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Submission + - Flash Presentation in Hebrew,Arabic and more (sameshow.com)

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King Marsh
King Marsh writes: "August 28th, 2007 — Wondershare today released Bidi support in PPT2Flash Professional for non-western languages. It allows users speak Hebrew or Arabic or other RTL languages to create multimedia presentation with bi-directional text for trade show, digital signage, online learning, enterprise training, conference, company presentations and more. Click to learn more http://www.sameshow.com/powerpoint-to-flash/articl e.php?id=39"
Businesses

Submission + - Does programmers make good IT managers?

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An anonymous reader writes: With the popularity of IT careers picking up again, looking at IT careers. Does the traits and technical know how of a programmer make a good IT manager? Are technical skills that important to when managing an IT project? or do IT managers only need to understand and satisfy the business side of IT projects? Just want to see what is slashdot's take on this
The Courts

Submission + - BayTSP CEO in Singapore to testify on Anime D/Ling

Submitted by Xedo66
Xedo66 writes: Anime distributor Odex has roped in a Silicon Valley-based former hacker to appeal against a court's decision. Last Thursday, Odex failed in its bid to force Pacific Internet (PacNet) to hand over the data of suspected illegal downloaders, whom Odex had tracked down with the help of Internet investigation firm BayTSP.

BayTSP's chief executive officer Mark Ishikawa, a former hacker, will arrive in Singapore later this week to help Odex prepare its appeal, according to his publicist Jim Graham.

On 23 August 2007, Odex lost its suit against Internet Service Provider Pacific Internet to reveal 1,000 of its subscribers' information. District Judge Ernest Lau ruled that Odex has failed to meet a number of requirements for the release of such information, as the company was exclusive licensee for only one anime title and its provided evidence found to be unsatisfactory. It was also revealed that another ISP, SingNet has put up virtually no resistance and gave consent in revealing subscribers' information to Odex. Several downloaders subsequently received letters of legal threat from Odex and had to pay out-of-court settlements for at least S$3,000 (US$2,000) per person, the youngest person being only 9 years old.
Power

Submission + - Where is solar for the rest of us?

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An anonymous reader writes: As the first totally new U.S. nuclear facilites in 30 years are being planned, some renewable power advocates have begun to lambast the idea and wisdom of building them. Safety concerns including a recent event where a cooling tower at Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power plant collapsed lend some veritability to their concerns. Proponents of solar say the sun is the only viable solution for many of us, yet it remains painfully out of reach economically for the vast majority of North Americans. The average U.S. household uses 10656 kilowatt-hours per year. A home that uses roughly 1600 KWh/month would cost around 76,000 dollars to go completely solar. This high initial cost leads to a catch-22 that is a tough nut to crack for many of us in areas that do not have tax credits as generous as California's. It often noted that as production ramps up unit costs come down however this trend hasn't been seen in solar power. Prices have actually increased over the past few years. Will solar ever be economically justified 'for the rest of us' or will it remain an expensive and unessecarry alternative that is always one breakthrough away from mass affordability?
Media

Submission + - Medal of Honor Given to DVD-Sniffing Dogs (nytimes.com)

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An anonymous reader writes: Two American sniffer dogs who found millions of pirated DVDs while on loan to Malaysian authorities will receive medals of honor when their six-month assignment ends next week, an official said Thursday. Black Labradors Lucky and Flo will be celebrated at an awards ceremony Monday before they return home to New York, said Nor Hayati Yahaya, the Motion Picture Association's manager for Malaysia.
Media

Submission + - MV-5000U hard drive enclosure with video and audio (allcoolandnew.com)

Submitted by odiers
odiers writes: the Mvix MV-5000U is a USB 2.0 3.5 inch hard drive enclosure with a twist. On the back of its case are all kinds of media output possibilities to connect it to your television or audio system so you'll be able to play all audio and video files you put on the hard drive. http://www.allcoolandnew.com/mvix_mv_5000u_harddri ve_enclosure_with_video_and_audio_output.html
The Almighty Buck

Submission + - $4.5 billion "bin Laden trade" 1

Submitted by djp928
djp928 writes: Looks like somebody is betting the stock market will crash by 30% or more by the third week in September. tinfoil hat sites are giving the story the most play, but at least a few non-kook sites have also analyzed this disturbing trade. It also happened on the European market as well.
Star Wars Prequels

Submission + - NASA to send Luke's lightsaber into space

Submitted by Verunks
Verunks writes: In honor of the 30th anniversary of Star Wars, NASA will launch Luke Skywalker's original Jedi lightsaber into space along with the crew of the space shuttle Discovery. The launch is slated for October.
Enlightenment

Submission + - Artists created "anti-social network" proj (10zenmonkeys.com)

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destinyland
destinyland writes: "Three geeky artists created an experiment where people meet in public spaces and then don't communicate in any way — no conversations, no interactions, and especially no text messages. ("The NoSo Project" remains committed "to fulfilling all your needs for greater social isolation.") Billed as "a real-world platform for temporary disengagement from your social networking environment," it's actually commenting on the "over-connectivity" some people are experiencing. The artists were inspired by Brian Eno's "silent nightclub" concept, but say it's since hit a nerve with the "over-networked" population."
The Internet

Submission + - Video Interview with Stephen Fry (videojug.com)

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anish1411
anish1411 writes: "Everyone in the UK and beyond loves Stephen Fry. I found these interview clips a delight to watch.

'Stephen Fry is well known as an actor, author, comedian, presenter, film director, playwright and all round intellect. He's also a passionate technophile. He was the second person in England to get a Mac computer, just after the author Douglas Adams; the first person he knew on the internet and he's currently obsessed by smart phones (he admits he should get out more). VideoJug went along to ask him about what new technology excites him today and where we're heading in the future.'"
Movies

Submission + - Patriot Act Database Protects Movie Trailer

Submitted by akahige
akahige writes: In hunting down the trailer for Clive Owen's new movie Shoot 'Em Up, I landed on the official website. There's a section of material that is unavailable to minors, however, instead of the usual remedial JS applet to calculate age based on an inputted birthdate, the studio is using a "fraud prevention" service with a Patriot Act-compliant database to crossreference your name and birthdate to the zip code on record with your government issued ID. So if you don't live in the US, or you're over 17 and don't have a driver's license or government issued ID, or maybe you just don't want to be tracked... you're SOL. Just because you wanted to watch a movie trailer. The movie looks like it could be really cool, but this kind of fascist corporate decision is enough to make me avoid anything with New Line's name on it. Anyone else seeing this sort of insidious behavior creeping into our everyday lives?
Upgrades

Submission + - Replacing a Voice Mail System

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mikey1134
mikey1134 writes: "I am a Network Technician for medium-sized business firm in the north-eastern US. I have been charged with creating a backup to our voicemail system. The current implementation is a Lucent Intuity Audix system running on SCO Unixware system (let the joking ensue) The system is no longer supported by the installers and the only choice offered for a redundant system is a complete replacement with a price tag upwards of $20,000. We are looking at replicating the current system, but hardware for it (PXO, cards etc.) is hard to come by. I've considered suggesting something like Asterisk but I've never personally seen a voicemail-only implimentation. Can anyone point me in the right direction for either keeping the old system going (new hardware, etc.) or failing that, suggestions for a drop-in replacement system, preferably utilizing free software."
Censorship

Submission + - German Jews about to sue youtube (heise.de)

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sebsa
sebsa writes: "The German news site heise.de reports that the "Zentralrat der Juden in Deutschland" ("Central Council of Jews in Germany") considers to file a charge against youtube. They see the availability of videos like the nazi propaganda movie "Jud Süß" or music videos by neo nazi groups on the portal as an "incitement of the people", accusable by German law."
Supercomputing

Submission + - Japan to develop processor will be 10 times faster

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: After unveiling ambitious plans to replace the Internet the Japanese are now planning to develop a high-performance computer chip with a processing speed 10 times faster than existing ones in cooperation with local industry. To be developed in co-opearation with the industry it aims to significantly enhance semiconductor performance by making a "3-D" semiconductor current chips are flat and use it to realize "dream technologies," such as domestic robots. The US and South Korea have been developing the chip since quite some time and Japan is aiming to beat them.

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