Comment Re:I wish i had that in my day (Score 1) 120
It ends up only saving $25.72 after the cost of a single Latte.
ISS's Node 3 Might Be Named "Colbert" 276
Panzor writes "NASA is running a contest to name the new addition to the space station, Node 3. The polls are open until March 20. The selection that is getting the most votes is 'Suggest your own,' and the leading name besides the official four (Earthrise, Legacy, Serenity, and Venture) is 'Colbert.' Comedian Stephen Colbert suggested on the air that fans write in his name. On March 5th, his vote count passed that of Xenu and Colbert pronounced himself Scientology's 'Galactic Overlord.'"
Comment Re:I'm unimpressed. (Score 1) 290
Shatter is around 80x last I checked. 52x has them warble.
Comment Re:The problem (Score 0, Offtopic) 72
Well excuse me princess.
Comment Re:Only thing more annoying... (Score 1) 693
Well, computer code is becoming simpler and simpler to understand, unlike law.
We started with Assembly, and then went to C, then C++, then java, and so on.
Comment Re:good point (Score 1) 623
No, this is not the case, atleast not in the USA.
Without a warrant officers are limited to
1.) A patdown search for weapons if they feel threatened.
2.) A detailed search of a PERSON when that person enters custody.
3.) A search of the "wingspan" of a person when they enter custody.
4.) A cursory search of the premises in which someone was arrested if they have reason to believe an accomplice is hiding.
5.) When the owner consents to the search.
MS To Become Open Source Friendly Post Gates 424
ruphus13 writes "Now that Gates has 'retired' from Microsoft, ZDNet is speculating that Microsoft will become much more Open Source friendly. From the article, 'We already see quite a different approach to dealing with OSS and OSS companies from Sam Ramji's group [which is] doing a great job in establishing dialog,' said Rafael Laguna, CEO of Open-Xchange and a former marketing exec at SUSE Linux. 'With Gates' departure, the only mammoth remaining is Ballmer. With him away in a near future, Microsoft will definitely open up. They have to.'" Microsoft could become the world's largest open source company; they've certainly made some concessions to it lately.
Google to Offer Real-Time Stock Quotes 299
Apro+im writes "Today, Google announced that Google Finance will report real-time prices on NASDAQ-listed securities. While real-time stock quotes are not new, they have long encumbered with subscriptions, legal agreements, or pay software. This may be the first free source for real-time quotes."
Canadian ISP Ordered to Prove Traffic-Shaping is Needed 177
Sepiraph writes "In a letter sent to the Canadian Association of Internet Providers and Bell Canada on May 15, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) have ordered Bell Canada to provide tangible evidence that its broadband networks are congested to justify the company's Internet traffic-shaping policies. This is a response after Bell planned to tackle the issue of traffic shaping, also called throttling, on the company's broadband networks. It would be interesting to see Bell's response, as well as to see some real-world actual numbers and compare them to a previous study."
Black Hole Blasts Neighbor Galaxy with Deadly Jet 222
butterwise writes to mention that astronomers have, for the first time, witnessed a super-massive black hole hitting a nearby galaxy with a "death-star-like" beam of energy. The story also has a video with simulations, pictures, and explanations. "The 'death star galaxy,' as NASA astronomers called it, could obliterate the atmospheres of planets but also trigger the birth of stars in the wake of its destructive beam. Fortunately, the cosmic violence is a safe distance from our own neck of the cosmos."
Italian Judge Tells HP To Refund Pre-Installed XP 225
Paolo DF writes "An Italian user asked for a refund after buying a Compaq computer that came with Windows XP and Works 8 pre-installed. HP tried to avoid the EULA agreement which states, approximately: '[I]f the end user is not willing to abide by this EULA... he shall immediately contact the producer to get info for giving back the product and obtaining refunds.' The court ruled in favor of the user (Google translation from the Italian), who received back €90 for XP and €50 for Works. Here is the ruling (PDF, Italian)."
Senators Call for Universal Internet Filtering 628
An Anonymous Coward writes "US senators today made a bipartisan call for the universal implementation of filtering and monitoring technologies on the Internet in order to protect children. Their statement came at the end of a Senate hearing in which civil liberties groups were not invited."
National Archive File Format Time Bomb 233
geordie_loz writes "The BBC is reporting that the UK National Archive is warning of old formats being a 'ticking time-bomb' where data is going to be lost because of incompatibility in newer versions of software, and software not existing at all. More surprisingly, Microsoft has offered a solution via the OOXML format."
Submission + - Creative charging for drivers.
imau writes: "Creative as started to sell ALchemy Audigy Edition [in Dailytech ], drivers that bring back EAX support in Windows VIsta for Audigy sound card. This same drivers are available for free for x-fi cards, while owners of older cards have to pay Creative for its hardware to work. Is this the starting point of payed drivers?"
Journal Journal: Steorn's Orbo "free-energy" machine demonstrated!
Engadget is providing coverage and story updates regarding the pending demonstration of Steorn's Orbo "free-energy" machine in the Kinetica Museum in London. A formal announcement will be made tonight at 6pm London time (1pm New York).
