http://www.shurazero.com Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:56:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en While it's true that the game was only out for two days last month, it seemed as though it had driven significant sales of both the Xbox and the PS3. NPD also pointed out that both the Nintendo DS and Sony PSP outsold the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The ... http://www.shurazero.com/index.php/2010/09/04/nintendo-tops-april-video-game-console-sales/ CCD sensors are still widely used, though, in part because many more years of work have been invested into milking the most out of the process, said Mike DeLuca, Kodak's CCD market manager for professional and applied imaging. In this rarefied atmosphere, where camera equipment costs tens of thousands of dollars, ... http://www.shurazero.com/index.php/2010/08/29/new-cmos-sensors-catching-on-in-cameras/ Here's a cool little collectible vinyl toy we saw this weekend, in the form of a quirky anthropomorphic video game cabinet. Apparently, there's an entire subculture of fans who collect these limited edition vinyl toys (although they're not really very toy-like, with no moving parts and limited production runs). Designer ... http://www.shurazero.com/index.php/2010/08/24/video-games-as-art-literally/ (Credit: USPTO) MacNN summarized the four patents, awarded based on applications filed as far back as 2002. The most familiar ones involve the scroll wheel for the iPod and the flexible support arm used on the iMac, but the other two appear to involve sound or video editing on a split screen ... http://www.shurazero.com/index.php/2010/08/23/apple-gets-patents-on-scroll-wheel-imac-design/ Price apparently was an object for U.K. iPhone shoppers. The decision by U.K. carrier O2 to cut the price of the 8GB iPhone prompted shoppers to exhaust stocks of that model at O2's Web site and at Carphone Warehouse, an authorized iPhone reseller. Pocket-Lint confirmed with Carphone Warehouse that the 8GB ... http://www.shurazero.com/index.php/2010/08/23/price-cut-moves-uk-iphones/ He also said that BP is very optimistic it can make carbon capture and storage commercially viable because of its experience in oil and gas exploration. Carbon dioxide is injected underground to help oil and gas extraction. Hayward spoke at the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC) 2008 where he called ... http://www.shurazero.com/index.php/2010/08/23/bp-ceo-todays-clean-tech-not-nearly-enough/ And yet, and yet, the company apparently sees a future in open source. Just ask Kevin Lynch, Adobe's chief technology officer, who suggested that Adobe will be doing more and more with open source: We're really working to increase our usage of open-source technologies and to contribute to open-source. Because we ... http://www.shurazero.com/index.php/2010/08/23/adobe-working-to-increase-its-usage-of-open-sou/ This morning, instead of my usual Lemon Lift, I'm trying a cup of mandarin orange green tea. And, instead of Bill Gates, today's quotes come from Craig Mundie, Microsoft's chief research and strategy. "Yahoo could always come back again and say please buy us for $33 (a share) and I'm sure ... http://www.shurazero.com/index.php/2010/08/23/mundie-microhoo-totally-dead-unless/ Don Reisinger sits down with Carey Holzman of the Computer America show to talk about Yahoo, Microsoft, Apple, Toshiba and more in segment 1. In Segment 2, Don has the opportunity to talk with Ryan Kuder, a former Yahoo employee who was laid off last week, to put a face ... http://www.shurazero.com/index.php/2010/08/23/the-digital-home-podcast-episode-3-one-in-a-thous/ Biomass, baby. Click on the image for 'green buildings on the cheap' photo gallery. (Credit: Martin LaMonica/CNET News.com) American Biomass funded for wood-fueled home heating - VentureBeatI'm a pellet stove guinea pig and a customer of this company. I wrote about my pellet stove and the industry on Earth Day this year. Showtime: ... http://www.shurazero.com/index.php/2010/08/23/green-news-harvest-climate-bill-scorecard-bill-g/