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Comment Re:For me it is about browser plugin and OS sup. (Score 1) 604

by DrunkBishop on Tuesday September 02, 2008 @05:55PM (#24851031) Attached to: Mozilla's Thoughts On Google's Chrome

You realy should take a look at Opera.

It works pretty well on Windows and Linux, but also works very well on PDAs and cellphones.
I've been using it mostly because it provides all I need without the plugins, which is great since I have the same setup wherever I go.

Submission + - 24h Open Source Coding Marathon Hackontest started (hackontest.org) 1

Submitted by

maemst

on Friday April 18, 2008 @04:31AM

maemst writes: "Can you code 24 hours non-stop? Hackontest is a new Google-sponsored 24-hour programming competition between different open source projects. Its goals are to enhance Free Software projects according to user needs and to make visible how enthusiastically open source software is being developed. During the current online selection process users and developers of open source software may submit feature requests and rate and comment them. On Swiss national holiday August 1st, 2008 the Hackontest jury will pick the three most promising teams. They receive a free trip to Switzerland on September 24/25, 2008 to participate in the competition located at OpenExpo 2008 Zurich. Hacking 24 hours inside an etoy.CONTAINER, the teams and their virtually present communities will implement certain features based on the online ratings and jury selection. In the end, the Hackontest jury evaluates the code and awards the winners with a total of USD 8500. The jury is made up of 10 renowned open source contributors: Jeremy Alison (Samba), Jono Bacon (Ubuntu), Brian W. Fitzpatrick (Subversion), Martin F. Krafft (Debian), Alexander Limi (Plone), Federico Mena-Quintero (GNOME), Bram Moolenaar (vim), Bruce Perens (OSI founder), Lukas K. Smith (PHP) and Harald Welte (gpl-violations.org)."

Submission + - Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition announced

Submitted by bigstrat2003 on Thursday August 16, 2007 @07:00PM

bigstrat2003 writes: For the past day, Wizards of the Coast has had a countdown to "4dventure" on their web site. The countdown ran out at 6:30 eastern time today (and the web site promptly crashed), but stories are already appearing on the rest of the web. Wizards also has had their 4th edition forums up for a couple of days.

Journal Journal: Stem cells heal mice

Journal by arbitraryaardvark on Tuesday May 08, 2007 @08:14AM

Embryonic stem cells may repair mouse eyes, reports Reuters.
Building-a-better-mouse-department
Stem cells made from human embryos can home in on damaged eyes, hearts and arteries of mice and rats, and appear to start repairs, said Massachusetts-based Advanced Cell Technology.

Submission + - Science Involved in Entertainment Implies Laziness

Submitted by

Anonymous Coward

on Tuesday May 08, 2007 @08:14AM

Anonymous Coward writes: "All the advances in technology were meant to make our lives easier and in most cases they did so, but with what price? We have become so lazy we don't even go shopping. We just look for something on the Internet, we order and we get the object delivered at home. We don't even have to go to the bank as we pay on-line and the money transfer is made by the bank. Going shopping was one of the favourite "hobbies" for women all over the world, but now they choose to do other things. The application of science to entertainment has made us lazy: TV, DVD, computers, MP3 players...Why go out when we have everything at home? Why spend time cooking when you have the sandwich-maker which gets you out of every trouble? Why bother washing and ironing when you have the dry-cleaning at the corner of the street and they do everything fo you? Why do the house-cleaning when there are persons who earn a living from this? There is a solution for everything..but to have all these you need money, money earned by hard work. So far, technology hasn't solved this problem. Comfort and stability are to be obtained only with great efforts and many sleepless nights. To get the best products you have to work a lot, because high quality means a great deal of money. Read full article : http://articles.famouswhy.com/the_application_of_s cience_to_entertainment_has_made_us_lazy/"

Feed Genetic Roots Of Bipolar Disorder Revealed By First Genome-wide Study Of Illness (sciencedaily.com)

From feed by sdfeed on Tuesday May 08, 2007 @08:13AM

Several specific genes are implicated in bipolar disorder. This was the first genome-wide "association" study of the illness. One of the genes implicated produces a protein that could be a target for developing better medications for the disorder.

Feed Gene Mutation Linked To Cognition Is Found Only In Humans (sciencedaily.com)

From feed by sdfeed on Tuesday May 08, 2007 @08:12AM

A new study showed that a certain form of neuropsin, a protein that plays a role in learning and memory, is expressed only in the central nervous systems of humans and that it originated less than five million years ago.

Feed Why Blacks Do Not Successfully Donate Kidneys, According To Study (sciencedaily.com)

From feed by sdfeed on Tuesday May 08, 2007 @08:12AM

In one of the first studies of its kind, researchers from Wake Forest University School of Medicine explored why blacks are less likely than other races to become living kidney donors, and the reasons are obesity and failure to complete the donor evaluation.

Feed Eighties throwback worm spreads via memory sticks (theregister.com)

From feed by registerfeed on Tuesday May 08, 2007 @08:12AM

Danger USB

Miscreants have created a strain of malware which uses memory sticks as a vector for infection.

Bookmark Crime videos posted on internet (spaminspector.org)

by Newspartnergroup on Tuesday May 08, 2007 @08:08AM

Bookmark Firefox User's Smarter Than IE User's? (feedthegeeks.com)

by beastybob on Tuesday May 08, 2007 @08:05AM

Submission + - Crime videos posted on internet

Submitted by

Newspartnergroup

on Tuesday May 08, 2007 @08:02AM

Newspartnergroup writes: "http://www.spaminspector.org/Cyber-Crimes/Crimevid eospostedoninternet_7699.html"

Student, Denied Degree For MySpace Photo, Sues 823

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday May 08, 2007 @08:02AM from the striking-back dept.

gwoodrow writes "We've all heard the 'fired because of MySpace' stories, where a simple blog or picture gets someone canned. But now one of the targets is fighting back. (The offending picture in this case was a snap from Halloween 2005 of the student in a pirate outfit drinking from a cup.)" From the article: "Teacher in training Stacy Snyder was denied her education degree on the eve of graduation when Millersville University apparently found pictures on her MySpace page 'promoting underage drinking.' As a result, the 27-year-old mother of two had her teaching certificate withheld and was granted an English degree instead. In response, Snyder has filed a Federal lawsuit against the Pennsylvania university asking for her education diploma and certificate along with $75,000 in damages."

Submission + - Ubuntu Linux for mobile phones?

Submitted by WrongSizeGlass on Tuesday May 08, 2007 @08:01AM

WrongSizeGlass writes: The BBC is reporting the 'Ubuntu Mobile and Embedded' project aims for an October 2007 release for Ubuntu Linux for mobile phones.

From the article:
A version of the increasingly popular Linux operating system Ubuntu will be developed for use on net-enabled phones and devices"

It will be developed by the Ubuntu community, along with staff from Intel.

Submission + - No ad skipping for you!

Submitted by smooth wombat on Tuesday May 08, 2007 @08:00AM

smooth wombat writes: ABC and ESPN have struck a deal with cable operator Cox Communications Inc. to offer hit shows and football games on demand, but with the unusual condition that Cox disables the fast-forward feature that allows viewers to skip ads. This agreement only applies to Cox's video-on-demand service and will not affect viewers using digital video recorders to fast forward through ads.

In addition, the companies will also test technology that will place ads in shows based on ZIP Codes and geographic area.

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