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Submission + - SETI finally finds something!

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QuatumCrypto

on Wednesday February 21, 2007 @06:05PM

QuatumCrypto writes: "SETI(at)home is a distributed processing client from UC Berkeley that installs on the vounteers' home computers and harnesses their processing power in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. Anyways, nothing worthy has comeout of that massive project... that is until today! One of the voluteers was able to track down his wife's stolen laptop using the IP address that SETI(at)home client reports back to the server. After getting back the laptop his wife said, "I always knew that a geek would make a great husband.""

Submission + - Burning Ice Drilled from Alaska's Slope

Submitted by bagboy on Wednesday February 21, 2007 @03:40PM

bagboy writes: As sources of renewable energy are being sought, BP announced a new method of extracting natural gas from ice underneath Alaska's North Slope drilling fields. The release from BP's site, a news story from Anchorage, Alaska's KTUU (Channel 2) and a wikipedia entry for Gas Hydrates.

Submission + - Vista not selling well because of...piracy?

Submitted by techmuse on Wednesday February 21, 2007 @03:16PM

techmuse writes: DailyTech reports that Steve Ballmer blames the slow sales of Windows Vista (down 60% compared to the launch of Windows XP) not on the 5 year delay in shipping, the failure to ship before the holiday season, the high system requirements, the poorly implemented user account control, the significantly harsher licensing restrictions, the price increase, the increased interest in Mac OS and Linux, or the much stricter antipiracy technologies already built into the OS. Rather, he blames the entire drop in sales on piracy, and promises to step up antipiracy efforts. What do you think?

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