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Submission + - third graders design their own laptops

Submitted by ecklesweb on Monday December 10, 2007 @04:53PM

ecklesweb writes: The Morning News has a gallery of kid-designed laptops made out of construction paper by third graders at a Montessori school. There's also an interview that talks about the kid-initiated project. The designs are interesting because they show how kids expect to use and interact with technology. It's also a peek into how much 8 year olds are aware of and influenced by pop culture...

Submission + - iPhone brings down Duke wifi network

Submitted by ecklesweb on Wednesday July 18, 2007 @12:02PM

ecklesweb writes: Inside Higher Education has a story that the iPhone is too popular at Duke. In nine incidents since Friday — the most recent Tuesday afternoon — as many as 30 of university's wireless routers have been knocked out of service for 10 minute intervals, after being flooded with as many as 18,000 requests per second that are believed to be coming from the iPhone's built-in 802.11b/g wi-fi adapter.

Could HP Beat Moore's Law? 176

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday January 17, 2007 @10:52AM from the i'll-believe-it-when-it-boots dept.

John H. Doe writes "A number type of nano-scale architecture developed in the research labs of Hewlett-Packard could beat Moore's Law and advance the progress of of microprocessor development three generations in one hit. The new architecture uses a design technique that will enable chip makers to pack eight times as many transistors as is currently possible on a standard 45nm field programmable gate array (FPGA) chip.""

Submission + - GPL to shine on Solaris

Submitted by

kspiteri

on Wednesday January 17, 2007 @10:48AM

kspiteri writes: "eWeek is claiming that Sun will dual license Solaris using the GPL3 once the license is ready. As arstechnica points out, it seems unlikely that code mingling with Linux will be facilitated, especially considering that there are no plans to migrate Linux from GPL2 to GPL3."

Submission + - Which phone caused the fire? Help solve mystery.

Submitted by

netbuzz

on Wednesday January 17, 2007 @10:47AM

netbuzz writes: "It's the morning after a worldwide press blitz about the so-called "exploding cell phone" that seriously injured a California man. And despite the voluminous headlines and TV chatter we still don't know who made the phone or what model it was — because fire officials refuse to tell. Correcting this wrong seems to be a perfect opportunity for "community journalism" to shine. Network World is inviting any and all to call their own cell-phone suppliers and ask the simple question: "Was my phone involved?" Let the magazine know what you learn.

http://www.networkworld.com/community3/?q=node/105 05"

Submission + - Tennessee taxes your illicit substances

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 17, 2007 @10:34AM

An anonymous reader writes: No, Really! you had better get your tax stamp for your smoke & shine...

From Time mag. via CNN, this story is both amusing and bemusing.
our government in action.

"Tennessee's Unauthorized Substances Tax requires anyone in possession of a certain quantity of contraband to buy a tax stamp and affix it to the drug."

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,157 8857,00.html?cnn=yes

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