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Submission + - Wireless Access Device Enables Company Break-In

Submitted by

Tim Wilson

on Wednesday March 21, 2007 @11:58PM

Tim Wilson writes: "In this first-person account, a penetration tester shows how a rogue wireless access point plugged into an empty conference room could enable hackers to steal data from almost any corporate network. Just plug it in and enjoy! http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=119 938&WT.svl=column1_1"

Submission + - Mystical search engine

Submitted by

Neola

on Wednesday March 21, 2007 @11:40PM

Neola writes: "http://www.goodluckfinder.com/ , a mystical search engine described as follows: "Supreme forces always influenced people's choice. In the present-day world it is getting more and more difficult for the Providence to help people make their choices — the Spirit of Luck is unable to influence search engine results. However, the weather and solar activity are still entirely at the mercy of the supreme forces. GoodLuckFinder.com picks a word out of your list according to unique weather conditions (the data comes from weather stations in real-time mode) or solar activity. The Spirit of Luck sees the words entered by you, insignificantly changes the weather (for instance, temperature changes by a few fractions of a grade) and tells you what your luck lies in." Source: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/weird_search_ engines_2.php"

Submission + - New Inkjet Technology 5 to 10 Times Faster

Submitted by

sarahbau

on Wednesday March 21, 2007 @11:17PM

sarahbau writes: "Silverbrook's new Memjet technology can print 60 full-color pages per minute. Instead of having a print head that moves side to side like current inkjets, the print head spans the full width of the page, containing 70,400 nozzles in the A4 version. They also have a large format printer (51") that prints 6" to 1 foot per second. Products are expected to start shipping in late 2007."

Submission + - The rise of the laptop

Submitted by

mrbluze

on Wednesday March 21, 2007 @10:33PM

mrbluze writes: "According to a BBC report, that laptop sales will outstrip desktop sales by 2011.

What does this imply for the future of operating system development? Do we need to place greater emphasis on instant-on systems and ergonomics than previously?"

Submission + - Introduction to math of 3d graphics

Submitted by

holden

on Wednesday March 21, 2007 @10:31PM

holden writes: "Graphics programming is seen as the cool thing by a large number of people. A lot of confusion arizes when people attempt to do 3d graphics programming without the proper mathematical background in basic linear algebra. Christopher Evensen recently gave a talk covering covering the important fundamentals. The math is also accompanied by a real world programming example."

Submission + - SandioTech 3DGame O' 6DOF Laser Gaming Mouse

Submitted by

dampeal

on Wednesday March 21, 2007 @10:27PM

dampeal writes: "A comprehensive review of the world's first 3D gaming mouse, it features six degrees of freedom of movement, plus is fully programmable. The 3DGame O' mouse also features a laser sensor, with adjustable dpi up to 2000, and software that allows you to create and save profiles for games or applications as well. Link HERE"

Submission + - Microsoft offers 107k Windows Vista licences

Submitted by

carvalhao

on Friday February 16, 2007 @02:08PM

carvalhao writes: "Microsoft has pledged to offer 107 000 (that's right, 107k) Windows vista licences to Portuguese college students, without a copy limit as long as it's for academic/research use (portuguese article here). This offer will be made to scientific, engineering and technology universities across Portugal.

Got a better way to lock the next generation of IT users to your OS?"

Submission + - Server power consumption doubled over past 5 years

Submitted by Watt's up on Friday February 16, 2007 @02:05PM

Watt's up writes: A new study shows an alarming increase in server power consumption over the past five years. In the US, servers (including cooling equipment) consumes 1.2% of all the electricity in 2005, up from 0.6% in 2000. The trend is the similar worldwide. 'If current trends continue, server electricity usage will jump 40 percent by 2010, driven in part by the rise of cheap blade servers, which increase overall power use faster than larger ones. Virtualization and consolidation of servers will work against this trend, though, and it's difficult to predict what will happen as data centers increasingly standardize on power-efficient chips.

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