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Submission + - 2006 Predicted As Warmest On Record

Submitted by

zaliph

on Wednesday January 03, 2007 @09:52PM

zaliph writes: "The BBC is running a story on the UK Met Office's latest report, stating that 2006 may be the warmest year on record for the world.
From the article:

There is a 60% chance that the average surface temperature will match or exceed the current record from 1998. The global surface temperature is projected to be 0.54C (0.97F) above the long-term average of 14C (57C), beating the current record of 0.52C (0.94F), which was set in 1998.
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Submission + - Google wins dismissal of suit over search patents

Submitted by PatPending on Wednesday January 03, 2007 @09:14PM

PatPending writes: Google Inc., the most-used Internet search engine, won dismissal of a Wisconsin company's lawsuit over four patents for database-search technology. U.S. District Judge John Shabaz in Madison, Wisconsin, granted Google's request Dec. 21 to throw out the patent- infringement suit filed in April by closely held HyperPhrase Technologies LLC before trial. HyperPhrase targeted the Google toolbar interface used in Internet browsers; its AutoLink feature that allows users to link to information on selected Web sites; and AdSense, Google's technology for placing ads on its site. http://www.chicagotribune.com/technology/chi-06122 7google-story,0,1690497,print.story?coll=chi-busin ess-hed

Submission + - What do you do when it all goes wrong?

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 03, 2007 @08:38PM

An anonymous reader writes: I'm a senior engineer on a multi-million dollar project. There are dozens of people involved, from me to the Board, all watching. This really is a make or break deal for our company. And it's failing because of me. What do you do when it all goes wrong, when your best just doesn't do the job? Yes there are reasons and excuses, but that doesn't matter anymore. What matters is finishing and getting it right. So how do you deal with this sort of pressure and failure? How do you cope when you're not up to the job but need to be?

Submission + - Jigsaw.com: a marketplace for UCE?

Submitted by on Wednesday January 03, 2007 @08:36PM

An anonymous reader writes: I received a piece of unsolicited commercial email from a major hosted service provider. I called the provider and found that they had obtained my contact information from Jigsaw.com. I contacted Jigsaw and asked to be removed from their database — only to be told that all of their contact information was user submitted and that I could not opt-out of receiving further UCE from their members. I could remove my email address from their database if I wanted, but their support staff warned that anyone else could add me back in.

It seems like the whole Jigsaw.com business model is centered around selling out your business contacts in exchange for free or discounted access to other people's contacts. Jigsaw.com's customer service person claimed that they prohibited using their site for spam/UCE, but could not see any difference between "cold-calling" (what they actively suggest using the service for) and spam/UCE. Has anyone else had related issues with this company?

Submission + - Got Wi-fi leeches

Submitted by

Tatsuya Nakagawa

on Wednesday January 03, 2007 @07:49PM

Tatsuya Nakagawa writes: "Hi, One of our articles got mentioned on Techdirt and Wired magazine. "Rather Than Arresting WiFi Freeloaders, Why Not Offer Them Coffee?" http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20061227/191906.s html "WiFi Leeches Not So Bad After All?" http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/networking/index.htm l Those article links to http://www.incentivemag.com/msg/content_display/ma rketing/e3i3eebab3a25f070800bc9308b6fc22cc7 Maybe this is something your readers would be interested in? I'm interested in knowing your thought. It seems like a very hot topic these days. Hope you had a great holiday. All the best, Tats"

Submission + - apple taking down rumorsites?

Submitted by

robsky

on Wednesday January 03, 2007 @07:21PM

robsky writes: "It's less than a week from the start of macworld and rumorsites are running full steam (iPhone, Leopard, iTV, touchscreen iPod, studio display, iLife 07, iWork 07). Today two rumorsites went off-line, www.macshrine.com which has been taken down before and www.looprumors.com. Is this Apple's legal department at work? Are any other applerumor sites down?"

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