Thursday, June 4, 2009

04-Jun-2009 PM clippings

Enjoy:

Sony unveils the PSP Go. US$249, half the size and 40% the weight of the PSP 3000. On sale in the US in October, expected to shift 15m/pa:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/games/2467159/Sony-lifts-curtain-on-tinier-PSP/

Microsoft may be dragging feet over supporting SVG graphics in IE, but Google is creating a Javascript shim to do the job:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/03/google_svg_internet_explorer/

The RIAA retrial of their only successful prosecution to date has resulted in calls to ban evidence from MediaSentry:
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/lawyer-court-must-ban-all-mediasentry-evidence.ars

Cornell researchers not only emulate fluid flow, but reproduce the sound that running water makes:
http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/June09/SynthSounds.ws.html

And finally. Research shows that a good curry could help prevent dementia. Turmeric apparently dissolves brain plaques:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8080630.stm

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