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Submission + - Omar Tazi, Oracle, and Open Source (bmc.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 14, 2007 @11:17AM

An anonymous reader writes: Omar Tazi gave a presentation about Oracle's various open source activities. This blog gives the details for those who weren't there in person. There's some pretty amazing details, aside from running their business completely on Linux, they now boast over 9,000 developers depending on Linux everyday. They've also made contributions to Apache and Eclipse. The blog also covers what Unbreakable Linux is, and is not. Pretty informative overall.

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Feed 2 Qubits In Action, New Step Towards The Quantum Computer (sciencedaily.com)

From feed by sdfeed on Thursday June 14, 2007 @11:13AM

Researchers have succeeded in carrying out calculations with two quantum bits, the building blocks of a possible future quantum computer. Quantum computers have superior qualities in comparison to the type of computers currently in use. If they are realised, then quantum computers will be able to carry out tasks that are beyond the abilities of all normal computers.

195777 submission

Submission + - Leading journals reject Word 2007 files

Submitted by Jayx on Thursday June 14, 2007 @10:53AM

Jayx writes: Two leading academic journals have said they will not accept manuscripts written in Microsoft's Office 2007 suite. The decision was made because the latest version of Word is no longer compatible with Mathematical Markup Language (MathML), the de facto standard for writing equations in text documents, according to recent notices posted on the Web sites of both Science and Nature journals. In Office 2007, Microsoft's own Office MathML is used for equations. "Because of changes Microsoft made in its recent Word release that are incompatible with our internal workflow, which was built around previous versions of the software, Science cannot, at present, accept any files in the new .docx format produced through Microsoft Word 2007, either for initial submission or for revision," Science journal stated on its site.

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House To Vote On Paper Trail and OSS Voting Bill 258

Posted by kdawson on Thursday June 14, 2007 @10:37AM from the good-start dept.

Spamicles writes "A vote is imminent for the bill that is a direct response to problems in the 2006 elections. This legislation would create a paper trail for elections, require a manual audit of every federal election, and open the source code of voting software in certain circumstances. The bill currently has 216 co-sponsors and is expected to be brought to the floor of the House and passed any day."

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Submission + - Intel V8 Octa-Core System, Full Performance Tests

Submitted by MojoKid on Thursday June 14, 2007 @10:29AM

MojoKid writes: In the April time frame, details of Intel's dual-socket 8-core system dubbed "V8" became available but only preliminary performance numbers were shown. The platform consists of quad-core Xeon processors in an Intel 5000X chipset-based motherboard, along with FBDIMM (Fully Buffered DIMM) serial memory. This follow-on article goes into significantly more detail on the platform and showcases many more performance metrics on a Windows Vista 64-bit installation. The POV-Ray and Cinebench 95 benchmark numbers alone are something to smile about.

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Submission + - EVDO For Home Users?

Submitted by

Torrey Clark

on Friday May 11, 2007 @12:23AM

Torrey Clark writes: "With speeds now up to 2.5MBit, will we see more home users choose to use an EVDO service like Verizon Wireless' "BroadbandAccess" where cable or DSL is just out of reach?"

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Feed Genome Mapped For Mite-borne Typhus (sciencedaily.com)

From feed by sdfeed on Thursday May 10, 2007 @11:12PM

Scientists have mapped and analyzed the genome for mite-borne typhus. A highly unexpected finding is that bacteria, too, can have genomes with a great deal of repeated material.

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Feed Radical Engine Redesign Would Reduce Pollution, Oil Consumption (sciencedaily.com)

From feed by sdfeed on Thursday May 10, 2007 @11:12PM

Researchers have created the first computational model to track engine performance from one combustion cycle to the next for a new type of engine that could dramatically reduce oil consumption and the emission of global-warming pollutants.

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Submission + - Electronic Frontier Foundation Sues Uri Geller

Submitted by reversible physicist on Thursday May 10, 2007 @11:06PM

reversible physicist writes: The Electronic Frontier Foundation has sued spoon-bender Uri Geller for using "baseless copyright claims" to silence critics who question his paranormal powers. Brian Sapient posted on YouTube a 14-minute excerpt from the 1993 PBS NOVA program "Secrets of the Psychics," in which magician James Randi says Geller's spoon-bending feats were simple tricks. YouTube took down the video after Geller complained — his lawyers claim that 10 seconds of the video are owned by Geller. A shorter excerpt is still up on YouTube.

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