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Submission + - Top 10 designer keyboards

Submitted by

Anonymous Coward

on Sunday February 25, 2007 @05:55PM

Anonymous Coward writes: "A list of 10 interesting keyboards — all of them with cutting edge design.

http://gadgets.fosfor.se/top-10-designer-keyboards "

Submission + - The (Criminal) Singularity is Near Too

Submitted by

Sharp

on Sunday February 25, 2007 @05:40PM

Sharp writes: "With so much at stake financially and politically and militarily, it is becoming clear that we are just at the very beginning, not the end, of the malware-creation cycle... http://authentium.blogspot.com/"

Submission + - big ram laptops? (beyond 4gb)

Submitted by Fubari on Sunday February 25, 2007 @03:48AM

Fubari writes: Anybody know when laptops over 4gb might be coming out? Some of the devtools I want to run are just obscene ram-pigs. On the desktop I'm using now (win2003), it sucks up 1.6gb just to boot. By the time I log in and start doing work, it is stretching 2gb.

Move that to vista, add a vm-ware session or two, and I'm worried I'll be pushing 4gb.

I'm torn between buying a 4gb-max laptop now, or some mini-desktop that can fit in a set of luggage wheels. A friend of mine suggested something like this, but my first choice would be something designed to be portable.

Submission + - MySpace sued by 4 online predator victims

Submitted by doug141 on Thursday January 18, 2007 @03:01PM

doug141 writes: Four families have sued News Corp. and its MySpace social-networking site after their underage daughters were sexually abused by adults they met on the site.

"In our view, MySpace waited entirely too long to attempt to institute meaningful security measures that effectively increase the safety of their underage users," said a plaintiff's lawyer.

The lawyers who filed the latest lawsuits said the plaintiffs include a 15-year-old girl from Texas who was lured to a meeting, drugged and assaulted in 2006 by an adult MySpace user, who is currently serving a 10-year sentence in Texas after pleading guilty to sexual assault.The others are a 15-year-old girl from Pennsylvania, a 14-year-old from upstate New York and two South Carolina sisters, ages 14 and 15. Last June, the mother of a 14-year-old who says she was sexually assaulted by a 19-year-old user sued MySpace and News Corp., seeking $30 million in damages. That lawsuit, pending in a Texas state court, claims the 19-year-old lied about being a senior in high school to gain her trust and phone number.

Submission + - Doctor Who: Series 2 DVD Massacre bug

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 18, 2007 @02:51PM

An anonymous reader writes: The 1st disc of the Doctor Who: Series 2, episode #2 "New Earth" cuts out around minute 32 and shows a graphic bloody stump scene from "Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning". I don't think a disc cleaner will solve this problem. These are discs from Netflix. Not sure if this was manufactured into the region 1 consumer box sets as well.

Submission + - programmed code - yours or the company's?

Submitted by

markybob

on Thursday January 18, 2007 @02:48PM

markybob writes: "While working for my current employer, I do a lot in my job (small company), from basic network setup to programming. At the end of the day, since I never signed any kind of licensing agreement or copyright transfer, I am still the owner of my code, even if I allow the company to use it, correct? If I leave the company, could I reasonably use that code for whatever purposes I fit, even if selling my code to someone else or asking my old company to license it if they wish to keep using it? How would other Slashdotters handle this situation?"

Submission + - The birth of quantum biology

Submitted by

Roland Piquepaille

on Thursday January 18, 2007 @02:29PM

Roland Piquepaille writes: "Just when you finally have grasped the concept of quantum mechanics, it's time to wake up and to see the arrival of a nascent field named quantum biology. This is the scientific study of biological processes in terms of quantum mechanics and it uses today's high-performance computers to precisely model these processes. And this is what researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) are doing, using powerful computer models to reveal biological mechanisms. Right now, they're working on a "nanoswitch" that might be used for a variety of applications, such as targeted drug delivery to sensors. Read more for additional references and a picture showing how a protein could be used as a nanoswitch."

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