Thursday, February 26, 2009
Windows 7 will have .mov support built-in
Windows 7 to kill off QuickTime on PCs? | News | TechRadar UK
While this may delight owners of cameras which output in the .mov format, it's also good news for anyone who enjoys watching movies on their PC, as movie trailers, particularly those on Apple Movie Trailers, come in .mov format, and so require QuickTime (or a freeware player such as VLC) to view.
Windows users who install QuickTime are then nagged with pop-ups from the Apple update software prompting them to install other Apple software such as iTunes and Safari.
And while this move brings wider camera support, and rids Windows users of those annoying nag screens, it also has the added benefit for Microsoft of making one Apple application less necessary to download.
I've always used Quicktime Alternative to play .mov files and movie trailers on-line.
The Decline of Handwriting
BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | The slow death of handwriting
When was the last time you actually hand-wrote more than a sentence?
When was the last time you actually hand-wrote more than a sentence?
Cancer Prevention
globeandmail.com: Cure for cancer just might be prevention
Based on this review, it concludes that cancer "is mostly preventable," estimating that about one-third of all cases in advanced countries like Canada could be eliminated by diets that aren't loaded with fatty, sugary foods, by people exercising regularly and, if they are obese, by slimming down to an appropriate weight. Among the cancers with links to these factors are those of the breast, prostate, mouth and colon.
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Another third of cancers are due to smoking, indicating that well over half the cases of the disease could easily be prevented.
Solar Energy Breakthrough - another one
University of Alberta and NINT researchers make solar energy breakthrough
Cheap and efficient solar power - We keep reading about it, but not seeing it happen. And always, it is a few years away. Eventually...
Cheap and efficient solar power - We keep reading about it, but not seeing it happen. And always, it is a few years away. Eventually...
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