YouTube already has its fair share of rivals on all sides, from Vimeo to Hulu. Now, though, one of YouTube’s co-founders, Chris Hurley, is planning to create a rival of his own. More »
YouTube Co-Founder to Launch Rival Video Site
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Speed cameras are a scam, Ohio judge rules
A judge in Ohio says what so many have been thinking, but never expected to hear from a judge. He described them as “nothing more than a high-tech game of 3-card Monty.” [Read more]
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Morgue puts unclaimed body photos online
Cook County in Chicago hopes that someone, somewhere might identify some of the bodies in its morgue. The images, though, are tough to take. [Read more]
Office 2013 licenses can now be transferred to another PC
Reacting to user feedback, Microsoft will now allow Office 2013 owners to transfer their license from one PC to another up to once every 90 days. [Read more]
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Canon Shows the Most Sensitive Camera Sensor In the World
An anonymous reader writes “Canon announced today that it successfully developed a super high-sensitivity full-frame CMOS sensor developed exclusively for video recording. The new Full HD sensor can capture light no other comparable sensor can see and it uses pixels 7.5 larger than the best commercial professional cameras in existence today.” There doesn’t seem to be a gallery of images, but the video demo (direct link to an mpeg4) makes it seem pretty sensitive. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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This Antique Machine Measures Irregular Shapes Better Than a Calculus Professor
It’s assumed that just because modern machines use lasers and other electronic technologies, they’re far more precise and accurate than mechanical contraptions from many years ago. But as Dirty Jobs’ Mike Rowe discovered at a tannery, that’s not always the case. More »
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Jailed hacker allowed into IT class, hacks prison computers
Nicholas Webber, serving five years for creating a hacker’s forum site, is somehow invited into an IT class in jail. The consequences are difficult. [Read more]
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Why teens are tiring of Facebook
Facebook has become a social network that’s often too complicated, too risky, and, above all, too overrun by parents to give teens the type of digital freedom they crave. [Read more]
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Facebook’s Getting a News Feed Overhaul Next Week
As though Graph Search wasn’t enough to turn your Facebook world upside down, the company’s retooling its news feed again. So what will new new new (new) Facebook have in store? We’ll find out next Friday. More »
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iTunes U hits 1 billion downloads
More than 60 percent of app downloads from iTunes U come from outside the United States, and the educational content can be accessed in 155 countries. [Read more]
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