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Submission + - Gemlike 3D microscope lens developed (gizmag.com)

Submitted by cylonlover on Tuesday March 22, 2011 @11:39PM

cylonlover writes: Engineers from Ohio State University have developed what they say is the world's first microscope lens capable of obtaining three-dimensional images. While 3D microscopy has already been achieved, it has previously required the use of multiple lenses, or of a single camera that moves around the object being imaged. The new device, however, is just a single lens that sits in place on an existing microscope.

Submission + - Hexacopter Can Detect Motion and Breathing (ispyce.com)

Submitted by autospa on Monday March 21, 2011 @02:16PM

autospa writes: TiaLinx Inc. of California has debuted a long-standoff mini-UAV that acts as a motion detector and can detect the breathing of people in hiding. The Phoenix40-A unmanned aerial vehicle can be programmed to fly to or land at multiple waypoints and has been integrated with TiaLinx's fine beam ultra-wideband, multi-Gigahertz radio frequency sensor array.

Submission + - Firefox 4.0 (Final) Now Available For Download (conceivablytech.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 21, 2011 @02:06PM

An anonymous reader writes: It isn't officially announced yet, but the download link for Firefox 4 (final) is already live. If you have downloaded Firefox 4 RC2 (released last Friday), you already run the final code, according to Mozilla. The official launch of the new browser is still scheduled for tomorrow, March 22.

Submission + - Academic institution chooses Cisco for networking (ine.com)

Submitted by joetechAddy on Thursday March 10, 2011 @06:02PM

joetechAddy writes: Cisco invests in Malaysia University's networking infrastructure. This will be used for campuses routing Gbps connections for learning and research.

Submission + - Copyright Troll Complains of Defendants Legal Fees

Submitted by

Hugh Pickens writes

on Thursday March 10, 2011 @05:26PM

Hugh Pickens writes writes: "Steve Green writes in the Las Vegas Sun that copyright enforcement company Righthaven, accused of coercing defendants into settling with threats of damages of $150,000 and forfeiture of the defendants’ website domain names, is complaining that one of its litigation foes is needlessly running up legal costs that Righthaven may end up having to pay. In one of its more extensively-litigated cases, Righthaven sued the Democratic Underground last year after a message-board poster re-posted the first four paragraphs of a 34-paragraph Review-Journal story. After suffering a fair-use setback in another case involving a partial story post, Righthaven tried to drop its suit against the Democratic Underground, which would have resulted in a finding of “no infringement.” But the Democratic Underground is pressing for Righthaven to pay its attorneys fees and says new evidence had surfaced that would bolster their case. “Defendants agree that this case should be over — indeed, it should never have started. But it should not end until Righthaven is called to account for the cost of the defense it provoked," say attorneys for the EFF. "To allow Righthaven to avoid compensating those who have no choice but to defend would be unjust and unsupportable." In other news, Righthaven has filed five more lawsuits, bringing their total since March 2010 to 246 lawsuits."

Submission + - FDA Approves Rx 15000% Price Hike for Drug (azstarnet.com) 1

Submitted by

oDDmON oUT

on Thursday March 10, 2011 @05:00PM

oDDmON oUT writes: "Ever wonder why your medical insurance is so expensive?

"Since 2003, the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has recommended that doctors offer the progesterone shots to at high risk for premature birth. But because there has not been a commercial product available, women have obtained the drug from so-called compounding pharmacies, which make it to order. The pharmacies have typically charged about $10 to $20 per shot for the drug, which is given weekly.

Last month, however, the FDA approved a commercial form of the drug, called Makena, manufactured by K-V Pharmaceutical Co. of St. Louis. The company said Wednesday that the drug will be available for shipping on Monday, and that it will cost $1,500 per dose.""

Submission + - openSUSE 11.4 Released (opensuse.org) 2

Submitted by

MasterPatricko

on Thursday March 10, 2011 @04:57PM

MasterPatricko writes: "The openSUSE community is pleased to announce the 11.4 release of the distribution. "We are proud to announce the launch of 11.4 in the openSUSE tradition of delivering the latest technology while maintaining stability. The 11.4 release brings significant improvements along with the latest in Free Software applications. Combined with the appearance of new tools, projects and services around the release, 11.4 marks a showcase of growth and vitality for the openSUSE Project!"

This release is available now (direct download and bittorrent) as installable DVD or KDE/Gnome LiveCD images, as well as being installable over a network or as a live upgrade from a previous openSUSE release. Highlights include Linux kernel 2.6.37, improved package management, KDE SC 4.6.0, Gnome 2.32 with a preview of Gnome 3, Firefox 4.0, LibreOffice 3.3.1, and the debut of a rolling release project called Tumbleweed. 11.4 images are also already available for customization on SUSEstudio, and you can build your own packages for 11.4 and other GNU/Linux distros on the openSUSE Build Service."

Submission + - Writes 100-page novel without the letter "e" (holybooks.com)

Submitted by

Anonymous Coward

on Thursday March 10, 2011 @04:48PM

Anonymous Coward writes: "This bizarre book, Gadsby now a Public Domain work, is a lipogram written in 1939 by the american Ernest Vincent Wright. The concept is the total absence of the letter “e” from all sentences on all pages. An article in the Oshkosh Daily in 1937 wrote that the manuscript was “amazingly smooth. No halting parts. You can download the book for free."

Submission + - Anonymous Git Hosting for PS3 Tools (gitbrew.org)

Submitted by

Anonymous Coward

on Thursday March 10, 2011 @03:56PM

Anonymous Coward writes: "Gitbrew.org maintains a decentralized git server for all the code and tools Sony has been trying to remove off the internet. No logs are kept of user access, ip, etc and no owner names are given out. We hope to provide the PS3 Homebrew community with a comprehensive list of software and tools for hacking the PS3 all hosted in one place.

admin@gitbrew.org"

Comment Exception? (Score 1) 2

by RandomStrategy on Wednesday January 26, 2011 @12:20PM (#35009654) Attached to: Vaporhardware! 10 Gadgets That Won't Ever Ship

The only exception that I can see is May 3rd...we get Duke.

Submission + - Vermont to Vote on Corporate Personhood (alternet.org)

Submitted by buswolley on Monday January 24, 2011 @01:27PM

buswolley writes: Resolution calling to amend the constitution banning corporate person-hood was introduced in Vermont. This resolution is a reaction to the Supreme Court's Citizen United ruling that ruled freedom of speech of corporations is constitutionally protected.

Comment Best Application of this... (Score 1) 1

by RandomStrategy on Thursday January 20, 2011 @01:29PM (#34941598) Attached to: Italian Scientist claim cold fusion breakthrough

I hope that this means I can get a suit of Power Armor from Fallout 3 in the next few years.

Submission + - TSA Sabotage Results in Two Year Sentence (gazette.com)

Submitted by

14erCleaner

on Wednesday January 12, 2011 @11:28AM

14erCleaner writes: "A federal judge sentenced a Colorado Springs programmer to two years in prison Tuesday. Douglas Duchak was caught trying to insert code that would have interfered with processing searches into the TSA's no-fly list in October 2009, after he was notified that his contract job was being terminated."

Submission + - Computer History Museum Open 25K-Sq-Ft Exhibit (computerworld.com)

Submitted by Lucas123 on Wednesday January 12, 2011 @10:58AM

Lucas123 writes: After six years of work, this week the Computer History Museum in Mountain View opened a new $19 million exhibit that features 1,100 artifacts, photos, videos and more than 5,000 documents spanning development of systems from the first punchcard machine, the Herman Hollerith Machine, to mobile devices like the Palm Pilot. The exhibit will offer interactive stations featuring in-person interviews with luminaries such as Chuck Thacker, from Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center, and John Atanasoff, who built the first digital computer in 1939. "We often say, 'wouldn't it have been great to have been able to talk to Michelangelo as he painted the Sistine Chapel?' We can do that," said John Hollar, CEO of the museum.

Submission + - Pirate Party member Azyz Ammami beaten in detainme (talkweb.eu)

Submitted by bbqsrc on Wednesday January 12, 2011 @10:33AM

bbqsrc writes: Pirate Party members Azyz Ammani and Slim were imprisoned on Friday and are being charged on account of anonymous DDoS attacks with degradation of state property. There is currently no contact with them and it is not known whether the charges will be dropped or the case will go forward.

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