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Submission + - Craigslist Founder: Be More Like Colbert

Submitted by GWMAW on Tuesday May 08, 2007 @11:42AM

GWMAW writes: Craig Newmark might not be the most obvious choice for a speaker at a conference of newspaper publishers, considering that his Web site Craigslist is often seen as a rival to newspapers by siphoning away lucrative classified advertising.

Submission + - Astronomers Spot Exploding Faraway Star

Submitted by SpaceJam on Tuesday May 08, 2007 @11:33AM

SpaceJam writes: A massive exploding faraway star — the brightest supernova astronomers have ever seen - has scientists wondering whether a similar celestial fireworks show may light up the sky much closer to Earth sometime soon.

Submission + - Dell Signs on With Microsoft, Novell

Submitted by Dellcrosoft on Monday May 07, 2007 @08:25PM

Dellcrosoft writes: Dell Inc. has agreed to work with Microsoft Corp. and Novell Inc. under an alliance the rival software makers formed last year to make it easier for the Windows operating system and the increasingly popular Linux system to work together, the companies said Sunday.

Submission + - IBM Bores Tiny Holes in Computer Chips

Submitted by IBMHole on Monday May 07, 2007 @08:20PM

IBMHole writes: Chips with minuscule holes in them can run faster or use less energy, IBM Corp. said in announcing Thursday a novel way to create them — potentially one of the most significant advances in chip manufacturing in years. To create these tiny holes, the computer company has harnessed a plastic-like material that spontaneously forms into a sieve-like structure. The holes have a width of 20 nanometers, or billionths of a meter, placing the method in the much-vaunted field of nanotechnology.

Submission + - Activists Want Chimp Declared a 'Person'

Submitted by KingKongMan on Saturday May 05, 2007 @12:04PM

KingKongMan writes: In some ways, Hiasl is like any other Viennese: He indulges a weakness for pastry, likes to paint and enjoys chilling out watching TV. But he doesn't care for coffee, and he isn't actually a person — at least not yet. In a case that could set a global legal precedent for granting basic rights to apes, animal rights advocates are seeking to get the 26-year-old male chimpanzee legally declared a "'person."'

Submission + - New Toys Read Brain Waves

Submitted by FutureEagle on Tuesday May 01, 2007 @03:31PM

FutureEagle writes: A convincing twin of Darth Vader stalks the beige cubicles of a Silicon Valley office, complete with ominous black mask, cape and light saber. But this is no chintzy Halloween costume. It's a prototype, years in the making, of a toy that incorporates brain wave-reading technology

Submission + - Nintendo Plans to Boost Wii Production

Submitted by NanTendoo on Friday April 27, 2007 @06:59PM

NanTendoo writes: Nintendo's president acknowledged Friday that the shortage of the hit Wii game machine was "abnormal," and promised production was being boosted to increase deliveries by next month. "We must do our best to fix this abnormal lack of stock," Nintendo President Satoru Iwata told reporters. "We have not been able to properly foresee demand."

Submission + - Japan to Launch Magnetic Trains in 2025

Submitted by SpeedyTrain on Friday April 27, 2007 @03:02PM

SpeedyTrain writes: Magnetic trains zooming at a landscape-blurring 310 miles an hour will connect Tokyo and Nagoya by 2025, one of Japan's biggest railway operators said Friday. The new magnetically levitated, or "maglev," trains would slash the 100-minute travel time down the country's busiest transportation corridor and are envisioned as a successor for Japan's iconic bullet trains, or shinkansen, first introduced to the world in 1964.

Submission + - New Japanese Mobile Phones Detect Motion

Submitted by GreenTea on Friday April 27, 2007 @02:55PM

GreenTea writes: Some of the latest mobile phones in Japan come with motion sensors that let users detect motion or play action games like those on the Nintendo Wii console. The D904i from NTT DoCoMo, Japan's top mobile carrier, contains a tiny motion sensor that detects shaking and tilting, company spokesman Nobuyuki Hatanaka said.

Submission + - Wii Boom For Nintendo's Bottom Line

Submitted by BoomWii on Thursday April 26, 2007 @12:41PM

BoomWii writes: Booming sales of the popular Wii and DS game machines lifted Nintendo Co.'s earnings 77 percent in the latest fiscal year as the Japanese gamemaker held its own against bigger rivals Sony and Microsoft.

Feed Genetic Discrimination Ban Clears House; Senate OK Expected (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed on Thursday April 26, 2007 @12:32PM

A bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives would forbid genetic discrimination.

Submission + - Researchers Break Internet Speed Records

Submitted by MosiMosi on Thursday April 26, 2007 @12:31PM

MosiMosi writes: A group of researchers led by the University of Tokyo has broken Internet speed records — twice in two days. Operators of the high-speed Internet2 network announced Tuesday that the researchers on Dec. 30 sent data at 7.67 gigabits per second, using standard communications protocols.

Submission + - IBM Adds Video-Game Chips to Mainframes

Submitted by GoIBMPS3 on Thursday April 26, 2007 @12:24PM

GoIBMPS3 writes: The powerful "'Cell"' microprocessor that fuels Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 3 video game console will be available in IBM mainframe computers so those high-performance machines can run complex online games and virtual worlds.

Submission + - Potentially Habitable Planet Found

Submitted by JJOnGG on Wednesday April 25, 2007 @07:38PM

JJOnGG writes: For the first time astronomers have discovered a planet outside our solar system that is potentially habitable, with Earth-like temperatures, a find researchers described Tuesday as a big step in the search for "'life in the universe."'

Submission + - NASA Releases 3D Images of Sun

Submitted by SunnyGa on Monday April 23, 2007 @08:45PM

SunnyGa writes: NASA released the first three-dimensional images of the sun Monday, saying the photos taken from twin spacecraft may lead to better predictions of solar eruptions that can affect communications and power lines on Earth

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