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Submission + - ATM based on Suse Linux

Submitted by sas-dot
sas-dot writes: Slashdot earlier reported the government of Tamil Nadu, a state in southern India, which has begun initiatives to convert all of their IT systems fully to OSS-based software. Now it's pushing forward for a Linux based ATM. The official incharge wrote in his email "ELCOT had successfully developed the first ever ATM (automatic cash dispenser) that runs on suse linux. The prototype was unveiled on the 21st March 2007. ELCOT also wishes to test the ATM in typical Government operations such as National Old Age Pension Scheme, cash dispensing schemes such as National Rural Employment programme etc. It depends on how the Government machinery is ready to accept a new technology such as an ATM" Here is the press release.
User Journal

Journal Journal: Trailfire: Social Bookmarking With a Twist

Journal by rtenalio
Social bookmarking has become extremely popular these days. It seems everyone that spends a lot of time on the Interent is probably a member of at least one of the many Social Bookmarking services today. Webmasters, web developers and bloggers have found them to be a good way to get the word out about their websites and blogs and to bring attention to their favorite articles and stories or even their own blog posts.
Media

Journal Journal: Information Overload: I need a library catalogue system 11

Journal by Interrobang
I have realised that I am suffering from information overload, especially pertaining to the streetcar project, which encompasses 500+ electronic documents, several books, a collection of internet bookmarks, various photographs, two videocassettes, some e-mails, and various other stuff. I am starting to realise that I need a database of some sort. A program like Library Master is looking good -- if expensive -- since I also have a dig
Quake

Submission + - Island Raised by Earthquake

Submitted by
StupiderThanYou
StupiderThanYou writes: " ABC News Australia is reporting that the island of Ranongga in the Solomon Islands has been lifted three metres higher above sea level by a magnitude 8.1 earthquake on the 2nd of April. A surrounding coral reef popular with scuba divers is now dying in the sunlight, and there are fissures opened up in the island and surrounding seabed. At least they'll be under less threat from rising sea levels."
Programming

Submission + - Blitz++... C++ as Fast as FORTRAN?

Submitted by j
j writes: For decades, FORTRAN has been the hallmark of academic computing, with object-oriented principles taking a backseat to slick matrix handling and sheer speed. Meanwhile, C++ was stigmatized for its bulkiness and verbose syntax of matrices and vectors. The Blitz++ library for C++ is rapidly encroaching on that. Nearly matching FORTRAN in performance, Blitz++ offers an intuitive matrix handling syntax (with an elegant cout response) essential for efficient mathematical expressions. With Sun's Fortress several years away, will Blitz++ be adequate to introduce robust OOP to numerical computing? And is that even needed?
Windows

Submission + - Personal local backup for windows

Submitted by
rangans
rangans writes: "I am a student in the hardware design field with lot of HDl code and schematic/documents to work with(on my laptop with windows XP Home Edition). I am looking for some way to do differential and incremental backups of my important files to a USB drive. I am now using Synctoy for windows. But I am in need of something more powerful that can restore files back to a specific date (incremental) and not backup the entire partition/folder (differential) all the time. I am tired of network based solutions as I dont have access to network at home. I am looking for something like rsync but locally on a windows system to a USB drive (sbackup for ubuntu?). The personal backup appliance on vmware player also only backups entire partitions. I am ready to run any virtual appliance(if any exists) for this job, if no native windows solution exists. It will be great if it is opensource and supports encryption too. Thanks a lot."

Feed Blood-brain Barrier Damage Could Affect MS Severity (sciencedaily.com)

From feed by sdfeed
Immunology researchers studying a multiple sclerosis (MS)-like disease in mice have shown that the amount of "damage" to the central nervous system's protective blood-brain barrier -- in essence, opening it -- almost always correlates to the severity of the disease. The findings can be used for testing potential MS therapies and for better understanding the role of the blood-brain barrier in disease processes.
Announcements

Submission + - Cool Products Expo 2007

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Cool Products Expo 2007 is being held at Stanford University on Wednesday April 11th. The annual event is held to generate interest in and excitement around "cool" products and companies in the field of manufacturing and design. This year's exhibitors range from Tesla Motors showing off high-performance, highly efficient electric sports cars to AiLive demonstrating LiveMove that allows motion sensitive devices, like the Nintendo Wii Remote, to learn to recognize any motion.
Space

Submission + - PC World's Techlog Will the Sun Knock Out My GPS?

Submitted by
mikesd81
mikesd81 writes: "Science Daily has an article about solar bursts knocking out GPS service. From the article: "During an unprecedented solar eruption last December, researchers at Cornell University confirmed solar radio bursts can have a serious impact on the Global Positioning System (GPS) and other communication technologies using radio waves."

Solar radio bursts begin with a solar flare that injects high-energy electrons into the solar upper atmosphere. Radio waves are produced which then propagate to the Earth and cover a broad frequency range. The radio waves act as noise over these frequencies, including those used by GPS and other navigational systems which can degrade a signal. On December 6, 2006, a solar flare created an unprecedented intense solar radio burst causing large numbers of receivers to stop tracking the GPS signal. Using specially designed receivers built at Cornell University as sensitive space weather monitors, Cornell scientists were able to make the first quantitative measurements of the effect of earlier solar radio bursts on GPS receivers. There are three key points to remember about solar radio bursts. "First, society cannot become overly reliant on technology without an awareness and understanding of the effects of future space weather disruptions," said Anthea Coster, Ph.D., MIT Haystack Observatory. Second, the December 6 event dramatically shows the effect of solar radio bursts is global and instantaneous. "Third, and equally important, the size and timing of this burst were completely unexpected and the largest ever detected. We do not know how often we can expect solar radio bursts of this size or even larger.""
Announcements

Submission + - Open Source BSG Game Demo Released

Submitted by Blahbooboo3
Blahbooboo3 writes: You might have heard of an open-source project to build a BSG game set in the new BSG universe using the open-sourced Freespace 2 engine. A demo of the game has been released that allows you to take on the role of a "nugget" Viper pilot aboard the Battlestar Pegasus. Game download available at their forums. It is already quite impressive as they kept true space physics, multiplayer support, and the artwork feels like it's from the show. Oh, and it's multi-platform (Windows, Mac, Linux) as well !
Businesses

Submission + - Rural Telecommuting

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: I'm a consultant with over 20 years of professional experience in application and database development with some networking/security and web development experience under my belt, and I'm currently finishing up my Masters' in Comp. Sci (via distance learning). I'm sick and tired of both consulting and living on the East Coast and I'm looking to move west where there's some more "elbow room" (Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, or the like — mountains or high desert a must) and the opportunity to live in a more "rural" fashion. My question to the slashdot community is this: Given that a large percentage of technology jobs are clustered around the larger metro areas, what advice (serious, please) do any of you have regarding the easiest and/or best way to make a transition from my current situation to a work-from-home opportunity that would allow me to live where I wanted without forcing me to change my career to firewatcher?

Feed VESA approves DisplayPort 1.1: kiss those DVI and VGA ports goodbye (engadget.com)

From feed by engfeed

Filed under: Digital Cameras, Displays, Handhelds, HDTV, Laptops, Media PCs, Portable Video, Tablet PCs

Get ready for hot, hot convergence kids 'cause the DisplayPort 1.1 specification was just approved. The new VESA-approved digital interface standard is meant to replace DVI and VGA ports while co-existing with HDMI for HDTV connectivity. As you can see in the picture above, it's about the size of a USB connector yet offers 2x the performance of DVI in a much smaller package. They also bake in a nasty dollop of HDCP 1.3 content protection to keep the Blu-ray and HD DVD kiddies happy. The wee size allows the interface to be included in smaller handheld electronics while enabling direct-drive LCD panels thereby eliminating the need for non-panel LVDS electronics in the monitor designs. Of course it also supports pass-through of DVI and HDMI signals via simple adapters similar to DVI-to-HDMI variety on the market today. So which of our esteemed manufactures will bite first? We're not sure, but VESA isn't shy about using Dell's high-end XPS systems in their marketing collateral.

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BOLD MOVES: THE FUTURE OF FORD A new documentary series. Be part of the transformation as it happens in real-time

Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!

Feed Turkey basters find new use in head-mounted instrument (engadget.com)

From feed by engfeed

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets

While most of the musical instruments we cover are of the high-tech (or video game) variety, we can't help but be impressed by the ingenuity shown in inventor/musician Jim Miller's latest creation here. Dubbed the "Chord Hat," the homebrew contraption consists of three turkey basters that serve as peddles, which pump air to some party blow-outs mounted, naturally, on your head. In addition to providing some questionable musical accompaniment, they also serve to cue anyone else playing along to the proper chord. Still skeptical? Check out the whole thing in action after the break.

[Via MAKE:Blog]

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BOLD MOVES: THE FUTURE OF FORD A new documentary series. Be part of the transformation as it happens in real-time

Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!
The Almighty Buck

Submission + - Biodiesel from Algae

Submitted by warmbowski
warmbowski writes: Why should we look into large scale production of biodiesel from algae? It produces more oil per acre than food crops. It doesn't need to take up arable land. It can use municipal waste streams as nutrients. It can potentially replace petrodiesel. Who wants to be an algae farmer? (A diagram of the farm) FTA ... 'However, if the feedstock were to be algae, owing to its very high yield of oil per acre of cultivation, it has been found that about 10 million acres of land would need to be used for biodiesel cultivation in the US in order to produce biodiesel to replace all the petrodiesel used currently in that country. This is just 1% of the total land used today for farming and grazing together in the US (about 1 billion acres). Clearly, algae are a superior alternative as a feedstock for large-scale biodiesel production.'

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