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Submission + - Proof Duke Nukem Forever Lives

Submitted by Dr. Eggman on Friday January 26, 2007 @04:29PM

Dr. Eggman writes: 1up.com is reporting a single in-game screenshot posted by 3D realms President George Broussard at the Shacknews message forums. The image in question was originally discovered on the 3D Realms Employer profile on Gamasutra along with their current unfilled Job position for Senior and Junior level progammers with expansive knowledge of C++, for PC and Xbox 360 platforms. Must have passion for making and playing over-the-top action games.

Submission + - New Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End Images

Submitted by on Friday January 26, 2007 @04:27PM

An anonymous reader writes: Brand new images from Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End with Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp), Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley), Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush), and Captain Sao Feng (Chow-Yun Fat) over at IESB.net. Click here to view!

Submission + - Dinosaur extinction - meteor not to blame?

Submitted by

The Fun Guy

on Friday January 26, 2007 @04:24PM

The Fun Guy writes: "Recent microfossil evidence casts fresh doubt as to whether an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs. Prof. Gerta Keller of Princeton University: "We now have evidence that the Chicxulub impact occurred about 300,000 years before the end of the Cretaceous and thus didn't cause the mass extinction and, in fact, didn't cause any species to go extinct." These findings were presented during the October 2006 meeting of the Geological Society of America."

Submission + - Daylight Savings time change in 2007

Submitted by goDzi7la on Friday January 26, 2007 @04:04PM

goDzi7la writes: In the United States & Canada the start and end of daylight savings times are being changed in 2007. Daylight savings time will now start on March 11, 2007 (rather than early April) and will end on November 4, 2007 (rather than late October). I've begun going through all my machines to apply the patches, but I want to make sure I don't miss anything. So besides OS patches or fixes, what other sofware needs updating? I've seen that some versions of Java SDK & JRE need to be updated. Whadda bout stuff like PHP? Perl? Oracle? MySQL? Anybody have a good list of what things need to be updated? What about the ramifications of not updating certain things?

Submission + - Caffeinated Doughnuts

Submitted by

Dotnaught

on Friday January 26, 2007 @04:01PM

Dotnaught writes: "Dr. Robert Bohannon has developed what may be the perfect food: caffeinated doughnuts. He has reportedly approached companies such as Krispy Kreme, Dunkin' Donuts and Starbucks in an effort to convince them to carry his pick-me-up pastries. Whether Bohannon's invention will prove beneficial or detrimental to law enforcement remains to be seen. He has also created caffeinated bagels, but somehow that just seems wrong."

Submission + - Is a CS degree any good for an old guy?

Submitted by mbuckingham on Friday January 26, 2007 @04:00PM

mbuckingham writes: I'm 39 and have been programming for 20 years. By "programming", I'm talking about the usual business applications type of stuff. Easy stuff really. I went to college for a while, but never got my degree. It bugs me that I've never completed my degree, but since I've always had decent jobs, it hasn't really mattered too much. I'm really bored with what I do every day though. Anyway, I'm thinking about going back, getting the degree, because I think it will make it possible to move towards doing some more advanced system-level type stuff. Does this make sense? Would a CS degree or a Computer Engineering degree be better? I know I don't want a MIS degree, because that would be rehashing everything I'm already bored with.

Submission + - How do you advocate Linux in 5 mintues?

Submitted by xtracto on Saturday January 13, 2007 @06:25PM

xtracto writes: I just returned from buying certain Linux magazine. While looking at the "Computing" stand in the library and right after I grabbed a copy of the Linux magazine a guy asked me if I used Linux, after that, the made told me he had tried to use Linux but that he found it difficult. I told him the first things that came to my mind, this is, that it depended on the distribution (to what answered that he tried using Kubuntu). I recommended him to look for a Linux User Group near his hometown (he told me he was not from nearby). What would you tell this kind of people?, Not so long ago a relative who is completely computer illiterate started talking about Linux (to my surprise) but the general thought is that "it is harder than Windows". What do you people say to advocate Linux, in very few words, considering people that tried to use it before or people that has never used it?

Submission + - Holy War or ?

Submitted by johnBurkey on Saturday January 13, 2007 @06:21PM

johnBurkey writes: This article:

http://www.informationweek.com/windows/showArticle .jhtml?articleID=196900683

mentions a semi-mythical group, "Windows Fanatics". Can you wage Jihad with a Myth?

Submission + - Most popular search engine

Submitted by

palmerj3

on Saturday January 13, 2007 @02:45PM

palmerj3 writes: "With all the stories of Google showcasing their own products above others, I think it's interesting to note that if you search for 'search engine' on Google, Google is the first link with Windows Live Search coming in at a close second. Alternatively, searching for 'search engine' on Windows Live Search also puts Google on top, but amazingly puts itself at #9 behind yahoo, dogpile, hotbot, and search.com. Searching for 'search engine' on Yahoo also puts Google as the first listing. So does this mean that Google is the most popular?"

Journal Journal: Ford Working on Feasible Electric Car 202

Journal by Kalgash on Saturday January 13, 2007 @11:18AM

While GM wants to simply offer cosmetic changes to automobiles interiors and exteriors, Ford has finally gotten the message about electric autos. They have introduced the Ford Airstream, a plug-in hybrid which gets gasoline equivalent fuel economy rating of 41 mpg, but uses hydrogen fuel cells that can keep the auto going up to 280 miles range. From a styling POV, it is not a te

Submission + - Data Migration To Vista Made Easy

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 13, 2007 @08:58AM

An anonymous reader writes: In one of the first useful how-tos surrounding Windows Vista, InformationWeek has posted Data Migration To Vista Made Easy, which offers up some practical prescriptions and tips for successfully transfering all your data and apps over from Windows XP to the new OS.

Submission + - Wikipedia Ad Income -> Seeds Open Energy Resea

Submitted by

g.eden

on Saturday January 13, 2007 @08:45AM

g.eden writes: "There is talk of advertisments on Wikipedia. Other people are talking about the need for serious solar research. Let's think about what could happen if these things were plumbed together in a loud and public way with some heavyweights behind it.

Wiki For Open Energy Reseach.

Wikipedia is the watering hole for the sort of minds that can sort the science and engineering aspect of such a project. Why not make a serious attempt at a radical new way of providing power to the people, quite literally by stepping up and moving the opensource philosophy and spirit out of the software ghetto and into the physical world.

If a wiki could become a single point of focus for the worlds best minds and biggest wallets it would be a powerful and coherrent force.

And where better to start with the Number 1 problem facing humanity. Clean and free energy is the keystone around which so many other wonderful things could be built. Why aren't we getting on with it?

The need for a Manhatten/ Apollo style throw the best brains and money at it project is screamingly clear. Why are we waiting for government or big business to start it for us? The brainstorming, the research, the prototypes need to happen NOW in the open, with the clear aim of providing the technology to everyone.

If you think about it, is there anything else that would be more exciting to work on?"

Submission + - Out of Africa 36ky ago - in Europe 45ky ago

Submitted by

Wizardess

on Saturday January 13, 2007 @08:40AM

Wizardess writes: "Left hand meet right hand.

On January 12, 2007 Science Daily published an article about a find that was major support for the "Out of Africa" modern human evolution scenario. This can be found at 'Out Of Africa' Theory Boost: Skull Dating Suggests Modern Humans Evolved In Africa.

But wait, on the same day Science Daily also published an article dating the earliest evidence yet found of modern humans in Europe at 45,000 years ago. This one can be found at Earliest Evidence Of Modern Humans In Europe Discovered: Artifacts May Date Back 45,000 Years.

Now, how does a skull dated as 36,000 years ago prove the out of Africa scenario when human activity has been detected in Europe 9,000 years earlier?

As I said, left hand meet right hand. I guess that's the peril of web publishing in too big a hurry.

{^_^}"

Submission + - The RIAA's worst nightmare or just some wannabes?

Submitted by nagora on Wednesday January 10, 2007 @03:35PM

nagora writes: The BBC is reporting that next week's UK music chart may have the first sign of the end of the recording industry as we know it. From this week (7th Jan, 2006), all downloaded music sales are counted in the official UK chart, not just tracks which have had a physical media release. Now, a group of unsigned kids is poised to enter the top 40 without any old-world recording, distribution, or production deals. Koopa have their own web site, and of course their own My Space home.

But they're not acting on principle; band member Joe Murphy says "If someone comes along and gives us an offer, we'll talk to them." before continuing on to add the words the recording industry has been having nightmares about since the introduction of the mp3 format: "If we can get enough exposure and get in the top 40 by the end of the week, do we necessarily need a large label? Probably nowadays, no you don't." Is this finally the crack in the dam we've all been waiting for to wash away the entrenched monopolies of 20th century music production? Or just a sell-out waiting to happen?

Submission + - Microsoft Offers Peek At Next-Gen CRM

Submitted by

4foot10

on Wednesday January 10, 2007 @03:32PM

4foot10 writes: "As reported by VARBusiness.com, Microsoft's next release of its Dynamics CRM application, code-named "Titan," is moving a little closer to completion: Today, the vendor is making the new software, which uses a single code base to support on-premise and software-as-a-service deployments, available to several hundred business partners for testing, giving them an early start on developing complementary solutions."

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