| Delaware gets grant for patrol cameras
DELHI _ The Delaware County Sheriff's Department will use $44,600 in state grants to equip patrol cars with digital video cameras, Sheriff Thomas Mills said Wednesday. "I am pleased to announce our acceptance of a grant for $19,600, from the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services, under the guidelines of the state Homeland Security program as well as a $25,000 grant sanctioned by Senator John Bonacic in the state budget," Mills said. Mills said he hopes to have the cameras installed and operational in about a month. He said there are eight or nine cars to be equipped. "We are waiting so the computers and the cameras can be installed at the same time to save money," Mills said. The computers will be used to run data, write accident reports and issue traffic tickets, Mills said.
Beyonce Knowles plans country album
The singer is shedding her R'n'B roots to experiment with a new sound following the success of her live reworked performance of Irreplaceable with country band Sugarland in Los Angeles last weekend. A source said: "Beyonce wants to try something completely different. "She is a big fan of country music and thought that would be an interesting and exciting way to go. "She tested the waters at the American Music Awards last weekend and she is up for it." Beyonce is keen to team up with award-winning singer-songwriter Amanda Ghost on the new tracks. The pair have already enjoyed chart success together. Amanda wrote Beautiful Liar, which was recorded by Beyonce and Shakira earlier this year. She also penned James Blunt's hit single You're Beautiful.
Tosh HD-DVD remote goes intergalactic
STAR TREK FANS with HD players are in for a geek treat this Christmas as Toshiba has revealed the details of its remote control shaped like a phaser gun. The remote will be available free to buyers of the HD-DVD release of the first Star Trek series, starring William 'the wig' Shatner, which is pretty neat considering it will sell standalone for $70. However, Star Trek fans without HD capability may be slightly cheesed off - the original series isn't being release on standard DVD, only on an HD-DVD / DVD 'combo' disc - with all the best extras being on the HD side of the disc. It seems that the HD-DVD camp is hoping that the sheer enthusiasm of Trekkies alone will see it through as the leader in HD formats this Chrimbo. Will Toshiba's sales boldy go where no HD format has gone before? µ .
Ultrafast data link thrills researchers
World-best collaborative research between Australian and United States universities has taken a giant leap forward with the successful launch today of a 1Gigabit per second data connection between the two countries. The ultrabroadband optical-fibre link - roughly 250 times faster than the standard broadband connection offered in metropolitan Melbourne - was demonstrated at the University of California San Diego and at the University of Melbourne today. Using large visual-display walls of high-definition screens in both cities, still images, audio, animations and video from Australian research conducted by neuroscientist Professor Graeme Jackson and water researcher Professor John Langford were presented in both cities at the same time. Participants in San Diego were able to question Professor Langford and Professor Jackson in real time - as if they were in the same room.
'Treasure' Finds More Box Office Fortune
Fortune-seeker Nicolas Cage, lonely guy Will Smith and a pack of talking chipmunks ended Hollywood's year on a happy note. Cage's "National Treasure: Book of Secrets" was the No. 1 movie for a second weekend with $35.6 million, followed by "Alvin and the Chipmunks" with $30 million and Smith's "I Am Legend" with $27.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. Those hits along with a solid crop of other holdovers and new movies that opened Christmas Day capped a year-end hot streak for Hollywood, whose business soared the last few weeks after a sluggish fall. .
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