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    Google to Start Mapping UK Rivers

    ojasIt's called a loch, not lock "Lock" = "A section of a waterway, such as a canal, closed off with gates, in which vessels in transit are raised or lowered by raising or lowering the water level of that section." "Loch" = "A lake or an arm of the sea similar to a fjord (Gaelic)" In this...
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    Apple Files for Patent on Smart Bicycle System

    Error in my previous post; should have read: 2. Detecting that a bicycle has been stolen by noticing it is being ridden, and notifying the owner remotely.
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    Apple Files for Patent on Smart Bicycle System

    Judging from the other comments, I must be the first person here to actually read the patent. Basically, it claims two unrelated things: 1. Linking the bicycle computers of a group of riders so that they can see each other's data and location. 2. Detecting that a bicycle has been stolen by...
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    FEATURE: THE BEST OF CES '09: Part 1

    Nope. The Laservue only supports 60Hz input, which it then multiplies to 120Hz internally. You need a 120Hz input to do Nvidia's 3D trick.