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Feed Science Daily: Microwaves Can Probe Fat Content In Supermarket Food (sciencedaily.com)

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Microwaves used for zapping instant meals can also be used to determine the fat and salt content of supermarket food, according to new research. The aim of the project is to develop a new fast and non-invasive method of predicting the fat content in meat products. This type of constant real-time monitoring during the production process could help reduce waste, maximise yield, reduce laboratory testing and save energy.
Encryption

Submission + - Australia cracked US combat aircraft codes (news.com.au)

Submitted by SpamSlapper
SpamSlapper writes: FORMER defence minister Kim Beazley has told how Australia cracked top-secret American combat aircraft codes to enable the shooting down of enemy aircraft in the 1980s. The radar on Australia's Hornets could not identify most potentially hostile aircraft in the region, but dispite many requests, the codes were not provided, so "In the end we spied on them and we extracted the codes ourselves". The Americans knew what the Australians were doing and were intrigued by the progress they made.
The Courts

Submission + - Coop Discourages Notetaking in Bookstore (thecrimson.com) 1

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mikesd81
mikesd81 writes: "The Harvard Crimson reports that the Harvard Coop asked Jarret A. Zafran to leave the Coop after writing down the prices of six books required for a junior Social Studies tutorial he hopes to take. The apparent new policy could be a response to efforts by Crimsonreading.org — an online database that allows students to find the books they need for each course at discounted prices from several online booksellers — from writing down the ISBN identification numbers for books at the Coop and then using that information for their Web site. The coop claims the prices are their intellectual property. Crimson Reading disagrees. "We don't think the Coop owns copyright on this information that should be available to students," said Tom D. Hadfield, co-creator of the site. According to UC President Ryan A. Petersen, discussions with an intellectual property lawyer have confirmed Crimson Reading's position."
Mozilla

Submission + - Firefox gets full zoom

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Solarius
Solarius writes: "Today, Gecko got full page zoom functionality, which is similair to Operas. Daniel Kirsch said: Eli, Roc, dbaron and all the contributors: Congratulations and a big "Thank you" for all your efforts. This was probably one of the top 10 wishes of a lot of moz developers and users. Great to see this marked as "FIXED". Cheers! You can see it here: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4821"
Role Playing (Games)

Submission + - Second Life shuts down casinos (theinquirer.net)

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Tech.Luver
Tech.Luver writes: "theinquirer reports, ( http://theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=41240 ) " LINDEN LAB, hallowed creator of the Second Life virtual world, has announced that all in-world casinos and miscellaneous gambling joints are herewith to be shut down. That means that the large chunk of users that enjoyed using in-world casinos and betting Linden Dollars on events both inside and outside the game world will now have nothing left to do. Perhaps more to the point for Linden, the move will cut off the revenues earned from those owning Casino-style islands in the game, the owners of which are some of the top contributors to the Linden coffers through currency fees and land rental. ""
Programming

Submission + - AI Poker shows machines can bluff

Submitted by timrichardson
timrichardson writes: Computers playing poker can now give strong human players a real challenge (NY Times free link) , which is quite a surprise given the element of bluffing and risk-taking. In the first of a new annual human-machine challenge. Interestingly, the program has a range of different personalities (such as highly aggressive), which a supervisor module would monitor and select according to performance against the humans.
Google

Submission + - Google Is Evil, A Full List of Privacy Concerns (lowesoftware.com)

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An anonymous reader writes: Google has been growing and consuming information like no other entity in history. With this consolidation of public, personal, and trend data in a single searchable, cross-referenceable database there is a new threat to privacy. There are numerous Google privacy concerns that have been published and discussed over the years. Here's the formula: Google is pervasive and peddles seemingly free wares and services that only ask to record information about you; the Google privacy policy is broad in what Google will collect and what Google will do with the data; Google has proved it will violate privacy rights and use your information. Finally, there is much more possibility for abuse and therefore this is something we should be cognizent of.
Media

Submission + - UK rejects lengthening of copyright (yahoo.com)

Submitted by timrichardson
timrichardson writes: The British Government has rejected extending copyright for sound recordings. This is an important development in the face of trends to extend copyright duration, although it leaves British copyright protection for music recordings at a shorter duration than for written works. The decision was despite fierce lobbying from the large British music industry. The music industry will now lobby direct to the European Commission, but without the support of the national government, its position is significantly weakened. British copyright for music recordings therefore remains at 50 years after the death of the artist, in contrast to 95 years in the US and 70 years in Australia.
Intel

Submission + - Intel joins One Laptop per Child (pressesc.com)

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Drawoc Mous
Drawoc Mous writes: "The war is over. Negroponte and Barrett have decided to kiss and make up. The folks who make the "$100 gadget" will now work with the folks who "should be ashamed of themselves". Under the agreement, Intel and OLPC will explore collaborations involving technology and educational content. Intel will also join the board of OLPC."

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