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Java

Submission + - CNET 1997: Java is Dead! (java.net)

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porkrind
porkrind writes: "David Herron has a great post on his blog at java.net. David uncovered an old CNET article listing 10 technologies that "don't stand a chance" with Java, of course, being one. It would seem that the death of Java has been foretold multiple times for at least 10 years now. One wonders how long it needs to survive before someone admits, "well, perhaps this Java thing will make it after all.""
Emulation (Games)

Submission + - Gaming in Libraries (oedb.org)

Submitted by ftblguy
ftblguy writes: Believe it or not, gaming has been gaining momentum in library communities for a while now. From the Chicago Tribune: "'Gaming teaches how to evaluate information,' said Jenny Levine, Internet specialist for the American Library Association. 'It teaches how to handle large sets of data, filter results, navigate information. You take in a lot of real-time information, process it and strategize. These are the same skills that businesses need.'" iLibrarian has a quick guide to gaming in libraries that links to several resources on this topic: "We are seeing gaming presentations at library conferences such as ALA Annual and Computers in Libraries, as well as entire symposiums dedicated to the theme..."
Biotech

Submission + - Girl's heart regenerates due to artificial assist (www.cbc.ca) 1

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Socguy
Socguy writes: "A 15-year-old girl has become the first Canadian to have an artificial heart removed after her own heart healed itself.
Doctors at the Stollery Children's hospital implanted the Berlin Heart, a portable mechanical device that keeps blood pumping in an ailing heart, so she could survive until a transplant became available.
But over the next few months, Melissa's overall condition improved dramatically, and her heart muscle regained much of its strength. After 146 days on the Berlin Heart, Melissa underwent surgery to have the device removed.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2007/08/28/ artificial-heart.html"
Censorship

Submission + - Beijing police launch Web patrols

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mernil
mernil writes: "Police in China's capital said Tuesday they will start patrolling the Web using animated beat officers that pop up on a user's browser and walk, bike or drive across the screen warning them to stay away from illegal Internet content. Starting Sept. 1, the cartoon alerts will appear every half hour on 13 of China's top portals, including Sohu and Sina, and by the end of the year will appear on all Web sites registered with Beijing servers, the Beijing Public Security Ministry said in a statement. China stringently polices the Internet for material and content that the ruling Communist Party finds politically or morally threatening."
Space

Submission + - The Stupendous Richard Mille Tellurium-Planetariu (watchluxus.com)

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Yizhi Sun
Yizhi Sun writes: "In our quest to better understand the world in which we live, planetariums have flourished with it estimated that there is one planetarium per 100,000 population in the US alone. At its simplest, a planetarium is an apparatus or model representing the planetary system — the movements of the sun, earth, moon and planets as well as other types of astronomic occurrences. From the earliest times of civilization, man has attempted to duplicate the surrounding visible celestial universe. However, the development of the clockwork driven planetarium or tellurium that could show the movements of heavenly bodies automatically — without manual intervention — had to wait until the appearance of newer and more accurate types of escapements that evolved during the course of the 17th century. Now, Richard Mille has made a contribution to the development of the Planetarium-Tellurium with a rare and unique Planetarium, containing a vast number of extremely precise indications and astronomic representations within the limits of mechanical design. It was developed to be effective and practical in daily use with the possibility of corrections for different time zones and ease of setting, all of which is executed with workmanship of an extraordinarily high level. All these conditions mean that it is an extremely difficult object to create, and thus a rarity. For this reason more than 10 years have been necessary for the development of the Richard Mille Planetarium-Tellurium."
Databases

Submission + - Developing Databases in Developing Countries (fromthehorizon.com)

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Michael
Michael writes: "Developing Databases for Disasters in Developing Countries is a paper presented at the ISCRAM China Workshop based on my experiences developing and implementing databases for International Non Government Organizations (INGOs) in Indonesia after the 2004 Tsunami, Pakistan after the 2005 Earthquake and in Uganda. It discusses a number of observations and issues regarding wider information systems, data entry models, stakeholder participation and Head Office involvement."
PC Games (Games)

Submission + - First time player wins Australian C&C3 WCG tit (raymonscott.com)

Submitted by
smileytshirt
smileytshirt writes: "From an article on smh.com.au:

When Fabian Baumann entered the Olympics of video games over the weekend, he intended only to watch.

Little did he know he would walk away with an all-expenses-paid trip to Seattle and the opportunity to represent Australia against the best in the world.

As a last-minute entrant to the Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars tournament at the national finals of the World Cyber Games, held at Luna Park, he first had to overcome one big issue: he had never played the game before."
Software

Submission + - Flash Presentation in Hebrew,Arabic and more (sameshow.com)

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King Marsh
King Marsh writes: "August 28th, 2007 — Wondershare today released Bidi support in PPT2Flash Professional for non-western languages. It allows users speak Hebrew or Arabic or other RTL languages to create multimedia presentation with bi-directional text for trade show, digital signage, online learning, enterprise training, conference, company presentations and more. Click to learn more http://www.sameshow.com/powerpoint-to-flash/articl e.php?id=39"
Businesses

Submission + - Does programmers make good IT managers?

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An anonymous reader writes: With the popularity of IT careers picking up again, looking at IT careers. Does the traits and technical know how of a programmer make a good IT manager? Are technical skills that important to when managing an IT project? or do IT managers only need to understand and satisfy the business side of IT projects? Just want to see what is slashdot's take on this
The Courts

Submission + - BayTSP CEO in Singapore to testify on Anime D/Ling

Submitted by Xedo66
Xedo66 writes: Anime distributor Odex has roped in a Silicon Valley-based former hacker to appeal against a court's decision. Last Thursday, Odex failed in its bid to force Pacific Internet (PacNet) to hand over the data of suspected illegal downloaders, whom Odex had tracked down with the help of Internet investigation firm BayTSP.

BayTSP's chief executive officer Mark Ishikawa, a former hacker, will arrive in Singapore later this week to help Odex prepare its appeal, according to his publicist Jim Graham.

On 23 August 2007, Odex lost its suit against Internet Service Provider Pacific Internet to reveal 1,000 of its subscribers' information. District Judge Ernest Lau ruled that Odex has failed to meet a number of requirements for the release of such information, as the company was exclusive licensee for only one anime title and its provided evidence found to be unsatisfactory. It was also revealed that another ISP, SingNet has put up virtually no resistance and gave consent in revealing subscribers' information to Odex. Several downloaders subsequently received letters of legal threat from Odex and had to pay out-of-court settlements for at least S$3,000 (US$2,000) per person, the youngest person being only 9 years old.
Power

Submission + - Where is solar for the rest of us?

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An anonymous reader writes: As the first totally new U.S. nuclear facilites in 30 years are being planned, some renewable power advocates have begun to lambast the idea and wisdom of building them. Safety concerns including a recent event where a cooling tower at Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power plant collapsed lend some veritability to their concerns. Proponents of solar say the sun is the only viable solution for many of us, yet it remains painfully out of reach economically for the vast majority of North Americans. The average U.S. household uses 10656 kilowatt-hours per year. A home that uses roughly 1600 KWh/month would cost around 76,000 dollars to go completely solar. This high initial cost leads to a catch-22 that is a tough nut to crack for many of us in areas that do not have tax credits as generous as California's. It often noted that as production ramps up unit costs come down however this trend hasn't been seen in solar power. Prices have actually increased over the past few years. Will solar ever be economically justified 'for the rest of us' or will it remain an expensive and unessecarry alternative that is always one breakthrough away from mass affordability?
Media

Submission + - Medal of Honor Given to DVD-Sniffing Dogs (nytimes.com)

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An anonymous reader writes: Two American sniffer dogs who found millions of pirated DVDs while on loan to Malaysian authorities will receive medals of honor when their six-month assignment ends next week, an official said Thursday. Black Labradors Lucky and Flo will be celebrated at an awards ceremony Monday before they return home to New York, said Nor Hayati Yahaya, the Motion Picture Association's manager for Malaysia.
Media

Submission + - MV-5000U hard drive enclosure with video and audio (allcoolandnew.com)

Submitted by odiers
odiers writes: the Mvix MV-5000U is a USB 2.0 3.5 inch hard drive enclosure with a twist. On the back of its case are all kinds of media output possibilities to connect it to your television or audio system so you'll be able to play all audio and video files you put on the hard drive. http://www.allcoolandnew.com/mvix_mv_5000u_harddri ve_enclosure_with_video_and_audio_output.html
The Almighty Buck

Submission + - $4.5 billion "bin Laden trade" 1

Submitted by djp928
djp928 writes: Looks like somebody is betting the stock market will crash by 30% or more by the third week in September. tinfoil hat sites are giving the story the most play, but at least a few non-kook sites have also analyzed this disturbing trade. It also happened on the European market as well.

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