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Submission + - Chomsky in feature film on Outsourcing to India

Submitted by

agslashdot

on Thursday February 08, 2007 @01:53PM

agslashdot writes: "Project Outsourced, a 150 minute indie docu on Outsourcing of IT jobs to India, now on Google Video in 6 parts — Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Features Brian Behlendorf ( Apache ), Dr. Noam Chomsky (MIT), Dr. Dennis Dalton(Columbia), Dr. William Easterly( NYU) and a host of economists, programmers & venture capitalists."

Submission + - DISA plans new top-secret presidential network

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 08, 2007 @01:45PM

An anonymous reader writes: http://www.fcw.com/article97585-02-06-07-Web

The info in this story came from the DISA budget....

The White House Communications Agency (WHCA) has developed a six-year plan budgeted at $35 million to beef up presidential communications with a new top-secret network and multimedia Crisis Management System (CMS) designed to operate in a wide range of fixed locations, on Air Force One and on a new fleet of presidential helicopters.

The WHCA also said it plans to begin research on development of communications systems that can operate in High Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse (HEMP) environments. HEMP, generated by a nuclear blast, can knock out most forms of radio communications.

URL has the full story

Submission + - Apple Store More Popular than Yankee Stadium

Submitted by

fistfullast33l

on Thursday February 08, 2007 @01:05PM

fistfullast33l writes: "An interesting poll conducted by The American Institute of Architects and Harris Interactive of Americans' favorite architecture in the US produced an interesting result. Two Apple Stores, the flagship at Fifth Avenue in NY and the Soho location in New York City, made the list. The Fifth Avenue Cube, at 53, beat out such legendary buildings as Yankee Stadium, the New York Guggenheim, The Dakota, and the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum."

Submission + - Apple's Jobs suggests industry let them remove DRM

Submitted by

ncohafmuta

on Wednesday February 07, 2007 @06:36PM

ncohafmuta writes: "Today on Apple's hotnews website, http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughtsonmusic/, Steve Jobs made some interesting comments while talking about DRM and its shortcomings in relation to portable media. Jobs says during his post that, "The third alternative is to abolish DRMs entirely ... This is clearly the best alternative for consumers, and Apple would embrace it in a heartbeat. If the big four music companies would license Apple their music without the requirement that it be protected with a DRM, we would switch to selling only DRM-free music on our iTunes store.""

Submission + - The Engineering Behind Lexus' Self Park System

Submitted by killabrew on Wednesday February 07, 2007 @05:54PM

killabrew writes: Read about the engineering and technology behind the Lexus LS 460's self assist parking system. Also see a video demostration on how the new sensor-based systems enable vehicles to steer themselves into parking spaces. Read the story and watch the video here: http://www.designnews.com/article/CA6414506.html

Submission + - Nay on DRM: The Economist agrees with Jobs

Submitted by redelm on Wednesday February 07, 2007 @05:18PM

redelm writes: The Economist, arguably the world leading business newspaper/magazine has picked up on Steve Jobs Appleblog for DRM-free Music. Also as discussed on /. This article agrees with Jobs and gives him much broader exposure beyond the technical community. Perhaps to influence some lego/politico decision makers who have no idea what DRM is!

Dreaming in Code

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday February 07, 2007 @04:49PM from the dream-a-little-dream dept.

AdamBa writes "Scott Rosenberg's new book Dreaming in Code chronicles the attempt by Mitch Kapor's Open Source Applications Foundation to produce a new Personal Information Manager, code-named Chandler. Beginning in the spring of 2002, Kapor gathered programmers together with the somewhat vague goal of producing a new piece of software inspired by Agenda, a Lotus product from the late 1980s. The new product would be cross-platform and open source; the other details were still to be determined." Read on for the rest of Adam's review.

Submission + - Gates "dares anybody" to exploit Vista

Submitted by KeepQuiet on Wednesday February 07, 2007 @03:20PM

KeepQuiet writes: Jason D. O'Grady at ZDnet links to a Newsweek interview with Bill Gates where he "dares anybody" to exploit Vista. This is not going to end well.

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