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Google Android on Intel Atoms-> 0

Submitted by davidjgraph on Thursday April 15 2010, @08:35AM

davidjgraph writes "BBC News reports that Intel have ported Google's Android operating system to their Atom processor. This represents the second main attempt to take a significant netbook market share using a linux-based OS. The jury is still out of the first attempt, that of the Ubuntu Netbook Edition. Some claim it's market share is growing rapidly, others asking "But where has all the Windows gone?"."
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Tax Day: Crunch Time for IRS Data Centers -> 0

Submitted by 1sockchuck on Thursday April 15 2010, @08:31AM

1sockchuck writes "It's crunch time for the Internal Revenue Service. As the IRS processes the annual crescendo of returns around today's tax deadline, the state of the agency's infrastructure depends upon who you ask. IT executives at the IRS say it has made huge strides in modernizing its data centers, which processed 139 million returns and issued $298 billion in refunds in 2009. Independent tests say the IRS web site is the fastest U.S. government site, and one of the fastest on the web. But a key government watchdog, the General Accounting Office, says the modernization effort hasn't moved quickly enough, and continues to fault the IRS for security weaknesses."
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Britain Closes Airspace as Volcanic Ash Spreads 0

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Hugh Pickens

on Thursday April 15 2010, @08:25AM

Hugh Pickens writes "The NY Times reports that British civil aviation authorities ordered the closure of the country’s airspace as of noon on Thursday to shield aircraft from a high-altitude cloud of ash drifting south and east from an erupting volcano in Iceland. The perils of volcanic ash are well known to pilots and airline operators. After the 1982 eruption of Galunggung volcano in Indonesia, for example, a Boeing 747 flying from Kuala Lumpur to Perth, Australia, lost power in all four engines and descended from 36,000 feet to 12,500 feet before pilots could restart them and make an emergency landing in Jakarta. It was impossible to predict how long the disruptions might last or the extent of the flight cancellations, since the volcano was still erupting, says Deborah Seymour, a spokeswoman for Britain’s National Air Traffic Service. “We are completely and utterly hostage to weather conditions.""

Review Finds no malpractice in Climategate methods-> 1

Submitted by Stoobalou on Thursday April 15 2010, @07:43AM

Stoobalou writes "An independent panel has found that there was no scientific malpractice at the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit, despite all the 'Climategate' brouhaha.

The review was instigated after e-mails from the Climate Research Unit's (CRU) scientists were published online, just in time to destabilise the Copenhagen conference on combating climate change."
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SPAM: O2 tease iPad data plans by Rogers 0

Submitted by itechnopk on Thursday April 15 2010, @07:31AM

itechnopk writes "On the heels of international shipping delays, carriers from the UK and Canada have released abrupt confirmation that they will be offering iPad data plans by "...the end of May.""
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Comment: Immortal souls not in any danger...! (Score 1) 2

by I confirm I'm not a on Thursday April 15 2010, @07:25AM (#31855768) Attached to: Fineprint says Game store owns your soul

Neat idea, but the dizzy majority need not fear for their immortal souls! An "unfair term" in a contract or other legal agreement is unenforceable - it's one of the reasons why the Office of Fair Trading is investigating the banks and the charges they apply. You might sign a contract with, say a loan shark, that "allowed" the other party to kill you if you didn't comply with their terms - however, if the other party did kill you they'd be breaking the law. If they tried to sue you for the right to kill you, the court would rule against them.

DOJ Demands warrantless email access.-> 1

Submitted by chfriley on Thursday April 15 2010, @07:11AM

chfriley writes "CNET reports that Google, EFF, CDT, and other groups have joined Yahoo in defending against a U.S. Department of Justice demand for warrantless access to email messages. The DOJ contends in a 17 page brief that while 'federal law requires search warrants for messages in "electronic storage" that are less than 181 days old, the Yahoo Mail messages don't meet that definition. 'Previously opened e-mail is not in 'electronic storage.''' And it further states that "This court should therefore require Yahoo to comply with the order and produce the specified communications in the targeted accounts."

The EFF has a statement, here, http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2010/04/13."
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SPAM: iPad streams 650,000 television shows by ABC Playe 0

Submitted by itechnopk on Thursday April 15 2010, @07:04AM

itechnopk writes "The Wall Street Journal reports that the free ABC Player app for the iPad has been downloaded 205,000 times and used to watch 650,000 television episodes in the 10 days since the iPad’s make release."
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Volcano grounds all UK aircraft-> 0

Submitted by I confirm I'm not a on Thursday April 15 2010, @06:56AM

I confirm I'm not a writes "The ash-laden cloud from a volcanic eruption in Iceland has grounded all flights in the UK and parts of Northern Europe. According to the Daily Mail this is more severe than the flight restrictions introduced immediately following 911. Strangely, the skies over Glasgow are blue — not the usual muddy grey..."
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Taste training for weird marsupial cats-> 0

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 15 2010, @06:55AM

An anonymous reader writes "Training Australia's endangered northern quoll to turn its nose up at toxic cane toads could be the key to the species' survival."
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