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Adjustable-Focus Glasses Can Replace Bifocals Hugh Pickens writes 'The NY Times reports that inventor Stephen Kurtin has developed glasses with a mechanically adjustable focus that he believes can free nearly two billion people around the world from bifocals, trifocals and progressive lenses. Kurtin has spent almost 20 years on his quest to create a better pair of spectacles for people who suffer from presbyopia — the condition that affects almost everyone over the age of 40 as they progressively lose the ability to focus on close objects. The glasses have a tiny adjustable slider on the bridge of the frame that makes it possible to focus alternately on the page of a book, a computer screen, or a mountain range in the distance. 'For more than 140 years, adjustable focus has been recognized as the Holy Grail for presbyopes,' says Kurtin. 'It's a blazingly difficult problem.' Each 'lens' is actually a set of two lenses, one flexible and one firm. The flexible lens (near the eye) has a transparent, distensible membrane attached SlashdotAndroid Applications Soon To Run On MIPS32 Chips OrangHutan writes 'Google's Android software source code has been offered up for those looking to create applications on MIPS32 chips, which are different from Intel's x86 architecture and used by companies such as Cisco (in its Linksys devices), Motorola (set-top boxes) and Sony (DVD players). MIPS Technologies made the announcement on Monday and is giving 'software developers an early access program for customers, which will give them access to MIPS engineers and specific hardware and software optimizations.' The article goes on to say that MIPS made waves at the 'Computex electronics exhibition in Taipei by showing off a home media player and a 10.4-inch LCD with a built-in computer both running Android. They were among the first non-phones to be seen running the Google-developed OS.'' of this story at Slashdot. SlashdotPanasonic BL-C131A Wireless Network Camera If you want to upgrade your security and surveillance system in your house, then you can choose to buy the Panasonic BL-C131A Network Camera. It doesn’t need a computer to operate. All you have to do is to configure the camera so that you can access it via a web browser, video display, or mobile [...] Digital CamerasKindle Owners Sue Amazon Over Blocked Books Amazon has become the target of lawsuits over the company's deletion of copies of George Orwell's novel 1984. - Two owners of Amazons e-reader, the Kindle, are suing the company for breach of contract, intentional interference with their belongings and violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and the Washington Consumer Protection Act. Antoine Bruguier of California and teenage Michi... eWEEKOne Billion Downloads Later, Firefox Earns Corporate Blessing The fact that Mozilla has recorded one billion Firefox downloads by itself doesn't prove the Web browser has become a formidable competitor to Microsoft's Internet Explorer. It's Firefox's reputation for superior security, rapid patching of security holes and its multitude of browser extentions that has allowed it to win converts among corporate and personal Web users. - The Mozilla Foundation announced last week that its Firefox Web browser has surpassed one billion downloads. According to the company, it took Firefox less than five years to reach that milestone. In that time, the browser has become a mainstay on millions of computers across the globe, capturing... eWEEKDo Computers Make Planes Less Safe? Computers on planes have made flying safer, but they can also create turmoil. ABC NewsOne Billion Downloads Later Firefox Earns Corporate Blessing The fact that Mozilla has recorded one billion Firefox downloads by itself doesn't prove the Web browser has become a formidable competitor to Microsoft's Internet Explorer. It's Firefox's reputation for superior security, rapid patching of security holes and its multitude of browser extentions that has allowed it to win converts among corporate and personal Web users. - The Mozilla Foundation announced last week that its Firefox Web browser has surpassed one billion downloads. According to the company, it took Firefox less than five years to reach that milestone. In that time, the browser has become a mainstay on millions of computers across the globe, capturing si... eWEEKHow to Organize: Digital Photos on Computer Discs Archival sleeves are a perfect solution for this problem, because the archival sleeves are created from acid-free materials. Archival sleeves also offer UV protection, and this helps to keep your important disc labels in place as well.Contributor: Susan SlobacPublished: Aug 03, 2009 associatedcontent.comHain offers support to British hacker facing extradition Cabinet minister Peter Hain has defied the government's official position and called for the case of computer hacker Gary McKinnon to be 'assessed in a British context'. Mr McKinnon, who suffers from Asperger's syndrome, is due to be extradited to the united states despite claims from his legal team and supporters his health could be seriously affected if tried abroad. British InformationThe 404 395: Where we get to reboot Motherboard Natali Del Conte's alter-ego, Motherboard, returns to the show to fight your computer worms and viruses! On today's show, we start off with a bit about fishing and gadgets. I think we have a new show idea: Ms. Del Conte will demo the latest fishing technology on a boat every week. Any takers? (Credit: Radioshack) Radioshack is trying to be cool again by renaming themselves 'The Shack'. Too easy when it comes to jokes. There's no way that we're going to hang out at 'The Shack'. In matter of fact, the only reason we can think of to really go to Radioshack is when we need something random like a cable or a transistor. Further down the show, we find out that scientists think that women are getting hotter because of evolution. Apparently, attractive women tend to breed more, but for some reason or another this has no effect on men. We're ugly as ever. Natali testifies to this when she looks at Jeff and Wilson. A recent graduate of Monroe College in the Bronx has decided to su Cnet1 2 3 |
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Feedzilla is a news aggregator which categorizes news stories by topic. It is a platform where webmasters and bloggers can find an unmatched selection of easy to use, automatically updating and professional news widgets for their sites. Feedzilla supports the building of widgets in various formats, as well as allowing the addition of news widgets to different blogging platforms and social networks.
Feedzilla manually aggregates news summaries found in RSS feeds, and redistributes them in either RSS format or as a news widget. Content is collected 24 hours a day, 7 days a week from an ever-growing list of providers.
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