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Pegasus and Mercury Circling the Drain 217

Daemon Duck writes "One of the web's oldest and most respected email clients is flickering out of existence. Pegasus mail and its companion SMTP server, Mercury32, have been discontinued due to lack of funding for the ongoing development. On the website, the author David Harris states that if some funding becomes available he would consider opening the source code or continuing the development."
PC Games (Games)

Submission + - Second Life Goes GPL

paniq writes: "According to the Linden Blog, Linden Labs released the client software to their Second Life Online Game as open source, licenced under the GPL v2. From the Article: "A lot of the Second Life development work currently in progress is focused on building the Second Life Grid — a vision of a globally interconnected grid with clients and servers published and managed by different groups. Expect many changes and updates in the coming months in support of this architecture." While the open source community might be positively surprised about this move, will it also mean a new wave of exploits on Second Life servers?

— if you reject this story, please privmsg me with a short explanation — i write stories on an occasional base, they usually get rejected, and i never have a clue why. linking the faq is not enough — thank you."
Yahoo!

Submission + - Yahoo! busy with new mobile search and Opera deals

An anonymous reader writes: Yahoo is crazy busy this morning with 3 major stories...
  • New Mobile Search oneSearch
  • Deals with Nokia, Samsung, RIM, 3 Group
  • Exclusive mobile search deal with Opera browser
Get the full story on each of the major deals above here: Yahoo's busy day
XBox (Games)

Xbox 360 To Have IPTV, 10 Million Sold 85

The news from CES, from Bill Gates' keynote, is that the 360 will have IPTV rolled out in an update later this year. They've also now crossed the 10 Million units sold mark, spurred on by Gears of War in the U.S. and Blue Dragon in Japan. The implications of IPTV for the 360 (DVR on a 20 gig HD, essentially) are interesting, but are hardly the only news to come out of the event. Robbie Bach gave Gamespot an overview of Vista and 360-related announcements for the near future, and there's some great stuff in there. Likewise, Mr. Gates sat down for an interview with several journalists, including Dean Takahashi from the Mercury News and Brian Crecente from Kotaku. He gives some additional insight into the company's announcements at the CES event.
United States

US Visitor Fingerprints To Be (Perhaps) Stored by FBI 503

stair69 writes "Since 2004 many visitors to the United States have had 2 fingerprints taken under the US-VISIT scheme. Now there are new plans to extend this scheme — under the proposal all 10 fingerprints will be taken, and they will be stored permanently on the FBI's criminal fingerprint database. The fingerprints will also be made available to police forces in other countries. The scheme is due to be introduced by the end of 2008, but it will be trialled in 10 of the bigger airports initially." Of course, it is worth pointing out that given the recent change in Congress, I suspect that a number of countries will get a "bye" on this round,
Television

Submission + - Sling streams iTunes content to TV

Vitamin_Boy writes: Sling has a new product out, the "SlingCatcher." It sends video from the PC to the TV and does it for $200. Oh, and it apparently works with iTunes. Will this undercut Apple's iTV? This Ars Technica article thinks it might: "The SlingCatcher, on the other hand, is media-agnostic. It doesn't care what codec videos are encoded with, nor whether or not they have been purchased from an approved online store. It is designed to take video output and stream it, which means that you could use the SlingCatcher with video purchased from other online services, such as the iTunes Store or CinemaNow. In this way, the SlingCatcher may turn out to be a one-size-fits-all solution in a field populated with specialty products."
Data Storage

Submission + - One Terabyte DVD

MindlessPhilosophy writes: "A research team at the University of Central Florida led by Kevin Belfield has recently made a major breakthrough in Data Storage and Photonics with the development of a one terabyte DVD (Central Florida Future). From the article: 'While initial applications for the DVD will likely be for the military, large corporations and the medical field, Belfield is also excited about the possibility of consumer applications — especially in the gaming industry.'"
Hardware Hacking

Submission + - MacTablet Announced

goombah99 writes: While it seems certain Apple will not be announcing a full sized tablet notebook today, a third party vendor has promised to reveal just that tommorrow. Based on a modified macbook embedded in an aluminum case, the device will accept pen-based input on the screen. It also boasts a built-in GPS suggesting it's target market might less for meeting notetakers and more for people like plant engineers or field scientists. Though I could see that geolocating by classroom might also be handing for finding the notes from a given lecture.
Businesses

Submission + - 100 Best companies to work for

An anonymous reader writes: Google shot straight to the top in its first appearance on Fortune's list this year. Find out why, plus see detailed profiles for all the best places to work. And some pretty cool photo galleries of Googlers at work, a Google perk gallery and a Google complex gallery. Nice!
Space

Submission + - Astronomers have found an enormous halo of stars

haja writes: "BBC Reports: A team from the University of California at Santa Cruz (UCSC) detected a sparse population of red giant stars — bright, bloated stars in a late stage of stellar evolution. These appeared to be smoothly distributed around Andromeda out to a distance of 500,000 light-years from the galaxy's centre. Theories of galaxy formation predict that the halo of a large galaxy is the first component to form. The disc and central bulge develop some time later. Studying the Milky Way's halo is difficult because Earth is buried within the galaxy; astronomers do not have an external vantage point from which to view the whole galaxy. Read more here"
Software

TiVoToGo for Mac Announced 118

An anonymous reader writes "After much anticipation, some backpedaling, a bite of hope, and a delayed release date, TiVoToGo Mac Edition is here. While there have been some unofficial hacks, those solutions have not been ideal for everyone. With support for transferring shows and burning to DVD/iPod, TiVoToGo is bundled as a part of Roxio's Toast Titanium software that will be announced tomorrow at Macworld."
Enlightenment

Submission + - Boeing 797 picture!

ebvwfbw writes: Some slashdotters already know about the new Airbus A380 killer — the Boeing 797. The 797 is truly amazing, if the pictures really are real. Half way down the page HERE (look for the really cool plane photo). Room for 1000 passengers, details are HERE. The plane is set to use the same terminals that are being built for the A380.

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