Foxconn builds a fanless nano PC, forgets to put someone else's name on it

Two nano PCs, actually, and both expected to be announced officially this week according to FanlessTech. The first is the Foxconn AT-5300, running off a 2.13GHz dual-core Cedar Trail D2700, while the second -- the AT-5600 -- is powered by AMD's popular (but last-gen) 1.65GHz E450 APU. Each one consumes around 15W idle and 24W under load, which is the equivalent of somewhere between an Ultrabook and a regular laptop and low enough to be passively cooled. What's distinctly unlaptop-like, though, is the 190 x 135 x 38mm form factor, which should sit discreetly on your desk, below your TV or on a VESA mount, and also the price, which is expected to be under $200 with worldwide availability. As with similar mini-ATX budget barebones, you'll need to add your own HDD (or maybe a hybrid) to that, but you do get a pair of USB 3.0 ports, Gigabit LAN, a multilingual card reader and built-in 802.11n WiFi. The only thing missing? You guessed it.

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Apple tells developers they can generate more revenue with iAd, now serving rich media to iPad

Apple has sent out a new email to developers to promote their still struggling iAd platform, and advise about revenue generation possibilities and new rich media ads for iPad.

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Bizarre internal Apple video shows Steve Jobs rallying the troops against IBM

We're going to warn you up front: what you're about to see is eccentric, puzzling, and perhaps even disturbing. And undoubtedly, it's the fanboy film to end all fanboy films. According to Network World, who managed to get ahold of an internal 'rally the troops' video, the referenced clip was produced with a $50,000 budget and shown to an international sales force at a 1984 meeting in Hawaii. The film, entitled "1944," was purportedly provided by one-time Apple employee Craig Elliott, now CEO of Pertino Networks. The vintage footage shows then-CEO Steve Jobs as Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and the nine minute film drags on to show Apple-clad soldiers lining up to do battle with IBM -- a massive, massive rival in the space during that era. The full watch can be found in the source link below (embedding was disabled), and again, this will absolutely freak you out. Fair warning.

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Microsoft Will Sell Xbox 360 AND Kinect for Only $100 (...With a Contract?) [Xbox]

The convoluted world of cell contracts and cable subscriptions just hit the awesome world of console gaming, and spit out a very exciting baby: an Xbox 360 and Kinect bundle that costs only $100, says the Verge. But there's a catch. More »

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UK court tells service providers: Block Pirate Bay

LONDON (AP) ? Britain's High Court has ordered the country's Internet service providers to block file-sharing website The Pirate Bay, the U.K.'s main music industry association said Monday.

A High Court judge told Sky, Everything Everywhere, TalkTalk, O2 and Virgin Media on Friday to prevent access to the Swedish site, which helps millions of people download copyrighted music, movies and computer games.

Music industry group BPI welcomed the order by justice Richard Arnold that the service providers block the site within the next few weeks.

BPI chief executive Geoff Taylor said sites like The Pirate Bay "destroy jobs in the U.K. and undermine investment in new British artists."

The service providers said they would comply with the order. A sixth provider, BT, has been given several weeks to consider its position, but BPI said it expected BT would also block the website.

Providers who refuse could find themselves in breach of a court order, which can carry a large fine or jail time.

Monday's announcement follows a February ruling by the same judge that the operators and users of The Pirate Bay have "a common design to infringe" the copyright of music companies.

The Pirate Bay has been a thorn in the side of the entertainment industry for years. In 2010, a Swedish appeals court upheld the copyright infringement convictions of three men behind the site, but it remains in operation.

The website, which has more than 20 million users around the world, does not host copyright-protected material itself, but provides a forum for its users to download content through so-called torrent files. The technology allows users to transfer parts of a large file from several different users, increasing download speeds.

Defenders of such sites say old creative industry business models have been overtaken by technology that allows music, movies and games to be acquired at the touch of a finger on computers, tablets, phones and other devices.

Both O2 and Virgin said banning orders against copyright-breaching sites had to be accompanied by other measures that reflected consumers' behavior.

O2 said in a statement that "music rights holders should continue to develop new online business models to give consumers the content they want, how they want it, for a fair price."

Associated Press

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FIRST Robotics Team Creates New Knee Brace Prototype

One FIRST team from Austin, Texas, isn?t just building robots. It?s also testing and developing a new concept for a knee brace that could help millions.

It started with Larry Kravitz, a family practitioner and doctor for the NBA D-League team, the Austin Toros. Kravitz sees many patients with ailing knees. At the 2011 National Instruments Conference, he explained to a crowd of thousands that current knee-brace designs force the entire pressure on the body to the outside of the knee, an area where knee joint damage is most prevalent. "He noticed that there needs to be a more efficient knee brace, so he looked for a remedy," his son Isaac says.

When Isaac enrolled in the robotics class at Austin Anderson High School, he says his father knew the way to create a working knee-brace prototype was through students. Enter the ausTIN CANS, Austin Anderson?s FIRST Robotics group, which competed as team 2158 in the FIRST robotics national competition in St. Louis this weekend. "The FIRST robotics team was sought out to bring the idea to life," team member Moritz Freid says.

Team 2158's basketball-playing bot. Credit: David Cawthon

With the help of biomedical engineers from the University of Texas, the ausTIN CANS chipped away at the knee-brace problem. At first, the team implemented springs to gently separate the knee and distribute body weight evenly on the joint. A later version implemented flexible plastic rods that pushed the knee apart.

David Yankoshak, the team?s founding mentor, says that the partnership with those working on the brace and those constructing the robot has benefited the group. "We have a diverse mix of creativity and knowledge on the team," he says. And Yankoshak says he?s not the only one doing the teaching. "I learn just as much from them as they do from me," he says. "It?s inspiring to get kids to pursue something like this."

The group is immersed in the long and tedious patent process and seeking funds for their venture. But though it?s a long process, team members are plenty excited by what they?ve done so far. "I?m proud to put a lot of time and effort into a project that is going to change people?s lives for the better," Freid says.

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UK court tells service providers: Block Pirate Bay

LONDON (AP) ? Britain's High Court has ordered the country's Internet service providers to block file-sharing website The Pirate Bay, the U.K.'s main music industry association said Monday.

A High Court judge told Sky, Everything Everywhere, TalkTalk, O2 and Virgin Media on Friday to prevent access to the Swedish site, which helps millions of people download copyrighted music, movies and computer games.

Music industry group BPI welcomed the order by justice Richard Arnold that the service providers block the site within the next few weeks.

BPI chief executive Geoff Taylor said sites like The Pirate Bay "destroy jobs in the U.K. and undermine investment in new British artists."

The service providers said they would comply with the order. A sixth provider, BT, has been given several weeks to consider its position, but BPI said it expected BT would also block the website.

Providers who refuse could find themselves in breach of a court order, which can carry a large fine or jail time.

Monday's announcement follows a February ruling by the same judge that the operators and users of The Pirate Bay have "a common design to infringe" the copyright of music companies.

The Pirate Bay has been a thorn in the side of the entertainment industry for years. In 2010, a Swedish appeals court upheld the copyright infringement convictions of three men behind the site, but it remains in operation.

The website, which has more than 20 million users around the world, does not host copyright-protected material itself, but provides a forum for its users to download content through so-called torrent files. The technology allows users to transfer parts of a large file from several different users, increasing download speeds.

Defenders of such sites say old creative industry business models have been overtaken by technology that allows music, movies and games to be acquired at the touch of a finger on computers, tablets, phones and other devices.

Both O2 and Virgin said banning orders against copyright-breaching sites had to be accompanied by other measures that reflected consumers' behavior.

O2 said in a statement that "music rights holders should continue to develop new online business models to give consumers the content they want, how they want it, for a fair price."

Associated Press

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