Students produce movies with cell phones

...The exercise is part of a new Boston University class created through a unique partnership with cellular company Amp'd Mobile and taught by director Jan Egleson. During the semester, the students will produce a series of short episodes that eventually will be distributed by the company for its cellular customers. The students have challenged each other to shoot it using only the phones, despite obstacles surrounding sound and video quality.
From Yahoo News

Kumprinx Note: Dang! The havent watched my Seram short movie.

Firefox® 2 Released!

Mozilla hasreleased Firefox® 2, a major update to its popular and acclaimed free, open source Web browser. Firefox is developed by an international community of contributors working together under the umbrella of the Mozilla Foundation, a non-profit, public-benefit organization dedicated to improving the Internet experience for people everywhere.

Official Press Release
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Kumprinx Note: It's just keep getting better and better! I like it!

Breaking News, This Just In !!!!!

For those who don't know yet, Google buys YouTube for an amount of US$1.6 bil.
Source 'Star'
date 11-10-2006
page B13.

San Francisco: Web search leader Google Inc has agreed to buy top video entertainment site YouTube Inc for US$1.6bil in stock, the highest price yet paid for a consumer-generated media site

Actroid DER2 - Female Robot

Kokoro, a Sanrio Group company specializing in the design and manufacture of robots, unveiled its new Actroid DER2 feminine guide robot at Sanrio headquarters in Tokyo on October 4
Link to YouTube Video

What Einstein Got To Say About DIGES?

Need for Speed Carbon Demo Now Available

EA today released a demo of their upcoming game Need for Speed Carbon on the Xbox Live Market Place. The demo is free and 1.06 GB in size.

It includes the following cars and race modes for you to enjoy:

Cars:

• Mitsubishi Lancer EVOLUTION IX
• Lamborghini Gallardo
• Camaro Concept

Race modes:

• Circuit Race
• Canyon Duel
• Drift Race

I wonder when the PC demo will be released

Check out : http://www.ea.com/nfs/carbon/us/news.jsp?id=16

Wibree - Nokia's Own Bluetooth Technoligy

Cell phone market leader Nokia unveiled a new short-range wireless connection on Tuesday that is smaller and more energy-efficient than current Bluetooth technology and can be used in devices such as watches.

According to Nokia, the new radio technology needs a fraction of the power that other radio technologies do, and is therefore ideal for integration in small devices. It’s also compatible with Bluetooth solutions.

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Miss Czech is the new Miss World

Eighteen-year-old Czech high school student Tatana Kucharova has won the Miss World title in the glitzy finale of the beauty pageant in Warsaw.

Here's some related news:

Czech beauty wins Miss World contest
Times of India, India
WARSAW: Tatana Kucharova, an 18-year-old student from the Czech Republic, won the Miss World 2006 beauty contest on Saturday. Kucharova ...

18-Year-Old Czech Wins Miss World 2006
Forbes, NY
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA , 09.30.2006, 05:21 PM. Tatana Kucharova, an 18-year-old student from the Czech Republic, won the Miss World ...

Czech Republic's Tatana Kucharova Wins Miss World 2006 Beauty ...
FOX News
AP. Kucharova defeated 103 other women in voting by a panel of judges and television viewers around the world during a two-hour finals ...

Miss Czech Republic crowned Miss World 2006
Reuters
WARSAW (Reuters) - Miss Czech Republic took the Miss World crown on Saturday in Poland's capital Warsaw, the ...

Czech Republic's Tatana Kucharova wins Miss World 2006 pageant
Monsters and Critics.com, UK
Warsaw - The Czech Republic's Tatana Kucharova, 18, won the crown of Miss World 2006 Saturday at the 56th annual beauty pageant grande finale held in Warsaw ...

Nokia Music Phone

Nokia this week introduced three further music models due to come available very soon - the Nokia 5300 XpressMusic, the Nokia 5200 and the Nokia 3250 XpressMusic.
They look good and i want them all.!
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Steve Irwin (44) Died, this time for real

TV 'Croc Hunter' is killed
New York Daily News, NY
SYDNEY - "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin, the quirky
Australian naturalist who won worldwide acclaim, died today in a marine
accident, apparently killed by a ...

Croc Hunter Steve Irwin 'died instantly'
The Age, Australia
Steve Irwin probably died instantly when his chest was pierced
by a stingray's barb, the producer of the documentary he was making said. ...

Crocodile hunter Irwin was passionate showman in wild
Daily News & Analysis, India
SYDNEY: Iconic Aussie wildlife daredevil Steve Irwin died as he
loved living: seeking out the world's most dangerous and exotic creatures in
their domain. ...

Cultural cringe irked Irwin
Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand
By GREG TOURELLE. Steve Irwin, the famed Australian crocodile
hunter killed today by a stingray barb, loved his country but was puzzled ...

PM pays tribute to Croc Hunter
The Age, Australia
Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin was a typical Australian larrikin
who brought joy to millions of people around the world, Prime Minister John
Howard said on Monday ...

This is How They Made Pepsi

An old photoset i found on the net.
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TVUPlayer

Korang jeles tengok jiran sebelah rumah kau tengok HBO? Boring siaran TV asyik yang sama je? Nak pakai Astro tapi takde duit? Nah! Ini jawapannya... Link

Misti jiran kau jeles kat kau balik pasal kau dapat tengok HBO percuma je Hahaha

(extremely) Powerful Laser Pointers

Their website claims that this laser pointer can burn, slash, melt plastic and when your lighter runs dry, it’ll even light up your smoke. And they blast a laser beam for over 100 miles.
Check it out! There's videos and other stuff.

SanDisk 8GB MP3 Player

It has 1.8” TFT color screen, Strong Liquidmetal® back casing and even a microSD™ expansion slot for additional memory capacity.
Now why would you want that if you have 8GB of storage?
Sandisk

Hydroxene : Add water - more kilometers!

Developed by Malaysian scientist Dr Halim Ali, the technology incorporates water as a supplementary fuel to petrol and saves fuel consumption by more than 50 per cent.

For instance, a litre of petrol in a car installed with the Hydroxene gadget, about the size of a car battery, can run up to 27km as compared to only 10km in a normal car.

Water molecules are split into hydrogen and oxygen through high compression nano-technology before being pumped into the fuel line, he said.

“The new fuel mixture of petrol or diesel, hydrogen and oxygen is then injected into the engine where combustion takes place,” he said at the launch of hybrid cars by LM Star Autoworld Sdn Bhd here.

Dr Halim, who has a research centre in Putrajaya, said that he first patented hydroxene four years ago and would be re-filing the patent in the next two months.

He said that although he has received offers to sell the technology, some offers amounting to US$26mil (RM95.7mil), he had no intention of letting foreign parties get hold of it.

As simple as it sounds, Dr Halim is quick to add that the technology is difficult to copy, as it has a “secret recipe” which very few people know about.

“There are only 12 people in the world who know how hydroxene works and even then they only know 70% of the technology,” he said, adding that the core aspects of the technology remained with him.

Business Times
The Star Online

Google Games

Digital Inspirations have listed six 'Google Games'. Good stuff only if you have absolutely nothing to do.

Here's one:
Google Mirror - elgoog - This site is like a mirror reflection of Google. All the text is displayed in the reverse order and inclined to the right of the page just like Arabic language. Remember that the queries are also to written in the backward direction [live example]

Six more on Digital Inspirations

Info : Phentermine

Phentermine is a phenethylamine primarily used as an appetite suppressant. It is typically prescribed for individuals who are at increased medical risk because of their weight, as opposed to cosmetic weight loss. Phentermine is sold either as an immediate-release formulation (Adipex®) or as a slow-release resin (Ionamin®, Duromine® in Australia and New Zealand).
From : Wikipedia

World Trade Center Movie Hits Theaters

Oliver Stone's movie "World Trade Center" opens in the United States this week. It's the second movie from Hollywood this year to document the events on September 11, 2001. The film is being released just four weeks ahead of the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attacks. It is drawing critical acclaim from movie critics and mixed feelings from some of the families of those who died. VOA's Kane Farabaugh attended the New York premiere to talk to the stars about why they made the film, and to the families about how this affects their lives.
From : VOA

Info and trailers

Paris Hilton's New Music Video "Stars Are Blind"

Against my better judgement: "Stars Are Blind" is the debut single from heiress, actress, and newly minted pop star Paris Hilton. Watch it now on Google Video, courtesy of Warner Music International. The video was shot on the beach in Malibu, California in May by noted director Chris Applebaum, who also lensed Rihanna's "S.O.S." and Natasha Bedingfield's "Unwritten," as well as Hilton's high-profile Carl's Jr. campaign. "Stars Are Blind" is the lead-off single from Hilton's self-titled debut album, which is due for release by Warner Bros. Records late summer.

Cyclop Baby From Chennai

 

A one-eyed child suffering from a rare chromosomal disorder known as cyclopia was born in a hospital in Chennai earlier this week. The disorder occurs during pregnancy when the cells that constitute the forebrain fail to develop properly and fuse into a single eye. Instances of cyclopia are generally attributed to outside factors like ambient pollution, radiation, drugs and the introduction of other agents that can alter fetal development. More