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Submission + - Dinosaur extinction may have been caused by two major events

Submitted by ACXNew
ACXNew writes: The most-studied mass extinction in Earth history happened 65 million years ago and is widely thought to have wiped out the dinosaurs. New University of Washington research indicates that a separate extinction came shortly before that, triggered by volcanic eruptions that warmed the planet and killed life on the ocean floor.
The well-known second event is believed to have been triggered by an asteroid at least 6 miles in diameter slamming into Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula. But new evidence shows that by the time of the asteroid impact, life on the seafloor – mostly species of clams and snails – was already perishing because of the effects of huge volcanic eruptions on the Deccan Plateau in what is now India..
Science

Submission + - Quantum Teleportation Sends Information 143 Kilometers (sciencedaily.com)

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SchrodingerZ
SchrodingerZ writes: "Scientists from around the world have collaborated to achieve quantum teleportation over 143 kilometers in free space . Quantum information was sent between the Canary Islands of La Palma and Tenerife. Quantum teleportation is not how it is made out in Star Trek though. Instead of sending an object (in this case a photon) from one location to another; the information of its quantum state is sent, making a photon on the other end look identical to the original .'Teleportation across 143 kilometres is a crucial milestone in this research, since that is roughly the minimum distance between the ground and orbiting satellites.' It is the hope of the research team that this experiment will lead to commercial use of quantum teleportation to interact with satellites and ground stations. This will increase the efficiency of satellite communication and help with the expansion of quantum internet usage. The full paper on the experiment can be found in the journal Nature here."
Google

Submission + - Google Patents Profit-Maximizing Dynamic Pricing

Submitted by theodp
theodp writes: A newly-granted Google patent on Dynamic Pricing of Electronic Content describes how information gleaned from your search history and social networking activity can be used against you by providing tell-tale clues for your propensity to pay jacked-up prices to 'reconsume' electronic content, such as 'watching a video recording, reading an electronic book, playing a game, or listening to an audio recording.' The patent is illustrated with drawings showing how some individuals can be convinced to pay 4x what others will be charged for the same item. From the patent: 'According to one innovative aspect of the subject matter described by this specification, a system may use this information to tailor the price that is offered to the particular user to repurchase the particular item of electronic content. By not applying discounts for users that may, in relation to a typical user, be more inclined to repurchase a particular product, profits may increase.' Hey, wasn't this kind of dynamic pricing once considered evil?
Microsoft

Submission + - Microsoft Wants To Hide Which Patents Android, Linux Violate (muktware.com)

Submitted by sfcrazy
sfcrazy writes: The court battle between Apple and Samsung has created the possibility of disclosing the cross patent agreement between Microsoft and Samsung. Microsoft is suddenly scared and has filed a motion asking the court to seal the cross license agreement. I would like to remind that the Judge has asked both parties to makee all the filings in this dispute available to the public for free.

Comment Javascript is just the beginning (Score 1) 285

by ColdCat (#40697617) Attached to: JavaScript For the Rest of Us
After translating javascript you need to translate every javascript library, applications DOM or the translation is useless
I remember a French version of Pascal which makes me laught a lot.

Javascript is maybe around 150 translatable words, I'm sure it's easier to learn by sticking to english instructions and reading tutorial in your native language.
Microsoft

Submission + - Windows 8 may be great, but it's not what we want (thetechblock.com)

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thetechblock
thetechblock writes: "don’t know if Microsoft has entirely thought this through. The promise of a tablet PC that can do everything a desktop or laptop can do is beautiful, yet flawed if it’s not done correctly from the beginning. The concept of a tablet that can literally replace my desktop is a tantalizing one, but Microsoft appears to be removing key features that could make it killer."

Submission + - Alcohol not Marijuana Triggers Drug Abuse in Teenagers

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: If you want your kids to stay away from drugs, then you might want to keep teenagers off alcohol because a new study says that long term drug abuse is likely to occur due to alcohol, not marijuana, use. The present study included data on more than 14,500 high-school students from 120 schools across U.S. The data was obtained from Monitoring the Future study.
Security

Submission + - Web exploit found that targets Windows, Mac, and Linux (arstechnica.com)

Submitted by phaedrus5001
phaedrus5001 writes: From the article: "Security researchers have found a live Web exploit that detects if the target is running Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux and drops a different trojan for each platform. The attack was spotted by researchers from antivirus provider F-Secure on a Columbian transport website, presumably after third-party attackers compromised it. The unidentified site then displayed a signed Java applet that checked if the user's computer is running Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux. Based on the outcome, the attack then downloads the appropriate files for each platform."
You can find the F-Secure teams original blog post here.
Science

Submission + - Gold coins from time of Crusades found in Israeli ruins (foxnews.com)

Submitted by Velcroman1
Velcroman1 writes: Israeli archaeologists have found buried treasure: more than 100 gold dinal coins from the time of the Crusades, bearing the names and legends of local sultans, blessings and more — and worth as much as $500,000. The joint team from Tel Aviv University and Israel’s Nature and Parks Authority were working at Apollonia National Park, an ancient Roman fortress on the coast used by the Crusaders between 1241 and 1265, when they literally found a pot of gold. “All in all, we found some 108 dinals and quarter dinals, which makes it one of the largest gold coin hauls discovered in a medieval site in the land of Israel,” said Prof. Oren Tal, chairman of Tel Aviv University’s Department of Archaeology.
Security

Submission + - Why Machines Still Infected With DNSChanger Are A Danger (darkreading.com)

Submitted by ancientribe
ancientribe writes: When the FBI yesterday shut down the safety net DNS servers for users infected with the DNSChanger Trojan, just over 210,000 unique IP victims around the globe — a far cry from the initial headcount of millions of victims hit by the malware — still remained infected. Paul Vixie, chairman and founder of the Internet Security Consortium (ISC), says the strategy of some ISPs to "pull the BandAid off slowly" and to continue to keep still-infected users from losing their DNS in the aftermath of yesterday's deadline isn't helping. "Every one of those still-infected machines is a danger to its owner and to the rest of us. Given how easily targetable they are, I'm worried about the 210,000 still out there," says Vixie, whose organization ran the temporary DNS servers for the FBI.
Japan

Submission + - Japan criminalizes downloading pirated content (japan-press.co.jp)

Submitted by shoemilk
shoemilk writes: On June 15th, with an overwhelming majority, the Japanese Diet passed a law criminalizing ripping DVDs, and updated an existing law criminalizing downloading pirated materials. Starting in January of 2010, downloading pirated content was made illegal but without a stated punishment. This law has been updated to set a penalty of up to 2 years in jail or up to 20 million yen. (Link to Japanese article http://japan.cnet.com/news/business/35018227/)
Chrome

Submission + - The slow but steady death of IE (youtube.com) 1

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Watch how IE loses the dominant browser position in hundreds of countries from 2008 to 2012. It is clinging on in North America, UK, Australia and China. Chrome has taken the top spot in India, Russia and most of South America. Firefox has the lead in a lot of African and European countries and Opera is ahead in the Ukraine and Belarus.

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