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Submission + - Wormholes Can Be Built, Scientists Say

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: According to Wired News' DANGER ROOM blog, scientists have theorized a way to build "Wormholes — those hypothetical short cuts in the space-time continuum — that have been theorized to allow everything from warp speed spacecraft to time travel. Now, researchers are suggesting we can actually create a type of wormhole using those fun metamaterials that everyone is all excited about lately."
Businesses

Take Two's Board Ousted by Shareholders 32

Posted by Zonk from the old-board-can-now-play-games-in-peace dept.
Some would view it as vaguely ironic that, on the same day that the GTA IV trailer makes its debut, the Take-Two board is finally ousted in the culmination of a nasty inter-corporate feud. CNN's Chris Morris reports on the latest development in the company's saga: "The accounting and ethical quagmires that have bogged down the company for the past few years are likely to disappear. And Take-Two will almost certainly become a leaner company, shedding divisions and canceling games ... The arrival of a new board may also ratchet down the public scrutiny of the company a few notches - but that respite from the spotlight's glare might not last as long as they would like. You see, the thing that makes this game maker different from the rest of the industry is its rebellious streak. It's something that drives opponents insane and causes mass migraines in the boardroom, but without it, Take-Two wouldn't be the force it is today."
Wireless Networking

Submission + - Drive-by Internet in Hard to Reach Places

Submitted by
oldwindways
oldwindways writes: "The BBC reports that in developing nations where its prohibitively expensive to install the infrastructure for wired internet connections, drive by wireless updates are becoming a popular solution to the demand for internet access. This sounds great for checking news updates, sports scores, and visiting your regular websites, but somewhat limited if you are trying to do basic research and don't know exactly where your search will take you. It is certainly an innovative solution to some of the problems encountered in tackling the digital divide, but what longterm effects might this model have one the development of the communications infrastructure?"
Windows

Submission + - SPAM: Microsoft sneak previews "Deepfish" mobile

Submitted by
alphadogg
alphadogg writes: "Microsoft has unveiled a mobile Web browser aimed at making surfing the Internet on wireless devices as convenient and feature-rich as browsing on a PC. Code-named Deepfish, a preview of the technology is available from Microsoft's Live Labs Web site. The company said it is available on a first-come, first-served basis, and will close access to Deepfish once downloads reach a certain, unspecified number. [spam URL stripped]l ly-microsoft-unveils-deepfish-mobile.html"
Google

Submission + - Google to Viacom-The law is clear, and on our side

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Google responded to the opinion piece in the Washington Post by a Viacom Lawyer with a letter to the editor titled "An End Run on Copyright Law." "Viacom is attempting to rewrite established copyright law through a baseless lawsuit. In February, after negotiations broke down, Viacom requested that YouTube take down more than 100,000 videos. We did so immediately, working through a weekend. Viacom later withdrew some of those requests, apparently realizing that those videos were not infringing, after all. Though Viacom seems unable to determine what constitutes infringing content, its lawyers believe that we should have the responsibility and ability to do it for them. Fortunately, the law is clear, and on our side."
Programming

Submission + - Some History of multiprocessing and Linux SMP

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: A lot of great work has gone into the Linux kernel to exploit SMP, but the operating system by itself is not enough. The kernel does its part to optimize the load across the available CPUs (from threads to virtualized operating systems). All that's left is to ensure that the application can be sufficiently multi-threaded to exploit the power in SMP. This article explores the ideas behind multiprocessing and developing SMP applications for Linux
Google

Submission + - Apple Owns Google SERPS

Submitted by
illegalalias
illegalalias writes: "Apple Inc. is getting 11 of the top 14 search results on Google for the search "apple" because of recent changes to Google's UI. The other 3 below to slashdot and Wikipedia. What ever happened to only 2 per customers? Google Search Placement is all )sc#$@ed up!"
Biotech

Submission + - Smart fabric mimicking knights armors

Submitted by
Roland Piquepaille
Roland Piquepaille writes: "Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) have created the world's smallest chain-mail fabric. This fabric looks like the chain-mail armor worn by medieval knights, but can embed much more recent sensors to create some smart textiles. This fabric, which consists of "a network of small rings about 500 microns in diameter and even smaller links about 400 microns long," has unique electrical properties. For example, such a smart fabric could detect movement or damage, and even generate electricity to power the sensors embedded into it. But don't expect to wear a dress or a jacket made with it anytime soon. Read more for additional references and pictures showing different views of this UIUC's chain-mail fabric."
Privacy

Submission + - Students sue anti-plagiarism service

Submitted by jazzbazzfazz
jazzbazzfazz writes: It seems that some students in Virginia are not happy with the anti-plagiarism service Turnitin. The company checks prose submitted by its customers for signs that it has been copied in whole or part by comparing it to a large database of works that it maintains. Trouble is, it also adds the submitted prose to its files and stores it for use by the company in future scans, which the students feel is illegal use of their copyrighted materials. I think they've got an excellent case, especially since they seem to have prepared for this eventuality: they're A-students, never been accused of plagiarism, and they formally copyrighted their papers prior to their submission to Turnitin. Anyone out there know there copyright laws?
Enlightenment

Submission + - Italy village gets 'sun mirror'

Submitted by
Gre7g
Gre7g writes: "A sun-deprived village in the Italian Alps has come up with a novel solution to fix the problem — by installing a giant mirror.

The mirror — an eight-by-five metre (26x16ft) sheet of steel — was placed on a nearby peak to reflect sunlight onto Viganella's main square below.

The computer-operated mirror will now be constantly following the sun's path."
Security

Submission + - Sen McCain's MySpace page gets hacked

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?com mand=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9014483&intsrc=hm_ list Visitors to Sen. John McCain's MySpace page were likely surprised today by a statement that the Senator has reversed his position on gay marriage and "come out in full support of gay marriage ... particularly marriage between passionate females." Most won't be surprised that the statement was apparently posted as a prank. The co-founder of an online news site, who said he designed the MySpace template used for McCain's page, claimed responsibility for changing the site . Mike Davidson, cofounder of Newsvine, said on his Web site that he commandeered the MySpace page because McCain's office used a design template of his without providing him credit. Davidson also said his imagery was used on the page and his server is used serve up McCain's MySpace images.
Networking

Submission + - IBM Announces 160Gbps Optical Networking Chip

Submitted by haddieman
haddieman writes: Ars Technica has a story about a new chip from IBM that can acheive blazing fast transfer rates.

FTA:
"IBM has announced a prototype optical transceiver chipset that can transmit data over optical fiber at speeds of up to 160Gbps. IBM informs us that it's fast enough to transmit "a typical high-definition movie" per second."
This is surely a great day for thepiratebay.
Spam

Submission + - MySpace Sues Sanford Wallace

Submitted by
Talaria
Talaria writes: "MySpace has sued the original king of spam, Sanford Wallace, claiming that he set up an elaborate phishing scheme to gain access to MySpace user accounts, spammed MySpace users, and used deceptive means to direct MySpace users to Wallace's websites. Sanford Wallace is best known as the spammer behind the infamous CyberPromotions, which was brought down nearly ten years ago in twin lawsuits by AOL and CompuServe."

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