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It seems that BBC have provided the entire internet with a look inside the amazing network. I have been long awaiting the time everyone can see the almighty web power thats there with over 40 webservers and 12 firewalls and the 8Gbps intersite connections. Check out the load graphs!

I read that over the weekend ebay have finally ditched MD Passport. About time too. The tedious and endless loop that you have to go through just get it running was always going to be its downfall. I understood the principle (1 click login and transactions for all) but in these days of autofill form functions you can fill forms in no time and you don’t have to have the information stored else where. Good on you ebay, others please follow suit.

I went to a presentation by Macromedia yesterday on Flash and the future. I have not really been that active in any flash development for a while now due to just not having the time to concentrate on it. The presentation was heavily weighted towards Flash video which I am guessing was premeditated as we are currently do more video on demand. A lot of what was said I had actually read in books so nothing new there and the Mission Impossible clip that they use to demo with I’m sure I have also seen used in a similar demo somewhere before.
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AirPort Express with AirTunes redefines the way you listen to your music at home. It gives you the freedom to play your iTunes music through your stereo or powered speakers in virtually in any room of your house ? wirelessly. It lets you enjoy the tremendous flexibility of iTunes without being bound to your Mac or PC, opening up a whole new world of musical enjoyment.

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Someone has rebuilt a DeLorean in the style of the back to the future classic. A description below. You can currently bid for it at e-bay but you’ll have to be fast as the bid is currently at US $35,100.00.

You never will again in this accurate recreation of the DeLorean Time Machine made famous in the Back to the Future movie series. This recreation was painstakingly researched for nearly 5 years before construction. Dozens of original photographs, details, and interviews with the original vehicle builders and collectors were compiled to make sure no detail was left un-accounted for. All of the interior and exterior Time Machine components were made to last, but at the same time not damage the integrity of the original vehicle. From custom fabricated aluminum work, to vac-formed plastic, and cast resin – this vehicle faithfully and accurately recreates the look and feel of the original movie car. Stainless steel body panels, grey leather interior, 5-speed manual transmission, V-6 engine with Bosch Fuel injection. Motion picture parts replicated through archival photos and extensive research; working interior and exterior lighting system including the “Flux Capacitor”, “Time Circuits” and exterior “Flux Dispersion Banding

Nokia has confirmed that some of its Bluetooth-enabled cell phones are vulnerable to “bluesnarfing,” in which an attacker exploits a flaw to read, modify and copy a phone’s address book and calendar without leaving any trace of the intrusion.

Networking and security company AL Digital said on Monday that it had discovered a security flaw in Bluetooth, a wireless data standard, that could allow such an attack. The flaw affects a number of Sony Ericsson, Ericsson and Nokia handsets, but some models–including a handful of Nokia phones–are at greater risk because they invite attack even when in “invisible mode,” according to AL Digital.

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Press Release:

SimpleTech Announces Industry’s Highest Capacity 8 GB CompactFlash Card With 10MB/sec Write Speed
New 8 GB Card Utilizes Company’s Patented IC Tower Stacking Technology

SANTA ANA, Calif., Feb. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — SimpleTech, Inc. (Nasdaq: STEC), a designer, manufacturer and marketer of custom and open-standard memory solutions based on Flash memory and DRAM technologies, today announced the industry’s highest capacity CompactFlash with an 8 GB Type II card using the Company’s patented stacking technology. The Company also announced 2, 4 and 5 GB Type I cards and a significant increase to the write speed of its entire ProX line of CompactFlash cards. The products will be unveiled at the PMA (Photo Marketing Association) trade show held at the Las Vegas Convention Center from February 12-15, 2004. SimpleTech will exhibit in booth N-64.

“We combined the latest silicon with our patented IC Tower stacking technology and produced the highest density CompactFlash card available in the world,” said Ken Roberts, director of product marketing at SimpleTech. “This card also uses a high speed controller with 10 MB/sec write speed — the fastest on the market today.”

SimpleTech’s IC Tower(TM) stacking technology allows multiple NAND Flash components to be stacked together to provide increased memory and storage densities that provide enhanced capacity in its 5 mm Type II cards.

Delivering a breakthrough write speed of up to 10MB/second, SimpleTech’s ProX CompactFlash cards enable images to be saved faster to the CompactFlash card and significantly reduces the wait time between digital photography shots.

ProX CompactFlash cards incorporate Xcell(TM) technology, with a new advanced controller that provides an exponential increase in throughput for writing the picture file, delivering fast, accurate recording of high-resolution images and outstanding reliability.

SimpleTech customers are offered a free trial of PhotoRescue software. Customers can download the photo recovery software onto their computer, and either insert the Flash card into a reader, or dock their camera, and view thumbnail images of their pictures. If one of the images on the card is corrupted, the rescue software allows the image to be recovered.

All SimpleTech CompactFlash cards come with a lifetime warranty backed by SimpleTech’s reputation for quality and support.

A half dozen companies are developing cell phones based on the Linux operating system, an executive familiar with the plans said Friday. Click link for more info.

PARIS, France (AP) — France is leaping toward a cashless future with a nationwide launch this year of computerized “smart cards,” a concept that has so far failed to entice many American, British and German consumers. Could we could be nearing the end of life of paper money?

Sony has taken the wraps off the first commercial consumer-use video recorder that uses blue-laser technology. The BDZ-S77 will go on sale in Japan next month. It is based on the Blu-ray optical disc format announced just over a year ago. The nine consumer electronics companies behind it are promoting it as a system for recording high-definition television broadcasts.