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2.5 Mile Deep Hole Drilled Into San Andreas Fault 204

Posted by CowboyNeal on Thursday October 04, 2007 @09:43PM from the heart-of-the-matter dept.

iandoh writes "Cool research: Geologists at Stanford University and the US Geological Survey have drilled a 2.5 mile deep borehole into the San Andreas fault. They've extracted over one ton of rock from 2 miles down, and they'll be installing sensors down the length of the borehole."

Comment Re:And then Boom! (Score 1) 520

by HawaiianMayan on Monday July 09, 2007 @03:39AM (#19797129) Attached to: Open Source Linux Phone Goes On Sale

With the exception that it's less functional. No wifi, USB 1.1, no multi-touch.

Apple Sues Over iPhone Smartphone Skins 197

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @01:37PM from the don't-talk-about-that-thing-we-don't-like dept.

ghostcorps writes "Australian Newspaper 'The Age' reports that developers of iPhone skins (skins for smartphones that resemble the iPhone) have been legally attacked by Apple. Beyond that, bloggers who have reported on the skins have been threatened with legal action as well. From the article: 'Ironically, Apple's attempts to have the files removed from the web have only given the skins greater publicity, and they have already begun spreading to other websites. The issue marks a distinct change in tone for many bloggers and journalists, who just last week praised Apple for its 'revolutionary' and 'game-changing' phone despite being unable to conduct a proper hands-on test of the product.'"

Windows vs Mac Security 513

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday August 23, 2006 @01:27PM from the lauchded-into-a-fit-of-rage dept.

sdhorne writes "There is a good technical discussion over at InfoWorld on the merits of launchd and what is lacking in a comparable Windows secure solution. It is a throw back to the UNIX vs Windows security discussion that has been hashed out for many years." From the article: "it always traces back to Microsoft's untenable policy of maintaining gaps in Windows security to avoid competing with 3rd party vendors and certified partners. Apple's taking a different approach: What users need is in the box: Anti-virus, anti-spam, encryption, image backup and restore, offsite safe storage through .Mac, and launchd. Pretty soon any debate with Microsoft over security can be ended in one round when Apple stands up, says 'launchd', and sits back down."

Songbird Source Released 114

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Tuesday June 27, 2006 @02:16PM from the for-your-patching-pleasure dept.

Rinisari writes "The source for Songbird, a music-oriented XULRunner application, is now available via Subversion. Rob Lord, CEO of Pioneers of the Inevitable, released the source for the not-yet-0.2 version of the music player, which integrates a music library and the facility to purchase and download music from a variety of vendors. If you haven't heard of it, read the features list and try it out. Slashdot previously mentioned Songbird when it was released as a preview in February."

Global Warming Dissenters Suppressed? 928

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday April 12, 2006 @04:37PM from the come-see-the-violence-inherent-in-the-system dept.

sycodon writes "Global Warming has become more than just a scientific issue and has been portrayed as nothing less than the End of the World by some. However, despite all the hoopla from Hollywood, Politicians and Science Bureaucrats, there is another side, but it's being suppressed according to Richard Lindzen, an Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Atmospheric Science at MIT. From the article: 'Scientists who dissent from the alarmism have seen their grant funds disappear, their work derided, and themselves libeled as industry stooges, scientific hacks or worse. Consequently, lies about climate change gain credence even when they fly in the face of the science that supposedly is their basis.'"

Bunk Camp - Apple Gets It Wrong? 731

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday April 11, 2006 @09:19AM from the see-it's-a-clever-twist-of-one-letter dept.

An anonymous reader writes "CNET.com.au has posted a commentary that attempts to cut away the hype surrounding Boot Camp. From the article: 'Boot Camp will do little to coax Windows XP users into switching to Mac OS X. For this to happen, Apple needs to either license out OS X to all users -- not just Mac owners -- or support a true Mac virtualisation application.'"

Thinking About Desktop Eyecandy 338

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday March 23, 2006 @04:25PM from the almost-entirely-a-glorious-waste dept.

An anonymous reader writes "This article ponders over whether excess eye candy and special effects being incorporated on the desktop is a good trend after all? The author explains why he thinks the users are taken for a ride by the OS companies in compelling them to upgrade their hardware in order to enable these processor intensive and memory hungry special effects."

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