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Submission + - Ron Paul: A Libertarian's Ideal *Republican* Only (functionalisminaction.com)

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IConrad01
IConrad01 writes: "Functionalism In Action — Ron Paul: Libertarian's Best Choice for *Republican* President is a commentary by a technophile libertarian (yours truly) attempting to make the case against Dr. Paul receiving the Presidential nod from the Libertarian Party. Simply put: We need the support from the left, and we can't have it so long as we keep the "Real Conservative" label."

Feed Engadget: Fujitsu intros new line of non-stop hard drives (engadget.com)

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Filed under: Storage

While Western Digital and others are busy making power-saving hard drives with various start and stop measures these days, Fujitsu seems to going in a different direction entirely, today announcing a new line of drives designed for 24-hour continuous operation. Intended primarly for use in ATMs, POS systems, medical equipment, and other industrial applications the new MHY2 BS series of 2.5-inch drives boasts capacities up to 200GB, along with a 5,400 rpm disk speed and a SATA interface. While those won't be available until the end of August, Fujitsu has two other non-stop drive series available now, including the 7,200 rpm MHW2 BK Series, and the MHW2 AC Series, which is able to withstand extremely high and low temperatures.

[Via Akihabara News]

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Announcements

Submission + - VT Tax Dept Releases Open Source Tax Software (sourceforge.net)

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Vermont Department of Taxes
Vermont Department of Taxes writes: "The Vermont Department of Taxes Gateway Team is pleased to announce the initial open source release of the gateway on Source Forge. The gateway is a JavaEE application developed by the Vermont Department of Taxes. It provides a web services framework for accepting Streamlined Sales Tax registrations and returns. It also includes a web interface for manually submitting transmissions. The goal is to build an extensible framework upon which future tax services can be built and shared with other states. A press release is also available."
Businesses

Submission + - The Life of the Chinese Gold Farmer (nytimes.com)

Submitted by The-Bus
The-Bus writes: Julian Dibbell has written a great article for the New York Times Magazine on the life of Chinese gold farmers. It's a great read and has a lot of very interesting tidbits, from comparing the potential size of the economy of MMO games and the GDP of Bolivia, to a Stanford scholar who found similarities between contemporary anti-gold-farmer rhetoric and 19th-century U.S. literature on immigrant Chinese laundry workers.
Linux Business

Submission + - Top 5 Linux Tricks (pimpyourlinux.com)

Submitted by
Dan the man
Dan the man writes: "Are you used to Windows, but would like to start using Linux? Check out these top 5 Linux tricks that will spice up your Linux environment, and make you more productive."
Businesses

Submission + - New Jersey - Good for something after all

Submitted by kindred359
kindred359 writes: Gasoline prices broke a record Tuesday for the 10th day in a row as every state except for New Jersey now has an average price above the $3 a gallon mark in AAA's daily survey. Ironically, New Jersey is the only state where the law mandates full service at every pump.
Software

Submission + - Linux tool identifies software "hotness"

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An anonymous reader writes: "Computer Science researchers at Virginia Tech have set their sights on determining software "hotness". In 2006, Prof. Kirk W. Cameron, director of the SCAPE Laboratory and an Associate Professor at VT, began a project to determine just how much heat software produces. Prof. Cameron and student Hari K. Pyla designed a software tool called Tempest (for Temperature Estimator) that creates a thermal profile of an application and correlates temperatures obtained from thermal sensors in the system to source code."

Read more at: http://www.cs.vt.edu/whatsnews/how_hot_is_your_cod e__2.html

Feed Nuvo Wino infrared wine thermometer sports retractable sensor (engadget.com)

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Filed under: Household

There's no shortage of gadgetry designed to keep your wine legit and chilled, but the Nuvo Vino infrared thermometer is hitting the market to ensure that your pre-drink rambling doesn't lead to you drinking an overly warm glass. The simplistic device sports a retractable sensor that purportedly measures the exact temperature of the wine itself, and there's plenty of accompanying documentation to inform you of what perfect degree you should look for before indulging. As expected, it also features a fairly attractive motif in order to catch the eye of the affluent, but until they add built-in aural cues that blurt out whether or not your beverage is ideal, we'll hold onto our $49.95.

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Security

Submission + - Stolen laptop contains NU student / alumni SSNs

Submitted by
omeomi
omeomi writes: "For the third time since 2005, students and alumni of Northwestern University have been exposed to identity theft. In a letter dated May 11, 2007, the Associate Provost for University Enrollment contacted an undisclosed number of potential victims, informing them of the theft of a laptop computer from the Office of Financial Aid, containing student and alumni records. A petition website has been set up in an attempt to convince the Northwestern University administration to better secure student and alumni information."
Space

Submission + - Record-Setting ISS Astronaut Glad to be Home

Submitted by
BlueMorpho
BlueMorpho writes: "NASA astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria is settling back into life on Earth after setting new records as commander of the International Space Station (ISS).

Expedition 14 marked the longest single spaceflight by a NASA astronaut, earning Lopez-Alegria one of several orbital titles during his seven-month flight. He also performed five spacewalks with various crewmates, bringing his career total up to 10 and total spacewalking time to more than 67 hours — both NASA records.

http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/070518_exp14_ mikela.html"
Businesses

Submission + - XM service outage continues for second day

Submitted by Maximum Prophet
Maximum Prophet writes: From the Why DRM is Bad For You department. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18799252/

A software glitch cut service to an unspecified number of XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc.'s customers on Monday, the company said. "Some customers are not receiving a signal," said Chance Patterson, XM's vice president of corporate affairs. "We don't know the exact number, but some."
Can't they just turn off the encryption until they get everything corrected? GPS works that way. Call it a free sample day so that you don't have to admit to a mistake and you're gold.
Wireless (Apple)

Submission + - All next gen iPod Nano and iPod Video have Bluetoo

Submitted by
9699395
9699395 writes: "I have worked with a number of suppliers throughout the iPod supply chain, and it is clear that the next generation video iPod and iPod Nano will contain Bluetooth chips to enable wireless headphone usage.

Both of the next-gen video iPods (code named n25 and n45 for the hard drive and NAND-Flash based models, respectively) have a wifi/bluetooth module identical to the one in the iPhone. The wifi is supplied by Marvell, and the Bluetooth is supplied by Cambridge Silicon Radio (CSR), and the module will be built by Taiwan's Advanced Semiconductor Engineering's USI division (ASE/USI). Presumably, the wifi capability will be used to download movies, while the Bluetooth will be used to enable wireless headphones.

The next-gen iPod Nano also has Bluetooth, also supplied by CSR, but does not have wifi (probably because it uses too much power).

Presumably there is also a wireless headphone being produced to go along with this, also using CSR's Bluetooth (the only other supplier of Bluetooth is Broadcom, and after a huge fight over the original video iPod and the iPhone, Apple and Broadcom are not on speaking terms).

This story has been confirmed by: (contact info at bottom)
-Marvell
-CSR
-multiple people at Apache, CSR's largest distributor in Taiwan
-manufacturer's reps at Vishay, who are supplying power management for the radios
-ASE/USI (the module makers)

All three new iPods (both videos, and the Nano) are scheduled to start production in July/august, and become publicly available in the September/October timeframe (the same launch schedule as past year's iPod updates). CSR will be delivering chips to Apple's contract manufacturers (mostly Honnhai/Foxconn) in June.

Not only has this feature been confirmed by multiple suppliers, it is also quite logical- it would be "very apple" to have a wireless headphone, and would be very well received by customers (look at the huge uptake of Bluetooth wireless headsets for cell phones). It would also enable a common headphone to be used for iPods and the iPhone.

Sincerely- 96993995
9699395@gmail.com

—
Sources for this data include: (but keep in mind, it will be difficult to get people to confirm this publically, since Apple has sworn them to secrecy)

APACHE COMMUNICATIONS Inc
2F,No.431, Ruei-Guang Road,
Neihu, Taipei,
Taiwan
http://www.aitgroup.com.tw/onweb.jsp?webno=3333333 304
Tel: +886-2-8797-8997
Fax: +886-2-8797-2929

ASE/USI http://www.aseglobal.com/
http://www.aseglobal.com/3/3_1_4.html

CSR: http://www.csr.com/home.php

Marvell: http://www.marvell.com/products/wireless/index.jsp "
United States

Submission + - Congress trying for another database

Submitted by grag
grag writes: CNET News.com reports that the US Congress, in their quest for immigration reform, seek to force employers to utilize a database to determine a person's eligibility for employment. The Department of Homeland Security would operate the database and would be given access to IRS records for this purpose.

The article also mentions similarities between the no-fly list and difficulties the proposed database could pose to valid people seeking employment.
Education

Submission + - Why is there no adequate CPU metrics?

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An anonymous reader writes: From a consumer standpoint, the primary metric for a processor's general "capability" has always been operating frequency. Why are there no adequate, relatively simple metrics for accurately comparing processors? Why is operating frequency still in use as a metric when frequencies haven't really changed at all over the last 5 years?

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