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Submission + - DVT in Slashdotters

Submitted by

balloonhead

on Monday March 12, 2007 @08:06PM

balloonhead writes: "A New Zealand study has shown a disproportionate amount of DVT (deep vein thrombosis) cases in sedentary office workers. DVT can have a variety of outcomes, including the blood clot dislodging and travelling to the lungs, where it can cause a potentially fatal pulmonary embolism (PE). The study implicated long hours sat at desks, stating the main groups affected are workers in the information technology industry and in call centres. Slashdotters beware!"

Submission + - MP tries to Klinon to power

Submitted by Daehenoc on Monday March 12, 2007 @08:03PM

Daehenoc writes: From http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21372488-1376 2,00.html: "A Finnish member of parliament is aiming for re-election by campaigning with a translation of his website into Klingon, used in the TV series Star Trek. "Some have thought it is blasphemy to mix politics and Klingon," said Jyrki Kasvi, an ardent Trekkie. "Others say it is good if politicians can laugh at themselves." He said his politics posed some translation difficulties, since Klingon does not have words for matters such as tolerance, or for many colours, including green — the party under whose banner he is running in the national elections on March 18. Non-warriors can also access the site, http://www.kasvi.org/, in English, Swedish and Finnish.'

Submission + - Google Earth to be on the Apple iPhone

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 12, 2007 @06:50PM

An anonymous reader writes: According to Virtual World Times Google Earth will be on the Apple's iPhone. Given that published reports say the iPhone will be a closed system but Google Earth could be considered an open system it begs the question as to whether Google Earth holds an opportunity for developers to develop with the iPhone in mind. 30,000 developers are creating mashups and other stuff on top of Google Earth. Additional Google earth stats are at Virtual World Times

Submission + - OpenOffice.org Submits Open Letter to Dell

Submitted by jlbooker on Monday March 12, 2007 @06:25PM

jlbooker writes: OpenOffice.org has submitted an open letter to Michael Dell in response to the overwhelming requests on Dell's IdeaStorm site for the OpenOffice.org 2 software suite to be factory-installed on Dell systems. From the letter: "Let's have a conversation about how we could build an "OpenOffice.org supplied by Dell" product to give your customers what they are asking for."

Submission + - Slashdot: lifetime achievement

Submitted by

juanito

on Monday March 12, 2007 @06:11PM

juanito writes: "Today, at the SXSW conference, Slashdot was given the lifetime achievement award at the 2007 bloggies, competing against Heather B. Armstrong, Wil Wheaton, Fark.com and Peter Maling."

Submission + - Google assists Indian goverment censorship

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 12, 2007 @05:35PM

An anonymous reader writes: Google's Orkut has made a deal to provide IP addresses of posters of content deemed objectionable by Bombay police. They object to, among others, posts against certain Indian personalities, young women admiring Indian mobsters, and, amazingly, "anti-Indian words" (!).

Submission + - New Horizons Probe Returns New Images of Jupiter

Submitted by

SeaDour

on Monday March 12, 2007 @05:32PM

SeaDour writes: "The Pluto-bound New Horizons space probe, launched a little over a year ago, recently succeeded in passing through a narrow navigational keyhole by Jupiter. Using the gas giant's tremendous gravity, the craft now has a significant boost toward its final destination, shaving three years off its journey. As it passed through the Jovian system, the probe took some fantastic images of the neighborhood, including detailed observations of erupting volcanoes on Io, time-lapse photography of Jupiter's tumultuous atmosphere, and even the faint ring system that was first discovered in Voyager photography. These new images prove the tremendous capabilities of the small probe, which is set to reach Pluto in 2015."

Submission + - Road Runner Bandwidth Doubling Today!

Submitted by

drunk pandas

on Monday March 12, 2007 @05:17PM

drunk pandas writes: "Loot Ninja is reporting that Road Runner today has doubled their download speeds, and tripled their upload speeds, going from 5 Mbps down and 384 Kbps up to 10 Mbps down and 1 Mbps up. I knew download speeds would hit 10Mbps, but there was no official word on upload speeds. Good to see this free upgrade to all users!"

Submission + - Inflatable mirrors could cut solar cost to $0.29/w

Submitted by Damien1972 on Wednesday February 21, 2007 @06:46PM

Damien1972 writes: A new technology using inflatable mirrors could dramatically cut the price of solar power to around $0.29 per watt, making the renewable energy source cost competitive with coal and other fossil fuels. The tensegrity-based concentrated photovoltaic system could open up vast areas of the United States for solar farming, whereby farmers could produce both agricultural products and clean energy. The technology has been developed by CoolEarth Solar, based in Livermore, CA.

Submission + - Penny Arcade reporting news

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 21, 2007 @06:12PM

An anonymous reader writes: Gabe of Penny Arcade fame posts an information e-mail from the stepmother of one of the teens charged with killing a homeless man and blaming it on violent video games.

Submission + - Enhanced Wii browsing with Wiiminder

Submitted by Anonymous Mii on Tuesday February 20, 2007 @08:08PM

Anonymous Mii writes: Warp Pipe Technologies has posted a video of "Wiiminder" on YouTube. The video highlights some capabilities of the webpage/portal that take full advantage of the Opera browser on the Wii as well as storing your wiimembers for easy use on Wii.

Submission + - MPAA Steals Code, Violates Linkware License

Submitted by

MBrichacek

on Tuesday February 20, 2007 @08:07PM

MBrichacek writes: "A blogger who wrote his own blogging engine called Forest Blog recently noticed that none other than the MPAA was using his work, and had completely violated his linkware license by removing all links back to the Forest Blog site, and had not credited him in any way. According to Patrick, it isn't something new to find his blogging software being used like this. What he finds really odd is that an organisation whose goal is to "protect" copyrighted creative works has no qualms in, essentially, stealing other people's work."

Submission + - Ballmer repeats threats against Linux

Submitted by daria42 on Tuesday February 20, 2007 @07:17PM

daria42 writes: Steve Ballmer has reissued Microsoft's patent threat against Linux, warning open-source vendors that they must respect his company's intellectual property. In a no-nonsense presentation to New York financial analysts last week, Microsoft's chief executive said the company's partnership with Novell, which it signed in November 2006, "demonstrated clearly the value of intellectual property, even in the open-source world."

Feed News: Here we go again (penny-arcade.com)

From feed by pennyarcadefeed on Tuesday February 20, 2007 @07:12PM

Gabe: You might have seen this story on CNN about the teens that murdered a homeless guy and then equated it to the sort of thrill one might get from a violent video game. There will be plenty of articles focusing on these kids and their crime. I"d like to take a second and talk about the parents of these teenagers instead. It is the job of a parent to teach their children certain rules. Obviously the rules themselves and the emphasis each family places on them will vary, but there are certain universal constants that these parents obviously failed to pass on.

Submission + - Email Scams -- Rediculous or Not?

Submitted by Rukie on Tuesday February 20, 2007 @06:59PM

Rukie writes: I just recieved an email to my gmail account, from another gmail user. However, this is a frightening bit of a scam. This is the message as is. What are your opinions? From: danny morgan Date: Feb 20, 2007 8:36 AM Subject: REALITY To: coastalequip@comporium.net Attention .... I Want you to read this message very carefully, and keep the secret with you till further notice, You have no need of knowing who i am, where am from,till i make out a space for us to see, i have being paid $30, 000.00 to terminate you with some reasons listed to me by my employer,i have followed you closely for one week and three days now and have seen that you are innocent of the accucciation besides you reminded me of someone very dear to me so am compelled not to carry out the order,Do not contact the police or try to send a copy of this to them, because if you do i will know, and might be pushed to do what i have being paid to do,beside this the first time i turned out to be a betrayer in my job.Now listen,i will arrange for us to see face to face but before that i need the amount of $20,000.00 up front to an account i will provide for you(am not taking this money as a bribe to spare your life, i intend leaving the country with it after i might have delivered the tape to you.,you have nothing to be afraid of,i will come to your office or home, so determine where you wish us to meet,do not set any camera to cover us or set up any tape to record our conversation,$10, 000.00 balance will be paid cach to me,after our conversation,i will give you the tape that contains his request for me to terminate you, which will be enough evidence for you to take him to court(if you wish to), then the balance will be paid. (NOTE AM A PROFESSIONAL KILLER AND HAVE NEVER FELT PITY FOR ANY ALREADY SENTENCED PERSON IN MY COUSTORDY,YOUR NEGLIGENCE TO THIS MAIL WILL RESULT TO........)You don't need my phone contact for now till am assured you are ready to comply to my terms.reply immediatelY Lucky You ANONIMOUS

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