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Submission + - ReactOS released version 0.3.11 "For Workgroups" (reactos.org)

Submitted by kazade84
kazade84 writes: This morning the ReactOS team finally pushed a new release; version 0.3.11. This release contains an entirely rewritten memory manager and some real progress with sound support. Still a very early alpha but each release makes huge progress. Making fun of the current version number the splash screen is very familiar. Preinstalled Virtualbox and VMware VMs are available from the project page on Sourceforge.
Intel

Submission + - FTC Sues Intel for Anticompetitve Practices (pcmag.com)

Submitted by adeelarshad82
adeelarshad82 writes: The Federal Trade Commisssion sued Intel, alleging that the microprocessor maker has systematically attempted to block rivals from bringing their chips to market. The FTC has scheduled its case to be heard on Sept. 8, 2010. In the past, Intel has paid $1.6 billion and $1.25 billion in fines to EU and AMD respectively for similar charges. The FTC's suit mimics other actions in that it alleges Intel stifled competition by allegedly threatening and rewarding OEMs like Dell, Hewlett-Packard, and IBM. But the suit also takes a step further with a new charge, alleging that Intel "secretly redesigned key software, known as a compiler, in a way that deliberately stunted the performance of competitors' CPU chips," the FTC alleged.
Medicine

Submission + - Bionic Fingers Look, Act Like Real Thing (Video) (singularityhub.com)

Submitted by kkleiner
kkleiner writes: Unlike most prosthetics that are only in the research phase,Touch Bionics has created bionic fingers that are market ready, and they are pretty awesome. The bionic fingers look just like the real thing and they work extremely well. The bionic fingers can be controlled by measuring electric signals from nerves using pads on the skin. Touch Bionics has fitted more than thirty patients with the devices, each uniquely built to correspond to differing levels of amputation. The bionic fingers can detect objects as they close to prevent crushing something delicate and can be installed in different grips to help with tasks such as typing.
Earth

Yellowstone Supervolcano Larger Than First Thought 451

Posted by timothy from the even-superer dept.
drewtheman writes "New studies of the plumbing that feeds the Yellowstone supervolcano in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park shows the plume and the magma chamber under the volcano are larger than first thought and contradicts claims that only shallow hot rock exists. University of Utah research professor of geophysics Robert Smith led four separate studies that verify a plume of hot and molten rock at least 410 miles deep that rises at an angle from the northwest."

Comment Re:like BitTorrent (Score 4, Interesting) 102

by kazade84 (#30282716) Attached to: Cool-Tether Links Phones' Bandwidth To Make High-Speed Hotspots

I was actually thinking of something like this yesterday. With the rapid increase in Wifi + Internet enabled phones and devices, it could be possible to actually have an entirely distributed network just by linking together devices in range.

Perhaps that's where we should build the Internet 2, now governments around the world are doing everything they can to control the first one. :)
Censorship

Microsoft Tries To Censor Bing Vulnerability 275

Posted by kdawson from the don't-shout-and-wave-it-about dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft's Bing search engine has a vulnerability with its cash-back promotion, which impacts both merchants and customers. In traditional Microsoft fashion, the company has responded to the author of the breaking Bing cash-back exploit with a cease & desist letter, rather than by fixing the underlying security problem. It is possible for a malicious user to create fake Bing cash-back requests, resulting in not only fake cash-back costs for the merchant, but also blocking legitimate customers from receiving their cash-back from Bing. The original post is currently available in Bing's cache, although perhaps not for long. But no worries, the author makes it clear that the exploit should be painfully obvious to anyone who reads the Bing cash-back SDK."
Censorship

In the UK, a Few Tweets Restore Freedom of Speech 216

Posted by kdawson from the inconvenient-truths dept.
Several readers wrote to us about the situation in the UK that saw the Guardian newspaper forbidden by a judge from reporting a question in UK parliament. The press's freedom to do so has been fought for since at least 1688 and fully acknowledged since the 19th century. At issue was a matter of public record — but the country's libel laws meant that the newspaper could not inform the public of what parliament was up to. The question concerned the oil trading company Trafigura, the toxic waste scandal they are involved in, and their generous use of libel lawyers to silence those who would report on the whole thing. After tweeters and bloggers shouted about Trafigura all over the Internet, the company's lawyers agreed to drop the gag request.
Toys

Wikipedia In Your Pocket, $99 412

Posted by kdawson from the or-are-you-just-glad-to-see-me dept.
An anonymous reader notes the announcement by Sean Moss-Pultz (Openmoko, Inc.) of a new geek device: The $99 WikiReader. All of Wikipedia in your pocket with no Internet connection required. Works in bright sunlight. 3-button interface. You can update the information in the WikiReader either by mail (they ship a microSD card) or by downloading a 4+ GB file.

Comment Erm... (Score 1) 203

by kazade84 (#29718325) Attached to: Italian Scientists Put Robot Spiders In Your Colon

From the video page: "The 'spider pill', which is fitted with a camera, is swallowed by the patient and once within the colon or intestine the legs are opened."

The spider's legs or the patient's legs?

I'm hoping the former, otherwise there is a whole new door just opened in the practical joke market...

Comment Oblig.. (Score 1) 625

by kazade84 (#29516209) Attached to: <em>Wolfenstein</em> Being Recalled In Germany
Don't mention the war. I mentioned it once, but I think I got away with it. So it's all forgotten now and let's hear no more about it. So that's two egg mayonnaise, a prawn Goebbels, a Herman Goering and four Colditz salads....no, wait a minute...I got confused because everyone keeps mentioning the war. -- Basil Fawlty

Comment Re:Are too many added drivers really the cause? (Score 1) 639

by kazade84 (#29503617) Attached to: According to Linus, Linux Is "Bloated"
I dunno, the more drivers you add the more common code you can find between them to reuse. Take Gallium3D for example, there were a tonne of graphics drivers, all reinventing the wheel so someone drew up a plan to just do all the shared work once. The work to port the drivers will be ongoing for a while but when done, bug fixes etc. will only happen once and all the drivers will benefit. I'm pretty sure the same thing happens all the time with other drivers (wifi etc.) I think it's a good thing to have drivers located in the same place. Also, the drivers are modular, they don't all need to be compiled in.

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