Comment Been done before (Score 1, Interesting) 169
There is a PBS special called Absolute Zero that shows this.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/zero/atoms.html
This is about the only way to create a Bose-Einstein condensate
Comment Superinsulation? (Score 0) 3
Does this mean they have found the mirror opposite to the Bose-Einstein Condensate? http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/zero/program.html
Firefox 3 Beta 3 Officially Released 337
firefoxy writes "Mozilla has officially released Firefox 3 beta 3. This release includes new features, user interface enhancements, and theme improvements. Ars Technica has a review with screenshots. 'Firefox 3 is rapidly approaching completion and much of the work that remains to be done is primarily in the category of fit and finish. There will likely only be one more beta release after this one before Mozilla begins issuing final release candidates.'"
Submission + - SPAM: Starbucks Drops T-Mobile for AT&T 1
stoolpigeon writes: "Ars reports that Starbucks is replacing T-Mobile with AT&T as their wi-fi provider. AT&T broadband customers will be able to access the service for free. Starbucks card users will get 2 hours a day free. 2 hour, daily and monthly rates will be lower than they were with T-Mobile. Starbucks says that their previously announced deal to tie in with iTunes will continue under AT&T."
Link to Original Source
Link to Original Source
Modu Unveils Modular, Transformer-style Phone 88
An anonymous reader writes "A company called Modu has come up with an innovative take on a mobile phone. Instead of giving you the finished product, you get a base unit and a choice of 'sleeves', which you can plug the base unit into and turn it into a variety of devices. "If, for example, you're going out clubbing, you can pop it into a fashion sleeve with a fancy design. If you're on a business trip and you need a phone with a Qwerty keypad and large screen, you just have to pop it into a 'jacket' with those features." There's also the option to plug it into a satellite navigation device or even a car stereo. While it seems like an interesting system, I wonder whether modular devices are better than buying standalone products or all-in-one products?"
Submission + - What the MPAA Still Isn't Telling Us (insidehighered.com)
Scott Jaschik writes: "An essay in Inside Higher Ed looks at the fallout from the MPAA's admission that its statistics on college student downloading were seriously wrong. Among the questions: What is the MPAA still holding back? Why isn't the MPAA changing its position on legislation?
http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2008/01/29/green"
Submission + - Rat-eating plant discovered in Australia (abc.net.au)
Megaport writes: Finally, the news that every slashdot-meme poster have been waiting for. A rat-eating vine called "Tenax" has been discovered in the rainforests of the Cape York region in Queensland, Australia.
Get ready everyone... Post away!
Get ready everyone... Post away!
Young IT Workers Disillusioned, Hard to Retain 853
bednarz writes to mention that NetworkWorld has an interesting examination of young IT professionals and why many make unreasonable demands for their services. "'The issue managers are facing is with retention, not hiring. That means the work environment is not living up to the employee's expectation,' he says. For instance, many younger workers expect to get an office immediately or be paid at a rate higher than entry level."
Feed The Register: Poisoned MySpace page masquerades as Windows Update (theregister.com)
Befriend an infection
Doom watchers at McAfee have discovered a booby-trapped MySpace page that foists malware on users by spoofing a Microsoft update down the center of the profile.
Submission + - Top solid state disks and TB drive review (computerworld.com) 3
Lucas123 writes: "Computerworld has reviewed six of the latest hard disk drives that include 32GB and 64GB solid state disks, a low-energy consumption "green" drive and several terabyte-size drives. With the exception of capacity, the solid state disk drives appear to beat spinning disk in every category, from CPU utilization, energy consumption and read/writes. The Samsung SSD drive was the most impressive with a read speed of 100MB/sec and write speed of 80 MB/sec, compared to an average 59MB/sec and 60MB/sec read/write speed for a traditional hard drive."
