+ - Sergey Brin Demos Google Glasses Prototype->
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+ - NIH Director Supports Release of Bird Flu Research->
"On March 29 and 30, the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB), an independent expert committee that advises the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and other Federal departments and agencies on matters of biosecurity, convened to review unpublished revised manuscripts describing NIH-funded research on the transmissibility of H5N1 influenza virus—the strain commonly referred to as "bird flu"
During its March meeting, the NSABB took into account the new and clarified information in the manuscripts, additional perspectives provided by influenza biology experts, highly pertinent but as yet unpublished epidemiologic data, and relevant security information. After careful deliberation, the NSABB unanimously recommended the revised manuscript by Dr. Yoshihiro Kawaoka be communicated in full."
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+ - Security Experts, Internet Engineers Urge Lawmakers to Drop CISPA->
The technologists, researchers and academics who signed the letter sent to congressmen this week said that the promise of better network security in return for this kind of data sharing is not a valid one.
"As experts in the field, we reject this false trade-off and urge you to oppose any cybersecurity initiative that does not explicitly include appropriate methods to ensure the protection of users’ civil liberties," the write in the letter."
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Comment: Re:killed? (Score 0) 408
Put more money on top of it." like Apple does..
FTFY
Comment: Formatting... (Score 1) 84
+ - Google releases the source for Android 4.0 and 3.0->
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+ - Verizon Announces Pay-Per-Use "Turbo Boost" for Te->
"Verizon will publish an API that could allow consumers to "turbocharge" the network bandwidth their smartphone apps use for a small fee, executives said Tuesday. Verizon anticipates that a customer running an app on a smartphone will have the option to dynamically snatch more bandwidth for that app, if network congestion slows it down, said Hugh Fletcher, associate director for technology in Verizon's Product Development and Technology team. The app, however, must be running what Verizon referred to as the network optimization API it is currently developing, and hopes to publish by the third quarter of 2012.""
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Ultramobile PC To Make a Comeback? 140
from the cellphones-that-can't-make-calls dept.
Comment: So I read the fucking article. (Score 1) 220
Comment: Wait, you mean THIS key? (Score 5, Informative) 508
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riv: 47 EE 74 54 E4 77 4C C9 B8 96 0C 7B 59 F4 C1 4D
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n: E1 3A 7E BC 3A CC EB 1C B5 6C C8 60 FC AB DB 6A 04 8C 55 E1
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Da: C5 B2 BF A1 A4 13 DD 16 F2 6D 31 C0 F2 ED 47 20 DC FB 06 70
Sorry Sony, don't know how that happened. My cat jumped on the keyboard.
Comment: Re:disconnect (Score 5, Informative) 480
What actually happens when a call comes in? Obviously any data streams stop, but if I have a laptop tethered will TCP connections get reset or is it like all of a sudden having dropped packets?
That's exactly what happens. I travel a great deal for business and given that most hotel's WiFi tends towards the sucktastic side of speeds I tether my Droid constantly. When a phone call comes in the radio kills any data coming through it. The connection doesn't get a reset, the packets just stop coming.
+ - Entertainment Industry's Dystopia of the Future-> 1
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+ - Nickelback upset at Facebook over Pickel->
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