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Submission + - The Future of Electronic Paper (tfot.info) 1

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Iddo Genuth

on Monday October 15, 2007 @08:01PM

Iddo Genuth writes: "We all know the Sony Reader, the book-like electronic paper display — but how will the e-book of the future look? And what kind of revolution will electronic paper bring to our lives in general. An interesting article by TFOT takes a look at the past, present and future of this exciting technology in order to determine how electronic paper will change our life in the next few years."

Submission + - Thomas files appeal, cites "excessive" dam (arstechnica.com)

Submitted by Peerless on Monday October 15, 2007 @06:58PM

Peerless writes: Capitol v. Thomas defendant Jammie Thomas has officially appealed the RIAA's $222,000 copyright infringement award. She is seeking a retrial to determine the RIAA's actual damages, arguing that the jury's award was 'unconstitutionally excessive': 'Thomas would like to see the record companies forced to prove their actual damages due to downloading, a figure that Sony-BMG litigation head Jennifer Pariser testified that her company "had not stopped to calculate." In her motion, Thomas argues that the labels are contending that their actual damages are in the neighborhood of $20. Barring a new trial over the issue of damages, Thomas would like to see the reward knocked down three significant digits — from $222,000 to $151.20.'

Submission + - Google vows to increase Gmail limit (computerworld.com) 1

Submitted by

Lucas123

on Saturday October 13, 2007 @12:36AM

Lucas123 writes: "Google said that people are devouring capacity with photos and other attachments on its Gmail e-mail service faster than the company can add to it at its current pace. So Google said on Friday that it would increase the rate at which it is adding capacity to its Web-based service. There's only one problem, Google's main competitors — Windows Live Hotmail and Yahoo Mail — far surpassed Gmail this year with their own capacity."

Submission + - Amsterdrugs for Dummies (hostels-amsterdam.nl)

Submitted by

Oranje1981

on Friday October 12, 2007 @11:33PM

Oranje1981 writes: "Tourists usually have this idea of Amsterdam and drugs, that pretty much cracks me up every time I hear them. So, this is what I'm going to do; I'm going to take the most popular statements and misconceptions people have over drugs in Amsterdam. http://www.hostels-amsterdam.nl/amsterdam.php"

Submission + - A window placed on all workspaces is a lawsuit 1

Submitted by on Friday October 12, 2007 @11:13PM

An anonymous reader writes: Red Hat and Novell are being sued by two companies that hold the patents 5072412, 5533183 and 5394521. All three patents are about placing a window on multiple or all desktop workspaces and the window takes on that workspace's look and feel. Software patents based on trivial ideas that anyone would have come up with over time like these should be voided once and for all. Tenzing and Hillary do not have the rights to charge climbers of Mount Everest yet unborn.

Submission + - New hard drive to work even when computer is off (itworld.com)

Submitted by jfruhlinger on Thursday October 11, 2007 @08:17PM

jfruhlinger writes: You've got a file on your laptop that you need to access — but you don't want to wait for your laptop to boot up to get at it. New technology from SST will make the contents of a hard drive accessible via a computer's USB port even when the computer is powered down.

Submission + - Titan missile base for sale (columbiabasinherald.com)

Submitted by

TaeKwonDood

on Thursday October 11, 2007 @06:35PM

TaeKwonDood writes: "Have $1.5 million to spare and a desire to hold the world hostage? You'll need this 57 acre complex with 16 underground buildings and three 160 foot-tall missile silos. The owner is putting it up on Ebay. Because everyone on Ebay buys missile bases. However, should you need sharks with frickin' lasers attached to their heads, those are endangered so you'll need to go on Amazon instead."

Submission + - Defense of the copyrighted cease-and-desist letter (typepad.com)

Submitted by

Greg Beck

on Thursday October 11, 2007 @06:35PM

Greg Beck writes: "On Monday Slashdot covered "How Not to Write a Cease and Desist Letter." The law firm that wrote the letter has now posted a public response, which is a very interesting read."

Submission + - Google trimming search results due to DMCA notices 1

Submitted by langelgjm on Wednesday October 10, 2007 @11:19PM

langelgjm writes: As I was doing some Googling today, I noticed a message at the bottom of the search results page that I had never seen before: "In response to a complaint we received under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act, we have removed 1 result(s) from this page. If you wish, you may read the DMCA complaint that caused the removal(s) at ChillingEffects.org." Interestingly, my search query matched none of queries specified in the DMCA complaint — in fact, I wasn't even looking for software. How long has Google been trimming its search results like this? Are they also trimming results for non-US searchers, to whom the DMCA doesn't apply?

Submission + - College Applicants Resorting to Thank-You Notes

Submitted by

theodp

on Wednesday October 10, 2007 @09:20PM

theodp writes: "Think there couldn't be anything less sincere than the post-job interview thank-you note? Think again. The NY Times reports that post-college visit thank-you notes are all the rage amongst desperate 17-year-old college applicants. Take the prospective Lehigh coed, whose thank-you note asking admissions officials to 'Keep me on the tip of your tongue' was accompanied with Lehigh-brown-and-white M&Ms inscribed with her name. To their credit, MIT admissions officials toss such drivel."

Submission + - The Truth of An Inconvenient Education 3

Submitted by

nibbles2004

on Wednesday October 10, 2007 @05:52PM

nibbles2004 writes: "According to the BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7037671.stm Al Gore's film on the Environment "An Inconvenient Truth" can now only be shown in UK schools if accompanied by guidance giving the other side of the argument after a Judge ruled the film contained "nine scientific errors". What criteria should be in place if schools are to show such films and what precautions should be inplace that all relevant sides of the argument are presented."

Submission + - SPAM Defense - 15 minute temporary email account

Submitted by

rsantosis

on Monday April 30, 2007 @01:16PM

rsantosis writes: "If you're looking for a weapon in the war on SPAM, add GuerrillaMail.com to your arsenal. It's a ridiculously easy to use, temporary email service that, with one click, generates a randomly named email account that allows you to receive and reply to email for 15 minutes. Then it's gone. Forever. Along with all the unwanted SPAM that comes with "marketers" discovering a valid email address."

Feed Statin Treatment Improves Spatial Memory In Mouse Models Of Alzheimer's (sciencedaily.com)

From feed by sdfeed on Monday April 30, 2007 @01:13PM

Treatment with Simvastatin, one of the statin drugs widely used for lowering cholesterol in humans, significantly improved spatial memory -- how to navigate a water maze -- in mice genetically bred to have an Alzheimer's like disease. Although statin improved memory in both males and females, the results were more pronounced in males.

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