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NinjaKicks writes
"Intel has decided to make public
details of their new 45nm manufacturing
process and also has broken news that next-gen Penryn core processors are
running various versions of Windows and Vista successfully. Penryn will offer a host of core tweaks over Conroe, larger cache sizes, and SSE4 support. Also, although clock speeds
will be increased, processors based on Penryn should fall within the same
thermal power range as Conroe. Word is Penryn will also be compatible with some
of the existing motherboards on the market while others will need either a BIOS
update or perhaps other board-level changes."
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Tapd260 writes:
There are a lot of comments on this website that say DRM is bad. Don't get me wrong, I support free software and oppose Microsoft's monopoly, but if the music industry wants to protect their copyrights, why shouldn't they? You can still play the music; isn't that the very reason to buy a CD?
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deadmantyping writes:
The first modchip for the Wii, dubbed "WiiNinja", allowing the playing of backups has been announced. This comes shortly after the announcement of a method to backup Wii games. Photos of the modchip and videos of it in action were also made available by the developers. Installation requires dismantling the Wii (of course) and soldering 5 wires to the Wii's motherboard. The WiiNinja modchip will be available soon for purchase according to the developers.
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Cache22x writes
"Scientists at the University of Alberta have published the first draft of the Human Metabolome Project, the chemical equivalent of the human genome. In the same spirit as the human genome project, the information has been made freely available to the scientific community and the general public through the project's website. Knowing the makeup of the metabolome will lead to potentially enormous medical advances as clinicians now have a comparative base for analyzing the metabolite levels found in our bodies."
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An anonymous reader writes
"BlueJ is a popular academic IDE which lets students have a visual programming interface. Microsoft copied the design in their 'Object Test Bench' feature in Visual Studio 2005 and even admitted it. Now, a patent application has come to light which patents the very same feature, blatantly ignoring prior art."
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eldavojohn writes
"Scientists are being forced to rethink theories on why Saturn's upper atmospheric temperature is hotter than can be explained by absorbed sunlight. 'This unexplained "energy crisis" represents a major gap in our understanding of these planets' atmospheres,' the scientists write. 'We need to re-examine our basic assumptions about planetary atmospheres and what causes the observed heating.'"
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jbones writes:
In the fight to prove that print is not dead, Beeradvocate.com has ventured into the print industry. They realized that not everyone goes on the internet and that it is a pain to balance a laptop when you are sitting on the crapper.
http://beeradvocate.com/smack/archives/2007/01/886 791
Only a handful of websites have jump to print:
http://www.magazine.org/digital/15103.cfm
