First Retail Water-Cooled DDR2 Memory Tested 132
Twistedmelon writes "We've all heard of water cooling for processors and even graphics processors,
in today's high end PCs. However, a water cooled memory module is
something that hasn't been done until now. OCZ Technology recently
announced
their line of Flex XLC Water-Cooled RAM, with its integrated heat-spreaders
that can be connected to any standard water cooling system. The memory
operates much cooler under load with tight timings at DDR2-800 speeds. For
those with water-cooling setups,
these DIMMs could easily be tapped into an existing system allowing for
quiet and robust cooling for your system memory as well."
Submission + - Canadian government shuts down Income Tax Service
jeff.ingalls writes: A computer malfunction has forced Canada's tax agency to shut down all online tax filing as Canadians race to file their personal income tax returns by the April 30 deadline. You can read the full story here or the offical press release here.
Submission + - Turing Test - AI Program Found Guilty in Court
AtomicSnarl writes: An AI program has been found guilty of practicing law without a license, and the conviction was upheld in appeals court! Which is to say, the operator of said expert system was held responsible for this act.
This means the program has passed the Turing Test for legal accountability for it's "behavior". Civilization and Technology have gone round a corner on this one! Where next?
This means the program has passed the Turing Test for legal accountability for it's "behavior". Civilization and Technology have gone round a corner on this one! Where next?
Submission + - Hacker builds tracking system for Tor pedophiles
Anonymouse writes: Hacker HD Moore has devised a series of "countermeasures" for pedophiles using public Tor servers to search for and download child pornography. Moore's system, which will be released as an open source project, uses patched Tor servers and a decloaking engine to pinpoint the exact location of a pedophile within an organization or residence. From the article: "At this point, my server is able to determine the internal address of the user, the external address from which they access the internet, and the ISP they use to provide DNS resolution, as well as the IP address they come from through the TOR network. This information, along with the unique tracking ID, allows me to identify a specific workstation within an organization or residence."
Submission + - A hole in the earth's crust?
Rockin' Green writes: There's a hole in the earth's crust, according to this story by the Associated Press (via Yahoo). Normally, the earth's crust is a thick layer of hot lava. But in one spot, three miles below the ocean and 2,000 nautical miles off the Canary Islands, the normal crust is missing — replaced by the dark green rock from the earth's mantle, the layer below the crust. "It is like a window into the interior of the Earth," Bramley Murton, a geophysicist who is taking part in the six-week mission, said.
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FAA May Ditch Vista For Linux 359
An anonymous reader writes "Another straw in the wind: following last week's news that the US Department of Transportation is putting a halt on upgrades to Windows Vista, Office 2007, and Internet Explorer 7, today comes word that the Federal Aviation Administration may ditch Vista and Office in favor of Google's new online business applications running on Linux-based hardware. (The FAA is part of the DOT.) The FAA's CIO David Bowen told InformationWeek he's taking a close look at the Premier Edition of Google Apps as he mulls replacements for the agency's Windows XP-based desktop computers. Bowen cited several reasons why he finds Google Apps attractive. 'From a security and management standpoint that would have some advantages,' he said."
Submission + - Save Online Radio
Anonymous Coward writes: "The U.S. Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) has just issued a decision on the royalty rates that webcasters have to pay to record labels for the period 2006-2010. (See Wired News coverage http://www.wired.com/news/culture/music/0,72879-0. html?tw=wn_index_2.)
The rates are so high that they exceed 100% of most webcasters' total revenues! If the CRB's decision stands, the retroactive portion for 2006 alone will bankrupt virtually all independent webcasters, including AccuRadio.
Furthermore, the CRB's schedule of huge annual increases in the rate will probably drive most other Internet radio stations off the air as well.
Here's how you can help: You can sign an online petition http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/saveinternetrad io/, and/or you can use THIS LINK http://capwiz.com/congressorg/sbx/f/?aid=9461656&r =1 to call, write, or e-mail (that's in descending order of effectiveness) your representatives in the U.S. Congress.
Along with all other independent webcasters, AccuRadio and others may only be a few weeks away from being driven out of business. Please help if you can!"
Submission + - Breathtaking, Beautiful Portraits of Sol
An anonymous reader writes: Without our Sun — that massive, bright, hot star only 150 million kilometers (93 million miles) from us — life on our home planet Earth ( larger images ), as we know and understand it, would not exist. At specific times every day and without fail Sol, or, if you prefer Helios, interacts with our home in a more artistic manner. These solar paintings are appreciated by all; a welcome addition to life's beauty component. Using film and digital cameras, photographers around the world have captured these unique-each-time moments. And here is what they've seen: the spectacular, awe-inspiring, rising and setting of our Sun.
Submission + - Now playing: An Open Source movie
Pritesh Jethwani writes: "Now playing at a theater near you: The world's first film made by a worldwide community
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LetsFilm.com — A unique community website project that plans to bring thousands of talented minds on the same online platform for the purpose of creating a "complete mainstream film," was launched today.
The project has officially begun building its first film called "The Bomb Within," a story that unfolds in a post 9/11 era, surrounding the discovery of a new biochemical weapon. Lets Film has written a synopsis of the script and posted it online, which a global community of thousands of talented, budding scriptwriters is expected to takeover and drive to completion.
Commenting on the launch, Hinesh Jethwani, Founder & Head, Lets Film, said, "Through this unique community website, we plan to bring talented individuals together that are passionate about movies and have a willingness to share and learn from one another. This would be the first time that anyone in the world has attempted to make a complete commercial film that will be starred, written, produced, directed, edited and distributed, by a team of people simply passionate about movies collaborating from all over the world."
Lets Film has setup a Wiki (the same technology that powers the immensely popular Open Source online encyclopedia called Wikipedia), which will allow virtually thousands of scriptwriters to work on the same script simultaneously. In the meanwhile, budding actors, directors, editors, producers, effects artists and even extras who want to play any kind of a role in the film can create their profiles on the site with their audios (voiceovers), videos (demo reels), photos (portfolios), profiles (resumes), etc.
An online rating system will allow both visitors and members to vote for their favorite members. A jury is in the process of being setup that will sort through profiles and pick the most popular members to play key roles in the making of the film.
However, whether somebody gets to play the lead role or not, at the end of the day, everyone is a winner, says Hinesh.
"Registration on LetsFilm.com is absolutely free for life. Members of Lets Film will be able to chat/IM/email each other, which will make it a true collaborative platform for them to expand their horizon. Plus, they will get the opportunity to interact with their counterparts located all across the world. For anyone with a genuine passion for movies, this would be an experience of a lifetime," he adds.
From the days of the dotcom fallout, the Internet has evolved into a new avatar, more popularly known as Web2.0. UGC or User Generated Content is at an all time high. Internet users from all over the world are contributing and sharing their knowledge through open media like blogs, forums and chat rooms. Lets Film's unique attempt at making a "complete commercial" film by bringing together people from all over the world on the Internet is an innovative spin-off on UGC.
"Sites like YouTube, DailyMotion and GoogleVideo have started a unique era for Web 2.0, something I like to term as User Generated Movies — i.e. UGM. It's about time that a complete User Generated Movie be played at your nearest cinema hall," says Hinesh.
Lets Film expects community-styled filmmaking to challenge closed-door proprietary fillmmaking that has long since been the norm in the film industry.
For more information and press inquiries, please contact:
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Pritesh Jethwani,
Lets Film
pritesh at LetsFilm dot com
+91 98207 99225
About Lets Film
—
LetsFilm.com is a unique social networking website designed to bring thousands of film enthusiasts on the same platform for the purpose of creating a complete commercial film. LetsFilm.com has launched the world's first attempt at making a commercial film that will be starred, written, produced, directed, edited and distributed by people collaborating from across the globe over the Internet."
—
LetsFilm.com — A unique community website project that plans to bring thousands of talented minds on the same online platform for the purpose of creating a "complete mainstream film," was launched today.
The project has officially begun building its first film called "The Bomb Within," a story that unfolds in a post 9/11 era, surrounding the discovery of a new biochemical weapon. Lets Film has written a synopsis of the script and posted it online, which a global community of thousands of talented, budding scriptwriters is expected to takeover and drive to completion.
Commenting on the launch, Hinesh Jethwani, Founder & Head, Lets Film, said, "Through this unique community website, we plan to bring talented individuals together that are passionate about movies and have a willingness to share and learn from one another. This would be the first time that anyone in the world has attempted to make a complete commercial film that will be starred, written, produced, directed, edited and distributed, by a team of people simply passionate about movies collaborating from all over the world."
Lets Film has setup a Wiki (the same technology that powers the immensely popular Open Source online encyclopedia called Wikipedia), which will allow virtually thousands of scriptwriters to work on the same script simultaneously. In the meanwhile, budding actors, directors, editors, producers, effects artists and even extras who want to play any kind of a role in the film can create their profiles on the site with their audios (voiceovers), videos (demo reels), photos (portfolios), profiles (resumes), etc.
An online rating system will allow both visitors and members to vote for their favorite members. A jury is in the process of being setup that will sort through profiles and pick the most popular members to play key roles in the making of the film.
However, whether somebody gets to play the lead role or not, at the end of the day, everyone is a winner, says Hinesh.
"Registration on LetsFilm.com is absolutely free for life. Members of Lets Film will be able to chat/IM/email each other, which will make it a true collaborative platform for them to expand their horizon. Plus, they will get the opportunity to interact with their counterparts located all across the world. For anyone with a genuine passion for movies, this would be an experience of a lifetime," he adds.
From the days of the dotcom fallout, the Internet has evolved into a new avatar, more popularly known as Web2.0. UGC or User Generated Content is at an all time high. Internet users from all over the world are contributing and sharing their knowledge through open media like blogs, forums and chat rooms. Lets Film's unique attempt at making a "complete commercial" film by bringing together people from all over the world on the Internet is an innovative spin-off on UGC.
"Sites like YouTube, DailyMotion and GoogleVideo have started a unique era for Web 2.0, something I like to term as User Generated Movies — i.e. UGM. It's about time that a complete User Generated Movie be played at your nearest cinema hall," says Hinesh.
Lets Film expects community-styled filmmaking to challenge closed-door proprietary fillmmaking that has long since been the norm in the film industry.
For more information and press inquiries, please contact:
###
Pritesh Jethwani,
Lets Film
pritesh at LetsFilm dot com
+91 98207 99225
About Lets Film
—
LetsFilm.com is a unique social networking website designed to bring thousands of film enthusiasts on the same platform for the purpose of creating a complete commercial film. LetsFilm.com has launched the world's first attempt at making a commercial film that will be starred, written, produced, directed, edited and distributed by people collaborating from across the globe over the Internet."
Submission + - YouTube banned nationwide in Turkey
unity100 writes: "As of 07.03.2007, access to YouTube.com has been banned nationwide in Turkey through the nations' one and only internet backbone provider, Turkish Telecom, in accordance with decision no: 2007/384 dated 06.03.2007 of Istanbul First Criminal Peace Court.
The reason for this court's decision is a recent video that has been published on YouTube.com recently which is said to be insulting Turkish Republic's founder, Mustafa Kemal.
Curiously, this follows on the heels of a 3-4 month long campaign by the ruling party and the media supporting them against the freedom in the internet, citing "internet needs to be 'straightened up'".
All internet users nationwide are met with the below message that apparently emanates from Turkish Telecom DNS server or access filters :
"Bu siteye eriim mahkeme kararyla engellenmitir !...
www.youtube.com sitesine eriim stanbul 1. Sulh Ceza Mahkemesi'nin 2007/384 say ve 06.03.2007 tarihli karar gerei engellenmitir.
Access to www.youtube.com site has been suspended in accordance with decision no: 2007/384 dated 06.03.2007 of Istanbul First Criminal Peace Court.""
The reason for this court's decision is a recent video that has been published on YouTube.com recently which is said to be insulting Turkish Republic's founder, Mustafa Kemal.
Curiously, this follows on the heels of a 3-4 month long campaign by the ruling party and the media supporting them against the freedom in the internet, citing "internet needs to be 'straightened up'".
All internet users nationwide are met with the below message that apparently emanates from Turkish Telecom DNS server or access filters :
"Bu siteye eriim mahkeme kararyla engellenmitir !...
www.youtube.com sitesine eriim stanbul 1. Sulh Ceza Mahkemesi'nin 2007/384 say ve 06.03.2007 tarihli karar gerei engellenmitir.
Access to www.youtube.com site has been suspended in accordance with decision no: 2007/384 dated 06.03.2007 of Istanbul First Criminal Peace Court.""
Submission + - "Legitimate concerns" raised over Office F
Rob writes: Microsoft's director of corporate standards has conceded that "legitimate
concerns" have been raised in response to its attempt to fast-track the approval of
its Open XML format by ISO. The level of criticism targeted at Microsoft's XML-based
office productivity file formats is significant, raising the potential that Open
XML might not gain ISO approval, but Microsoft's Jason Matusow insisted there is still
a long way to go. "The first thing to say is that Microsoft has a great deal of
respect for the ISO process, but it is a very long process," he told CBRonline.com.
"The next five months will be spent in the technology validation process. Of the 19
submissions, some are very supportive of XML and the process, some are neutral, and some
had legitimate concerns that were raised."
Submission + - Using Copyright to Protect Privacy?
An anonymous reader writes: From ABC News:
It was 1996, when Kathleen Stanfield Weinstein was carjacked in a southern New Jersey parking lot. She managed to activate a tape recorder she was carrying and recorded 46 excruciating minutes of her pleas for her life before her attacker bound her hands and feet and smothered her. Last week a judge ruled that the much-sought-after recording of the slain schoolteacher trying to talk her killer out of murdering her would not "under any circumstances'' be released to the media...In a move that legal experts said is virtually unprecedented, Weinstein and New Jersey attorney Carmine Villani copyrighted the recording.
Submission + - Apple's Quicktime Vulnerabilities Fixed
Aditi.Tuteja writes: "Media files have increasingly become a vector for attacks, Commonly used Apple's Quicktime also had vulnerabilities, Five of the flaws were found by researchers at McAfee's antivirus labs. Three issues appear to have been independently reported by two or more researchers. The security vulnerabilities existed on this program that handles a variety of different media formats, including movie files, 3GPP files and more, the company stated this in an advisory.
Apple reportedly has released an update this week for QuickTime that patches eight flaws in the Windows version of the program, including seven flaws that also affect QuickTime for the Mac OS X."
Apple reportedly has released an update this week for QuickTime that patches eight flaws in the Windows version of the program, including seven flaws that also affect QuickTime for the Mac OS X."
