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Submission + - Linspire signs MS deal

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Elektroschock
Elektroschock writes: "Trust is an important asset in human relations and business. So it didn't really surprise me that Linspire management changed its mind. I remember the company started as a Linux distribution that wanted to support Wine. Nothing happened. Compare what they wrote about about MS-Novell and now read the previous and now the latest PR about MS-Linspire: Microsoft Will Help Deliver a "Better" Linux. Sorry Mr. Carmony. I am not your grandma. You can't sell me."
Censorship

Submission + - Not allowed in for (www.dn.se)

Submitted by tommten
tommten writes: According to this article (in swedish) in the swedish newspaper DN, the lawyer Tomas Eriksson and his girlfriend were stopped from entering Germany for attending the Alternative G8-meeting because the police found a pirate-agency t-shirt packed in the girlfriends bag. Note to self: if packing piraty t-shirts and entering germany, don't forget your german pirate dictonary!
Power

Submission + - Fire from salt water. (magistrala.cz)

Submitted by Daniel K. Attling
Daniel K. Attling writes: John Kanzius invented a radio wave machine in an attempt to kill cancer. While trying to desalinize salt water with the machine, the water started burning.

John Kanzius primary interest is in using this radio frequency nanotechnology to cure cancer. This Hydrogen-from-Salt Water discovery is but an interesting if not annoying detour for him.
The Internet

Submission + - Unique new social video platform launched

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Donato Ranzato
Donato Ranzato writes: "On Valentine's Day one year ago, Chad Hurley and Steve Chen scribbled "YouTube" on a board in Hurley's garage, giving birth to an Internet video site that has created a totally new industry — social video. By 2010, user-generated video sites such as YouTube are expected to make more than $850 million a year in revenue, according to research firm In-Stat. As more and more people become interested in the new phenomenon and are eager to participate there is a growing need for a single platform where they can find all the information they need.

At the moment one needs to surf dozens of sites to find answers to questions like: what are the differences between the various video services? How do I get started on YouTube? How to market my video? What are the best tools? VidzUp! aims to address the need for a social video meta-site by becoming the largest collection of tips, tutorials and workshops related to social video on the internet. VidzUp! is for people — both beginners and experts — who are interested in social video services like YouTube, Google Video, MSN Soapbox, Revver, and Yahoo Video. On VidzUp! users can find the latest news, tips, how-to's, tutorials, forums and other stuff related to the growing industry of social video.

VidzUp! also offers a number of community features that facilitate the exchange of information and knowledge between its members. One such feature is a personalized video clip gallery where users can collect and share their favorite video's from a number of social video services. Membership to VidzUp! is free.

Donato Ranzato, one of the people behind the site, says: "At the moment we are witnessing the birth of a whole new industry. On- and offline media will never be the same again. More and more people will want to participate in social video and VidzUp! gives them a single online source where they can find all the information they need. No longer do they need to dig through dozens of sites, forums and mailing lists to find that one tip or tool they seek. VidzUp! will do this for them."

Link: http://www.vidzup.com/"
United States

Submission + - Does Boston Have a Future as a Tech Center?

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An anonymous reader writes: The Boston Globe Sunday Magazine (http://www.boston.com/news/specials/futureboston/ ) has an interesting set of articles about how Boston will look ten years from now, including an article about Boston's struggle to reassert itself as a science and technology center in the face of competition from Silicon Valley and other areas and given transportation constraints, skills shortages, and housing challenges (http://www.boston.com/news/specials/futureboston/ articles/2007/05/27/americas_science_city/). Even more interesting: There's an affiliated social networking site, called FutureBoston, with a contest for people to collaborate in coming up with solutions for Boston in the areas of Health, Design and Energy.
Education

Submission + - Charity, Oral sex and the joys of Philanthropy.

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Seems like the web has become the medium of choice for a range of charitable instutituions seeking to encourage and educate the public about the benefits of a philanthropic lifestyle but this crew seems to have a very different take on the idea. The team at http://www.giveheadforbread/ are urging folks to pass on the good fortune in a very novel way. In fact you could say every one is a winner.
Security

Submission + - The first war in cyberspace.

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An anonymous reader writes: The New York Times has an interesting article on the digital war on Estonia following the removal of a Russian war memorial. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/29/technology/29est onia.html?pagewanted=1&th&emc=th

Russia is blamed for launching the war and there are even tracks to Putin.

Interesting description of the attacks and countermeasures that the Estonians took which appear to have been fairly sophisticated. Now that Russia is back in the war business, I think we can expect to see more of this... welcome to the future.
Announcements

Submission + - Soft drink additive tampers with DNA function

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An anonymous reader writes: A researcher at Sheffield University, UK, was able to demonstrate that a preservative which is commonly used in many soft drinks, sodium benzoate, can damage mitochondrial DNA. The damage is severe enough that the mitochondria quit functioning, which in turn causes damage to the cells. A review of sodium benzoate by the World Health Organization in 2000 concluded that it was safe, but it noted that the available science supporting its safety was "limited". The new findings have prompted many members of Britain's parliament to call for further scientific investigation into the health effects of this preservative.
Announcements

Submission + - XBMC recruiting developers for Linux port

Submitted by
Gamester17
Gamester17 writes: "Help wanted: As you may or may not have heard, a few developers on Team-XBMC have begun the porting of XBMC to Linux and OpenGL using the SDL toolkit. The goal is for this to become a full port of XBMC containing all the features and functions available in the Xbox version of XBMC. This is a huge task which is the reason The XBMC Project is making this public request, seeking C/C++ programmers to volunteer in assisting Team-XBMC with this Linux porting development project. Developers who would like to volunteer should read the Linux porting development project article in the official XBMC WIKI for more detailed information.

Those unfamiliar with XBMC can get a good overview of what it offers by reading the XBMC article on wikipedia.org"
Security

Submission + - War Fears Turn Digital After Data Siege in Estonia

Submitted by trendy_nordic
trendy_nordic writes: Following the removal of a Russian army remembrance statue in Estonia, riots broke out. According to this New York Times article (subscription required) attacks on the Internet were quick to follow and heavily affected Estonia's infrastructure: "What followed was what some here describe as the first war in cyberspace, a month-long campaign that has forced Estonian authorities to defend their pint-size Baltic nation from a data flood that they say was set off by orders from Russia or ethnic Russian sources in retaliation for the removal of the statue." Maybe this is the future of warfare, but it is unclear who actually attacked: "'I don't think it was Russia, but who can tell?' said Gadi Evron, a computer security expert from Israel who spent four days in Tallinn writing a post-mortem on the response for the Estonians. "'The Internet is perfect for plausible deniability.'"

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