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Submission + - iPhone blasted by consumer watchdog

Submitted by thefickler
thefickler writes: A US-based consumer watchdog has blasted the iPhone for its lack of user replaceable battery and two-year service contract. The FTCR is calling on Apple and AT&T to provide free and immediate replacement of iPhone batteries at their stores for the entire life of the iPhone. The FTCR is also outraged by the two-year service contract that iPhone users must commit to before they can activate their phone, and is calling on AT&T to allow contracts to be canceled at any time
Upgrades

Submission + - Dell expands Ubuntu offerings

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Dell has started offering the Inspiron 1420 as part of their Ubuntu offerings. This laptop comes with faster CPU and higher RAM configurations, and your choice of 8 colors. Dell has also replaced their low-end desktop model with the Inspiron Desktop 530N. Unfortunately, there is still no sign of offerings outside of the US, but John Hull of the Dell Linux Engineering team hinted at interesting announcements come later this summer, when asked of that very topic.
Nintendo

Submission + - Nintendo opens up the Wii (theglobeandmail.com)

Submitted by
Raver32
Raver32 writes: "Nintendo Co. has opened its blockbuster Wii game system to independent video-game developers for the first time, the company announced Wednesday. Nintendo said it will let individuals and outside game studios create and sell downloadable Wii games with a tool called WiiWare. Gamers will be able to purchase the games through the console's Wii Shop channel starting in early 2008. Perrin Kaplan, a Nintendo spokeswoman, said the game-creation kit is designed for people with at least some knowledge of computer programming. Developers can start designing games using a PC but must complete them on the Wii console, Kaplan said. "Independent developers armed with small budgets and big ideas will be able to get their original games into the marketplace to see if we can find the next smash hit," said Reggie Fils-Aime, president of Nintendo of America, in a statement."
Education

Submission + - No OLPCs for Cuba. Ever.

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: In a move going largely unnoticed by the developers the OLPC project now requires all submissions to the project to be hosted in the RedHat Fedora project.

While not seeming like a big deal, the implications are interesting. First, contributors have to sign the Fedora Project Individual Contributor License Agreement. By being forced to submit contributions to the Fedora repository they automatically fall under the provisions of US export law. So, no OLPC for Cuba, Syria and the likes. Ever.

But at least the OLPC project will build a nice business for RedHat The software borrows from the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project, with about 95 per cent of the code overlapping.
Data Storage

Submission + - main points of DDR3, the new memory standard

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Star surfer
Star surfer writes: "Brief informative article on the new DDR3 memory standard. A higher performance RAM memory system; higher clock and bigger buffers benefiting video and graphics. CPU clocks haven't gone up much since DDR2."
Editorial

Submission + - TMS: 8 Hours Sleep in 3 Hours Time?

Submitted by IConrad01
IConrad01 writes: http://www.functionalisminaction.com/2007/05/hybri d-sheep-twice-slumberland-mileage.html Op/Ed piece from a technophile libertarian (yours truly), on recent developments in Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and nootropics, that have lead to results indicating that it might be possible to pack an eight-hour night of sleep into two or three hours — with a little dig at Francis Fukuyama-style "bio-luddism" for good measure.
Businesses

Submission + - Burj Dubai: Construction of the tallest skyscraper

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abramsv
abramsv writes: "The Race for the Tallest Tower is heating up: Dubai will have 6 super-tall skyscrapers by 2015, yet even taller structures are planned. Burj Dubai is already significantly higher than the Chicago Sears Tower (not counting the spire), and is quickly approaching the title of the tallest concrete free-standing structure. (many photos of construction included) Link to the article"
Space

Submission + - 'Screams' from the Sun Warn of Radiation Storms

Submitted by
Riding with Robots
Riding with Robots writes: "The European Space Agency has released fascinating information and videos related to a discovery from the SOHO sun-observing spacecraft. It seems that radio "screams" from the sun foretell dangerous Coronal Mass Ejections, or CMEs, which produce radiation storms harming infrastructure on ground and in space, as well as humans in space."
Google

Submission + - Why Microsoft and Yahoo just can't beat Google

Submitted by
zeluse
zeluse writes: "Some simple yet effective tips, from an end-user's perspective, that could help solve Live Search and Yahoo's basic problems and deliver a leap in value to their users. ...Google, no wonder, has its own challenges, but their execution is undeniably clever. They seem to have grasped the new century's most important business lesson: Strategies can be roughly right, but execution must be perfect.

http://qelix.com/blog/index.php/2007/05/29/why-mic rosoft-and-yahoo-just-cant-beat-google/"
Mozilla

Submission + - The Mozilla Manifesto: an Internet call to arms

Submitted by Apfel
Apfel writes: Mozilla's Mike Shaver sits down for a long interview with Ars Technica to talk about the Mozilla Manifesto. "I think the manifesto does need to be something that will cause us discomfort at times," he says, "where we'll have to sit there and say, 'It feels like we want to do this, but it really conflicts with one of these things,' and that's a sign that we'll have to be really careful." The article then looks at the ways that the manifesto has guided Mozilla's behavior to date, and why it makes the company uncomfortable sometimes.
The Internet

Submission + - What do do when your domain registrar screws up?

Submitted by melonman
melonman writes: You register your domain with a a major registrar that is owned by a huge backbone provider. Then, when your domain comes up for renewal, they debit your account, produce an invoice for renewing the domain, but don't renew the domain. Your mail starts bouncing, your website vanishes. You google the problem and find that you are not alone. You contact support, and never receive a response. It looks like your domains are about to be lost, and that it will then cost $300 to reclaim them... That's the current state of several domains that our company manages for third parties. What are the options for regaining control over your domains when your registrar screws up and refuses to talk to you?
Enlightenment

Submission + - Designing for the other 90%

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Design can do more than sell a few more iPods for Steve Jobs. The New York Times is reporting on a show at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum about designing for the developing world. One of the more "radical" ideas: a rolling water can so that children can transport water safely and effectively from pump to home. From the article: "[The designs]w have a sort of forehead-thumping "Why didn't someone think of that before?" quality." "A billion customers in the world," Dr. Paul Polak told a crowd of inventors recently, "are waiting for a $2 pair of eyeglasses, a $10 solar lantern and a $100 house."
Biotech

Submission + - Brain cancer treated with electrical field

Submitted by amigoro
amigoro writes: A device that specifically targets rapidly growing cancer cells with intermediate frequency electrical fields — called Tumor-Treating Fields (TTFields) — doubled the survival rates of patients with brain cancer, according to a Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) journal article. The device uses electrical fields to disrupt tumor growth by interfering with cell division of cancerous cells, causing them to stop proliferating and die off instead of dividing and growing. Healthy brain cells rarely divide and have different electrical properties than cancerous brain cells. This allows the device to target cancer cells without affecting the healthy cells. The only device related side effect seen was a mild to moderate contact dermatitis beneath the field delivering electrodes, which responded well to the application of topical cream and periodic electrode relocation.

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