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Submission + - Duke's problems not iPhone, T'was Cisco-based (duke.edu) 1

Submitted by Kantara on Friday July 20, 2007 @07:56PM

Kantara writes: Update on the iPhone and Duke's networking issues. Duke put out an update on what was going on with their network and the real culprit. From the artice:

Cisco worked closely with Duke and Apple to identify the source of this problem, which was caused by a Cisco-based network issue. Cisco has provided a fix that has been applied to Duke's network and there have been no recurrences of the problem since.

Submission + - Guilty Based on False Statistics?

Submitted by

jellie

on Thursday May 17, 2007 @05:29PM

jellie writes: "An advisory judicial committee, the Dutch Posthumus II Committee, will be reviewing the case of Lucia de Berk, a.k.a the "Dutch 'Killer' Nurse". In 2003, she was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murders of seven patients and the attempted murder of three more, based on the probability of "1 in 342 million" that all those deaths would coincide with a nurse's shifts. However, as detailed in a page by a Dutch mathematician Richard D. Gill, many of been questioning the statistics used in the case. From the article: "Curious that a mass murderer could kill so many people and simultaneously take care that the total number of deaths on the ward is actually lower than in a similar period before she worked at this hospital: this data is not incorporated in the analysis or even made available!" and "[The expert for the prosecution] apparently does not know the meaning of p-value. He multiplies three independent p-values... and appears to present the product as a p-value." Statistics are often used in courts to convince the judge or jury, but what happens when unreliable or inaccurate methods have been used in generating those numbers?

Other commentary can be found on Bad Science and on Mark Buchanan's blog (NYT TimesSelect req'd)."

Submission + - Novell Bombards SCO with Summary Judgment Motions

Submitted by rm69990 on Saturday April 21, 2007 @11:40PM

rm69990 writes: Novell has filed 4 motions for Summary Judgment against SCO, which essentially ask the court to toss the remainder of SCO's case that isn't already being arbitrated between SUSE and SCO. One seeks a ruling from the court that Novell transfered none of the copyrights in Unix to SCO, which is backed up by many exhibits and declarations from people who negotiated the deal. Another, along the same lines, asks the court to toss the portions of SCO's Unfair Competition and Breach of Contract claims pertaining to the Unix copyrights. The third asks the court to rule that Novell did not violate the Technology License Agreement between SCO and Novell, and last and also least, the fourth seeks to toss the Slander of Title for the additional reason that SCO has failed to prove any special damages. These motions follow 2 motions for summary judgment filed by Novell late last year on 2 of their counterclaims.

Feed Lenovo laying off 1,400 employees, looking overseas (engadget.com)

From feed by engfeed on Saturday April 21, 2007 @10:32PM

Filed under: Desktops, Laptops

Tough news on the Lenovo front, as the "world's third ranking PC manufacturer" is looking to axe 1,400 of its US-based employees -- and fast. Reportedly, the firm has decided to lay off a good chunk of its American-based work force "within the next 30 to 60 days" as it turns around and creates around 750 new positions in Brazil, China, India and Slovakia. The company stressed that its return to profitability last year was greatly assisted by the laying off of upwards of 1,000 employees, and insinuates that the latest cost-cutting measures are just attempts to "make the organization more efficient by reducing expenses." The cuts also include a whopping 20-percent of the work force at Lenovo's Research Triangle Park (RTP) location and around five-percent overall, but should net some $100 million in savings for the new fiscal year. Sadly, it just seems to get more cutthroat every year in the corporate arena, regardless of accomplishments.

[Via TWW]

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Submission + - Linuxfest Northwest, April 28&29, Bellingham W

Submitted by

klic

on Saturday April 21, 2007 @10:11PM

klic writes: "Linuxfest Northwest 2007 ( http://www.linuxfestnw.org/ ) will be the weekend of April 28th and 29th in Bellingham, Washington, about two hours north of Seattle. All sessions are free. In recent years, attendance has approached a thousand, so the twelve program tracks have been expanded to two days to accomodate more attendees. Topics range from newbie to expert, covering distros, applications, languages, and legal issues. Saturday night is the Bellingham Brews Festival, with live music, food and many local microbrews. Lots happening, lots of F/OSS goodness!"

Submission + - Goatse.cx domain for sale!

Submitted by

pk69

on Saturday April 21, 2007 @09:57PM

pk69 writes: "Boing Boing points out that the goatse.cx domain is apparently up for auction here . At the moment the bid is at $150,050. Dam that price is just a bit too high for me! :("

Wal-Mart Begins Massive Push For HD DVD 338

Posted by kdawson on Saturday April 21, 2007 @09:52PM from the 200-bucks-by-Christmas dept.

Several readers sent us word of Wal-Mart's ordering 2 million HD DVD players from China. Hans V wrote, "My kids work at Wal-Mart and the manager there has been talking about this. HD-DVD's are selling like mad there so I hear." Another reader sent us a few links in Chinese and summarized them this way: "The first batches of these blue-laser HD DVD players are to land sometime in 2007, with complete fulfillment of the order [from Fuh Yuan] in 2008. The deal could be worth up to $300 million US, which translates to $150 per player. If so, by the time Christmas 2007 rolls around, Wal-Mart could be selling these for less than $200 retail, although some speculate that the initial manufacturer suggested retail pricing might be in the ballpark of $299. Currently the cheapest high-definition player is a Toshiba HD DVD with an MSRP of $399." By comparison Blu-Ray players, manufactured in Japan, are not expected to drop below $1000 until next year. The International Herald Tribune writes about the risk Toshiba is taking by bringing in Chinese manufacturers to trump Sony in the format war.

Feed Breastfeeding may protect older mothers from cancer (pheedo.com)

From feed by nsfeed on Saturday April 21, 2007 @06:12PM

Women who delay pregnancy are at higher risk of breast cancer, but new research suggests this may not apply to those who breastfeed

Submission + - Microsoft Admits Vista Failure

Submitted by

mnath77

on Saturday April 21, 2007 @05:27PM

mnath77 writes: ""With two overlapping events, Microsoft admitted what we have been saying all along, Vista, aka Windows MeII, is a joke that no one wants. It did two unprecedented things this week that frankly stunned us... "What happened is the OEMs revolted in the background and forced Microsoft's hand. This is a big neon sign above MeII saying 'FAILURE'. Blink blink blink. OK, MeII won't fail, they have OEMs whipped and threatened into a corner, it will sell, but you can almost hear the defectors marching toward Linux. This is a watershed..." http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=39 087"

Feed Knocking Out Survival Protein Could Aid Leukemia Treatment (sciencedaily.com)

From feed by sdfeed on Friday April 20, 2007 @07:12PM

An effective way to fight leukemia might be to knock out a specific protein that protects cancer cells from dying, a new study shows. The findings suggest that a drug that can block this "survival protein" might on its own be an effective therapy.

Submission + - Slashdot RSS Feed Exposes Premium Content

Submitted by

Dan Grossman

on Friday April 20, 2007 @05:11PM

Dan Grossman writes: "The RSS feed for Slashdot exposes articles that are not yet on the main page of the site. Clicking the "Read more of this story" link brings non-subscribers to a page indicating they can't access that content."

Journal Journal: YouTube Ordered to Block Steamy Footage of Brazilian Modell

Journal by UfaOgros on Saturday January 06, 2007 @01:45PM

"A Brazilian judge has ordered YouTube to find a way to stop Brazilians from viewing steamy footage of supermodel Daniela Cicarelli and her boyfriend on the highly trafficked video-sharing site, court officials said Thursday."

URL: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070105/ap_on_hi_te/brazil_youtube

I am in Brazil, and all the site is blocked. But there are ways of circumventing it.
It's a shame that we have to pay for others people action :(

Mac OS X Versus Windows Vista 697

Posted by CowboyNeal on Saturday January 06, 2007 @10:19AM from the no-holds-barred dept.

An anonymous reader writes "With Macworld set to start Jan. 8, InformationWeek has a detailed comparison that pits Mac OS X against Vista. According to reviewer John Welch, OS X wins hands down. The important point: he doesn't say Vista is bad, just that technically speaking, OS X remains way ahead. Do you agree?"

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