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Submission + - Whirlpool Sued for $150,000 (whirlpool.net.au)

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An anonymous reader writes: Whirlpool founder Simon Wright is being sued by accounting software firm 2Clix Australia Pty Ltd (ACN 118 044 198) (Rumor has it they have rebadged their product as Platinum One) for alleged "injurious falsehood". The Statement of Claim from the company alleges that Simon Wright allowed statements "relating to the Plaintiff and its software product that are both false and malicious" to be published on the Whirlpool forums. 2Clix is suing for at least $150,000 (plus costs), and is demanding that two forum threads be removed from the site. Whirlpool believes the action has no merit and will defend the matter vigorously,despite being a community website with little resources.
Power

Submission + - Salt water as new fuel source? 5

Submitted by roeman
roeman writes: David Templeton from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette wrote a nice article regarding John Kanzius' discovery that salt water could "burn" when subjected to certain radio frequencies. The discovery was an unexpected find while Kanzius was trying to desalinate the water (an attempt that was also secondary to his main goal of targeting cancer cells for demolition). The salt water's chemical bonds are actually weakened with the radio waves, allowing the hydrogen to act as a fuel source once ignited. "The generator then burns the hydrogen gas at almost 3000 degrees Fahrenheit."

We'd call balderdash on a hypothetically unlimited energy source, but it's been verified... from TFA: "Rustum Roy of Penn State University, has confirmed the results and has replicated the burning at his university labs..."
XBox (Games)

Submission + - BBC to offer content via XBox 360

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Not content with shunning Linux and Mac users (for the time being at least) it now seems the BBC will add insult to injury by rolling out the iPlayer to the Xbox 360. Nice one BBC, you are really moving in the right direction!
Software

Journal Journal: Ten Must Have Free Software Packages for 2007

Journal by blue234
Having worked for Microsoft Corporation for a portion of my career, with stats such as 95% of the world uses Microsoft. I was in for a real eye opener on the number of different software packages available in the Open Source world.I have put together a list of the top top ten free tools for any internet professional. The first five are devoted to your desktop and the next five are for you
Announcements

Submission + - Nanomaterial, Flexible 3-Dimensional Electronics

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PoliTech
PoliTech writes: "Nanomaterials Produce Heterogeneous Three- Dimensional Electronics ... Researchers at the Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory of the University of Illinois have have developed a simple approach to combine disparate types of semiconductor devices into three dimensional, heterogeneously integrated (HGI) electronic systems ... The process starts with the synthesis of semiconductor nanomaterials, in the form of micro and nanoscale ribbons, wires, tubes and bars, on specialized growth substrates. Repeated application of a printing technique that uses soft, elastomeric "stamps" with these nanomaterials as solid "inks" followed by device integration yields heterogeneously integrated electronics that incorporate any combination of these or other semiconductor nanomaterials on virtually any type of device substrate, ranging from rigid inorganic materials to flexible plastics. Circuits built in this way offer electrical and mechanical (e.g., bendability) attributes that would be impossible to achieve using conventional, wafer-based approaches to electronics ... A key feature of the strategy is that it occurs at room temperature, thereby enabling the electronics to be placed on unconventional substrates such as thin sheets of plastic."
Software

Submission + - A medical open-source legal hell-hole

Submitted by calcutta001
calcutta001 writes: To open-source or not to open-source was never in question as far as Steve Shreeve, founding CEO and largest shareholder of Medsphere Systems Corp., was concerned. So, this summer, Steve, self-proclaimed open-source software leader, and his twin-brother Scott, released the company's matured code on SourceForge under the GPL.

Their reward? They were then sued for $50 million by their company.

To be exact, they were hit by a $50 million, 12-count lawsuit charging them with misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of contract, breach of duty of loyalty, violations of the RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization) Act, commission of computer crimes, intentional interference with contract relations, unfair competition, and still more complaints by their company.

Follow the story here http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS7891815881.html
Education

Journal Journal: Another mammal goes extinct

Journal by smooth wombat
For the first time in nearly fifty years, another mammal, specifically an aquatic mammal, has gone extinct. In this case, it was the white dolphin, also known as the baiji, which used to live in the Yangtze River in China. The dolphin had been known to exist for the last 20 million years.

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