Cell Phone with Built-in Projector
At first glance, the mobile phone looks exactly like a conventional cell phone. On the side of the housing there is a swivel bracket that holds the projector unit.
The light source is a tiny semiconductor laser that emits monochrome light to project a real-time image of the display. Depending on the position of the [...]
Pez to dispense MP3s instead of candy
Rap impresario 50 Cent may be riding atop the Billboard charts on the strength of his hit single “Candy Shop,” but music lovers of all kinds will soon be able to mix their passions for beats and sweets if one gadget maker’s plans come to fruition.
That’s right, the candy market’s best-known handheld device, the [...]
Cabos 0.3.2 – LimeWire-based file sharing program
Cabos 0.3.2 is out. It contains some improvements and bug fixes.About Cabos:Cabos is simplest Gnutella file sharing program. It is free software, no spyware, no adware.Website:http://cabos.sourceforge.jp/Change Log:Improved multi-sourced downloading.Improved search results.Improved unicode searching.Fixed some minor bugs.Remember downloaded state in search results.Remember window state properly (Windows Only).Gray out only shared files.
Toshiba pays record settlement concerning patent violations on flash memory
EDIT: If they win the last injunction, Lexar is in a position to strangle royalties out of allot of manufaturers of Flash based technology. Making Sandisk and some others products illegal. ~Moneoa
A jury in California this week ordered Toshiba and one of its U.S. subsidiaries to pay an additional $84 million in damages [...]
Canada Proposes Copyright Law Amendments To Curb File-Sharing
The Canadian government has proposed several copyright amendments that would serve to crack down on file sharing, preventing Internet users from freely swapping music, books and movies online.
“This is terrific news,” said Canadian Recording Industry Association President Graham Henderson. “Canada is one step closer to having a copyright law that will reflect the realities of [...]
Broadband scuffle reaches Supreme Court
Two competing visions of the future of high-speed Internet services will face off before the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, in a closely watched case that could set the rules of the road for broadband competition in America for years to come.
At stake is whether cable broadband providers must share their lines with rivals–as happens [...]
Zeropaid Interview: Rick the Producer of Zp’s upcoming P2P Show
In its life span Zp has proudly brought you news and info from the p2p community, I am pleased to announce that once again we deliver with a new P2P Show by a Zeropaid Community Member to debut on Zp.
Zeropaid News has asked Rick the producer (mxpwx in the ZP community) a few questions [...]
Motorola drops music phones
Motorola has unveiled phones designed for music addicts or for people sick of carrying a separate MP3 player. One of the new handsets, E680i, is designed to let people transfer, store and catalog music. It can be used with Bluetooth headphones. The phone is compatible with formats such as MP3 and WMA. It also features [...]
Sharman pleads innocence as trial winds down
Peer-to-peer software provider Sharman Networks and its related parties, which stand accused of copyright infringement by the Australian recording industry, collectively denied the charges against them during closing statements Wednesday.
The record labels say that users of Sharman’s software, Kazaa, download billions of files each month without paying royalties to copyright owners. Previously during the trial, [...]
Firefox add-on lets surfers tweak sites, but is it safe?
A new Firefox extension that lets people customize their experience of the sites they visit is stirring excitement among Web surfers and consternation among security experts.
The extension, dubbed Greasemonkey, lets people run what’s known as a “user script,” which alters a Web page as it’s downloaded.
That capability has gained the extension an avid following of [...]
