Apple sued over technology used in iPhone

A company from Scotland has filed a lawsuit against Apple claimming they have used their patented technology on the Apple iphone and the ipod touch. Glasgow comapny Picsel lawyers said "Picsel claims...

The outlook of architectural rendering

Initially, architectural renderings was limited only to hand painted art work. It is now more commonly known for 3D artwork. Although the words are the same, the process of 3D architectural rendering has...

7 Sisters' Star: may be giving birth to planets

To find life on other planets, would certainly put to rest the notions of others who presume we are alone."Rocky planets the size of Earth or Mars may be forming around a sun-like star in the Pleiades star...

A Picture is worth a thousand words

2007 Visualization Challenge Winners from"Science 28 September 2007:Vol. 317. no. 5846, pp. 1858 - 1863DOI: 10.1126/science.317.5846.1858"These images are breathtaking. The charts are exemplary. Here's to good looking."2007 Visualization Challenge WinnersBenjamin Lester"

'Good Samaritan' raped by convict

"A rapist freed early from prison has been jailed for seven years for raping a woman who went to his aid. Alan Mullen, 45, from Irvine, North Ayrshire, pleaded guilty to raping the 36-year-old woman at his flat. At the time of the attack, on 5 April, he was out of prison on...

Slovenia floods kill five

"LJUBLJANA, , 19 (UPI) -- At least five people were killed when strong rainstorms swept Slovenia, damaging houses and isolating towns and villages from the rest of the country. Heavy rains driven by high winds...

Firefox 3 Alpha 5 (Gran Paradiso)

Although it's not intended for public consumption, a new build of Firefox 3 Alpha 5 (code name Gran Paradiso) is available for download from Mozilla. In this release, add-ons created for Firefox 2 may not work. For end users, Firefox 2 remains the latest public version. The...

Using CSS to Style Text in Flash 8: A Tutorial

"If you’ve had the chance to work with Flash 8, one of the first things you’ve probably noticed is the change in rendering texts on the screen. Better than ever, working with text in Flash is no longer a chore in pixel checks, font size checks, scrolling hacks and...

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