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Submission + - On The Trail of A Fake Virus Scammer (pastehtml.com)

Submitted by vik on Tuesday February 08, 2011 @07:14PM

vik writes: A sysadmin of my acquaintance recently received a phone call from "Computer Maintenance" purporting to be on behalf of Microsoft, and smelt a rat. The scammers want you to visit supportvirtual.com ( or perhaps curingyourpc.com ) and want remote access to your computer, to install malware, your credit card or both. This is how he tracked Rajat Kumar Jain of JARS services to his lair.

Submission + - CouchOne, Membase merge, form NoSQL powerhouse (networkworld.com)

Submitted by Julie188 on Tuesday February 08, 2011 @07:07PM

Julie188 writes: CouchOne and Membase, two of the most popular noSQL projects, have merged in an attempt to become an open source database powerhouse. Even the company's new name is merged: Couchbase. The founders of the new Couchbase say they will offer the ability to scale from the largest data center and distributed cloud environments all the way down to smartphones and other mobile devices. As is the standard disclaimer during merger announcements, the leaders also promise to continue their support for their open source, community versions of their programs.

Submission + - MPAA Threatens To Disconnect Google From Internet 1

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 08, 2011 @06:59PM

An anonymous reader writes: Over the last few months, Google has received more than 100 copyright infringement warnings from MPAA-affiliated movies studios: most are directed at users of Google's public Wi-Fi service but others are meant for Google employees. The MPAA is thus warning the search giant that it might get disconnected from the Internet. Although the copyright holders use strong language, these notices are nothing simply warnings, and typically do not lead to legal action.

Submission + - Hoke Puts Finishing Touches on First Michigan Staf (nbcsports.com)

Submitted by samo16 on Tuesday February 08, 2011 @06:56PM

Submission + - Facebook moving into Suns old campus (computerworld.com)

Submitted by dnormant on Tuesday February 08, 2011 @06:55PM

dnormant writes: Ever growing facebook has bought the old Sun Microsystem corporate headquarters and is making it their own. Kinda sad in a way.

Submission + - Communication the Problem? - Might be you! (youtern.com)

Submitted by YouTern_Intern on Tuesday February 08, 2011 @06:24PM

YouTern_Intern writes: You may be the best person for the Tech or Networking job...but yet you didn't get it. "They are all idiots"..."I'm the best for that position."...Sound familiar? Guess what, it may not be "them"...if you cannot effectively communicate your skills, you may lose out on missed opportunities. So...stop being a victim...start looking at ways to help yourself. Here are some good tips!

Submission + - Argonne taps IBM for 10 petaflops supercomputer (theregister.co.uk)

Submitted by Julie188 on Tuesday February 08, 2011 @06:12PM

Julie188 writes: The US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory has inked a deal with IBM to build a monster BlueGene supercomputer that will weigh in at 10 petaflops of peak theoretical performance when it is operational around the middle of next year.

Submission + - Boeing CEO Says Outsourcing Didn't Pay (nwsource.com) 2

Submitted by frank_adrian314159 on Tuesday February 08, 2011 @05:54PM

frank_adrian314159 writes: The Seattle Times reports that Boeing's CEO is saying that the cost overruns on the 787 "Dreamliner" were greatly exacerbated by the company's heavy use of outsourcing. Although it is now fairly well accepted that outsourcing provides little cost savings and what cost savings there are often get spent in increased management costs and rework, the outsourcing drive goes on. It's nice to see a major industry figure saying that all is not so rosy as the MBAs would have us think.

Submission + - Rushkoff's Call to Fork the Net Sparks Movement (shareable.net) 1

Submitted by Shareable on Tuesday February 08, 2011 @05:48PM

Shareable writes: In the aftermath of Wikileaks and Net Neutrality setbacks, Douglas Rushkoff called for citizens to fork the net in The Next Net. Response to the call was overwhelming with the author getting 1,000s of e-mails and comments. Events in Egypt have only heightened interest. In response, a peer-to-peer solutions festival is being convened in New York to catalyze projects that build toward an independent Internet, one where a Wikileaks could operate without government or corporate interference. Could this be the start of a populist movement for a free and open Internet, something technology activists have worked tirelessly on for years?

Submission + - Drivers blamed for out of control Toyotas (cnn.com)

Submitted by PolygamousRanchKid on Tuesday February 08, 2011 @05:43PM

PolygamousRanchKid writes: An intensive 10 month investigation into possible causes of unintended acceleration in Toyota cars found no fault with the automaker's electronic throttle control systems, the Department of Transportation announced Tuesday.

So far there are three known causes of unintended acceleration in Toyota vehicles: improperly installed floor mats, sticky pedals, and driver error.

Hmmm . . . sounds like "loose nut behind the wheel" to me.

Submission + - Confession: There's an app for that (go.com)

Submitted by slshwtw on Tuesday February 08, 2011 @05:24PM

slshwtw writes: Pope Benedict XVI has recently encouraged priests to blog and promoted Christian Netiquette. Now apparently the Roman Catholic church has sanctioned a "Confession App", available through iTunes for $1.99. Apparently it doesn't replace "traditional", in-person confession, but walks one through the process, even suggesting sins you may wish to confess.

Submission + - Google uncorks iPhone language translation app (networkworld.com)

Submitted by coondoggie on Tuesday February 08, 2011 @05:01PM

coondoggie writes: Google today announced a new Apple iPhone app that promises to let users translate text in 57 languages and voice in 15 languages. According to the Google blog site, the new Google Translate iPhone app accepts voice input for 15 languages, and—just like the previously available Google Translate HTML5 web app for iPhone — users can translate a word or phrase into one of more than 50 languages. For voice input, users press the microphone icon next to the text box and say what they want to translate.

Submission + - Spinach Could Be Used for Hydrogen Fuel (inhabitat.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 08, 2011 @04:13PM

An anonymous reader writes: If Popeye had made alternative fuels, he’d have probably come up with something like this. Researchers from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have developed a system that converts solar energy directly into hydrogen using the common spinach plant.

Submission + - Obama calling for 53B$ for High Speed Rail (google.com)

Submitted by Antisyzygy on Tuesday February 08, 2011 @03:15PM

Antisyzygy writes: President Obama is calling for 53B dollars to be appropriated for the construction of high-speed rail in the United States over the next 6 years. Assuming Congress approves this plan, the funding would be spent on developing and/or improving trains that travel at approximately 250 miles/hour, as well as spent on connecting existing rail lines to new developed high speed lines.

Submission + - The relationship between FOSS and democracy

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 08, 2011 @03:14PM

An anonymous reader writes: Free software is about freedom. So it shouldn't be any surprise that the ideals behind the free software movement have spread to the place where freedom is most affected: government. The old definition of e-democracy is, basically, "using computers in politics and governance." So a politician sending out a batch e-mail is e-democracy. The new movement is about removing the power from politicians and making governance collaborative. The analogy to FOSS is remarkable: think of the current governments as the old guard computing companies, and the collaborative governance movement as the geeks with crazy notions of a different way of organizing things. FOSS looked like an impossible pipe-dream when it started. Tell that to the Apache group today.

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