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Submission + - Does Ballmer Need to Go? 3

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Pickens
Pickens writes: "Microsoft's dramatic decision this weekend to withdraw its offer for Yahoo and not pursue a hostile bid raises an interesting question: If the deal is really dead, does Steve Ballmer need to start looking for a new job? Ballmer has been the big driver behind this deal at Microsoft — some would say to the point of obsession. After the disaster that has been Windows Vista , Ballmer may have realized he needed to redeem himself in the eyes of Microsoft's board. And the "transformative" deal with Yahoo was the way he was going to do it. If Microsoft's board loses patience with him, it might have to ask Blll Gates to temporarily come back as CEO until it finds a replacement. After all, Ballmer has already made a strong and convincing case for why Microsoft needs Yahoo to make its online and advertising strategy work so it not clear how it can achieve its objectives on its own or through other acquisitions. Or maybe Ballmer thinks he can still do the deal by making Yahoo's stock price collapse and come back with a hostile offer. We'll find out later this week."
Moon

Submission + - SPAM: Will the Earth fry future moon astronauts?

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Roland Piquepaille
Roland Piquepaille writes: "Researchers working for NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission have discovered that the Earth's magnetic tail could be harmful to future astronauts. The moon stays inside Earth's 'magnetotail' for six days every month — during full moon. This can have consequences ranging from lunar 'dust storms' to strong electrostatic discharges, according to one researcher quoted by NASA in 'The Moon and the Magnetotail.' So far, this is pure speculation: no man has been on the moon when the magnetotail hits. As added the same scientist, 'Apollo astronauts never landed on a full moon and they never experienced the magnetotail.' But read more for additional details about how Earth's magnetotail could affect men on the moon."
Security

Submission + - SPAM: 11-year-old takes school network by the horns

Submitted by alphadogg
alphadogg writes: When Victory Baptist School, a small private school in Millbrook, Ala., was struggling to keep its computer network together last year, an 11-year-old student named Jon Penn stepped in as network manager. For Jon — who says his favorite reading material is computer trade magazines — it's been the experience of a lifetime, even getting to select and install a gateway security appliance largely by himself. "This is kind of a small school, and I'm known as the computer whiz," the sixth grader says
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Robotics

Submission + - SPAM: A robotic taxi named robuCAB

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Roland Piquepaille
Roland Piquepaille writes: "According to ICT Results, a EU-funded project named Embounded 'has achieved the twin, and apparently contradictory goals, of making embedded systems both smarter and tougher.' One example is the robuCAB, a '4 seats automated people mover' developed by a French company and built from a 4 wheel-drive electric chassis with on-board PC. This autonomous vehicle follows the kerb and carries several embedded systems, with one camera on the path edge, another device tracking the angle and direction of the kerb, while others control the gearing and acceleration. robuCABs are not totally independent. They move over pre-defined circuits which contain a series of sensors below the ground. But read more for additional references and a picture of two robuCABs on the road."

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