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Submission + - commercial quantum computer demoed

Submitted by

Lord Sidious

on Wednesday February 14, 2007 @05:00PM

Lord Sidious writes: "A Vancouver startup, D-Wave Systems, claims to have demonstrated the world's first commercially viable quantum computer.

http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/feb07/comments/1710"

Submission + - New accelerator technique doubles particle energy

Submitted by ZonkerWilliam on Wednesday February 14, 2007 @04:53PM

ZonkerWilliam writes: Plasma wake particle accelerators are making suprisingly quick advances. It was a just a little while ago we had Gev acceleration in 3cm; http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/10/0 4/0057225. Here they are capable of doubling the speed of electrons, in one meter. See the article for more information; http://www.physorg.com/news90682193.html

Submission + - Analyst: Vista might be good and bad for Mac

Submitted by thefickler on Wednesday February 14, 2007 @04:36PM

thefickler writes: The launch of Vista could cut Mac market share in the short term, according to investment banking firm Piper Jaffray. However, the firm also said that some PC users might buy a Mac instead of upgrading to Vista.

YouTube Hands Over User Info To Fox 396

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday February 14, 2007 @04:34PM from the their-tube dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Tech Crunch has an article about YouTube identifying and handing over a user's information after a request from Fox. 'Three weeks after receiving a subpoena from the U.S. District Court in Northern California, YouTube has reportedly identified a user accused by 20th Century Fox Television of uploading episodes of the show 24 a week prior to their running on television. That user, named ECOTtotal, is also alleged to have uploaded 12 episodes of The Simpsons, some quite old. Apparently Google and YouTube were willing and able to identify the owner of the username ECOTtotal, according to a report on InternetNews.com.'"

Submission + - Machinima maker acquired by virtual world marketer

Submitted by

CousinLarry

on Wednesday February 14, 2007 @04:33PM

CousinLarry writes: "In what may be a first for Machinima authors (machinimators? machinimists? machinographers?) everywhere, perennial producers The Ill Clan (creators of Trash Talk) apparently have been acquired by virtual world marketing outfit Electric Sheep Company. Their first project together was actually a short super bowl advertisement. It begs the question: are virtual actors and machinima coming to your favorite TV station anytime soon?"

Submission + - Is Hamster at Home a Viable Idea?

Submitted by

SoyChemist

on Wednesday February 14, 2007 @03:25PM

SoyChemist writes: "The culture of the computing community almost always seems to evolve faster than other scientific disciplines. How long will it be before we see distributed volunteer efforts in drug discovery, materials science, and other fields of inquiry that require real wet lab work? Bioethics aside, it would be mighty nice if people could enlist their pet hamsters in animal testing experiments when they become ill. They could be sent a kit with a little hamster size syringe and instructions for supplying their fuzzy little friend with an experimental medication."

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