Geek Brief TV #424

Scientists at CERN have been working on the Large Hadron Collider [1]. It's a 17 mile ring with the initial intention to test the theory of how mass happens. Some scientists are worried that the experiment will cause the world to end. I'm not worried. We'll be live on Ustream [2],
watching the CERN webcam while the experiment takes place. Join us if you can!

When: Wednesday the 10th CERN Webcam: http://webcast.cern.ch [3] Our Live Stream: Ustream.tv [4] Times: 7:00 AM UTC 3:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time 2:00 AM Central Daylight Time 1:00 AM Mountain Daylight Time 12:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time

Tomorrow there's an Apple event called "Let's Rock". Kevin Rose says we'll see this Nano [5] announced, and iTunes 8.0 [6]. I'm skeptical about the nano. I'm reading how Apple develops [7] hardware, and I can't see this version getting through. We'll be live on Ustream.tv [8] during the event.

When: Tuesday the 9th Where: Ustream.tv [9] Time: 10 AM Pacific (5PM GMT)

Plastic Logic is introducing their electronic reading device [10] today. It's the size of an 8.5x11" piece of paper. The goal is provide
publishers with more flexibility for business documents. It'll go on sale next year.

RealDVD [11]is a new Windows DVD ripping application that will copy the entire contents of your DVD...special features and DRM included.
It's similar to my favorite Mac DVD ripping application called Drive-in. Drive-in is now available for purchase from Flip4Mac [12].
RealDVD will be released soon.

. These applications are legal due to a precident setting case involving Kleidescape [13]. The judge in that case said "Nothing in the agreement prevents you from making copies of DVDs. Nothing requires that a DVD be present during playback." We'll see how this develops in the future!

Links:
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[1]
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/15/science/15cern.html?pagewanted=1&sq=CER...
[2] http://www.ustream.tv/channel/on-location-with-cali
[3] http://webcast.cern.ch
[4] http://www.ustream.tv/channel/on-location-with-cali
[5]
http://kevinrose.com/blogg/2008/8/23/new-ipods-coming-very-soon.html
[6] http://kevinrose.com/blogg/2008/9/3/whats-new-in-itunes-8.html
[7]
http://www.amazon.com/Inside-Steves-Brain-Leander-Kahney/dp/1591841984/cali-20
[8] http://www.ustream.tv/channel/on-location-with-cali
[9] http://www.ustream.tv/channel/on-location-with-cali
[10]
http://www.plasticlogic.com/PRPlasticLogicPreviewsElectronicReadingDevice.html
[11] http://www.realdvd.com
[12] http://www.flip4mac.com/drivein.htm

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[Adan94]

therers new zune too.