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Television

Submission + - Matt Groening Final Boss in Simpsons EA Game (filefront.com) 1

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eldavojohn
eldavojohn writes: "Announced at E3, Mr. Groening will be the final boss in the Simpsons game. Mr. Groening commented on the game: "They did a send-up of videogames. It's a videogame about videogames; and I'm in the videogame. I'm a boss that you have to fight at the end of the game. It was really fun recording a million ways of dying, going 'UGGH, ARGGH, EUURGH!'""
Wireless Networking

Submission + - Wi-Fi Hack Aids Boarding Parties

Submitted by Kage-Yojimbo
Kage-Yojimbo writes: The U.S. Navy has adapted civilian wi-fi (wireless networks) for use at sea during boarding operations. By modifying off-the-shelf wi-fi gear, the navy increased the range to over 700 meters. The main reason for all this was to speed up the transmission of passport photos and other personal data back to the ship, so that it could be run through databases to check for terrorists or criminals. This wi-fi hack cut several hours off the time required to check documents. The Expanded Maritime Interception Operations (EIMO) wireless system was developed last year, to provide several kilometers of range to the original wi-fi gear (which has been in use for over three years). Each pair of wi-fi units costs about $1400 to construct, using common parts to add more powerful antennae to standard 802.11g wi-fi equipment.

http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htiw/articles/200 70525.aspx
Role Playing (Games)

Submission + - Blizard sues SPAM heavy gold sellar.

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DaphneDiane
DaphneDiane writes: "Blizzard announced that they are suing one of the annoying heavily spaming gold sellar peon4hire. Peon4hire had recently been blanket spamming players in World of Warcraft with multi-line messages advertising their power leveling and gold selling business. With the advent of the recently released 2.1.0 patch Blizzard made it easier to report and block these spammers. I've noticed a large decrease in spam while playing since the patch. It used to be that I would get nearly a dozen spams a night but I barely have seen any since."
NASA

Submission + - Nasa unveils Hubble's successor

Submitted by
dalutong
dalutong writes: "BBC News has an article detailing NASA's replacement for the much-loved Hubble telescope. The $4.5 billion telescope will be placed in orbit 1.5 million km from Earth and will be almost three times the size of the Hubble. It is set to launch in 2013. They plan to service the Hubble in 2008."
America Online

Submission + - Thousands of ICQ Numbers Deleted

Submitted by BondGamer
BondGamer writes: Many ICQ users woke up and found their ICQ numbers were no longer working. There is a topic on the ICQ support with more than 1,500 replies. There are pages upon pages of other topics asking what happened. There has been no official response from AOL about what has happened. How would if affect you to one day to find out the instant messenger ID you used for years is suddenly gone?
Novell

Submission + - Robert Love resigns from Novell

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Robert Love who was the Chief Architect of Novell's Linux Desktop has resigned today. Robert is a prominent Linux kernel hacker, author and journalist in the Linux community (read more about him in his Wikipedia entry). His blog doesn't specify why he resigned. But after colleague and friend Jeremy Allison's departure from Novell in protest of the Microsoft-Novell deal, this might be the latest fallout from it.
The Courts

Submission + - More developments in the Reiser murder case

Submitted by
Fahrvergnuugen
Fahrvergnuugen writes: "Wired is running a story about how an ex-lover of the missing wife of accused spouse killer Hans Reiser has confessed to killing eight people unrelated to the case.

Reiser will stand trial for the murder. This development will undoubtedly complicate things."
Google

Submission + - The Most Annoying Adsense Questions Ever

Submitted by
crazy4bass
crazy4bass writes: "This list is in no particular order and shouldn't downplay the numerous good questions that are asked about this program. The short of it is, these questions are usually asked by people looking to make a quick buck and wondering just how far into a perceived gray area they can go or they have the delusion that someone's going to just give them the keys that will magically make their sites perform. Newsflash, it's not going to happen and if you have to ask most of these questions, you probably shouldn't be trying to use Adsense or any other revenue source in the first place. http://www.realitywired.com/2007/04/09/the-most-an noying-adsense-questions-ever/"
Puzzle Games (Games)

Submission + - Former chess champion Kasparov arrested at rally

Submitted by vertinox
vertinox writes: From the BBC: 'Police have arrested Russian opposition leader Garry Kasparov at a banned anti-Kremlin rally in Moscow. He was detained during a huge security operation to prevent protesters from gathering at Pushkin Square. Police deny reports he has now been freed. The former chess champion leads the United Civil Front group, part of the opposition coalition Other Russia.'

BBC has also run a profile on Mr Kasparov's political aspirations.

For those who may not remember Garry Kasparov was the 1984 World Chess Champion and also played Deep Blue in 1997 and lost.

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