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Medicine

Surgeon Performs World's First 4X HD Surgery 101

Posted by timothy
from the capture-more-gore dept.
docinthemachine writes with word of some "research just presented at the 65th ASRM on 4K surgery. Using bleeding-edge Hollywood 4K cameras coupled to laparoscopes, surgery was performed in 4K, or 4X the resolution of HD. Since laparoscopy is performed while viewing on a video monitor, this is a huge advancement of resolution and clarity for the surgeon. It only took a million dollars of projectors to show it to the audience."
Wireless Networking

Researchers Identify Wi-Fi Dead Zones Cheaply 37

Posted by kdawson
from the can-you-hear-me-now dept.
schliz writes "A new technique developed by HP Labs and Rice University could lower the cost of identifying 'dead zones' in large wireless networks. The technique '[combines] wireless signal models with publicly-available information about basic topography, street locations, and land use.' This enables Wi-Fi architects to test and refine their layouts cheaply before a network is deployed by focusing measurement efforts on areas that potentially could be dead zones. The technique requires only about one-fifth as many measurements as a grid sampling strategy."
Music

RIAA's $222,000 defendant asks for a new trial->

Submitted by gosherm
gosherm writes ""Jammie Thomas, the Minnesota woman who was recently slapped with a $222,000 penalty for allegedly sharing music on the Kazaa network, is asking for a new trial. Thomas' attorneys on Monday filed a motion asking for a new trial on grounds that the statutory damages that the jury awarded are excessive and therefore violate the U.S. Constitution's due process clause.""
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Unix

Novell to SCO: Pay up->

Submitted by gosherm
gosherm writes ""The Waltham, Mass., software developer is seeking to lift a bankruptcy stay on litigation against SCO so a federal court trial in Utah can proceed to determine the amount of licensing fees Novell is entitled to, and for a constructive trust to be put in place to protect those funds.""
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Education

Can Turnitin.com be forced on students? 2

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Fleet Admiral
Fleet Admiral writes "I'm currently in my senior year in High School (public school system), and recently discovered that all my English essays MUST be submitted to Turnitin.com. This has basically turned into the teacher saying "Use the site or you get an F on the assignment". Do I have any rights not to be forced to use this site? Don't I have Intellectual Property Rights on my own creation, *not* to be used in a commercial, for-profit manner? I want to challenge this, but I am not sure if I would get anywhere. Should I talk to the Teacher? The Principal? Do I have any legal ground behind me? I feel like the whole student body is being bullied by the administration, and I want to do something about it!"
Software

eBay Seller Sues Autodesk for $10 Million

Submitted by Miasik.Net

"If the code and the comments disagree, then both are probably wrong." -- Norm Schryer

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