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Submission + - Virtualisation VMWare vs Parallels vs KVM

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An anonymous reader writes: Hey, I am a developer and am about to move to a Linux (Ubuntu for now) Machine, even though I develop in Windows XP. So I would like to get everyone's opinion or thoughts on which is better and why out of Parallels for Linux and VMWare and KVM. My main concerns are speed and data integrity... I would like to have share virtual hard drives so multiple machines can use the same data. I would like Speed as I will be developing inside of these virutal machines... Any help would be appreciated. Regards C
Wireless Networking

Submission + - Less power needed for wireless sensors

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Roland Piquepaille
Roland Piquepaille writes: "In recent years, wireless sensor networks have been deployed in inaccessible and unwired places, for example to monitor wildlife activity in wilderness parks. But all the sensor units are battery powered. So it's crucial to use as less power as possible to operate these sensor networks, or 'sensornets.' Now, Californian researchers have implemented a new communication protocol for wireless sensor networks which is ten times more energy-efficient than existing protocols. In current sensornets, each individual unit needs to be active at least 30 minutes everyday while this new protocol requires less than two minutes of activity per day. Here you'll find more details about how this new communication protocol works."
Democrats

Submission + - Gore's Home Energy Use Increases Since "Truth&

Submitted by MightyYar
MightyYar writes: Apparently Al Gore's home energy use has actually increased since he made "An Inconvenient Truth", according to The Tennessee Center for Policy Research. While this organization is certainly not apolitical and I am a bit skeptical about their claims, if true this would give Gore critics further ammunition — he would indeed appear to be an elitist hypocrite, willing to preach to us about how to live without following his own advice. For us geeks, the Drudge Report gives us the numbers.
Space

Submission + - a giant moonbeam reflector is built

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: I find this quite curious. Some guy has spent most of his money building a moonlight reflector for the purpose of '[helping] people conquer depression, arthritis and even some types of cancer'. From the article:

Although moonlight is reflected sunlight, its frequency and spectrum are unique and, so far, irreplicable, which makes it difficult to examine in a controlled, clinical fashion.
I reckon moonlight and its effects on various things is something that should be researched, just for the fun of it.
Education

Submission + - Create a systems admin job at my school?

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Old_Mountain_Man
Old_Mountain_Man writes: "I have been working at a K-8 school for the last two school years as a volunteer through an Americorps program called the Montana Technology Corps. In theory, I am here to teach teachers and students how to use technology, but because of the need and my ability to do so, I have become an unofficial Systems Administrator. We also have a contracted Systems Admin that comes in once a week, and works 30 hours or so a month. After this year, the Tech Corps position will no longer be available to the school, so something needs to be done to keep the IT systems of the school functioning. I am going to propose to the school board that they create an official, full time systems administrator position, and, of course, to hire me for that job. We have about 375 students, and probably 40 or so staff that use the computers. We have a lab of 25 machines, workstations in each classroom, a laptop cart, four smartboards and six networked printers and six servers hosting files, applications, Exchange and an Isaserver. In all, about 170 machines that need taken care of. (All Windows) There's no way the contracted systems admin could keep up working only 30 hours a month, so I feel the school needs somebody here full time. What I am looking for is specific information regarding how many IT support people are needed for this kind of setup. I wonder if there are papers/reports that break down how much support time is needed for different systems that I could take to the school board. In addition any advice on how to shape my presentation to the board would be useful. Are there others out there that got their jobs similarly? How do you convince a board that they need to start budgeting for this? They have obviously taken the plunge to getting this technology in the school, how do I convince them that they need somebody here to maintain it?"
Handhelds

Submission + - The Perfect Portable?

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: The thought of an internet tablet is, at least at first, a confusing one. It's not a notebook, or a PDA, or smartphone, but rather an oddity that takes aspects of each and mashs them into a single device. So what is an internet tablet? In the case of Nokia's N800 it is a 5.7" x 2.95" x 0.5" portable device that weighs just under half a pound. It runs Linux on a platform known as Internet Tablet OS 2007 edition and is powered by 330-MHz Texas Instruments OMAP 2420 processor along with 128MB RAM and 2568MB flash storage. Viewing is done on an 800x480 display that takes up almost the entire front of the device.
Wii

Submission + - Neo Geo, MSX and PC games on Wii Virtual Console

Submitted by
Wowzer
Wowzer writes: "Recently Nintendo of Japan showed the Neo Geo logo on their Wii Virtual Console page. From the article: "SNK Playmore will start its support with Neo Geo games [in Japan] in the summer of 2007! No pricing or specific games were announced, nor does anyone know if MSX and Neo Geo games will become available to Americans or Europeans." The MSX games Eggy and Aleste will be available as early as Spring 2007 in Japan. But Americans aren't left behind with its first two casual PC games Jewel Quest II and Sproink hitting the Wii Shop in Q1 2007 as well."
Windows

Submission + - Vista Deactivated by Installing / Running Programs

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growse
growse writes: "It seems that even the most every day tasks can cause Vista to deactivate itself and require reactivation. Ed Bott has written about his experiences with such issues and includes a screenshot gallery of what the user experiences when Vista decides to deactivate itself. Microsoft has a support document about the issues here.

Is this an indication of more anti-piracy screwups to come? It seems that we're past the point of anti-piracy measures being only inconvenient for pirates, so now that legitimate users are being affected will they start to look for other OS options?"
Software

Submission + - Nokia 6600 software review

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nokia fan
nokia fan writes: " Nokia 6600 software review Nokia has got wide market in india,more than 50% of the hand sets in india are of nokia according to the surveys conducted.This review is to pick and show both advanced features and the features that suck too. nokia 6600 weighs 125 gram and its length is 108.6mm .


special features of nokia 6600
* It has got Multi media messaging service where we can mesage our own videos and stored videos.
* Wireless bluetooth technology.
* Screaming to download videos audio clips, pictures, clips of music sports news ...
* Video recording feature with zoom, Still capture, Video recorder with 2x zoom
* Multimedia Messaging including images, animation, graphics, video,SMS is further enhanced and emailing through mobile phones is awesome.
* Multimeid messaging with RealOne Player to play media files ,html browser support for mobile browsing of net
* Feature to store personal information has been enhanced, Clock, notes, remainder, calculator thumb nail pictures ...and other features are improved
* We have better options of changing the way our sell works.
* An advanced feature of wireless technology has been introduced,bluetooth with this is a great tool for mobile users
* multi media card ,an external device can be used external storage
* some applications like java,voice mail,joystick feature are pretty good.
* Games and entertainment good too."

Feed Calif. Stem-Cell Group Wins Suit (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed
An appeals court upholds the state's $3 billion stem-cell research effort. The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine will distribute $80 million in grants this month. In Bodyhack.


Movies

Submission + - Gaming in movie theaters - coming to USA soon

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Fronz
Fronz writes: "Basically, instead of 20 minute movie previews, they're going to test out playing interactive audience games. They've already tested it out in Spain, Germany, and Canada with much success. There's even senior citizen and educational projects planned involving the setup. If it comes out near me I'll go broke in days :) http://www.thelastboss.com/post.phtml?pk=2307"

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