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Submission + - Case of the great hot-site swap

Submitted by BobB
BobB writes: Two universities — Bowdoin in Maine and Loyola Marymount in Los Angeles — have entered a unique arrangement under which they are backing up each other's web site, email and servers on different ends of the U.S. They say this could be a disaster recovery model all sorts of organizations could follow. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/080307-bowdo in-lmu.html
The Internet

Submission + - New bill would reverse bans on municipal broadband (arstechnica.com)

Submitted by Yuppie
Yuppie writes: A bill introduced to the House this week would overturn bans that currently exist in several states on cities and towns building and deploying their own broadband networks. The big telecoms may not be be too happy about the bill, however. 'The telecoms have historically argued that municipalities that own and operate — or even build and lease — broadband networks could give themselves preferential treatment. The Act anticipates that argument with a section on "competition neutrality." Public providers would be banned from giving themselves any "regulatory preference," which should create a level playing field for all broadband providers. Municipalities interested in getting into the broadband business would also have to solicit feedback from the private sector on planned deployments.' The full text of the bill is available from Rep. Boucher's website (PDF).
Microsoft

Microsoft's HD Photo to Become JPEG Standard? 369

Posted by Zonk from the what's-wrong-with-jpeg dept.
Mortimer.CA writes "Ars Technica is reporting that Microsoft has submitted their HD Photo to the JPEG committee: 'Microsoft's ongoing attempt to establish its own photo format as a JPEG alternative (and potential successor) took another step forward today when the JPEG standards group agreed to consider HD Photo (originally named Windows Media Photo) as a standard. If successful, the new file standard will be known as JPEG XR.' Microsoft has made a 'commitment to make its patents that are required to implement the specification available without charge.' While JPEG 2000 exists, HD Photo has several advantages (not the least of which is a lot less CPU power is needed). Is this a big of an issue as ODF/OOXML?"
Spam

Submission + - 30 Years for 'Rizler' for Online 'Pharmacy'

Submitted by jotter507
jotter507 writes: So, you get arrested for running an illegal online pharmacy and the judge orders you to stop selling medication over the Internet. Don't sit around and do nothing before the trial! Run off to the Dominican Republic on a false passport and start up another online 'pharmacy'. It didn't end too well for 27-year old Christopher William Smith. Also known as 'Rizler', the world-renowned spammer and Internet drug dispenser received a 30-year sentence from a federal judge on Wednesday.

Feed Engadget: Fresh study (still) finds Diebold e-voting machines hacker-friendly (engadget.com)

From feed by engfeed

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets

The fact that some individuals still have any level of faith left in Diebold is quite baffling, but in case you were looking for just one more episode to dash your hopes of a hack-proof voting machine, open wide. As fate would have it, a fresh study in Florida has found that even optical scan voting systems "can be hacked into," which is causing quite a bit of concern considering that touchscreen alternatives aren't exactly an option in the Sunshine State. Reportedly, the document noted that "official memory cards in the optical scan machines could easily be exchanged with ones altering the vote count," and it was also stated that Diebold must "deal with the flaws" by August 17th. Yeah, we're sure it's all over that.

[Thanks, Josh]

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Movies

Submission + - Film on music piracy released as Xvid torrent (goodcopybadcopy.net)

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goodbye_kitty
goodbye_kitty writes: "The producers of a new documentary film analyzing global music piracy have decided to "put their money where their mouth is" by releasing the film as a free Xvid download (hosted by the pirate bay, as one would expect). The film explores the blurred line between "fair use" and piracy, and includes interviews with DJ Danger Mouse (creator of the now infamous 'grey album'), Lawrence Lessig (found of Creative Commons), the lads from the pirate bay, and even some guy from the MPAA. Link to torrent here"

Feed Science Daily: Birth Of A Colossus On Wheels: First Astronomical Observatory Transporter Ready (sciencedaily.com)

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The first of two spectacular vehicles for the ALMA astronomical observatory rolled out of its hangar. The ALMA antenna transporter is a rather exceptional "lorry": It is 10 meters wide, 20 meters long and 6 meters high, weighs 130 tons and has as much power as two Formula 1 engines. This colossus will be able to transport, at 5000 meter altitude, a 115-ton antenna and set it down on a concrete pad within millimeters of a prescribed position.
Google

Submission + - Google: Patent system broken, Apple: No its not. 1

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Whiney Mac Fanboy
Whiney Mac Fanboy writes: "Part of the AlwaysOn Stanford Summit, was the panel discussion "The Patent Crisis: Crossroads for the Business of Technology." — with speakers including Google's, IBMs & Apple's patent lawyers. According to coverage from The Register, Google's head of patents believes the system is in crisis: "The Patent Office is overburdened," she said. "The volume of patents going in is huge. And the quality of patents coming out — it could be better." Apple's chief patent counsel, Chip Lutton on the other hand, said the US patent system was "not broken" and that it was "not in crisis," calling it "the best in the world"."

Comment Re:Power from waste heat (Score 1) 239

by ccmunkey (#7169582) Attached to: New 3D CPU Water Cooling Method
Maybe I'm crazy or have the physics understanding of a dead monkey, but doesn't thermal energy radiate or is that merely a function of heat transferance via matter? Also I think you would lose some energy due to electrical resistance assuming you weren't using perfectly efficient superconducters. ----- On a long enough timeline, everybody dies. -Tyler Durden

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