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Submission + - Fedora 8 officially released (arstechnica.com) 1

Submitted by Cat in the Hat on Thursday November 08, 2007 @11:44AM

Cat in the Hat writes: Fedora 8 has been officially released. Ars Technica has a run-down of what's new in Fedora 8, including the PulseAudio sound daemon, Nodoka visual style, and a new authentication system. 'Another major change in Fedora 8 is the new PolicyKit authentication system that makes authority escalation more secure. Instead of providing root access to an entire program when it needs higher privileges, PolicyKit makes it possible to isolate individual operations that require higher privileges and put them into system services that can be accessed through D-Bus. Another advantage of PolicyKit is that it will give administrators more control over which users and programs have access to individual operations that use escalated privileges.'

Submission + - Zombie Attack at Hierakonpolis

Submitted by sertsa on Thursday November 08, 2007 @11:44AM

sertsa writes: In an article just published by the Archaeological Institute of America Archaeologists are hypothesizing that the formation of ancient Egypt is linked to recurrent Predynastic zombie attacks due to outbreaks of Solanum virus.

From the very beginning of Predynastic research, Sir W.M. Flinders Petrie reported several headless, but seemingly intact, burials during his famous excavations at Naqada in 1895. Further excavations at Gerzeh and other sites revealed more of these curious burials, but no satisfactory explanation could be proposed at the time. More recently, excavations in the non-elite cemetery at Hierakonpolis (HK43), undertaken from 1996 to 2004, have uncovered more of these strange headless burials in addition to 21 individuals whose cervical vertebrae bear cut marks indicative of complete decapitation. The individuals include men and women ranging in age from 16 to 65. The number and the standard position of the cut marks (usually on the second-fourth cervical vertebrae; always from the front) indicate an effort far greater than that needed simply to cause the death of a normal (uninfected) person. The standard position also indicates these are not injuries sustained during normal warfare.

I've got my pub scoped out!

Submission + - Giant Magnetoresistance gets Physics Nobel!! (nobelprize.org)

Submitted by xrooles on Tuesday October 09, 2007 @12:44PM

xrooles writes: This year's Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded to ALBERT FERT and PETER GRÜNBERG for their discovery of Giant Magnetoresistance. Applications of this phenomenon have revolutionized techniques for retrieving data from hard disks. The discovery also plays a major role in various magnetic sensors as well as for the development of a new generation of electronics. The use of Giant Magnetoresistance can be regarded as one of the first major applications of nanotechnology. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2007/

The 700MHz Question 148

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday October 01, 2007 @11:17AM from the just-give-it-to-me-for-pirate-radio-stations dept.

mstrchf07 writes "The FCC will soon be auctioning off the rights to use the 700MHz spectrum for wireless communications, with the winner being able to choose the direction of wireless services development in the US. With stakes this high, is the playing field fair, and are business needs trumping consumer and technological interests?"

Submission + - Radiohead self-releases album; free download

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 01, 2007 @11:14AM

An anonymous reader writes: Radiohead is self-releasing their new album, doing their own distribution as well. There will be a fancy box set, which will cost 40 pounds, and includes a CD with artwork and pictures, two 12" vinyl albums, and a lyrics booklet. But there will also be a digital download, for which you can name your own price, from 0 to 99 pounds. Yes, they'll give it to you free if you want. Let's hope this model can show the RIAA that no one needs them anymore. http://www.radiohead.com/deadairspace

Submission + - Magnetic Brain Stimulator to replace ECG

Submitted by

u-bend

on Tuesday May 22, 2007 @11:32AM

u-bend writes: "There's a story at Wired about a new magnetic brain stimulation technology that's expected to soon gain FDA approval. Much less invasive than electroconvulsive therapy, the device stimulates the cortex and associated blood vessels by being placed on the patient's head, in a procedure so mild that patients can get in their cars afterward and drive back to work: 'TMS works by creating an electromagnetic pulse that doesn't disturb the skull or scalp, but can reach two to three centimeters into the brain to stimulate the prefrontal cortex and paralimbic blood flow, increasing the serotonin output and the dopamine and norepinephrine functions.'
The question is, does it work through tinfoil hats as well?"

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