256627
submission
linuxwrangler writes:
A Chinese couple has applied to name their baby @. The Chinese often use an English-like pronunciation of '@' with a pronounced 'T' which is similar in Mandarin to "love him". It is not-yet known if the government, which recently banned use of Arabic numerals, foreign languages, and non-Chinese symbols in names, will accept baby @.
256609
submission
Bombula writes:
A team of German scientists claims to have caused photons to breakn the lightspeed barrier via quantum tunneling. The article is short on details, but suggests in the long-run this could hold the promise of superfast networking. Don't anyone hold your breath, though...
256581
submission
konohitowa writes:
Two German scientists claim to have performed an experiment in which microwave photons exceeded the speed of light. From the story: "The pair say they have conducted an experiment in which microwave photons — energetic packets of light — travelled "instantaneously" between a pair of prisms that had been moved up to 3ft apart."
Having seen claims such as these in the past, it will be interesting to see what mistake this particular pair made. And yes, I'm definitely assuming they're misinterpreting their results.
256549
submission
C_Kode writes:
It seems that Citrix is going to purchase XenSource for around $500 million. This could be bad news as there are rumors of someone else buying Citrix. We've been testing XenSource and VMWare. While VMWare appears to be the better product, XenSource is more affordable. The sell of XenSource draws new questions into what we are going to do.
