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Fujitsu Stakes Future of Hard Drive on HAMR
By Bryan Gardiner - www.extremetech.com

On Tuesday, hard drive and peripheral maker Fujitsu announced it had developed a multi-layer optical element for a new storage technology known as heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR).

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Alcatel sues Microsoft over digital video patents
By: Peter Sayer
IDG News Service (Paris Bureau)  (21 Nov 2006)

Alcatel has accused Microsoft Corp. of infringing seven of its U.S. patents. The patents describe how to implement fast-forward and rewind functions in digital video streams, among other things.


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Build Your Very Own Stargate!
www_brickshelf_com_gallery_binkmeister_stargate_sg03_jpg_splash.jpgFrom http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/11413

This rotating Stargate is 19 inches tall with light-up chevrons. An RCX drives a treadmill, which spins the inner ring randomly for x seconds, then reverses direction, seven times. Won best medium space award and best brick mod at BrickFest 2005.

About this creation
This is my rotating, light-up Stargate. It was constructed over a period of approximately 3 months in mid-2005, and first displayed at BrickFest 2005, where I'm honored to say it took both the Best Medium Space and Best Brick Mod awards.

The gate itself is constructed of four main parts: The base, the walkway, the inner ring, and the outer ring.

The base contains two motors and an RCX unit which drives a hidden treadmill. On top of the treadmill rests the inner ring, whose outer portions are intentionally knobby in order to grab onto the tread. 1x tiles lining the inside walls of the base keep the inner ring standing upright and snug.

The outer ring sits on the inner ring, and is slightly cantilevered between where the outer ring meets the base and the outer supports... this helps support the outer ring and take some of the weight off the inner ring. Some weight needs to be applied, however, since the inner ring is driven by friction against the tread. The inner surface of the outer ring is made up mostly of 1x2 bricks that form a smooth curve.
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Protect DVD-Video - A slap in the face for PC and Media Center owners
The movie industry seems determined to continue on a course where it happily erodes the rights of legitimate users, all in the name of securing profits.  The latest example of this comes in the form of a DVD copy protection technology called Protect DVD-Video which actually prevents a DVD being played on a Windows PC using Windows Media Player, Windows Media Center Edition or any software players based on DirectShow.

Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes - blogs.znet.com

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Chinese scientists invent first cooking robot
China's first cooking robot, named AIC-AICookingrobot, has been invented by scientists in Shenzhen in south China's Guangdong Province.

From en.ce.cn

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