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Mozilla Thunderbird 3 Released 272

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday December 08, 2009 @06:48PM from the hot-bits dept.

supersloshy writes Today Mozilla released Thunderbird 3. Many new features are available, including Tabs and enhanced search features, a message archive for emails you don't want to delete but still want to keep, Firefox 3's improved Add-ons Manager, Personas support, and many other improvements. Download here."

Zombie Pigs First, Hibernating Soldiers Next 193

Posted by samzenpus on Monday December 07, 2009 @07:06PM from the fattening-up-on-brains dept.

ColdWetDog writes "Wired is running a story on DARPA's effort to stave off battlefield casualties by turning injured soldiers into zombies by injecting them with a cocktail of one chemical or another (details to be announced). From the article, 'Dr. Fossum predicts that each soldier will carry a syringe into combat zones or remote areas, and medic teams will be equipped with several. A single injection will minimize metabolic needs, de-animating injured troops by shutting down brain and heart function. Once treatment can be carried out, they'll be "re-animated" and — hopefully — as good as new.' If it doesn't pan out we can at least get zombie bacon and spam."

Emulating New Super Mario Bros. Wii At 1080p 76

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday December 05, 2009 @02:28AM from the super-high-def-mario dept.

KingofGnG writes "An impressive confirmation of the Dolphin Wii emulator's capabilities comes from a YouTube video, which shows off recently-added video clips of New Super Mario Bros. Wii in full HD. It demonstrates the growing compatibility of Dolphin with the latest games published for the Nintendo console."

Submission + - The real cost of starting a cellphone account.

Submitted by noah977 on Wednesday November 18, 2009 @04:25PM

noah977 writes: With all the new phones and deals flying around just before the holidays, many consumers aren't aware of the the true cost of buying a cellphone.

To start, most phones advertised as $99 or $179 are sold at a higher price with a "rebate" that takes 4-6 weeks. Then, there are always "first month" fees, deposits, activation charges, etc.

For example. I recently signed up for Sprint with the new Hero phone.
The in store charges, to activate the account and walk out with the phone were $323. (For a $179 phone!)
Then, the first bill was $275. (deposit, month charges, more activation fees, etc.)

So the true cost of the $179 phone and $99 monthly fee is $600.

I would love to see that in a commercial, "Switch to Sprint, it only costs $600!"

Comment There IS a law that might make this illegal (Score 1) 454

by noah977 on Sunday October 04, 2009 @03:07PM (#29637201) Attached to: Do Retailers Often Screen User Reviews?

There is a law called, "The Lanham Act" that covers a whole range of advertising practices (trademarkes, etc.) However, Section 43(a) prohibits any use of false or misleading description or representation in commercial advertising or promotion that "misrepresents the nature, characteristics, qualities, or geographic origin of.. goods, services, or commercial activities." You can read it here: http://www.law.uconn.edu/homes/swilf/ip/statutes/lanham43.htm IANAL, but this seems like it would apply to your situation.

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