Congress may take books, musical compositions and other works out of the public domain, where they can be freely used and adapted, and grant them copyright status again, the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
In a 6-2 ruling, the court ruled that just because material enters the public domain, it is not “territory that works may never exit.” (PDF)
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MojoKid writes “Intel today unveiled a pilot program that provides warranty protection to overclockers in the event they get a little bit overzealous with pushing the pedal to the metal. For a fee, Intel will provide a one-time replacement of certain processors that are damaged by overclocking and/or over-volting. It’s completely optional and in addition to the original three-year standard warranty that already applies to Intel’s retail boxed processors. Intel isn’t yet ready to flat-out endorse overclocking but the Santa Clara chip maker is perfectly content to provide a ‘limited remedy if issues arise as a result of an enthusiast’s decision to enable overclocking,’ for a modest fee, of course. The deal applies only to certain Extreme Edition and K-series (unlocked) processors currently, in Intel’s Core i7 and Core i5 families.”
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gManZboy writes “The Department of Energy is no stranger to supercomputers, and its Pacific Northwest National Lab has proven that it can continue to be an innovator in the field by using what the lab calls a unique groundwater-fed cooling system in the lab’s newest supercomputer, Olympus. The novel cooling system translates normal groundwater into big savings for the new 162 teraflop supercomputer, which is being used in energy, chemical, and fluid dynamics research. The setup translates into 70% less energy use than traditionally cooled systems.”
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Streaming video over the Internet is one of the most important telecommunication developments in the last decade. Problem is, doing so needs a massive system architecture to support it and the feed is often riddled with lag. A new protocol from BitTorret’s founder is aiming to change all that. More »
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Maurizo Galante and Tal Lancman are the clever brains behind this ingenious chair design entitled the “Louis XV Goes To Sparta“. The design takes the classic form of a Louis XV armchair and merges it with an insanely accurate digitally reproduced marble pattern to create a final piece worthy of doing a double take. The chair was designed for Italian manufacturer Cerruti Baleri, has a plywood structure and CFC-free soft polyurethane foam interior. The foam is wrapped with layer of Dacron and a separate polyurethane seating cushion. And as if it wasn’t gorgeous enough already, the marble upholstery is 100% silk. The marble “tattoos” as they’re called, come in 3 versions: grande antico, portasanta, and carrera. I’ll take one of each please. To place your order simply head over to CerrutiBaleri.com. And if this isn’t mindblowing enough for you, check out this previous FEELguide story in the following link that even caught the attention of the folks at Boing Boing.
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Cerruti Baleri’s Gorgeous “Louis XV Goes To Sparta” Armchair Fuses Classic Form With Silk Marble Tattoo
Adlink’s announced a new series of quad-core computers that laugh in the face of overheating. Apparently forgoing the need for fan installation, its Matrix MXE-5300 line-up covers Intel Core i7, i5, and i3 processor setups and are tweaked especially for wireless optimization with 3G, WiFi, Buetooth and GPS. The MXE-5300 is peppered with six USB ports, four serial ports, ethernet, two Mini-PCIe and a single USIM slots. The embedded PCs are geared towards in-vehicle multimedia systems and the ever-so-slightly less interesting likes of factory automation. Well, something has to tell those robots what to do.
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