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Submission + - Microsoft Demands Google Take Down Links That Remain In Bing (techdirt.com)

Submitted by azrael29a
azrael29a writes: Microsoft is sending lots of takedown requests to Google, while it's keeping the same copyright-infringing links in their own search engine, Bing. Is it just processing their own takedown requests slower than Google? Or is it a desperate tactic to bring more users to Bing?

Submission + - Shouryya Ray solves 300-year-old mathematical riddle posed by Isaac Newton (news.com.au) 1

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johnsnails
johnsnails writes: "A GERMAN 16-year-old has become the first person to solve a mathematical problem posed by Sir Isaac Newton more than 300 years ago.
Shouryya Ray worked out how to calculate exactly the path of a projectile under gravity and subject to air resistance, The (London) Sunday Times reported.
The Indian-born teen said he solved the problem that had stumped mathematicians for centuries while working on a school project.

Read more: http://www.news.com.au/technology/german-teen-shouryya-ray-solves-300-year-old-mathematical-riddle-posed-by-sir-isaac-newton/story-e6frfro0-1226368490157#ixzz1w3LI5N1w"
Medicine

Submission + - Tattoo Removal Becomes More Popular Medical Procedure

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Hugh Pickens writes
Hugh Pickens writes writes: "FoxNews reports that a tattoo of a giant iguana curling up her chest seemed like a good idea to Kaylie when she was younger but she recently made the decision to have it removed to improve her job prospects. “I was tired of wearing turtle necks to job interviews, and I didn’t like the way the more closed-minded people judged me just because I had a tattoo," After spending more than $2,000 on laser treatments to have her ink removed, Kaylie is now tattoo-free on her chest and lower neck, a story that repeats itself a thousand times a day, says tattoo removal specialist Dr. Glenn Messina. “I have heard from most all of my clients that they’re being discriminated against in the workplace and they can’t find work. Even when it’s a beautiful tattoo, a lot of employers don’t like it." In a study conducted by The Patient’s Guide, the number of tattoo removal procedures grew by 32% from 2011 to 2012 and the majority of people having tattoos removed cited “employment reasons” as their motivation for having the procedure. Individuals without tattoos are approximately twice as likely to get hired as individuals with body art that can be seen in professional dress, says employment specialist Andy McCall and if two candidates are equally qualified for the same job and one has a tattoo, nine times out of ten, the candidate without the body art will be hired for the position, McCall adds. "There is a fine line between having someone think it’s ‘cool’ and having someone wonder, ‘Is this person someone I can count on to mentor me, or is this someone who had a bad streak in life?’”"
The Military

Submission + - Iran Reverse Engineers Cobra Attack Helicopter

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Hugh Pickens writes
Hugh Pickens writes writes: "Defense Tech reports that continuing it’s tradition of reverse engineering and fabricating its stockpile of 40-year old American weaponry, Iran announced that it is about to unveil its first ever domestically produced Cobra attack choppers. Nearly 50-years after the US introduced the legendary Bell AH-1 Cobra, once the the backbone of the United States Army's attack helicopter fleet, Iran’s locally-grown Cobras will be armed with “different types of home-made caliber guns, rockets and missiles,” according to Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency. “All the phases of designing and manufacturing of the chopper have been done inside the country and the helicopter enjoys some capabilities which make it preferable to Apache Choppers,” says Brigadier General Kioumars Heidari. Iranian officials stress that the Iran's military and arms programs serve defensive purposes and should not be perceived as a threat to any other country reports the FARS news release. More photos available here."
Technology

Submission + - Can you buy tech with a clean conscience? (pcpro.co.uk) 1

Submitted by
Barence
Barence writes: "PC Pro has a feature asking if it's even possible to buy technology with a clean conscience? With the vast majority of gadgets and components manufactured using low-paid labour in Asia, manufacturers unable to accurately plot their supply chains, and very few ethical codes of conduct, the feature highlights the difficulty of trying to buy ethically-sound kit.

"So can you buy technology with a clear conscience? The answer would appear to be no. Too little information is available, and nobody we spoke to believed an entirely ethical technology company exists – at least, not among the household names," the feature concludes."

Comment Re:even more savings (Score 1) 424

by azrael29a (#39744287) Attached to: Power-Saving Web Pages: Real Or Myth?

in case of hydroelectric: less water needs to go through the turbines

Less power used = less power generated = less fuel used.

But water is not used in the same way as coal is. Same amount of water enters and leaves the hydroelectric power plant. It's not destroyed in the process like fossil fuels. Using less energy from a hydroelectric power plant doesn't save water at all.
Linux

Submission + - New release of a GNUstep based desktop environment Étoilé (etoileos.com)

Submitted by azrael29a
azrael29a writes: Étoilé 0.4.2 has been released. Étoilé intends to be an innovative, GNUstep-based, user environment built from the ground up on highly modular and light components. It is created with project and document orientation in mind, in order to allow users to create their own workflow by reshaping or recombining provided Services (aka Applications) and Components. Flexibility and modularity on both User Interface and code level should allow us to scale from handheld to desktop environments.
Microsoft

Submission + - Operators: Nokia would sell better with Android (pcpro.co.uk)

Submitted by
nk497
nk497 writes: "Mobile operators are complaining that Nokia's Lumia line of handsets would sell better if it ran a different OS — or if Microsoft was more willing to put marketing money behind Windows Phone. "No one comes into the store and asks for a Windows phone," said an executive in charge of mobile devices at one European operator. He said Microsoft's software worked nicely with PCs and allowed you "to do tonnes of cool things" but few customers knew this. "If the Lumia with the same hardware came with Android in it and not Windows, it would be much easier to sell," he said."
Government

Submission + - Crafters of ACTA to Blame for Confused Reactions (wsj.com)

Submitted by
pbahra
pbahra writes: "Europeans will take to the streets this weekend in protest at the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, an international agreement that has given birth to an ocean full of red herrings. That so many have spawned is, say critics, in no small part down to the way in which this most controversial of international agreements was drawn up. If the negotiating parties had set out to stoke the flames of Internet paranoia they could not have done a better job. Accepted there are two things that should never be seen being made in public—laws and sausages—the ACTA process could be a case study of how not to do it. Conducted in secret, with little information shared except a few leaked documents, the ACTA talks were even decried by those who were involved in them."
Businesses

Submission + - EC launches ant-trust investigation into Samsung (iainfraser.net)

Submitted by
ifonlycom
ifonlycom writes: "Latest Blog Post 08022012 :: IainFraser.net :: Business Technology Journalist

EC launches ant-trust investigation into Samsung

—The European Commission has opened a formal investigation to assess whether Samsung
Electronics has used certain of its standard essential patent rights to distort competition in
European mobile device markets, in breach of EU antitrust rules.
More at http://bit.ly/x52DoU
Tags: Business Telecom, European Commission, Samsung, Anti-trust

About Iain Fraser

Business Technology Journalist

Iain Fraser is a leading Business Technology Journalist and Information Publisher based in Gibraltar. A member of the NUJ, IFJ & ONA he has been in media since 1990. During that time, either as Publisher or Editor he has been responsible for launching & managing over forty, predominantly Technology based, Print, Web and Digital properties across his collective areas of industry and editorial expertise, which Include Business Telecom, Information Security & Defence Technology.
More at www.iainfraser.net :: Technology & Life Blog at www.jesuisprest.co.uk
Tags: Business Technology Journalist, Information Publisher, Technology PR Distribution"
IOS

Submission + - iPad 3 case and Retina Display pictured (bgr.com)

Submitted by zacharye
zacharye writes: More details surrounding the design of Apple’s upcoming iPad 3 have been revealed as images of a variety of internal components have been published online along with new images of the tablet’s rear shell and possibly Apple's new Retina Display as well...

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