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Submission + - Envisioning the Whole Digital Person

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LaoziSailor

on Wednesday February 28, 2007 @10:42AM

LaoziSailor writes: "Current Cites, February 2007 presents an article that touches on an issue that may concern many of us.

Follett, Jonathan."Envisioning the Whole Digital Person" UXmatters (20 February 2007). — This article looks at the growing mass of digital artifacts that we accumulate from cradle to grave and wonders how to deal with it from the user experience or designer's point of view. The material in question includes everything from email to photos and is likely to be around far longer than we. The suggestions on what to do as "user experience practitioners" will sound familiar to librarians: "...we can advocate for data portability, accessibility, and standardization and prepare ourselves and our customers to manage our new digital lives." — LRK

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Submission + - Electrical charge helps re-grow body part

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MattSparkes

on Wednesday February 28, 2007 @10:21AM

MattSparkes writes: "Tadpoles can regenerate their tails thanks to a technique that alters the electrical properties of their cells, a new study shows. The build-up of electrical charge at the site of amputation helps guide tissue regeneration. They speculate that doctors might one day be able to regenerate tissue in patients — such as those who have suffered spinal cord injury, or even those who have lost fingers — by altering the flow of positively charged molecules out of cells."

Golf-Ball Sized Hail Damages Shuttle 118

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday February 28, 2007 @10:15AM from the don't-make-me-stop-this-thing dept.

MattSparkes writes "The Shuttles March launch has been delayed to late April after golf-ball sized hail caused 7000 pits and divots in the foam that shields the fuel tank. NASA say it's the worst damage of its kind that they have ever seen, but hail is not a new problem for the agency. In 1982, a hailstorm damaged the sensitive heat shield tiles on the Columbia's wings. The damaged tiles then absorbed about 540 kilograms of rain. Once in space, the orbiter faced the Sun to allow the tiles to dry out."

Submission + - Samba Success in the Enterprise?

Submitted by

gunnk

on Wednesday February 28, 2007 @10:11AM

gunnk writes: "We've deployed a Samba server here to replace some aging Novell Netware boxes. It works great: fast, secure, stable. However, we have one VIP that feels that Samba is "amateur" software and that we should be buying Windows servers. I've been searching with little success for large Samba deployments in enterprise environments. Anyone out there care to share stories of places that are happily running large Samba installations for their file servers? Or not so happy, for that matter — better to be informed!"

Submission + - Patent Office Head Lays Out Reform Strategy

Submitted by

jeevesbond

on Wednesday February 28, 2007 @10:04AM

jeevesbond writes: "

The patent system is not broken, just not perfect. That is the viewpoint of Jon Dudas, the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
Dundas also talks of other improvements planned by the USPTO, including employing more examiners and allowing third-parties to submit information to patent submissions."

Submission + - MS Adds 'Indeterminate' Grade to Antipiracy Tool

Submitted by narramissic on Wednesday February 28, 2007 @10:03AM

narramissic writes: Microsoft will recognize shades of grey in the updated version of its software antipiracy tool, Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications. The company has added a new category, 'indeterminate,' to the tool, which had previously only identified an OS as either valid or invalid.

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