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by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 09, @04:03PM (#24120781)
Attached to: Nancy Pelosi vs. the Internet

"We know what's best for you"

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  Science: Researchers Modify T-Cells, Make Them HIV Resistant 2008-07-02 17:26

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday July 02, @05:26PM
from the changing-the-locks dept.
DieNadel writes to share that naturally occurring proteins called "zinc fingers" are being used in a new approach to AIDS treatment. Using modified T-Cells with the zinc fingers, researchers at the Pennsylvania School of Medicine have shown a reduction in viral load in mice. "'By inducing mutations in the CCR5 gene using zinc finger proteins, we've reduced the expression of CCR5 surface proteins on T cells, which is necessary for the AIDS virus to enter these immune system cells,' explains first author Elena Perez, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Penn. 'This approach stops the AIDS virus from entering the T cells because it now has an introduced error into the CCR5 gene.'"
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Journal by RobertM1968 on Friday May 09, @03:01PM

According to Bloomberg, Microsoft has appealed the EU's $1.35B ruling against them: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aFpXl7.5U_a4&refer=home

Microsoft Corp., the world's largest software maker, asked a court to overturn or reduce a record 899 million-euro ($1.4 billion) European Union fine over claims the company failed to comply with an antitrust ruling.

The appeal was filed today at the European Court of First Instance in Luxembourg, Microsoft spokesman Jesse Verstraete said in an e-mailed statement.

``We are filing this appeal in a constructive effort to seek clarity from the court,'' Verstraete said.

I for one, do not understand what additional clarity Microsoft is seeking... "You've been found guilty. Here is the fine" (and hopefully some more penalties for wasting more of the court's time). Seems pretty darn clear to me.

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  Your Rights Online: Ads With Your Name On Them 2008-03-11 17:29

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday March 11, @05:29PM
from the are-you-creeped-out-yet dept.
eldavojohn writes "The NYTimes is running an interesting blog piece on the answers Microsoft, AOL, Yahoo, & Google gave to the question: Can they show you an ad with your name on it? The results: 'Microsoft says it could use only a person's first name [which it doesn't consider personal information]. AOL and Yahoo could use a full name but only on their sites, not the other sites on which they place ads. Google isn't sure; it probably could, but it doesn't know the names of most of its users.' Now whether or not they would use this information is a different story. AOL has no plans to, Yahoo is open to it, and Microsoft has implemented a technological barrier preventing it (despite behavioral and demographic data being served to the ad companies). Although Google might use name information at some point, they don't now do so; nor do they use behavioral or demographic data."
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From feed by nytfeed on Saturday February 23, @05:13AM
How much force does it take to move a tiny particle?
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/science/22atom.html?ex=1361336400&en=49e3cf734f21db2d&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
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  What is an Open Source Company Really Worth? 2008-01-18 14:44

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday January 18 2008, @02:44PM
from the sleeping-with-dollar-signs-in-your-eyes dept.
CNet has an interesting profile of MySQL, JBoss, and Zimbra, exploring what an open source company is actually worth. "Given how slowly revenue accumulates in an open-source company--assuming it is recognizing subscriptions over 12 months--bookings is probably the valuation metric being used or at least strongly considered. It surely is the metric by which the start-up wishes to be measured. So while Savio suggests we open-source entrepreneurs may be "sleeping with dollar signs in (our) eyes," there's clearly a lot of work to do before most open-source companies are worth selling. It's not worth selling out for $100 million. Not for the venture-backed companies, anyway."

  Apple: ZFS For Mac OS X Source Code Available 2008-01-12 22:12

Posted by kdawson on Saturday January 12 2008, @10:12PM
from the go-ahead-make-a-really-big-file-system dept.
nezmar writes "Noel Dellofano, who is part of the ZFS development team at Apple, has a post on Mac OS Forge announcing a late Christmas gift: he is making available binaries and source code, plus instructions, of the ZFS filesystem for Mac OS X."
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  Your Rights Online: MediaDefender and the Streisand Effect 2007-09-20 08:41

Posted by kdawson on Thursday September 20 2007, @08:41AM
from the making-it-ever-so-much-worse dept.
Foldarn writes "It looks like MediaDefender, in an effort to quell the explosion of negative publicity over its leaked email archive, has instead done the opposite (also known as the Streisand Effect) and spread it even more widely. Ars Technica is reporting that MediaDefender has sent scary-lawyer letters to two popular BitTorrent sites, MegaNova and IsoHunt, demanding that they remove the offending content. Both sites have responded with derision. Also, Ars notes that MediaDefender seems to be behind a DDoS attack against the site that originally leaked its email." Final word to Ars's Ryan Paul: "MediaDefender's entire business model has been based on recognition of the inescapable fact that litigation cannot stop the spread of content on the Internet, so it is ironic that the company has turned to legal threats."
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  The GIMP UI Redesign 2007-09-15 10:08

Posted by CowboyNeal on Saturday September 15 2007, @10:08AM
from the new-coat-of-wax dept.
sekra writes "The GIMP UI Redesign Team has created a blog to collect ideas for a new design of the most popular image manipulation program. Everyone is free to submit suggestions to be published in the blog. Will a new GUI finally get more users to choose The GIMP as their program of choice?"
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  Science: Brain Differences In Liberals and Conservatives 2007-09-11 05:25

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday September 11 2007, @05:25AM
from the thinking-differently dept.
i_like_spam writes "Scientists from NYU and UCLA report in Nature Neuroscience that the brains of Democrats and Republicans process information differently. This new study finds that the differences are apparent even when the brain processes common information, not just political topics. From the study, liberals were more likely to be accurate and showed more brain activity in the region associated with analyzing conflicts. A researcher not affiliated with the study stated, liberals 'could be expected to more readily accept new social, scientific or religious ideas.' Moreover, 'the results could explain why President Bush demonstrated a single-minded commitment to the Iraq war and why some people perceived Sen. John F. Kerry... as a flip-flopper.'"
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  Science: Evanescent Lasers to Speed Up Data Transmission 2007-08-22 23:54

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 22 2007, @11:54PM
from the greased-lightning dept.
Roland Piquepaille writes "Researchers at UC Santa Barbara (UCSB) have built the world's first mode-locked silicon evanescent laser. But what is an 'evanescent' laser? It is a step toward 'combining lasers and other key optical components with the existing electronic capabilities in silicon.' In other words, this research work will provide a way to integrate optical and electronic functions on a single chip. As these evanescent lasers can produce stable short pulses of laser light, they will be useful for many optical applications, such as high-speed data transmission or highly accurate optical clocks."
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  Games: EA Executive Cites Need For More Innovation 2007-07-10 09:36

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday July 10 2007, @09:36AM
from the implied-its-funny-laugh-topic-here dept.
The Wall Street Journal has comments from John Riccitiello, EA's new CEO, who has an interesting observation: maybe we should make more original games. "In his first in-depth comments since taking the job in April, John Riccitiello says he worries that the Redwood City, Calif., company and others in the industry make too many games that lack innovation. He says EA and others need both to push more aggressively beyond traditional audiences to court 'casual' consumers and to experiment more with new sales approaches -- outside the norm of selling $50 to $60 discs with 40-hour games that he says few players ever finish. 'We're boring people to death and making games that are harder and harder to play,' Mr. Riccitiello said in an interview." Perhaps looking beyond yearly updates to established franchises might be a way to go too. We've seen EA form a casual studio, re-organize the flowchart, adopt the Wii wholeheartedly ... does anyone see EA actually reinventing itself, or is this too little too late?

  Microsoft Votes to Add ODF to ANSI Standards List 2007-05-17 13:57

Posted by Zonk on Thursday May 17 2007, @01:57PM
from the curiouser-and-curiouser dept.
RzUpAnmsCwrds writes "In a puzzling move, Microsoft today voted to support the addition of the OpenDocument file formats to the American National Standards List. OpenDocument is used by many free-software office suites, including OpenOffice.org. Microsoft is still pushing its own Office Open XML format, which it hopes will also become an ANSI standard. Is Microsoft serious about supporting ODF, or is this a merely a PR stunt to make Office Open XML look more like a legitimate standard?"

  The Benefits of Herpes 2007-05-17 13:17 anthemaniac

Submitted by anthemaniac on Thursday May 17 2007, @01:17PM
anthemaniac writes "Rarely if ever seen in a good light, herpes does have its advantages, at least in mice. The virus can protect against the bubonic plague and other bacterial contagions. Says immunologist Skip Virgin at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis: "There may be symbiotic advantages to chronic infections with these viruses." More research is needed to see if the effect holds in humans. Yes, you should wait for that research before changing your habits."
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  Bill Gates' Management Style 2007-05-06 11:31

Posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday May 06 2007, @11:31AM
from the behold-the-glorious-borg-icon dept.
replicant108 wrote in to give us Tom Evslin's fascinating account of working for Microsoft in the early 90s. "So you're in there presenting your product plan to billg, steveb, and mikemap. Billg typically has his eyes closed and he's rocking back and forth. He could be asleep; he could be thinking about something else; he could be listening intently to everything you're saying. The trouble is all are possible and you don't know which. Obviously, you have to present as if he were listening intently even though you know he isn't looking at the PowerPoint slides you spent so much time on. At some point in your presentation billg will say "that's the dumbest fucking idea I've heard since I've been at Microsoft." He looks like he means it. However, since you knew he was going to say this, you can't really let it faze you. Moreover, you can't afford to look fazed; remember: he's a bully."
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