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Submission + - Quantum mechanics could save problem of storage

Submitted by

Anonymous Coward

on Wednesday April 04, 2007 @01:11PM

Anonymous Coward writes: "I read here that scientists have managed to use the peculiar quantum properties of electrons to store data. It used to be thought that once we got down to atomic levels, quantum effects would ruin any chance of storing data in very small spaces. But boffins have used a technique that takes advantage of these effects to store data on the electron quantum spins themselves."

Submission + - RIAA is out of control yet again.

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 04, 2007 @03:34AM

An anonymous reader writes: The RIAA is once again at their old tricks. The band Nine Inch Nails has intentionally 'leaked' songs via USB keys hidden at restrooms during their current European tour. Sites hosting the intentionally 'leaked' songs are now being sent cease and desist orders. The link is here: http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/ news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=69841 I found it via http://theninhotline.net/ When will this ever end? The RIAA is just plain out of control.

Submission + - Biodiesel from Algae

Submitted by warmbowski on Wednesday April 04, 2007 @02:03AM

warmbowski writes: Why should we look into large scale production of biodiesel from algae? It produces more oil per acre than food crops. It doesn't need to take up arable land. It can use municipal waste streams as nutrients. It can potentially replace petrodiesel. Who wants to be an algae farmer? (A diagram of the farm) FTA ... 'However, if the feedstock were to be algae, owing to its very high yield of oil per acre of cultivation, it has been found that about 10 million acres of land would need to be used for biodiesel cultivation in the US in order to produce biodiesel to replace all the petrodiesel used currently in that country. This is just 1% of the total land used today for farming and grazing together in the US (about 1 billion acres). Clearly, algae are a superior alternative as a feedstock for large-scale biodiesel production.'

Submission + - RIAA sues sites hosting leaked Year Zero tracks

Submitted by

no reason to be here

on Tuesday April 03, 2007 @08:19PM

no reason to be here writes: "The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), which has become notorious for suing anyone from high school students to retirees for downloading music from the web, has gone after web sites such as Idolator that have posted leaked songs from the upcoming NINE INCH NAILS album, "Year Zero". The problem, however, is that the tracks were leaked intentionally. Several songs from the album were left on computer hard drives at venues on the band's current European tour, with fans finding and posting them on the web for others to download and swap. According to Billboard.com, the RIAA sent cease-and-desist emails to web sites that posted the tracks, leading one industry source to say, "These f***ing idiots are going after a campaign that the label signed off on."

Submission + - FCC: No Mobile Calls On Airplanes

Submitted by narramissic on Tuesday April 03, 2007 @04:54PM

narramissic writes: All you frequent business fliers can breathe a sigh of relief — at least for now. The FCC has ended a proceeding that would have allowed mobile phone calls on airplanes. If 'appropriate techincal data' becomes available, however, the FCC said it could reconsider the issue.

RIAA Receives Stern Letter, Folds 382

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday March 27, 2007 @09:30PM from the turning-tide dept.

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "In SONY BMG v. Merchant, in California, the defendant's lawyer wrote the RIAA a rather stern letter recounting how weak the RIAA's evidence is, referring to the deposition of the RIAA's expert witness (see Slashdot commentary), and threatening a malicious prosecution lawsuit. The very same day the RIAA put its tail between its legs and dropped the case, filing a Notice of Voluntary Dismissal. About an hour earlier NYCL had termed the letter a 'model letter'; maybe he was right."

Submission + - Modern Day Witch-Hunt in Connecticut

Submitted by zhenya00 on Monday February 26, 2007 @05:05PM

zhenya00 writes: USAToday is reporting on a story most of us are already familiar with; the case of Julie Amero, a 40 year old Norwich, Connecticut substitute teacher who has been convicted of four counts of risk of injury to a minor when the un-patched Windows 98 computer she had used to check her email began to display a flurry of pornographic pop-ups to the students in her classroom. She faces up to 40 years in prison when she is sentenced this Friday March 2.
From the article:

"Julie Amero was a victim of a school that couldn't be bothered to protect its computers, of a prosecutor without the technology background to understand what he was doing, a police "expert" who was not, and a jury misled by all of them. "Miscarriage of justice" doesn't begin to describe it."
Can this country really allow something like this to happen? Why isn't there general outrage on the front page of every newspaper? Why aren't those responsible being flooded with calls and emails from angry citizens?

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