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Suppressed Report Shows Cancer Link to GM Potatoes 325

Posted by Zonk on Sunday February 18, 2007 @01:38AM from the politics-and-potatoes-and-science-mix-poorly dept.

Doc Ruby writes "After an 8-year-long court battle, Welsh activists have finally been allowed to released a Russian study showing an increased cancer risk linked to eating genetically modified potatoes. While the victory of the Welsh Greenpeace members in the courtroom would seem to vindicate the work of the Russian scientists that did the original research, there are still serious questions to be answered. The trials involved rats being fed several types of potatoes as feed. The rats who were fed GM potatoes suffered much more extensive damage to their organs than with any other type; just the same, serious questions remain about the validity of the findings. The Welsh group wants to use this information to stop the testing of GM crops in the UK, tests currently slated for the spring of this year."

5 Things the Boss Should Know About Spam Fighting 168

Posted by Zonk on Saturday February 17, 2007 @05:36PM from the never-give-up-never-surrender dept.

Esther Schindler writes "Sysadmins and email administrators were asked to identify the one thing they wish the CIO understood about their efforts to fight spam. The CIO website is now running their five most important tips, in an effort to educate the corporate brass. Recommendations are mostly along the lines of informing corporate management; letting bosses know that there is no 'silver bullet', and that the battle will never really end. There's also a suggestion to educate on technical matters, bringing executives into the loop on terms like SMTP and POP. Their first recommendation, though, is to make sure no mail is lost. 'This is a risk management practice, and you need to decide where you want to put your risk. Would you rather risk getting spam with lower risk of losing/delaying messages you actually wanted to get, or would you rather risk losing/delaying legitimate messages with lower risk of spam? You can't have both, no matter how loudly you scream.'"

Comment Re:How long before the first class action suit in (Score 1) 267

by mranime on Wednesday December 20, 2006 @05:54PM (#17318280) Attached to: Bad Web Sites Can Cause "Mouse Rage"

Actually IBM/Lenovo have really improved their update rollout methods.

To find support documentation and downloads, you can go to Lenovo Support & downloads and enter in the model number of the computer in question. Or you may find drivers from the Driver Matrices page. Better yet, you can download the ThinkVantage System Update program which will scan your computer, check for available updates from the Lenovo servers, download, and install them for you.

The links provided are not secrets. They're all available from the "SUPPORT & DOWNLOADS" link off of Lenovo's homepage.

Vista Upgrade Matrix 94

Posted by timothy on Monday July 31, 2006 @02:36PM from the but-linux-is-fragmented dept.

Tyler Too writes "With six different versions of Vista due once it ships, figuring out an upgrade path can be confusing. Microsoft has tried to clear things up with a 4x6 matrix laying out your options. 'In short, users of XP Home can do an upgrade install to any of the four Vista versions. However, XP Pro users can only perform upgrade installs to Business or Ultimate.' And if you're not running a 32-bit version Windows XP, there's no upgrade path for you at all."

Microsoft Adds Risky System-Wide Undelete to Vista 365

Posted by Zonk on Sunday July 30, 2006 @09:43PM from the choose-wisely dept.

douder writes "Windows Vista will have a new 'previous versions' feature when it ships next year. According to Ars Technica, the feature is built off of the volume shadow copy technology from Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. Now turned on by default, the service stores the modified versions of a user's documents, even after they are deleted. They also report that you can browse folders from within Explorer to see snapshots of what they contained over time. It can be disabled, but this seems like a privacy concern." From the article: "Some users will find the feature objectionable because it could give the bossman a new way to check up on employees, or perhaps it could be exploited in some nefarious way by some nefarious person. Previous versions of Windows were still susceptible to undelete utilities, of course, but this new functionality makes browsing quite, quite simple. On the other hand, it should be noted that 'Previous Versions' does not store its data in the files themselves. That is, unlike Microsoft Office's 'track changes,' files protected with 'Previous Versions' will not carry their documentary history with them."

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