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Feed Tumors Stopped From Spreading In Mice (sciencedaily.com)

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A research team reports that radiation and chemotherapy increase circulating levels of the growth factor TGF-beta, circulating cancer cells, and tumor metastases in a mouse model of metastatic breast cancer.
Windows

Submission + - Walt Mossberg of WSJ denounces craplets on new PCs

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twasserman
twasserman writes: "Walt Mossberg's Personal Technology column in the Wall Street Journal describes his irritation at the "craplets" that were preinstalled on his new laptop. He characterizes the manufacturers as not having respect for the consumer, and acting as if the computer does not belong to you. He also noted the serious performance hit and wasted space resulting from all of this stuff, noting that it took 3 minutes to start up the Vista laptop compared to 30 seconds for a MacBook. He expressed his wish that computer manufacturers would stop loading all of these trial programs and offers on computers. Thank you, Mr. Mossberg, for saying to your business readers what many of us have been saying to the manufacturers for a long time."

Feed Culture Is Key To Interpreting Facial Emotions (sciencedaily.com)

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Culture is a determining factor when interpreting facial emotions. The study reveals that in cultures where emotional control is the standard, such as Japan, focus is placed on the eyes to interpret emotions. Whereas in cultures where emotion is openly expressed, such as the United States, the focus is on the mouth to interpret emotion.
Censorship

Submission + - Thailand bans YouTube for making fun of king

Submitted by samerpav
samerpav writes: Mr. Sitthichai Pookaiyaudom, the minister of information and communication technology, told the Reuters news agency he personally ordered a block of the entire site from Thailand after the ministry's attempts to block the offending page last week failed. Bangkok Post link: http://bangkokpost.com/topstories/topstories.php?i d=117871

YouTube video of the king: http://youtube.com/watch?v=4SRyffEbJ50

(Mr. Sitthichai was the minister who canceled Thailand's OLPC project a few months back)
IBM

Submission + - SCO Takes On PJ Herself, Files Motion to Depose

Submitted by Vexler
Vexler writes: In their latest attempt at a "scorch-earth" strategy to smear just about anyone related to this trial, SCO has filed a motion to depose Pamela Jones of Groklaw. According to this story, SCO accuses PJ once again of working with Novell and IBM while receiving assistance from them. Be sure to read the accompanying PDFs, but I suspect that PJ will have no trouble finding someone in the open-source community who has the legal training and resolve to defend her with vigor.
Security

Submission + - Securing your laptop while backpacking abroad?

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Anonymous Coward
Anonymous Coward writes: "I am planning to travel abroad and backpack through Europe and North America, however my laptop is one necessity I cannot live without. I will be staying in budget accommodation, mostly backpackers hostels, and the security of the laptop is a major concern. What have other travelers done to help secure their prize possession? Any general advice to someone hoping to stay online while enjoying their travels?"
Movies

Submission + - MPAA targets Singapore schools and libraries

Submitted by Jared
Jared writes: The new anti-piracy booklets titled "Illegal File-Sharing: The Risks Aren't Worth It" will be distributed to students attending all of Singapore's 164 secondary schools and 16 junior colleges, and copies will be available at all of the country's 23 National Library branches as well. http://www.zeropaid.com/news/8590/MPAA+targets+lib raries+and+schools+in+Singapore+to+spread+anti-pir acy+message
Microsoft

Submission + - EU sticks it to Microsoft over Windows Licensing

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EnderGT
EnderGT writes: "According to the Financial Times, Microsoft will be forced to hand over to rivals what the group claims is sensitive and valuable technical information about its Windows operating system for next to no compensation.

Seems Microsoft wanted 5.95% of server revenues as a license fee. Too bad the expert (oh by the way — recommended by Microsoft) on the Commission said that "even 1% would be too much"."
Google

Submission + - Google Hides Katrina Images, Senate Asks Why

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Schue
Schue writes: "A Congressional subcommittee is calling upon Google Inc. to explain why it was "airbrushing history" by replacing post-Hurricane Katrina satellite imagery on its popular map portal. Swapping the post-Katrina images, which showed the damage that remains more than a year after the storm, for others showing an idyllic city has fueled suspicions among many locals. Citing an Associated Press report on Thursday, the U.S. House Committee on Science and Technology's Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight asked Google Chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt to elucidate why his company is using the outdated imagery. Official request here: http://democrats.science.house.gov/Media/File/Admi nLetters/miller_google_katrina_maps07mar30.pdf"
The Internet

Submission + - Your Slashdot postings may lead to your next job

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flatfilsoc
flatfilsoc writes: "Your postings to Slashdot and other technical forums may improve your marketability for an IT position according to a COMPUTERWORLD article, Web anonymity can sink your job search

The article suggests that IT professionals who are anonymous on the web may hurt their job search opportunities. In today’s job market, turning up missing on the Web may not be a fatal flaw ... But over time, the lack of a Web presence — particularly for IT professionals — may well turn from a neutral to a negative. [According to one recruiter,] ' if someone came looking for a senior-level job and had left no mark on the Internet, I’d see that as a big negative,' he says. And it’s not just about technology, Bray says. 'Most companies would rather have somebody who has demonstrated the propensity to contribute, and one [sign] of that is going out and getting involved, joining in the discussion.' [Another recruiter adds,] “someone who has no information online might be perceived as not being as tech-savvy as someone else.” The article offers tips for IT professionals to make themselves more findable on the Web."
Announcements

Submission + - Ethanol-blended fuel doesn't help the environment

Submitted by jon_anderson_ca
jon_anderson_ca writes: The CBC is reporting on an Environment Canada study that yielded surprising results: running your car with 10% ethanol fuel does not reduce greenhouse gas emissions in a statistically significant way.

So much for saving the atmosphere and keeping your SUV.
HP

Submission + - HP clarifies warranty under Linux

Submitted by cvoltz
cvoltz writes: As expected, the furor over HP's response was not justified. Installing Linux on your HP computer does not void your hardware warranty. The support agent made a mistake, which as been corrected. HP clarified their support statement:

HP is committed to supporting its customers and backs its PCs with a solid hardware warranty regardless of the operating system.

If a customer alters a product and a problem develops as a result of that change, then the problem (which is not a result of a defect in workmanship) would not be covered under the warranty. In the case at hand, if the problem was the physical keys on the notebook beginning to stick, the operating system change would not have been the culprit and, therefore, would be covered under the customer's warranty.

We are also taking steps to ensure support agents are clear on this policy so this issue does not recur.

Joe followed up his original story with this one: http://enterprise.linux.com/enterprise/07/03/30/19 9253.shtml?tid=7&tid=3.
Television

Submission + - Sanctuary...the New Reality of television...

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Anonymous Coward
Anonymous Coward writes: "There is a new project originating in Vancouver B.C. to produce the first ever direct to audience/direct to internet television show. Its called Sanctuary. http://www.sanctuaryforall.com/ It will be made avialable in the highest quality HD and will follow the one hour drama form, currently in use by most sci-fi series (Battlestar Galactica, SG-1, The X-Files, etc.). The point being that its very hard to sell science fiction television to the networks (especially in the US) because the bulk of the sci-fi viewers record and watch later...which doesn't count for purposes of television ratings since this means these folks are missing the adverts. The point of Sanctuary is to cut out the middle man and bring the production directly to the viewer via the internet which the sci-fi group tends to be using 24/7 anyway. They are also attempting to buck the trend of layer digital media with all sorts of prohibitive rights management junk by making the content available as open as possible to be used as openly as possible. Nothing will prevent you from burning the video...copying it to your ipod...recording it to VCR tape, etc etc etc. So check it out...its being produced by Stage3Media. http://www.stage3media.com/"
Microsoft

Submission + - Windows Vista restricts GNU GCC apps to 32 MB

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Thomas R. Nicely reports that images compiled with GCC or DJGPP on Vista without employing the Win32 API cannot allocate more than 32MB of memory. The same problem does not appear on Windows 98 or Windows XP.

No mention was made or guess offered as to what would motivate Microsoft to make this restriction.

Will this affect applications that you distribute?

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