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Submission + - Netflix apologises again and renames DVD service

Submitted by parallel_prankster
parallel_prankster writes: Earlier today Netflix CEO Reed Hastings sent out an email apologizing for a bunch of things like the sudden price hike and the subsequent reaction from his company spokespeople. An excerpt from his email "It is clear from the feedback over the past two months that many members felt we lacked respect and humility in the way we announced the separation of DVD and streaming and the price changes. That was certainly not our intent, and I offer my sincere apology."
Another interesting development mentioned in the email was the renaming of the DVD-by-mail service to Qwikster. Currently the website shows nothing — www.qwikster.com . Also from the email — "The new envelope is still that lovely red, but now it will have a Qwikster logo."
Star Wars Prequels

Submission + - Lucas Ex Machina: I never asked for this (blogspot.com)

Submitted by stormdesign
stormdesign writes: Deus Ex: Human Revolution now has a rather odd addition to loading screens — a small yet rather annoying (and totally out of context) advert for Star Wars Blu rays. Gamers initially blamed this on a recent title patch — however, it appears these adverts are going live whether users update their game or not so it appears to be built in advertising tech that has (until now) been dormant.
Medicine

Submission + - QB Manning Turned to Europe for Stem-Cell Therapy

Submitted by theodp
theodp writes: Fox Sports' Jay Glazer reports that prior to undergoing recent neck surgery, Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning flew to Europe for stem-cell therapy that's used overseas but not yet in the United States. Earlier this year, Fortune reported that prior to his liver transplant, Apple CEO Steve Jobs took an unpublicized flight to Switzerland to undergo an unusual radiological treatment which was not available in the U.S. Some Americans are willing to go abroad to seek what they can't find at home in hopes of improving — or saving — their lives, and health providers are eager to respond. 'It moves fast, this industry,' said the director of Medical Tours International in 2007. 'They think, 'Look at all these sick, rich patients.''
Google

Submission + - Google spawns yet another language - Dart (i-programmer.info)

Submitted by mikejuk
mikejuk writes: Dart is Google's second programming language following Go and there might even be a third in prospect. Dart is a new structured web programming language which is possibly based on Smalltalk or Newspeak. At the moment information is thin on the ground, but the announcement and more details will be given at the forthcoming GOTO conference on the October 10th.
Google has also registered a number of domains like spotlang.com rasing the possiblity that we may be able to "See Spot Run" quite soon... how many programming languages does one company need!

Comment Re:People Growing Up? (Score 1) 413

by beowulfcluster (#37120576) Attached to: <em>World of Warcraft</em> Finally Loses Subscribers

You get to interact with the people around you and, surely over time, are going to accumulate a few friends and maybe a desire to go out more.

Isn't it more like the opposite? When your social life is in the game, you'll desire to stay in the game more. That way an evil circle lies. That's what I've seen anyway though I'll admit I only have anecdotal evidence.
IT

Submission + - Who has the most underappreciated job in IT? (pcauthority.com.au)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Most people working in IT have probably had to work excessive overtime at some point in their career. There's even a term — crunch — used to describe the ridiculous hours developers are sometimes required to work to get a title to market. But at what point do the demands of working in IT outweigh the benefits? This story looks at System Administrator Appreciation Day, which is July 29, and which functions as a tribute of sorts to the profession. At the very least, it's an interesting snapshot of what goes on in the bowels of a server room.
Microsoft

Submission + - Microsoft Dilutes Open Source, Coins Open Surface (muktware.com)

Submitted by sfcrazy
sfcrazy writes: Now, Microsoft is coining yet another term to further confuse users — Open Surface. Senior Director for Open Source Communities at Microsoft, Gianugo Rabellino, said at Oscon 2011 that customer don't care about the underlying platform as long as the APIs, protocols and standards for the cloud are open. That's when he threw the term 'open surface'.
Network

Submission + - US Universities Pursue Gigabit Internet Project (itproportal.com)

Submitted by hypnosec
hypnosec writes: Twenty nine universities all across the US have joined forces with the view of introducing super fast gigabit Internet services in their campuses, as well as in the surrounding communities.

Apart from equipping college students with super fast internet connection, the project, dubbed Gig.U is also aimed at attracting new-generation start-ups to college communities, according to a New York Times report.
Biotech

Submission + - South Korean scientists create glowing dog (reuters.com)

Submitted by
cultiv8
cultiv8 writes: "A research team from Seoul National University (SNU) said the genetically modified female beagle, named Tegon and born in 2009, has been found to glow fluorescent green under ultraviolet light if given a doxycycline antibiotic, the report said.

The researchers, who completed a two-year test, said the ability to glow can be turned on or off by adding a drug to the dog's food.

"The creation of Tegon opens new horizons since the gene injected to make the dog glow can be substituted with genes that trigger fatal human diseases," the news agency quoted lead researcher Lee Byeong-chun as saying.

He said the dog was created using the somatic cell nuclear transfer technology that the university team used to make the world's first cloned dog, Snuppy, in 2005."
Privacy

Submission + - Finland to boost web surveillance after Norway att (physorg.com)

Submitted by
hessian
hessian writes: "Finnish police said Monday they will monitor the Internet more rigorously for evidence of extremists plots following last week's twin massacres in neighbouring Norway. Deputy police commissioner Robin Lardot said his forces will play closer attention to fragmented pieces of information — known as "weak signals" — in case they connect to a credible terrorist threat."
Hardware

Submission + - Researchers create transparent lithium-ion battery (extremetech.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Using silicon lithography, liquid silicone, and electrodes that are fashioned into patterns that are invisible to the naked eye, researchers at Stanford University have finally created the seminal sci-fi component that we've all been waiting for: transparent batteries. Positive and negative electrodes are fashioned onto two sheets of see-through silicone polymer and then filled with a clear electrolyte gel to create a battery. It doesn't produce much power yet (about 20 watt-hours per liter, comparable to NiCd) but in the future they could be used to create transparent smartphones that allow you to see the floor while you walk, or laptops that use daylight to economically illuminate their displays.

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