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Submission + - Comcast is blocking port 25 (SMTP) (comcast.net)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: In an effort to reduce spam, Comcast has completely blocked port 25. In typical Comcast fashion, they informed nobody in advance of this move. They request that all users change to port 587 and they now require SMTP authentication. Good luck finding that username and password... current waittime on Comcast Technical Support = 'until the internet is no longer a valid means of communication'
Graphics

Submission + - Nvidia graphics chips perform double duty as CPUs

Submitted by Stony Stevenson
Stony Stevenson writes: Nvidia is promoting the idea that the graphics processing units it makes can also operate, when needed, as additional CPUs to vastly increase computing power.

From the article: When it's not performing graphics-related tasks, the GPU can be used in parallel with the central processing unit (CPU), Nickolls said, delivering up to 200 billion FLOPS (floating-point operations per second), a measure of computer performance. Using the GPU as a CPU is not new, said Nickolls, but CUDA should make it easier for software developers to do.

A general release is expected in the second half of this year.
The Internet

Submission + - Microsoft, Google and Yahoo! Now Support GeoRSS

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Lord Satri
Lord Satri writes: "This week, Microsoft announced their new Live Maps, in addition to supporting Firefox on Windows for 3D, now supports the GeoRSS standard. They join Google which recently announced the support of GeoRSS and KML mapping in their Google Maps API. In short, GeoRSS is a standard supported by the Open Geospatial Consortium that incorporates geolocation in an interoperable manner to RSS feeds. The applications are numerous. With Yahoo!'s support of GeoRSS, all the major players are in and the future looks bright for this emerging standard. As for KML, Google Earth's file format, this new Google Maps integration is not unrelated to the recent announcement of internet-wide KML search capabilities within Google Earth. From the GeoRSS website: "This site describes a number of ways to encode location in RSS feeds. As RSS becomes more and more prevalent as a way to publish and share information, it becomes increasingly important that location is described in an interoperable manner so that applications can request, aggregate, share and map geographically tagged feeds. To avoid the fragmentation of language that has occurred in RSS and other Web information encoding efforts, we have created this site to promote a relatively small number of encodings that meet the needs of a wide range of communities. By building these encodings on a common information model, we hope to promote interoperability and "upwards-compatibility" across encodings.""

Feed BlackBerry 8830 "Cyclone" peeped with Verizon branding (engadget.com)

From feed by engfeed

Filed under: Cellphones


As mentioned a few days ago, Verizon Wireless seems to be prepping for the release of a new dual band version of the venerable Blackberry 8800, christened the 8830. With this handy bit of tech you will be able to use CDMA radio while in the States (and maybe Canada?) and switch over to that good old fashioned GSM love while abroad. The pic above clearly shows the 8830 in silver, while the images in our last article seem to show it in black. No other solid info is available, but you can be sure we will be updating as the news and details trickle in.

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Biotech

Submission + - Making a Brain Transparent -

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entrepreneur.md
entrepreneur.md writes: "Medgadget.com is reporting that researchers from Austria have succeeded in developing a new technique that allows the visualization of an entire neural network in 3D: It is one of the great dreams of brain research to visualize at once all nerve cells and their connections of a complete brain in 3D. Scientists of the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry in Munich and the Vienna University of Technology (TU Vienna) have now come a step closer to turning this dream into reality. They have succeeded in making whole mouse brains transparent and then to reconstruct parts of their neuronal networks with a computer."
Editorial

Submission + - Send or Save Me from Iraq: You Decide

Submitted by SickEffect
SickEffect writes: Would you fight in Iraq? A man who is having doubts about whether to join the US military is leaving the decision up to the Internet. Send him to Iraq or Save him from Iraq: You decide. You can Send Me To Iraq or Save Me From Iraq. Either way, I think he is crazy.
Databases

Submission + - Oracle acquiresHyperion

Submitted by adaptive_tech
adaptive_tech writes: Looks like Oracle is on another acquisition rampage:


Hyperion competes with Business Objects and Cognos in the broad market for business intelligence software that helps companies sift through data to detect trends and other information.

"It is going to increase the chances that SAP or IBM feels compelled to make a similar acquisition," said Pat Walravens, an analyst at JMP Securities.

Hyperion supplies analytical software that culls through volumes of corporate data to help executive decision-makers uncover underlying trends about a company's business performance.


Do you think this convergence will make DB and BI tools more standardized, or just encourage Microsoft and other competitors to create less compatible / interchangeable pieces of software? Full story here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070301/bs_nm/hyperion _takeover_oracle_dc_5
Nintendo

Submission + - Get more out of your Wii - Trade Wii Console #'s

Submitted by
Reinhart
Reinhart writes: "Get ready for the Wii to go online by trading friend codes and Wii console numbers. The Wii will use these codes in order for you to be able to play someone else online. Build an address book now and be ready for when the Wii finally gets into online gaming. Smash Brothers Brawl online? Yes Please."
United States

Submission + - FCC wants to regulate violence on TV

Submitted by
An anonymous reader writes: CNN is reporting that the FCC has released a report that claims Congress can expand the FCC's authority to regulate broadcast television. Currently, the FCC can regulate profanity and sexual content, but the new report calls for the power to regulate violence as well.

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