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Submission + - Japanese high tech toilet makers aim for USA (japanesecustomer.com)

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Peter Hanami
Peter Hanami writes: "Japanese high tech toilet makers are now aiming for the USA. The washlet may be soon become a household word in the USA. Japanese high tech toilets are a luxury item that once tried are hard to resist. A heated seat, a bidet, air freshner and some models even dry, meaning the user doesn't need to use toilet paper. A must have item in Asia, will Japanese high tech toilets find a place in the USA market?"
The Media

Submission + - Hurricane Expert Calls Gore Theory "Ridiculous (smh.com.au) 5

Submitted by DrWho520
DrWho520 writes: ONE of the world's foremost meteorologists has called the theory that helped Al Gore share the Nobel Peace Prize "ridiculous" and the product of "people who don't understand how the atmosphere works".
Dr William Gray, a pioneer in the science of seasonal hurricane forecasts, told a packed lecture hall at the University of North Carolina that humans were not responsible for the warming of the earth.
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Submission + - The Internet Turns 10 (in Vietnam) (vietnamnet.vn)

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corigo
corigo writes: "I still remember when we got our first dialup account here in Ho Chi Minh city in December of 1997. In the beginning individuals were not allowed access and you had to have a company license to get a dialup account. Ten years on where is the internet in Vietnam? Internet access and usage has climbed from 200,000 in the year 2000 to 16,700,000 in 2007 or almost 20% of the population! (http://www.internetworldstats.com/asia/vn.htm)

Vietnam is preparing a symposium for the 10 year anniversary of internet in Vietnam. So what is next for Vietnam? Majors players like Intel, Canon, Renesas, Acer, Brother, etc. are currently investing Billions of dollars into manufacturing and assembly in Vietnam and Vietnam is struggling to build a software development outsourcing market. I'll tell you what I'm hoping for, cheaper internet access. A single Fixed IP aDSL line still costs $200/month!!!"
It's funny. Laugh.

Submission + - On the Internet, no one knows you're a ... 1

Submitted by b0s0z0ku
b0s0z0ku writes: Crazy story from Wired about IM's and who people really are. Two people start an online relationship. She thinks that he's a 20 year old Marine. He thinks that she's a 17 yo girl from West Virginia. His co-worker is also dating her online, BTW, and it all comes to a bad end. Will we be seeing a bad movie about all this in a year?
Music

Submission + - My Afternoon in Wal-Mart's MP3 Download Hell (medialoper.com) 2

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Lopy
Lopy writes: "Everything about the process of buying DRM-free music from Wal-Mart is wrong. At one point they actually asked me to reveal my "baby's due date"! And that wasn't even the absurd part. I had to install support for Windows WMA protected music files just to download an MP3. The whole sad story is detailed on Medialoper.com"
United States

Submission + - FBI snaps up Napoleon III's gun from online sales (networkworld.com)

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coondoggie
coondoggie writes: "The FBI doesn't usually find itself in the business of retrieving guns but last week it made an exception: a rare Gastinne Renette carbine taken from a Paris military museum during World War II while the Germans occupied Paris that once belonged to Napoleon III. French authorities have searched for the 37-inch gun ever since and when it popped up on the Web site gunsamerica.com, French officials contacted Interpol, which in then enlisted help from the FBI.An undercover operation was initiated by local FBI agents, and agents from the FBI's Art Crime Team, which resulted in the safe recovery of the weapon last week. The Art Crime Team is the FBI's 12-member rapid-deployment unit responsible for investigating cases involving cultural property and artwork. To date, the Team is responsible for recovering more than 850 items worth more than $65million. http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/18373"
United States

Submission + - U.S. Census Bureau not Vista compatible

Submitted by SleptThroughClass
SleptThroughClass writes: I noticed in the Census catalog that a Census 2000 disc was labeled "Proprietary With Software, Windows 95". Such a data format seemed to be edging toward becoming inaccessible (it's already not accessible on my Linux machines), so I asked about Vista. The answer from Census: "We are currently not running Vista on any Census facilities, and will not do so for some time. So my inclination is that none of our current disc products will be Vista compatible."
Robotics

Submission + - Can robots save lives of miners?

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Roland Piquepaille
Roland Piquepaille writes: "Is it possible to replace miners by robots? Or could we use robots to rescue trapped miners? In this article, NPR attempts to answer these questions. It is true that robots would be ideal to fill these very dangerous jobs. Obviously, they can go where humans can't. The NPR article looks at two mining robots developed at Carnegie-Mellon University (CMU). It also says that because these robots are expensive, 'the U.S. mining industry has shown little interest in funding such research.' This is understandable for their point of view. But even if the number of miners — and the number of casualties — has been largely reduced in the so-called developed countries, it's not the same situation in other places. So is there a market for mining robots in China or elsewhere? Read more for additional details and photos of the Cave Crawler robot, one of the subterranean robots developed at CMU."
Security

Submission + - Russia relighting the flames of the cold war (bbc.co.uk)

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An anonymous reader writes: Russia has been provoking many countries in recent weeks. Firstly the USA and NATO with its disagreement over the placement of anti missile defenses. The incident involving an assassination using polonium, then the claims it made on the north pole, The alleged missile attack on its neighbor Georgia and lastly the mission to exchange 'smiles' with US pilots.

It would appear we are slowly being drawn into a new cold war which is not so cold.
Robotics

Submission + - DARPA announces Urban Challenge teams (darpa.mil)

Submitted by jazz11man1
jazz11man1 writes: Today, DARPA announced the 36 teams (pdf) that will be able to compete in the National Qualifying Event (NQE) for the Urban Challenge. They also announced that the competition will be held at an army training facility in Victorville, CA. Of the 36 teams that compete at the NQE from October 26-31, 2007, the top 20 will continue onto the final event on November 3.
Biotech

Submission + - Antiperspirants Do More Than Block Sweat (sciam.com)

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Charles Betz
Charles Betz writes: "For some, the thought of abandoning antiperspirants gives them the cold sweats. For others, its the thought of using them. Underarm antiperspirants guard against odor and wetness, but could the aluminum-based compounds that reduce sweat actually cause Alzheimers disease and breast cancer? The latest edition of the Scientific American adresses the smelly issue."
Microsoft

Submission + - Perfect 10 sues MIcrosoft for stealing porn (arstechnica.com)

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edmicman
edmicman writes: "Ars Technica is reporting that adult publisher Perfect 10 is suing Microsoft, saying that the MSN/Windows Live search engine infringes on copyright by returning thumbnails of and links to sites hosting Perfect 10's images. Does this sound familiar? In 2004, they tried the same thing against Google. Google was eventually found to be within the bounds of fair use."
Censorship

Submission + - AT&T Removes anti-Bush Lyrics From Webcast (rollingstone.com)

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Walter Wart
Walter Wart writes: "AT&T removed the lyrics ""George Bush, leave this world alone." and "George Bush find yourself another home." from Pearl Jam's Lollapalooza broadcast. AT&T claims that its content monitor had done so "by mistake". This has serious implications for political expression in an increasingly corporatized Internet. Pearl Jam said that it highlights the need for Net neutrality."

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