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Submission + - China: Remote Controlled Pigeons

Submitted by BillsBayou on Tuesday February 27, 2007 @11:52AM

BillsBayou writes: Reuters, via Yahoo! News, reports that Chinese scientists have developed a technology to control the flight of pigeons. "The implants stimulate different areas of the pigeon's brain according to signals sent by the scientists via computer, and force the bird to comply with their commands." I have no idea what use there is for remote controlled pigeons except perhaps to dive-bomb ex-wives and husbands. The scientists seem to be very excited about their breakthrough, however.

Submission + - Study: Congressional Web Sites stink

Submitted by

coondoggie

on Tuesday February 27, 2007 @11:50AM

coondoggie writes: "Well if you were looking for a bastion of clear political communications I would think you look anywhere BUT here: congressional Web sites. The Congressional Management Foundation (CMF) watchdog group today announced its "Golden Mouse" report card for congressional Web sites and found them mostly 'disappointing." Among the report's major criticisms: Almost half (49.1% ) do not give sufficient information on contacting the office regarding a problem with a federal agency Only 26.4% offered guidance on the best ways to communicate with their offices. Only 11.4% of House and 5% of Senate Web sites posted their office hours. 32% do not have links to sponsored or co-sponsored legislation. Of the ones that do, 13.7% did not reference the most current session of Congress. Overall quality is "disappointing" with over a third of the congressional Web sites earning a substandard or failing grade. http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/1186 3"

Submission + - Windows Vista worse for user efficiency than XP

Submitted by

erikvlie

on Tuesday February 27, 2007 @08:07AM

erikvlie writes: "Pfeiffer Consulting released a report on User Interface Friction, comparing Windows Vista/Aero with Windows XP and Mac OS X. The report concludes Vista/Aero is worse in terms of desktop operations, menu latency and mouse precision than XP — which was and still is said to be a lot worse in those areas than Mac OS X. The report was independently financed. The IT-Enquirer editor has read the report and summarised the most important findings."

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