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Submission + - Stolen Samsung AMOLED technology sold to rival, 11 suspects arrested (bgr.com)

zacharye writes: Nearly a dozen suspects have been arrested and charged with crimes related to the theft and sale of AMOLED display technology under development at Samsung. Yonhap News Agency on Thursday reported that 11 suspects either currently or formerly employed by Samsung Mobile Display have been arrested. One 46-year-old researcher at Samsung is believed to have accepted a payment of nearly $170,000 from an unnamed “local rival firm” in exchange for trade secrets pertaining to proprietary Samsung technology used in the company’s AMOLED panels...

Comment Re:Am I the only one who doesn't understand? (Score 1) 116

It's not that social networks are a violation of NCAA rules but rather that the NCAA believes schools would detect violations of NCAA rules by monitoring them. For example, an athlete "tweets" (what an annoying word) that he received clothing from some pro recruiter, which is in violation of NCAA rules. Thus, the school would discover this sooner and be able to deal with it. The whole thing seems a bit ridiculous, but there it is.
NASA

Obama Outlines Bold Space Policy ... But No Moon 455

The Bad Astronomer writes "In front of a mostly enthusiastic audience at NASA's Kennedy Space Center today, President Obama outlined a bold, new space policy. It's a change from his previous policy; the Constellation rockets are still dead, but a new heavy-lift rocket system is funded. He specifically talked of manned asteroid and Mars missions, but also stated there would be no return to the Moon. This is a major step in the right direction, but still needs some tweaking."

Comment Re:College campuses are full of unusual (Score 1) 284

It's not quite that bad here, but I've seen unicyclists juggling while riding to class, a middle-aged man riding a razor scooter with a dinosaur head mounted on the handle bars, people going down hills in wheeled trash cans, people walking around with 5 foot wooden swords for no apparent reason, etc. That said, I would guess that people walking around a campus square are probably not paying lots of attention to their surroundings since it's not that dangerous. Such places are typically pedestrian only and fairly secure, so being run over by a car/eaten by wild animals/attacked by terrorists isn't really a concern.

Comment Re:just get a bicycle (Score 1) 487

Yep, and if you're riding with clipless pedals and pedal toes-down (like I tend to do) then your saddle will be even higher. I can't touch the ground with both feet at once while sitting on the saddle of either my mountain bike or road bike.
Power

CFLs Causing Utility Woes 859

dacut writes "We've seen compact fluorescent lamps start to take over shelf space at the local hardware store. Replacing a 60 watt incandescent with a 13 watt CFL seems like a great savings, though many consumers are disappointed with the slow warm-up times, lower-than-advertised lifetimes, and hassles of disposing the mercury-containing bulbs. Now EDN reports they may use more energy than claimed due to their poor power factor. Mike Grather, of Lumenaire Testing Laboratory, 'checked the power factor for the CFLs and found they ranged from .45 to .50. Their "real" load was about twice that implied by their wattage.' The good news: you're only billed for the 13 watts of real power used. The bad news: the utilities have to generate the equivalent of 28 watts (that is, 28 VA of apparent power for you EEs out there) to light that bulb. Until they fix these issues, I'll hold on to my incandescents and carbon arc lamps, thanks."

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