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Submission + - HP voids warrenty if linux is installed

Submitted by ShadowHywind on Monday February 19, 2007 @08:58PM

ShadowHywind writes: Having Hardware failures, I decided to call the HP tech support for help. They asked If i Had any other operating System installed, other then Windows. Because I duel boot, I said yes, I have linux and windows installed. He then quickly stated that If you install another operating system other then Windows, It will void your warranty. I quickly hung up the phone hoping that he wouldn't create a file sense i am working on month 4 of 3 years of my warranty. Is it right for a company to void a warranty just because you decide to install something other then windows?

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by Kevin01 on Monday February 19, 2007 @08:55PM

Submission + - It's Official: Sirius & XM Agree To Merge

Submitted by

sovtekmidget

on Monday February 19, 2007 @08:26PM

sovtekmidget writes: "From Radio Ink:
It's official: Sirius and XM have agreed to merge in a deal that will consolidate the only two companies in the business of subscription-only satellite radio. In a statement from both companies, it was announced that Sirius CEO Mel Karmazin will become chief executive of the new company while XM Chairman Gary Parsons will remain in that role. Under the agreement, the companies will be combined in a tax-free, all-stock merger of equals with a combined enterprise value of approximately $13 billion, which includes net debt of approximately $1.6 billion. The companies have approximately 14 million combined subscribers and analysts predict the deal will save both companies approximately $7 billion annually. Wait a minute, isn't this going to create a monopoly? As reported on slashdot before, the FCC was going to shoot this down, but it looks as if it's getting pushed through anyways."

Submission + - Tesla to produce a standard electric

Submitted by WindBourne on Monday February 19, 2007 @08:17PM

WindBourne writes: Apparently, Elon Musk is going to sell Electric cars to the middle class masses, not just the wealthy.Musk's Tesla Motors, based out of San Carlos, California, will use the plant to produce its "WhiteStar" car — a four door, five passenger sports sedan which is 100 percent electric. I will be be nice to see this encourage GM/Ford/Toyota/Honda/etc to get the true hybrids and electrics out the door sooner, rather than later.

Submission + - WPF/E: Obseleting HTML, ECMAScript, Flash, Linux?

Submitted by foxed on Monday February 19, 2007 @08:05PM

foxed writes: Microsoft have released a preview of WPF/E. WPF/E provides applications designed for download to a browser based on a subset of Microsoft's XAML user interface markup language.

From the announcement:

"WPF/E" is the next-generation Web platform ... for delivering visually stunning and interactive user experiences on the Web and beyond. Supporting multiple operating systems (Windows and Macintosh), Microsoft "WPF/E" combines 2D animation, video, and audio within a compact yet flexible platform... AJAX-based applications ... can be organically upgraded to take advantage of "WPF/E" in a way that breaks rich Web-based applications out of the proprietary "black box" they exist in today.
Anyone else suspect this is an attempt to create a proprietary replacement for standards-based HTML and ECMAScript and Flash? And I note that Linux is not a supported platform. "Cross-platform" means Windows and Mac.

Pre-Installed Linux Tops Dell Customer Requests 509

Posted by kdawson on Monday February 19, 2007 @07:11PM from the please-sir-may-I-have-a-penguin dept.

dhart writes "Within only a few days of Dell opening a new customer feedback website, they discovered that the feature most requested (by an almost 2-to-1 margin!) is an option on all new Dell PCs: pre-installed Linux. (And the number 3 request is pre-installed Open Office.) I believe they'll have a harder time now with the tired old mantra 'There's no customer demand for Linux.'"

Submission + - What's happening with Transmeta

Submitted by

prostoalex

on Monday February 19, 2007 @07:00PM

prostoalex writes: "At launch Tranmeta Corp. received tons of publicity — boasting Linux Torvalds among its employees, the energy-efficient microprocessor company was supposedly revolutionizing the world of microprocessors as we know it. Electronic Engineering Times provides an update on what's happening with Transmeta right now: "Transmeta last week laid off 75 employees, decreasing its worldwide work force by about 39 percent. Most of the cuts were in the engineering-services business, which is being discontinued. Sales and support offices in Taiwan and Japan are also being closed. Over the next two quarters, the company expects to further reduce head count by about 25 to 55 people.""

Submission + - Gamers perform better on surgical skill test

Submitted by Blindside on Monday February 19, 2007 @06:33PM

Blindside writes: Are surgeons who are also gamers at an advantage in the operating room? A new study showed that gamers had a distinct advantage in a surgical skills test. 'Neither years of training nor number of surgeries performed would predict performance on the laparoscopy skills test. Past gaming and current skills, in contrast, would. Those who had never gamed took significantly longer to complete the skills test, and had an error rate of roughly 1.5 times that of regular gamers. Similar correlations also held when gaming skills were tested: those scoring in the top third made nearly 50 percent fewer errors, and and performed the drill nearly 40 percent faster. For those keeping score at home, Super Monkey Ball 2 had the best correlation with surgical skills, Star Wars Racer Revenge the worst.'

Journal Journal: PHP ... An Object of Frustration

Journal by yintercept on Monday February 19, 2007 @06:30PM

I am sitting here upgrading a program (Community Color) to PHP 5. I originally wrote the program procedurally since there were people on the project who were new to OO programming.

Submission + - HD DVD on-the-fly copy tool announced

Submitted by tronicum on Monday February 19, 2007 @06:30PM

tronicum writes: Heise reports that Antigua based SlySoft announced a tool called "AnyDVD HD" which ripps AACS on-the-fly from HD DVD discs. It also allows to watch movies on a computer without HDCP equipment and comes with built-in UDF 2.5 for Windows XP. It ships for 79 US$.

Sweden to Make Denial of Service Attacks Illegal 108

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday February 19, 2007 @06:30PM from the play-nicer dept.

paulraps writes "Sweden is to pass legislation making Denial of Service attacks illegal. The offense will carry a maximum jail term of two years, and is thought to be a direct response to the attack which crashed the Swedish police's web site last summer. Nobody was charged for that, but the fact that it came shortly after a raid on the Pirate Bay's servers was thought by many to be not entirely coincidental. Sweden's move follows the UK, which is even tougher on web attackers — there the sentence can be over five years in prison."

Submission + - Pastor with 666 tatoo claims to be God

Submitted by

acgrissom

on Monday February 19, 2007 @06:17PM

acgrissom writes: "This is strange. Jose Luis de Jesus Miranda, a pastor with 666 tattooed on his arm, claims to be the new Christ. His followers, of which there are thousands, in dozens of countries, also get these tattoos. He says, "Antichrist is the best person in the world."

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/02/16/miami.preacher/in dex.html"

Submission + - The Bane of Forced Obsolescence

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 19, 2007 @06:11PM

An anonymous reader writes: Everyone hates being forced to upgrade when they don't want to. Especially when it's the hardware or software company forcing them to upgrade. This article discusses some of the reasons behind this, suggestions for changes, and calls for both hardware and software companies to start changing in ways that the customers want, not just what the investors and managers demand or dictate.

Regrowing Lost Body Parts Getting Closer All the Time 210

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday February 19, 2007 @05:49PM from the go-go-gadget-hand dept.

[TheBORG] writes "There are two stories on Yahoo! News about regrowing lost body parts. One is about regrowing lost fingers & limbs and the other one is about regrowing teeth. The story about regrowing lost fingers and limbs talks about the experimental use of powdered pig bladder to regrow fingers and eventually lost limbs for soldiers and others in need from information that Pentagon-funded scientists hopefully learn from studying the salamander. The story about regrowing teeth talks about how Japanese scientists used primitive cells and injected them into a framework of collagen. Once grown to a certain point, scientists implanted the growths into mice where the teeth developed normally."

Submission + - Dell XPS 710 H2C Watercooled Desktop Tested

Submitted by

MojoKid

on Monday February 19, 2007 @05:30PM

MojoKid writes: "Dell's XPS 710 H2C Edition is touted as a top-of-the-line, ultra-performance machine built with performance enthusiasts in mind. Not only does the XPS 710 H2C hold the distinction of being Dell's first volume available, factory overclocked computer, but it also uses Dell's first in-house developed liquid cooling system to keep its quad-core power plant cool. This evaluation at HotHardware has plenty of performance data and goes into great detail on the technologies employed in the XPS 710 H2C Edition. It sure seems like a killer system if you can justify the investment."

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