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Submission + - Monster squid caught in Antarctica

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zakkie
zakkie writes: "New Zealand fisherman have caught a massive 450 kg colossal squid fishing in the Antartic waters. This is by far the biggest yet found, measuring over 10 metres in length and weighing 450 kg. It has been taken back to New Zealand to be studied."
Space

Submission + - New Software Stops Mars Rover Confusion

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MattSparkes
MattSparkes writes: "The Mars rover Spirit used to get quite confused when it came upon a rock. Because it could only plan routes of a metre or two it couldn't understand how to navigate around large objects, and frequently used to rock back and forth for hours trying to figure it out. NASA have written new software called D* for the rover Opportunity, which should allow it to autonomously plan routes up to 50 metres long. The new software still won't be able to avoid sand-traps though."
Google

Submission + - Google to charge for web apps

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zakkie
zakkie writes: "According to BBC News, Google is to start charging businesses for guaranteed availability and more features in the web apps like Gmail. The article suggests the timing is bad for Microsoft and their release of Office 2007, and is a "shot across their bows"."

Feed 300 Brings History to Bloody Life (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed
Zack Snyder talks about his ultraviolent film based on Frank Miller's graphic novel, from its amazing digital effects to its politics. Wired News interview by Jason Silverman.


Operating Systems

Submission + - South Africa to switch to open source

Submitted by Tech
Tech writes: The Mail & Guardian is reporting that the South African government has approved a policy and strategy to implement free and open source software in government departments. A project office will be set up by April to ensure smooth implementation of Foss throughout the country.
The Media

Submission + - DRM gives "unprecedented choice" to consum

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Accommodate Students
Accommodate Students writes: "In response to one of the ever increasing number of online petitions to the Prime Minister, the UK Government has declared that

DRM does not only act as a policeman through technical protection measures, it also enables content companies to offer the consumer unprecedented choice in terms of how they consume content, and the corresponding price they wish to pay.
The original petition gained 1,414 signatures; the BBC is covering the story."
Spam

Submission + - Thwart Spammers Thru Honeylists

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Anonymous Coward
Anonymous Coward writes: "While reading an old post about email address harvesting on Slashdot, I came up with an anti-spam idea. Let's all put a huge list of fake email addresses on our web sites. The list of fake email addresses can be used to automatically block emails sent by spam bots. This is sort of like fighting fire with fire. Would it work?"
Oracle

Submission + - Force i-flex stockholders to sell to Oracle: US gv

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An anonymous reader writes: "http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_ Industry/Infotech/Software/US_seeks_Indias_help_to _crack_i-flex_code/RssArticleShow/articleshow/1654 093.cms": In this report in Economic Times that also appeared in newspaper's Bombay print edition today on front page, US commerce secretary Carlos Gutierrez wants Indian government to "force" unwilling shareholders of Bombay headquartered financial software developer i-flex to sell their holding to Oracle!
Space

Submission + - Two novae at dawn

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Auke Slotegraaf
Auke Slotegraaf writes: "Earlier in February, a nova erupted in Scorpius, and then flared up to naked-eye brightness. It is still (Feb 22) visible, and can be seen in the morning sky before sunrise. Then on the 19th, a second nova erupted, just 3 degrees away from the first! It is currently visible in binoculars. It is still unclear how bright the second one may become, but chances are we will have TWO naked-eye novae a cosmic hair's breadth apart! A finder chart of the two novae is at http://www.psychohistorian.org/astronomy/news/2007 0222-v1281-scorpii.html"
Google

Submission + - Google launches hosted Apps for the enterprise

Submitted by Rob
Rob writes: Search giant Google will today launch is much anticipated attack on Microsoft's desktop applications monopoly with the delivery of a hosted applications service for enterprises. Google Apps Premier Edition brings together the company's email, calendaring, instant messaging and voice over IP applications with its word processing and spreadsheet functionality and email for mobile devices. It is available as hosted service costing $50 per account per year, and also offers 10GB of storage per user, application programming interfaces for business integration, and 99.9% uptime guarantees, as well as 24-hour, seven-day support, and Google's advertising tunred off by default.
Biotech

Submission + - Antioxidant buzz

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sciencebase
sciencebase writes: "Bees making honey from honeydew rather than nectar produce a sweet material that has greater antioxidant properties than nectar honey, according to a study of 36 honey samples from Spain with different floral origins. The study published this month in the Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture could point to a way to improve the health benefits of this natural sweetener."
Google

Submission + - Google Apps for $50

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An anonymous reader writes: Informationweek are reporting http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jh tml?articleID=197007903 the release of Google's business oriented apps (Premier edition) for $50 per user per year. For the money, you get 10Gb storage and an assurance of 99.9% uptime and 24x7 support

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