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talonyx
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talonyx (125221)

  Multiformat Listening Test at 64kbps 2007-08-02 20:09 prospective_user

Submitted by prospective_user on Thursday August 02 2007, @08:09PM
prospective_user writes "Do you think you have good ears? Think again.

The community at Hydrogenaudio has prepared a Public Listening Test for comparison of the most popular audio codecs (AAC, Vorbis, and Microsoft's WMA included) in a battle to see how they stand at compressing audio at 64kbps.

Many of the participants right now have expressed their surprise at being unable to determine which is the original and which is the compressed version of 18 samples covering a vast amount of musical styles.

The results of this test (and other that are conducted at Hydrogenaudio) will be used by the developers of the codecs to further improve the "transparency" and let this kind of test be even harder.

Everyone is invited to participate and show how good your listening is!"
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From feed by cnetfeed on Tuesday May 08 2007, @02:52PM
Blog: Aperio, a company specializing in medical imaging, has released the first digital image scanned at terapixel resolution.
http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9717046-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
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  Science: Europe's Galileo Program In Serious Trouble 2007-05-08 14:38

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday May 08 2007, @02:38PM
from the tell-me-again-why-we-are-building-this dept.
elrous0 writes "Various news outlets are reporting that Europe's Galileo program is facing a serious financial and technical crisis and may be permanently stalled. The European program, designed to be a superior answer to the US's GPS — and, more critically, not controlled by the US — has faced numerous hurdles since its inception. To date the Galileo program has succeeded in launching only one of its 30 planned satellites and has been beset by delays and cost overruns. Apparently, squabbling between the eight companies in the consortium behind the project is responsible for many of the problems. The project is now threatened with an EU takeover. But some doubt that even an infusion of EU capital can save the flagging program."
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 [+] story, science, space, haha, business, troll

  Disney Says, You WILL Watch the Ads 2007-05-08 13:59

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday May 08 2007, @01:59PM
from the step-away-from-the-remote dept.
smooth wombat writes "ABC and ESPN, both owned by Disney, have struck a deal with cable operator Cox Communications to offer hit shows and football games on demand, but with the condition that Cox disable the fast-forward feature that allows viewers to skip ads. This is the first agreement of its kind. It only applies to Cox's video-on-demand service and will not affect viewers using DVRs to fast-forward through ads. The companies will also test technology that will place ads in shows based on ZIP Codes and geographic area, and 'freshen' the ads with new ones every few days."
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 [+] story, tv, money, cox, disney, advertising

  IT: Sun Completes Java Core Tech Open-Sourcing 2007-05-08 12:07

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday May 08 2007, @12:07PM
from the the-beans-are-gratis dept.
MsManhattan writes "A year after announcing its plans, Sun Microsystems has made almost all of the core technology in Java available as open-source software under the GNU general public license version 2 (GPLv2). However, some of the code remains 'encumbered'; that is, Sun doesn't have sufficient rights to release it under GPLv2, and the company is requesting the open-source community's help in resolving these issues. Rich Sands, community marketing manager for OpenJDK community at Sun, would not say what percentage of Java's 6.5 million lines of code are encumbered, but explained that it is largely Java 2D graphics technology, such as font and graphics rasterizing."
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 [+] story, it, java, software, gpl, jdk, licensing

  IT: Obsession With Firewalls Could Hinder IPv6 2007-05-08 11:22

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday May 08 2007, @11:22AM
from the keep-the-chains-off dept.
DosIgriegas writes "The obsession with firewalls in IPv6 may result in some of the quirks of IPv4 reappearing. Ars Technica has an article looking at the topic in depth, exploring the technical challenges of securing the new protocol, and looking a the re-emergence of old problems in new guises. 'Ironically, what's required to make IPv6 work through a stateful firewall is almost identical to what's required to make IPv4 work though NAT. This means the IETF's efforts to keep IPv6 NAT-free in order to make protocols do their job without messy workarounds are defeated by the notion that everything should be firewalled.' If we decide to stick with firewalls in IPv6, we'll see many of the same hard-to-diagnose network problems that we have with IPv4."
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 [+] story, it, networking, security, technology, typo, false

  Hardware: Ubuntu Mobile Announced 2007-05-08 09:58

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday May 08 2007, @09:58AM
from the umobile dept.
Placid writes "The BBC has up an article detailing the 'Ubuntu Mobile and Embedded' project which was announced by Matt Zimmerman, Ubuntu's CTO, on the Ubuntu developers mailing list. Zimmerman stated that 'These devices place new demands on open-source software and require innovative graphical interfaces, improved power management and better responsiveness.' According to the article, Intel will have their finger in the pie too, as they've recently announced a prototype device running Ubuntu. Part of the project's goal is to maximise the power saving abilities of a planned low-energy chip codenamed Silverthorn. The chip will be just one-seventh the size of normal chips, and consume only 10% of the power of existing processor. What does this mean for projects such as OpenMoko? Healthy competition, or the beginning of the end?"
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 [+] story, hardware, handheld, linux, communications, mobuntu, ubuntu

  Your Rights Online: Verizon Claims Free Speech Over NSA Wiretapping 2007-05-08 08:43

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday May 08 2007, @08:43AM
from the corporations-shold-have-the-right-to-have-babies dept.
xvx writes "Verizon is claiming that they have the right to hand over customer information to the US government under the First Amendment. 'Essentially, the argument is that turning over truthful information to the government is free speech, and the EFF and ACLU can't do anything about it. In fact, Verizon basically argues that the entire lawsuit is a giant SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) suit, and that the case is an attempt to deter the company from exercising its First Amendment right to turn over customer calling information to government security services.'"
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 [+] story, yro, court, politics, privacy, usa, bigbrother

  Your Rights Online: Student, Denied Degree For MySpace Photo, Sues 2007-05-08 08:02

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday May 08 2007, @08:02AM
from the striking-back dept.
gwoodrow writes "We've all heard the 'fired because of MySpace' stories, where a simple blog or picture gets someone canned. But now one of the targets is fighting back. (The offending picture in this case was a snap from Halloween 2005 of the student in a pirate outfit drinking from a cup.)" From the article: "Teacher in training Stacy Snyder was denied her education degree on the eve of graduation when Millersville University apparently found pictures on her MySpace page 'promoting underage drinking.' As a result, the 27-year-old mother of two had her teaching certificate withheld and was granted an English degree instead. In response, Snyder has filed a Federal lawsuit against the Pennsylvania university asking for her education diploma and certificate along with $75,000 in damages."

  Sun Says, "Compensate OSS Developers" 2007-05-08 05:09

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday May 08 2007, @05:09AM
from the just-haggling-over-the-price dept.
krelian writes "Talking at Netbeans Day, Rich Green, Sun executive vice president for software, expressed doubts about the current open source model in which developers create free intellectual property only to have others scoop it up and generate huge amounts of revenue. Green said, 'I think in the long term that this is a worrisome scenario [and] not sustainable. We are looking very closely at compensating people for the work that they do.'" Green didn't provide any details about how payments from Sun or others might work.
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 [+] story, money, gnu, sun

  Hardware: How to Protect a Home When Away in Winter? 2006-12-09 21:03

Posted by Zonk on Saturday December 09 2006, @09:03PM
from the i-suggest-unseen-servant dept.
kidMike writes "I have just accepted a new job in another state, requiring me to relocate. I'm going to keep my house in New England. As I watch the winter storm problems and electrical outages across the country, how do Slashdotters protect their houses (or cabins) when they are away in the winter? Is there a device that will call me if the temp in the house drops below a certain level? How about a broken pipe flooding the house? How can I keep advised of problems happening hundreds of miles away? (There will still be broadband at the house.)"
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 [+] story, hardware, power, google, yuppie, winter, winterization, makeafriend

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