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Submission + - Nintendo giving away free Wii Remote Jackets (videogamesblogger.com)

Submitted by
Wowzer
Wowzer writes: "Nintendo has just announced the Wii Remote Jacket, a silicone cover for the Wii Remote. Nintendo will include the Wii Remote Jacket worldwide with all Wii hardware systems and with all Wii Remotes sold separately or packaged with Wii Play. Hardware featuring the Wii Remote Jacket will begin shipping to retailers on October 2 and is expected to be on retail shelves the week of October 15. From the article: "Current Wii owners who want to equip their Wii Remotes with the new Wii Remote Jacket free of charge can go to Wii.com or Nintendo.com, or call 1-866-431-8367 to place an order [in America].""
Wii

Submission + - Nintendo offers free Wii Jackets (nintendo.com)

Submitted by ApolloX
ApolloX writes: Nintendo, apparently aware of the damage caused by Wii Remotes, has begun proactively offering Wii Jackets now included in new Wii consoles and Wii remote packages. Furthermore, owners of existing Wii systems can sign up for free Wii Jackets on Nintendo's website similar to the way people have been able to order replacement Wii straps in the past.

Its good deal, except for anyone who all ready spent $5-10 per remote for 3rd party covers.
Spam

Submission + - Compromise Email Approach -Security vs Flexibility (websitetodos.com)

Submitted by hifhuf
hifhuf writes: Slashdot requires titles of 50 characters or less so "How To Reduce Spam and Bouncebacks, Organise Your Email And Still Keep The Convenience Of A Catch-All!" was never going to fit. ;)

The article suggests using the Sieve language, in a similar way to subaddressing but with fewer dependencies, to reduce spam and bouncebacks from forgeries while still keeping, as far as possible, the advantages of a catch-all account.
Linux Business

Submission + - Another OS Option for Artists: Linux Distros (osweekly.com)

Submitted by
AAAPL
AAAPL writes: "While artists prefer to work with Apple's OS X, Matt Hartley suggests an alternative: Linux. He thinks artists could use Linux with free, robust apps for just as much creativity and slickness. Quote: "But what about those users who cannot afford to drop their old PC for OS X? Are they doomed to lose out on the applications that they might need for art school or even for their own personal projects? Actually, I have found that with my artist wife, who is definitely a Mac person, this is not as clear as you might think."
Windows

Submission + - Why Windows Will Never Disappear (osweekly.com)

Submitted by
shubi
shubi writes: "A quick visit to his local library and the writer realized why Windows will never disappear. "Amidst the sea of Windows computers, I noticed that they also had a space that contained five or six of the G5 iMacs. They were setup with the same interface that the Windows machines were, so surely there would not be an empty space at the Mac section, right? Surprisingly enough, only one was being used by a young boy while the others were neglected."
Yahoo!

Submission + - Yahoo into gambling?

Submitted by
Nahum Mizrahi
Nahum Mizrahi writes: "Yahoo just launched a poker room where players can deposit real money and play for it.
http://www.eastern-logic.com/

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to the editor:
My English is not so good so the post on my blog might not be in high level of language. If you'de like me to correct it first, please mail me at pashosh@gmail.com and i will do so.

Thank You!

Nahum
Israel"

Feed Working Toward A Vaccine To Cope With Viral Diversity In HIV (sciencedaily.com)

From feed by sdfeed
The ability of HIV-1 to develop high levels of genetic diversity and acquire mutations to escape immune pressures contributes to our difficulties in producing a vaccine. Researchers have now generated an efficient algorithm to develop vaccines that cope with the diversity of HIV or other variable pathogens.
Software

Submission + - OpenOffice vs MS Office 2007, a sad day for OO

Submitted by
NexTechNews
NexTechNews writes: "With advocates of OpenSource bashing on Microsoft Office 2007 for its high price tag and supposed bloatedness, one blogger decided to take the plunge and put the latest from Microsoft and the Latest from OpenOffice and put the 2 systems to the test. The most astonishing test was probably the simplest possible, just opening up some OOXML and ODF format files.

The result though might put some opensource viewers to shame as Microsoft Office not only opened the files 5 times faster than the opensource counterpart, it also managed to use 4 times LESS memory than open office 2.2 did. The reviews show that OpenOffice has definitly made leaps and bounds since its previous versions, but its in no way ready to outperform MS Office 2007.

This comes at a critical time as many offices are deciding whether the upgrade to MS office is worthwhile when free alternatives exist. But the review shows what many don't see, while office integrates a new ribbon and may look like its bloated microsoft managed to keep performance leaps ahead of its opensource competitor, while still including a rich UI with new things like the Citation Manager that OpenOffice 2.2 just flat out doesn't have a counterpart for."
Censorship

Submission + - Ten steps to the end of freedom

Submitted by
mdsolar
mdsolar writes: "Naomi Wolf, never shy to speak up, has published a piece in the Guardian that I found disturbing. It is call "Fascist America, in 10 easy steps" and it works through a number of issues that have been discussed on slashdot. Her ten steps are:

1. Invoke a terrifying internal and external enemy
2. Create a gulag
3. Develop a thug caste
4. Set up an internal surveillance system
5. Harass citizens' groups
6. Engage in arbitrary detention and release
7. Target key individuals
8. Control the press
9. Dissent equals treason
10. Suspend the rule of law

Her thoughts on number 3 seemed especially provocative to me, leading me to wonder, does an all volunteer army lead to the creation of private armies?

Towards the end she says this:

Right now, only a handful of patriots are trying to hold back the tide of tyranny for the rest of us — staff at the Center for Constitutional Rights, who faced death threats for representing the detainees yet persisted all the way to the Supreme Court; activists at the American Civil Liberties Union; and prominent conservatives trying to roll back the corrosive new laws, under the banner of a new group called the American Freedom Agenda. This small, disparate collection of people needs everybody's help, including that of Europeans and others internationally who are willing to put pressure on the administration because they can see what a US unrestrained by real democracy at home can mean for the rest of the world.
Other issues, like messing up elections, didn't make her list but what she does cover seems spooky."
Operating Systems

Submission + - What's wrong with Ubuntu 7.04?

Submitted by
SlinkySausage
SlinkySausage writes: "Ashton Mills from APC Magazine has written a pretty scathing review of Ubuntu 7.04: "It's out love for Ubuntu that I'm being so harsh in this review. Look where we're at — 7.04, a number of significant releases since 4.10 Warty three years ago — and it still can't manage the display properly. And that's just the start. I'd like to say the install was seamless, but it wasn't — the migration tool, while a nice touch, didn't apply to me as I was doing a fresh install, but the tool would have none of it and spewed up an error saying the process couldn't continue. Upon inserting a DVD movie, Ubuntu recognised recognised it didn't have the CODECs needed to support the media, but then couldn't install DeCSS support to actually play encrypted DVDs — i.e. 99.99% of the ones you're likely to use. I had great expectations for 7.04, but unfortunately they're not met. If you're a fanboy, don't read on, because I'll shatter your fragile world.""

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