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CFP 2008 A little over ten years ago, science fiction author David Brin stood up at the Computers, Freedom and Privacy conference and delivered the first draft of some of his 1998 book The Transparent Society. The crowd, he said Thursday, was “both helpful and actively hostile”.
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| Want To Work For Square Enix? Write Fan-Fiction [Japan] No doubt, this will be a dream job for some. Square Enix is looking for a localizer to, as the job listing explains, "edit and proofread in-game text and voice scripts for large-scale video game projects," "copy-edit promotional materials, manuals, and various sell text," and "work [..] |
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| May 30, 1898: Krypton Discovered, Decades Before Superman Arrives 1898: Two British researchers discover the element krypton. It’s real, but it would inspire fantastic fiction.
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| EEDAR Predicts Mammoth Wii Win in July, Xbox 360 Sees Only Increase [Sales Predictions] The image associated with this post is best viewed using a browser. Here's something a little different. This morning Electronic Entertainment Design and Research sent us their predictions for July sales. While the monthly data that NPD typically sends out is hard numbers, these are all predictions based on EEDAR's analysis of early sales. Those hard numbers won't be hitting till later this mon [..] |
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| Older Games Benefit More From 360 Hard Disk Loading [Fall Dash Update] As you all know, the Fall Xbox 360 Dashboard update will grant your console the power to copy your games directly onto your hard disk, enhancing loading times significantly. Significantly is of course relative, as Xbox Product Manager Germany Boris Schneider-Johne points out. [..] |
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AT&T finally offers iPhone plan for deaf and hard of hearing 
There has been a community of people clamoring for this for months now, but AT&T sure took its sweet time. Better late than never though, right? AT&T has just announced an iPhone plan tailored towards those that are deaf or hard of hearing. The TAP, or Text Accessibility Plan, will run you $40, and includes unlimited [...] [..] |
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HD clock spins up  Ian built an excellent LED hard drive clock display from this design. It really is a very cool display - nice. - LED Hard Drive Clock 3.5″ [via Hackosis]
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Vintage Japanese Robots  This is a great collection of vintage Japanese robots, all of which can be seen at the Sci-Fi Museum in Seattle through October 26th 2008.
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