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Submission + - Are Warrany Void if Removed sitckers legally valid (engadget.com)

Submitted by

Larry_Dillon

on Monday December 10, 2007 @04:34PM

Larry_Dillon writes: "Engadget has an article (http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/10/asus-sez-eee-pc-warranty-still-valid-if-you-break-seals/) saying that breaking the seal on the Asus Eee PC will not void the warrant. This begs the question; are those "Warrany Void if Removed" stickers legally binding? Are there any court rulings on this?"

Submission + - Kidney cells make implantable power source

Submitted by Galactic_grub on Monday December 10, 2007 @12:27PM

Galactic_grub writes: New Scientist has an interesting round-up of patents related to green power technology. The ideas mentioned include an implantable power source made from stacks of kidney cells that could drive implanted devices like pacemakers, a chemical way to purifying hydrogen, a buckyball-based filter for methane fuel cells and an organism that turns grass cuttings (and other bio-waste) into ethanol.

Submission + - Clues from Antarctica Suggest Water on Mars

Submitted by

Ponca City, We Love You

on Monday December 10, 2007 @12:17PM

Ponca City, We Love You writes: "In recent years, scientists have examined images of several sites on Mars where water appears to have flowed to the surface and left behind a trail of sediment. A new study says sites on Mars closely resemble Dry Valleys in Antarctica where water flows today bolstering the notion that liquid water could be flowing beneath the surface of Mars and that bacterial life could possibly exist on Mars as well. One of the sites in the Dry Valleys, a polar desert in Antarctica, has year-round saltwater flowing beneath the surface. With temperatures that dip as low as negative 85 degrees Fahrenheit, it's as cold as the Martian equator, and its iron-rich soil gives it a similar red color. "If you looked at pictures of both landscapes side by side, you couldn't tell them apart," says Berry Lyons, professor of earth sciences and director of the Byrd Polar Research Center at Ohio State University. Because the suspected sediment sites on Mars closely resemble known sediment sites in the Dry Valleys, Lyons and his colleagues think that liquid saltwater is likely flowing beneath the Martian surface."

Submission + - IEs 4 Linux 2.99.0 (includes Mac OS X support!) (blogspot.com)

Submitted by

Tom Wickline

on Monday December 10, 2007 @12:14PM

Tom Wickline writes: "This version came with a strange number (2.99.0) because it's the last series before IEs4Linux 3. That version will have many new features. By now, IEs4Linux 2.99.0 have MANY improvements, bug fixes and some new features.

Full changelog:

* Fixed IE7 checksum error
* Better Evolt mirror selection (thanks to Hendrik Heuer)
* Install MS Core Fonts (thanks to Mike Kronenberg)
* Use curl if wget is absent
* xdg-utils updated
* Detect Darwin (Mac OS X)
* Changed icon to PNG (better compatibility)
* Added registry keys to https in IE7 (thanks to Jim Burns)
* Fixed bug with security level options (thanks to Jim Burns)
* Fixed bug with permissions on Gentoo (thanks to Bas Westerbaan)
* wget/curl use IE 6 user-agent
* Disabled menu icon installation
* Small fixes and better code

On Mac
* Use Darwine or fink's wine (thanks to Mike Kronenberg)
* Download cabextract if it's missing
* Use logical folders (~/Applications)
* Use curl, no need for wget
* Few macfied things

Presenting: IEs 4 Mac

IEs4Mac first logoMike Kronenberg started last month a port of IEs4Linux to Mac OS X. He made all modifications to the script needed to make it run on Mac. But he also macfied our install process to make it more like what Mac users expect.

All script modifications were already incorporated to IEs4Linux see version 2.99.0. But we decided to also join forces to make the Mac GUI, Mac Application Bundles, easy Darwine installation and other things. That's what we are calling the future IEs4Mac.

IEs4Linux and IEs4Mac are 99% equal; they do the same thing, the same way, with the same code. That's why we decided to maintain everything together instead of creating a "new project". The difference between then are very small (but very important do end users).

As I wrote before, Mac users already can run IEs4Linux 2.99.0 — it works on Mac Intels with Tiger or Leopard. But, soon, Mac users will have that "dedicated version" with a beautiful GUI and so on. (* people trying to run 2.99.0 on Mac: you need wine first; I recommend that you use one of Mike's pre-compiled versions, just drag them to /Applications and run IEs4Linux)"

Submission + - Will Linux save the planet? (softpedia.com) 6

Submitted by 00_NOP on Monday December 10, 2007 @12:14PM

00_NOP writes: Acoording to a report on Softpedia, citing a UK government study, Linux PCs are likely to be used for 6 — 8 years instead of the typical 3 — 4 years of a Windows-based PC. With the price of copper and other commodities rocketing, seems like it is good news for the bank balance as well as, errr, the penguins. My oldest Linux box is from 2001 — what's yours?

Submission + - Ben Stein Writes, Stars in Creationism Film (expelledthemovie.com)

Submitted by qw0ntum on Monday December 10, 2007 @12:13PM

qw0ntum writes: Ben Stein, actor and former Nixon speechwriter, is to star in an upcoming documentary advocating Intelligent Design entitled Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, set to debut in February 2008. The film, whose tagline is "Big Science has expelled smart new ideas from the classroom... what they forgot is that every generation has its rebel [referring to Stein]", aims to create a nationwide, student-led campaign to encourage the teaching of Intelligent Design in schools and universities. From the campaign section of the site: "Your students are being bombarded with such propaganda throughout their education; despite the fact that MOST Americans do NOT believe we're the result of 'random chance'."

Submission + - Which Sci-Fi is most likely to become reality

Submitted by JKSN17 on Monday December 10, 2007 @12:07PM

JKSN17 writes: Which Sci-Fi World is most likely to become reality? 1. Star Wars 2. Star Trek 3. BattleStar Galactica 4. SeaQuest 5. Firefly

Submission + - Ron Paul's Favorite Superhero (comicmix.com)

Submitted by

Martha Thomases

on Monday December 10, 2007 @11:47AM

Martha Thomases writes: "As part of the run-up to the presidential primaries next year, ComicMix asked Texas Congressman Ron Paul who his favorite comic book super-hero might be. We think this is at least as revealing as their favorite movies, favorite books, or favorite chocolate-chip cookie recipes."

Submission + - What's new in Blade Runner: The Final Cut? (sffmedia.com)

Submitted by

tripper700

on Sunday December 09, 2007 @07:09PM

tripper700 writes: "25 years since its original release, a definitive version of Ridley Scott's science fiction masterwork Blade Runner, Blade Runner: The Final Cut, has arrived. So what exactly has changed? And is it worth all the fuss? SFFMedia describes each change in detail. Is it just a patch up job attempting to cash in on a cult film? Or like an oil painter retouching a masterpiece, or a novelist polishing prose, is Ridley Scott simply trying to perfect his original vision?"

Submission + - A Safer Home Network For Under $100 (opensourcesociety.org)

Submitted by

handle2001

on Sunday December 09, 2007 @06:56PM

handle2001 writes: "http://www.opensourcesociety.org/2007/12/03/a-safer-home-network-for-under-100/ Don't buy a sub-standard router or firewall off the shelf, build your own! It's easier than you think and can save you a load of cash, not to mention you get tons of great features that ordinarily cost hundreds or thousands of dollars."

Submission + - Law prof calls for more liability re online speech

Submitted by

TwistedOne151

on Sunday December 09, 2007 @06:33PM

TwistedOne151 writes: "George Washington University professor Daniel J. Solove argues in his new book for increasing the use of tort law to protect privacy against online speech, particularly calling for removing the immunity granted by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act to bloggers and websine owners regarding material posted by others, according to reviews here and here."

Submission + - Unique Soviet Snowmobiles (darkroastedblend.com)

Submitted by

abramsv

on Sunday December 09, 2007 @06:19PM

abramsv writes: "Exotic Soviet military snow vehicles, civilian and scientific applications of these machines. Link"

Submission + - Buyer Beware: Wal-Mart Site to Store (pcmech.com)

Submitted by

Anonymous Coward

on Sunday December 09, 2007 @03:41PM

Anonymous Coward writes: "Wal-Mart has started to offer a new service from their web store, dubbed "Site to Store". They offer free shipping of products if you are willing to go to one of their locations to pick up the order. Sounds like a pretty good deal, right? Not when the employees are not supervised enough to prevent theft of the (already paid) product. Don't forget having to deal with Wal-Mart's customer service once it happens. PC Mecahnic's Editor-in-Chief, Tyler Thompson, shows the service's vulerability in an open letter to Wal-Mart Corporate Headquarters describing his recent troubles with the service. In short: Be mindful of these problems before choosing to use Site to Store. Wal-Mart has a lot of work to do."

Submission + - Microsoft's sex-obsessed RoboSanta spouts filth

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 09, 2007 @03:38PM

An anonymous reader writes: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/03/santa_filth_outrage/

Jobs Responds to Greenpeace FUD 531

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday May 02, 2007 @04:15PM from the apple-huggers dept.

EccentricAnomaly writes "Steve Jobs has posted a response on the Apple homepage to the Greenpeace Green My Apple campaign in which he basically makes a case for the Greenpeace campaign being a heaping pile of FUD. On one hand, you could say that Greenpeace shouldn't expect a company that has spent years battling Microsoft to just roll over. On the other, it looks like Apple is agreeing to do most of what Greenpeace has been demanding."

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