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Microsoft sues schools for reselling cheap software
Microsoft has filed suit against nine schools in Jordan, alleging the schools bought educational-discount licenses Microsoft software, and resold them to Internet retailers, making "millions of dollars" in the process. The software was marked "student media" and "not for…
French train beats conventional rail record
While it didn't quite mash the land speed record of 581 km/h set by a Japanese mag lev in 2003, a French train just broke the record for conventional rail by reaching 574.8 km/h on fresh-laid track. The previous…
ID Pilot Wire Identification Labels
One of the problems with having a lot of electrical plugs is remembering which plug goes with which device. With the ID Pilot Wire Identification Labels that's no longer a problem. Just stick the label that has the drawing…
Texas Instruments Pico Movie Projector
The Pico projector is so small (how small is it?) that it fits at the bottom of your mobile. It's only 3cm and packed with three lasers, a DLP chip that is capable of delivering widescreen TV images in…
Jott sends your voicemail to India for transcription, free
Heralding Tech Bubble 2.0 is Jott, a service that transcribes your voice messages and emails them to whomever you like. Simply call it up, say, for example, "Remind Victor about the DJ Fish concert", and your message wings over…
Androids sweep Tokyo, lifting people
In Tokyo on 28 March, a human sized android picked up a 30 kg package from a desk and a 66 kg humanoid doll from a bed. The reason this is cool is, it isn't just using more powerful…
Litter Robot LRII Automatic Self-Cleaning Litter Box
There are surely times when the most beautiful words in the world would be, Litter Robot LRII Automatic Self-Cleaning Litter Box. Though the picture makes your cat look like a space explorer-cum-Eskimo, I think even the most dignified kitty…
Wi-Fi blocking paint from Em-Sec Technologies
Though the real crime is what they charge for the blasted Wi-Fi at some net cafes, if you think someone is stealing your signal, you could just install a WEP key, or you could go into overkill mode and…
Wii-Playing Robot bowls perfect game
I've gotta say I'm a little lost on why you'd want to hire an artificial life-form to play your simulated games, but that hasn't stopped creation of a WiiGoBot that can bowl a perfect game. A combination of Lego…
c,mm,n open source car
At the AutoRAI car show in Amsterdam, the c,mm,n (pronounced "common") car was introduced. It is being touted as the first open source car. All the vehicle's technical drawings and blueprints are available online and everyone is free to…
