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Submission + - Fujitsu could be sued for backup disaster

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 17, 2007 @10:49PM

An anonymous reader writes: According to leaked internal documents, a large utility company in Australia is scrambling to recover business critical data missing for several months. What makes this really hilarious is neither the company (Energy Australia) nor its contractor Fujitsu realised how bad things were until a few months later. Seemed like some mysterious software glitch was screwing up the backup process. Will Fujitsu get sued? Energy Australia's answer was interesting: "EnergyAustralia is still investigating this matter so that is not something we are looking at, at this stage".

Submission + - Savage Myth Busted

Submitted by

8g

on Wednesday January 17, 2007 @10:34PM

8g writes: "Mythbusting Adam Savage gave a candid interview about science, safety, and sci-fi. He didn't mince words about his passion and gift for problem-solving and the scientific method, the flattery of Slashdot lovin', and the pre-pubescent power of Legos."

Submission + - LG Releases Touch-screen Phone, Claims to be First

Submitted by

mateomiguel

on Wednesday January 17, 2007 @10:33PM

mateomiguel writes: "LG Electronics partnered up with PRADA, maker of handbags and overpriced shoes, to create a touch-screen phone that looks remarkably like the iPhone. They also claim to have the first touch-screen phone in existence. I guess they didn't go to the Apple meeting in San Francisco?"

Vendor AMD Unveils ATI Game Development Tools

Submitted by OSTG Marketing on Wednesday January 17, 2007 @09:42PM

AMD has details on their latest development tools, GPU PerfStudio and GPU ShaderAnalyzer , both of which are designed to make graphics development easier and more productive. "According to AMD officials, these developer tools allow for rapid bottleneck detection, advanced rendering techniques and interactive tuning of shaders, resulting in real-time performance improvements and greater shader accuracy. Specifically,

Submission + - Is it possible to age yourself out of a job?

Submitted by on Wednesday January 17, 2007 @09:02PM

An anonymous reader writes: I'm a programmer with more than twelve years of experience. In all that time, I've never been a "senior" developer. I'm competent and I work hard, but I don't think I am quite a senior developer in terms of technical or people skills. More and more I feel that I'm aging myself out a job. By this time, employers expect someone with my experience to have advanced some, and they may not be willing to even talk to me now, thinking that my pay requirements have grown while I have not. Even if I did get hired someplace new, my peers would likely be much younger than me. What do you do when you have an applicant like that? Are my fears legitimate?

Submission + - Wii Sports Experiment

Submitted by

rgriscom

on Wednesday January 17, 2007 @08:31PM

rgriscom writes: "A man known as "heysuburbia" has conducted an experiment monitoring the physical changes resulting from 6 weeks of Wii Sports training. He consistently played 30 minutes of Wii sports every day and recorded the changes in his weight, BMI, calories burned, body fat %, and heart rate. The results are surprising. This opens a new door for Nintendo to market the Wii towards gamers who want to get fit, and anyone else who just wants some exercise without leaving the house."

Submission + - Offline Gmail and Blogger

Submitted by

BradNeuberg

on Wednesday January 10, 2007 @10:01PM

BradNeuberg writes: "Check out these cool mockups of what an offline version of Gmail or Blogger could look like; imagine writing Blogger posts away from the network on your laptop, or checking your newest emails through Gmail while on an airplane. These mockups are for the Dojo Offline Toolkit, an open source project SitePen and I are creating to bring true offline access to web applications. See more info on Dojo Offline here."

Submission + - Samsung's New Two-Faced Cell Phone / MP3 Player

Submitted by

TheTechLounge

on Wednesday January 10, 2007 @09:45PM

TheTechLounge writes: "Samsung has revealed the previously hidden side of their new SGH-F300 cell phone. The F300 looks like an MP3 player on one side, with a 2.1" TFT screen with a resolution of 176x220, and media control buttons. The buttons are touch sensitive and not only respond to clicks, but you can also slide your finger across them to scroll up and down or side to side. The opposite side of the F300 looks more like a traditional cell phone with the number pad and a smaller display."

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