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Submission + - Dell UltraSharp 2407WFP (Review)

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luna6
luna6 writes: "Dell's 24" UltraSharp 2407WFP is one of the finer computer monitors around and it now retails for only $687. We take a look at what this monitor can do and it can do quite a few different things very well. Screenshots of the monitor in action are provided. http://lunapark6.com/?p=3202"
Google

Journal Journal: Gmail Outage

Journal by Se7enLC

Gmail service for a large number of users has been out for 8+ hours. Google has made no announcement regarding the outage and has not issued an estimate repair time.

The Gmail Down Google group has all the details
Power

Submission + - Using Gym Rats' Body Power to Generate Electricity

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Carl Bialik from WSJ
Carl Bialik from WSJ writes: "A Hong Kong health club is hoping that a car battery, some StairMasters and dozens of gym rats can help ease the world's energy problems. It is just one of a wave of projects that are trying to tap the power of the human body, the Wall Street Journal reports. From the article: 'The human power project at California Fitness was set in motion by Doug Woodring, a 41-year-old extreme-sports fanatic and renewable-energy entrepreneur, who pitched the experiment to the gym's management last May. "I've trained my whole life, and many megawatts have been wasted," says Mr. Woodring, who has worked out at the Hong Kong gym for years. "I wanted to do something with all that sweat." '"
Software

Submission + - Is working for DARPA ethically defensible?

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evil_breeds
evil_breeds writes: "I've recently been offered a job to write software for a company contracting to DARPA and I'm stuck on the ethics of the situation. Take as given that the nature of the job and its benefits to me are excellent — what I'm interested in is the ethics of working for the U.S. military and what that supports, versus the net Good that some of DARPA's past work (like say, the internet) has produced. I think it's fair to suspend Godwin's Law for this discussion."
PlayStation (Games)

Journal Journal: Will the Wii's Success help Playstation 3? 2

Journal by fistfullast33l

The Wii currently is the hottest item on the block. You can't find it in stores at all and it's all the rage on the internets. Early fanboy reports imply that the Wii is the king of the next generation, and that the 360 and the PS3 will just be afterthoughts. Obviously, it's way to early to tell this. However, a more important fact is pointed out by the success of the Wii. Third party developers will be listening and acting on this. The Wii will begin to gain momentum, and business sens
Communications

Submission + - Is statewide Wi-Max possible?

Submitted by Philetus
Philetus writes: While many politicians seem dead set on shutting down or locking off parts the Internet, is it possible that one Deep South state could provide broadband wireless access to all of its residents? That's the pledge of a new bill that was introduced in the South Carolina Statehouse this week.

From the article:
"Toward that end, (Dwight) Loftis, House Speaker Bobby Harrell and others have introduced a bill, H. 3569, that would create the S.C. Wireless Technology and Communications Commission, a body tasked with implementing a statewide wireless broadband network, possibly as early as late 2008."

Is this another case of politicians getting their tubes mixed up, or is a statewide wireless network possible?

Feed The World According to John K. (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed
The creator of Ren and Stimpy takes his iconoclasm to the web, where he intends to revitalize the staid world of advertising. Wired News interview by Daniel Dumas.


Microsoft

Submission + - Ballmer To India: Cut Piracy, Create 50,000 Jobs

Submitted by Pranjal
Pranjal writes: In an interview in Tuesday's edition of the Times Of India, Ballmer says piracy is having "a huge negative impact" on economic growth in India. He also cites an unnamed study indicating that 70% of all software used in the country is pirated. Reducing that number by 10% would lead to the creation of 50,000 new jobs in India, Ballmer says in the interview. InformationWeek.com has a commentary on the news item — "The concern, of course, is that a larger Microsoft presence in India would come at the expense of programming jobs in the U.S. Microsoft employees in Redmond may be hoping that India doesn't take its piracy problem too seriously — it may be the best job protection they have."
Mozilla

Submission + - Use Firefox XForms to create your own Sudoku

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Sudoku quietly appeared on the scene in the United States in the last couple of years, and then became a phenomenon, just as it had in Japan. Someone you know most likely has played it, if not yourself. Because Sudoku is based on very specific data patterns, you can use XPath expressions to evaluate the progress the user has made in a specific game. You can also use these patterns to easily use Mozilla Firefox XForms extensions to generate a game board that enables the user to play.
Sci-Fi

Submission + - Exclusive Interview with Douglas Adams from 1979

Submitted by
DarkerMatter
DarkerMatter writes: "A new online science fiction magazine, Darker Matter, has just gone live with an exclusive interview conducted with Douglas Adams (author of the Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy) in 1979, just before his first book was published. The interview was never used until now. The site also has high quality short sf stories from writers inclusing Hugo award winner David D. Levine, Bud Sparhawk and Edward M. Lerner. The site is funded by advertising, pays the going rate to writers and is planning to donate any profits to charity.

http://www.darkermatter.com/"
The Internet

Submission + - FlickrCombat, a New Mashup in Town

Submitted by Pink Fluffy Dinosaur
Pink Fluffy Dinosaur writes: There are so many great photos added every day on Flickr. So many, that no human being can ever rank them. FlickrCombat's aim is to manage to do that, involving the community power. Flickrcombat.com is a mashup that is offering an effective process to involve the community in revealing the best Flickr photos (sourced via the flickr.com API) and at the same time to keep things interesting and entertaining. In the good web 2.0 spirit, the users exercise an influence over the content and the more they get involved, the more value they add to the application. As for the theme... nothing new under the sun. The idea of two pictures fighting against each other had been exploited before in various ways, especially when it came to pictures of hot babes, a category preferred by far by a male majority user community. Everybody knows that sex sells. The other categories seem almost an overplus since they are not really addressed to the target. It's more of a bonus for those who, in addition, are pet lovers or just enjoy nature and art. As for the "guys" category... how many women really waste time participating in that combat? The design of the web site is a plus, though. Simplicity does its work here, highlighting the photos in the combat. And you can easily find your way around. So what is FlickrCombat all about? Two pictures in each combat, seven categories to choose from, and a top 21 that says it all. Users can choose from several categories — babes, cars, cats, dogs, views, guys and art — and vote on one picture they like best out of two. The rank of each picture is determined by the number of defeats, wins and combats. The users can enjoy the result of their rating checking out the goodies in the top (and by this you know what I mean...)
Power

Submission + - Al Gore uses 20 times more electricity than you

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: [The average household in America consumes 10,656 kilowatt-hours (kWh) per year, according to the Department of Energy. In 2006, Gore devoured nearly 221,000 kWh — more than 20 times the national average.]

This is according to the latest press release from The Tennessee Center for Policy Research, which used FOIA laws to retrieve the data. Al Gore stated in his Oscar accepting speech; "It's not as hard as you might think. We have a long way to go but all of us can do something in our own lives to make a difference."

Hypocrisy? Or an unfortunate smear campaign?

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