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Submission + - Cult of Contagionism (slate.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: A new paper entitled "The Spread of Evidence-Poor Medicine via Flawed Social-Network Analysis" shows that the claims by Christakis and Fowler that obesity, smoking, happiness and loneliness are contagious are unfounded. A win for statistics. A loss for the social contagionists. The social epidemic has been cured!

Submission + - Pixar-pioneered 3D graphics meet radiology (wired.co.uk)

Submitted by Lanxon
Lanxon writes: Getting a good look at a person's guts without using a scalpel isn't easy. But help is on the way from an unlikely source: Buzz Lightyear. Radiologist Richard Breiman, of the University of California, San Francisco is harnessing 3D graphics technology pioneered by Pixar, reports Wired (with some images). Called volume rendering, it can assemble those CT slices into images that are viewable from any angle. Breiman can even manipulate the picture, gamer style — spin it around or animate it for, say, a flight through the bowel.

Submission + - Economist: Shorten copyright terms (economist.com)

Submitted by lxmota
lxmota writes: The Economist says that long copyright terms are hindering creativity, and that shortening them is the way to go: 'Largely thanks to the entertainment industry’s lawyers and lobbyists, copyright’s scope and duration have vastly increased. In America, copyright holders get 95 years’ protection as a result of an extension granted in 1998, derided by critics as the "Mickey Mouse Protection Act". They are now calling for even greater protection, and there have been efforts to introduce similar terms in Europe. Such arguments should be resisted: it is time to tip the balance back.'
Science

Submission + - Saturn's Strange Hexagon Recreated in the Lab (sciencemag.org)

Submitted by cremeglace
cremeglace writes: Saturn boasts one of the solar system's most geometrical features: a giant hexagon encircling its north pole. Though not as famous as Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, Saturn's Hexagon is equally mysterious. Now researchers have recreated this formation in the lab using little more than water and a spinning table—an important first step, experts say, in finally deciphering this cosmic mystery. More details, including a cool demo video, at ScienceNOW.

Submission + - How old is the oldest computer you use regularly? 2

Submitted by flaming error
flaming error writes: How old is the oldest computer you use regularly?
a) 0-1 year
b) 1-3 years
c) 3-6 years
d) 6-10 years
e) older than 10 years
f) Which component, you insensitive clod
Security

Submission + - SPAM: Is US the nation most vulnerable to cyberattack?

Submitted by alphadogg
alphadogg writes: Several nations, most prominently Russia, the People's Republic of China and North Korea, are already assembling cyber armies and attack weapons that could be used to attack other nations. Given that the United States is heavily dependent on technology for everything from computer-based banking to supply-chain tracking and air-traffic control, it's particularly vulnerable to the denial-of-service attacks, electronic jamming, data destruction and software-based disinformation tricks likely in a cyberattack. Here's what ex-Presidential advisor Richard Clarke, who is releasing a new book called "Cyber War" [spam URL stripped] and others are saying needs to be done to keep cyberwars from escalating into full-scale combat.
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Power

Submission + - What Chernobyl Looks Like In 2010 (phoronix.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: The editor of Phoronix.com has toured Chernobyl's Zone of Alienation (the 30km zone surrounding the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant) to see what the area still looks like 24 years after the world's largest nuclear disaster. Many photographs from touring Chernobyl in 2010 have now been published and some related text, showing off the power plant and its RBMK reactors, the town of Pripyat, the town of Chernobyl, and the Red Forest. The 24th anniversary of this deadly nuclear disaster will be on April 26.
Government

Submission + - NATO think tank maps out cyberwar (computerworlduk.com)

Submitted by superapecommando
superapecommando writes: When one nation launches a missile at another, it's easy to pinpoint the aggressor. But during a cyber attack, the aggressor may not be so identifiable, and the traditional rules of warfare don't quite fit. As nations increasingly develop their cyber offenses and defenses, an international think tank in Estonia is researching a range of legal questions and concepts around clashes in cyberspace.
One of those questions is how to label these skirmishes and whether it's appropriate to call them "cyber warfare" or "cyber conflict," said Rain Ottis, a scientist with the Cooperative Cyber Defence Center of Excellence in Tallinn (CCDCOE).

Comment Re:Voice? (Score 1) 284

by jollespm (#31606600) Attached to: Sprint Unveils HTC Evo 4G Super Phone
I completely agree with you about Sprint/Verizon getting on the ball. Verizon is planning to switch to LTE for their 4G platform, which will leave Sprint as the only cell company in the USA with long term plans for WiMax.

Luckily for Sprint, should they decide to jump to LTE, the infrastructure they are rolling out is supposed to be compatible so they wouldn't have to scrap everything.

Comment Re:Voice? (Score 1) 284

by jollespm (#31604742) Attached to: Sprint Unveils HTC Evo 4G Super Phone
I believe 3G phones will allow both voice and data because the HSDPA and EDGE work on different radios. The CDMA/EVDO phones use the same radio for the different speeds, so it's data or vice, not both. According to some, EVDO Rev A is supposed to allow both, but for whatever reason, it hasn't been implemented.

With Sprint phones there is a DDTM setting which allows one to decide it incoming calls can interrupt/suspend an active data connection, or send calls to voice mail.

Comment Re:Voice? (Score 1) 284

by jollespm (#31604650) Attached to: Sprint Unveils HTC Evo 4G Super Phone
You can use the WiFi connection for data while on the phone, but as far as I know, it isn't possible using only the EV-DO connection. SVDO has been announced and is supposed to allow it.

I've got a Hero as well, when I have wireless off and am in a phone call and try to launch the web browser, it gives an error and says page will load when the network connection comes back.

Comment Re:HDMI jack? (Score 1) 284

by jollespm (#31600416) Attached to: Sprint Unveils HTC Evo 4G Super Phone
Apparently there are still a few features that haven't been announced yet. One speculation is a possible deal bundling Nextflix (or similar) functionality where one would presumably use the WiMAX connection to stream movies on demand to the phone. It would only make sense that you could then output to your HDTV.

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