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Over 160 Tutorial Videos Created For Unreal Dev Kit 48

Posted by Soulskill from the how-it's-done dept.
As a follow-up to Epic Games' release of a free version of the Unreal Engine last month, the company has now posted over 160 video tutorials which demonstrate the various uses of the Unreal Development Kit. Roughly 20 hours of footage were created by technical education company 3D Buzz, with topics ranging from user interface to game physics to cinematics.
Space

Submission + - Newfound Planet Has Earth-Like Orbit (space.com)

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Raver32
Raver32 writes: "The new planet, spotted using the Hobby-Eberly Telescope at the McDonald Observatory in West Texas, circles its bloated parent star every 360 days and is located about 300 light-years away, in the constellation Perseus. The red giant star is twice as massive and about 10 times larger than the sun. Its planet is about the size of Jupiter or larger and was discovered using the so-called wobble technique, in which astronomers look for slight wiggles in a star's motion created by the gravitational tug of orbiting planets. The discovery could help astronomers understand what will happen to our sun's brood of planets when it exhausts its store of hydrogen fuel and its outer envelope begins to swell. When that happens in an estimated 5 billion years, our sun will be so big that it will engulf the inner planets and most likely Earth. But long before that happens, life on our planet will have perished and its seas will have boiled away."
Security

Submission + - Diebold Source Code Reviewed, Found Vunerable (pcworld.com)

Submitted by Shteven
Shteven writes: The state of California has managed to independently review Diebold's source code for vulnerabilities. From the article:

"The software contains serious design flaws that have led directly to specific vulnerabilities that attackers could exploit to affect election outcomes," read the University of California at Berkeley report, commissioned by the California Secretary of State as part of a two-month "top-to-bottom" review of electronic voting systems certified for use in California. The assessment of Diebold's source code revealed an attacker needs only limited access to compromise an election.
Google

Submission + - Google license plates (fosfor.se)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: The Swede Joakim Jardenberg applied for new license plates for his car with a pretty unsual text: 'GOOGLE' — and strangely enough he got them approved. (he has no connection to Google whatsoever). He said he did it just to see if it was possible to get them and it sure was. He bought them for 10 years and paid $850 — I wonder for how long he can keep them?

http://gadgets.fosfor.se/google-license-plates/
Businesses

Submission + - Bad bosses take the elevator...

Submitted by mritunjai
mritunjai writes: A new study validates what we've always suspected to be true. Promotions and career growth seem to be directly proportional to how much you can make your subordinates' life miserable.
The Media

Submission + - Guardian on the Open Source schism ..

Submitted by
rs232
rs232 writes: ""The schism in the free/open source world has become more interesting with Stallman's release of version three of the GPL. This contains new features to prevent what's called "Tivoisation", after TiVo's use of GPL software (Linux) in a non-free system. It also aims to stop the patent licensing scheme Microsoft is using to do deals with Linux distributors such as Novell .. Either way, if GPL v3 exacerbates the split in the free/open source world, it's a good time for Microsoft to get cosy with the OSI side while trying to avoid Stallman's FSF side'

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/aug/02/g uardianweeklytechnologysection.it2"
Security

Submission + - Poorly Managed Web Encryption Confusing Consumers (net-security.org)

Submitted by James
James writes: Nearly half of consumers experiencing website security alerts ignore the alert and proceed to do business on the site, putting at risk their personal and financial data, according to an online survey of U.S. Internet users released today. Nearly an equal number abandon the site immediately after seeing an alert, potentially costing businesses millions in lost transactions and brand erosion.
Businesses

Submission + - Eight Financial Reasons Why You Should Use Mac OS (cio.com) 1

Submitted by
truthsearch
truthsearch writes: "For many years companies have been analyzing and debating the total cost of ownership for various operating systems. Once an investment is made it can be very expensive to switch. With Vista potentially raising the cost of Windows TCO, CIO magazine lists eight financial reasons why businesses should consider Mac OS. Among the reasons: overall value proposition, cheaper licensing fees, less help desk calls, less manual patching, and increased worker productivity."
Printer

Submission + - Approaching a woman for the first time, Part 1: Di (blogmackin.com)

Submitted by I Am A Mack
I Am A Mack writes: I was at the gym yesterday and I was doing my usual ab routine and then I looked to my left and notice a really hot blonde girl with some piercings on her ear and one on her nose. I'd probably have to give her a 9. So anyways I wanted to talk to her, so I was thinking for a second about what to say.
The Matrix

Submission + - Wikipedia in mass panic over Colbert jab (com.com) 1

Submitted by
athloi
athloi writes: "In the wake of "The Colbert Report" host Stephen Colbert waxing philosophical about Wikipedia, making changes to entries on the air and urging his viewers to edit entries to include details he knew were false, an editor of the site has banned the comedian. True open content isn't paranoid, and it's not up for any idiot to edit, either. Wikipedia isn't OS in the same way OSS is, it's OS in the way a graffiti wall is. If OSS developers ran an encyclopedia, they'd assign developer project managers to each entry and the entries would be actually informative, unlike Wikipedia's mishmash of gossip, plagiarism and political revenge fantasies. http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-6102088-7.html?pa rt=rss&tag=6102088&subj=news"
United States

Submission + - General Strike: 9/11/07 (indybay.org)

Submitted by
mikelieman
mikelieman writes: "A general strike has been proposed for 9/11/07. No work, school or shopping. Even a low number of participants can make a difference. The event will show up on the radar of the Powers That Be."
Windows

Submission + - Microsoft releases Home Server to manufacturing

Submitted by
Van Cutter Romney
Van Cutter Romney writes: "After lengthy beta testing in which more than 100,000 users participated, Microsoft finally released Windows Home Server (WHS) to manufacturing. Products built on WHS could hit market as soon as September this year. Microsoft has released WHS directly to end users which means users will be able to use their old machines provided it satisfies the minimum hardware requirements."
Announcements

Submission + - Jimmy Wales' Wikia Chooses Monetization Platform

Submitted by KingAdrock
KingAdrock writes: Wikia released a press release this morning announcing that they had choses LookSmart to provide the technology platform for their site monetization initiative. Wikia, started by Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, is a wiki hosting service based on the MediaWiki platform.

The announcement also marks LookSmart's first foray into serving display advertising. Traditionally LookSmart's AdServer platform has been for text listings only. Also of note is that the platform will allow CPC, CPM, and CPA billing options for advertisers.

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