Artists are warning that something as simple as street photography could die out under the Australia Council’s proposed protocols for photographing children.
Source:Children in artwork rules 'too restrictive' (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Filed under: Nintendo Wii, E3, Rhythm Speaking at the Nintendo’s 2008 E3 developer roundtable, Shigeru Miyamoto has confirmed that the Wii Music “game” disc will contain 50 songs, featuring a variety of of public domain songs, as well as licensed music. As for DLC? Nintendo is “not really thinking” about digital song distribution, instead focusing on using WiiConnect24 to share music videos. Gallery: Wii MusicPermalink | Email this | Comments
Source:Wii Music disc to include licensed songs, Nintendo 'not really thinking' about DLC
Artists are warning that something as simple as street photography could die out under the Australia Council’s proposed protocols for photographing children.
Source:Children in artwork rules 'too restrictive' (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)
Short description Eka, the fastest supercomputer in Asia and among the top 10 supercomputers globally, has further upgraded its performance from 117.9 teraflops (TF) to 132.8 teraflops through software enhancements and tuning. Eka has been built by Computational Research Laboratories (CRL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Sons. Article body Eka, the fastest supercomputer in Asia and among the top 10 supercomputers globally, has further upgraded its performance from 117.9 teraflops (TF
Source:Asia's fastest supercomputer 'Eka' now even faster
The old baby grand piano left the house some time back. Now when we want music for a party or a family evening, we gather around the TV and video game machines. Here are some new music-based programs that will get everyone into the act.
Source:Face the music! (Louisville Courier-Journal)
At its worst a free audiobook can sound like a teenager reading aloud in high school English class. At its best it can offer excellent sound quality and skilled narration infused with a passion for the text. In between is a world of competent readings, sometimes spiced with affected accents, mumbled words and distant car horns and reflecting all ma
Source:'If you don't mind Car Horns'…iPod Ready Public domain books available
Nice editorial from Planet PDF today, arguing that Google’s free public-domain books are low in quality, hard to read, unsearchable and more. There’s a reason Project Gutenberg uses .txt files, you know.
Source:Planet PDF: 'Google's public-domain books suck'
Laura G. Mirviss, Harvard-Google Online Book Deal at Risk, Harvard Crimson, October 30, 2008. Excerpt: Harvard University Library will not take part in Google’s book scanning project for in-copyright works after finding the terms of its landmark $125 million settlement regarding copyrighted materials unsatisfactory, University officials said yesterday. Harvard had been one of five academic libraries—along with Stanford, Oxford, Michigan, and the New York Public Library—to partner with Goo
Source:Harvard doesn't like the Google settlement