Submission Summary: 0 pending, 43 declined, 8 accepted (51 total, 15.69% accepted)
Submission + - US Civics knowledge dropping (americancivicliteracy.org)
Submission + - EU approves Oracle/Sun merger with no alterations (tinyurl.com)
Amigan writes: After several months of investigation, the European Commission has approved the Oracle acquisition of Sun. MySQL, which had been seen as a sticking point, is a moot point — no divestiture, much to the chagrin of one of the co-founders, Michael Widenius
Submission + - The machine that wouldn't die
Amigan writes: On the 25th anniversary of it's original introduction, the next generation has been announced. Dual core PowerPC, next generation PCIe (8x), and more.
Submission + - President Obama to recognize IBM's BlueGene (yahoo.com)
Amigan writes: "President Obama will be awarding IBM it's eigth National Medal of Technology and Innovation for it's innovative supercomputer Blue Gene family."
Submission + - Cyber war involving Cyber theft of IDs
Amigan writes: "The Wall Street Journal is reporting on how social networking ids from the United States were hijacked for cyberattacks against Georgia during their war with Russia last year."
Submission + - Law of uninteded consequences - ozone hole
Amigan writes: "While it is argued that climate change is settled science and that the IPCC model proves it, there is now evidence that the model did not take into account the ozone hole repair. In this article, based on a new study out of Columbia University, the elimination of CFCs has in fact added to the climate change. So, yes, climate change may be caused by man, but more because of what we do when we do not understand the situation completely and insist on implementing a solution."
Submission + - Microsoft and OpenSource: Friend or Foe?
Amigan writes: "This article from Network World Magazine asks the question:
"Is Microsoft a friend or foe of open source? Going by the company's actions, Microsoft can't seem to decide whether to make love or war. But if it's war, Microsoft appears to lack the legal weaponry to defeat or even disturb its adversaries.""
Submission + - Ada Lovelace day
Amigan writes: "Celebrating the Women of Tech with a salute to the first programmer — Ada Lovelace "
Submission + - Mathematical formula killed Wall Street?
Amigan writes: "Entitled Quants gone Wild , the financial meltdown of Wall Street was caused by a single math formula (Gaussian copula function).
From the article: "For five years, Li's formula, known as a Gaussian copula function, looked like an unambiguously positive breakthrough, a piece of financial technology that allowed hugely complex risks to be modeled with more ease and accuracy than ever before. With his brilliant spark of mathematical legerdemain, Li made it possible for traders to sell vast quantities of new securities, expanding financial markets to unimaginable levels.""
Submission + - Opera 9.50 released
Amigan writes: "On June 12th, Opera software released the latest
The newest feature provided by Opera 9.50 is called Opera Link which keeps you synchronized between any Opera 9.50 desktop browser and Opera Mini — the free browser for your mobile phone."
Submission + - E-Voting alters Arkansas primary results
Amigan writes: "In this report from Wired Magazine blogs, the results of a state representative primary were altered by an e-voting machine. To make matters worse, the primary in question wasn't even one that wasn't even on the electronic ballot!"
Submission + - MS Office won't be ISO OOXML comliant until 2009
Amigan writes: "After getting (and some would argue gaming) ISO to vote OOXML as an ISO standard, it was reported in an SD Times article
"For customers expecting an ISO-conformant Office Open XML (OOXML) in Microsoft Office, the wait will continue: Microsoft will not implement the standardized version of its own document format until Office 14 ships.""
"For customers expecting an ISO-conformant Office Open XML (OOXML) in Microsoft Office, the wait will continue: Microsoft will not implement the standardized version of its own document format until Office 14 ships.""
Submission + - Amiga: Retrospective on gaming
Amigan writes: "Ars Technica has been running a series of retrospective articles on the Amiga computer. The current article deals with the landmark games that were on the Amiga and took advantage of it's capabilities."
Submission + - Platypus one wierd animal
Amigan writes: "The platypus genome has been mapped, and per the New Scientist, it has surprised many a biologist with genes from reptiles, mammals, and birds "
