Submission + - Seven Habits for Effective Text Editiong 2.0 (google.com)
nyteroot writes: Bram Moolenaar, the inventor of Vim, gives a Google TechTalk on what he sees as the seven habits for effective text editing.
Submission + - Did Microsoft Buy Netcraft? (linuxjournal.com)
jeevesbond writes: "Linux Journal has a story noting the discrepancies between the Web server surveys from Netcraft and Security Space.
"While Netcraft says Apache represents 51% market share and rapidly shrinking, Security Space puts Apache at 74% and growing! Netcraft says Microsoft IIS has 34% market share and is rapidly growing, Security Space pegs Microsoft IIS at 20% market share, as it continues to shrink.
Submission + - AMD 690 Chipset Updated, Performance Boost (hothardware.com)
MojoKid writes: "Earlier this year, AMD launched its 690 series motherboard chipset and it was
relatively well accepted for its affordability, power efficiency, and
performance versus competitive chipsets. AMD has since
taken the 690 series chipset and optimized it further through BIOS and
software level enhancements that result in marked performance gains in a number
of situations and also introduces new features.
This article showcases a motherboard from Gigabyte that features the latest
updates and compares its performance to the unaltered board from when the
chipset was first introduced, to see just how much the platform's performance
has matured. The majority of the performance enhancements were
targeted toward better HD DVD and Blu-ray playback at 1080p."
Submission + - UK Govt to screen postgrad applicants (pressesc.com)
Small Brother writes: "International students applying for postgraduate studies in science subjects including Computer Science, Chemistry, Physiscs and Biology at British Universities will need to get prior government permission under controversial new scheme formally announced by the UK Foreign Secretary on Thursday."
Submission + - Wii Doing What Nintendo Wanted It To
superdan2k writes: "When Nintendo brought the Wii to market, one of their stated goals was to get people who didn't normally play video games using their console. Based on this article from the AP, it seems they've made some headway in capturing the senior citizen market. With the Wii's price point, and it being a good way to get people engaged in physical exercise, it's easy to envision it catching on with other retirement homes beyond the one mentioned in the article. Now that it's expanding beyond the 'typical' video game demographic, has the Wii taken the first steps toward winning the console war?"
Submission + - Java-based x86 Emulator
jaavaaguru writes: "Researchers at Oxford University have produced a Java-based x86 emulator which they hope will be useful in testing applications and learning about viruses without damaging the host PC's operating system. They have an online demo available which boots DOS and has some games to play. Being purely Java, this emulator should be able to run on almost anything, including cell phones."
Submission + - Circumcision reduces HIV risk
wile_e_wonka writes: From Yahoo! News:
"This is an extraordinary development," said Dr. Kevin de Cock, director of the
World Health Organization's AIDS department. "Circumcision is the most potent intervention in HIV prevention that has been described."
Circumcision has long been suspected of reducing men's susceptibility to HIV infection because the cells in the foreskin of the penis are especially vulnerable to the virus.
"This is an extraordinary development," said Dr. Kevin de Cock, director of the
World Health Organization's AIDS department. "Circumcision is the most potent intervention in HIV prevention that has been described."
Circumcision has long been suspected of reducing men's susceptibility to HIV infection because the cells in the foreskin of the penis are especially vulnerable to the virus.
Submission + - Whistle While You Work? Not in Space.
Ant writes: "ABC News report that astronauts on spacewalks will never, ever be able to whistle while they work in space.
Former NASA astronaut, Dan Barry has seven hours of spacewalking time to his credit. He tried whistling during his spacewalk on STS-96 in May 1999. "It wasn't something I hadn't planned — I thought of it on the fly. It turned out that it didn't work." he said. "You can't whistle because the air pressure in the suit is only 4.3 [pounds per square inch], and normal atmospheric pressure is 14.7 psi, so there are not enough air molecules blowing by your lips to make a sound," he said.
Seen on Blue's News."
Submission + - OCaml Summer Project
Yaron writes: "The OCaml Summer Project (funded by the company where I work, Jane Street Capital) is aimed at encouraging the use of OCaml by funding students over the summer to work on open-source projects in the language. The project has started accepting submissions, with the final date being March 15th. It's a new approach to promoting the use of minority languages. It will be interesting to see if it catches on."
Submission + - Microsoft Encourages Use of Vista Cracks
Vulva R. Thompson, P writes: Yeah, yeah, another Vista story. But this one has a twist. After reinstalling Vista Home, the user wasn't able to activate with the key he purchased so he called the activation line:
"The Customer Service Manager told me that I could either borrow an XP Home disk from a friend (isn't that software piracy ??) or look online for one of the many Vista Activation cracks to bypass Vista Activation completely...Well, I followed his instructions."
Full story here: http://www.overclockers.com/articles1416/
Submission + - Meet theTynonym
mahangu writes: "As an armchair linguist, I recently stumbled upon the T9onym or Tynonym. A new morphological process that has come about as a result of people using the T9 predictive text method for sms messages, the tynonym appears to be in use, at least in the UK.
Although there appears to have been a Wikipedia entry on T9onyms at some point, for some reason, it no longer exists.
What about you, have you heard people say book for cool, in everyday speech? Will the tynonym become a significant part of conversational speak in the years to come, or will it be just another passing fad?"
Submission + - Apple: Tons of hardware updates in Q2, black iMac
An anonymous reader writes: "Sources told MacScoop there is strong possibility that most or all the Mac line-ups will see a refresh by the end of June and that the company should start making its first 2007 Mac hardware announcements as soon as during March."
The site also claims a black iMac is on the way.
Submission + - Louisiana city wins 2nd municipal fiber case
An anonymous reader writes: The (Lafayette, La.) Daily Advertiser reports that the Louisiana Supreme Court today unanimously ruled in favor of Lafayette Utilities System in its fiber to the home legal battle.
The city passed a referendum in July 2005 62%-38% to approve bond sales to fund its city-operated utility service's plan to lay fiber-to-the-home throughout the city (population about 112,000). Cox and BellSouth previously delayed it with a suit that failed; this decision is against a resident sued about the use of bond to fund the endeavor.
According to LUS, "bonds could be issued in 2-3 months.. Eighteen months after the bonds are issued, some LUS customers could be using fiber." LUS already has paid $3.5 million in legal fees to get to this point.
Submission + - Girls of Engineering pin up calendar ?
bongey writes: Thought this was funny , seems some engineering students got together and talked some of the woman engineers at U of I to take some racy photos for a calendar . Needless to say the title of the calendar is smart is sexy . All I can say is where can I get a copy.
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/246420,CST-NWS- calendar07.article
