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UK Government Plans 10-Year Database of Citizens' Travel 289

Posted by timothy on Monday February 09, 2009 @04:54AM from the always-on-vacation-in-oceania dept.

moderators_are_w*nke writes "The UK government is planning yet another database to track its citizens, this time keeping track of their movements in and out of the country for ten years. Just like all their other databases, this one 'is essential in the fight against crime, illegal immigration and [of course] terrorism.'" I'd be very surprised if the US is not already doing this, and just not making a point to let anyone know.

Comment Re:No phones? (Score 1) 504

by smeagols_ghost on Wednesday January 28, 2009 @05:44AM (#26636255) Attached to: How many phones do you have? Count wired phone extensions, cell phones, smartphones, and installed VoIP apps on all computers th

I find text, or texting on a phone to be far more useful when using street addresses and names. No confusion or tedium having to spell out things.

Circuit City Files For Bankruptcy 574

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday November 10, 2008 @02:11PM from the i-bet-their-execs-got-cashed-out dept.

WillDraven is just one of many who writes to tell us that Circuit City, the United States' 2nd largest consumer electronics retailer, has filed for bankruptcy under chapter 11. This news comes as no surprise as the company has been in financial trouble, recently announcing that it will be closing over one fifth of its stores and laying off 17% of its US employees in the process. "Larger rival Best Buy, which is based in Minneapolis, has said it might take over stores that distressed rivals close. Yet a flood of discounted merchandise from liquidating Circuit City stores could hurt Best Buy during this holiday shopping season, said Jefferies & Co analyst Dan Binder."

A Robot To Destroy Breast Cancer Cells 81

Posted by timothy on Sunday October 12, 2008 @02:03AM from the tunnelling-tumor-terminating-terrapin dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "Researchers at the University of Maryland are developing a robot able to detect and destroy breast cancer cells in a single session. After a tumor is located on an MRI, the robot will perform a biopsy of the breast while the patient is inside the scanner. 'If the biopsy displays cancerous cells, the robot will then insert a probe into the breast until it reaches the tumor. The probe will then burn the cancer cells until they are destroyed.' This looks great, but the researchers have only built a prototype. After they refine this robot, they'll need to go through clinical trials and obtain FDA approval. So this is not a robot that will appear on the medical market before several years."

Comment Re:Politics (Score 1) 114

by smeagols_ghost on Monday November 05, 2007 @07:29AM (#21239619) Attached to: Australian Researcher Boosts ADSL Speeds

you can't have ADSL without a phone service

Go to whirlpool.net.au and read about the various isp's trailing unbundled adsl services, in 6 to 8 months time it should be available to all exchanges with the isp's dslams installed. Which brings us to the second point

and soon I'll be paying more to take it up to 8M - the *maximum* I can achieve at any price.

This is slightly misleading, you can get more then 8M on adsl 2+, You just have to live in a suburb that is served by an upgraded exchange (most inner city suburbs, and quite a few outer in the capital cities). If you are renting or even buying a house it isn't that uncommon to put a conditional in the paperwork making it dependent on high speed net access being available.

Most of the problem stems from telstras monolply and the bs they put the other isps though to do the most simple things

Harry Potter Leaked Via Handheld Camera 427

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday July 17, 2007 @08:45PM from the too-big-a-perimeter-to-patrol dept.

owlgorithm writes "Salon reports that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows has been leaked four days before it hits bookstores. It turns out that someone with access to the American edition of the book has taken a photograph of every one of the pages and made them available via bittorrent. Publishers may well be quaking in their boots, but in some places the quality is barely legible. On many pages the pirateer's hands are in the pictures with other pages needing a bit of Photoshopping just to make out the words. It appears many of the sites have been removing the content, naturally enough."

Journal Journal: i want a T2 line :(

Journal by smeagols_ghost on Monday September 01, 2003 @09:08PM

the ppls nextdoor just had a T2 line put into there house (rich barstads), and they won't share, i even offered them beer.

Journal Journal: Lets play in the journal for the first time 1

Journal by smeagols_ghost on Thursday January 23, 2003 @10:35PM

well, what to say this is my first journal entry :)

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