Toshiba pulling the plug on HD DVD already?

Publicado en Stardate: 85130.37
Categoría: Hardware DVD
HD-DVD
HD-DVD

Japan’s NHK has followed up The Hollywood Reporter’s earlier indications Toshiba was ready to dump its money-losing HD DVD business, with news that the company is prepared to cease manufacturing software and hardware, at a loss of hundreds of millions of dollars. This caps the worst week ever for red, when HD DVD was dumped by Netflix and Wal-mart.

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Yahoo’s Board REJECTS Microsoft takeover Offer

Publicado en Stardate: 85112.31
Categoría: Para Leer Internet
Yahoo!
Yahoo!

Board members concluded the unsolicited $44.6 billion offer massively undervalues the Web pioneer, a person familiar with the situation told the newspaper.

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25 Incredible Skins and Tools for the Gmail Power User

Publicado en Stardate: 85102.51
Categoría: Para Leer Internet Listas
Gmail
Gmail

Gmail is one of those rare things unanimously loved by everyday web users and tech-heads alike. The possibilities are endless. It can be anything from a simple email client to your central nervous system on the web. This article highlights some of the very best tips, tools and hacks hand-picked from hundreds of resources.

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ICANN flips switch on IPv6 DNS root servers

Publicado en Stardate: 85101.86
Categoría: Para Leer Internet
IPv6
IPv6

As of February 4, six of the 13 DNS root servers can be queried over IPv6, putting IPv6 on equal footing with IPv4 on the first time

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16GB iPhone available and 32GB iPod touch, $499

Publicado en Stardate: 85099.58
Categoría: Hardware
Apple
Apple

Out of the rumor mill comes the 16GB iPhone, now official. Ever since the 16GB iPod touch was announced in September, we all knew it was just a matter of time until Apple could bung the same NAND chip into their chubbier iPhone. The Surprise is a new 32GB iPod touch for the same $499. Both are available immediately.

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Too Many Tabs? Firefox Add-ons to manage a TAB JAM

Publicado en Stardate: 85093.24
Categoría: Software
Firefox
Firefox

Every Firefox user spends a lot of time dealing with tabs. Thus, improving the tabs directly adds to the browsing experience. You can make them better, faster, beautiful and lot less ovewhelming. So here you go, 6 powerful addons to improve your tabbed browsing.

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NASA sends Beatles “Across the Universe” to the star Polaris

Publicado en Stardate: 85091.11
Categoría: Para Leer
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NASA

This first-ever beaming of a radio song by the space agency directly into deep space is nostalgia-driven. It celebrates the 40th anniversary of the song, the 45th anniversary of NASA’s Deep Space Network

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101 Design Patterns & Tips for Developers

Publicado en Stardate: 85088.42
Categoría: Programación
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HTML Source Code

An excellent collection of useful tips on design patterns, refactoring and other programming tricks

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Del Toro to take charge of The Hobbit

Publicado en Stardate: 85088.37
Categoría: Películas
The Hobbit
The Hobit

The announcement was made at last night’s French premiere of The Orphanage, a Spanish horror film that Del Toro helped produce. Introducing the film-maker, the host told the audience: “Today is a big day because we are announcing what everyone wanted to hear, which is that he will be directing The Hobbit.”

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Microsoft to buy Yahoo! for $44.6 billion

Publicado en Stardate: 85088.35
Categoría: Para Leer Internet
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Microsoft

Microsoft has offered to buy the search engine company Yahoo for $44.6bn (£22.4bn) in cash and shares.

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