Today’s News – 7/10/08
- Exclusive First Look: Wonder Woman DVD Movie [TVGuide] he golden Lasso of Truth won’t be needed to confirm the rumors: Keri Russell is indeed the star of the February 2009 animated DVD movie Wonder Woman, the next in a series from Warner Bros. and DC Comics following Tuesday’s release of Batman: Gotham Knight. . Get the full poster here.
- Russia: Soyuz Team Pulls Explosive Bolt [NY Times] In a daring spacewalk, two space station astronauts cut into the insulation of their descent capsule Thursday and removed an explosive bolt that could have blown off their hands with firecracker force. This work was required to address safety concerns resulting from the steep descents of the previous two Soyuz re-entries.
- Seagate Unveils 1.5 Terabyte Desktop Hard Drive [InformationWeek] The 3.5-inch drive packs its storage on four platters and has a Serial ATA interface of 3 gigabits per second and a sustained data rate of up to 120 megabytes per second. Yippeeeee!
- Acidifying oceans pose danger to coral reefs [Reuters] Like a tooth dipped in a glass of Coca-Cola, coral reefs, lobsters and other marine creatures that build calcified shells around themselves could soon dissolve as climate change turns the oceans into acid.
- Water found in tiny beads from the moon [UPI] Researchers said they’ve discovered water in tiny beads of volcanic glass collected from two Apollo missions to the moon. Jeez Louise, after all these decades, now they detect it?
Quickies:
- Rambus Accuses Nvidia Of Patent Infringement [WSJ] Sigh, here we go again. Isn’t Rambus synonymous with “lawsuit” or “royalty extortion” by now?
- Fake Steve Jobs hanging up the keyboard [TGDaily]
- They’re out! The first iPhone 3G reviews [CNN]
- iPhone 2.0 software has already been unlocked! [SlashGear]
- Robert Downey Jr. to play Sherlock Holmes in 2010 remake [SuperHeroHype] Dear god, does this mean no Iron Man 2?
- Yahoo to offer free ad-supported games [Beta News]
- The Web Development Skills Crisis [OSNews]
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