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OpenSSL 1.0.0 Released 105

Posted by Soulskill from the sweet-when-is-2.0 dept.
hardaker writes "After over 11 years of development since the start of the OpenSSL Project (1998-12-23), OpenSSL version 1.0.0 has finally hit the shelves of the free-for-all store."
Biotech

Good SAT Scores Lead To Higher Egg Donor Prices 175

Posted by samzenpus from the golden-parachute-eggs dept.
alphadogg writes "Analysis from Georgia Institute of Technology of college newspaper egg donor ads showed that higher payments offered to egg donors correlated with higher SAT scores. 'Holding all else equal, an increase of 100 SAT points in the score of a typical incoming student increased the compensation offered to oocyte donors at that college or university by $2,350,' writes researcher Aaron D. Levine in a paper published in the March-April issue of the Hastings Center Report. Concerned about eggs being treated as commodities, and worried that big financial rewards could entice women to ignore the risks of the rigorous procedures required for harvesting, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine discourages compensation based on donors' personal characteristics. The society also discourages any payments over $10,000."
The Military

US Army To Push X-Files Tech Development 139

Posted by samzenpus from the the-truth-is-out-there dept.
An anonymous reader writes "The US Army is ramping up the development of technology right out of the X-Files; 'making science fiction into reality' as Dr. John Parmentola — Director of their Research and Laboratory Management — puts it. The list of things currently in the works is amazing: regenerating body parts on 'nano-scaffolding,' telepathy through electronic impulses in the scalp, and self-aware virtual photorealistic soldiers that can be deployed in the battlefield through 'quantum ghost imaging.' To test these they want to use them into a massively multiplayer online games like World of Warcraft or Eve online."
The Internet

Vista a Threat to Internet Freedom? 479

Posted by ScuttleMonkey from the leave-it-to-business-to-ruin-a-good-time dept.
BBC columnist Bill Thompson warns readers that new DRM technology, especially that found in Vista, is damaging the freedoms that the internet was based on. "The freedom of expression that was once available to users of the Internet Protocol is being stripped away. Our freedom to play, experiment, share and seek inspiration from the creative works of others is increasingly restricted so that large companies can lock our culture down for their own profit. [...] governments and corporations around the world are making a concerted effort to dismantle the open internet and replace it with a regulated and regulable one that will allow them to impose an 'architecture of control.'"
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Microsoft Extends 360 Warranty to One Year 68

Posted by Zonk from the break-it-now-if-you-can dept.
Gamasutra reports that Microsoft has extended the warranty on the Xbox 360, giving consumers one year from their date of purchase to receive essentially free repairs. This is being done to put the U.S. and Canada in line with the warranty offered in other parts of the globe, and is retroactive. From the article: "... [C]onsumers who may have already paid for an out-of-warranty Xbox 360 repair within one year of purchase will be eligible for reimbursement of their console repair charges. Microsoft notes that those who have already paid for such repair charges within their first year of ownership can expect reimbursement checks for the amount of their console repair in approximately 10 weeks. The company adds that reimbursements will be automatically distributed, so customers do not need to contact Microsoft directly."

Comment Re:The Usefulness of HST (Score 1) 498

by gorilla (#8533578) Attached to: O'Keefe Under Fire for Hubble, ISS Decisions
the new telescope cannot be fixed

Which makes it just like every other scientific satellite and probe with the exception of HST.

It's proven cheaper to build a completely new satellite and launch it than it is to have a repairable satellite. Repairing means having to build the satellite in such a way that an astronaut can get to the components, and change them, which means: 1) Larger. A component which is designed to be replaced has to be accessable, which means you can't pack them together so well. Everyone knows it's harder to repair & upgrade laptops than desktops, because the laptops are built to be as small as possible. 2) Heavier. Same reason. 3) In a possibly less useful orbit. JWST couldn't do what it's going to do in HST's orbit. It would be too warm, and too prone to tidal variations. 4) Sometimes not repairable after all. HST's mirror was never replaced, it's got the original, misbuilt one. It's simply too big & difficult to replace the mirror. The cost of getting astronauts up there is so huge, that added to the expense of 1 & 2, that means that it would actually be cheaper to have launched a series of HST's, than to repair & upgrade the HST.

Comment Reminds me of an old MSDOS virus (Score 2) 129

by pokle (#447212) Attached to: Bacteria Encrypts Sperm, Encourages Speciation
This reminds me of an old MSDOS virus that modified your FAT disks such that only computers infected with the virus could read the disks! So people with infected computers would reach the conclusion that there was something wrong with the un-infected PCs. Then they might offer their boot disk to the owners of un-infected PCs - "Try this... If it works, there's something wrong with your DOS disk"... And the whole cycle repeats :-)

Do you remember what this virus was called? Perhaps there were many that used this strategy.

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