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Darth Vader toy reads your brainwaves

Submitted by davidwr on Monday April 30 2007, @08:45AM

davidwr writes ""Use the force Luke." Well, not quite. A toy company is using your brainwaves to make a toy Light Saber light up. Other mind-controlled toys aren't far behind. Tinfoil Hats and toy Overlords anyone???"

Shigeru Miyamoto Nominated in Time Magazine

Submitted by Splitt3r on Monday April 30 2007, @08:32AM

Splitt3r writes "Making it as one of the 200 candidates of Time Magazine's "100 Most Influential People of the Year" is everyone's favorite Nintendo game designer, Shigeru Miyamoto. Time Magazine has our little Shiggy listed as a 54 year-old, "Game Designer for Nintendo game systems" who has never graced the cover or anywhere in the Time 100 issues. His achievements, according to Time include: PRO: Most successful game designer, creator of Super Mario, Donkey Kong and The Legend of Zelda, whose new platform, the Wii, is currently the top-selling game console. CON: His perfectionist tendencies often result in games being significantly delayed and, despite the Wii's gameplay innovation, its graphics are far behind the competition. Very detailed as you can see. Although the description isn't very long, if you check out his profile up on their site, you can vote for just how influential you think he is, and who knows, maybe with enough votes, he can be crowned Prom Queen. -kotaku http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/shigeru-miyamoto/shig eru-miyamoto-nominated-in-time-magazine-254429.php "

It's easy to cheat on an IT certification exam

Submitted by

Anonymous Coward

on Monday April 30 2007, @08:13AM

Anonymous Coward writes "It's easy to cheat on an IT certification test. Half of all IT certification exams are available for sale on the Internet, according to a survey by the American Association of Test Publishers. You can also offshore IT test taking to "gunmen" in China who will take the test for you. When it comes to certification, a CIO says tells Computerworld that IT vendors need "to clean up their act.""

Death penalty for spammers

Submitted by on Monday April 30 2007, @08:04AM

An anonymous reader writes "http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry1441.html New report shows spam at its highest levels since recording began, accounting for 93% of all emails recieved. One fed up blogger calls for the death penalty for spammers."

New mind-reading games

Submitted by

Lucas123

on Monday April 30 2007, @07:58AM

Lucas123 writes "A new biofeedback device could revolutionize the way people play video games by incorporating brain wave-reading technology, according to an an Associated Press article. The new technology is being manufactured by NeuroSky Inc., and currently comes in the form of a Star Wars game — complete with Darth Vader custume. 'Behind the mask is a sensor that touches the user's forehead and reads the brain's electrical signals, then sends them to a wireless receiver inside the [light] saber, which lights up when the user is concentrating. The player maintains focus by channeling thoughts on any fixed mental image, or thinking specifically about keeping the light sword on. When the mind wanders, the wand goes dark.'"

Dell Looks Beyond Direct Sales Model

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narramissic

on Monday April 30 2007, @07:58AM

narramissic writes ""The Direct Model has been a revolution, but is not a religion," Dell Inc. CEO Michael Dell stated in a leaked memo to staff, indicating for the first time an interest in developing an indirect channel. In the memo Dell listed several key steps the company would need to take in order to retain a dominant position in the PC market, including the need to strengthen the company's push into emerging markets. "We will continue to improve our business model, and go beyond it, to give our customers what they need," said Dell."

Creepiest Robot Clones

Submitted by

Rockgod

on Monday April 30 2007, @07:55AM

Rockgod writes "From the article:

Do we really want these creepy humanoid robots to replace humans? Maybe so, but decide for yourself after the break.

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100,000,000th iPod Sold

Submitted by

eldavojohn

on Monday April 09 2007, @09:59AM

eldavojohn writes "Apple has announced its 100 millionth iPod sold today."

Linux vs. Windows System Calls Graphed

Submitted by

cgrayson

on Tuesday February 06 2007, @07:25AM

cgrayson writes "On Richard Stiennon's blog on ZDNet, a post titled Why Windows is less secure than Linux shows an interesting graphical comparison between system calls on Linux and Windows.

In its long evolution, Windows has grown so complicated that it is harder to secure. Well these images make the point very well. Both images are a complete map of the system calls that occur when a web server serves up a single page of html with a single picture.
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GWT 1.3 vs Morfik 0.9

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 06 2007, @06:44AM

An anonymous reader writes "By coincidence Google http://googlewebtoolkit.blogspot.com/ announced GWT 1.3 RC2 today and Morfik announced AppsBuilder 0.9.16 http://www.morfik.com/ on the same day.....both eyeing the Java to JavaScript segment of the web-application world. Are these AJAX's response to Adobe's Flex?"