Today, Comcast announced the release of its “On Demand Online” service, Fancast XFINITY TV. According to the press release, it’s “available nationally in beta at no additional cost to customers.” From the release: “[Fancast] gives customers an “anytime anywhere” entertainment experience – at home and on-the-go – and expands the video content customers can watch [...]
Yesterday, Plurk had an issue with the release of MSN China’s microblogging service, Juku. (Juku was developed by a Chinese vendor.) In short, that the developers of Juku had directly copied Plurk code. Well, today, Microsoft released a statement acknowledging that some of the code was in fact copied: “The vendor has now acknowledged that [...]
I’ve come across some interesting videos which display the vast intelligence of octopuses. Here they are (note: they include commentary): Octopuses Carry Coconuts As Instant Shelters Octopus Escaping Through One Inch Hole Disappearing Octopus Octopus Opening A Jar To Get Dinner Shark vs Octopus And a bonus video: The Indonesian Mimic Octopus
Update 1: The Seattle Times is reporting that the Dreamliner left the runway at 10:27 AM PST. I’m not sure if the live webcast (linked below) was up and running during the first flight. The day is here, hopefully. After many delays, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner is scheduled to take its first flight today. I [...]