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An anonymous reader writes:
The Neuros OSD promises a lot — it claims to be the first open source Linux-based embedded media center and it "records video and links your PC, portables and entertainment center". Bold claims, but can it live up to them? Linuxlookup.com has a two page review of the Neuros OSD.
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mr_mischief writes:
It turns out that circumcision, which some berate as a cruel and primitive practice while others say helps in cleanliness and disease control, may actually have a significant impact on the spread of certain diseases. In particular, the BBC is reporting a US National Institutes of Health study in whichthe practice cut HIV transmission rates from women to heterosexual men by about 50%.
While doctors understandably don't want to promote promiscuous sex and 50% is still too strong a chance of transmitting such a serious disease, the recommendation is that circumcision be part of a plan to combat the disease.
Although every disease is different, I wonder if it's clear enough to people that if one disease is slowed by this practice that it probably has some effect in slowing some other diseases as well.
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flanksteak writes:
AI pioneer and Logo inventor Seymour Papert was struck by a motorcycle while crossing a street in Hanoi. He underwent brain surgery and is in a coma. The linked story is pretty short. Anybody have a link with more detail?
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An anonymous reader writes:
The Ajax Toolkit Framework (ATF) is a core piece of the new Open Ajax initiative, which aims to increase accessibility to the powerful Web programming technique through the Eclipse Foundation. This article includes a Hello World example in which you install and configure the ATF, then use Eclipse and Dojo to create a basic Web application.
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PsychoKiller writes:
Hans Reiser has pleaded not guilty. From the SFGate website:
In an unusual move, the computer programmer invoked his right to have a preliminary hearing within 10 days. Judge Trina Thompson Stanley scheduled the hearing for Dec. 11, after which Judge Julie Conger will decide whether there is enough evidence to hold Reiser over for trial.
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macnificent7 writes:
in an attempt to gain it's independence, CNBC is relaunching it's website and will no longer be under Microsofts' MSN network.
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flanksteak writes:
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is going to recommend the decertification of all electronic voting machines that don't create paper records. Although it sounds like this recommendation may have been in the works for a while, the recent issues in Sarasota, FL (18,000 missing votes) have brought the issue a higher profile. The most interesting comment in the story comes near the end, in which the author cites a study that said paper trails from electronic voting machines aren't all they're cracked up to be.
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Loosehead prop writes:
Fox will become the second US-based movie studio to begin selling cheap DVDs in China to combat piracy. DVDs will be priced around $3 each (20-25 yuan), which is about twice what a pirated DVD costs on the street corner. Time Warner was the first studio to drop DVD prices as the movie industry attempts to recoup the MPAA's estimated $244 million annual losses to piracy in China. 'Studios such as Time Warner and Fox have come to the realization that if they don't make such low-priced offerings to the people of China, they won't make any sales at all. Charging $1.25 to $3.00 per disc and selling a few thousand movie is certainly better than (nearly) nothing, which is what they were making before.'
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Vicissidude writes:
Earlier this year, responding to citizen complaints, Everett Police discovered that on-line marketplace Craigslist has become a popular selling vehicle for the world's oldest profession.
Now it has become part of the Everett vice detective's everyday tools for finding and arresting prostitutes. The ads are on Craigslist by the thousands. Listed under "erotic services," listed by city, listed by county — you can find anything, anyone, and any sexual service you might want.
So officers merely answer the explicit ads the ladies have placed on-line, set up a meeting, and arrest them once an offer of sex-for-money is made.
