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Submission + - Origin of Species to be given for free, with FUD (thrfeed.com) 1

Submitted by

PhrostyMcByte

on Monday November 09, 2009 @03:50PM

PhrostyMcByte writes: "November 24th will mark the 150th anniversary of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, the pivotal work that helped bring the theory of evolution through natural selection into popularity. Around this same time, Growing Pains star Kirk Cameron is spearheading a plan to pass out 50,000 free copies at universities around the country. The catch? Each copy will be altered to include creationist propaganda and FUD targeting evolution and Darwin himself."

Submission + - Murdoch may block "Google searches" (bbc.co.uk)

Submitted by unixcrab on Monday November 09, 2009 @03:10PM

unixcrab writes: Rupert Murdoch has said he will try to block Google from using news content from his companies.
The billionaire told Sky News Australia he will explore ways to remove stories from Google's search indexes, including Google News.
Mr Murdoch's News Corp had previously said it would start charging online customers across all its websites.

He believes that search engines cannot legally use headlines and paragraphs of news stories as search results.

Submission + - Maine Wind Farm In Doubt Because Site Is Too Windy (earthandindustry.com)

Submitted by sprinkletown on Monday November 09, 2009 @02:44PM

sprinkletown writes: A Boston-based wind energy company is facing an unusual problem for its proposed wind farm in Maine: the site is too windy for even the burliest of turbines.

Submission + - Is it the end of the road for NetBeans? (infoq.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 09, 2009 @01:46PM

An anonymous reader writes: Oracle has released an FAQ that describes its plans for the future of popular Sun technologies like GlassFish, NetBeans, MySQL and more. In some cases Oracle’s announcement is unclear and raises concerns about product viability. Especially in the case of NetBeans there are many that believe it describes a future that NetBeans is either 100% maintained by the open source community or has become obsolete, since Oracle's #1 investment is JDeveloper.

Submission + - The Cause of Parkinson's (futurity.org)

Submitted by futurity.org on Monday November 09, 2009 @01:39PM

futurity.org writes: "Researchers have found an essential key that could lead to new treatments and possibly a cure for Parkinson’s disease. They have identified the protein that kills dopamine-producing cells in the brain—and a way to disable it." From Futurity.org

Submission + - Esquire Launches 1st Augmented Reality Magazine (esquire.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 09, 2009 @01:39PM

An anonymous reader writes: We've seen augmented reality applications for years (and seen the GE windmill replicated in PopSci), but now Esquire Magazine seems to be trying to show off the undying value of print by launching its "AR issue" — which, from this demo video, looks pretty cool. Applications include a 3D cover with Robert Downey Jr., a weather-changing fashion portfolio with The Hurt Locker's Jeremy Renner, a time-sensitive Funny Joke from a Beautiful Woman with Community's Gillian Jacobs, plus a song, a photo slideshow, and a face-recognition ad from Lexus. From the behind-the-scenes geekery: "Advancements to further involve the user were happening even as we produced this issue, and while motion-sensor recognition already exists, so-called "natural-feature tracking" technology could soon put you inside AR without any googly-looking boxes at all."

Comment Re:P2P=Pirate2Pirate (Score 1) 152

by unixcrab on Thursday October 15, 2009 @01:33PM (#29759681) Attached to: Wi-Fi Direct Overlaps Bluetooth Territory For Connecting Devices

I was thinking the same thing. I wouldn't be surprised if the protocol was somehow hobbled to keep the copyright nazis happy.

Comment coincidence (Score 5, Informative) 415

by unixcrab on Thursday April 16, 2009 @10:56AM (#27597851) Attached to: Quantum Theory May Explain Wishful Thinking

The same mathematical model does not necessarily mean that thought processes are driven by anything quantum mechanical. Quantum theory uses probability models as do psychological models. They are defined by probability theory and not the other way round. i.e. quantum theory uses models that existed before the discretization of energy was even considered.

Submission + - Team claims synthetic life feat (bbc.co.uk)

Submitted by gertvs on Friday June 29, 2007 @04:18AM

gertvs writes: According to the BBC scientists in the US say they have taken a major step towards producing life from scratch in the laboratory by having successfully transplanted an entire genome from one bacterium cell to another. This technique could possibly lead to the creation of 'designer' microbes producing fuel or help cleaning toxic waste. Others fear negative effects, e.g. that it could be used to create biological weapons.

Submission + - Red Hat admits to secret patent talks with Microso

Submitted by

E5Rebel

on Friday June 29, 2007 @04:18AM

E5Rebel writes: "Red Hat's chief executive has revealed that the company held talks with Microsoft last year over a possible patent agreement like the software giant's controversial deal with Novell. http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/operatin g-systems/nix/news/index.cfm?newsid=3780"

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