
CUPERTINO, California-May, 30, 2007-Apple® today announced that it’s bringing the Internet’s most popular originally-created content from YouTube to the living room with Apple TVâ„¢. Beginning in mid-June, Apple TV will wirelessly stream videos directly from YouTube and play them on a user’s widescreen TV. Using Apple TV’s elegant interface and simple Apple Remote, viewers can easily browse, find and watch free videos from YouTube in the comfort of their living room.
There’s already some guy who created this plug-in that he is going to publish in the next few days. If you’re in the market for AppleTV plug-ins and tricks then take a peak over at AwkwardTV.org
A video of the YouTube AppleTV plug-in and full press release after the jump.
Posted: May 30th, 2007 under Apple, Internet, Tech.
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Those crazy bastards at Google are at it again. They have added ‘Street View’ to Google Maps, though it only seems to work in a few major cities. Make sure your not that busy when you check it out because it’s pretty easy to sit down and kill a half hour looking around NYC.
I’m not quite sure what the practical application for this is, it’s still fun to play with. If it were in real time then maybe you could pretend you’re some super spy hacking into government security cameras to spy on potential targets. Then after about a half hour of that you realize that your boss is standing behind you while you’re humming the mission impossible theme. Busted!
-Click here to play with Street View-
Posted: May 30th, 2007 under Google, awesome, Internet.
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So you find out that the whole neighborhood has been stealing your wifi. You could easily lock it down with a password… OR! You could do this handy trick and turn their internet upside down, literally! The old switcheroo after the jump.. or is it the upsidedowner or the insideoutter? Read more »
Posted: May 25th, 2007 under Internet, Tech, Funny.
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