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Comment Re:Replacements? (Score 1) 95

Probably not before the end of the year, but this seems to be part of their routine. Back in the 80s, Intel had the general purpose 8051 micro-controller (and the 8048 that was in the IBM PC keyboard interface). They killed it off to focus on x86 products. Then in the late 1990s or early 2000s, they released an ARM micro-controller (XScale). That lasted a few years and they killed it off to focus on their x86 stuff. At least this time, they tried to make micro-controllers out of the x86 architecture.

Submission + - Transfer of Internet Governance Planned For Oct. 1 (computerworld.com)

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An anonymous reader writes: The U.S. says it will proceed with its plan to hand over insight of the internet's domain name system functions to a multistakeholder body on Oct. 1. Computerworld reports: "The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), under contract with the U.S. Department of Commerce, operates the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) which enables the operation of the internet domain name system (DNS). These include responsibility for the coordination of the DNS root, IP addressing and other internet protocol resources. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), an agency within the Commerce Department, said in March 2014 that it planned to let its contract with ICANN expire on Sept. 30, 2015, passing the oversight of the functions to a global governance model. NTIA made it clear that it would not accept a plan from internet stakeholders that would replace its role by that of a government-led or intergovernmental organization or would in any way compromise the openness of the internet. The transfer was delayed to September as the internet community needed more time to finalize the plan for the transition. The new stewardship plan submitted by ICANN was approved by the NTIA in June. NTIA Administrator Lawrence E. Strickling said Tuesday that the agency had informed ICANN that “barring any significant impediment,” NTIA intends to allow the IANA functions contract it has with ICANN to expire as of Oct. 1, said Strickling, who is also assistant secretary for communications and information.

Submission + - Intel To Manufacture Rival ARM Chips In Mobile Push

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An anonymous reader writes: Chip maker Intel has entered an unlikely partnership with British semiconductor firm ARM in an effort to boost opportunities for its foundry business. The licensing agreement, which was confirmed at the Intel Development Forum in San Francisco, means that from 2017 Intel’s Custom Foundry will manufacture ARM chips – used by smartphone giants such as Apple, Qualcomm and Samsung. On the announcement of its latest earnings report, Intel was clear to highlight a shift in focus, away from the traditional PC market, to emerging areas such as the Internet of Things and mobile – a sector dominated by one-time arch rival ARM. It seems that Intel has now decided to surrender to the latter’s prominence in the field.

Comment Re:It sounds so easy but (Score 2, Insightful) 277

by AltCtlDel (#22733806) Attached to: FAA Mandates Major Aircraft "Black Box" Upgrade
Give the original engineers a bit of credit. Those analog tapes might be stone-age and oversized, but they're time-tested and they work. The reluctance to replace them comes from years of experience saying "If it ain't broke don't fix it" -- especially when lives hang in the balance.
(Emphasis mine)
By the time they're searching for the recorder, its ability to function won't have any impact on lives, just lawsuits.
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Submission + - The first image taken with an ultra low field MRI (arxivblog.com)

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KentuckyFC writes: "MRI machines are about to get smaller, much smaller. Most of their bulk is taken up by the huge superconducting magnets required to generate fields of about a Tesla. Now a team at the Los Alamos National Lab in New Mexico has built a machine that can produce images using a field of only a few microTesla. So giant superconducting magnets aren't necessary, a development that has the potential to make MRI machines much smaller, perhaps even suitcase sized. Today, the team has posted sections of the first 3D brain image taken with the device (abstract, pdf)."
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Journal SPAM: Homeland Security Website Hacked by Phishers

Journal by Jeremiah Cornelius

Wired says:

A new link on the TSA's Our Travelers page directs people who "were told you are on a Federal Government Watch List" to click on a link taking them to this site, which, by all accounts, fits the profile of an attempt to harvest personal information and identity document details.

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