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Submission + - Will Visa's security protocol kill virtualizaiton? (networkworld.com)

Submitted by

Julie188

on Tuesday December 09, 2008 @10:47PM

Julie188 writes: "Visa PCI has done more to secure IT networks, servers and applications than any other regulation but it is weirdly mute on anything regarding virtualization, reports Network World. That's unusual because PCI tends to be more prescriptive than regulations like HIPAA or GLBA or SOX. If you are an IT person, why should you care what Visa thinks about anything? If your company handles credit cards then you need to care because it leaves PCI-approved auditors to interpret and decide how virtualized servers and applications might be subject to PCI security requirements. Yikes."

Submission + - Chandler PIM reaches 1.0, loses financial support (chandlerproject.org)

Submitted by TuringTest on Tuesday December 09, 2008 @12:10PM

TuringTest writes: I was surprised to learn that Chandler, the open-source Personal Information Manager (covered on Slashdot after releasing some stable versions), has silently reached its 1.0 milestone this summer only to (or maybe because of) having its financial support removed at the end of 2008. Chandler inherits organization concepts from Lotus Agenda and is a brainchild of Mitch Kapor (of Firefox, EFF and Lotus fame). It shares an approach to unified information representation with recent PIMs like MIT's Haystack and KDE's Nepomuk. What happened to the persistent universal data storage that object-oriented desktops and metadata filesystems were never able to provide? Did it finally arrive as a userland application, and nobody cared?

Submission + - Curing Malaria with the Bugs that Cause It (esquire.com)

Submitted by mattnyc99 on Monday December 08, 2008 @01:23PM

mattnyc99 writes: Six years ago, we talked about applying genetically engineered, malaria-resistant mosquitoes to the large-scale prevention of malaria, which kills two people per minute worldwide. Last year, we made progress. Now, as detailed in a great new profile of one Gates-funded doctor's quest to engineer a vaccine ASAP, it looks like money, testing and government bureaucracy may be delaying the delivery of the breakthrough drug. From the article: "It means that before Hoffman can sell the vaccine to First World tourists and Third World governments and global public-health agencies and replenish the grant money he has burned through--before he can give the vaccine a chance to prove its worth in human tests scheduled for the United States and Africa--he has to sit around and wait. The FDA has asked for additional safety tests, which should be completed by January. Safety studies are necessary but expensive. 'You have to be so assiduous,' says Hoffman. 'And it's really good. We cannot do harm. The Hippocratic oath and all that. But it is mind-boggling.'"

Comment Re:Need a way to un-highlight (Score 1) 702

by hellgate on Friday November 07, 2008 @03:28AM (#25672667) Attached to: (Useful) Stupid Vim Tricks?

In .vimrc:

:nnoremap <CR> :nohlsearch<CR>/<BS>

Hitting return clears search highlighting.

Arctic Sea Ice Rallies a Bit 152

Posted by timothy on Wednesday October 15, 2008 @05:19PM from the mysterious-ways dept.

radioweather writes "Like the recent stock market rebound, Arctic sea ice is making a big rally over the record low set last year. According to the Alaskan IARC-JAXA website, satellite data which shows sea ice extent as of 10/14/08 was 7,064,219 square kilometers, when compared to a year ago 10/14/08 it was 5,487,656 square kilometers. The one-day gain between 10/13/08 and 10/14/08 of 3.8% is also quite impressive. On May 5th, The National Snow and Ice Data Center suggested the possibility of an ice-free north pole in 2008, but so far, this year has been a banner year for sea ice recovery."

Submission + - Nokia to acquire Trolltech (nokia.com)

Submitted by Iloinen Lohikrme on Monday January 28, 2008 @04:12AM

Iloinen Lohikrme writes: From press release: Nokia and Trolltech ASA today announced that they have entered into an agreement that Nokia will make a public voluntary tender offer to acquire Trolltech.. The acquisition of Trolltech will enable Nokia to accelerate its cross-platform software strategy for mobile devices and desktop applications, and develop its Internet services business.. Nokia aims to continue the development of Trolltech's products and support of new and existing customers.. Nokia intends to continue to enhance Trolltech products through active and ongoing development, for both desktop and mobile. To further stimulate industry innovation based on Trolltech's products, Nokia plans to continue to license Trolltech technology under both commercial and open source licenses.

Submission + - Researchers create rat heart in lab (nytimes.com)

Submitted by

TwistedOne151

on Sunday January 13, 2008 @04:43PM

TwistedOne151 writes: "The New York Times has an article about University of Minnesota researchers who have grown a beating heart in the lab, using a dead rat heart as a scaffold. They note that a human equivalent is at least 10 years away, but the principal problem is of scale."

Submission + - Samba Success in the Enterprise?

Submitted by

gunnk

on Wednesday February 28, 2007 @10:11AM

gunnk writes: "We've deployed a Samba server here to replace some aging Novell Netware boxes. It works great: fast, secure, stable. However, we have one VIP that feels that Samba is "amateur" software and that we should be buying Windows servers. I've been searching with little success for large Samba deployments in enterprise environments. Anyone out there care to share stories of places that are happily running large Samba installations for their file servers? Or not so happy, for that matter — better to be informed!"

Submission + - iowaconsumercase archive disappered

Submitted by jbrax on Wednesday February 21, 2007 @07:46AM

jbrax writes: Microsoft's dirty tricks archive seems to have vanished.

The Register: Plaintiffs maintained a website at iowaconsumercase.org, which included daily media updates, full transcripts of the previous day's proceedings, and an archive of some 2,000 exhibits of alleged misdeeds going back to the 1980s.

The website is now password-protected. Microsoft's own archive of exhibits and transcripts has similarly disappeared. Microsoft maintains a comprehensive record of its antitrust proceedings, making Comes a notable absence.

Submission + - Merck HIV vaccine trial begins in South Africa

Submitted by Neme$y$ on Wednesday February 14, 2007 @03:21AM

Neme$y$ writes: The BBC reports that "An international team of researchers, led by experts from the US, will oversee the trial of the vaccine, created by the drug company Merck.". According to CBC News : The study is a "test of concept" trial that will help researchers determine if the vaccine prevents HIV infections, results in lower HIV levels in those who become infected after vaccination or both. "South Africa is an excellent location for this trial due to the high levels of infection coupled with the good clinical infrastructure, including internationally recognized immunology laboratories, a well-established national vaccine initiative and experience in running clinical trials," said James Kublin, M.D., M.P.H., one of study's lead investigators, along with Glenda Gray, MBBCH, FCPaeds (SA), of the Perinatal HIV Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, based at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto. A more detailed explanation here.

Submission + - Obesity linked to gut bacterial population

Submitted by

krishn_bhakt

on Wednesday February 14, 2007 @01:45AM

krishn_bhakt writes: "Joel Elmquist (The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA), a Physiology Faculty 1000 Member, comments "This is one of the most provocative papers to be published in the field of obesity research in some time. The evidence provided in this paper demonstrates that obese and non-obese mice have alterations in bacterial populations that apparently affect energy availability and utilization and the body weight of the host."

The nature article is available at http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v444/n7122/ab s/nature05414.html ."

Submission + - Neural "extention chord" developed

Submitted by moon_monkey on Tuesday January 23, 2007 @09:04AM

moon_monkey writes: Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a 'neural extention chord' by growing neurons attached to a microchip. The chord is made by gradually moving two batches of neurons apart, as they naturally grow towards one another. This biological 'data cable' could then naturally interface with the brain once implanted, the researchers say.

Submission + - Whatever happened to Aerogel?

Submitted by

BK117

on Sunday January 21, 2007 @12:15AM

BK117 writes: "When I first saw the news releases for this amazing material (in the early 1990's) they said it would revolutionize refrigerators, hot water heaters and many other devices needing lightweight insulation. Well, I have yet to see any consumer-level appliances using aerogels. Why not?"

Submission + - OpenMoko Schedule Announced

Submitted by

levell

on Saturday January 20, 2007 @09:22AM

levell writes: "The schedule for the OpenMoko Open source, Linux based Neo1973 smart phone was posted to the community mailing list by Sean Moss-Pultz this morning. On Feb 11, free phones will be sent to key community developers and the community websites/wiki/bug tracker will be available. Then on March 11 ("official developer launch") we'll be able to buy an OpenMoko for $350 (+p&p) (worldwide from openmoko.com). After allowing some time for innovative, slick software to be created there will be a "Mass market launch" at which point Sean hopes that "your mom and dad will want one too"."

Submission + - KDE on Windows

Submitted by

AlanS2002

on Monday January 15, 2007 @03:05AM

AlanS2002 writes: "This week's KDE Commit Digest tells about an installer for KDE on Windows and the problems the developers encountered setting up a working environment for KDE to run on. Many screenshots included, showing the first applications (such as Konqueror) running natively."

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