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Comment: Re:Who reads computer magazines anyway? (Score 2, Funny) 327

by emor8t on Thursday May 03 2007, @02:51PM (#18977835) Attached to: PC World Editor Resigns When Ordered Not to Criticize Advertisers

If a third nipple is useless, what exactly are you doing with the other two?

Musicians Fight For Net Neutrality

Submitted by

Erin Lenseth

on Wednesday March 28 2007, @11:20AM

Erin Lenseth writes "Musicians are now fighting for net neutrality,fearing that certain internet providers will soon charge a fee to those who want their websites to have faster loading times. The Rock the Net Campaign, an advocacy group composed of lesser known artists, is now being backed by the Future of Music Coaliation, which is supported by the likes of R.E.M. This begs the question- are ISPs going too far in their quest to generate more profit?"

Linux.com | New GPLv3 draft is out

Submitted by jbernardo on Wednesday March 28 2007, @11:16AM

jbernardo writes "http://news.linux.com/news/07/03/28/1439246.shtml? tid=41 — the new GPLv3 draft is out, and is discussed in linux.com. There seems to be a Novell specific "get out of jail" card in the patent provisions, though..."

The World's Most Realistic Virtual Reality Room

Submitted by

Lucas123

on Wednesday March 28 2007, @11:14AM

Lucas123 writes "Iowa State University's Virtual Reality Applications Center is completing a $5 million upgrade to its six-sided virtual reality room, which will now sport 100 megapixels of resolution. Besides serious research, like viewing data from as many as 22,000 genes at once and training soldiers in urban combat, the room offers some cool games. The upgrades include a Hewlett-Packard computer cluster featuring 96 graphics processing units, 24 Sony digital projectors, an eight-channel audio system and ultrasonic motion tracking technology."

Linux.com | New GPLv3 draft takes new approach to patents, lock-down technologie->

by jbernardo on Wednesday March 28 2007, @11:14AM

Link to Original Source

Pure servlets: Designing Web UIs for Simplicity

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 28 2007, @10:43AM

An anonymous reader writes "JSP was designed to keep Web developers' tasks separate from those of the nondevelopers who design dynamic webpage UIs. Unfortunately, JSP is a bit too complicated for many designers. This article demonstrates the advantages of an unorthodox alternative: using simple helper objects to build a Web interface based on servlets alone. This is an invitation to think outside the framework, if you will, and imagine a Web interface built directly on the Java Servlet API."

MSI Computers Tech Support page hacked

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 28 2007, @10:39AM

An anonymous reader writes "It appears that MSI's tech support page has been hacked to generate a lot of referral traffic for some very sketchy sites. The page is at (http://www.msicomputer.com/support/TechSupport.as p) — no link given for obvious reasons.
Adblock lists connections to a huge number of very non-MSI sites. Several other friends have confirmed the same behavior, so the problem is certainly on MSI's end of things.

You may wish to write to their webmaster (msiwebmaster@msicomputer.com) and let them know they've got a problem."

Yahoo Mail storage capacity touches infinity

Submitted by

Vinit

on Wednesday March 28 2007, @10:32AM

Vinit writes "World's leading email service provider Yahoo has increased mail storage capacity to infinity! What could be a better gift Yahoo Inc. could offer to it's millions of users on it's 10th anniversary than this? On the company blog, John Kremer, Vice President, Yahoo! Mail, has disclosed the firm's plan to provide unlimited storage to all users from this May. I still remember the day in 1997 when I got myself a Yahoo email ID with a whopping 4MB storage. And I was like, what am I gonna store in this huge account? This is going to be the best move against Google which offers about 2.8GB storage. One of the reason Google has started gaining market share is storage; currently Yahoo offers 1GB storage — way too less compared to what Google provides. The firm will be rolling this out over a few months to facilitate a smooth transition. Now with the unlimited storage in place I am thinking about shifting my whole songs, photos collection to Yahoo. What about you guys? http://www.pclaunches.com/industry_buzz/yahoo_mail _storage_capacity_touches_infinity.php"

Trash powered Electricity

Submitted by

Jarik C-Bol

on Wednesday March 28 2007, @10:27AM

Jarik C-Bol writes "http://www.popsci.com/popsci/science/873aae7bf86c0 110vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html Popular Science has a report on a machine that uses plasma to render anything short of nuclear waste down to is base elements, and use the results to drive generators that produce more power than the machine uses. Its creator has big plans to save the world, one landfill at a time. Hopes are that once in place, we will solve our garbage problems, and be producing cheep easy electricity from the junk we throw away. Here's to hoping, maybe this one will pan out, according to the article, it is being implemented in several cities across the country."

Journal: Boeing Working on Fuel Cell Aircraft 163

Journal by jdray on Wednesday March 28 2007, @10:24AM

Boeing is working with development partners on a fuel cell-based small aircraft as a technology demonstrator. It seems like a logical use of the technology. From the article, a Boeing research director was quoted as saying, "While Boeing does not envision that fuel cells will provide primary power for future commercial passenger airplanes, demonstrations like this help pave the way for potentially using this technology in small manned and unmanned a