Oh dear… Looks like the folks backing BLU-ray couldn’t be more happy right now…

“Some companies and consumers have said in various places around the Net that most HD-DVD’s will not come with content protection until around 2010 or so. While that seems the case as of right now, at any tick of the clock Hollywood could start implement content protection into their media. In any case, and as far as we can tell from software companies like CyberLink, if you don’t have HDCP support (graphics card + driver + monitor and so on), the ICT rule states that the player must stop playback after just a few seconds. And it does, we tested using a Windows XP system fully HDCP compliant using an Xbox 360 HD-DVD USB drive with The Bourne Supremacy which lacks content protection at this point and the newest version of PowerDVD Ultra indeed stops playback after a few seconds. In essence, this is worse, because if you go out and buy a HD-DVD movie, you won’t be able to watch the movie at all, let alone at a reduced resolution. Of course though, you could solve the problem by going out and buying an uber expensive HD-DVD player but who wants to spend that much money and what if you want to play the movies on your PC or any computer like device connection to your HD display?”

Source: TweakTown

Roomba’s are one of those automated vacuum cleaners that move about your house picking up mess. Well, someone has figured out how to control it using your standard Wii-Mote. Check out the video…

Looks like the new incarnation of the Xbox 360 consoles will be delayed until at least mid 2007 according to Digitimes. Announced earlier in the year, the advantage of the new machines will be the use of a cooler running 65nm process CPU which should end some of the alleged issues of machines overheating. There should not be any known performance increases from this upgrade other than thermal. Rumours of price drops have been swirling since the announcement of the new revision. Though Microsoft has maintained that they plan to reduce manufacturing costs on the machine every year, this may not reduce the price to the consumer.

Source: Digitimes

The typical life of a pacemaker is about seven to ten years before surgery is required to replace the battery. With the help of a government sponsored program in the UK, this may no longer be necessary. According to the article “The new device would use a microgenerator producing electricity every time the patient moves.” Sort of like the perpetual winding of a ROLEX watch. Without the need for surgery every few years, heart patients could really improve their quality of life.

Source: BBC News

Even with the help of a 344 foot screen, these guys still seemed to suck…

But once they figured out the new sweet spot, they were good to go.