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Submission + - Genes In Human Inner Ear Cells Restored (cloningresources.com) 1

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 21, 2007 @06:01PM

An anonymous reader writes: Researchers have discovered a way to transfer genes, which they hope will restore hearing, into diseased tissue of the human inner ear. This important step brings scientists closer to curing genetic or acquired hearing loss.

Submission + - The ten mosted hated words on the internet (arstechnica.com)

Submitted by akkarin on Thursday June 21, 2007 @05:59PM

akkarin writes: ARS Technica have an interesting article titled
'The Ten most Hated words on the Internet". From the article:

The Internet has much to answer for, but one of its chiefest sins
its relentless stupifidication of the English language. And no,
I did not just make up the word "stupifidication.
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070621-folk sonomy-most-hated-word-on-the-internet.html

Submission + - Great uses of old computer parts... (techeblog.com)

Submitted by

Tadpole256

on Saturday June 16, 2007 @12:25AM

Tadpole256 writes: "Here are some clever ways to keep your old tech junk out of the land fill, and express your creative side all at the same time."

Submission + - YouTube to Begin Using Video Fingerprinting (lawbean.com)

Submitted by

Spamicles

on Friday June 15, 2007 @11:27PM

Spamicles writes: "YouTube will begin testing video recognition technology in conjunction with Time Warner and Disney. Testing will begin next month in hopes that the software, designed to recognize copyright content in videos, will be ready to roll out later this year, the company said. Google, which now owns YouTube, had agreed to implement some kind of technology to identify copyright content on its site so it can remove pirated content or negotiate with owners for a license."

Submission + - E for All = R for Ripoff

Submitted by gm3r_ch!ck on Friday June 15, 2007 @10:38PM

gm3r_ch!ck writes: It appears that there are still plenty of E for All tickets to go around, despite the advance ticket notice that was sent out several weeks ago. My friend and I received e-mails today regarding the E for All "Father's Day rate", which was SIGNIFICANTLY cheaper than the advanced rate. Here's a GameDaily link to the news. Signing up for the E for All site reveals that the Saturday/Sunday pass that originally cost $65 during "advance" ticket sales is now $40. This did indeed cause my friend and I to ignite into fits of rage, as our hard-earned greenbacks could have been spent elsewhere (i.e. on my WoW subscription). So what else does an enraged gamer do but send a nasty-gram to the event organizers? Read on:

Mr. Feely and Ms. McCormack, Several weeks ago, your E for All website sent out e-mails encouraging people to "hurry up" and buy advance tickets to the event, implying that more money would be saved by purchasing online versus at the door of the expo, and that demand would be so high that to not buy tickets early meant missing out on the event. Imagine my surprise to see an e-mail this week advertising a "Father's Day rate" for tickets to your event; the rate is, of course, SIGNIFICANTLY less than what was charged for your so-called "advance tickets". As a consumer, avid gamer, and typical hard-working American, I am disgusted and appalled by the lack of organization and forethought being put into this "E for All" event. Clearly, you do not have the interests of the buying public in mind when you are doing all that you can to snatch extra funds from our pockets. Needless to say, your little scam WILL be /.'ed so that people who have not yet been suckered by your ploy can spend their greenbacks on more worthwhile, less costly pursuits.

My advice? Put the cash you would've spent on E for All toward the next Halo 3 or a copy of Guitar Hero...you'll get a much better return on your investment. Oh, and if you want to get some of that ranting goodness for your own, I suggest e-mailing the people at IDG.

Submission + - Why is it that whenever I want to mod

Submitted by

coleblak

on Friday June 15, 2007 @09:46PM

coleblak writes: "Why is it that whenever I want to mod someone's comment I don't have points but when I just want to read the news on the site, maybe check the hopefully not /.'ed page then read some comments, I have points to moderate? Why can't /. read my mind more effectively?"

Submission + - Wikipedia removes Daniel Brandt (wikipedia.org)

Submitted by on Friday June 15, 2007 @09:39PM

An anonymous reader writes: After years of Daniel Brandt lobbying Wikipedia for it's removal, Brandt's biography page has been removed from Wikipedia, leaving behind a redirect to one of his projects, NameBase. The decision came after the 14th discussion of the article and partly in response to stricter policies on dealing with living people.

Brandt lobbies for the accountability of online organizations through his Wikipedia Watch, Google Watch and Yahoo Watch websites.

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