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Submission + - Is Human Cloning Inevitable : A UN Report (techluver.com)

Submitted by

Tech.Luver

on Saturday November 10, 2007 @11:59PM

Tech.Luver writes: "The international community faces a stark choice: outlaw human cloning or prepare for the creation of cloned humans, U.N. researchers said Saturday. A report by the United Nations University's Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS) says a ban on human cloning, coupled with freedom for nations to permit controlled therapeutic research, is the global community's best option. Despite widespread consensus amongst nations regarding the desirability of banning reproductive cloning, efforts to negotiate an international convention ground to a halt due to fundamental divisions regarding so-called research or therapeutic cloning. Research cloning, viewed by some as a possible source of new therapeutic remedies for degenerative diseases, see by others as unethical where it involves the production of embryos as a source of stem cells upon which such therapies are based. ( http://techluver.com/2007/11/10/is-human-reproductive-cloning-inevitable-a-un-report/ )"

Submission + - Facebook under Fire over Breastfeeding Photos (breastfeeding123.com) 4

Submitted by

NewsCloud

on Saturday November 10, 2007 @11:49PM

NewsCloud writes: "Facebook continues to struggle with when to enforce its own terms of service. While the 78,240 group members who want Facebook to shut down the F*** Islam group are still frustrated, those concerned with photos of breastfeeding mothers can rest more easily. The site has recently come under fire for removing pictures of breastfeeding mothers, and banning users on the grounds that they'd uploaded "obscene content" to their profiles. Says Facebook, "Photos containing an exposed breast do violate our Terms and are removed." In response, more than 33,431 concerned Facebook users have created the "Hey, Facebook, breastfeeding is not obscene!" group. Apparently, scantily clad college co-eds, fine and dandy."

Submission + - Microsoft's treatment towards Google defectors (valleywag.com)

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Miguel de Icaza

on Saturday November 10, 2007 @11:26PM

Miguel de Icaza writes: "Here is a story revealing just how threatened microsoft are by google. While senior partners can expect the full chair experience, some lowly staffers who are putting in their notice are being escorted off campus immediately. Why? Because they've put in their notice to join Google. In Microsoft's eyes, Google is Enemy No. 1. Anyone leaving Redmond for the search leader is a threat. Not because they'll scurry around collecting company secrets — as if Google's interested in Microsoft's '90s-era technologies. Departing employees, however, might tell other 'Softies how much better Google is. If an employee is leaving for Amazon.com or another second-tier employer which doesn't make Microsoft so paranoid, they'll probably serve out the traditional two weeks of unproductive wrapping up. So if you're planning on leaving Microsoft for Google, pack up your belongings and say goodbye to friends ahead of time. There'll be no cake and two weeks of paid slacking for you."

Submission + - Democrats: Colleges must police copyright, or else (news.com) 1

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Brian Knotts

on Saturday November 10, 2007 @10:40PM

Brian Knotts writes: "News.com reports that congressional Democrats have introduced a bill creating a new corporate welfare program, which would force colleges into subscribing to music services, or else lose $100 billion of federal financial aid programs.

Unsurprisingly, the MPAA is on board with the bill.

"We very much support the language in the bill, which requires universities to provide evidence that they have a plan for implementing a technology to address illegal file sharing," said Angela Martinez, a spokeswoman for the MPAA.
"

Submission + - Demonoid Shut Down by CRIA Again (theregister.co.uk)

Submitted by Klatoo55 on Friday November 09, 2007 @05:19PM

Klatoo55 writes: Demonoid has apparently lost its hosting after the company renting its servers caved to pressure from the CRIA. Any Demonoid URL now displays the text "The CRIA threatened the company renting the servers to us, and because of this it is not possible to keep the site online. Sorry for the inconvenience and thanks for your understanding." Torrentfreak posted a comment from the site IRC saying to "expect the site to return" unless Deimos says otherwise.

Submission + - Air Force drone hits Afganistan -- from Nevada (networkworld.com)

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coondoggie

on Friday November 09, 2007 @04:50PM

coondoggie writes: "The US Air Force is reporting its satellite-controlled unmanned Reaper aircraft has made its first precision bomb strike in Afghanistan. The strike was launched Nov. 7 from the Creech Air Force Base in Nevada. The remote pilot released two 500-pound laser-guided bombs, destroying the target and eliminating the enemy fighters, the Air Force said. In this case the Reaper was operating over the Sangin region of Afghanistan on the hunt for enemy activity when the crew received a request for assistance from a joint terminal attack controller on the ground. US Soldiers were taking fire from enemy combatants, the Air Force said. The local operator provided targeting data to the pilot in Nevada and the bombs were targeted and dropped. http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/21744"

Submission + - Leaked: Entire equipment list of US forces in Iraq (wikileaks.org)

Submitted by James Hardine on Friday November 09, 2007 @04:07PM

James Hardine writes: There are many reports on the Wikileaks release of a spectacular 2,000 page US military leak, possibly the most militarily significant leak of the war. The leak consists of the names, group structure and equipment registers of all units in Iraq with US army equipment. It exposes secretive document exploitation centers, detainee operations, elements of the State Department, Air Force, Navy and Marines units, the Iraqi police and coalition forces from Poland, Denmark, Ukraine, Latvia, Slovakia, Romania, Armenia, Kazakhstan and El Salvador. The material represents nearly the entire order of battle for US forces in Iraq and is the first public revelation of many of the military units descr ibed. Among other matters it shows that the United States has violated the Chemical Weapons Convention.

Submission + - Giant black holes power highest-energy cosmic rays

Submitted by

mcgrew (sm62704)

on Friday November 09, 2007 @03:22PM

mcgrew (sm62704) writes: "New Scientist says

The finding, from a telescope array 10 times the size of Paris, solves a long-standing mystery about the origins of the most energetic cosmic rays that strike the Earth's atmosphere....

[T]he origins of the highest-energy particles, which travel within a whisker of the speed of light, have been puzzling. A single proton can have as much energy as a tennis ball served at 100 kilometres per hour.

Astronomers found it difficult to explain how particles are accelerated to such enormous speeds.
The article says these new findings herald "the beginning of cosmic ray astronomy"."

Submission + - Demonoid forcedly shut down by CRIA (rlslog.net)

Submitted by

xxuaoxx

on Friday November 09, 2007 @01:09PM

xxuaoxx writes: "CRIA sent a threatening letter to Demonoid's hosting provider (Netelligent.ca), which resulted into shutting down the whole site. Demonoid's tracker still works and ironically wasn't affected by this latest issue, although it's the essential part in the process of downloading content through BitTorrent. According to the official IRC channel of this popular site, Demonoid administrator is already working on returning everything back to normal. full story can be found here"

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