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Submission + - Lab Gets New Attention in Pet Food Case

Submitted by StillGreat on Sunday April 01, 2007 @11:18PM

StillGreat writes: Tucked away in a nondescript state office park, scientists at the New York State Food Laboratory have for years quietly gone about their business testing products destined for grocery store shelves. http://www.ibtimes.com/apnews/20070401/pet-food-re call-lab.htm

Submission + - Math: Making it fun, again

Submitted by macaday on Sunday April 01, 2007 @11:03PM

macaday writes: The desire to learn math and science in school is about as popular as eating Brussels sprouts. Students do not understand the need to learn it and the focus has shifted to standardized test-prep in the classroom. The folks at Shodor are making available free on-line software that makes learning math and science interesting and interactive.

Submission + - TRON Classified "Sensitive" by Homeland Se

Submitted by

ewhac

on Sunday April 01, 2007 @09:48PM

ewhac writes: "Apparently a Jeff Bridges film is now a credible threat to the Republic. Reports are emerging from Hollywood that the Department of Homeland Security has classified the film TRON as "sensitive" and ordered Disney studios to surrender all its copies. Concern reportedly surrounds the live action scenes shot at the Shiva nuclear fusion research facility, which apparently after 25 years are now considered to reveal sensitive details about nuclear technology."

Submission + - Gore and NOAA attack "planetary emergency"

Submitted by

coondoggie

on Wednesday March 21, 2007 @05:32PM

coondoggie writes: "While Al Gore was on Capital Hill today pressing Congress to cut pollution and in general save the world from itself, scientists from NOAA's Earth System Research Laboratory announced a tool to more effectively monitor changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. The tool, called CarbonTracker, will let its users evaluate the effectiveness of their efforts to reduce or store carbon emissions. CarbonTracker is an online system that calculates carbon dioxide uptake and release at the Earth's surface from a system of sensors all over the world over time.Meanwhile Gore, in testimony before a congressional committee, warned that human- caused global warming constituted a "planetary emergency" requiring an aggressive federal response. Gore rejected complaints by Republican lawmakers that he was waging an alarmist war on the use of coal and oil. http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/1274 3"

Submission + - Marketing Reach of Games Outstrips Retail Sales

Submitted by

njkid1

on Wednesday March 21, 2007 @05:28PM

njkid1 writes: "Typically, when ads are sold for video games, companies simply look at the raw retail sales. What this leaves out, however, is a large group of people who borrow, play co-op, or simply watch the game. Interpret CEO Michael Dowling explains to us that gaming's potential as a cross marketing medium has only begun to be exploited."

Submission + - iamdentity OpenID Server Now Supports MyPW

Submitted by

on Wednesday March 21, 2007 @04:47PM

An anonymous reader writes: Vecosys Reports iamdentity is the first OpenID server that provides additional security and Strong Authentication using two-factor authentication provided by MyPW. This means that the iamdentity OpenID Server can be used for all sorts of transactions, thus extending the use of pure single-sign-on to protect the sensitivity of data shared.

Submission + - How is the Slashdot tagging beta performing?

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 21, 2007 @04:37PM

An anonymous reader writes: Since the introduction of the tagging beta, a number of tags have appeared that would seem to have little or marginal use. In particular, 'haha' and 'defectivebydesign' seem to pop up regularly. What does the submission of such tags say about the readership of slashdot? Don't you think think that the usefulness of the tagging system can be compromised somewhat by readers' attempts to be humorous? By example, what are the more interesting (and possibly useless) tags that have been observed since the pilot started?

Submission + - Is Google's Pay-Per-Action Blogger-Unfriendly?

Submitted by Lisa Andrews on Wednesday March 21, 2007 @04:33PM

Lisa Andrews writes: Yesterday, Google announced the launch of their new (beta, of course) Pay-Per-Action advertising model, claiming it would be the new good thing for everybody. However, some arguments have been raised as to whether webmasters gain or lose in this matter, and it seems that this new advertising model may favor advertiser's and Google a lot more than the bloggers, webmasters, and co.

Submission + - Dungons & Dragons & IT - Why we crave boun

Submitted by

boyko.at.netqos

on Wednesday March 21, 2007 @04:14PM

boyko.at.netqos writes: "An editorial in Network Performance Daily tries to take a (1d6) stab at explaining why geeky engineering types are also typically the types that enjoy a rousing game of D&D. "The greatest barrier to creativity is a lack of boundaries. Counter-intuitive — almost zen-like — but we've found it to be true. And this is why people play Dungeons & Dragons (and similar games), and why network engineers often spend time putting out fires when they could be improving the network... Have you ever noticed that, in your job as a network engineer, you spend quite a lot of it putting out fires, as opposed to starting new initiatives? Those network emergencies are obstacles. You have defined parameters and you must overcome the obstacle. Engineers trained to find the best solutions to problems usually feel most in their element when solving a problem!"

Submission + - Can the U.S. Army defeat the Blackwater Army?

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 21, 2007 @04:08PM

An anonymous reader writes: Even though this is a hypothetical question, what if the Blackwater private army's purpose is to make sure the U.S. Army will keep fighting in Iraq/Iran and no military opposition can arise against the Bush Administration? I doubt these will be true, but who would win if these two armies fight each other? Should the U.S. even have a private army?

Journal Journal: Hurting whales more important than national security

Journal by slayermet420 on Wednesday March 21, 2007 @03:40PM

In the newest slap to the face of the environmentalists, the US Navy has decided to not release where sonar has been used through out the world over the past four years. Why is this an issue? Because the National Resources Defense Council has come to the idea of suing the US Navy to "ensure sailors use sonar in a way that does not harm whales and other marine mammals." The claim is that s

Submission + - Red Hat Plans Linux Desktop 'for the Masses'

Submitted by

jeevesbond

on Monday March 19, 2007 @02:35PM

jeevesbond writes: "Red Hat is planning a packaged Linux desktop solution that it hopes will push its Linux desktop offering to a far broader audience than exists for its current client solution.

This will be a more comprehensive offering that will target markets like the small and medium-sized business [SMB] sector and emerging markets."

Submission + - DRM will cost over $9 billion the 5 coming years

Submitted by

DRM coward

on Monday March 19, 2007 @02:14PM

DRM coward writes: "According to a recent report, companies will spend over 9 billion dollars on DRM technology, hardware and software, over the 5 coming years. At the end of 2007 over 1 billion dollars will have been spent on trying to prevent copyrighted material from spreading without control. The study, which was published by Insight Research, states that the industry is not moving to a more userfriendly nature, but actually on the contrary. More and more, companies will be working on creating tougher and tougher protections with less and less care for the end-users."

Feed U.S. Balks at Climate Talks (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed on Monday March 19, 2007 @12:52PM

All delegates agree on the critical need to cut emissions, but the United States still worries about its economy and the contributions from developing countries. By the Associated Press.

Submission + - The state of web annotation

Submitted by

joeljkp

on Sunday March 18, 2007 @06:13PM

joeljkp writes: "The promise of web annotation systems is great: the ability to comment on specific content of any website, to correct errors and misconceptions, and to provide background information for future readers. It seems that this promise has not been fulfilled, but not for lack of trying. Notwithstanding systems like Stet, which work for local content only, there have been attempts ranging from Annozilla, a Firefox extension that works with the W3C's Annotea spec, to "Web 2.0" offerings such as Diigo and Fleck. Why haven't any of these systems caught on, and is there any hope in sight? If the community picks one, can we boost it to success?"

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