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RIAA Security Expert's Quest For Reliability 170

Posted by Zonk on Saturday April 28, 2007 @06:46PM from the is-he-who-he-says-he-is dept.

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "In the ongoing case of UMG v. Lindor, Ms. Lindor has now moved to exclude the trial testimony of the RIAA's 'expert' witness, Dr. Doug Jacobson. Jacobson is the CTO and co-founder of Palisade Systems, Inc, and a teacher of internet security at Iowa State, but in his February 23rd deposition testimony she argues he failed to meet the reliability standards prescribed by Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Federal Rule of Evidence 702. The Groklaw and Slashdot communities participated in both the preparation of the deposition questions, and the vetting of the witness's responses."

Feed The Earth's Climate Is Seesawing, According To Climate Researchers (sciencedaily.com)

From feed by sdfeed on Saturday April 28, 2007 @06:13PM

During the last 10,000 years climate has been seesawing between the North and South Atlantic Oceans. Cold periods in the north have corresponded to warmth in the south and vice versa. These results imply that Europe may face a slightly cooler future than predicted by IPCC, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Feed Help Comes In The Mail For Drinkers (sciencedaily.com)

From feed by sdfeed on Saturday April 28, 2007 @06:12PM

Mailing a simple information pamphlet to interested drinkers in the general population reduced binge drinking by 10 percent.

Feed Mobile Phone Game Will Help New Students Overcome Culture Shock (sciencedaily.com)

From feed by sdfeed on Saturday April 28, 2007 @06:12PM

A mobile phone game developed by academics will be used to help international students cope with 'culture shock' and university life in Britain - including moments of cultural awakening such as going to the pub and watching people being affectionate to each other in public.

Submission + - UK Voters Want To Vote Online

Submitted by

InternetVoting

on Saturday April 28, 2007 @06:09PM

InternetVoting writes: "A recent research survey by ntl:Telewest Business found that nearly half of the respondents would be more likely to vote online. This year the UK government has authorized 13 local election pilots including Internet voting. ntl:Telewest Business estimates 10 million UK households have broadband and 4,789 local libraries offer public access. In the US political parties are beginning to test the Internet voting waters with the Michigan Democratic Party to offer Internet voting in their 2008 Presidential Caucus."

Submission + - Hawking, Lording it up..

Submitted by

Quietly_Confident

on Saturday April 28, 2007 @06:06PM

Quietly_Confident writes: "A petition on the official UK government 'Number 10 Downing Street' web site is inviting British citizens or residents to impetrate the conference of a life peerage on Prof. Stephen Hawking. The petition suggests that; "Professor Stephen Hawking, one of the greatest minds this country has and has had, who should have been Knighted a decade ago should actually be conferred a peerage [Lord Hawking]".

A life peerage would entitle Prof. Hawking to sit in the House of Lords should he wish to. With recent honours for cash scandals, it would be a breath of fresh air if a truly Great and deserving Britton was honoured appropriately, possibly in the Prime Minster's Resignation Honours List."

MIT Dean of Admissions Resigns in Lying Scandal 351

Posted by Zonk on Saturday April 28, 2007 @05:28PM from the delayed-effect dept.

Billosaur writes "CNN has a report that the Dean of Admissions at MIT has resigned her post after admitting to lying about her academic record. 'Marilee Jones, who joined the staff of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1979 to lead the recruitment of women at the university, stepped down from her post after admitting that she had misrepresented her academic degrees to the institute, according to a statement posted on MIT's Web site.' The school had recently received information about her credentials and the subsequent investigation uncovered the misrepresentations. Question is, why did it take 28 years?"

Submission + - Open-source Renewable Energy Project

Submitted by

Iddo Genuth

on Saturday April 28, 2007 @05:11PM

Iddo Genuth writes: "An open-source engineering project named SHPEGS is currently under development in Canada. The project aims to create a new power plant design that will use a combination of solar and geothermal energy for use in more distant locations without polluting the environment."

Submission + - Do you still think Wii is a bad name?

Submitted by

PineGreen

on Saturday April 28, 2007 @05:03PM

PineGreen writes: "Just over a year ago, Nintendo announced that Revolution will be renamed to Wii. The slashdot community was gobsmacked and seemingly hated the new name. One year after, with all the success that Wii has, do you still think that this name change was such a "stupid idea"?"

BBC White Paper Claims HD Over Low Bandwidth Signal 88

Posted by Zonk on Saturday April 28, 2007 @04:35PM from the quite-a-feat dept.

Kelten Miynos writes "According to CNet, the BBC has written a white paper in which they claim it's possible to double the available Freeview TV bandwidth by using some clever technologies. 'Doubling the space would mean we could easily have HD channels on Freeview, although everyone would need to buy a new receiver and aerial to pick them up. The key to all this is something called MIMO, which stands for multiple-input multiple-output. MIMO works using two transmitters, and two receivers. The two transmitters mean the two sets of data — sent on the same frequency — will arrive at the receivers at different times. Different arrival times are what allow the receiver to differentiate between the two separate signals and subsequently decode them.' These procedures could then be transplanted abroad to other countries with similar services."

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