Submission + - Google begins 'Gmail 2.0' rollout

Submitted by Stony Stevenson on Tuesday October 30, 2007 @06:25PM

Stony Stevenson writes: Google on Tuesday confirmed it is giving Gmail a new look. Two prominent blogs that cover Google — Google Blogscoped and Google Operating System — have posted screenshots of a new Gmail interface that has been made available to a limited number of users. They're calling it "Gmail 2.0," even if Google isn't.

Google confirmed the update is underway at its new San Francisco office, just prior to a briefing on an unrelated upcoming Google announcement. A Google spokesperson said that the new look has been made available to about one percent of all Gmail users and is being rolled out the rest on an ongoing basis.

Feed Wired: Resistant Bacteria: Go Kill Yourselves (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed on Tuesday October 30, 2007 @06:12PM

A new study suggests that a solution to drug-resistant bacteria like staph could be forcing the bugs to kill themselves.

SCO Bankruptcy "Imminent, Inevitable" 234

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday January 09, 2007 @02:52PM from the quebrada dept.

mattaw writes "From analysis by Groklaw it seems that SCO may owe Novell nearly all the SCOSource licensing fees, and has been hiding the fact for 3 years. Imminent. Inevitable. Bankruptcy. Those are the words from Novell's lawyers. Perhaps the IBM/SCO case could close earlier than planned? Perhaps we can finally be rid of this specter once and for all?"

Japan Plans a Moonbase by 2030 331

Posted by timothy on Thursday August 03, 2006 @11:36AM from the then-acknowlege-name-change-to-ix dept.

Aglassis writes "The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced at a conference that they are planning to build a Moonbase by 2030. Since JAXA doesn't currently have a 100 ton-class heavy lift rocket or a human transportation system perhaps now is a good time for JAXA to join in with NASA on the Project Constellation rocket program."

Cell Users As Bad As Drunk Drivers 738

Posted by Zonk on Friday June 30, 2006 @02:57PM from the eyes-on-the-road dept.

An anonymous reader writes "News.com reports on a cell-phone use study which confirms that talking on your cell is as bad as being drunk, when it comes to driving skill. The researchers studied 40 volunteers in a driving simulator." From the article: "[The subjects were observed] while undistracted, using a handheld cell phone, using a hands-free cell phone and while intoxicated to a 0.08 percent blood-alcohol level--the average legal level of impairment in the United States--after drinking vodka and orange juice. Three study participants rear-ended the simulated car in front of them. All were talking on cell phones and none was drunk, the researchers said."

Comment Waste of Time (Score 1, Insightful) 297

by miketheninja on Thursday June 29, 2006 @03:58PM (#15630690) Attached to: Colorado Sheriffs To WarDrive For Safety

Don't police have more important things to do than wardrive? People who buy wireless routers and don't password protect them deserve what they get.

WinFS Gets the Axe 610

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Saturday June 24, 2006 @07:34PM from the shell-games dept.

commander salamander writes "Over at the WinFS Team Blog, Quentin Clark states that Microsoft no longer plans to ship WinFS as a standalone software component. Instead, portions of the underlying technology will be included with the next release of SQL Server (codename Katmai) and ADO.NET. Does this spell the end for the true relational storage paradigm that Microsoft has been promising since Windows 95?"

Another Microsoft Exec Steps Down 315

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday June 21, 2006 @10:16AM from the another-one-bites-the-dust dept.

Arcanimus writes "On Tuesday, the corporate vice president of Windows Live and MSN marketing, Martin Taylor, announced that he is leaving Microsoft. Just three months ago, Taylor was appointed to his new position to manage the marketing of Windows Live. In his 13 years with the company, Taylor even worked directly with CEO Steve Ballmer."

New IP Treaty Looming? 279

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Tuesday June 13, 2006 @04:16PM from the sailing-into-troubled-waters dept.

An anonymous reader writes "According to an article by James Boyle in the Financial Times, the United States is helping push a Treaty that would create an entirely new type of intellectual property right in the US, in addition to copyright, covering anything that is broadcast or webcast. (Regardless of whether the work was in the public domain, Creative Commons Licensed etc, the broadcaster would control any copies made from the broadcast for 50 years.) Boyle argues that this is dumb, unconstitutional, and anyway should be debated domestically first."

Projecting Data on a Sphere 139

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Tuesday June 13, 2006 @03:29PM from the higher-def dept.

necro81 writes "The NYTimes has an article in today's Science section that describes a four-projector system that displays images on a spherical screen. The Science on a Sphere system, developed at the Goddard Space Flight Center and used in some planetariums, can display and animate vast amounts of visual data from the Earth, Moon, Sun, and the other planets. The sphere is suspended by thin wires, and animating the image data gives the illusion of a free-floating, rotating world."

Jeff Pulver Is Betting on Internet Video 75

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Tuesday June 13, 2006 @02:45PM from the terribly-original-ideas dept.

Carl Bialik from WSJ writes "Jeff Pulver, the self-described futurist and entrepreneur who started the company that was Vonage's predecessor, is shifting his sights to Internet video, according to the Wall Street Journal: 'Mr. Pulver is creating his own Internet TV show, which he is modeling on Rocketboom, a popular Internet video-blog that broadcasts a three-minute news show daily. He is considering launching a broader Internet TV subsidiary and is weighing whether to invest in several emerging Internet video companies, though he won't name them. Someday he wants to start an Internet reality TV show.' Pulver says, 'The same DNA that disrupted the telecom industry is well on its way to totally revolutionizing the way the TV, film, and broadcast industry is going to be,' adding that he's now looking for 'the Vonage of Internet video.' And by the way, he regrets leaving the Vonage of Internet calling before it got hot: 'I blew it. I had the juice. I could have done something.'"

RIAA Claims P2P Has Been Contained 388

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Tuesday June 13, 2006 @01:17PM from the desperate-spin-control dept.

Magorak writes "USA Today is reporting the RIAA now claims that the issues surrounding P2P and piracy have been contained and are no longer as big an issue as they once were. From the article; 'The problem has not been eliminated,' says association CEO Mitch Bainwol. 'But we believe digital downloads have emerged into a growing, thriving business, and file-trading is flat.'"