| Real-life cyber crime was eye-opener for 'Untraceable' actress Diane ...
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Diane Lane got a crash course in pixilated evil when she signed up to play an FBI cyber agent in "Untraceable," and thanks to her time studying the bureau's online crime investigations, the actress learned more than she ever wanted to know about the darker regions of the Internet. .
Blog: Gadgets Sears Becomes First Major Retailer to Trial 2-D Barcodes
The humble barcode was first patented in 1952 and became widely used in supermarkets in the early 1970's. Barcodes are the ubiquitous little rectangles filled with lines of varying degrees of thickness and numbers that are used to track product stock levels at some stores and are used to ring up prices virtually everywhere we do business. The barcode has been around for decades now and some large retailers in the U.S. are looking at a new type of barcode system that will allow consumers to get more information on a product in an interactive way. The new barcodes are called 2-D barcodes and the first trial is currently underway with Sears. The unique aspect of these barcodes is that by using a compatible cellular phone with a camera and a downloadable application for the phone, a consumer can launch an applet to get more information on the product.
Mauled boy's mum: Dogs have feelings too
As of late yesterday, 70 per cent of the 4000 readers who voted in our online poll thought the dog should be removed. Separate attack Ms Cottier's defence of her decision to keep the dog came as another boy was recovering from a dog attack which left him in need of emergency surgery. Rodney Beveridge, from Urbenville on the North Coast is still in shock after the dog ripped his arm open in a savage attack on Australia Day. He had been playing at a friend's house when he went to go inside but was met at the door by a mastiff-rottweiler cross. The dog rushed Rodney, biting his upper right arm, sinking its teeth to the bone and shaking him from side to side. The dog will be put down. Share this article .
Arrest warrant issued for alleged movie pirate
Adam is charged with two counts of knowingly distributing copyrighted material, an offence under the legislation. The judge in the case issued a modified arrest warrant that allows police to pick up Adam and release him under a promise to appear in court. .
Kodak's picture not so rosy beneath the headlines
This Perez guy may have a future as general manager of the Minnesota Twins! Furthermore, the bottom line got a nice bump from a tremendous drop in the provision for income taxes to $17 million from $126 million in the fourth quarter of 2006. Ultimately, Kodak's old film businesses will go to nothing and its digital businesses, including the growing ink-jet printer effort, will keep growing. But the old biz was highly profitable — it showed a 15% profit margin in the quarter for 2006 and 9% in 2007. The new biz is much less cushy - with a fourth quarter margin of 4% the past two years. Kodak's commercial graphics business likewise shows a 3% margin in the fourth quarter. And just stop and think about it for a minute: Kodak is growing in markets that are ultra-competitive, require lots of R&D spending to stay current and offer cut-throat margins.
Nazi vacation photos an eerie echo
Nazi officers and women auxiliaries who worked for the SS mug for the camera as they pose in their uniforms on a wooden bridge. (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum) The photos show uniformed men and women having an uproariously good time, certainly a better time than I've ever had at an office party. Looking at them, it's hard to know whether to be sarcastic or deadpan or despairing. I am scrolling through 116 photos on my computer. The photos, released to a horrified world audience this month, appear to be only the second set of Auschwitz photos in existence — or yet discovered. In 1946, an American intelligence officer hauled the album out of an attic in Frankfurt and inexplicably kept it to himself until now. Thanks to his belated gift to the U.S.
Motorola RAZR2 V8 Luxury Edition Now Available Online
The ultra-slim RAZR2 V8 Luxury Edition features elegant 18K gold-plated accents that highlight the black slate vacuum-metal finish. The back features a soft-touch back, while subtle details such as a snakeskin-like texture, elegant pin stripes on the front lens, an engraved diamond-cut pattern on the sideband and linear etching on the navigation wheel look stunning. The RAZR2 V8 Luxury Edition provides users with an array of innovative, in-demand features. Without even opening the flip, users can read and respond to texts on the large, color external display, which also boasts touch-sensitive music controls, picture caller ID and self-portrait camera display. Motorola's patented CrystalTalk technology helps enable clear calls by automatically accounting for background noise and adjusting the audio.
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