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Submission + - Caves on Mars: New Targets in the Search for Life

Submitted by ookabooka on Tuesday April 03, 2007 @10:10AM

ookabooka writes: Yahoo has a story about seven possible caves that could harbor life. These caves would offer protection from solar radiation, dust storms, and other elements of the harsh surface environment. They could also be used for future manned missions as a place to "set up camp".

Wii, DS Dominate February Hardware Sales 149

Posted by Zonk on Friday March 16, 2007 @11:41AM from the nintendo-built-this-city-on-mario-and-link dept.

Gamasutra has the NPD numbers for last month, which shows a continuation of Nintendo's sales dominance. Overall the new consoles have again meant that industry sales were up, some 28% over last year's same-month figures. Hardware sales were up some 98%, with much of that performance attributable to the DS and Wii. Here's the breakdown: "Turning to hardware, the DS headed overall hardware sell-through with an impressive 485,000 units, followed by Nintendo's Wii, which sold 335,000 units despite continued issues with shortages. The Xbox 360 sold through a reasonable, if not spectacular 228,000 copies, and the PlayStation 3 slumped to a disappointing 127,000 units, despite no apparent shortages. Elsewhere, the PlayStation 2 moved a still impressive 295,000 at its relatively cheap current price, and the PlayStation Portable sold 176,000, markedly behind the DS. Finally, the various varieties of the Game Boy Advance sold a not unreasonable 136,000 units."

Submission + - Comedian Sinbad falsely reported dead by Wikipedia

Submitted by reset_button on Friday March 16, 2007 @11:35AM

reset_button writes: Comedian and actor Sinbad, had been falsely reported dead of a heart attack on his Wikipedia page. More information can be found here.

Submission + - Wireless connection to your Windows Server 2003?

Submitted by blh42 on Friday March 16, 2007 @11:15AM

blh42 writes: I just browsed the newly released service pack 2 for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 when I read a disturbing fact. The release notes at Cert describes the following security enhancements:
* The ability to simplify the creation and maintenance of the Internet Protocol security (IPsec) policy
* Group Policy support for non-broadcasting networks and Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2) settings to allow Windows wireless client configuration
* Windows wireless client support for WPA2 with the following features:
— Non-broadcast network profiles are now marked with a flag to improve the security of the Windows wireless client.
— Windows will not automatically connect to a peer-to-peer network, even if it has been automatically saved in the preferred network list.

Now, I'm wondering how many that would actually consider setting up a server room that only supports wireless networks? Why would anyone even consider using the wireless client on a Windows Server 2003?

Submission + - Ten Games You Should Never Play Drunk

Submitted by

John

on Friday March 16, 2007 @11:11AM

John writes: "Whether you're pounding some beers with friends at home, or capping off a night of drunken revelry, there are a few fun games that lose their appeal when your blood alcohol content grows. Here's some otherwise fun games that aren't recommended for when you're three sheets to the wind. http://www.games.net/article/netten/1/115262/barf- ten-games-you-should-never-play-drunk&AFC-HSUIT&AT TR=DIGG"

Submission + - Optimizing PowerPoints

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 16, 2007 @11:09AM

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