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Submission + - UIDL: User Interface Description Language (uidl.net)

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Dominic Cioccarelli

on Sunday December 30, 2007 @04:04AM

Dominic Cioccarelli writes: "UIDL aims to create a scriptable, JavaScript based language for expressing complex user interfaces. The main features of a UIDL page are the ability to create complex user interfaces (using Swing based widgets) and to communicate asynchronously with server based objects (using the JSON-RPC protocol). While this may sound similar to AJAX, the implementation is much cleaner thanks to the ability to natively instantiate complex UI components within the browser and the ability to transparently present server based objects via their JavaScript proxies."

Submission + - New "Wheel of Time" author chosen (dragonmount.com)

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kdean06

on Monday December 10, 2007 @01:39PM

kdean06 writes: "Brandon Sanderson has been chosen by Tor Books to finish the best-selling Wheel of Time fantasy series by the late Robert Jordan. Harriet, Jordan's widow, choose him after reading his Mistborn series. An interview and official press release can be found on Dragonmount.com"

Submission + - Build an Indestructible Web-Hosted Brain

Submitted by LinucksGirl on Tuesday October 30, 2007 @11:55PM

LinucksGirl writes: The problem with distributed computing is that everyone with the technology to reverse-engineer your crypto chip can listen to your broadcast and know exactly what you're trying to break. Build a robust distributed computing application that is opaque to observers — even those who have access to the source code — by attaching a simple neuron implementation to HTTP transport code.

Submission + - UK Media fall for crazy chilld locating claims (badscience.net)

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Padraig

on Sunday October 07, 2007 @09:25AM

Padraig writes: "Madeleine McCann is a young British girl who was abducted several months ago, and her story has produced mass media hysteria. They've hit an all time low today. Both the Observer and the Mirror, huge UK newspapers, are reporting that an ex policeman called Danie Krugel has found DNA traces of her on a beach. What they don't tell you is that in fact, Krugel has a magic box which works on a "secret energy source" using "quantum physics" to pinpoint the location of a missing person anywhere in the world on a map simply by using a sample of their DNA. This has got to be the most inaccurate story of the year. Playing on people's hopes like that is just wrong."

Submission + - Scientists deliver God helmet (sciam.com)

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prostoalex

on Sunday October 07, 2007 @02:46AM

prostoalex writes: "Scientific American is reporting on scientific work done to map the euphoric religious feelings with the areas of the brain responsible for producing those experiences. As a result, it's now quite possible to experience proximity to God (or Universe for those in the audience who stick to atheism) via a special helmet: "In a series of studies conducted over the past several decades, Persinger and his team have trained their device on the temporal lobes of hundreds of people. In doing so, the researchers induced in most of them the experience of a sensed presence — a feeling that someone (or a spirit) is in the room when no one, in fact, is — or of a profound state of cosmic bliss that reveals a universal truth. During the three-minute bursts of stimulation, the affected subjects translated this perception of the divine into their own cultural and religious language — terming it God, Buddha, a benevolent presence or the wonder of the universe.""

Submission + - Mobile phone makers agree on universal cable std. (blogspot.com)

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Kaz911

on Friday September 21, 2007 @12:44PM

Kaz911 writes: "Mobile phone manufactures agree on universal cable standard!

According to Press Release from OMTP — the Open Mobile Terminal Platform — have agreed to use Micro USB as the future cable standard for charging and connection to computers and other devices.

Micro USB is NOT mini USB — the connector on many phones today.

Among the participants in OMTP are Operators like Vodaphone and T-Mobile — and sponsors are Nokia and Ericsson among others. The work has spearheaded by Nokias Markku Verkama.

According to the press release Markku says — "The OMTP's work to bring consensus for what is such a simple yet significant recommendation will have wide reaching benefit. With the reduction of cables needed for mobile data connectivity, we can further enhance user experiences in our devices while reducing the burden to the environment."

So welcome to the new bright future — many phones and gadgets — ONE CHARGER! (and after a while — a few gadgets and even more chargers...)"

Submission + - SchedulesDirect hits goal, available in Ubuntu

Submitted by Monchanger on Friday September 21, 2007 @10:38AM

Monchanger writes: After less than a month of service, Schedules Direct has announced a successful launch and the dropping of its annual subscription fee to $20. Initial subscriber accounts have been extended to 9 months. In addition, the updated version of MythTV which includes use of SchedulesDirect is now available on the Ubuntu multiverse repository. I upgraded my system last night with nary a hiccup (you should still back up your database just in case)

Submission + - Sony PS3s to be destroyed? (tech.co.uk)

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Suppostrophe

on Sunday August 05, 2007 @01:46AM

Suppostrophe writes: "According to Tech.co.uk... The Sony PlayStation 3 's IBM-built Cell processor infringes a 1991 hardware patent and all existing units should be impounded and destroyed. That's according to a complaint filed against Sony which alleges that the PS3 Cell processor infringes US patent number 5,056,000. If the complaint is upheld, Sony could amazingly be forced to destroy all its Cell processors and to redesign the PlayStation 3 from the ground up. Read more..."

Submission + - Would you buy this CD or download it? (youtube.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 04, 2007 @07:22PM

An anonymous reader writes: Paul Potts won the British TV show "Britain has Talent" with this opera song. His CD "One Chance" was released about two weeks ago. A real Cinderella story: a mobile phone salesman; not very good looking, blows the world away with sheer talent. YouTube has more than 5000 comments from stunned viewers. For the first time in 10 years I went to a music shop to buy a CD — because of the awesome talent and modest attitude of the artist. RIAA take note: I don't mind paying for quality. My question to Slashdotters: will you buy this CD or just download?

Submission + - Man Goes Through Vasectomy to Get iPhone (gizmodo.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 03, 2007 @08:15AM

An anonymous reader writes: Weird, weird, weird! A Gizmodo reader called Mr. Johnson (yes, apparently it's his name) underwent a vasectomy to get an Apple iPhone, following wife's orders after a roadtrip with his kids to Boise, Colorado. But fear not, dear readers-with-your-manly-parts-still-intact, because his amazing tale of heroic Apple fandom doesn't include any Bobbit-style genital violence. Keep reading to know why and the — strange — happy finish.

Submission + - The Best P2P Network Nowadays?

Submitted by

rigamarole

on Sunday February 25, 2007 @02:58AM

rigamarole writes: "Well, I've been using Limewire for most of my mp3 downloads for the past while. At first I was very satisfied with it after switching from Ares, because my download times were significantly faster. Recently though, I've been getting a lot of results like, "Stephen Spielberg gets a hilarious prank call!" and other such nonsense. Note that I get a lot of search results like this on both audio and video-specific searches. I'm sick of Limewire now, and I'm wondering what people in the know are using for their downloads nowadays. I should note that I've had some satisfactory results from using isoHunt for movie downloads, but I have no idea how good of a music source it is...and I prefer the classic KaZaA/Ares/Limewire layout anyhow. Thoughts?"

Journal SPAM: Friend, we're so confused 1

Journal by Jeremiah Cornelius on Sunday February 25, 2007 @01:25AM

You will need strong coffee to follow this, and aspirin afterwards.

While no state has friends like people do, officials talk of friendly and enemy states. Though oversimplified, a friends/enemies assessment might be easiest to follow, so let's give it a whirl.

Submission + - Is RFID A Security Risk?

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 25, 2007 @01:13AM

An anonymous reader writes: From ABC news: "All it takes is a second, and it's gone — a modern day pick-pocket can snatch your credit card and other personal information without ever touching your wallet. The thieves need only a little know how, and about a hundred bucks. The technology we rely on everyday — is being abused." Video at http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=7on_your_ side&id=5065414

Submission + - Media Players, Linux and Ogg Vorbis

Submitted by

One Salient Oversigh

on Sunday February 25, 2007 @12:05AM

One Salient Oversigh writes: "I have been able to use Ogg Vorbis files on my iRiver Digital Music Player and easily access it via my Linux o/s (Kubuntu 6.10). iRiver is one of the few companies that have produced players capable of playing Ogg Vorbis sound files, and all that is needed to make the player Linux-friendly is a change of firmware. If anyone is interested in how I was able to do this, check out my story on my blog. Are there others out there who thought they were disenfranchised by the Window-centricity of MP3 players?"

Journal Journal: If Ever You Needed Evidence Of Leftwingnuttery 2

Journal by pudge on Saturday February 24, 2007 @10:49PM

So here's a story on thinkprogress that purports that Vice President Cheney said "'There Does Not Appear To Be A Consensus' That Global Warming Is 'Caused By Man.'"

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