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Submission + - Two Worlds (PC / 360), maybe headed to PS3. (xboxexclusive.com)

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Anonymous Dogg
Anonymous Dogg writes: "In an interview, the developer of Two Worlds was asked "Will this game remain console exclusive to Xbox 360?" Their response: "To be honest, we've been more concerned about making the PC and 360 versions the best they can be, but there's always a possibility! ;)" This RPG may or may not be a hit, but it is deemed to be a good one by the developer."
Biotech

Submission + - First Successful Bacteria Genome Transplant (physorg.com) 1

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eldavojohn
eldavojohn writes: "The first genome transplant from one bacteria to another, thereby transforming the species. From M. mycoides to M. capricolum, the research shows that it is entirely possible to achieve a success rate of 1 in 150,000 genome transplants in bacteria. While this may seem an exercise in futility, this is actually a major step towards synthetic life which would give us the possibility to tailor bacteria to our needs — whether they be medical, fuel production or terraforming another planet."
Books

Submission + - Harry Potter publisher supposedly hacked 1

Submitted by akahige
akahige writes: Monsters & Critics (and other sites) are reporting that hackers used milw0rm exploits to penetrate Bloomsbury Publishing and obtain a digital copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows a month before it is scheduled to hit bookstores. A hacker known as gabriel posted supposed spoilers to the Full Disclosure list. While the veracity of spoilers (or the breach itself) have not been acknowledged by the publishers, fans have expressed great disgust with the reports. Naturally, this raises serious concerns about network security and the fallibility of those both designing and using it — even moreso when the climax of a multi-billion dollar franchise is on the line.
Censorship

Submission + - Blogger threatened for publishing JavaScript hack

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Internet radio station Atlanta Blue Skye LLC has warned a Romania-based technology enthusiast that his blog has been "copied" and turned over to its lawyers. The issue stems from his posting of a widely known workaround for bypassing JavaScript functions that try to disable a mouse's right-click context menu functionality, and the radio stream information gathered from the Properties function of Windows Media Player.
Graphics

Submission + - Watching the world like our ancestors

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Roland Piquepaille
Roland Piquepaille writes: "This is the promise of UK computer scientists who are reconstructing antique worlds in 3-D for all of our senses, including smell. They say that we could experience what the past really looked like. The goal of these researchers is to build the 'Mother of All Virtual Environments'. The technologies used for this project are focused on how we could better understand our past in 3-D. But they also can be used to other fields which "require highly realistic visualization, including medical images, product design, architecture and crime scene reconstruction." Read more for additional details not appearing on the original news release."
Microsoft

Submission + - FAA Balks At Vista Hardware Requirements

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: New details have come to light about the FAA's moratorium on upgrades to Window Vista and Office 2007. InformationWeek reports on a leaked internal memo from top Federal Aviation Administration officials, which worries that Vista requires "twice the memory ...than that currently specified in the FAA Desktop standard configuration." The memo, dated January 26, 2007, (a few days before the Vista launch) was hand signed by FAA CIO Dave Bowen and VP for acquisition James Washington. The memo also warns tech staffers at the FAA to be on guard against heavy sales pitches from Microsoft during the initial rollout period for Windows Vista. "We anticipate that this introduction will be accompanied by significant advertising hype and salesperson activity," the document states. (The original story on the FAA moratorium is here.)
Movies

Submission + - George Lucas Anounces Two New Star Wars Movies

Submitted by alberion
alberion writes: In interview to the Fox News, George Lucas anounces two new Star Wars Movies. From the interview:
Lucas tells me he will make two more live-action films based in the "Star Wars" era. "But they won't have members of the Skywalker family as characters," he said. "They will be other people of that milieu." The two extra films will also be made for TV and probably be an hour long each. But, like "Clone Wars," Lucas doesn't know where on TV they will land.
Businesses

Where to Go After a Lifetime in IT? 902

Posted by Cliff from the starting-the-next-chapter dept.
Pikoro asks: "I have been working in the IT field for the past 20 years or so, and after getting hired by the largest financial company in the world, I thought I might have finally found a place to retire from. However, after working here for almost a year, I find myself, not exactly burnt out, but longing for a complete career field change. It's not that doing IT related tasks aren't fun anymore, but they have become more 'work' than 'play' over the last few years. Since all of my experience has been IT related, I'm not sure where I could go from here. What would you consider doing for a living, after being in a single field for so long?"
The Courts

Submission + - RIAA Challenges Cause Foster Fees to Double

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NewYorkCountryLawyer
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes: "The RIAA's challenges to Judge Lee R. West's order (pdf) awarding the defendant attorneys fees in Capitol v. Foster and to the "reasonableness" of Ms. Foster's attorneys' fees have not only forced the RIAA to disclose its own attorneys fees, and caused the judge to issue a second decision labeling them as "disingenuous", their motives "questionable", and their factual statements "not true", but have now caused the amount of the fees to more than double, from $55,000 to $114,000, as evidenced by Ms. Foster's supplemental fee application (pdf's)."
Security

Submission + - New "secure" auth scheme broken (with vide

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Harvard researchers recently evaluated a new online authentication scheme called Vidoop. Not surprisingly, it doesn't do what it claims. Specifically, Vidoop claims to resist brute force attacks and "some" man-in-the-middle attacks, but in reality it doesn't resist any MITM attack that would directed at it, and the brute force attack is trivial once the attacker's computer has access to the victim's login (easily done with the MITM attack) — a successful login can be guaranteed with as few as 55 attempts! The researchers also took the time to demonstrate in a video how easy it is to break it with a standard social engineering attack.
Power

Submission + - Hybrid Cars No Better than 'Predicting' Cars

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eldavojohn
eldavojohn writes: "There's no doubt been a lot of analysis done recently on energy consumption, especially on the road. Now, a study released today reveals that cars with traffic flow sensors built into them can perform just as efficiently as hybrids. The concept of an 'intelligent' car that communicates with the highway or other cars is an old idea but the idea of them using sensors to anticipate braking could vastly reduce fossil fuel consumption. From the article, "Under the US and European cycles, hybrid-matching fuel economy was reached with a look-ahead predictability of less than 60 seconds. If the predictability was boosted to 180 seconds, the newly-intelligent car was 33 percent more fuel-efficient than when it was unconverted." Now, the real question will be whether or not you can convince consumers that the three minutes of coasting up to a red light or halted traffic is worth the 33 percent less gas and replacing your brake pads/cylinders less often."

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