Comment Re:Cue the "I'm not going now" comments... (Score 2, Informative) 734
It's actually a return to the exact same. You already have to fill out these forms. They just made it electronic now.
Comment Re:Spanish and English (Score 1) 386
The universities are actually the only part of the US education system that ARE competent.
Comment Re:But... (Score 1) 221
You'd just need to put a wireless power thinggy on your desk and VIOLA! No more charging cables!
Submission + - Scientists find water on extra-solar planet (pressesc.com)
amigoro writes: "Scientists have, for the first time, conclusively discovered the presence of water vapour in the atmosphere of a planet beyond our Solar System, according to an article appearing in Nature. They made the discovery by analysing the transit of the gas giant HD 189733b across its star, in the Infrared using data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. HD 189733b is a 'hot jupiter', a gas giant that is roughly the size and mass of Jupiter but orbits very close to the star, so no chance of life there."
Submission + - Blu-ray Backers Launch Deceptive Hi-Def News Site
An anonymous reader writes: You'd have thought that Sony would have learned the lessons of disclosure when their bogus PSP blog backfired on them last christmas, but they've gone and done it again.
Hitting a new low in deceptive internet marketing, Sony along with several other movie studios backing the Blu-ray format today launched a content web site called "Hollywood in Hi-Def."
The site claims to be a "comprehensive online resource created for consumers interested in high-definition home entertainment," but — what do you know — all of the content just happens to be positive to the Blu-ray format. Although the site's "About Us" page mentions that it is "supported by" Sony, Fox and Disney "among other companies," it doesn't disclose that all of those companies back the Blu-ray format, and that the mission of the site is to promote the format, not "cover" it.
The site's editor explains as much in an article published this morning by Video Business Magazine, saying that "A lot of the companies that are supporting Blu-ray got together and decided to do something different and more *credible* than a promotional web site."
