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Wireless Networking

Submission + - China to develop next gen wireless broadband tech

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Gary
Gary writes: "China has announced plans to develop technology for a "next-generation broadband wireless mobile communication network" in 2008. Wang Xudong, the country's Information technology minister says 'the next-generation technology would be in line with developing trends in information technology and would contribute to innovation and Chinese companies' global competitiveness'. Additionally, the country would focus on research and development of other key technologies such as those for core electron devices, high-end general chips and ultra-large integrated circuits."
United States

Submission + - 57 mpg? That's so 20 years ago 6

Submitted by
maclizard
maclizard writes: "I wish my car got 57 miles to the gallon.

From the article:
'The CRX HF got an Environmental Protection Agency-estimated 57 mpg gallon in highway driving. Today, the most fuel-efficient non-hybrid Civic you can buy gets an EPA-estimated 34 mpg on the highway. Even today's Honda Civic Hybrid can't match it, achieving EPA-estimated highway mileage of just 45 mpg. The Toyota Prius, today's fuel mileage champ, gets 46 mpg on the highway.'"
Biotech

Submission + - Larger human brain led to larger penis (pressesc.com) 2

Submitted by
Anonymous Coward
Anonymous Coward writes: "The human penis is comparatively larger than that of the other great apes because of our comparatively larger brains, gynecologist Edwin A. Bowman explains in the journal Archives of Sexual Behavior. Through millions of years evolution the infant babies' skulls became larger in order to accommodate bigger brains, explained Dr. Bowman. This in turn led to a female pelvis become larger to allow women to give birth to children with larger brains, and this led to the female vagina also becoming less tight."
Education

Submission + - Government makes NIH research open access (sciencecodex.com)

Submitted by
TaeKwonDood
TaeKwonDood writes: "Let's give some credit to the government when they do something right; in this case freeing $29 billion of taxpayer money in NIH research to actual taxpayers. Within one year after peer review, NIH-funded research has to be made freely available on PubMed. A Democratic Congress passed it and a Republican president signed it. This is a tremendous asset to researchers who don't want to have to duplicate research or pay fees for every journal out there. Those media companies getting rich selling journals, like the ACS, don't like it, but everyone else will."
Windows

Submission + - Windows Home Server corrupts files (computerworld.com)

Submitted by
crustymonkey
crustymonkey writes: "From the article:

Microsoft Corp. has warned Windows Home Server users not to edit files stored on their backup systems with several of its programs, including Vista Photo Gallery and Office's OneNote and Outlook, as well as files generated by popular finance software such as Quicken and QuickBooks.
Don't back up you files to Windows Home Server as recommended by Microsoft themselves according to this article. I'm not exactly what the point is in having a home server if you can't backup files on it."
Patents

Submission + - Apple to copy Windows DRM (theinquirer.net)

Submitted by
king_cipher
king_cipher writes: "Apple has decided that Microsoft's Windows Genuine Advantage is so wonderful that it is trying to patent something similar. Apple [has] been doing wonderful things this year to really miff its loyal fan base and it seems it wanted to close the year by nicking the thing that annoys even the most loyal Microsoft user. The outfit has updated the patent application it calls "Run-time Code Injection to Perform Checks". Apparently, the software phones home for an authenticity check. If the software is pirated then Jobs Mob shall deem the software unworthy in its sight and make it unusable. Currently, Apple does not dabble in the area of DRM-style security and would be well advised to stay away from it. After all WGA is one of the main reasons that people have stayed away from Vista."
Security

Submission + - Lucent fined $2.5M for cozy China relationship (networkworld.com)

Submitted by
coondoggie
coondoggie writes: "Lucent has entered an agreement with the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission to pay a $ 2.5 million in fines to resolve allegations that it violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) by spending millions of dollars on approximately 315 trips for Chinese government officials that included primarily sightseeing, entertainment and leisure. Many trips consisted primarily or entirely of sightseeing to locations such as Disneyland, Universal Studios, the Grand Canyon, and in cities such as Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Washington, D.C., and New York City, and typically lasted 14 days each and cost between $25,000 and $55,000 per trip, the DOJ stated. http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/23329"
Google

Submission + - Swath of Gmail down hard for more than a day (google.com)

Submitted by occasional user
occasional user writes: My gmail account has been down for more than 24 hours (thankfully not a workday) and apparently the woes are spreading. Is this the first sign of the emperor having no clothes? If they don't charge for it, to whom do you complain?
Movies

Submission + - HD-DVD or Blu Ray?

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Can we have a poll or something of what format Slashdot readers prefer? Or should I bite the bullet and buy one of each type of player? A poll is best because most "discussions" on /. tend to degenerate into flame wars and I'd like an easy way to digest the results and not have to wade through the morass of mud slinging and fanboys. Thanks.
Google

Submission + - Microsoft Complains About Google's Monopoly Abuse (eweek.com)

Submitted by
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes: "Frustrated at the FTC's blessing of the Google/Doubleclick merger, Microsoft is complaining to the EU. Its latest filings detail how the merger would give Google a stranglehold on the advertising industry. While these complaints aren't new, the diagram [PDF] Microsoft created gives you an interesting look at the sort of competition Microsoft fears from Google."
User Journal

Journal Journal: Your favorite keyboard? 4

Journal by larry bagina

Keyboards seem to be the sort of thing many slashdotters are over emotional about (and why not? You do spend a significant amount of time using one). I'm in the market for a new keyboard (for a Mac, but I can scrape off the window key). On the mac side, the best keyboard seems to be either a Apple Extended Keyboard (or II) plus an ADB/USB adapter or a Matias tactile pro.

Censorship

Submission + - YouTube censoring atheists. (youtube.com)

Submitted by Metaleks
Metaleks writes: 'Tis the season to be jolly. But all is not well. It would seem that YouTube is censoring those who lack Christmas spirit. One after another, atheists on YouTube are being removed from Top 100 lists, and having their channels stripped of any honours. To prove this wasn't some sort of YouTube glitch, one atheist went as far as creating another account. As soon as he was "discovered" of being an atheist his videos were stripped of any honours and his name taken off of the Top 100 lists. Why is YouTube censoring atheists?
Government

Submission + - U.S. tech workers' group ends H-1B fight (computerworld.com)

Submitted by
cweditor
cweditor writes: "Five years ago, some unemployed IT workers in Connecticut formed an advocacy group to fight against the H-1B and L-1 visa programs. The Organization for the Rights of American Workers (TORAW) succeeded in getting visa-overhaul legislation introduced in Congress; they also held protests (including one at an outsourcing conference where one member held a "will code for food" sign). But now TORAW is disbanding, president John Bauman told Computerworld.

"People lost interest in the fight," Bauman said. Many members just gave up and moved on, taking jobs in other industries. For instance, one of the organizers is driving an 18-wheeler, while another is doing home repair work."

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