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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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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New submitter ve6ay writes “The talk of the tech world over the past day is that RIM, struggling mightily in these last months, was in talks to be bought either partially or wholly by Samsung. Sources at the Boy Genius Report indicate that while RIM may be trying to sell, it is asking way too much for itself.”
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Orome1 writes “A perfectly planned and coordinated bank robbery was executed during the first three days of the new year in Johannesburg, and left the targeted South African Postbank — part of the nation’s Post Office service — with a loss of some $6.7 million. The cyber gang behind the heist was obviously very well informed about the post office’s IT systems, and began preparing the ground for the heist a few months before, by opening accounts in post offices across the country and compromising an employee computer in the Rustenburg Post Office.”
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Alienware may have just upgraded its Aurora gaming rig, but that’s not to keep the company from giving more diminutive form factors some love. Just this evening, the subsidiary of Dell announced the X51, a slim gaming PC that’s designed to orient itself either vertically or horizontally on the desktop — complete with an Alienware logo that properly rotates depending on positioning. The system includes both Core i3 and i5 options, and features a slot-loading optical drive with an option for Blu-ray. While it’s no shocker, the X51 can be upgraded to 8GB of RAM and a full 1TB of storage. Further, the case accommodates a single, full size NVIDIA GeForce GT 545 graphics card, (with the GTX 555 available as an upgrade), and features an external power supply that’s available in 240W or 330W versions. Users can also expect HDMI 1.4, on-board WiFi, USB 3.0 and digital 7.1 surround sound. As a nifty trick, the computer’s accent colors can be conveniently modified with the Alienware Command Center software. Touting immediate availability, customers can place orders for the X51 right away, with configurations starting as low as $699. For the complete set of specs that make up this Mini-ITX gamer, just follow the break.
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bonch writes “Apple is expected to announce e-book creation and social interaction tools at their January 19 media event taking place in New York, the heart of the publishing industry. Along with expanded interactivity features such as test-taking, the event is expected to showcase an ePub 3-compatible ‘Garageband for e-books’ to address the lack of simple digital publishing tools. Steve Jobs reportedly considered textbook publishing to be ‘an $8 billion a year industry ripe for digital destruction’ and was directly involved with Apple’s efforts in this area until his death.”
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