51560
submission
dtjohnson writes:
Semiconductor Insights has
selected the 65nm
AMD X2 manufacturing process for their 'Most
Innovative Process Technology' award for 2006. Says their
press squib: ""Our analysis of the device has confirmed that the
65nm AMD Athlon(TM) 64 X2 dual-core desktop processors produced at
AMD's Fab 36, use minimum gate lengths of 35nm, nine copper and one
aluminum metal levels, strained silicon channel and a
Silicon-On-Insulator (SOI) substrate," stated Don Scansen, SI's lead
process analyst. "Put altogether, it is an impressive technology
package"
24942
submission
dtjohnson writes:
In a study
of 364 men by the Cleveland
Clinic Foundation, those who used cell phones heavily were found to
have fewer sperm that were less healthy than men who abstained from
cell phones. Men who logged 4 hours per day with
their cell phone had average sperm counts of 50 million per ml and the
least healthy sperm while men who did not use a cell phone had
sperm counts of 86 million per ml and their sperm was of superior
quality. Maybe the cell phone damages sperm or maybe any
man who would spend 4 hours a day chatting on a cell phone just
doesn't have very good sperm to begin with, compared with the strong,
silent types. More studies are needed...
10033
submission
dtjohnson writes:
The Inquirer writes about a script
to install the latest version on Internet Explorer on Linux
distributions using WINE. The program achieves "the feat
of running several Internet Explorer
versions side by side -something not possible on windows without some
hacking of the
Microsoft provided installers" and also manages to isolate IE from the
WINE installation. It even downloads and installs the
ActiveX version of the Flash 9 player for IE and installs it at the end
of its process. While it's always good to see more software
options, is running IE a good thing or is it a new no-security 'window'
for the world to leap through...on Linux? Even worse, could this make people less likely to use IE alternatives like Firefox?
6663
submission
dtjohnson writes:
Princeton University has published a paper and video describing the
results of their testing of a Diebold touchscreen voting machine
that is used at thousands of locations in the United
States. Princeton found that malicious vote stealing software
could be installed in a machine in less than one minute that would
miscount the votes and then delete itself when the 'election' was
ended, leaving no trace that it ever existed. In their
hypothetical election, George Washington loses to Benedict Arnold in
the final vote tally even though George Washington received more
'touchscreen' votes. It's amazing that these kinds of machines are still
allowed to be used. The short flash video at the bottom of
the page does an exceptionally good job of illustrating the
problem. Your local elected officials need to see it.
