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University education without spending a dime ? Thi-> 0

Submitted by simbadirectory on Wednesday April 21 2010, @10:10AM

simbadirectory writes "If you are an entrepreneur like me this page is really not for you, but for most of young people out there, education is the only way out of poverty or a bridge to their long term goals. Young people these days have been under a lot of pressure to meet academic goals, due to high demand in most jobs on university graduates. From this perspective, getting your masters or phd degrees will definitely increase your chances of landing that dream job of yours !!"
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SPAM: Zeus banking virus is back 0

Submitted by tux on Wednesday April 21 2010, @10:04AM

tux writes "Zeus, a virus that steals online banking details from infected computer users, is more powerful than ever, warns a web security company.

Trusteer says it has spotted the Trojan virus in one of every 3,000 of the 5.5m computers it monitors in the US and UK.

Zeus 1.6 can infect people using Firefox and Internet Explorer web browsers, the company claims"
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Steve Jobs recommends Android for fans of porn-> 0

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hansamurai

on Wednesday April 21 2010, @09:24AM

hansamurai writes "After being asked about the App Store's recent ban on "sexy apps," Steve Jobs responded, "We do believe we have a moral responsibility to keep porn off the iPhone. Folks who want porn can buy an Android phone. You know, there's a porn store for Android, you can download nothing but porn. You can download porn, your kids can download porn. That's a place we don't want to go, so we're not going to go there." Apps such as Playboy's and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition are still available on the App Store, however, as they come from "more reputable companies.""
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UK Decides It Needs More Cameras-> 0

Submitted by idealsam on Wednesday April 21 2010, @08:17AM

idealsam writes "The increasing surveillance of UK citizens seems to know no bounds as the British government begins testing of new satellite-based speed cameras. "The cameras, which combine number plate reading technology with a global positioning satellite receiver, are similar to those used in roadworks.""
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Comment: Re:Correction (Score 1) 135

by Down_in_the_Park on Saturday April 10 2010, @10:48AM (#31799722) Attached to: Intel To Ship 48-Core Test Systems To Researchers

Wouldn't they get even shorter interconnects between the cores, if the finally go into the third dimension? "Cube" would have a totally new meaning. they just have to solve these heat problems...

Comment: Re:But... (Score 1) 207

by Down_in_the_Park on Sunday November 15 2009, @09:00AM (#30105076) Attached to: openSUSE 11.2 Released

Come on, look at the numbers (uid) he's still learning...humor, irony, all that B.S.

Successful Launch of ESA's Herschel and Planck 121

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday May 14 2009, @11:43AM
from the round-and-round-they-go dept.

rgarbacz writes "Today at 13:12 GMT, the ESA launched successfully new and long-awaiting spacecraft: Herschel, the infrared telescope with a 3.5m mirror, and Planck, the CMB mapper. The spacecraft were carried by the Ariane-5, which lifted off from Kourou in French Guiana. They will stay in L2 to perform the research. This launch is one of the most expensive and important missions of the European Space Agency. Planck will measure the CMB with an accuracy more than 10 times better than the previous mission, WMAP. Because of this high sensitivity, both spacecraft are cooled to temperatures close to absolute zero by on-board liquid helium; staying in L2 is very helpful to maintain this state. Both spacecraft are designed to observe the Universe at its infancy: Herschel by observing the first stars and galaxies (whichever came first), and Planck by scrutinizing the first photons that were set free, making up the cosmic microwave background radiation."

Comment: Re:What the heck passes for editing these days??? (Score 1) 355

by Down_in_the_Park on Wednesday May 13 2009, @06:26AM (#27935219) Attached to: Ultra-Dense Deuterium Produced

Yes, very radioactive, but as said before it's a beta emitter and a low energy beta emitter. So to make it clear to all those who believe "radioactive = mean, dangerous, deadly", it doesn't have the energy to ionize anything further than a micrometer away (in water) and could therefore considered harmless to human.

Gmails HTTPS Support Ends for iGoogle-> 0

Submitted by

sschvytrk

on Wednesday April 29 2009, @09:17AM

sschvytrk writes "Google seems to have has taken a step backward in their support for web security today. Without warning or explanation, the highly popular Google-created Gmail gadget for the iGoogle home page now displays a warning for users who have =selected the "always use https" option in their Gmail settings: "The Gmail gadget does not support the 'Always use https' setting that you chose in full Gmail". Angry iGoogle users have already begun complaining on the Google help forum."
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US ISPs Using Push Polling To Stop Cheap Internet 417

Posted by kdawson on Wednesday April 29 2009, @08:15AM
from the we-don't-want-your-kind-here dept.

An anonymous reader writes "What happens when a new ISP is started somewhere in the United States that completely blows out of the water all the other ISPs in the area, in terms of price and performance? Apparently, that question is being answered in North Carolina, where Greenlight Inc., a company started by a city government, is trying to offer faster, more reliable, and cheaper Internet service to the local residents. Time Warner and Embarq can't compete. So they are not only lobbying the state government to destroy the upstart competition, but are now using push polling methods to gain support, across the two cities that could benefit from the new ISP, for the 'Level the playing field' legislation they got introduced in the legislature." A local news outlet provides coverage more friendly to the incumbents' point of view.