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Submission + - A New Theory of Everything?

Submitted by goatherder
goatherder writes: The Telegraph is running a story about a new Unified Theory of Physics. Garrett Lisi has presented a paper called "An Exceptionally Simple Theory of Everything" which unifies the Standard Model with gravity — without using string theory. The trick was to use E8 geometry which you may remember from an earlier Slashdot article. Lisi's theory predicts 20 new particles which he hopes might turn up in the Large Hadron Collider.
Security

Submission + - Apple Fixes 'Misleading' Leopard Firewall Settings (zdnet.com)

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4 for 52
4 for 52 writes: "ZDNet is reporting that Apple has fessed up to at least three serious design weaknesses in the new application-based firewall that ships with Mac OS X Leopard. The acknowledgment comes less than a month after independent researchers threw cold water on Apple's claim that Leopard's firewall can block all incoming connections. The firewall patches come 24 hours after a Mac OS X update that provided cover for at least 41 security vulnerabilities."
Intel

Submission + - Intel Core 2 "Penryn" and Linux (linuxhardware.org)

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LHoAugustus
LHoAugustus writes: "Linux Hardware has posted a look at the new Intel "Penryn" processor and how the new processor will work with Linux. "Intel recently released the new "Penryn" Core 2 processor with many new features. So what are these features and how will they equate into benefits to Linux users? That's what Linux Hardware is here to unravel. In this review I'll cover all the high points of the new "Penryn" core and talk to a couple Linux projects about the impact on end-user performance.""
Software

Journal Journal: Proprietary Software Restrictions Threaten Space Station 5

Journal by Nymz
Software used on three critical computers that control the orientation of the station continue to fail, even upon reboots. Even worse is the fact that Russia won't troubleshoot the system over communications they don't fully control, which means they must wait until the station is within a line-of-sight of a Russian ground station, which won't happen until Thursday. Could this incident provide incentive to consider use of open source softwar
The Courts

Journal Journal: Fox Charges Man with Felony for Uploading "24" Episode

Journal by eldavojohn
In response to Fox's subpoenas against YouTube users, Jorge Romero has been charged with a felony for obtaining episodes of the television series "24" and uploading them to LiveDigital.com more than a week before their debut date. Romero faces up to three years in prison. It makes sense that the time at which these episodes are uploaded directly affect Fox's viewership,
The Internet

Submission + - Internet Tax Imminent?

Submitted by
jhigh
jhigh writes: "Proposals to tax the Internet are gaining steam as state legislators see a giant pot of money just waiting to be dipped into. "At the moment, states and municipalities are frequently barred by federal law from collecting both access and sales taxes. But they're hoping that their new lobbying effort, coordinated by groups including the National Governors Association, will pay off by permitting them to collect billions of dollars in new revenue by next year.""
Slashback

McCain Wants Ballmer For His Cabinet 431

Posted by kdawson from the throwing-chairs-at-the-chinese dept.
While many people jumped all over presidential hopeful John McCain's wrong-headed view on network neutrality, few noticed his infuriating love for Microsoft. "[T]he 70 year old presidential hopeful also said that he would ask Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to serve on his cabinet to deal with technology issues if elected. He did not however say what position Ballmer might be hired in, but did joke that he might consider him for a diplomatic position, such as ambassador to China."

Feed Got Cash? You Can Loan Money Like a Big-Time Banker (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed
Jane Boon is one of 30 or so wealthy individuals who have lent out more than $100,000 apiece through Prosper.com, an online marketplace for loans. Prosper allows them to reroute money from their banks, mutual funds or other assets to thousands of borrowers.


Windows

Working Around Vista Apps' Incompatibilities 349

Posted by kdawson from the thousands-and-thousands dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft says there are over 1,000 applications you can run on Windows Vista with few, if any, issues. However, Windows apps number in the tens of thousands. Add to that the facts that x64 Vista versions don't support legacy 16-bit code, and that the Windows Resource Protection in Vista breaks some apps, and you've got a big issue. InformationWeek lists a host of workarounds in How To Manage Windows Vista Application Compatibility. Among the tips discussed are Vista's compatibility mode, its Program Compatibility Assistant wizard, and a little-known form of file and registry virtualization that's built into the OS. What problems have you encountered with incompatible apps, and are any issues you've encountered deal-breakers that could further roil the already muddied adoption picture for Vista?"
PC Games (Games)

Submission + - Games industry enters a new level

Submitted by weirdguy
weirdguy writes: It's larger than Hollywood, its virtual stars may live happily on a diet of bits and bytes, but the video games industry has not been able to insulate itself from upheaval. Yes, gamers are snapping up the new generation of games consoles — Microsoft's Xbox 360, Nintendo's Wii, and Sony's Playstation 3 [PS3], but at huge cost to the industry. Hardware makers are losing hundreds of dollars on every console sold, and games publishers face an "increasingly difficult environment, as rising development costs and small user bases [mean] that return on investment in next generation games development is unlikely to be achieved before 2008," according to media analysts Screen Digest. More importantly, though, the video games publishers are facing a revolution of their business model.

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