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Submission + - Law on Side of Hackers -- over Multi-Nat. Corps? (functionalisminaction.com)

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IConrad01

on Wednesday August 29, 2007 @12:05PM

IConrad01 writes: "Apple's iPhone exclusivity w/ AT&T may be going the way of the Dodo, says BusinessWeek.com. I synopsis-quote and add a bit of a jab at the sentiment towards hackers by revealing the nature of the people who attempt character attacks this benighted community. Very short read. Article."

Submission + - Expect plays a crucial role in network management (ibm.com)

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BlueVoodoo

on Thursday August 02, 2007 @02:05PM

BlueVoodoo writes: "Expect is an indispensable tool for efficient system and network management, and it's also widely misunderstood. In this article, find out the benefits Expect provides in common use cases."

Submission + - Monkeys and humans learn the same way (sciencedaily.com)

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Lucas123

on Thursday August 02, 2007 @01:33PM

Lucas123 writes: "A new study from UCLA showed that monkeys, like humans, learn faster by being actively involved in the learning process rather than just having information placed before them, according to a story in ScienceDaily. In the study, two rhesus macaque monkeys learned to put up to 18 photos on an ATM-like touch screen in a row. 'The monkeys did much better on the first three days when they had the help than when they didn't, but on the test day, it completely reversed.'"

RIAA Backtracks After Embarrassing P2P Defendant 255

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday July 31, 2007 @08:47AM from the lack-of-forethought-gets-them-every-time dept.

Harmony writes "When the RIAA sued Sgt. Nicholas Paternoster, it included a screenshot of a shared folder with over 4,600 files — some of which were pornographic images unrelated to the case. Last week, the RIAA got permission from a judge to, as a 'professional courtesy,' swap out the original exhibit for one with only the 350+ songs the defendant is accused of sharing on Kazaa. The RIAA's carelessness may come back to haunt it, however: 'After the suit was filed — and the exhibit made public — Sgt. Paternoster decided to fight back, filing a counterclaim accusing the RIAA of violating his privacy and seeking to "shame Counter-Plaintiff... into giving in to their unreasonable demands regarding their copyrighted materials."'"

MIT Engineers World's First Schizophrenic Mice 159

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday July 31, 2007 @07:55AM from the beautiful-little-minds dept.

Frosty Piss writes "MIT researchers have created a schizophrenic mouse that pinpoints a gene variation predisposing people to schizophrenia. Research with the mouse may lead to the first genetically targeted drugs for the disease, which affects 1 percent of the population worldwide. This is the first study that uses animals who demonstrate an array of symptoms observed in schizophrenic patients to identify specific genes that predispose people to the disease."

Music From DNA Patented 203

Posted by kdawson on Monday July 30, 2007 @10:21PM from the tinkle-of-little-coins dept.

stm2 writes "Two lawyers have patented generating music from a DNA sequence. According to the patent, it covers 'music generated by decoding and transcribing genetic information within a DNA sequence into a music signal having melody and harmony.' A comment to the blog post mentions DNA-derived music being performed at a conference in 1995."

FBI, IRS Raid Home of Sen. Ted Stevens 539

Posted by kdawson on Monday July 30, 2007 @09:07PM from the longest-serving-republican dept.

A while back we discussed the corruption investigation aimed at Alaska Sen. Ted "series of tubes" Stevens. A number of readers sent us word that the home of Sen. Stevens was raided earlier today by agents of the FBI and the IRS. The focus of the raid was a remodeling project at Stevens's home and the involvement of VECO, an oil company.

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