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Submission + - Egyptians protest, inspired by Tunisia, Wikileaks (csmonitor.com)

Submitted by h00manist on Tuesday January 25, 2011 @06:31PM

h00manist writes: Egyptians young and old are on the streets protesting. They were inspired by Tunisia's protests-led revolution, it started even before the Tunisian president fled. Egypt receives about US$1.5 billion in US aid per year, even though Egyptian president Mubarak's dictatorship has lasted since 1981. All started by this Wikileaks document.. Got milk, I mean, document?

Submission + - Chinese mob provides half of world's rare-earth (nytimes.com)

Submitted by h00manist on Thursday December 30, 2010 @07:21AM

h00manist writes: Reporters visit was greeted with a “We’re going to carve all of you up, slaughter all of you and burn your car!” — The gangs reap profits that can rival drug money, while leaving pollution and violence in their wake. [...] Rogue operations in southern China produce an estimated half of the world'(TM)s supply of heavy rare earths, which are the most valuable kinds of rare earth metals. Heavy rare earths are increasingly vital to the global manufacture of a range of high-technology products — including iPhones, BlackBerrys, flat-panel televisions, lasers, hybrid cars and wind-power turbines, as well as a lot of military hardware. China mines 99 percent of the global supply of heavy rare earths, with legal, state-owned mines mainly accounting for the rest of China’s output. That means the Chinese government’s only effective competitors in producing these valuable commodities are the crime rings within the country's borders.

Submission + - Google donates $5M Windowbuilder and Codepro to Ec (theinquirer.net)

Submitted by h00manist on Sunday December 19, 2010 @10:08PM

h00manist writes: Words have officially leaked out on the InterWebs, via The Inquirer, that

Google is donating Windowbuilder Pro and Codepro Profiler to the Eclipse project. Google acquired the software when it bought Instantiations, relaunching the Java graphical user interface building tool Windowbuilder Pro shortly after. Now the outfit has decided to donate both Windowbuilder Pro and the code analysis tool Codepro to the open source Eclipse project. Although Google has announced its intention to donate the software, it needs go through a rigorous filtering process to ensure that no intellectual property rights will be breached. Once those formalities are dealt with, it is likely that both Windowbuilder Pro and Codepro will tip up in the Indigo release of Eclipse sometime in June 2011.

Submission + - Open 'net debate on Internet laws in Brazil (google.com.br)

Submitted by h00manist on Tuesday April 20, 2010 @03:16PM

h00manist writes: Brazil has opened public, free, internet debate on it's new internet law proposal. A hodgepodge of contradicting state laws, lawsuits, and rulings were blocking efforts to encourage more internet use, so a new federal law proposal is open to debate, including topics such as education, culture, freedom of expression, right-to-use, user and provider rights and responsibilities, anonymity, content removal and notices, crime and law enforcement, everything. Currently the site accepts comments on each paragraph of the law. Last October there was debate on the general principles to be included in the law. Brazilian Portuguese, but there is google translate and volunteers translating to English.

Submission + - Google Will Open Source VP8 Video Codec (newteevee.com)

Submitted by h00manist on Monday April 12, 2010 @10:14PM

h00manist writes: Google will supply the fix to the html-5-video debate, by open-sourcing the VP8 On2 video codec. For Adobe-Flash, coincidentally releasing CS5 today, the weather isn't looking so great, especially after the face-off with Steve Jobs.

Submission + - Ndiyo low-cost ($10?) terminal starter kit launch

Submitted by

h00manist

on Wednesday May 30, 2007 @07:59PM

h00manist writes: "Ndiyo, the project to build the lowest-cost-ever computer/terminal, made a one-chip prototype, and now has finally launched a sample starter kit. The kit includes 5 ethernet-connecting Nivo terminals, which can be added to a PC to create a 6-user system. Each Nivo is capable of supporting a standard LCD monitor at resolutions up to 1280x1024 and 24-bit colour depth."

Submission + - nanotechnology battery demo on youtube

Submitted by

h00manist

on Friday February 16, 2007 @04:08PM

h00manist writes: "mPhase Technologies will post a video demonstration of its Smart Nanobattery on YouTube today, February 16th at 5 p.m. Eastern time. The video will explain the technology behind its breakthrough development of a "smart" battery based on nanotechnology. The video will illustrate in layman's terminology some fundamental concepts behind the company's smart nano battery. mPhase has proven it is possible to fabricate nanotech-based "smart" batteries, which can store reserve power for decades and generate electric current virtually on demand. The prototype battery is based on a discovery that liquid droplets of electrolyte will stay in a dormant state atop nanotextured surfaces until stimulated to flow, thereby triggering a reaction producing electricity. This effect can permit precise control and activation of the batteries when required."

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