NBC has negotiated a lucrative deal with the International Olympic Committee to ban Americans from watching the live online video feeds to PCs and mobile phones that much of the rest of the world will enjoy free of charge. The purpose is to artificially force Americans to watch Olympic coverage on TV and endure NBC's horrible coverage. Worse, Olympic footage will be available at a later date, but Americans will have to pay. Only people with a Visa card -- a major NBC advertiser -- will be allowed to pay for the delayed video.
Hackers Invent Long Range Bluetooth-Cracking Gun
A group of hackers called Flexilis showed up at the recent Defcon event with a Bluetooth-cracking gun they invented called the BlueSniper. The device can be aimed at a passerby carrying a Bluetooth phone up to a half-mile away, enabling the "shooter" to perform, in the words of the inventors, "any type of attack from a long-range distance," including stealing data and "taking down any and all devices" within range. If you see a geek (or John Ashcroft) coming toward you with one of these, destroy your phone and run. Here comes the video (in a downloadable zip file). (props to Engadget)
Thursday, August 05, 2004
Cingular Wireless Launches Service to Help You Lie
Cingular Wireless lies to customers about the quality of its service. Now it's lending you their expertise in fibbing to help you escape bad dates. A new publicity stunt service called "Escape-A-Date" allows you to schedule what they call a "rescue" phone call at a specific time. The call plays one of eight recorded messages that guides you through a falsehood to trick your date into thinking that you have an emergency.
Found Video: The New Batmobile
An amaature video enthusiast has captured spy footage of the new Batmobile during a location shoot for the upcoming movie. Here comes the video.
Wednesday, August 04, 2004
Don't Tell Atkins: Scientists Convert Carbs to Electricity
Scientists at a small Thai R&D company called Cellennium Thailand claim to have successfully converted carbohydrates from sugar and tapioca into electrical power with a vanadium-based fuel cell. Sweet.
Breaking Moore's Law: Intel's Smithfield to Ship Ahead of Schedule
Intel will unveil the dual-core processor, codenamed Smithfield, in mid-2005 and not in 2006 as previously announced, according to Taiwanese motherboard makers.
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