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Submission + - Samsung's revenge plan: Sue Apple if it dares release an LTE iPhone (bgr.com) 1

Submitted by brocket66
brocket66 writes: Samsung will soon go from licking its wounds to licking its chops if Apple’s next iPhone utilizes LTE technology. The Korea Times reports that Samsung has “confirmed that it will immediately sue Apple if the latter releases products using advanced long-term evolution (LTE) mobile technology.” Although Apple has already released an LTE-capable device with the latest version of its iPad, Samsung is likely waiting for Apple to put out an LTE-capable iPhone before busting out its extensive LTE patent portfolio to seek injunctions. An analysis conducted by IP research firm iRunway earlier this year found that Samsung holds fully 10% of all LTE patents issued so far.
Science

Submission + - Biodiesel From Sewage Sludge (acs.org) 1

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MTorrice
MTorrice writes: "Scientists have developed a way to convert lipids from sewage sludge into biodiesel. The low cost and high yield of the sludge process may make it economically feasible as a source of biofuel, the researchers say. Today, biofuel producers use lipids in vegetable oils to derive biodiesel, a mixture of fatty-acid-like molecules. Biodiesel is compatible with existing diesel engines, burns with less pollution than petroleum-derived diesel does, and comes from renewable resources. But current biodiesel feedstocks are expensive, limiting the fuel’s widespread use. The researchers from South Korea found that sewage sludge, the semisolid material left over from wastewater treatment, can yield 2,200 times more lipids than soybeans and costs 96% less to process. To turn the sludge lipids into biodiesel, the researchers heated them with methanol."
Network

Submission + - Toyota Says Contractor Sabotaged Network & Stole Data (securityweek.com) 1

Submitted by wiredmikey
wiredmikey writes: Yet another "disgruntled" worker story today. According to court documents obtained by SecurityWeek, Toyota has filed a lawsuit against an ex-contractor who was working for the automaker in Kentucky, for sabotaging its supplier network and downloading sensitive information.

The day he was terminated, from midnight until approximately 06:30 a.m. on August 24, the contractor “sabotaged various programs and applications; and accessed, copied, downloaded and/or disseminated trade secrets and proprietary information.” Further, the automaker charges the former contractor with modifying 13 applications on toyotasupplier.com causing it to crash.

Toyota asked the court for a temporary restraining order preventing him from leaving the country and returning to India. The automaker asked the court for a temporary restraining order preventing him from leaving, but it wasn’t needed as he agreed to an order on Monday that he would not travel for 14 days. He remains free on a $2,500 bond until trial.

Submission + - World record as message in bottle found after 98 years near Shetland (bbc.co.uk)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: 'The drift bottle — containing a postcard which promised a reward of six pence to the finder — was released in June 1914 by Captain CH Brown of the Glasgow School of Navigation.

It was in a batch of 1,890 scientific research bottles which were specially designed to sink to help map the currents of the seas around Scotland when they were returned. Only 315 of them have been found.'

Comment seeing is believing (Score 1) 664

by Budgreen (#36110198) Attached to: Engineers Find Nuclear Meltdown At Fukushima Plant
Funny... I wonder how they *saw* the rods.. did they pop off the reactor cap and take a peek in and measure it? lol I am going to assume that when they went in and re-calibrated the water level gauges they found the level to be below where the fuel normally is so it's a good assumption the fuel has broken/melted/fallen down the the bottom of the pressure vessel since it's still being cooled by the lower than normal level. but for how long?

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