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Submission + - Do (legally and/or morally) NDA expire?

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: I just found in eBay a prototype of a VGA card that never made it to the market (a Pyramid 3-D, the father of the Glaze 3-D which also didn't make it). Assuming there was originally a NDA, and assuming it doesn't have a specific expiration date, is there a moral date? Is it legal to sell prototypes of things, even after it's clear that they will never be commercially viable?
Space

Submission + - chinese shoot down satellite

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: WASHINGTON — The Chinese military shot down one of its own aging satellites with a ground-based ballistic missile last week, demonstrating a new technological capability at a time of growing Bush administration concern over Beijing's military modernization and its intentions in space. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-fg-satellite1 9jan19,0,1196978.story?coll=la-home-headlines
User Journal

Journal Journal: the problem with feminism

Journal by mbius
is that there are two kinds of men: those who don't hear Regina Spektor, and those she turns into a puddle.

Feed Teledildonics Takes a Step (wired.com)

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A Japanese company develops a way to encode tactile stimulus into video streams. It's good news for porn stars, and lovers, alike. Commentary by Regina Lynn.


Media

Where Do You Go for Worthwhile Product Reviews? 88

Posted by Cliff from the head-to-head dept.
An anonymous reader asks: "What's the deal with reviews and product comparisons? My boss wants independent comparative reviews of proxy and web servers to use to make/justify his decision. We all know that what the vendors write about their own (and competitive) products, so I tried searching for 3rd party reviews. I can find heaps of articles on the web telling us how great IIS is or how good Microsoft's Proxy server is, but nothing showing a back-to-back comparison of Squid vs. Sun Java Proxy vs. Microsoft Proxy, and the same for Apache and IIS. What's happening here? Where can I find an honest back-to-back product comparison?"
The Internet

Bill to Treat Bloggers as Lobbyists Defeated 537

Posted by CowboyNeal from the common-sense-prevails dept.
Lawrence Person writes "The attempt to require political bloggers to register as lobbyists previously reported by Slashdot has been stripped out of the lobbying reform bill. The vote was 55 to 43 to defeat the provision. All 48 Republicans, as well as 7 Democrats, voted against requiring bloggers to register; all 43 votes in favor of keeping the registration provision were by Democrats."
Portables (Apple)

Submission + - Ballmer not impressed with iPhone

Submitted by
droogiethelame
droogiethelame writes: "Apple's recently debuted iPhone is pricey and doesn't appeal to business customers, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer tells CNBC.

Asked for his first impression of the wireless, touchscreen-controlled gadget that Apple introduced this month, Ballmer focused on the phone's $500 price tag.

'Five hundred dollars? Fully subsidized with a plan?' Ballmer told CNBC's Scott Wapner. 'That is the most expensive phone in the world. And it doesn't appeal to business customers because it doesn't have a keyboard, which makes it not a very good e-mail machine.'

Watch the bottom video to see his reaction when asked about the iPhone, confident?"

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