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+ - Google serves Microsoft a C&D to takedown Windows Phone Youtube App 2

Submitted by mystikkman
mystikkman writes "After years of complaining to the EU and others about Google not allowing Windows Phone access to the same Youtube API features used by the Android and iOS apps and Google's refusal to make one for Windows Phone, Microsoft recently went ahead and released their own app featuring even a download button. However, Google served a Cease and Desist on Microsoft today to immediately take down the app citing lack of ads. In response, Microsoft commented that it would be more than happy to add ads if only Google would give them access to the API and indirectly accused Google of trying to cripple Windows Phone by refusing it access to one of the most popular apps on smartphones and citing Larry Page's comments at Google I/O calling for more openness in the tech space.

Given how much of humanity's video content is locked into Youtube, looks like Google needs to append "except on Windows Phone" to their grandiose mission statement: "Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.""

+ - The structure of polypeptide chain self-assembly was revealed by researchers->

Submitted by misslisakit
misslisakit writes "Recently, the structure of polypeptide chain self-assembly was revealed by researchers. The research center for the first time found that amyloid polypeptide molecules on mica/water interface exotic multi-layer self-assembly of the molecular mechanisms of salt ions in the self-assembly process of peptide nanostructures fine role.

The findings reveal the pathogenesis of various neurodegenerative diseases and have a significant role in the design and manufacture of highly ordered self-assembly of nanoscale devices.

In order to find the structure of polypeptide chain, the researchers doing a lot of tests and made a great effort. The researchers found that GAV-9 is called a polypeptide under high salt conditions, can be assembled into a high degree of nanofibers, wherein the polypeptide molecules are used the arrangement perpendicular to the mica substrate.

GAV-9 peptide has varieties of neurodegenerative disease-related proteins conserved sequence, it will not only help to uncover the pathogenesis of various neurodegenerative diseases, and self-assemble into highly ordered nanostructures in nanodevices The design and manufacturing has broad application prospects.

The researchers used the unique atomic force microscope nano-manipulation techniques to reveal the structure of the polypeptide molecules on mica/water interface multi-layer self-assembly.

Large-scale molecular dynamics simulations show that in direct contact with the mica layer GAV-9 molecules are parallel to each b-folded structure, while the upper level of the polypeptide molecules are presented antiparallel b-folded structure. The nuances of this structure of polypeptide chain reflects the ability to fine regulation of the salt ions in the peptide self-assembly process.
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+ - SPAM: SEO Chennai

Submitted by pravee
pravee writes "Is your business online? If yes, are you getting the targeted traffic that you need to make your business grow? If your answer is in the affirmative then you are doing fine, however, if you are not getting the number of visitors that can help you take your business to the next levels, you need SEO Service in Chennai."
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+ - Inside Google's Software-Defined Network->

Submitted by CowboyRobot
CowboyRobot writes "At the recent 2013 Open Networking Summit, Google Distinguished Engineer Amin Vahdat presented "SDN@Google: Why and How", in which he described Google's "B4" SDN network, one of the few actual implementations of software-defined networking. Google has deployed sets of Network Controller Servers (NCSs) alongside the switches, which run an OpenFlow agent with a "thin level of control with all of the real smarts running on a set of controllers on an external server but still co-located." By using SDN, Google hopes to increase efficiency and reduce cost. Unlike computation and storage, which benefit from an economy of scale, Google's network is getting much more expensive each year."
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+ - Caffeine is the key to human cloning?

Submitted by PensacolaSlick
PensacolaSlick writes "For the first time, a team of scientists in Oregon have succeeded in creating compatible embryonic stem cells from the skin cells of an adult human, through a cloning process. The work paves the way for targeted gene therapy for patients needing tissue or organ repair. Though the article isn't crystal clear on whether the caffeine involved was solely imbibed by laboratory staff, or also used in the cloning process, the latter can be infered by similar research from a UK team: “It is remarkable that adding caffeine was the key that resulted in embryonic stem cell lines from all three [egg] donors.”"

+ - Inside One Of the World's Largest Data Brokers->

Submitted by itwbennett
itwbennett writes "Contrary to recent reports, data broker Acxiom is not planning to give consumers access to all the information they've collected on us. That would be too great a challenge for the giant company, says spokesperson Alexandra Levy. Privacy blogger Dan Tynan recently spoke with Jennifer Barrett Glasgow, Chief Privacy Officer at Acxiom (she claims to be the very first CPO) about how the company collects information and what they do with it. This should give you some small measure of comfort: 'We don't know that you bought a blue shirt from Lands End. We just know the kinds of products you are interested in. We're trying to get a reasonably complete picture of your household and what the individuals who live there like to do,' says Glasgow."
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+ - SPAM: Mesothelioma Symptoms Linked to Nanotechnology – Carbon Nanotubes

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes "Mesothelioma back in the spotlight! From Chemical Engineering News: Mesothelioma symptoms linked to Nanotechnology, according to recent study. This sounds like a flashback to mid-2000s when the TV was full of ads for mesothelioma lawyers. Nonetheless, it is true. The lungs of mice reacted to the presence of carbon nanotubes in the same way they used to react to asbestos (a naturally occurring silicate minerals that was used extensively in construction and other industries during most of last century), that is by causing scars in lungs, which may lead to development of a dangerous form of cancer – mesothelioma."
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+ - AMD Announces Radeon HD 8970M High-End Mobile GPU->

Submitted by MojoKid
MojoKid writes "AMD is announcing its Radeon HD 8970M today. The mobile GPU is based on a design that has a few small feature changes that have led it to be unofficially labeled a Graphics Core Next (GCN) 1.1 part versus AMD's previous gen GCN 1.0 technology. AMD claims that the Radeon HD 8970M is significantly faster than NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 680M in a variety of tests, but high-end laptops that use AMD hardware are harder to find these days."
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+ - Quad-core Android Phone Keeps Cool With Water Pipe->

Submitted by DeviceGuru
DeviceGuru writes "NEC has announced an Android smartphone that uses a water-cooling system to keep its quad-core 1.7GHz Snapdragon S4 Pro system-on-chip (SOC) from overheating. The NEC Medias X 06E integrates a liquid cooling pipe near the SOC to cool off the 4.7-inch phone, which is being marketed at Japanese women. As reported first on The Verge, the phone is equipped with a water-filled heatpipe, as well as a graphite sheet that runs parallel to the motherboard, thereby drawing heat away from the Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro SOC. Improved power management and hardware design have largely kept complaints about overheated smartphones to a minimum, but with more cores comes more heat. Consequently, reports of overheating on the new wave of quad-core phones have been on the rise, and it's likely to get worse as more and more cores are pressed into service."
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+ - A Computer-based Smart Rifle with Incredible Accuracy, Now On Sale->

Submitted by WheezyJoe
WheezyJoe writes "A story on NPR reports that the TrackingPoint rifle went on sale today, and can enable a "novice" to hit a target 500 yards away on the first try. "The rifle's scope features a sophisticated color graphics display. The shooter locks a laser on the target by pushing a small button by the trigger... But here's where it's different: You pull the trigger but the gun decides when to shoot. It fires only when the weapon has been pointed in exactly the right place, taking into account dozens of variables, including wind, shake and distance to the target. The rifle has a built-in laser range finder, a ballistics computer and a Wi-Fi transmitter to stream live video and audio to a nearby iPad. Every shot is recorded so it can be replayed, or posted to YouTube or Facebook."
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+ - Survey on the Future of Open Source, and Lessons from the Past

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes "Andy Oram on quality, security, and community driving open source adoption "All too often, the main force uniting competitors is the fear of another vendor and the realization that they can never beat a dominant vendor on its own turf. Open source becomes a way of changing the rules out from under the dominant player. OpenStack, for instance, took on VMware in the virtualization space and Amazon.com in the IaaS space. Android attracted phone manufacturers and telephone companies as a reaction to the iPhone.""

+ - Justice Department calls Apple the 'ringmaster' in e-book price fixing case->

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes "Back in April 2012, the US Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple and a number of publishers for allegedly colluding to raise the price of e-books on the iBookstore.

As part of its investigation into Apple's actions, the Justice Department collected evidence which it claims demonstrates that Apple was the "ringmaster" in a price fixing conspiracy. Specifically, the Justice Department claims that Apple wielded its power in the mobile app market to coerce publishers to agree to Apple's terms for iBookstore pricing."
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+ - MS reads all your skype ..->

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes "Anyone who uses Skype has consented to the company reading everything they write. The H's associates in Germany at heise Security have now discovered that the Microsoft subsidiary does in fact make use of this privilege in practice. Shortly after sending HTTPS URLs over the instant messaging service, those URLs receive an unannounced visit from Microsoft HQ in Redmond ..

In summary, The H and heise Security believe that, having consented to Microsoft using all data transmitted over the service pretty much however it likes, all Skype users should assume that this will actually happen and that the company is not going to reveal what exactly it gets up to with this data."
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