Monday, August 25, 2008

25-Aug-2008 AM clippings

Enjoy:

Radio New Zealand talks to Groklaw about their decision to offer
audio in the Free Ogg Vorbis format alongside proprietary ones:
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080821100600851

Amarok 2.0 audio player comes out in beta, together with an app for
the upcoming Google Android phones which gives them remote control:
http://amarok.kde.org/en/releases/2.0/beta/1
http://www.jsharkey.org/blog/2008/08/20/amarok-14-remote-in-android-using-dcoppython/

MIT develops microbatteries, only 4 micrometers across and joined up
by virus particles. It's smaller than a human blood cell:
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/virus-battery-0820.html

TI Show the BBC what they are doing to reduce power consumption of
portable devices so they can run off background vibrations:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/7576366.stm

And finally. An esitmated half a million people in developing nations
are employed as "gold farmers" in virtual games as their main job:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7575902.stm

Vik :v)
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