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Submission + - NTP files suit against AT&T, Sprint, Verizon (com.com)

Submitted by

mytrip

on Tuesday September 11, 2007 @07:10PM

mytrip writes: "Remember NTP? They're back.

The holding company that brought BlackBerry Nation to its knees in 2006 is once again on the advance, this time filing suit against AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile. The suit was filed last week in Richmond, Va., home to the last round of legal tussling between NTP and Research In Motion, maker of the BlackBerry.

This time around, NTP is going after the wireless carriers. Eight patents are cited, five of which were argued in the RIM litigation. The argument this time seems to be that because hardware makers like RIM and Nokia have licensed the patents in question from NTP, the carriers should have to have a license as well. NTP wants ongoing royalties as well as damages from the carriers."

Submission + - Scientist Ignites Hydrogen in Water with Radio (tapegerm.com)

Submitted by

Criceratops

on Tuesday September 11, 2007 @07:09PM

Criceratops writes: "Apparently a cancer researcher in Erie, Pennsylvania, while researching methods of desalinization with radio frequencies, found that the hydrogen bonds weaken and then burn while the radio waves were maintained. The AP says that this story broke in Pittsburgh, otherwise Yahoo's front page is compromised. Is the energy crisis solved? The story says that the hydrogen burned at temperatures of 3000 degrees F!!! And the exhaust of course would be H20 vapor! This is a plea for this one to be verified or disbunked!!"

Submission + - Radio Frequencies Help Burn Salt Water (yahoo.com)

Submitted by grumpyman on Tuesday September 11, 2007 @07:07PM

grumpyman writes: Radio frequencies act to weaken the bonds between the elements that make up salt water, releasing the hydrogen. Once ignited, the hydrogen will burn as long as it is exposed to the frequencies.

Submission + - Salt Water the next Eco-Friendly Fuel?

Submitted by

Frosty Piss

on Tuesday September 11, 2007 @05:26PM

Frosty Piss writes: "A cancer researcher says he has found a way to burn salt water, a novel invention that is being touted by a retired chemistry professor as the "most remarkable" water science discovery in a century. John Kanzius says he happened upon the discovery accidentally when he tried to desalinate seawater with a radio-frequency generator he says he developed to treat cancer. He discovered that as long as the salt water was exposed to the radio frequencies, it would burn. The discovery has scientists excited by the prospect of using salt water, the most abundant resource on earth, as a fuel."

Jack Valenti, Dead at 85 650

Posted by CowboyNeal on Thursday April 26, 2007 @10:37PM from the man-behind-the-ratings dept.

saforrest writes "Jack Valenti, a man whose influence in both Washington and Hollywood was profound, died today at age 85. He first became famous as special assistant to Lyndon Johnson: he can even be seen in the famous photo aboard Air Force One. In 1966, he quit this job to become president of the MPAA, from 1966 to 2004."

Submission + - Firefox 3 To Support Offline Apps

Submitted by on Monday February 12, 2007 @05:19PM

An anonymous reader writes: Read/WriteWeb reports that Robert O'Callahan from Mozilla, a kiwi who drives the rendering engine of Mozilla/FireFox, spoke at the recent New Zealand Foo Camp event about how Firefox 3 will deliver support for offline applications. This means you'll be able to use your web apps — like Gmail, Google Docs & Spreadsheets, Google Calendar, etc — in the browser even when offline. Not only does this move suit Google, but it makes Firefox attractive as the browser platform of choice for SaaS providers like salesforce.com. All of which will hit Microsoft where it hurts. Robert O'Callahan turns up in the comments to the article to say that "Yes, Web apps need to be reengineered for this, and no, no-one (including Google) has announced they will do so — although we hope they will!".

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