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Submission + - Pornography being "scrubbed" using DNS

Submitted by

ScrubIT

on Wednesday February 28, 2007 @11:52PM

ScrubIT writes: "Hi Guys, Just wanted to drop you a quick note and let you know of a new service we are providing for free that we are pretty excited to launch. ScrubIT.com has made publicly available a FREE recursive DNS service that blocks pornography and malicious websites. It is an excellent service for families and employers who don't want to worry about what they will be confronted with on the internet. Additionally, in private BETA is the ability to customize your personal DNS and selectively block and allow sites that you choose. Now, I realize the porn industry is going to be none to happy about this one, but it's about time someone stood up and did something. Let us know what you think."

Submission + - Recovered Bill Gates talk from 1989!

Submitted by

Holden Karau

on Wednesday February 28, 2007 @11:30PM

Holden Karau writes: "Hate him or love him, Bill Gates is a influential individual in the software industry. Recent archival work at the University of Waterloo has recovered a talk given by him in 1989 in which he discusses his role as a developer in the early days of Microsoft, and his views on the future of Microsoft. He also alludes to the fact that he thought that in 1981, 640k would be good enough for everyone! Especially interesting are his views on how to "solve" software piracy in the late 80s."

Submission + - Sweet and Sour Network: $10 Wok == $20,000 DIsh

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 28, 2007 @10:49PM

An anonymous reader writes: The New Zealand Herald reports: "Why pay $20,000 for a commercial link to run your television station when a $10 kitchen wok from the Warehouse is just as effective? This is exactly how North Otago's newest television station 45 South is transmitting its signal from its studio to the top of Cape Wanbrow, in a bid to keep costs down."

Submission + - A $10 wok replaces a $20,000 satellite dish

Submitted by tchild on Wednesday February 28, 2007 @06:44PM

tchild writes: EE Times reports a $10 wok replacing a $20,000 satellite dish.

http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jht ml?articleID=197700218

Submission + - Carbon transistor possible Silicon successor?

Submitted by dave_the_dodo on Wednesday February 28, 2007 @06:27PM

dave_the_dodo writes: New Scientist are reporting on a new carbon transistor[newscientisttech.com] 4 times smaller than the smallest silicon transistors. The transistors can be made from sheets of carbon just one-tenth of a nanometre thick. From the article:

The transistors are made of graphene, a sheet of carbon atoms in a flat honeycomb arrangement. Graphene makes graphite when stacked in layers, and carbon nanotubes when rolled into a tube. Graphene also conducts electricity faster than most materials since electrons can travel through in straight lines between atoms without being scattered. This could ultimately mean faster, more efficient electronic components that also require less power.

Do-It-Yourself Steampunk Keyboard 159

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday February 28, 2007 @10:55AM from the because-you-can dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Who said there's no use for your old IBM "M Series" keyboards anymore? This creative fellow shows us step by step how to convert the keyboards of yesteryear into keyboards of an even further distant, fictional time. H. G. Wells would be proud."

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