Comment gsm only (Score 1) 397
Its just GSM based phones, the RF distortion is not an issue with CDMA based phones.
Submission + - Techno Doping - Is This is Legitimate Arguement? (salon.com)
ketan324 writes: Since the start of the Beijing Olympics, there has been lots of talks regarding 'Techno Doping'; specifically targeting at Speedo's brand new suit the "Speedo LZR swimsuit". Since the release of the suit in February of this year, swimmers wearing the suit in competitions broke 21 world records. Almost every swim event in the Olympics is record breaking. Analysts keep arguing that this is a form for doping by technology. Counter points are that this suit is accessible to everyone, and obviously it has no damaging effects to the body. In reality the argument doesn't end here either, it can be taking across almost any sport: Tennis Rackets, Golf Clubs and balls, Basketball shoes, etc. So the question is the argument of techno doping valid? Or should everyone just shut up and watch the game?
Submission + - Microsoft Buying Yahoo (yahoo.com)
ketan324 writes: "I thought it would be interesting to see what people think of Microsoft's bid for Yahoo! at $44.6 billion. Where will the integration occur? Which firm will give up their Internet space? Will this really help the Microsoft overtake Google's dominance? Post your opinions."
Feedback Sought for Proposed Mobile Firefox UIs 28
jangel writes to give us a look at the prototype UIs for Mobile Firefox, which is currently under development. Mozilla project lead Doug Turner has asked for opinions on the design. Quoting:
"Comments on the Wiki provide an idea of the choices the developers still have to make. For example, should the chevron at the right of the toolbar open a history page listing the most recently viewed pages, or -- as on desktop Firefox -- merely a list of most frequently typed URLs? And should "full screen" mode hide everything except the page being browsed, or retain the lowermost toolbar? Turner writes that while the user interfaces shown are merely starting points, 'going from the pretty pictures that Photoshop can produce to something that is functional is easy with the Mozilla platform. Building functional prototypes ... using only Javascript, XML, CSS, and images is really awesome.'"
Carbon Nanotubes Can Exist Safely Inside the Body, Help Treat Cancer 86
iandoh writes "A team of scientists at Stanford University has tracked the movement of carbon nanotubes through the digestive systems of mice. They've determined that the nanotubes do not exhibit any toxicity in the mice, and are safely expelled after delivering their payload. As a result, the study paves the way toward future applications of nanotubes in the treatment of illnesses. Previous research by the same team demonstrated that nanotubes can be used to fight cancer. The nanotubes do this in two ways. One method involves shining laser light on the nanotubes, which generates heat to destroy cancer cells. Another method involves attaching medicine to the nanotubes, which are able to accurately 'find' cancerous cells without impacting healthy cells."
Submission + - Is Apple missing a huge opportunity? 2
sn4265 writes: I'm curious about what other readers think about Apple continuing to embrace their closed platform model. Sure Apple makes a profit on the hardware side and would potentially lose some of this revenue, but what about the upside? I believe the estimate right now is that Apple has about 3% of the desktop OS market with Mac OS X. Microsoft on the other hand dominates this market, and yet Vista the most recent offering from Microsoft has been met with horrible feedback and acceptance in many areas. Wouldn't this be the golden opportunity for Apple to release a version of OS X for general population to buy and installation on commodity PC hardware? I could see Apple easily tripling or more their desktop market share in the first year, and along with users will come even more developers and applications. I know that I would be in line to buy it the day it went on sale.
Submission + - Coke's bottled water contain carcinogens! (newstarget.com) 1
RIDL_Prez writes: "Coke's bottled water, Dasani, is not only tap water, but contains illegal levels of the cancer causing bromate."
Feed Techdirt: Your Kids May Be Telling The Whole Internet Your Secrets (techdirt.com)
Now that more and more of our lives are online, it's common to hear that torrid details of our lives somehow end up on the web browsers of potential employers doing background checks. Now, parents are now being warned that family secrets may be outed by their children, whose blogposts and comments may be a source of potentially damning information about their parents. The article claims that parents have lost jobs from their children describing their laziness, drug habits, and drinking problems. Police have arrested a woman, using her son's tales about his mother buying him and his underage friends a keg of beer as evidence. Perhaps instead of blaming the Internet for getting caught, perhaps these parents should take a look at themselves first, since it was their own illicit or inappropriate behaviors that actually got them in trouble in the first place.
Feed The Register: Dell PCs added to Staples diet (theregister.com)
Retail presence fastened
Dell is hammering yet another nail into the coffin of its original direct-only business model — or to be trite, Stapling it in.
Submission + - Mitochondria may hold secret to preventing death
H_Fisher writes: "Research into mitochondria — small parts within a cell that have their own DNA — are a cause of cellular death, Newsweek reports. The article from the most recent edition of the magazine, entitled "The Science of Death: Reviving the Dead," reports on people who have recovered from sudden death due to cardiac arrest through the use of medically-induced hypothermia. The cooling process may help stop the death of brain and heart cells caused by the mitochondria once they are deprived of oxygen. The next step: figuring out how to keep the brain from dying, and arguing for or against "the view that the mind is more than the sum of the parts of the brain, and can exist outside it.""
Journal Journal: Patch Helps Heart Grow New Cells
Submission + - Video Game Addiction or just Stupidity?
crystall writes: From Yahoo News: Nev. couple blame Internet for neglect
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070716/ap_on_re_us/ne glect_internet_addiction
Two young children suffered from neglect and the lamer parents blame "internet addiction". I won't argue about the validity of PC/Internet/Gaming addiction — I know it exists because I see it in my own home. But can it get this severe? Or are these idiots just looking for an excuse for the unexcusable? Discuss.
Submission + - Farewell to Wires. Power goes wireless (msn.com)
ketan324 writes: "MSNBC has an article on a group of researchers who have a working prototype of wireless power transmission. Scientist were able to power a 60 watt light bulb 7ft away from the power source. Apparently scientist have been proposing on "beaming" power from orbit via solar power satellites for years. True wireless laptop not to far away?"
Submission + - What is your favorite piece of Star Wars tech?
An anonymous reader writes: lightsaber
X-Wing
Millennium Falcon
Death Star
Super Star Destroyer
The Force
droids
Leia's metal bikini
X-Wing
Millennium Falcon
Death Star
Super Star Destroyer
The Force
droids
Leia's metal bikini
Submission + - Should IT Workers be Workaholics? Or Europeans? (whattofix.com)
Daniel Markham writes: "Several new stories broke this week, from the report that IT workers in Europe mostly don't think their jobs depend on performance to the report that says a third of all Americans don't take all of their vacation time. The number of workaholics chapters is growing in the states — these are 12-step programs for people who work too much.
IT, especially in America, is famous for long hours and little sleep. Isn't this the way it's supposed to be? Or should be be taking a month off every year like the Europeans do? Is IT like working in a union shop making widgets waiting for the weekend, or is it more like being a doctor?
IT, especially in America, is famous for long hours and little sleep. Isn't this the way it's supposed to be? Or should be be taking a month off every year like the Europeans do? Is IT like working in a union shop making widgets waiting for the weekend, or is it more like being a doctor?
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