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Education

Submission + - New York Times Blasts Gore Over Warming

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Rei
Rei writes: "There has been a lot of buzz today over Al Gore: in the wake of revelations that his Tennessee mansion uses 12 to 20 times more energy than usual comes an assault in the New York Times over the accuracy of his film, "An Inconvenient Truth". The article's author quotes a number of scientists who are critical of some of his statements, and describe the film as "alarmism". Quick to the counterpunch is RealClimate.org, which has published a harsh rebuttal suggesting habitual dishonesty and deception of readers on the part of the article's author."
Security

Submission + - Certification of AV companies "worthless"

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: You may have noticed that packaging or advertisements for your anti-virus program carries a certificate from Checkmark. Computer Shopper has an interesting article explaining how AV companies achieve those certifications. Basically, they just pay Checkmark to provide them with a certificate. The author explains how samples are provided before testing, and the products retested until they pass. In his words "It is hard to imagine circumstances where an anti-virus product could fail this test."
Security

Submission + - Report: Sloppy firms, not hackers, cause breaches

Submitted by
BobB
BobB writes: "Electronic records in the United States are streaming out of companies at a rate of 6 million a month this year, up roughly 200,000 a month from last year, according to a University of Washington researcher. About a third of 550 breaches were attributable to malicious hacks between 1980 and 2006, whereas 60% happened as a result to organizational mismanagement, the study says. http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/1241 2"
User Journal

Journal Journal: Friends and an interesting post

Journal by wizwormathome
"You don't have to buy anything, just walk up to a representative sample of people who think that global warming is anthropogenic and say, "actually I think it's probably just a natural cycle." The shock, hostility and downright hatred you will come across will very quickly render claims of death threats highly believable." - ajs
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=226173&cid=18318501
Quickies

Submission + - Researchers Validate The Wiggle.

Submitted by Dystopian Rebel
Dystopian Rebel writes: A very convenient truth. The Beeb (don't say venerable) reports that a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences represents the strongest support yet from the scientific community for the hitherto scientifically-unsubstantiated observation that Wiggling Chicks Are Hot and Swaggering Guys Are Cool.

Or, in Researchese, "the compatibility of these basic precepts [e.g. she's in shape and she struts] predicts perceived attractiveness."

It is unknown at this time if the researchers will follow this paper with a study of the arousing effect of bikinis, cosmetics, and Slow Motion.
User Journal

Journal Journal: Most advanced climate change model ever. 1

Journal by GMontag

I did a little digging and found the climate change model that in use by the most advanced researchers in the field today.

Having a little trouble following it, but it does look a lot like the financial models that the wealth builder folks use on those late-night specials on cable TV.

Feed Squirrels Help Future Soldiers (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed
Darpa is studying squirrels' hibernation tactics to learn how they regulate their core body temp -- if soldiers could master it, they might survive heavy bleeding. In Danger Room.


Television

Submission + - Coupons for Digital to Analog TV Converter

Submitted by eldavojohn
eldavojohn writes: The U.S. Department of Commerce & National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has an upcoming problem. If they switch to all airwave TV signals from analog to digital, where does that leave consumers? Well, the answer is to offer each household two $40 coupons for converters that would translate the signal from digital to analog rendering all old TVs able to display the picture. Hardly a flawless plan but an interesting one, nonetheless. Analog signals are scheduled to cease February 19, 2009.
Networking

Submission + - Ten Reasons to Switch to an IP PBX

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Sean Buttigieg
Sean Buttigieg writes: "The benefits of replacing your old PBX with an IP PBX. This article explains the top 10 benefits of an IP PBX which provide a compelling reason to throw out the old PBX and replace it with a new IP PBX. The article also provides a brief explanation of what an IP PBX is, how it works in a computer network and how it integrates with VOIP providers and PSTN Gateways. http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorial s/Ten-Reasons-Switch-IP-PBX.html"
Sony

Submission + - PS3's Cell Divides Into 65nm

Submitted by
njkid1
njkid1 writes: "IBM today announced that their factory in East Fishkill, New York was now producing a 65nm version of the Cell Processor. Up until now, the Cell could only be made in a 90nm version. This smaller chip size will mean that Cell Processors can be manufactured at a third less cost, along with consuming less power.. http://biz.gamedaily.com/industry/news/?id=15457&n cid=AOLGAM000500000000013"
Google

Submission + - Viacom to sue Google over YouTube content

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Parallax Blue
Parallax Blue writes: "The BBC reports that Viacom has announced it intends to sue Google and YouTube for 'massive intentional copyright infringement' of its TV shows. Viacom claims that 'about 160,000 unauthorized clips of its programmes have been loaded onto YouTube's site and viewed more than 1.5 billion times' and seeks $1bn in damages, as well as an injunction to prevent future copyright infringement."

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