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Journal Journal: World Baseball Classic 1

Journal by sulli
If you're a baseball fan, ignore George Whinebrenner and watch this tournament. All four games yesterday were riveting, including Cuba's very impressive win over Venezuela (where was the Castro-Chavez bet? Oil or sugar?) and the USA's squeaker past Japan on A-Rod's ninth inning base hit (and a controversial call). And world home run leade
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Journal Journal: Suspend Bonds

Journal by sulli
I'm a SF Giants season ticket holder, so I certainly don't feel happy about this, but baseball has got to suspend Barry Bonds without pay this year. (Assuming an internal investigation confirms the recent SI article and book.)

It can't be good for the Giants' baseball plans this year, but on the bright side, they'll get a bunch of payroll back to spend on a non-steroid user or two.

New AT&T Acquires BellSouth 406

Posted by ScuttleMonkey from the ma-bell-is-back dept.
spune writes "Only months after SBC's acquisition of AT&T last November, the newly rechristened telecom has announced that it plans to buy fellow Baby Bell BellSouth Inc, of Atlanta, Georgia for $67 billion. This action by AT&T will consolidate more than half of the original Bell System into a single entity, leaving only Verizon and Qwest as remaining Bell family competitors. Analysts predict this deal will be approved by the FCC with only minor restrictions on the new company, which will serve residences and businesses from California to Florida."

Space Jackets Down to Earth 87

Posted by ScuttleMonkey from the crossover-tech dept.
Roland Piquepaille writes "Several technologies used to design the space suits protecting astronauts are now being adapted to protect workers facing extremely hot and dangerous conditions. According to the European Space Agency (ESA), these 'space-cooled' jackets are using three different technologies: special 3D-textile structure, cooling apparatus derived from astronauts' suits, and a special water-binding polymer acting as a coating. Even if these protective clothes are primarily intended for firefighters or steel workers, several applications are possible, such as in sportswear or in cars as parts of air conditioning systems. Read more for additional details and pictures."
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Journal Journal: White House Incompetence 2

Journal by sulli
Why we are losing the war on terror.

Money quote: "So catastrophic was Bush's decision to shift his attention and resources to Iraq, when bin Laden was panting at Tora Bora, that one is tempted to rank it with Adolf Hitler's decision to invade the Soviet Union in June 1941, at a time when Great Britain was prostrate and America was still out of the war (a decision that almost certainly cost Hitler the war then and there)."

University Bans wi-fi as Health Concern 693

Posted by samzenpus from the microwaves-still-ok dept.
BaltikaTroika writes "A Canadian university has banned wi-fi, since the university President sees a possible link between electric and magnetic fields and brain tumors. According to the head of the university, "the jury's out on this one, I'm not going to put in place what is potential chronic exposure for our students." Is anybody outside of this university's administration concerned about this?"
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Journal Journal: Forza Italia

Journal by sulli
Props to Fabris for the speedskating win last night. Much deserved over the bickering Americans.

Silverstone ST30NF 300W Silent PSU reviewed 143

Posted by Hemos from the reading-about-it dept.
VL writes "Silence is golden as they say, but in Silverstone's case, it's, uh, silver. Will this silent PSU bring it, or will enthusiasts continue to be plagued with noisy PSUs? 'Initially I had some reservations of how a 300W PSU would handle our test system in real-world testing. Needless to say the Silverstone ST30NF 300W PSU got the job done efficiently and quietly, or should I say silently. It doesn't come cheap, ringing in at close to $150, but that's the price you pay for a high quality PSU that does not make any noise at all.'"

Consumers vs. IP Owners: The Future of Copyright 415

Posted by Zonk from the time-to-buy-the-white-album-again dept.
conJunk writes "The BBC has a thoughtful article about new challenges in copyright. The problem: The rights to the audio recordings of the Beatles first album will expire in 2013. While consumers stand to benefit from competing releases of the materials, the copyright owners are of course terrified. And the artists? This one doesn't even seem to affect them."

The Looming Battle Over Online Gambling 245

Posted by Zonk from the wto-is-only-good-when-its-convenient dept.
Kadin2048 writes "According to an recent Ars Technica article, the US is headed on a 'collision course' with the WTO over off-shore Internet gambling, if a bill currently in the House of Representatives passes. The 'Internet Gambling Prohibition Act,' (PDF) which updates the 'Wire Act' to prohibit Internet gambling regardless of whether the servers are located in the US or outside of it, is in direct contravention of a WTO ruling. Proponents of the bill claim that it was narrowly defeated in previous incarnations due to the influence of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff. However it seems as though some of Abramoff's biggest clients -- brick and mortar casinos -- are really the big winners from passage of this bill, since it does not prohibit gambling in person, only online."

Domestic Spying Records Ordered Released 257

Posted by Zonk from the let's-get-to-the-bottom-of-this dept.
CokoBWare wrote to mention an eWeek report on the NSA's domestic spying program. A federal judge has ordered the Department of Justice to release records from the program by March 8th. From the article: "In ordering the Justice Department to expedite the FOIA request processing, Judge Henry Kennedy Jr., of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, said that the department's opinion that it could determine how much time is needed was 'easily rejected ... Under DOJ's view of the expedited processing provisions of FOIA, the government would have carte blanche to determine the time line for processing expedited requests,'"

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