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At least one of the cable operators that struck a wireless spectrum deal with Verizon on Friday now plans to stop reselling WiMax mobile service from Clearwire.

Comcast, the largest U.S. cable operator, will wind down its Clearwire-based Xfinity Internet2Go service over the next six months, a Comcast representative said Friday. The approximately 30,000 subscribers to the service will be given plenty of notice, the representative said.

Cable operators Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Bright House Network all were investors in Clearwire when the WiMax venture was formed by Sprint Nextel and the former Clearwire wireless broadband company in 2008.

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With the news that mobile (and especially Symbian) stalwarts SPB Software has been bought up by Yandex, a Russian search company, the future of star products such as the free SPB TV was in serious doubt. Happily, it seems that this application has been spun off into a separate, independent enterprise, under the company name MobiWorld Media. This should ensure SPB TV’s continued existence for all mobile platforms. More below.

From the MobiWorld Media press release:

“We welcome the news of the Yandex’s acquisition of SPB Software, which should benefit both companies.” said Kirill Filippov, CEO of MobiWorld Media.

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The full list of nominees for the 2012 54^th Grammy Awards was disclosed on November 30^th and Kanye West led the pack with an impressive seven nominations. The following hot nominees include Adele, Bruno Mars and the Foo Fighters, who got six nominations, and then Katy Perry, Lady GaGa, Bon Iver and Rihanna, all of who have received multiple nominations for the 2012 54^th Grammy Awards.

The following are some live performances from various artists nominated for the 54^th Grammy Awards.

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Before pressing play on the video above, scroll down and look at the completed illustration below. It’s a stunning piece of artwork created by Dei Gaztelumendi for the cover of Xabiroi Comic Book Magazine.

Dei says that the magazine gave him complete control over the subject matter, so he decided to title it Post-Apocalyptic Kids. He also dedicated it to a friend who lost his leg in a motorbike accident last year, referring to him as the “toughest kiddo yet.”

Now as someone who can’t draw very well, I look at this illustration and can’t comprehend how you go from a blank sheet of paper to something that looks so good. But that’s where the time-lapse comes in. It shows us how Dei starts with a paper and pencil sketch, but then moves on to a PC and Photoshop. Clearly a r

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Traditionally, fossil-hunters often could only make educated guesses as to where fossils lie. The rest lay with chance — finding the proverbial needle in a haystack.

“I don’t want to say it’s total luck,” says Conroy, professor of physical anthropology in Arts & Sciences, “but it’s a combination of hard work, meticulous planning and, well, a good dose of luck.”

But thanks to a software model used by Conroy and researchers at Western Michigan University, fossil-hunters’ reliance on luck when finding fossils may be diminishing.

Using artificial neural networks (ANNs) — computer networks that imitate the workings of the human brain — Conroy and colleagues Robert Anemone, PhD, and Charles Emerson, PhD, developed a computer model that can pinpoint productive fossil sites in the Great Divide Basin, a 4,000-square-mile stretch of rocky desert in Wyoming.

The basin has proved to be a productive area for fossil hunters, yielding 50 million- to 70 million-year-old early mammal fossils.

The software builds on satellite imagery and maps fossil-hunters have used for years to locate the best fossil sites. Find more…

I had cause to download the Box.net iPhone client today just to check it out. Id already registered a business trial account and then I saw the message below. As per the message there, everyone gets a free 50GB Box.net account of you register via the app. I tried this out and I can confirm it works. This offer is apparently valid until 2nd of December.

The folks over at DIY photography have a new product to add to their inexpensive camera accessory line. It’s not a new lighting tool or improvised camera mount like you might expect though. The newest addition to the family is a set of camera shaped cookie cutters.There’s nothing wrong with getting into the holiday spirit with some confectioneries, and if you’re going to go out of your way to make cookies, you may as well make them in the shape of cameras. It’s a cute way to share your hobby with guests while feeding their sweet tooth.$17.95 will get you a set of three cookie cutters, each in a different style – rangefinder, SLR and twin lens reflex.