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Submission + - Where in the US can you get JUST a Cell Phone? 6

Submitted by arakon
arakon writes: I am looking around for a cell phone for my technically challenged mother and all she wants is just a phone, and yet there seem to be no carriers in the US that carry a plain cell phone with good reception and battery life. All of them bundle camera's, pda's, mp3 players and a kitchen sink with a battery life of 2 hours, all for the low price of $350 or more...

Having looked around, the Motorola F3 is exactly what she wants but it doesn't seem to be available in the US. If we order it online will it work on US carriers? Are there any comparable products out there with a similar feature set and price range available for US networks? I appreciate the help.
Biotech

Submission + - Baby Mammoth Found Intact (cnn.com)

Submitted by
knoll99
knoll99 writes: "Let the Cloning Begin!

(Reuters) [transcribed through CNN.com] — Scientists unveiled the discovery Wednesday of a baby mammoth found in the permafrost of north-west Siberia.

A reindeer herder found a 10,000-year-old frozen baby mammoth in Russia's Yamal-Nenets autonomous district.

  The remains of the six-month-old female mammoth were discovered in a remarkable state of preservation on the Yamal peninsula of Russia in May, a Reuters report said. The specimen is believed to be the best of its kind to date.

A reindeer herder found the frozen animal in May near the Yuribei River, in Russia's Yamal-Nenets autonomous district.

Scientists hope the animal might yield DNA samples that could be used to clone and effectively resurrect the extinct members of the elephant family.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/07/11/siberia .babymammoth.reut/index.html"
Windows

Journal Journal: HP facilitates Windows downgrade to XP

Journal by Serpentegena
For a while rumors were circulated that because of the Vista (adoption rate) disappointment, Microsoft was quietly preparing to simplify the downgrade process to XP.

Comment Re:Security Flaws in Help Protocols (Score 0) 315

by Obsidian Dagger (#19688301) Attached to: Vista Security Claims Debunked

Microsoft has, in my opinion, a long, long history of not allowing their programmers to finish their jobs. There were even security vulnerabilities in the Microsoft Help protocols!


I clearly remember using a security flaw in Excel (XP or 2003 I believe) running on Windows XP to run programs with adminstrator rights on locked down system. When IT found what we were doing they monitored our systems but were unable to prevent us from using this trick. We used this trick to install software for our PDAs and sales tool software from our vendors because to get any software install through IT require a request going through corporate channels and a minimum of two weeks before it was installed.
AMD

Submission + - AMD considering getting out of fabrication busines (arstechnica.com)

Submitted by
mytrip
mytrip writes: "2007 has not been kind to AMD. The company saw its workstation market share slip, has taken on $2 billion of new debt and lost almost $1.2 billion over the past two quarters.

Speculation is building in the analyst community that AMD will attempt to further cut costs by outsourcing more — or all — of its chip making as early as 2008. One Citigroup analyst is predicting a "transformational move" that would result in AMD's lower-end CPUs being manufactured by a third party and possibly selling off part or all of its Dresden, Germany facility. Another report from Goldman Sachs outlines the investment firm's belief that the company will leave manufacturing completely in the hands of third parties.

Getting out of manufacturing is certainly a plausible — if not likely — scenario for AMD"
Movies

Journal Journal: Miramax busting Michael Moore downloaders 2

Journal by Otter
Remember a few days ago when Michael Moore announced he was OK with illegal sharing of his new movie? Miramax head Harvey Weinstein is now bragging about the company's creation of fake download sites to collect user data which is now going to the police. Also, the US government hasn't confiscated the film despite Moore's hyperventilation about
Space

Submission + - Volunteer to be a Space Pioneer for ESA experiment (physorg.com)

Submitted by
number6x
number6x writes: "The European Space Agency (ESA) is looking for volunteers for a simulated trip to Mars. The simulation will put a crew of six in isolation for 17 months. The crew will be made up of 4 Russians and 2 Europeans. In all the ESA will need 12 volunteers for back up purposes.

Seventeen months was chosen to simulate the time needed for the journey to Mars and back, as well as a 30 period spent doing experiments on the red planet."

Feed CBS creates video-sharing network (com.com)

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Blog: CBS unveiled a video-distribution network Thursday that will allow users to share clips and full-length content for free.The broadcaster...

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