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Future Sony MMOs Will Be On Consoles 144

Posted by Soulskill from the raiding-from-your-couch dept.
The MTV Multiplayer Blog interviewed John Smedley, President of Sony Online Entertainment, about the future of MMOs. He discusses some of SOE's current projects and comments that they'll be focusing on consoles for all of their upcoming MMOs. "I would say that we would be one of the early adopters on [bringing MMOs to consoles], and we plan on becoming one of the dominant players in the MMO space on consoles." Sony's plans may include games for their hand-held console, the PSP. Smedley goes on to talk about bringing existing, popular franchises into MMO development, and remarks, "It's pretty safe to say that 'EverQuest' has not seen its last game."

Comment Re:Hang on a sec... (Score 1, Interesting) 187

by nbmorgan (#25249437) Attached to: How To Kill an Open Source Project With New Funding

It seems to me when you boil everything down to bare essentials. You can be used or be useless.

Now hopefully you get something out of the equation yourself.

I think the author feels burned, and wants to know how to deal, in a way that is good for the community.

But the question remains does he encourage the fork in the project, walk away, or do something less obvious and more brilliant that's buried in one of the other posters minds. Oh. wait this is Slashdot :-)
Biotech

Submission + - Can Bacteria be Trained to Deliver Drugs?

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Hugh Pickens writes: "While it may seem unlikely that single-celled organisms could be trained to salivate like Pavlov's dog at the sound of a bell, researchers say that bacteria can "learn" to associate one stimulus with another by employing molecular circuits and raises the possibility that bioengineers could teach bacteria to act as sentinels for the human body, ready to spot and respond to signs of danger. As with Pavlov's dog, the bacteria in the model learn to build stronger associations between the two stimuli the more they occur together. Now called Hebbian learning, it's often expressed as a situation in which "neurons that fire together wire together." Bacteria, of course, don't have synapses or nerve cells but Eva Jablonka, who just published a paper on conditioning in single-celled organisms (PDF), says it seems "quite possible at the theoretical level, and I don't see great obvious hurdles for the construction of the suggested vectors." The trick will be to train bacteria to recognize chemical processes in the body that are associated with danger like an adverse and dangerous reaction to a drug, or to the presence of tumor cells."
Microsoft

Submission + - Microsoft updates multiple Sysinternals tools

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wiedzmin writes: A couple very useful updates have just been released by Microsoft for the ever so popular Sysinternals tool set. The most notable one is ProcessMonitor v2.0 which will now include "real-time TCP and UDP monitoring". Another one, released earlier this year — Desktops 1.0, provides a very unique multi-thread way to get multiple desktops running on your Windows box.
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Ultrasound Machine Ages Wine 448

Posted by samzenpus from the I'll-take-the-cheap-stuff dept.
Inventor Casey Jones says his creation uses ultrasound technology to recreate the effects of decades of aging by colliding alcohol molecules inside the bottle. Mr. Jones said, "This machine can take your run-of-the-mill £3.99 bottle of plonk and turn it into a finest bottle of vintage tasting like it costs hundreds. It works on any alcohol that tastes better aged, even a bottle of paintstripper whisky can taste like an 8-year-aged single malt." The Ultrasonic Wine Ager, which looks like a Dr. Who ice bucket, takes 30 minutes to work and has already been given the thumbs up by an English winemaker. I know a certain special lady who is about to have the best bottle of Boone's Farm in the world.
Privacy

Adam Savage Revises Claim of Lawyer-Bullying On RFID Show 301

Posted by timothy from the but-that's-what-they-want-him-to-say dept.
Nick writes "A few weeks ago a video of a talk given by Adam Savage of the television show MythBusters spread across the internet (including a mention on Slashdot.) On the video, Savage stated that the show was unable to produce an episode about previously known RFID vulnerabilities due to a conference call to Texas Instruments that unexpectedly included several credit card companies' legal counsel. TI (via a spokesperson talking with cnet.com) stated that only one lawyer was on the call and that the majority of the people on the call were product managers from the Smart Card Alliance (SCA) invited by TI to speak. Then Savage (via a Discovery Communications statement) reaffirmed that he was not on the call himself and that the decision was not made by Discovery or their advertising sales department but rather MythBuster's production company, Beyond Productions."

Feed Engadget: Sony debuts HDR-FX1000, HVR-Z5J high-def camcorders (engadget.com)

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It looks like those not willing to give up on DV tape for their HD recording needs now have a pair of new options to consider from Sony, which has just introduced its HDR-FX1000 and HVR-Z5J camcorders in Japan. The HDR-FX1000 (pictured above) is the slightly more consumer-minded of the two, with it boasting a not-outrageous price of ¥400,000 (or roughtly $3,700), and some impressive specs all around, including a 20x optical zoom, both 24p and 30p modes, and Sony's G-series lens, which promises to deliver some top-notch images. The HVR-Z5J, on the other hand, offers some more specialized features like XLR audio inputs, PAL and NTSC compatibility, and support for the DVCAM format in addition to usual DV/HDV option. Look for it to set you back ¥554,400 (or just over $5,000) when it lands in December, with the HDR-FX1000 set to slip out ahead of it on November 10th.

[Via PC World]
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Man Sues to Get His Leg Back 4

Posted by samzenpus from the not-without-my-leg dept.
58-year-old Val McCabe, had to sue the Box Butte County, Nebraska's Attorney's office in order to get his leg back from prosecutors after he had been shot. McCabe's prosthetic leg had been held because officials wanted to run tests on it and a bullet lodged inside. A judge ordered it returned on Wednesday after determining the prosecutor's office didn't have a leg to stand on.

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