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Submission + - Automobile engine the size of a basketball (angellabsllc.com)

Submitted by Trystan365
Trystan365 writes: Revolutionary doesn't begin to cover this. I want one of these retro-fitted into my car right now! This little tiny engine,about the same size as a basketball, has more power than my 3.0 litre engine and can be scaled up to power a freight train or semi-truck. From the main site, "The MYT(TM) Engine has the potential to replace all the existing internal combustion engines and jet engines. With 40 times higher power to weight ratio, low parts count, low maintenance, high mechanical efficienty, and low pollution, the MYT(TM) Engine will benefit airplane, big ship, 18 wheeler, SUV, passenger car, even down to carry on power generator applications. The MYT(TM) Engine as a pump/compressor also exceeds exisiting pumps/compressors in providing massive pressure, volume, and flow, all in one unit."

Make sure you check out the videos located here. This engine can even run on plain old air!
Portables (Apple)

Submission + - "Programming" the iPhone (wirevolution.com)

Submitted by an_innocent_bystande
an_innocent_bystande writes: Steve Jobs has been criticized for keeping the iPhone closed to third party applications. In his keynote at Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference yesterday, He gave some ground to developers who want to write iPhone apps. He suggests that people write applications in Javascript and run them in the web browser — the Web 2.0 model. He must be providing some iPhone APIs as well, because he and his co-presenter Scott Forstall both said that you can invoke iPhone native services. This posting at Wirevolution explains how much (or little) he yielded.
Censorship

Submission + - Law students sue anonymous message board posters (wsj.com)

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The Xoxo Reader
The Xoxo Reader writes: "The Wall Street Journal reports that two female students at Yale Law School have filed suit for defamation and infliction of emotional distress against an administrator and several anonymous posters (identified only by their pseudoynms) at AutoAdmit (a.k.a. Xoxohth), which proclaims itself the "most prestigious law school discussion board in the world." One of the claims is that the posters have violated copyright laws by reposting pictures of the women without their permission. Since AutoAdmit's administrators have previously said that they do not retain IP logs of posters, it is unclear how the plaintiffs will ultimately be able to identify the actual people behind the pseudonyms named in the complaint. Apparently, one method was to post the summons on the message board itself and ask the posters to step forward. The controversy leading to this lawsuit was previously discussed on Slashdot here."
Censorship

Submission + - Yahoo says Beijing likely blocking photo site (sciam.com)

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slashthedot
slashthedot writes: "In another instance of censorship against websites about anything anti-establishement in China, Flickr, popular among a growing class of digital photo enthusiasts in the world's second-largest Internet market, has not shown photos to users in mainland China since last week, amid rumors Beijing took action after images of the Tiananmen massacre in early June 1989 were posted.
"It is our understanding that Flickr users in China are not able to see images on Flickr, and we have confirmed that this is not a technical issue on our end," a spokeswoman for Yahoo Hong Kong said in an email in response to a Reuters inquiry."
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Submission + - Wireless Electricity or Witricity demonstrated (sciam.com)

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slashthedot
slashthedot writes: "Physicists at MIT have have successfully lit a 60-watt light bulb by transferring energy through the air from one specially designed copper coil to the bulb, which was attached to a second coil seven feet away.
Physicists have known for more than a century that a moving magnetic field produces an electric field and vice versa in an effect called electromagnetic induction, which makes motors turn and allows your, say, electric toothbrush to recharge when placed on its base station.
The ultimate goal: to shrink the coils and increase the distance between them so that a single base station emitting "WiTricity," as the inventors refer to the effect, could power a roomful of rechargeable gadgets, each containing its own small coil.
"This is an idea that is based on principles that are more than 100 years old,"says theoretical physicist Douglas Stone of Yale University, who was not part of the study."
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Submission + - A nanotechnology-powered electric SUV

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Roland Piquepaille
Roland Piquepaille writes: "If you live in California, you'll be able to buy an electric SUV by the end of the year. The Reno Gazette-Journal reports that this electric SUV will be using NanoSafe rechargeable, nano titanate batteries developed by Altairnano. The future SUVs will have an autonomy of more than 100 miles per charge at a factory set top speed of 95 mph. And by stopping at future Pacific Gas & Electric's "rapid charge stations," it will take less than 10 minutes to recharge these batteries. Phoenix Motorcars, which will assemble these all-electric vehicles, has focused on fleet use for 2007 and plans to deliver 500 vehicles for 2007 and 6,000 vehicles for 2008. Read more for additional details about this environmental friendly SUV."
OS X

Submission + - Actually, Leopard will have ZFS says Apple

Submitted by Angostura
Angostura writes: An Apple spokesperson has contacted InformationWeek to clarify the statement by an official that ZFS wouldn't be included within Leopard according to a comment to the original story posted by West Coast Editor Michael Singer. The official was meant to say that " ZFS would be available as a limited option, but not as the default file system." The site is preparing a follow-up story with more details.
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Submission + - Why did Stephen Hawking cross the road? (blogspot.com)

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iheartkiiki
iheartkiiki writes: "Stephen Hawking was crossing a highway in his wheelchair when he became stuck in a semi-trailer's grille and was pushed for miles before the unknowing driver was pulled over, police said on Thursday. His wheelchair became hooked onto the front grille of the truck, which reached 50 mph during the 4-mile trip down the highway. Witnesses reported that the light turned green, so the truck took off, never seeing the wheelchair in front of him. Hawking's deteriorating health limits his movement, and he uses a hi-tech gadget to communicate by blinking. Reports are coming in that witnesses saw Hawking blinking like crazy as the truck took off from the intersection. Hawking thankfully escaped unharmed, blinking, "It was quite a ride," police said."
Security

Submission + - After Amero case, group sees more fights ahead

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Infoworld reports that a volunteer effort led by lawyers, security researchers and educators wants to stop the next Julie Amero from becoming a spyware casualty. Some of those involved in Amero's case (where the substitute teacher faced up to 40 years in jail because of pornographic popups on a school PC) want to help others who may be in a similar position. On Saturday, they started a new project, called The Julie Group, to help others who may be falsely accused of crimes because of spyware. "Many cases don't ever receive any publicity because the lawyers advise their clients to plead guilty and avoid getting into the public eye as much as possible," said Chris Boyd of FaceTime Communications Inc. "I do what I can, but something more is needed," he added. "That's one of the ideas behind this group."
Security

Submission + - MS Issues 'Critical' Vista, IE 7 Security Patches (zdnet.com)

Submitted by Free Stem Cells
Free Stem Cells writes: This month's batch of patches from Microsoft includes six bulletins covering at least 15 vulnerabilities, including several critical code execution holes in Windows Vista and Internet Explorer 7. The most serious is a cumulative Internet Explorer update (MS07-033) that affects all versions of the dominant browser — IE 5.01 on Windows 2000 through IE 7 on Windows Vista.
Communications

Verizon Accused of Slighting Copper Infrastructure 249

Posted by kdawson from the don't-have-to-share-the-fiber dept.
High Fibre writes "Regulatory hearings in Virginia raise questions about Verizon's stewardship of its copper infrastructure, with workers accusing the telecom of cheaping out on maintenance in Virginia due to its preoccupation with its FiOS network. Ars covers the fracas and gives more time to Verizon than the local media do. From Ars: 'During testimony given before the Virginia State Corporation Commission last week... workers painted a dire picture of the state of Verizon's copper network, saying that the equipment required to make repairs — including tools and cable — is not even available.' Verizon disagrees, saying that while it's a challenge to manage and maintain both networks, they are not neglecting their copper infrastructure." A union official gave written testimony about the Verizon problems, presumably so that individual workers would not have to testify in public and open themselves to retribution.
Power

Submission + - Kilimanjaro's shrinking snow not Global Warming

Submitted by phantomfive
phantomfive writes: Although it's obvious that not all warm summers can be attributed to global warming, apparently not all shrinking glaciers can be either. Mt. Kilimanjaro's snowpack has been shrinking for at least 100 years, before global warming really picked up. The shrinking is due to a number of factors, including reduced snowfall. Pictures here.

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