Are those colors claimed for iMac just colorful lies?(0)
Yes. That is according to iMac owner Chandra Sanders who has filed a lawsuit against Apple on Monday.
Only a few days ago Apple settled another lawsuit involving its claim of millions of colors on 20-inch iMAC monitors. The new lawsuit is similar in its argument that 20-inch model can just display about 262 thousand true colors instead of close to 17 millions claimed, a mere 2 percent. It goes on to say that though the 24-inch and the older 20-inch models are at par with the claim, the newer model is just new and inferior. The new 20-inch model uses a dithering technology that just creates the illusion of millions of colors. It involves displaying lots of similar shades real fast to create all the colors in between two true colors. Though it can fool our eyes, it can cause crippling problem for photo and video editing. Apple is not saying anything.
So is the good guy image Apple’s true color, or it is just an illusion created by really fast talking Jobs?
Where can women go online to Shine?(1)
Shine, of course. The portal leader Yahoo has set its sight on women and started a site just for them: Shine.
Creativity and sense of venture come out of pressure. And Yahoo has been under lots of pressure these days: from revenue decline to talks of hostile take over. So Monday Yahoo ventured into something it never did for the past decade: launch a site targeting specific demographic. The first in line are the women of age group 25 to 54 who make all the decisions of running day to day life from buying grocery to decorating homes. They are a prime target for advertisers. Shine promises to be one-stop-shop for women. It offers topics such as Fashion & Beauty; Healthy Living; Entertainment; Parenting; Love & Sex; Work & Money; Food; At Home; and all important Astrology. It is in a blog format, so there is a Speak Up section too - finally someone gave women a voice. Of course, they are not the first one to think of women, and there are already sites like iVillage. The content for the Shine site will come from established media companies like Hearst Corporation, the publisher of household names such as Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping, and Redbook.
So may be this is the year of the women: a woman in the white house and a place to Shine online. What more can they ask for.
Can you tell a UFO if you see one?(4)
If you say yes, we have a picture for you. And this one is not from Roswell but from Capitola, California: the California Drone.
The photograph is claimed to have taken last year on 16th May. And if you think it looks strange, then the person named Raji who posted it on Craigslist is simply mysterious: soon after posting the photo he vanished. But do not worry. Two private eyes, T.K. Davis and Frankie Dixon, are on the case. Davis says he does not believe in UFOs but the object is too intricate to be a scam. Though even many UFO bloggers say it is. He thinks the key to solve the mystery rests on the pole, and they went to talk to the local power company. As expected, since they got on the case many contacted them with other sightings near Capitola. But so far nothing much came out of it. The only concrete result out of his research so far is a change of heart. Davis recently said:
“The more research we’ve done, I’m leaning towards believing. I’m not a skeptic anymore.”
I would be a believer too if I am paid $100 an hour to find UFO. Yes, he is paid by a woman who wants to remain a UFO: unidentified Funding Origin.
Does real world suspended animation stink?(1)
Yes, it might. If scientists are right, it will smell like rotten eggs.
Scientists think that hydrogen sulfide, the culprit that makes rotten eggs stink, may be the key to real life suspended animation. Hydrogen sulfide along with low temperature can slow down our metabolism to one tenth the normal rate. That means the essential supplies like oxygen, food, and water for space travelers can last ten times longer. They would also produce ten times less waste like carbon dioxide. This would help reduce the weight of the space craft and help reach farther into the deep space. It can also be used by people with serious injury: slowing down their metabolism will give more time for the live saving surgery. Right now scientists are successfully testing on mice and they have not found any bad side effects, and it is reversible. For example, though the heart rate slows down, but the blood pressure stays normal so that all the vital organs can function properly without any breathing problem.
So soon we may be able to experience suspended animation: inside a shell lying still, like a boiled egg.
