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Submission + - NVIDIA Vista Driver Class Action Lawsuit Readied

Submitted by igibo on Thursday February 01, 2007 @04:42PM

igibo writes: The NVIDIA support forums are chock full of angry early adopters clamoring for functional Vista drivers to use with their multi-hundred (thousand!) dollar GPUs. Presently, there are a group of outspoken, outraged customers seeking compensation via a class action lawsuit. Me? I just want to be able to rotate my secondary display!

Net Neutrality and BitTorrent - No More Throttling? 243

Posted by Zonk on Thursday February 01, 2007 @04:41PM from the my-wow-patch-is-feeling-sad dept.

Umaga's Purse writes "Will ISPs still be able to throttle BitTorrent traffic now that a significant proportion of it is legit? It's a tough question, especially for ISPs like AT&T (which agreed to run a neutral network in order to gain approval for its merger with BellSouth from the FCC). It's not just a problem for AT&T, though: 'ISPs that have made no such agreements may not need to worry about BitTorrent taking over their networks, but they do need to wrestle with the issue of how to handle it now that so many legal uses of the protocol are available. Do they want to irritate their BitTorrent-using contingent, or let BitTorrent flow unhindered at the risk degrading the experience of those who don't download torrents?'"

Submission + - Potential Cancer Cure Lacks Funding?

Submitted by on Thursday February 01, 2007 @04:36PM

An anonymous reader writes: A cheap, existing drug that shows promise in lab tests held at the University of Alberta against cancer has not entered clinical trials due to a lack of funding. The drug, dichloroacetate, is decades old and cannot be patented, but would still require clinical tests to be approved for cancer treatment. More articles from New Scientist, Newsweek and The Toronto Star. The University of Alberta and the Alberta Cancer Board have set up a site to handle donations towards clinical trials.

Submission + - NFL Won't Let Church Show Super Bowl

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 01, 2007 @04:18PM

An anonymous reader writes: From the article:
"...the NFL objected to the church's plans to use a projector to show the game, saying the law limits it to one TV no bigger than 55 inches. The church will likely abandon its plans to host a Super Bowl party. 'We want to be supportive of our local team,' Newland said. 'For us to have all our congregation huddled around a TV that is big enough only for 10 or 12 people to watch just makes little sense.'"

The pastor points out that this effectively removes alcohol-free and family-friendly environments for groups to watch the game. My school (which will go unnamed) is hosting a similar party and I am glad the NFL didn't see any fliers. The original article has a few more details.

Submission + - Difficulty Finding Consulting Work

Submitted by ps-elf on Thursday February 01, 2007 @03:53PM

ps-elf writes: I have been searching the usual internet job sites, Monster, Hotjobs etc. for contract jobs in Analog Design/IT. I have not been finding anything. Those type of jobs are almost all advertised as full-time salaried positions. Although I am pretty sure that contract jobs exist in abundance in Chip Design. My question is given that I am not interested in going through an agency or placement firm, where is a good place to hook up with these jobs.

Submission + - Flying Cars Just Around The Corner?

Submitted by

MCTFB

on Thursday February 01, 2007 @02:46PM

MCTFB writes: "According to Fox News, an Israeli company may have a marketable flying car in production as soon as 2010. Though the price tag for this vehicle is a bit pricey (1.5 million to 6 million USD depending on size), it is not too far-fetched for this kind of vehicle to literally become the new Porsche for high-flying executives."

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