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Submission + - History in Video Games - A Closer Look (criticalgamer.co.uk)

Submitted by scruffybr
scruffybr writes: Whether it’s World War 2, the American Wild West or ancient Greece, history has long provided a rich source of video game narrative. Historical fact has been painstakingly preserved in some games, yet distorted beyond all recognition in others. Whereas one game may be praised for its depiction of history, others have been lambasted for opening fresh wounds or glorifying tragic events of our near past. Games have utilized historical narrative extensively, but to what extent does the platform take liberties with, and perhaps misuse it?
Security

Submission + - SPAM: Cash machines 'trap' cards for fraudsters

Submitted by ChiefMonkeyGrinder
ChiefMonkeyGrinder writes: If your cash card gets eaten by the automated-teller machine, it may not end up in the hands of a bank employee. European financial institutions are seeing a sharp rise in card "trapping," where criminals use various tricks in order to capture and retrieve a person's ATM card for fraudulent use.
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Supercomputing

Submission + - SPAM: Canadian Company offers "desktop supercomputing"

Submitted by destinyland
destinyland writes: A small Calgary-based startup is "bringing supercomputing to the masses" with desktop systems boasting terahertzes of processing power. "Desktop supercomputing really changes the way people can work," says Chris Heier, the president of Tycrid Platform Technologies, in this new interview. Ironically, it was the push for more powerful graphic cards that eventually led to the miniaturization of supercomputers, but Tycrid's machines are now being used for everything from astrophysics research to molecular simulations and machine vision. Heier even says the technology already exists for creating a mobile supercomputer, and predicts a nano-scale supercomputer within the next 10 to 20 years.
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Microsoft

Submission + - Windows 7 Device Stage: Not Ready For Prime Time? (technologizer.com)

Submitted by harrymcc
harrymcc writes: One of Windows 7's signature features is Device Stage, a fancy new interface for managing peripherals/ I tried it with a bunch of well-known products--including one that Microsoft has touted for its "great" Device Stage support--and found that none of them lived up to the feature's promised capabilities.
Security

Submission + - Does anyone like Norton Antivirus? (itnews.com.au)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: I have been writing about tech security for years and whenever i mention Symantec's Norton Antivirus, heaps of readers email to complain. However, over the past few years Symantec has completely rewritten Norton AV. So i want to know, how different are the new versions? Do you use it? Did you use it in the past and ditch it? Will you ever consider going back? Early comments from my readers seem very positive for Symantec. Has the company turned it around?
Intel

Submission + - Intel Demos Moblin Handset and App Store at IDF

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MojoKid
MojoKid writes: "During the morning keynote at IDF, Intel's Paul Otellini took the opportunity to flex their manufacturing muscle, holding up an Intel manufactured 22nm SRAM test wafer. 32nm is in mass production today but 22nm technology is being test piloted now and is expected to become a production vehicle for 2H 2011. The wafer is made up of 364Mb SRAM devices comprising some 2.9 billion transistors. Finally, in a close that stole the morning's key note, Intel unveiled that they're currently in development of an app store in support of their fledgling handset platform as well as for netbooks. Branded as a store named "Kyol" but sponsored by Intel, Intel rolled out their plans to foster cross platform development of applications for Intel-based devices that support both Windows Mobile and Moblin. Intel's Claire Alexander took the audience through a live demo of Moblin 2.1 on an Intel/Moblin reference handset."
Microsoft

Submission + - Microsoft Tax Dodge Again at Issue in Washington S (reifman.org) 2

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newscloud
newscloud writes: "With Washington State facing a billion dollar biennial budget deficit, the spotlight again shifts to Microsoft's software licensing office in Reno, Nevada. 'Although the majority of its software development is performed in Washington State, Microsoft records its estimated $18 billion in licensing revenue per year through a corporate office in Reno, Nevada where there is no licensing tax. Just by enforcing the state's existing tax law from 2008 onwards, we could reduce Washington's revenue shortfall by more than 70 percent. Alternately, we could pursue the entire $707 million from Microsoft's thirteen years of tax dodging and cover most of the expected deficit going forward.' Slashdot has previously reported on Microsoft's creative capitalism here and here."

Submission + - Neuralstem gets ok from FDA (spinalcordresources.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Neuralstem, a company that has a stem cell procedure to use on ALS has been given the green light for stage 1 testing on humans. The trial has 12 patients that will each get injections in the lumbar portion of their spine. This test is primarily to guarantee the safety of the drug over a known amount of time. Each patient will be watched for signs of problems or rejection of the genetic material. Depending on how the 12 subjects do on this first test 9 on human subjects will determine if the FDA moves ahead to stage 2 testing, which is a larger group that tries to verify that the drug actually performs as advertised. This testing bodes well for Neuralstem as they are the first out the gate with a stem cell treatment to a form of spinal cord injury. If it makes it through all stages of testing, we will see if doctors are willing to se it on subjects that have injuries coming from physical injuries like diving accidents.

Submission + - Universities Pilot Amazon.com's Kindle DX in the C (govtech.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: To save paper and test electronic reading devices in the educational setting, seven universities are testing Amazon.com's Kindle DX this fall. As part of Amazon.com's pilot project, 40 to 60 students will be given the Kindle DX at each participating school. To determine the devices' effectiveness, the participating schools have agreed to complete a survey. Arizona State University will ask the students additional questions outside of the standard survey and is also collecting anecdotal evidence, like feedback from students. Amazon and the universities split the cost of the Kindle DXs — the device retails for $489
Microsoft

Submission + - Microsoft Awared Peer-To-Peer DRM Patent

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Music DRM might not be as dead as previously thought. InformationWeek's Wolfe's Den reports that Microsoft has been awarded a digital-rights management patent, for a distributed DRM system which works over peer-to-peer networks and uses encrypted public and private keys as the licensing mechanism. The author claims the patent number 7,594,275, entitled simply, "Digital rights management system," is significant because, while centralized music stores like iTunes don't use DRM anymore, the Microsoft patent makes it possible the peer-to-peer networks could reemerge in the future as a viable, albeit protected, source of content.
Silicon Graphics

Submission + - SGI rolls out 'personal supercomputers' (computerworld.com)

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CWmike
CWmike writes: "They aren't selling personal supercomputers at Best Buy just yet. But that day probably isn't too far off, as the costs continue to fall and supercomputers become easier to use. Silicon Graphics International on Monday released its first so-called personal supercomputer. The new Octane III system is priced from $7,995 with one Xeon 5500 processor. The system can be expanded to an 80 core system with a capacity of up to 960GB of memory. This new supercomputer's peak performance of about 726 GFLOPS won't put it on the Top 500 supercomputer list, but that's not the point of the machine, SGI says. A key feature instead is the system's ease of use."

Comment Re:Amiga OS is dead (Score 1) 875

by Vladimus (#29459499) Attached to: Old Operating Systems Never Die
Strange how people love to refer to the special effects on Babylon 5. They were pretty horrid. I could never make it through a show because I was so distracted by them. Star Trek TNG and DS9 did CGI much better, albeit a little later.

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