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Submission + - iPhone SIM unlocked

Submitted by frdmfghtr on Friday August 24, 2007 @02:44PM

frdmfghtr writes: The iPhone has been unlocked. According to a story at Engadget, the unlocking takes a few minutes, is restore-resistent, and activates several other neat little features (like selecting a particular carrier). Wireless Internet access worked, SMS worked, email worked, Google Maps worked...the iPhone is free of AT&T exclusivity.

Submission + - iPhone is Open for business

Submitted by

kennova

on Friday August 24, 2007 @12:43PM

kennova writes: "http://www.iphonesimfree.com/

"It gives us great pleasure to announce the worlds first (and only) software driven sim unlocking service for the iPhone(tm). No need to open your phone. No need to solder."

This is really cool, and they claim it is restore-resistant, and ready to use."

Submission + - New Theory Explains Periodic Mass Extinctions

Submitted by i_like_spam on Thursday August 02, 2007 @02:07PM

i_like_spam writes: The theory that the dinosaurs were wiped out by an asteroid impact, the K-T extinction, is well known and supported by fossil and geological evidence. Asteroid impact theory does not apply to the other fluctuations in biodiversity, however, which follow an approximate 62 million-year cycle. As reported in Science news, a new theory seems to explain periodic mass extinctions. The new theory found that oscillations in the Sun relative to the plane of the Milky Way correlate with changes in biodiversity on Earth. The researchers suggest that an increase in the exposure of Earth to extragalatic cosmic rays causes mass extinctions. Here is the original paper describing the finding.

Submission + - Microsoft delays Office 2008 for Mac until mid-Jan (appleinsider.com)

Submitted by i_hate_robots on Thursday August 02, 2007 @02:00PM

i_hate_robots writes: AppleInsider is reporting that Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit (Mac BU) said Thursday that the release of Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac has been pushed back from the second half of 2007 until mid-January. The Redmond-based firm now anticipates showing a final version of the software at the Macworld trade show and conference in January, with global availability to commence in the first quarter of 2008. "This was a business decision based on the Mac BU's commitment to deliver a high-quality product," said Mac BU General Manager Craig Eisler. "Our number one priority is to deliver quality software to our customers and partners, and in order to achieve this we are shifting availability."

Comment Re:Seems like cheating (Score 1) 185

by Gufry on Friday June 29, 2007 @10:02AM (#19688435) Attached to: Integrated HIV Successfully Cut Out of Human Genome

No - if you read the actual Science article you'll notice that they only used the loxP-LTR fusion as a starting poitn to evolve an enzyme they dubbed 'Tre' which can recognize HIV LTRs. They wind up demonstrating that it can excise HIV from a genome. Seriously, CRE recombination has been around for decades. If they had simply shown that CRE can excise an HIV genome flanked by lox sites, it wouldn't have been in Science.

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