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Submission + - linux use in u.s. government

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 25, 2007 @01:26PM

An anonymous reader writes: A Network Appliance Platform for Linux Applications at the US Department of Defense U.S. military requirements for network devices are growing more and more demanding, making a flexible Linux-based platform the foundation of choice. the scoop

Submission + - Pray at the Western Wall Via Webcam

Submitted by

Carl Bialik from WSJ

on Thursday January 25, 2007 @01:12PM

Carl Bialik from WSJ writes: "A Tel Aviv-based startup called Pray Over IP is using Webcams to transmit prayers to and from holy sites such as the Western Wall — for a fee. But some religious leaders believe the technology has no business near such holy places, the Wall Street Journal reports. From the article: 'The 40-year-old Mr. Neumann [Avshalom Neumann, POIP's co-founder and CEO,], who has worked for several high-tech start-ups in Israel and admits he rarely goes to synagogue, says he got the idea for the company visiting the Western Wall about 18 months ago. He noticed people dialing their cellphones after praying, then holding their cellphones up to the Wall for the people on the line to pray. To begin spreading word of the company, Mr. Neumann in September traveled through the Bible Belt in the southern part of the U.S., meeting with various heads of megachurches. He wants his cards placed in their gift stores, next to the piles of CDs, books and other religious materials. Now, they can be found at 7-Eleven convenience stores around the region.'"

Canada's Music Lobby Buys Government Access 158

Posted by Zonk on Thursday January 25, 2007 @12:54PM from the they-know-who-you've-been-seeing dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Copyfighting law professor Michael Geist, who previously uncovered financial links between recording industry lobbyists and Canada's Minister of Canadian Heritage Bev Oda (who is responsible for copyright policy), has now identified what big cash donations will get you. He reports that Oda met with the President of the Canadian Recording Industry Association on a monthly basis last year just as the government was preparing copyright reform legislation and Canadian artists were calling for an end to P2P lawsuits. Is it any wonder that Canadians seem likely to lose their fair use rights?"

Submission + - How Digg Combats Cheaters

Submitted by

Aryabhata

on Thursday January 25, 2007 @12:49PM

Aryabhata writes: "This article disucsses how Digg uses visualization tools to identify illegitimate use of the system, especially people who are try "game" the system to try to increase a story's chance of getting into the main page. Certain data-visualization tools can be used to detect suspicious activity easier. "By representing user activity graphically, we can start to see patterns that wouldn't be normally apparent by other means," says Eric Rodenbeck, founder of Stamen, the design firm that provides visualization tools for Digg Labs."

Vendor COM Express CPU module embeds Core2 Duo

Submitted by OSTG Marketing Dept. on Thursday January 25, 2007 @12:38PM

The ET900 is a new low-power COM express CPU from IBase. The ET900 has an extremely small form factor, using the Mobile Intel 945GM Express chipset and the latest Intel Core2 Duo processors. "The ET900 offers the flexibility and high levels of processing performance needed for industrial automation, test and measurement, medical imaging, digital signage and automotive applications. 'Supporting Intel's new Core Microarchitecture

Submission + - Myspace and GoDaddy shut down security archives

Submitted by

Gerald

on Thursday January 25, 2007 @12:23PM

Gerald writes: "According to a post on the nmap-hackers mailing list early this morning, Myspace had GoDaddy shut down the entire SecLists.org domain. SecLists.org is run by Fyodor of Nmap fame and hosts many important security-related mailing list archives. This is an important service for the security community.

It looks like someone posted a list of Myspace usernames and passwords to one of the lists archived at SecLists.org. Instead of contacting Fyodor directly about the problem, they contacted his DNS provider (GoDaddy) and had them shut down the entire domain."

35 Million DSes Sold, 6 Million Wiis By End of March 146

Posted by Zonk on Thursday January 25, 2007 @12:18PM from the they-don't-do-things-halfway dept.

Wowzer writes "Nintendo just announced its quarterly sales for the end of 2006. Sales for the 9 months were up 72%, while net income was up 43%. From the article: '[There will be] worldwide shipments of 6 million Wii systems by the end of March 2007. Nintendo has sold 35 million DS and DS Lite to date ... As for the next fiscal year, Nintendo expect to sell around 23 million DS Lites, bringing the estimated total of DS units to 58 million by March 31, 2008.' New Super Mario Bros. seems to have legs of its own with 8.64 million copies sold worldwide and continued strong sales. But they seem slow to ship out those Wii with 4 million manufactured last year and 810,000 of those not arriving to stores until now."

Submission + - U.S. Pennies to be Worth Five Cents?

Submitted by Z-MaxX on Thursday January 25, 2007 @12:15PM

Z-MaxX writes: As a result of the sky-high copper prices, the U.S. one-cent coin can be worth more when melted down and sold as copper metal. New regulations against the melting down and exporting of coins have recently been passed, but Francois Velde, senior economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, thinks these measures will not be enough. He suggests "rebasing" the penny to be worth five cents.

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