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Submission + - Google project maps U.S. geothermal energy potenti (smartplanet.com)

Submitted by infodragon
infodragon writes: Excluding inaccessible zones such as national parks and protected lands, the United States has enough geothermal energy, accessible using current methods, to generate 9,000 times as much power as our current coal output. http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2011/10/26/google-funded-project-confirms-vast-potential-for-geothermal-energy/
IBM

Submission + - IBM shows tech industry how to make a CEO transiti (itworld.com)

Submitted by bdking
bdking writes: Coming so soon after the clown-show spectacles of HP and Yahoo dumping their CEOs in a belated panic, IBM's announcement Tuesday that chief executive Sam Palmisano will retire and be replaced by a highly regarded executive he has been grooming for the job seems refreshingly normal.
Hardware

Submission + - PARC unveils first printed, flexible CMOS circuit (extremetech.com)

Submitted by
MrSeb
MrSeb writes: "Researchers at PARC and Thinfilm Electronics have finally managed to print — as in, using a printer that is similar to the one attached to your computer — a computer circuit consisting of transistor-transistor logic and memory. Dubbed Thinfilm Addressable Memory, the new device marries Thinfilm’s printed memory technology and PARC’s printed transistors to create an honest-to-Moore CMOS circuit. How? Using organic, ferroelectric polymer ink. The exact process isn’t detailed, but the printed circuit basically looks like a horizontal, rolled-out-flat integrated circuit. In other words, instead of stacking multiple layers of semiconductor to make a transistor, they are laid out next to each other, with different inks forming the various features required to make a memory cell or transistor. It’s no where near as space-efficient, and the number and size of components is obviously limited to the resolution of the printer but by Thor, it actually works, they're very cheap to produce (a few cents), and they're physically very flexible."

Submission + - Obama Issues Executive Orders to Forgive Student L (whitehouse.gov)

Submitted by
cjcurrie
cjcurrie writes: "(My first submission and I accidentally posted anonymously. Resubmitted here so you can get a copy of the full email if you want it.)

IIRC, the Obama Administration took all online petitions with over 25,000 signatures and promised an official response. Today, at 6:31 Central, they issued an email to all voters with a link to this reply:

"Today, the Obama Administration announced [...] a series of executive actions to put Americans back to work and strengthen the economy because we can’t wait for Congressional Republicans to act.

[...]

"The new “Pay As You Earn” proposal will allow about 1.6 million students the ability to cap their loan payments at 10 percent [...] and forgive the balance of their debt after 20 years of payments."

After describing mortgage consolidation tweaks, the Office of the Press Secretary also announces (in the email, but not in the letter):

"In addition to capping student loan repayments, the Healthcare and Education Reconciliation Act helped increase the maximum Pell Grant to $5,500 and saved taxpayers billions by cutting out banks as middlemen. Because of this reform, there will be over 800,000 additional Pell Grants awarded over the next 10 years and the value of Pell Grants will be able to keep up with additional college costs."

Pell Grants are not loans, but money given to students to help pay for a bachelor's degree.

This executive order will take place starting January 2012."
Android

Submission + - Android, Microsoft, Linux, and the GPLv2 (slashdot.org)

Submitted by msobkow
msobkow writes: There may be some issues with Android products whose manufacturers are paying for the Microsoft patent portfolio.

Make of it what you will, it's just how I've always read the GPL.
Wireless Networking

Submission + - Harness electromagnetic wave for energy (ieee.org) 2

Submitted by zorazora
zorazora writes: A team of researchers at Georgia Tech has found a way to harness electromagnetic wave for energy.
"Tentzeris and his team of researchers, including IEEE members Rushi Vyas and Vasileios Lakafosis, have created a self-powered sensor that relies on an ultrawideband antenna to capture energy from the 100 megahertz and greater frequencies generated by all those systems. The scavenged energy is converted from AC to DC, and then stored in a capacitor that gradually fills until the sensor is fully charged. The team has used the antenna to power a number of sensors, including sensors that detect heat and humidity, as well as biosensors that monitor physiological changes in humans. And Tentzeris says that as the technology advances, it has the potential to charge other devices."
Linux

Submission + - New Linux Kernel Tree For Consumer Electronics Ann (muktware.com)

Submitted by sfcrazy
sfcrazy writes: At the LinuxCon 2011, The Linux Foundation announced it is hosting a new project created by its Consumer Electronics (CE) workgroup.

The new project, the Long Term Support Initiative (LTSI), provides for both an annual release of a Linux kernel suitable for supporting the lifespan of consumer electronics products and regular updates of those releases for two years.
Network

Submission + - Verizon Inches Closer To Restoring 4G Service (ibtimes.com)

Submitted by RedEaredSlider
RedEaredSlider writes: With over a day since Verizon's LTE network went down, Verizon says it is now getting closer to restoring the service.

"We have determined cause of 4G LTE issue & are working with major vendors to restore connections. Details as they come," the company announced on Twitter.

On Thursday morning some Verizon subscribers have reported that their service has returned. Verizon says it plans to restore service on a market-by-market basis.
Technology

Submission + - Police use TomTom SatNav data to set speed traps (thinq.co.uk)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Dutch satnav specialist Tomtom is facing the wrath of users whose data has been passed to the police and used to help them set speed traps to nab the very users providing the data.
TomTom claims that the police obtained the data from the Dutch government, after it handed it over to — it said — help make roads safer and cut congestion.
Tomtom's CEO, Harold Goddign, confessed: "Many of our customers are not happy."

Submission + - EFF Advocates Leaving Wireless Routers Open (eff.org) 1

Submitted by SD-Arcadia
SD-Arcadia writes: We will need a political and technological "Open Wireless Movement" to reverse the degradation of this indispensable component of the Internet's infrastructure. Part of the task will simply be reminding people that opening their WiFi is the socially responsible thing to do, and explaining that individuals who choose to do so can enjoy the same legal protections against liability as any other Internet access provider

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