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Submission + - Eminem Sues iTunes Over Music Distribution

Submitted by FatMacDaddy
FatMacDaddy writes: According to the SFGate (San Francisco Chronicle web site) Eminem is suing iTunes because even though his label agreed to sell his songs through iTunes nobody bothered to ask him. (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/ 2007/08/01/BUGMARA5I618.DTL) The goal is, of course, money, where Eminem apparently wants his own licensing deal instead of royalties. This could have a huge impact on the cost of music downloads and sellers such as iTunes if his suit is successful. On the other hand, could it be a way to put money directly into the artists' hands without going through the labels?
Space

New Universes Will be Born from Ours 440

Posted by Zonk from the crisis-on-infinite-earths dept.
David Shiga writes "What gruesome fate awaits our universe? Some physicists have argued that it is doomed to be ripped apart by runaway dark energy, while others think it is bouncing through an endless series of big bangs and big crunches. Now, scientists have combined these two ideas to create another option, in which our universe ultimately shatters into billions of pieces. Each shard would then subsequently grow into a whole new universe. The model could solve the mystery of why our early universe was surprisingly well ordered."
Music

Submission + - EMI in talks to sell unprotected MP3s

Submitted by General Lee's Peking
General Lee's Peking writes: From the article:

Music company EMI Group PLC — home of The Rolling Stones and Coldplay — has been talking with online retailers about possibly selling its entire digital music catalog in MP3 format without copy protection
Power

Submission + - Update: Energy Tower Power Calculations

Submitted by
rohar
rohar writes: "Since this story was originally posted, the efficiency and power output calculations of this Open Design Renewable Energy Project have been completed for implementations of a mid-sized installation for various climates.

Although the project is not at the pilot stage yet, the physics and math demonstrate that the system can meet the design criteria of a clean, renewable, feasible, location independant, reliable electrical generation system that can be built from common materials."
Portables

Submission + - GPS shoes make people findable

Submitted by Radon360
Radon360 writes: Engineer Isaac Daniel has developed shoes that have a tiny Global Positioning System chip embedded in them. He started working on a prototype of Quantum Satellite Technology, a line of $325 to $350 adult sneakers that hit shelves next month. It promises to locate the wearer anywhere in the world with the press of a button. A children's line will be out this summer.

Feed Cronkhite: Profit Motive a Threat (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed
American journalism, which underpins the very freedom of this nation, is being threatened as media companies ignore their obligations for the sake of profit, says legendary newsman Walter Cronkhite. By the Associated Press.


Microsoft

Submission + - Vista crippled by content protection

Submitted by
evansvillelinux
evansvillelinux writes: "PC users around the globe may find driver software is stopped from working by Vista if it detects unauthorised content access. Peter Guttman, a security engineering researcher at New Zealand's university of Auckland, has written A Cost Analysis of Windows Vista Content Protection. He reckons Vista is trying to achieve the impossible by protecting access to premium content. Users will find their PCs' compromised by the persistent and continuous content access checks carried out by Vista.

http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?news id=7675"
Slashdot.org

Submission + - minix vs. linux benchmarks

Submitted by
An anonymous reader writes: Andrew T., the micro-kernelist and Minix proposer, gave a
talk in Australia recently

        http://lwn.net/Articles/217873/
        http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/01/18/22492 09

pointing out a modest performance loss when using Minix
rather than Linux — loss made up by superior stability and
security. Well, he may be deluding himself.

LWN took up to verify the benchmarks and run their own.
Essentially, they failed because it was impossible to
compile on Minix. Then they discovered two old benchmarks
from abandoned projects. Comparing Minix and Linux on the
same hardware for the same tasks, revealed differences of
largely one order of magnitude. The report and the graphic
benchmarks are now freely accessible at:

        http://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/220255/2031d5ff96d84 8d5/
United States

Submission + - Is It Time for a New Tax on Energy?

Submitted by Radon360
Radon360 writes:
The government should encourage development of alternatives to fossil fuels, economists said in a WSJ.com survey. But most say the best way to do that isn't in President Bush's energy proposals: a new tax on fossil fuels. Forty of 47 economists who answered the question said the government should help champion alternative fuels. Economists generally are in favor of free-market solutions, but there are times when you need to intervene," said David Wyss at Standard & Poor's Corp. "We're already in the danger zone" because of the outlook for oil supplies and concerns about climate change, he said.
The Almighty Buck

Submission + - Scientists to Vie for $25M Climate Prize

Submitted by Radon360
Radon360 writes:


British tycoon Sir Richard Branson on Friday announced a $25 million prize for the scientist who comes up with a way of extracting greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. The Virgin Group chairman was joined by former Vice President Al Gore and other leading environmentalists, as he announced the challenge to find the world's first viable design to capture and remove carbon dioxide from the air.
Music

Warner Rejects Jobs' DRM Position 102

Posted by Zonk from the we-like-things-just-the-way-they-are dept.
massivefoot writes "Warner Music has rejected the suggestion from Steve Jobs that DRM should be removed from music downloads. In an open letter this week, Jobs said that removing the software would also allow greater usability for customers, as any online music store would be able to sell songs that would work on all players. Warner Music, the world's fourth largest record company, seems far from convinced. "
Operating Systems

Where Are Operating Systems Headed? 278

Posted by Zonk from the oses-in-spaaaace dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Dr. Dobb's Michael Swaine breaks down the question of where operating systems are headed. Among his teasers: Is Vista the last version of desktop Windows? (Counterintuitively, he says no.); Did Linux miss its window on the desktop? (Maybe.) And, most interestingly, are OSes at this point no longer necessary? He calls out the Symbian smartphone OS as something to keep an eye on, and reassures us that Hollywood-style OSes are not in our short-term future. Where do you weigh in on the future of operating systems? In ten years will we all be running applications via the internet?"

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