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Sci-Fi

Submission + - Cloaking Device Breakthrough?

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: For the first time, physicists have devised a way to make visible light travel in the opposite direction that it normally bends when passing from one material to another, like from air through water or glass, ScienceDaily reports. The phenomenon is known as negative refraction and could in principle be used to construct optical microscopes for imaging things as small as molecules, and even to create cloaking devices for rendering objects invisible.
Slashdot.org

Submission + - Slashdot Wins 2007 Bloggie

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Jrabbit05
Jrabbit05 writes: "Slashdot has won the 2007 Lifetime Achievement Bloggie! The rules were; 'Webloggers who have been blogging at least since January 1, 2002. This award can only be won once...'"
Biotech

Submission + - A new way to print bones

Submitted by
Roland Piquepaille
Roland Piquepaille writes: "Good old ink jet printers are really versatile machines. Last week, I told you they will be used to print organic transistors (check a previous story or a Slashdot summary for more). Now, Canadian and German researchers are using a slightly modified version of the printer that sits on your desk to build three-dimensional bioceramic bones. They took 'advantage of the ink-jet printer's ability to print layer upon layer to produce three-dimensional porous materials using the same building blocks as real bone.' The key is that their new process works at room temperature and also is able to produce a great variety of shapes. Anyway, this method will certainly be not used by surgeons and hospitals before many years. Read more for additional references and a picture of ink printed skulls."
First Person Shooters (Games)

Submission + - Take2 sues Jack Thomsons

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AlgorithMan
AlgorithMan writes: "The website of the german game-magazine GameStar reports that Take2 (publisher of the GTA series) sues lawyer Jack Thomson for libel. Jack Thomson is widely known for his crusade against violent videogames, especially the GTA series."
Censorship

Submission + - Bulgaria Blocks BitTorrent Site, Citizens Protest

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: The Bulgarian Interior Ministry has ordered all ISP's to block access to Arenabg.com, Bulgaria's largest BitTorrent site. Bulgarian citizens are not pleased with this course of action and intend to make a public protest on March 22nd in support of torrent site administrators who they believe are being unfairly treated.
Privacy

Submission + - RIAA must turn over attorney billing records

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Usually most people settle with the RIAA for a few thousand dollars, but Debbie took the case to court and asked for the RIAA to produce records of what files she supposedly downloaded, along with the dates of the downloads. The RIAA couldn't produce the records and offered to withdraw the case. Now here is where it gets interesting, Debbie asked to be awarded reasonable attorneys fees for her ordeal and submitted her expenses to the court. The RIAA argued that the mother was asking for too much, to which the judge basically said, "Well if you think her fees are too much, show me yours."
Businesses

Submission + - Deepwater sunk perhaps with youtube help

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anagama
anagama writes: "You may recall some time ago a slashdot topic about Mike DeKort, an engineer from Lockheed Martin working on the Coast Guard's Deepwater project (basically, construction of new ships). He released a whistleblower video on Youtube outlining problems and cover up/apathy related to the ships under construction. Well, in the news today, looks like the Coast Guard is taking over the project and ending its contract with Lockheed Martin and Northrup Grumman. Perhaps the (digital) pen is mightier than the sword (manufacturer)."
Digital

Submission + - DVD CCA Challenges DVD Ripping in Court Monday

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Kaleidescape will finally have its day in court Monday to fight the DVD CCA. The licensor of the CSS encryption scheme for DVDs is suing the manufacturer of video servers, claiming that its products enable the unauthorized copying of protected DVDs. In a twist, the DVD CCA — commonly known as the voice of Hollywood — wants the trial closed to the public, claiming that CSS, which was broken in 1999 by a 15-year-old and spread widely on the Internet, is still a trade secret.
Privacy

Submission + - Online privacy invasion by Adobe Inc.

Submitted by
Rafael Quawrells Sr.
Rafael Quawrells Sr. writes: "Dear Editor, I am an assistant network administrator whom is employed by a south-central Nebraska Internet Service Provider. I got off work today at 5pm and followed my normal routine, I arrived at home, I sat down to my personal computer on my private home network and began checking email. As I was performing my normal daily activities, my pc was idle, yet I notice my DSL modem passing a huge amount of traffic from the Internet. Being that I have quite an extensive knowledge of the Internet and it's associated protocols, I began with searching my private network's firewall. The first thing I noticed was over 7000 connections from a popular company known as Adobe Inc. As you can imagine I was very concerned as to why Adobe would need over 7000 connections to my private home network. I was able to pin down the IP address subnet of the device on Adobe's network. All of the connections were coming from 2 IP's within Adobe's subnet. The IP range is 192.150.18.0/24 which allows 256 addresses minus 2, 1 for the network and 1 for broadcast. The devices that had connections were coming from 192.150.18.118 and 192.150.18.60. Once I had aquired this bit of information, I picked up the phone and contacted Adobe's technical support. Of course I played the waiting game on hold for a grand total of 1.25 hrs. I spoke with a technician in this department named Caitlin who quickly assured me that Adobe does not scan private networks for anything without the consent of the owner of the network. I begged to differ. I explained to Caitlin that I have detailed firewall logs that indicate multiple devices on Adobe's network that was invading my privacy. She quickly suggested that I speak to another technician and I was once again playing the waiting game on hold. After the lengthy hold, I now had a gentleman by the name of Mike on the phone who also assured me that Adobe does not scan private networks for any reason. I was beginning to become upset. The technical support department of Adobe is basically calling me a liar, when I have the firewall logs right before my eyes. Mike was very rude, finalizing the conversation by hanging up in my face. I then turned to Jim Fitzgerald whom is this IP range's technical contact. I left a message on his voicemail, and have yet to receive an return call. Is it typical practice of Adobe Inc. to illegally invade individual's privacy and scan their private networks? And if so, what was Adobe Inc. looking for? I at no time gave Adobe or any sub-division within, any consent to scan my private home network for anything. Any answers would be greatly appreciated. Sincerely, Confused and somewhat violated in Grand Island, Nebraska"
Mars

Submission + - Enough Water to Cover Mars... Found on Mars.

Submitted by
AbsoluteXyro
AbsoluteXyro writes: "Using a penetrating radar instrument aboard the Mars Express orbiter, enough frozen water has been found at the Martian south pole to cover the planet in over 30 feet of pure liquid water should it ever be thawed out. From the SPACE.com article: "The reflected beams revealed that 90 percent or more of the frozen polar material is pure water ice, sprinkled with dust particles. The scientists calculated that the water would form a 36-foot-deep ocean of sorts if spread over the Martian globe." This has serious implications for thirsty humanoids."

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