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(link) Saturday, 27-October-2012 23:39:46 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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Windows 8 came out yesterday as expected, with coverage on PC World, TechReviewSource, MaximumPC, Tech Report and lots of other places. Lots of discussion going on in our Windows Operating Systems forum.
The Internet Archive recently celebrated 10 Petabytes of cultural material saved on their servers. On Thursday, 25 October, hundreds of Internet Archive supporters, volunteers, and staff celebrated addition of the 10,000,000,000,000,000th byte to the Archive’s massive collections.
There's another de-blurring program out called SmartDeblur. With photos, out-of-focus used to be a permanent condition. Not any more. De-blurring algorithms, written by people who paid lots of attention in math class, reduce and sometimes almost eliminate several kinds of blurring: incorrect focus, motion blur, and Gaussian blur. Which is why you should pattern-fill things you are actually trying to obscure.
3D printing is a hugely exciting new area of technology, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation are hoping to make sure it doesn't get locked up in patent battles. EFF and the Cyberlaw Clinic at Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society are working together to use this new process to challenge patent applications that particularly threaten growing 3D printing technologies. As a first step, we are evaluating 3D printing patent applications currently pending before the Patent Office to identify potential target applications.
Yaleman spotted some free codes for plants vs zombies, in what appears to be a drive to promote dental care for kids. This Halloween, the ADA and PopCap Games are redefining what a Halloween “treat” can be… by giving FUN instead of candy. We’re giving away Plants vs. Zombies™ download games as a sugar-free alternative, and you can join in the fun.
Also from yaleman, today's timewaster is Typing Karaoke!
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