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Submission + - open source ontology cash prize (ontologyportal.org)

Submitted by

Adam Pease

on Friday July 20, 2007 @04:23AM

Adam Pease writes: "Following the success of last year's competition, and the award of the SUMO prize to Robin Sharp of the Technical University of Denmark, we are announcing the second annual SUMO prize for the best open source ontology extension of SUMO.

The Suggested Upper Merged Ontology (SUMO) (www.ontologyportal.org) is a large, open source, formal ontology with application to the semantic web, natural language understanding and logical reasoning. It has been mapped by hand to the entire WordNet English lexicon, and linked to many other human languages as well. It includes the Sigma knowledge engineering system (sigmakee.sourceforge.net) for ontology development, extension and reasoning.

The SUMO prize is for US$3000.00 will be awarded to the best open source project that extends SUMO. Entries will be due electronically to Adam Pease (apease [at] articulatesoftware [dot] com) by December 1, 2007. Awards will be made December 31, 2007. Entries should be SUO-KIF files that extend SUMO and its domain ontologies, and conform to them.

In addition to the logical soundness of the ontology with respect to the SUMO ontologies, entries will be judged on several criteria:

* Degree of formalization — is the ontology fully specified with rules or just a taxonomy or collection of basic relational statements?
* Scope and coverage of the ontology — is it just a few terms, or hundreds?
* Does the ontology cover a coherent new topic or domain?
* Actual utility of the ontology in an application

Further details are available at http://www.ontologyportal.org/prize.html"

Submission + - HP lying about Mac OS X support (blogspot.com)

Submitted by

znerd

on Friday July 20, 2007 @03:49AM

znerd writes: "After struggling for months to get the HP Business Inkjet 2800dtn working properly with Mac OS X 10.4, I contacted HP support. I told them the printer is extremely slow and fails to properly print moderately complex images. Result: They told me they know the 2800 does not work well with Mac OS X. Switch to Windows or get your money back. I'm baffled. I explicitly checked for Mac-compatibility when I bought the printer.
However, the HP website still states that the printer is supported. Do HP consider Mac OS X users relevant? And isn't this sort of thing illegal anyway, proclaiming something you know you can't/won't offer?"

Submission + - Microsoft profits up 11% (bbc.co.uk)

Submitted by I'llDoItLater on Friday July 20, 2007 @03:43AM

I'llDoItLater writes: Microsoft's profits for the last quarter have risen 11% to $3.03bn, reports the BBC. Demand for Vista is said to be a major reason for this increase, which comes despite the bill of over $1bn faced by Microsoft over faulty Xbox 360s.

Submission + - The stalker in your pocket (computerworld.com)

Submitted by

kashif.ahsan

on Friday July 20, 2007 @03:34AM

kashif.ahsan writes: "From the article "Camera phones contain all the necessary ingredients for completely invasive stalking: a microphone, camera, personal data on the user, location information, a chat and call history — you name it. And victims carry them everywhere they go.All that's missing is the software that lets stalkers take control. This new software, called snoopware, does just that. Snoopware — both legal and illegal — enables stalkers to secretly seize control of a phone's electronics to listen, watch and spy on their victims." Although this case might be a bit extreme but in a few years most of us will have some sort of issues like this."

Submission + - Spware with a badge: meet Policeware (arstechnica.com)

Submitted by

kashif.ahsan

on Friday July 20, 2007 @03:24AM

kashif.ahsan writes: "From the article,"A fascinating CNET survey of top anti spyware vendors found that of 13 software companies, all of them stated that it is currently their policy to detect police spyware. When asked if they had ever received a court order to stop detecting police spyware, nine of the companies denied having received such a request. Computer Associates said they were not sure, and both Microsoft and McAfee declined to comment on the question". I'd say that there are lot of stories like that here on Slashdot,but i had to post it here.Just wanted to add the last lines from the movie "Enemy of the State" which goes like, "Our intelligence communities presently monitor our phones,computers, financial transactions,medical histories...all this and more. Some of you may say, "Fine. I'm not a criminal and I have nothing to hide." Well God forbid we ever edge to tyranny. God forbid George Orwell's version of America becomes a reality. We are that close." I wish George Orwell was alive or we could have some novel like 2084. Peace."

Submission + - Ubuntu plus Dell equals better support for devices (blogspot.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 20, 2007 @02:47AM

An anonymous reader writes: Dell has released device drivers for conexant based win-modems which are bundled with some of its machine. This article ponders as to why the coming together of two big enterprises — Ubuntu and Dell is good for the propagation of Linux as it means better hardware support.

Submission + - Harry Potter Leak is Authentic! (No Spoilers Here)

Submitted by

CantSleepBusyReading

on Friday July 20, 2007 @01:33AM

CantSleepBusyReading writes: "Well, It seems that the leaked Harry Potter Pictures/Book is authentic! The New York Times (Which acquired an early copy legally) has compared the potential fake release with the book itself. The verdict? Its a keeper — the widely available and greatly discouraged leaked copy is not a fake.

Its good to know that I didn't just waste 8 hours reading it.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/20/arts/20bpott.htm l"

Journal SPAM: Dollar Slumps to Record Low Versus Euro on Bear Stearns Loss 1

Journal by Jeremiah Cornelius on Thursday July 19, 2007 @01:42AM

By David McIntyre and Stanley White

July 18 (Bloomberg) -- The dollar fell to a record low against the euro after Bear Stearns Cos. reported hedge fund losses, fueling speculation the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates to support the economy.

Submission + - Vitamin C useless for preventing or treating colds (reuters.com)

Submitted by

Ant

on Thursday July 19, 2007 @01:41AM

Ant writes: "Reuters report that for the average person, popping vitamin C pills is unlikely to ward off the common cold or shorten its length or severity. However, for people exposed to short bouts of extreme physical exercise or cold temperatures, vitamin C may markedly reduce their risk of catching a cold... Seen on Blue's News."

Journal SPAM: Does the iPhone have a built-in spyware module? 2

Journal by Jeremiah Cornelius on Thursday July 19, 2007 @01:36AM

The underground hacker team "web-Hack" from Russia released a whitepaper with results of iPhone firmware research where they reverse-engineered embedded functions. They claim discovery of a built-in function which sends all data from an iPhone to a specified web-server. Contacts from a phonebook, SMS, recent calls, history of Safari browser - all your personal information - can be stolen. Researchers as

Journal SPAM: Amazing "Threat Alert Jesus!" 6

Journal by Jeremiah Cornelius on Thursday July 19, 2007 @01:22AM

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Submission + - Stylish space-suit. MIT brings the sexy. (engadget.com)

Submitted by

Comrade Kat

on Tuesday July 17, 2007 @05:34PM

Comrade Kat writes: "This is an article at engadget on a new "BioSuit" developed at MIT for use in space. It's a lot sleeker and... well... sexier than your grandfather's space suit."

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