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Submission + - 8-Core Dual Xeon "V8" Test Rig Performance

Submitted by

MojoKid

on Wednesday April 25, 2007 @10:43AM

MojoKid writes: "Back in January at this year's CES show, Intel was giving the press glimpses of a rig in their booth dubbed the V8. It was essentially a dual-socket workstation platform outfitted with a pair of quad-core Xeon processors for a total of eight cores — hence the "V8". The enterprise platform that this box was built around is based on Intel's 5000X chipset, aka Blackford, and it supports up to 32GB of FBDIMM serial memory. HotHardware has a component build-up of a more current Intel V8 machine here, with preliminary benchmarks, pictures and more details on this 8-core dual Xeon powerhouse."

Feed Anti-Apple lawsuit cites 20-year-old patent (theregister.com)

From feed by registerfeed on Wednesday April 25, 2007 @10:32AM

Xerox UI technique dusted down, sent to court

Apple is facing a jury trial over allegations it ripped off a US patent filed by Xerox way back in 1987. At issue: Mac OS X 10.4's use of tabs and other UI elements to flip between different panels within a single window.

Feed News: AT&T offers Mac-compatible BroadBandConnect USB modem (macworld.com)

From feed by macworldfeed on Wednesday April 25, 2007 @10:13AM

Sierra Wireless' AirCard 875U USB modem is coming to AT&T wireless data customers next month.

Feed Chronically Ill Prisoners Can Face Great Healthcare Problems (sciencedaily.com)

From feed by sdfeed on Wednesday April 25, 2007 @10:12AM

An incontinent prisoner forced to use a bin bag to protect his mattress. A diabetic who regularly misses breakfast because only high sugar cereals are on offer. Just two of the anecdotes to emerge from in-depth interviews with prisoners. UK study also includes comments on health issues in prisons worldwide.

Feed Commercial Hunting May Be Largest Threat To Tropical Forests (sciencedaily.com)

From feed by sdfeed on Wednesday April 25, 2007 @10:12AM

Recent research considers the consequences of commercial hunting in the tropics, including its direct impacts on vertebrates and indirect impacts on plants. Using more than 100 forest sites scattered across the Amazon, the authors show that most large game birds and mammals have been severely reduced to a small fraction of their original population densities, often just 1--5 percent of the densities of the same species in similar protected forests.

Submission + - Sourceforge Changes Hands

Submitted by

eldavojohn

on Wednesday April 25, 2007 @10:08AM

eldavojohn writes: "Our beloved Sourceforge has been traded to CollabNet from VA Software (whose Open Source Technology Group (OSTG) operates Slashdot) for an equity stake in Collabnet. Since college, I've used Sourceforge hundreds if not thousands of times to access open source projects or even retrieve precompiled binaries. Either way, it's made my life easier and I hope it remains a free valuable resource."

Submission + - Privacy awareness through firefox extension

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 25, 2007 @10:08AM

An anonymous reader writes: At almost every turn on the Web, we are asked to say yes. Yes to registration, yes to membership, yes to personal recommendations. Yes is said for us, with pre-filled checkboxes that read 'Keep me informed'. Or there might only be a semblance of choice — for example, saying no to browser cookies makes navigating the Web nearly impossible. More generally, however, it is a matter of clicking through the various forms in order to get what we want and to get to it faster. A matter of saying, 'Whatever'. And when that happens, we might wonder to what extent 'Yes' is our own default setting rather than that of the machine.

The aim with the Whatever Button, then, is to pause and ask why we give away personal information so easily. The add-on makes the exchanges honest, re-labeling the buttons we press — whether they say 'search', 'send' or 'okay' — with the more accurate description, 'Whatever'.

The Button is for fun, of course, but should highlight rather than hide the significance of our various Whatever moments. Buttons can be serious enough: consider the economic importance of Amazon's One-Click service. Or the implications of the many license agreements we click through so quickly. Given this, perhaps the Whatever Button can be used as an experiment for reflection. Are you careful with your data, avoiding ugly Third-Party clauses and monstrous Spyware? Or do you throw caution to the wind, opening up the personal information floodgates? What button fits you best?

via http://mastersofmedia.hum.uva.nl/2007/04/25/the-wh atever-button-now-for-firefox/

extension @ http://www.justlol.net/whateverbutton

Submission + - Windows NT not designed for the Internet ..

Submitted by

rs232

on Wednesday April 25, 2007 @10:01AM

rs232 writes: "Wikipedia rewriting history ..

'Windows NT and its successors .. are not designed with Internet security in mind as much since, when it was first developed in the early 1990s, Internet use was less prevalent'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows"

Submission + - What if Microsoft or Google bought AMD ?

Submitted by

noddyxoi

on Wednesday April 25, 2007 @10:00AM

noddyxoi writes: "So everybody knowns that AMD is in huge debt right now, over ATI acquisition and operational costs... What if the solution for that was for AMD to be acquired by Microsoft or Google ? Which one would you prefer and why ?"

Submission + - Hawking goes to space!

Submitted by oxide7 on Wednesday April 25, 2007 @09:59AM

oxide7 writes: Astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who has been confined to a wheelchair for most of his adult life, expects weightlessness to feel like "bliss" when he goes on a "zero-gravity" flight Thursday aboard a refitted jet. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20070425/hawking-f light.htm

Spinal Tap to Reunite for Live Earth 213

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday April 25, 2007 @09:58AM from the tap-into-tomorrow dept.

Maximum Prophet noted that one of the most influential and loud rock bands in the history of music is coming back together to perform at Live Earth this summer. Yes, that's right Tap is Back. The article has some good news (a new single is coming) and some bad news... apparently Derek is in rehab for addiction to the Internet. Best wishes to him on his recovery- I'm sure it won't impact the performance... if Spinal Tap is anything, they are a band.

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