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Submission + - Viral Cash Cow - Affiliate Marketing on Steroids (blogspot.com)

Submitted by Destiny1 on Friday October 05, 2007 @05:16PM

Destiny1 writes: ViralCashCow could truly be the easiest way for affiliate marketers to quickly make real money online. The awesome power of viral ebook marketing combined with affiliate marketing. I don't think you could make it any easier! Ebook rebranding is now a snap. Perfect for internet marketing beginners or pros.

Submission + - Internet Explorer 7 "Updated" - Total chan

Submitted by Rachael on Thursday October 04, 2007 @08:20PM

Rachael writes: During the days of the Internet Explorer 7 beta, Microsoft promised to not do another IE6 and to constantly improve and update IE7 verses waiting for the next Windows release. A year after IE7 RTM'd, IE7 program manager Steve Reynolds follows through on that promise.... Or so it would seem. The only problem is, this update to Internet Explorer foregoes all expected improvements like possible bugfixes and minor new features; and instead has only one change: the menu bar is now visible by default.

Submission + - Asian domain names up for grabs (crn.com.au)

Submitted by

negsss

on Thursday October 04, 2007 @08:19PM

negsss writes: "New .asia domain opens up for registration on Tuesday. The first round of the registration period for the new top-level .asia domain opens 9 October, promising organisations that are based in or trade with countries in that region a greater online presence"

Submission + - 'Gay bomb' scoops Ig Nobel award

Submitted by

gollum123

on Thursday October 04, 2007 @08:15PM

gollum123 writes: "Pioneering research into a "gay bomb" that makes enemy troops "sexually irresistible" to each other has scooped one of this year's Ig Nobel Prizes ( http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7026150.stm ). Other winners included work on treating hamster jetlag with impotency drugs, extracting vanilla from cow dung, and the side-effects of sword swallowing. Some of the winners include Physics — A US-Chile team who ironed out the problem of how sheets become wrinkled, Chemistry — Mayu Yamamoto, from Japan, for developing a method to extract vanilla fragrance and flavouring from cow dung, Peace — The US Air Force Wright Laboratory for instigating research and development on a chemical weapon that would provoke widespread homosexual behaviour among enemy troops, Aviation — A National University of Quilmes, Argentina, team for discovering that impotency drugs can help hamsters to recover from jet lag."

Submission + - Myanmar Goes Offline (pcmag.com)

Submitted by

angrykeyboarder

on Thursday October 04, 2007 @08:12PM

angrykeyboarder writes: "Myanmar has been completely taken off the Internet. If you know anyone there, don't expect to hear from them for a while...."

Submission + - Do Content Provider Executives Read Online Forums? (networkhardware.com)

Submitted by

Dax

on Thursday October 04, 2007 @07:53PM

Dax writes: "I've been reading slashdot for nearly a decade now, and I've found it both useful and occasionally comical in many areas of life (especially when I implemented the Win2k ban on UCSB's ResNet...the /. comments made for hilarious reading that week). Throughout college and my career, I've relied on online forums such as these for feedback, and to get a vague sense of how it is for folks "in the trenches", so to speak.

Given the hundreds — if not thousands — of submissions to slashdot, digg, techdirt, et al regarding DRM and all of its catastrophic failures (let's use Blu-Ray and HD-DVD as the main example), do the decision makers and visionaries at these companies put any stock into the horribly negative feedback all over the web concerning these topics?

If so, why haven't we (consumers) seen shifts away from defective by design technologies? If not, why not? In my current position, I sell Cisco equipment...and my reputation can be made or slayed by what goes on in these forums, so I keep a serious eye open to constructive criticisms, or (hopefully more often), positive feedback. Why don't other executives?"

Submission + - Largest telescope plans unveiled (bbc.co.uk)

Submitted by

gasmanpopey

on Thursday October 04, 2007 @05:29PM

gasmanpopey writes: "Jodrell Bank observatory in Cheshire is to become the headquarters of a global plan to co-ordinate the next generation of radio telescopes...."

Submission + - Visible Spectrum Invisibility Cloaking (newscientist.com)

Submitted by

dm42

on Thursday October 04, 2007 @05:26PM

dm42 writes: "New Scientist is reporting that scientists in the U.S. have created the first true invisibility cloak.

From the Article: "The world's first true invisibility cloak — a device able to hide an object in the visible spectrum — has been created by physicists in the US. ... Their breakthrough comes just a year after US and British physicists created an invisibility cloak that worked in the microwave region of the electromagnetic spectrum. At that time, a visible light cloak was thought to be years away because of the much shorter wavelengths produced in the visible spectrum.""

Submission + - MySQL Releases a 5.1 RC, but is it really ready?

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 04, 2007 @05:11PM

An anonymous reader writes: Peter Zaitsev writes on the state of MySQL development, while MySQL at the same time releases a release candidate of their 5.1 server. With 528 bugs listed for 5.1, will 5.1 be a repeat of the problems Peter mentions with 5.0? What does "release candidate" mean for open source companies compared to projects?

Submission + - IBM withdraws outsourcing patent application (sutor.com)

Submitted by

psykocrime

on Thursday October 04, 2007 @05:09PM

psykocrime writes: "Regarding the recently discussed IBM application for a patent on off-shoring jobs; IBM have now dropped said patent claim and placed the "innovation" in the public domain.

IBM has put into the public domain and withdrawn its application for patent number US2007/0162321 — Outsourcing of Services. This patent application covers analyzing work flows, skills, economic costs, etc. Here's why we are withdrawing it — IBM adopted a new policy a year ago to sharply reduce business method patent filings and instead stress significant technical content in its patents. Even though the patent application in question was filed eight months before the policy took effect in September, 2006, had the policy been in place at the time, IBM would not have filed the application. We're glad the community pointed this application out so IBM could take swift action."

Submission + - How Blender compares to the Major 3D applications

Submitted by LetterRip on Sunday September 30, 2007 @08:19PM

LetterRip writes: CGWorld and CGTalk recently asked whether OpenSource software set to become the dominant toolset in feature film production? Also TDT 3D did a comparison chart with the Major 3D Digital Content Creation applications such as Maya, 3DS Max, and XSI, and of course Blender in this 3D Application Comparison. Blender came out surprisingly well, although it definitely still has some weaknesses. So what do slashdotters think? Can Blender 'take over' the 3D industry or will it always be just for 'freelancers and hobbyists'?

Submission + - Demonoid back online

Submitted by 2Y9D57 on Sunday September 30, 2007 @03:19PM

2Y9D57 writes: As of Sunday 30th September, the Demonoid bittorrent tracker is back online — outage caused by need to filter Canadian traffic following threats from lawyer representing the CRIA. Somewhat ironic — Demonoid stays in Canada, but Canadians can't use it. Nice work, CRIA.

Submission + - Demonoid Returns, well mostly

Submitted by camperslo on Sunday September 30, 2007 @02:59PM

camperslo writes: The news on Demonoid sums it up: "We received a letter from a lawyer represeting the CRIA, they were threatening with legal action and we need to start blocking Canadian traffic because of this.

Thanks for your understanding, and sorry for any inconvenience." (typo is theirs)

As posted here, the Demonoid trackers were up yesterday, the website went live again today.

It's good to see the Green Demon alive and kicking (of course its pretty well swamped at the moment)

Submission + - Ultima series creator to be the 6th space tourist (richardinspace.com)

Submitted by

OzJuggler

on Saturday September 29, 2007 @09:35PM

OzJuggler writes: "Richard Garriot, aka Lord British of Ultima fame, is officially to become the next space tourist. According to the press release from Space Adventures, he is scheduled to launch in October 2008. Its been rumoured on Slashdot many years ago that Garriot wanted to go into space. Now you'll be able to follow every step of the adevnture in new photos and posts on his single-minded blog http://www.richardinspace.com/ . Is this the beginning of UO — Ultima Orbital?

Though not stated in the official release, according to Russian news agency RIA Novosti these tourist flights are typically charged at US$20 milion per launch, and the price will probably go up by 5 million "in the future". Get a space flight while they're in the bargain bin!

Most astonishingly perhaps, this has not been Slashdotted yet despite the news being over 72 hours old. So it seems that other news from Friday was true. ;-)"

Submission + - Pi Runner, a computer game that teaches Pi digits (newgrounds.com)

Submitted by

SadSoupDragon

on Saturday September 29, 2007 @09:28PM

SadSoupDragon writes: "Pi Runner is a game that guides you through the digits of Pi, helping you to memorize obscene amounts and impress your geekiest of friends.

The game revolves around a pixilated crocodile running across a bridge made of Pi digits. Your task is to enter the digits of Pi on your numpad in time to fill in the bridge blocks, preventing the croc from falling to his doom.

So far the digit leader board ranges from 50 digits to 60,000... so make your mark!

The game is written in Flash 9, so will run fine on Linux, Windows and Macs."

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