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Submission + - Jobs Says People Don't Want to 'Rent' Music

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eldavojohn

on Friday April 27, 2007 @12:56PM

eldavojohn writes: "PhysOrg is running a piece on a recent speech by Apple CEO Steve Jobs about DRM free music. While we know that Jobs is a self proclaimed proponent of DRM free music who's not all talk, he's now said that "by the end of this year, over half of the songs we offer on iTunes we believe will be in DRM-free versions. I think we're going to achieve that." Jobs pointed out what's obvious to us, the consumers, but isn't obvious to the music industry — "People want to own their music." He also dismissed subscription based music as a failure & claimed a lot of other music labels are intrigued by the EMI deal. There's no doubt in my mind that everyone will be watching EMI's cash flow very carefully with the utmost scrutiny in these coming quarters. If he succeeds in his crusade, I may find myself finally purchasing music on digital non-compact disc based media."

Feed Team Velozzi creating sexy Automotive X-Prize participant (engadget.com)

From feed by engfeed on Friday April 27, 2007 @12:52PM

Filed under: Transportation

While we've seen a couple of entrants into the Automotive X-Prize competition so far, Team Velozzi has announced a showstopper of a vehicle that will reportedly be created for the contest. Aiming to craft a vehicle that gets around 200 miles-per-gallon and receives locomotion from potent Li-ion batteries, the R&D group's potential participant currently resembles vehicles from some of the more exotic of automakers. Curiously, the company's website insinuates that it wants the vehicle to be "mainstream," but with specs consisting of a full carbon-fiber body / chassis, Brembo brakes and racing suspension, a multi-format hybrid energy system, "high-end interior," a Weismann F1 transmission, and twin AC electric engines, we can't exactly imagine this supercar fitting into the average joe's (or jane's) budget. Still, there's no denying the sexy regardless of cost, so be sure to hit the links below to get a more in-depth view of Velozzi's forthcoming automobile.

[Via AutoblogGreen]

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Submission + - A Tin Foil - It's not just for Slashdot anymore!

Submitted by Strudelkugel on Friday April 27, 2007 @12:49PM

Strudelkugel writes: The Daily Mail has an interview with a woman who is shielding herself from EM radiation: "Before knocking on Sarah Dacre's door, I take the precaution of checking my mobile phone. It's switched off, as she has requested." "Last time someone came to visit," she warns, "I started feeling awfully nauseous. It turned out he had a picture phone with him and had left it switched on. A picture phone!" She pauses, looking genuinely horrified. Apparently, this type of mobile automatically sends signals to a local base station every nine minutes — "No wonder I felt so sick." Also: "But beneath the coats of magnolia paint, she points out, the walls are lined with a special paper that contains a layer of tin-foil; and upstairs, the windows are hung with a fine, silvery gauze."

Submission + - The world's longest carbon nanotube

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Roland Piquepaille

on Friday April 27, 2007 @12:46PM

Roland Piquepaille writes: "As you probably know, carbon nanotubes have very interesting mechanical, electrical and optical properties. But they are 'small.' Now, researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) have developed a process to build extremely long aligned carbon nanotube arrays. They've been able to produce 18-mm-long carbon nanotubes which might be spun into nanofibers. Such electrically conductive fibers could one day replace copper wires. The researchers say their nanofibers could be used for applications such as nanomedicine, aerospace and electronics. Read more for additional references and an illustration showing a CNT array image of UC's mission statement."

Submission + - ID Theft Task Force - Final Recommendations

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JeremyDuffy

on Friday April 27, 2007 @12:41PM

JeremyDuffy writes: "The President formed the Identity Theft task force to identify ways to curb this huge problem. Chaired by US attorney General Alberto Gonzales and co-chaired by the Head of the Federal Trade Commission, they have issued a detailed 120 page report with recommendations. Some are good, some not so good. The really depressing part is that credit security freezes (the most effective tool for preventing ID theft) has been relegated to footnote status in the report. They list that they would have to study the economic impact of freezes before recommending them. Or in other words, is it cost effective to businesses and the US economy to prevent ID theft in the first place or to just look like they're trying to prevent it."

Submission + - Do Computer Pros Work Less Than Others?

Submitted by TechEGrl on Friday April 27, 2007 @12:41PM

TechEGrl writes: According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, they do, reports Eric Chabrow today in a story on Baseline. "Among eight broad professional occupations tracked by the government, only one category — consisting of educators, trainers and librarians — average fewer hours at work each week."

The hardest working professionals, according to the handy chart that accompanies the piece, are those in legal (44 hours, 54 minutes per week). And managers work the longest hours of all, logging more than 46 hours per week in 2006.

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