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Submission + - Gecko 1.9 Alpha 2 released

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An anonymous reader writes: Gecko 1.9 Alpha 2 has been released. This version includes significant changes to the layout engine, including support for inline-block and inline-table, resolution of all remaining issues with the ACID2 test, incremental rendering of XML, and more.
Networking

Submission + - A Different Way To Do 10 Gig Ethernet

Submitted by sohan
sohan writes: The register carries an interesting article on doing 10 Gig Ethernet without offloading it to the network card. Solarflare, a recent startup, seems to have created a controller that splits packet processing between the host CPU and the network card. They claim an 80% savings in power consumption which can only mean good news for air-conditioners worldwide!
Hardware Hacking

Submission + - USB Telephone That Works With EVERYTHING?

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: I've been looking around for a good USB telephone, and completely unimpressed with what I've seen and tried lately. But I ran across a pretty amazing telephone and software package that I think is so unique that I haven't found anything else like it, and wanted to share. It's called the ZiPhone II from 'Simple Simon' in the US. Their website goes on to tell how this thing works with a ton of different voice/video chatters with special integration with each, and say it works with everything. Is this possible?
Biotech

Mice Cured of Autism 233

Posted by CowboyNeal from the of-mice-and-men dept.
noahisaac writes "My brother just sent me an article he posted for the Rett Syndrome Research Foundation about a cure for Rett Syndrome, a form of autism. According to the article, researchers successfully re-introduced a fully functional version of the MECP2 gene into mice that had been born with damaged MECP2 genes. Contrary to their expectations, the mice improved. In the article's words, 'restoration of fully functional MECP2 over a four week period eradicated tremors and normalized breathing, mobility and gait in mice that had previously been fully symptomatic and, in some cases, only days away from death.' The ramifications for people suffering from Rett Syndrome are obvious, but mutations of the MECP2 gene are also believed to be the cause of 'classic' autism, and a number of other neurological disorders."
Patents

Submission + - Peer-to-Patent Expected To Go Live in April, 2007

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Throtex
Throtex writes: "Dennis Crouch at Patently-O informs us that the USPTO's Peer-to-Patent project is expected to go live in a couple of months. It links to Beth Noveck's most recent paper on this effort. Inquiring minds want to know — will YOU contribute to the effort to strengthen patents? Will this make examiner's jobs easier, finding better references more easily, or open the floodgates with references submitted by engineers with no knowledge of the patent process and claim interpretation? At worst, this should make people more aware of what claim interpretation involves."
Windows

Submission + - Triple Boot on the Mac Pro

Submitted by yonp
yonp writes: Here is a guide on how to install the Windows Vista OS on the Mac Pro and triple boot it in XP, Vista and Mac OS X. How fast is the Mac Pro for Vista? Vista has an experience score that tells you how fast and capable your PC is. The scale currently runs from 1.0 to 5.9. The Mac Pro scored 5.9 on almost all tests.
XBox (Games)

Submission + - Xbox-360 1080p games coming

Submitted by rwven
rwven writes: '1080p is the resolution of the gods. Promised by Sony, attainable by few displays, and argued about all over the Internet, 1080p is something that doesn't affect many television owners while remaining a major sticking point in the current console wars. Microsoft gave the 360 the ability to run games in 1080p in the October firmware update...' EA and Sega are both producing games which will render on the 360 in 1080p. Does this change the playing field for the next generation of console games?
Security

Submission + - Panda's Nanoscan Doublechecks Your A/V's Work

Submitted by f4rrest
f4rrest writes: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2091498,00.as p

Article quote:
Panda's new project... moves everything except a tiny (200-Kbyte) driver off your computer and "into the cloud". It can use a vast number of signatures, run all kinds of sandboxing and emulation tests, any type of processing that's needed — because it's not using your computer's resources. And it's fast. The Nanoscan beta scanned my laptop in 60 seconds.
Upgrades

Submission + - Stupid Ideas That Make All The Difference

Submitted by bobjase
bobjase writes: I've been waiting for the last few years for a 8 or 16 port SD (or CF/MMC/whatever) reader that runs a RAID 0+1 across the cards (bitwise) and has a S-ATA II connection. It could fit in a 5.25" slot and read/write faster than any spinning drive ever could — easily maxing out the SATA-II bandwidth. All the technology has been staring us in the face for the last 4 years. Multi Card readers cost $10. RAID controllers are built into everything and can cost as little as $20. The whole stupid device could cost $50 and with a little shopping, you could get 2GB SD cards for $10 or even less. Am I crazy or would this thing change the world? Why doesn't anyone make this? Would you buy one?
Networking

Cisco to Open Source CTA 48

Posted by CowboyNeal from the all-skate-everyone-skate dept.
VE3OGG writes "Cisco, the networking Goliath, has decided to release the source code of its NAC (network admission control) client, Cisco Trust Agent (CTA) to the open source community within 'a few months.' This comes hot on the heels of Cisco announcing its plans to redevelop a new breed of network security infrastructure. 'CTA will be something that's open source. That's just logically where it should end up,' Gleichauf told InfoWorld. 'We don't want to be in the CTA business, so we're going to just open it up.'"
United States

Submission + - Security Clearances

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ellindigo
ellindigo writes: "I work as a UNIX/Linux Systems Administrator for a large corporation. My company is submitting me for a TS-SCI with Full Polygraph security clearance, and today I attended a meeting where they described how the process works. They stressed that the questioning and the polygraph would be very invasive and would include my lifestyle, past egregious acts (I suppose we all have at least one), and anything else they find worthy of attention. My question for Slashdot readers is this — should I go forward with the application process? If I go through all of this scrutiny and don't get the clearance, will the government keep those records on me? What are the ramifications of being documented this way?"
Media

Submission + - Porn Industry May Not Decide Format War

Submitted by nixkuroi
nixkuroi writes: MSNBC Reports that the porn industry may be fudging their numbers and may not be the "decider" of the next winning format. Even more stunning is that on page 3 of the article, Vivid Entertainment says that despite Sony's refusal to license to the adult industry, they've found a way to replicate Blu-Ray technology and will release Debbie Does Dallas on both formats.

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