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Submission + - Indian Govt. scraps a patent based on traditional/ancient knowledge (indiatimes.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: The Indian government denied a patent for diabities care based on extracts of plants by saying that for centuries, it was known that the plants were used for management of diabetes and there were no inventions. "When plants are known to act against a particular disease, extracts would certainly perform the same function," an official said. Besides, the government is of the view that a patent cannot be granted for validating something that is part of traditional knowledge.
Politics

Submission + - Lawrence O'Donnell Encourages You to Vote Third Party (msnbc.com)

Submitted by wiegeabo
wiegeabo writes: Politcal analyst, and MSNBC host, Lawrence O'Donnell covered the recent 3rd party Presidential Debate on his show "The Last Word". While showing clips from the debate about topics not covered in the main debates, O'Donnell discusses a few of the issues brought up including the drug war and the NDAA. He also discusses the media's bias towards coverage of only the two main parties, how the candidates only focus on key swing states, 'wasting votes', and the connection to low voter turn out.

Especially poignant is his comment, " I have actually voted for the winner of the presidency exactly once, so please don’t try to tell me that voting for a candidate who loses is wasting a vote in a democracy."
Android

Submission + - LG Nexus 4 Leaked, includes video (examiner.com) 1

Submitted by nyan.kitty256
nyan.kitty256 writes: "Earlier today, several sources revealed the specs and leaked images of the next Google Nexus device. This device will most likely be the launch vehicle for the next iteration of the Android Operating System. which will likely be a small incremental upgrade over a larger one. The device has a 4.75 inch screen, but it also has a smaller top bezel than the Galaxy Nexus does. It'll contain a quad core Qualcomm processor, and 2 GB of ram to supplement that. It does have a different rear design, which takes from the Nexus 7's back. You can click on the image of the device above to see more of it's design."

Submission + - Yahoo will ignore IE 10's "Do Not Track" (ypolicyblog.com) 1

Submitted by dsinc
dsinc writes: And so it begins... Yahoo has made it official: it won't honor the Do Not Track request issued by Internet Explorer 10. Their justification? "[T]he DNT signal from IE10 doesn’t express user intent" and "DNT can be easily abused".
Businesses

Submission + - "excitement" over Surface launch was faked (theatlanticwire.com)

Submitted by whoever57
whoever57 writes: A report in The Atlantic wire quotes Geekwire in a description of lines "around the building" but,
"a significant portion of those in line are somehow affiliated with Microsoft, either as employees, vendors, or contractors."

The same article describes a "press only" Surface tablet event at which the "clapping and hollering" came from a group of people who had badges that were different to the press badges.
AMD

Submission + - AMD Rumored To Announce Layoffs, New Hardware, ARM Servers On Monday (hothardware.com)

Submitted by
MojoKid
MojoKid writes: "After its conference call last week, AMD is jonesing for some positive news to toss investors and is planning a major announcement on Monday to that effect. Rumor suggests that a number of statements may be coming down the pipe, including the scope of the company's layoffs, new CPUs based on Piledriver Opterons, and possibly an ARM server announcement. The latter would be courtesy of AMD's investment in SeaMicro. SeaMicro built its business on ultra-low power servers and their first 64-bit ARMv8 silicon is expected in the very near future. However, there's always a significant lag between chip announcements and actual shipping products. Even if AMD announces Monday, it'd be surprising to see a core debut before the middle of next year."
Hardware

Submission + - Worlds First 4K 9.6 inch Screen produced (examiner.com)

Submitted by nyan.kitty256
nyan.kitty256 writes: From the article:
"
Ortustech unveiled today that it had build a 9.6 inch display with a resolution of 3840x2160. This gives the display a resolution of 458.94 ppi. This is the smallest any manufacturer has been able to produce any 4K screens. While this is not the highest density display out there(Toshiba has displays that are around 500 PPI), it is still incredibly dense. The main advantage of screens this dense is either for a much smoother visual experience(reducing the need for Anti-Aliasing), as well as making the image displayed much more crisp and sharp.

This display is a TFT type display. TFT stands for Thin-film transistor, and it is one method of producing an LCD display. Most displays use this technology, including smart phone displays. TFT style displays have a much higher refresh rate than normal LCD ones do, and thus provide an even smoother experience for the end user.
"
Google

Submission + - What an anti-Google antitrust case by the FTC may look like (cnet.com)

Submitted by
hessian
hessian writes: "It's not certain that Google will face a federal antitrust lawsuit by year's end. But if that happens, it seems likely to follow an outline sketched by Thomas Barnett, a Washington, D.C., lawyer on the payroll of Google's competitors.

Barnett laid out his arguments during a presentation here last night: Google is unfairly prioritizing its own services such as flight search over those offered by rivals such as Expedia, and it's unfairly incorporating reviews from Yelp without asking for permission.

"They systematically reinforce their dominance in search and search advertising," Barnett said during a debate on search engines and antitrust organized by the Federalist Society. "Google's case ought to have been brought a year or two ago.""
Displays

Submission + - Ortustech constructs a 9.6 inch 4K display (examiner.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: From the article:
"Ortustech unveiled today that it had build a 9.6 inch display with a resolution of 3840x2160. This gives the display a resolution of 458.94 ppi. This is the smallest any manufacturer has been able to produce any 4K screens. While this is not the highest density display out there(Toshiba has displays that are around 500 PPI), it is still incredibly dense. The main advantage of screens this dense is either for a much smoother visual experience(reducing the need for Anti-Aliasing), as well as making the image displayed much more crisp and sharp."

Submission + - Android will surpass Windows by 2016 (reuters.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Google's Android operating system will be used on more computing devices than Microsoft's Windows within four years, data from research firm Gartner showed on Wednesday, underlining the massive shift in the technology sector.

At the end of 2016, there will be 2.3 billion computers, tablets and smartphones using Android software, compared with 2.28 billion Windows devices, Gartner data showed.
Microsoft

Submission + - Forget Windows 8: Give Us Windows 7.8 (infoworld.com)

Submitted by
snydeq
snydeq writes: "A billion users don't have the right hardware to run Windows 8, even if they wanted to. Here's how Microsoft could give them the best of Win8: 'Microsoft needs to get real and bring us a better Windows 7 ASAP, even as it works on the more-Metro Windows 9 that's a good two or three years away. Call it Windows 7.8. The truth is that the new Windows 8 Desktop has some very cool features for those living in the "legacy" touch-insensitive, keyboard-and-mouse environment. Maybe Microsoft can make money by selling us an upgrade to what we already have: a Windows 7.8 that brings the key new Windows 8 Desktop features home to Windows 7.'"

Submission + - Ask Slashdot: Alternatives for startups when domains are already registered 2

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Recently we've been trying to start a small company in Argentina. When trying to acquire the domains we need (.com and .com.ar) we found that they were already registered but not in use. We contacted the owners, which are companies or individuals that buy and sell domains for a living.

They said that .com would be a six figure domain (!), which is pretty impressive given that it's not a recognized brand or anything, it's a simple english noun.

On the other hand, for the .com.ar (which is actually free!!) we were asked around 2000.

We think this is outrageous. There has to be some legal way for small enterpreneurs to be able to start their own business without having to pay to these people.

Maybe if we register the name then we can request to be given priority over the domain?

Has any of you ever had to deal with a situation like this?

Submission + - Android now on over half of US smartphones (examiner.com)

Submitted by somebodee
somebodee writes: ComScore released new data today, suggesting that Android has finally taken over half of the US smartphone market. This comes from a 3.7% market share increase from the previous quarter, ending in December, 2011. Similarly, iOS's market share grew by 1.1% to 30.7%. RIM and Microsoft's market share both dropped, with RIM having the sharpest decline. RIM's market share fell by 3.7%, placing it at 12.3% of the total US market. Microsoft's smartphone market share fell by .8% to 3.9% total, and Nokia's market share for Symbian remained steady at 1.4% of the total market.

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