26th December 2008 Archive

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Getting animated about a 6,000 core Soho supercomputer

Can you get me 413,138 mouse hairs?

London's Soho has become a thriving media rendering and animation centre, with creative media professionals using the latest model IT gear in shiny studios between buildings full of 'models' selling the oldest professional services of all. Framestore is one of these new companies bolstering Soho's image. It did the post- …

Servers 26 Dec 08:02
Sony Ericsson Cyber-shot C905 eight-megapixel cameraphone

Review Sony's best cameraphone yet

With Sony Ericsson’s Cyber-shot cameraphone pedigree, it’s no surprise that the firm's been swift to join the ranks of eight-megapixel mobile makers. Its new flagship, the C905, not only ups the pixel count but it's comfortably the most feature-laden Cyber-shot yet. Sony Ericsson's Cyber-shot C905: digicam styling Unlike …

Reg Hardware 26 Dec 09:02
Nintendo Wii to get video channel in 2009

Teams with Japanese ad agency for the service

Nintendo plans to launch a video channel in spring 2009 for its money-printing machine, the Wii game console. The video-distribution service will initially only be available in Japan in collaboration with Dentsu, the country's largest advertising firm. According to the AFP news group, Nintendo expects the service to offer a …

Music and Media 26 Dec 19:08
Walmart's Jesus Phone no better, no worse

Save two bucks!

Mercilessly squashing any vestiges of what rumors remained of a $99 iPhone, the megamall-master Walmart today let the world know that, yes, they will be offering the Jesus Phone to the world beginning on Sunday, but no, they won't be adding a $99 super-savior to the mix. Yawn... Walmart will sell the ubiquitous black 8GB …

Reg Hardware 26 Dec 19:10
Verizon awarded $33.15m against cybersquatter

Good luck collecting it

Verizon has been awarded $33.15m in a cybersquatting lawsuit against a shady domain aggregator that registered hundreds of websites using the telco's name and trademarks. In a default judgment this week, a federal court in Northern California ruled this week that OnlineNIC should pay $50,000 for each of the 633 domains Verizon …

Mobile 26 Dec 21:33
If you can fart, you can earn $10,000

As Apple relaxes, stinkers escape

iPhone developers have discovered that there's big money to be made in - as Mark Twain once described it - clearing one's nether throat. According to stats published on his website, developer Joel Comm's unsubtley named iFart Mobile is the current point-poot in a silent-but-deadly rise in the popularity of cyber-flatulence. …

Mobile 26 Dec 22:01