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Stargaze at work with Wikisky

Wikisky
If you've been annoyed that Google Maps only works for locations on the Earth, Moon and Mars, you might want to check out Wikisky. It's sort of like Google Maps for the sky.

What you get is a click and drag interface for checking out constellations and individual stars. If you zoom in all the way, you'll often find yourself staring at a black space. But unlike real space, if you scream, your officemates probably will hear you.

One of the niftier features of Wikisky is the ability to enter an address and see what the sky would look like if you looked up. Assuming, of course, you have a window in your ceiling. And that it's night time, and you don't live in a city where the streetlights drown out the night sky.

[via Hackszine]

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BskyB's UK movie download service

bskybSo you wanna watch a good flick with your mum? BSkyB, the British satellite TV broadcaster has restarted its popular movie download service, after having shut down in August due to a security breach and subsequent patch from Microsoft to fix their DRM. Up until it was shut down, over a million downloads were, well, downloaded, making BSkyB's service Europe's most popular download service to date. Any folks in the UK feel like sharing your experiences with our readers? Is BskyB a good service, and if so what do you like about it? Dislike? What about here in the States? I have pretty much written off the whole idea until someone comes up with a better way to download (except iTunes). I am biding my time until then, what about you?

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