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Nuclear Power Could See a Revival 415

Posted by kdawson on Wednesday July 14, 2010 @03:34AM from the comforting-bremsstrahlung-glow dept.

shmG writes "As the US moves to reduce dependence on oil, the nuclear industry is looking to expand, with new designs making their way through the regulatory process. No less than three new configurations for nuclear power are being considered for licensing by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The first of them could be generating power in Georgia by 2016."

Comment Surgery Surcharge (Score 1) 142

by RimfoMan on Friday April 30, 2010 @01:52PM (#32046956) Attached to: UK Docs Perform First Remote-Control Heart Surgery

So if ISPs get their way and charge more for certain types of traffic.. I wounder how much the surcharge will be. Do you think they will have a negotiated rate for Health Insurance providers ?

Comment Comcast also drops Analog TV support (Score 3, Funny) 554

by RimfoMan on Sunday April 11, 2010 @08:57PM (#31812766) Attached to: Comcast Disables VCR Scheduling In New Guide

Interesting how they do this at the same time they are dropping Analog signals from the network. (at least in my area)

Apple Orders 10 Million Tablets? 221

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday January 04, 2010 @03:11PM from the pricepoint-better-be-right dept.

Arvisp writes "According to a blog post by former Google China president Kai-Fu Lee, Apple plans to produce nearly 10 million tablets in the still-unannounced product's first year. If Lee's blog post is to be believed, Apple plans to sell nearly twice as many tablets as it did iPhones in the product's first year."

Submission + - RIAA Seeks Web Removal of 'Illegal' Recordings (wired.com)

Submitted by suraj.sun on Monday July 06, 2009 @04:05PM

suraj.sun writes: The Recording Industry Association of America on Monday demanded a federal judge order Harvard University's Charles Nesson to remove from the internet "unauthorized and illegal recordings" of pretrial hearings and depositions in a file-sharing lawsuit headed to trial.

"The idea that a court is being asked by them to order educational material to be removed from the Berkman Center for Internet and Society website seems a questionable intrusion both on my liberty and the public interest," said Nesson in a telephone interview. "I certainly don't agree that I am violating any law."

The case concerns former Boston University student Joel Tenenbaum, who Nesson is defending in an RIAA civil lawsuit accusing him of file-sharing copyrighted music. Jury selection is scheduled in three weeks, in what is shaping up to be the RIAA's second of about 30,000 cases against individuals to reach trial.

Wired : http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/07/nesson/

Submission + - BBC chooses Microsoft DRM platform (bbc.co.uk)

Submitted by bazorg on Tuesday June 26, 2007 @10:24AM

bazorg writes: The BBC chose Microsoft's DRM technology to limit for 30 days the viewing of content downloaded from their website. These downloads would allow viewers to catch up on shows that were broadcast on the previous 7 days, and they would be compatible with Windows Media Player 10 and 11 and a new product called "iPlayer". This iPlayer is not yet available for platforms other than MS Windows, which caused the Open Source Consortium (OSC) to file a complaint to national and EU authorities on competition.

Apple and AT&T Announce iPhone Service Plans 538

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday June 26, 2007 @10:24AM from the they're-going-to-zing-you dept.

daveschroeder writes "Apple and AT&T today announced service plans for iPhone, 4 days before its release in the US at 6pm local time on Friday, June 29. The plans are $59.99/mo for 450 minutes, $79.99 for 900 minutes, and $99.99 for 1350 minutes, and all include unlimited data, 200 SMS messages, rollover minutes, and unlimited mobile-to-mobile calling. Any other standard AT&T service plan may also be used. A two year service plan is required, with a $175 cancellation fee if terminated early. In addition, activations are done via iTunes, so only the hardware is purchased in the store. Interestingly, activation of a contract via iTunes is required to enable the iPod/syncing functionality of the phone as well. (It will remain to be seen whether there are workarounds for this for those who only want the iPod functionality of iPhone, and whether the iPhone is easily unlockable for those who wish to try it on alternate carriers, and so on.)"

Human Species May Split In Two 1000

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Tuesday October 17, 2006 @06:37PM from the if-we-don't-destroy-ourselves-first dept.

gEvil (beta) writes "According to an article at the BBC, an evolutionary theorist in London suggests that humanity may split into two sub-species within the next 100,000 years. From the article: 'The descendants of the genetic upper class would be tall, slim, healthy, attractive, intelligent, and creative and a far cry from the "underclass" humans who would have evolved into dim-witted, ugly, squat goblin-like creatures.'" No missing link here, we already have the troll-like humans to prove it.

Comment Re:I'm torn (Score 2, Interesting) 280

by RimfoMan on Wednesday September 13, 2006 @01:01AM (#16094302) Attached to: Grannies and Pirated Software

Don't be too torn.. The ESPC is tring to also wipe out any small player (like your mother) They have shutdown several independent designers, who were selling original designs, by threatening them and their customers.

There was some good coverage on this about a year ago on a loca TV station, WNDU-TV in South Bend, IN.
Here is the link.. http://www.wndu.com/news/contact16/092005/contact1 6_44586.php

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Microsoft Talks Daily With Your Computer 686

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday June 07, 2006 @09:20PM from the what-could-go-wrong dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft Corp. acknowledged Wednesday that it needs to better inform users that its tool for determining whether a computer is running a pirated copy of Windows also quietly checks in daily with the software maker. The company said the undisclosed daily check is a safety measure designed to allow the tool, called Windows Genuine Advantage, to quickly shut down in case of a malfunction." The EULA is suppose to disclose this daily call-in feature. Lauren Weinstein, who is co-founder of People for Internet Responsibility, was one of the first people to notice the daily communications to Microsoft. Report from Yahoo.com"

Windows Servers Beat Linux Servers 709

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday June 07, 2006 @12:08PM from the say-it-aint-so dept.

RobbeR49 writes "Windows Server 2003 was recently compared against Linux and Unix variants in a survey by the Yankee Group, with Windows having a higher annual uptime than Linux. Unix was the big winner, however, beating both Windows and Linux in annual uptime. From the article: 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and Linux distributions from "niche" open source vendors, are offline more and longer than either Windows or Unix competitors, the survey said. The reason: the scarcity of Linux and open source documentation.' Yankee Group is claiming no bias in the survey as they were not sponsored by any particular OS vendor."

Startup Webaroo to put the 'Web on a Hard Drive'? 340

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Sunday April 09, 2006 @01:47PM from the starting-the-data-storage-arms-race dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A new startup called Webaroo is launching Monday with an audacious proposition: You can search the Web without a net connection of any kind. Initial release consists of 'Web packs' on specific topics such as news, city guides or Wikipedia. Later this year they're promising a full-Web version that you can carry on a laptop -- provided you're willing to devote something in the neighborhood of 80 gig."

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