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Submission + - Principal who banned MySpace has a page of her own

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Anonymous Coward
Anonymous Coward writes: "You've probably heard by now about how the principal of St. Hugo of the Hills school in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan has banned all students at her school from having a MySpace account... even if they're using MySpace from their own homes. Now it looks as if the principal has been something of a hypocrite: here's Sister Margaret Van Velzen's MySpace page!"
Portables

Submission + - Sugar-fuelled battery to replace Lithium-ion?

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Fuel cell technology that is currently in development boasts the ability of extracting energy from virtually any sugar source to power portable electronics like cellular phones, laptops, and sensors. The new technology is expected to be biodegradable, environmentally friendly and more energy efficient than current options, providing a green alternative to current Lithium-ion batteries. http://pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;1458597410
Communications

Submission + - What company do you want making a cell phone?

Submitted by EliXor55
EliXor55 writes: If you could choose any company in the world to come up with a new and exciting cell phone, which company would it be?

From the article:

"According to the blogosphere, everyone is making a mobile phone these days. Google is making an Internet-centric device, Dell is going to make a smart phone and Creative is set to launch an iPhone killer just in time for Christmas next year. Of course it's all speculation, but are these really the companies we want making mobile phones?"
Google

Submission + - Google tries out Pay per Action

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conradov
conradov writes: "Google announced beta testing of its new Pay per Action AdWords model.

From the announcement:

Pay-per-action advertising is a new pricing model that allows you to pay only for completed actions that you define, such as a lead, a sale, or a pageview, after a user has clicked on your ad on a publisher's site.
It seems Google is shaking the ad market again."
Microsoft

Submission + - Bill Gates Wants More Cheap Labor

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SuhlScroll
SuhlScroll writes: "Looks like Uncle Bill was down in Meh-hee-co running his mouth about how the U.S. should allow more "high-skilled immigration" (read: "Give me cheaper labor, I don't have enough money now!!"): http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?typ e=worldNews&storyid=2007-03-21T055743Z_01_N2024750 7_RTRUKOC_0_US-MEXICO-MICROSOFT-IMMIGRATION.xml&sr c=rss&rpc=22 Apparently Bill and Microsoft are trying this political tact yet again so that they don't have to go through the "rebound" phase of the 2000 dot-com crash. They must be used to not paying much for programming help since The Bust, and apparently they don't want to experience the free market effects (i.e., having to pay higher salaries and compensation) of the increasing IT labor demand without watering it down with cheap foreign labor to help their bottom line. Does this guy have NO shame???"
Software

Microsoft to Open Source FoxPro 172

Posted by ScuttleMonkey from the better-than-the-circular-file dept.
rah1420 writes "Microsoft has announced that it will open-source the core portions of the Visual FoxPro DBMS software to its CodePlex community development site. At the same time, Microsoft has announced that it will no longer be making new versions of the FoxPro DBMS."
Announcements

Submission + - Organism Survives 100 Million Years Without Sex

Submitted by zyl0x
zyl0x writes: The Times has an interesting article online on the discovery of a 100-million-year-old micro-organism which as survived its entire lifespan without sex. From the article:

A tiny creature that has not had sex for 100 million years has overturned the theory that animals need to mate to create variety. Analysis of the jaw shapes of bdelloid rotifers, combined with genetic data, revealed that the animals have diversified under pressure of natural selection. Researchers say that their study "refutes the idea that sex is necessary for diversification into evolutionary species".
I'm not too sure about these bdelloid's, but I doubt any human being could last the first 100 years.
Windows

Submission + - First Vista Virus?

Submitted by
gubby
gubby writes: "For those of you feeling adventurous, I happened upon a javascript virus at zeenews.com today which bypasses IE7 safegaurds, Windows OneCare and erases the MBR as far as I can tell. Symantec doesn't have it listed yet and it appears to work just as well with XP. Any further details are appreciated as I am at work and cannot pursue this right now."
It's funny. Laugh.

Submission + - One Nerd's Search for Masculinity

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Kent Brewster
Kent Brewster writes: "In 4th grade, a little girl named Tina Palmer beat a boy named Todd Lehr in the championship round of an arm wrestling competition in gym class. 25 years later, still haunted by his defeat, Todd has challenged Tina to a rematch. With his pride and manhood on the line, can Todd pull enough strength to claim victory, or will Tina crush him as she's done before?"
Sci-Fi

Submission + - Creating A Vaccine To Prevent Cancer

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Anonymous Coward
Anonymous Coward writes: "Two major research organizations in the Phoenix area have announced they will collaborate on an ambitious goal: creating a vaccine to prevent the development of cancer. Researchers at the Biodesign Institute at ASU in Tempe and Mayo Clinic will use the latest developments in laboratory and clinical sciences to reach their goal — finding components in cancer that could be used to vaccinate against the occurrence of the disease. Read More"
Wireless (Apple)

Submission + - Apple streams video wirelessly to your TV

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titaniumdoughnut
titaniumdoughnut writes: ""Get ready to change the way you look at TV. Now all the hit movies, TV shows, music, and podcasts on iTunes — and your photos, too — can be enjoyed in your living room on your big-screen TV, transferred wirelessly from any Mac or PC in your home. With Apple TV, any time is prime time." proclaims Apple's newest technology update. Apple TV wirelessly syncs with downloaded video content from iTunes or other sources, and allows a multitude of outputs to connect to any video device in your home."
Businesses

Submission + - Is 40 to old for IT or Software Development?

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An anonymous reader writes: I have read some stuff on Dice.com's message boards where some people are claiming that after age 40 or so that jobs become very scarce in the IT profession. I was wondering how prevalent this really is, and in particular I was wondering how hard it would be to actually start a career in IT or Software Development at age 40 or even later.

I recently finished up a degree in physics, and I have done some very basic IT support as well as some programming as part of my job working in an environmental testing lab. How difficult would it be to start a computer career at age 40, and what industries and fields will have the most problem with my age and which will have the least problem with my age?
Robotics

Submission + - Robot to journey to the center of the earth

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iambarry
iambarry writes: "In what would be sure to lead to a global catastrophe if not for the heroic action of one special robot, scientists are planning a mission to the earth's mantle : "the hole exposes the mantle, the material that makes up Earth's interior...We do not know why that is...Because of this gap we can see directly into the Earth's mantle." A "robotic device will land on the bottom of the crater...and dig into the mantle to bring back samples.""
Television

Senators Smack Down WIPO Broadcast Treaty 100

Posted by kdawson from the read-my-lips-no-new-rights dept.
Tighthead writes "Two influential US senators want the US to support a pared-down version of the WIPO Broadcast Treaty that is still being negotiated. In a letter sent to the US delegation, Sen. Patrick Leahy, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and the ranking Republican member, Arlen Specter, expressed their concerns that the Broadcast Treaty 'would needlessly create a new layer of rights that would disrupt United States copyright law.' They instructed the US delegates to work towards a treaty that is 'significantly narrower in scope, one that would provide no more protection than that necessary to protect the signals of broadcasters.' The next meeting of the WIPO Standing Committee will be in June."

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