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Submission + - Britian to step boldly into the Nineteenth Century

Submitted by

mqduck

on Thursday March 08, 2007 @05:06PM

mqduck writes: "The British may have finally decided that their whole "democracy" experiment was a good idea and that now's the time to take it out of probation. No, they're not making the Queen get a job and pay rent, but they are going to turn the House of Lords into a fully elected body, getting rid of the seats guaranteed to the descendants of feudal lords. I hope that cake we've been saving for them since 1782 is still good!"

Submission + - Carnivorous cow eats chickens

Submitted by

Hellpop

on Thursday March 08, 2007 @04:14PM

Hellpop writes: "http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CHICKEN_EAT ING_COW?SITE=VASTR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

India Farmer Has Cow That Eats Chickens

CALCUTTA, India (AP) — When his chickens started disappearing a few weeks ago, a farmer in eastern India figured dogs or jackals were to blame — until he discovered his calf making a meal of his poultry.

Can a man-eating cow be far behind?"

Submission + - Help me AT&T

Submitted by rhinokitty on Thursday March 08, 2007 @03:42PM

rhinokitty writes: AT&T seems to feel the need to reassure people that Windows Vista will be compatible with their current Internet service: http://helpme.att.net/article.php?item=10680 Strange that this laundry list of requirements are needed just to get online. How would the customer who just switched to vista be reading this webpage, by the way?

Submission + - Vista Activation crack uses Royalty OEM info.

Submitted by

Panaqqa

on Monday March 05, 2007 @12:08PM

Panaqqa writes: "Well, the keygen for Vista a few days ago turned out to be a hoax, but the Paradox Vista activator posted at keznews.com appears more legitimate. It is a full WGA crack which also allows access to Microsoft Windows updates. Enjoy — for a month or two until the big OEMs respond."

Submission + - Firmware upgrade can't save $999 HD DVD player

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 05, 2007 @12:08PM

An anonymous reader writes: High-end HD DVD early adopters scrambled last week to download Toshiba's latest firmware upgrade for its top-of-the-line second generation HD DVD player (the HD-XA2), but in a new review, High-Def Digest reports that the $999 player still has more than its fair share of pain points.

Submission + - Diebold to Withdraw from E-Voting?

Submitted by

ICA

on Monday March 05, 2007 @12:08PM

ICA writes: "It appears after years of criticism, Diebold may be ready to withdraw from electronic voting entirely. The company is concerned that this relatively small and marginally profitable unit is hurting the company's overall image."

Submission + - US Air finds database hard to swallow!

Submitted by bbsguru on Monday March 05, 2007 @11:58AM

bbsguru writes: Anyone who has ever tried to combine two IT departments following a takeover or merger knows a version of this story:

The 2005 merger of US Air and West Holdings Group finally got to the point of combining flight reservations systems, with calamitous results.

FTA: "US Airways' kiosks at Charlotte and four regional hubs couldn't communicate with the reservation network for several hours after the systems were unified as part of a 2005 merger of the two airlines, causing lines and missed flights."

Submission + - You can give this new computer a bath

Submitted by

Anonymous Coward

on Monday March 05, 2007 @11:32AM

Anonymous Coward writes: "Doctors and techies collaborated on a new computer for healthcare workers to use to track patient data, but they can also dunk the thing in a bucket of disinfectant to clean off the germs. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/030507-compu ter-bath.html"

Submission + - Microsoft Considered Dumping Mac Office

Submitted by narramissic on Monday March 05, 2007 @11:16AM

narramissic writes: In the wake of the recent Iowa anti-trust trial, documentary evidence emerged that Microsoft considered abandoning Office for Mac. In a June 1997 e-mail memo to then Mac Business Unit chief Ben Waldman, Bill Gates says that halting development is 'the strongest bargaining point we have, as doing so will do a great deal of harm to Apple immediately.' The document also confirms that Microsoft at the time saw Office for the Mac as a chance to test new features in the product before they appeared in Windows, 'because it is so much less critical to our business than Windows.'

Submission + - Vista Download Disaster

Submitted by

SkinnyGuy

on Monday March 05, 2007 @10:12AM

SkinnyGuy writes: "Downloading Windows Vista sounds like a great idea — until you actually do it. Looks like Microsoft hasn't thought out all the fine details. PC Magazine's own publisher gave it a shot and recounts his sorry tale to columnist Lance Ulanoff. Some other tales of woe appear in the associated forum."

Submission + - E-auction Company Uses Patent to Sue Nashville PD

Submitted by Synistar on Monday March 05, 2007 @10:11AM

Synistar writes: GovDeals, an Ebay-like government auction company, is using a patent that they were awarded on a "tiered method for auctioning government assets over a computerized network, such as the Internet"to sue the Nashville Police Department . Apparently GovDeals was rejected in their bid to become a contractor for the city government. They warned the city that they were in process of obtaining a patent and that the city would be in violation of it if they did not hire GovDeals. When they lost the bid and were awarded the patent they then turned around and sued the Police Department for violating it. So were patents intended as a means to wrangle government contracts and punish those who don't hire you?

Submission + - Wii video review-Wii, Wii Sports, Rayman Raving

Submitted by

Oni

on Friday March 02, 2007 @07:00PM

Oni writes: "Hey. Thought you guys might be interested in this video review of the Nintendo Wii http://www.techcastnetwork.co.uk/?p=205 It covers the console, controller and the included Wii Sports game as well as Rayman Raving Rabbids."

Submission + - Vista: More Installs or Uninstalls?

Submitted by

theStorminMormon

on Friday March 02, 2007 @04:50PM

theStorminMormon writes: "I recently got a new computer at work. Since we're a small company (about 30 employees) we get our computers from Dell and HP and others so this one came pre-loaded with Vista. The first thing we did was uninstall Vista and install XP Pro because we're not interested in dealing with the hassles of a new OS. My parents bought a computer as well this week, and it ships with Vista even though it's really not fast enough to run it (even without Aero). XP Pro will be going on that too. This got me thinking: are there more people uninstalling OEM copies of Vista than buying retail copies. Will this reverse-adoption ever show up in the press or in market penetration numbers?"

Submission + - WiiCade Opens New Gaming Possibilities

Submitted by

AKAImBatman

on Friday March 02, 2007 @04:10PM

AKAImBatman writes: "WiiCade.com has finally done what the Nintendo Wii community has long thought to be impossible. They have found a way to let online games use the full range of buttons on the Wii Remote, potentially opening up new possibilities for online gaming. WiiCade has released a freely available API designed for use with their site."

Submission + - Patent application for Godly Powers

Submitted by

Orleron

on Friday March 02, 2007 @04:07PM

Orleron writes: "Christopher Roller of Burnsville, MN is apparently trying to corner the market on deific abilities. He has submitted a patent application for "Godly Powers". It can be found here. In yet another example of how the US Patent system is broken, this submission actually made it through the entire process for application issuance. How much farther could it go?"

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