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Submission + - Pirate Bay and Sealand negotiating

Submitted by

Kawahee

on Monday January 15, 2007 @07:09AM

Kawahee writes: "Coming off previous /. coverage of The Pirate Bay's intentions to purchase Sealand following it being put up for sale, The Pirate Bay has revealed on it's website www.buysealand.com that it has entered into negotiations with Sealand. From the post:

The Government of Sealand has initiated negotiation. Tomorrow, the ACFI and Government of Sealand will sit down in the SMTP chambers of the Internets to discuss the future of the micronation.
— We welcome the request and hopefully we can settle on a price. But knowing how hard non-kopimistic people can be to negotiate with, we will go with Plan B if they're not willing to meet our demands, press officer of ACFI says.
BuySealand.com is also now sporting a donation meter, and as of the 15th of January it stands at USD $13,714."

Submission + - Water contest for a Wii kills

Submitted by priestx on Sunday January 14, 2007 @06:16PM

priestx writes: A Californian woman who took part in a water-drinking contest to win a video game system has died of water intoxication, tests have shown. Jennifer Strange had taken part in the "Hold Your Wee for a Wii" game run by KDND 107.9 radio in Sacramento, which promised the winner a Nintendo Wii. A work colleague said Ms Strange had reported her head was hurting hours after the contest and was going home.

Submission + - Californian woman dies in Wii contest

Submitted by

orudge

on Sunday January 14, 2007 @04:27PM

orudge writes: "A Californian woman has died after taking part in a "Hold Your Wee For A Wii" contest run by radio station KDND in Sacramento. From the article: A work colleague said Ms Strange had reported her head was hurting hours after the contest and was going home. Ms Strange, 28, was found dead on Friday at her house in Rancho Cordova. Local assistant coroner Ed Smith said initial tests showed death was "consistent with water intoxication"."

Submission + - Can robots live among us?

Submitted by HAL on Saturday January 13, 2007 @04:20PM

HAL writes: CNET have interviewed an engineer behind the world's most advanced human-like robot, Honda's ASIMO. They ask if ASIMO will be accepted by society — and what the robot's emotional impact on humans will be. Apparently Honda has consciously made design decisions that keep Asimo divided from humans so as to remain non-threatening — these include not using a human voice for the robot, and choosing to make Asimo child-sized rather than a "big, hulking science fiction robot". Asimo seems to be watching the discussion intently, and the interviewer wonders, "Do androids dream of electric sheep?" The video is fascinating — plus there's no ads.

Submission + - IBM Cell Broadband Engine Software Development Kit

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 13, 2007 @01:01PM

An anonymous reader writes: The recently released version 2.0 contains additional libraries and improved compiler tools. This complete Cell BE development environment, includes Linux kernel for Cell BE blades, Linux support libraries, tool chains, system simulator, source code for libraries and samples, and a new, fully-integrated installation.

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