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Haskell 2010 Announced 173

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday November 24 2009, @06:05PM
from the eddie-and-the-beav dept.

paltemalte writes "Simon Marlow has posted an announcement of Haskell 2010, a new revision of the Haskell purely functional programming language. Good news for everyone interested in SMP and concurrency programming."

Comment: Re:crime also goes up (Score 1) 111

by Chess Cardigan on Monday January 05 2009, @09:46PM (#26338165) Attached to: Employees the Next (Continuing) Big Security Risk?

Exactly. Treat people like criminals and they will act like criminals.

DARPA Lays Out Plans for Future Iconic Programs

Submitted by

docinthemachine

on Monday February 12 2007, @08:46PM

docinthemachine writes "DARPA — the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency is at the core of hundreds of amazing projects with countless future-tech devices produced. Tthe agency has just announced its roadmap for 2007 and beyond. Docinthemachine.com reviews the major areas where they propelled advancement (TCP/IP protocol, Stealth, unmanned vehicles, etc) and a roadmap for their major future target projects- along with an overview of the potential medical offshoots of each. The major future thrust includes chip scale atomic clocks, molecular anti-terrorism sensors, unmanned aerial rovers, new space initialtives, high productivity computing systems, real-time language translation, biolgical warfare defenses, prosthetics, low-cost titanium, alternative energy, and high energy liquid lasers. Docinthemachine boils down the report to the essence of how our military R&D arm will change the future of military and biotech. Details are at http://docinthemachine.com/2007/02/10/darpaachieve ments/"

Study finds P2P has no effect on legal music sales

Submitted by

MBrichacek

on Monday February 12 2007, @07:52PM

MBrichacek writes "A new study in the has found that illegal music downloads have had no noticeable effects on the sale of music, contrary to the claims of the recording industry. Analyzing data from the final four months of 2002, the researchers estimated that P2P affected no more than 0.7% of sales in that timeframe. The study reports that 803 million CDs were sold in 2002, which was a decrease of about 80 million from the previous year. The RIAA has blamed the majority of the decrease on piracy, and has maintained that argument in recent years as music sales have faltered. Yet according to the study, the impact from file sharing could not have been more than 6 million albums total in 2002, leaving 74 million unsold CDs without an excuse for sitting on shelves."

No more Gmail for you ! ;) -gmail harmless exploit

Submitted by

Mike

on Monday February 12 2007, @07:43PM

Mike writes "Are you logged in to your beloved gmail ? If no, login now and open http://www.nogmailtoday.com/
Something funny will happen, don't be afraid — it's harmless ;)
If you liked it, put "No Gmail button" on your site and send this link to all your friends!"

VeriSign implants 222 people with RFID chips

Submitted by

cnet-declan

on Monday February 12 2007, @07:40PM

cnet-declan writes "Anyone remember VeriChip, a company that came up with the idea of implanting chips in humans for tracking them? They've been behind ideas like RFID tagging immigrant and guest workers at the border, and they've persuaded a former Bush Health Secretary to get himself chipped. In this CNET News.com article, we offer an update on how successful the idea has been. It turns out that, according to IPO documents, 222 people have been implanted, with sales revenue of $100,000."

Bee Farmers Buzzing About Misfortunes

Submitted by

Da3vid

on Monday February 12 2007, @06:52PM

Da3vid writes "Bees have been mysteriously disappearing. Beekeepers in 22 states report losses of up to 80 percent. Speculation is that mites or poor nectar has caused their demise, but scientists haven't reached any conclusions. One farmer estimates that he will lose $350,000 based only on his current losses. In only a matter of days, entire hives have been lost. Is this a problem we have already seen the effects of, or is it just developing?"

Azureus signs deal with Starz cable channel

Submitted by on Monday February 12 2007, @06:02PM

An anonymous reader writes "TV industry claims peer to peer technology is going legit, with Azureus signing a deal with Starz cable channel to distribute movies online. Media executives estimate that peer-to-peer technology could save distributors 25 percent to 35 percent on bandwith costs. Films from Starz' library will be available, but mostly its just direct-to-video titles in the horror, comedy, anime and sci-fi genres. http://www.tvweek.com/article.cms?articleId=31489"