Comment Our new Copyright Czar (Score 5, Funny) 174
... I heard that Darl McBride is looking for a new job...
Rent a Nanotechnology Lab 45
SeanAhern writes "If you're an aspiring young nanotechnologist with an idea for a new product, you'll be happy to hear that the DOE has created five facilities called Nanoscale Science Research Centers, that you can rent. These Research Centers are located in National Labs scattered around the country: Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois; Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York State; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California; Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee; and Sandia National Laboratory in New Mexico."
SCO Preps Appeals Against Novell and IBM 163
An anonymous reader writes "It looks like SCO will be emerging from the almost dead soon, with new owners and $100 million on board. SNCP is adjusting the business strategy, according to this report on TG Daily, SCO is saying goodbye to CEO Darl McBride and is also preparing to appeal the summary judgments in the cases against Novell and IBM. If you have thought the chapter was closed, think again. Those $100 million can go a long way (even if SCO has to pay 17% interest on it)."
Cyber-Goggles Record and Identify Every Object You See 108
RemyBR writes "Researchers at the University of Tokyo have developed a smart video goggle system that records everything the wearer looks at, recognizes and assigns names to objects that appear in the video. Advanced programs then go back and create an easily searchable database of the recorded footage. Designed to function as a high-tech memory aid, these 'Cyber Goggles' promise to make the act of losing your keys a thing of the past, according to head researcher professor Tatsuya Harada. 'In a demonstration at the University of Tokyo last week, 60 everyday items -- including a potted begonia, CD, hammer and cellphone -- were programmed into the Cyber Goggle memory. As the demonstrator walked around the room viewing and recording the various objects, the names of the items appeared on the goggle screen. The demonstrator was then able to do a search for the various items and retrieve the corresponding video.'" Add in facial recognition technology and this would make for a great aid at conferences and family reunions.
LIGO Fails To Detect Gravity Waves 357
planckscale writes "Last weekend, LIGO (the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) did not detect gravitational radiation in association with a gamma ray burst (GRB). The non-detection was actually a valuable contribution, as it helped to distinguish between competing models for what powers GRBs. The detector is due to be upgraded this year for even more accurate measurements. The interferometer is constructed in such a way that it can detect a change in the lengths of the two arms relative to each other of less than a thousandth the diameter of an atomic nucleus."
Study Finds Games Stores Still Selling to Minors 81
A study funded by the National Institute on Media and the Family (NIMF) has found that almost half of all games retailers are still selling 'M'-rated games to kids. "The two-month undercover survey, which covered 60 US retailers, found that underage teens were able to buy games rated M for Mature (17+) at 46 percent of stores, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune ... the findings of the survey still put the game industry ahead of many other entertainment sectors, including the movie and music industries."
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Journal Journal: And so it begins: Justice Dept.: FBI misused Patriot Act 4
File this in the "Gee whiz, what a surprise" department:
From this article which everyone should go read now (bits and parts below):
Justice Dept.: FBI misused Patriot Act
By LARA JAKES JORDAN, Associated Press Writer 18 minutes ago
Journal Journal: The best media codec for general use 2
As a general rule I rip all cd's into the FLAC format for archiving. However, that takes up too much space on my computer's disk when my collection grows (I currently have 12,000+ tracks I've ripped from my cd's) so I store those on an external hard drive and re-encode them into a more compact format for usage on my machine. For now I've been using the OGG format but my question is with the sheer number of portable music players that play mp3 and the popularity of the iPod should I be using a
Submission + - Game Theory Computer Model Backs Tim Berners-Lee
Stu writes: "A world without net neutrality is one devoid of intellectual development...so said Sir Tim Berners Lee in a presentation to congress last week. Well, now there's a computer model that uses game theory to back that forecast up. Developed at the University of Florida (the same place that produced the peer-to-peer blocking software, Icarus...which congress might be pushing onto universities across the country), the model shows that everyone looses if the IPs get their way — even, eventually, the IPs.
http://news.ufl.edu/2007/03/07/net-neutrality/"
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