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Science in Society RSS FeedsVudu Does HD VOD Big Time - Vudu, a startup that sells and rents movies via its Internet-connected set-top box, has boosted High-Definition library to 1,100 on-demand titles -- for now, outdistancing any cable operator's HD video-on-demand service. To build what it claimed is the largest library of HD content available to consumers, Vudu added on average of 150 HD titles per week in October. The service requires a minimum 4-Mbps connection for instant playback of HD titles...Feed Source: feeds.feedburner.com HP Debuts First Multi-touch Notebook -- Yes HP, Not Apple (Now That's a Surprise!!!) - From the first time Steve Jobs demonstrated "the pinch" -- the two-finger gesture used to zoom in and out of photos and Web pages on the iPhone -- some Apple observers assumed it was just a matter of time before a multitouch-enabled screen showed up on the Mac.That hasn't happened yet. But now Hewlett-Packard has beaten Apple to the punch, announcing the first multitouch-enabled notebook PC, the tx2. We are all wondering -- aren't we -- why Apple... PC Magazine Stops the Presses - Online Only - I grew up reading PC Magazine and I looked forward each couple weeks to picking up my copy of PC Magazine at the local grocery store. But today, Ziff Davis has announced that the legendary PC Magazine print publication is shutting down its print publication and focusing exclusively on online content. This is truly a sad day Hold on while I grab some tissues... Anybody Like the New Xbox Live? - The new Xbox Live look is supposed to kick off today so be sure to take a peek.The gaming platform now includes customizable avatars, an iPod-like display and easier viewing of Netflix downloads. It's got to be an improvement over what was there before or at least we hope so!Let's hear the feedback!Louder!
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Sony Reader PRS-700 -- Great, But for One Thing ... - Yes, there was a commuter this morning waiting for the 7:17 reading his Kindle. And that's all I needed to start thinking about ebooks and ebook readers and how maybe someday all printed material will be digital and there will be no more newspapers or magazines. Wait! I'm getting a bit ahead of myself. Do find the whole thing pretty cool so was intrigued by this piece of writing today. So all you ever wanted to know about the Son... Girls testify that ?prophet? Tony Alamo touched them inappropiately - At a hearing on the custody status of two girls removed from Tony Alamo?s religious compound in southwest Arkansas, a 14-yearold girl testified that Alamo had touched her inappropriately, and an 18-year-old man described beatings at the hands of another church member.e girls, along with four others, were removed from the compound in Fouke after a Sept. 20 raid by federal and state authorities investigating allegations that children at the compou... Cult member in toddler starvation case ordered released pending trial - In an unusual development for a murder case, an alleged member of a religious cult accused in the starvation death of a toddler was released from custody Monday and will remain free with minimal supervision until trial.Four other members of the now-defunct 1 Mind Ministries remain held without bail.... 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The law center said before the verdict that a large damage award could break the... Evangelist Ted Haggard returns to the pulpit in Illinois - Ted Haggard may have revealed during recent sermons at an Illinois church that he was sexually abused as a child, but he's not revealing whether his appearance hints at a desire to return to the pulpit permanently.
Several church leaders with ties to the disgraced founder of New Life Church, however, have a piece of advice: Don't do it - at least not yet.... Thousands of polygamous sect members show up for court hearing - Thousands of FLDS members gathered at the St. George Courthouse Friday for a hearing on the proposed sale of land they consider sacred.Sect members say it had once been prophecized that a temple would be built there some day.... Judge won?t stop hearing on FLDS sect land sale - At least 300 men, women and children from the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Days Saints crowded into a federal courtroom and spilled into hallways Wednesday, as lawyers sought to block a state court hearing on the proposed sale of land they consider sacred.
U.S. District Court Judge Dee Benson took no immediate action, but asked the sect's attorneys to give him a report on the hearing, set for Friday in St. George. He will lat... Ayah Pin, leader of Sky Kingdom cult, living in Thailand - At the height of his popularity, the self-styled Prophet had four wives and had a following of 21 followers, including a police inspector and a drummer of a rock group, all whom were arrested and are now on trial.
Known for his giant structures of a teapot, vase, umbrella, concrete boat and a ?palace? at his commune, he had claimed God was human and his deviant teachings included not making Friday prayers compulsory.... Copyright © 2008, SandyHay.com. All Rights Reserved. |