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Black Screens For Unauthorized Copies of Windows 
timothy via Slashdot on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
arcticstoat writes "In a bid to deter people from using pirate versions of Windows XP, Microsoft is now updating its Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) tool to introduce a few uncomfortable niggles for users of pirated versions of Windows. These include replacing the desktop wallpaper with a black screen every 60 minutes, although you can still replace it with your wallpaper of choice in the interven
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Bell Labs Kills Fundamental Physics Research
timothy via Slashdot on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
An anonymous reader writes with this snippet from Wired: "After six Nobel Prizes, the invention of the transistor, laser and countless contributions to computer science and technology, it is the end of the road for Bell Labs' fundamental physics research lab. Alcatel-Lucent, the parent company of Bell Labs, is pulling out of basic science, material physics and semiconductor research and will inste
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Lenovo Requires NDA For Windows License Refund
timothy via Slashdot on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
tykev writes "A customer wanted to return the license for preinstalled Windows Vista Business that came with his Lenovo laptop. After some lengthy negotiations with representatives of Lenovo's technical support and management, he was offered financial compensation for returning the license in the amount of CZK 1950 (USD 130, EUR 78), pending his acceptance of a non-disclosure agreement that would
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Slashdot's Disagree Mail
samzenpus via Slashdot on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
There is an old Japanese proverb that goes, "Better than a thousand days of diligent study is one day with a great teacher." This week's mail is all about teaching. Whether it is about the seriousness of psychic ability, a short history of trolls or explaining how much free time and malice your dad's attorney has, these people just want to impart information. If what they sent me is any indication
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New Racing Simulation Distances Itself From Gamers
Soulskill via Slashdot on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
waderoush writes "In an unusual move that could alienate a large segment of potential customers, iRacing.com, an online racing simulation company that opened its site to the public on August 26, is calling its system a 'driver development tool' that isn't designed for PC or console gamers. 'We don't think of ourselves as a game company,' says one exec. 'World of Warcraft has a real appeal...But ou
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Wikileaks To Sell Hugo Chavez' Email
(unknown author) via Slashdot on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
Shared by Jordan T-H
Awesome.
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Wikileaks seems to be a bit hard-up for cash, so they're trying a little experiment. They plan to auction off an archive with three years worth of Hugo Chavez' email. The winner will get a period of embargoed access to break any stories they can find in the files, while Wikileaks will later
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Rover Exiting Crater To Continue Martian Marathon
Soulskill via Slashdot on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
Riding with Robots writes "The robotic geologist Opportunity has nearly reached the rim of Victoria Crater, which it is leaving after a year of exploration inside. Rover handlers decided to abandon attempts to approach the crater's cliff walls when they saw a power spike similar to the one that preceded a broken wheel on its twin, Spirit. Opportunity is already making do with a stuck robotic arm.
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New Algorithm Boosts Network Efficiency
Soulskill via Slashdot on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
palegray.net writes "Researchers at the University of California have developed a new network routing algorithm that has the potential to significantly boost Internet traffic routing efficiency. This new approach focuses on the needs of dynamic networks, where connections are frequently transient. From the article: 'What the team did with their new routing algorithm, according to Savage&#
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Intel X58 To Be First Non-NVIDIA Chipset To Get SLI
Soulskill via Slashdot on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
Vigile writes "In a somewhat surprising move from a company that is used to holding its proprietary technologies close to its chest, NVIDIA has announced that it is opening up a 'certified SLI motherboard' program for boards using the upcoming Intel X58 chipset. The X58 is Intel's core logic offering for Nehalem/Bloomfield processors and many people wondered how NVIDIA would support SLI on a platf
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IE8 Beta Released To Public
Soulskill via Slashdot on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
Tim writes "English, German, Simplified Chinese, and Japanese versions of Internet Explorer 8 have been released for public beta. New features include accelerators, which provide instant context menu access for a number of common tasks; automatic crash recovery, which prevents a single page's failures from taking down your entire browser; and browser privacy, a feature that didn't make Firefox 3.
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Wikileaks To Sell Hugo Chavez' Email
samzenpus via Slashdot: Your Rights Online on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Wikileaks seems to be a bit hard-up for cash, so they're trying a little experiment. They plan to auction off an archive with three years worth of Hugo Chavez' email. The winner will get a period of embargoed access to break any stories they can find in the files, while Wikileaks will later publish the archive in full. Wikileaks plans to use the profit
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45th Known Mersenne Prime Found?
samzenpus via Slashdot on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
An anonymous reader writes "The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) has apparently discovered a new world-record prime number. A GIMPS client computer reported the number on August 23rd, and verification is currently under way. The verification could take up to two weeks to complete. The last Mersenne prime discovered was over 9.8 million digits long, strongly suggesting that the new
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The Power Grid Can't Handle Wind Farms
samzenpus via Slashdot on Wed, 27 Aug. 2008
DesScorp writes "The Times reports on the problems of adding wind farms to the power grid. Because of the grid's old design, it can't handle the various spikes that wind farms sometimes have, and there's no efficient way to currently move massive amounts of that power from one section of the country to the other. Further complicating things is the fact that under current laws, power grid regulatio
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Full Immersion Cooling Comes To Desktop PCs
(unknown author) via Slashdot on Wed, 27 Aug. 2008
Shared by WindPower
J'aurais shared l'article meme s'il contenait pas le mot "inert" mais le fait qu'il contient ce mot a catalyzed my decision de le share
mr_sifter writes "After three years of research and around £100,000 of R&D costs, UK-based Armari has unveiled its XCP prototype. It's a full immersion liquid cooled PC which supports standard ATX c
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Mozilla Labs' "Ubiquity" Helps Automate Web Interactions
timothy via Slashdot on Wed, 27 Aug. 2008
Martin writes "Mozilla Labs have released a prototype version of the Firefox add-on Ubiquity. It is basically Launchy (the application launcher) for Firefox with the difference that Ubiquity makes use of web APIs and the Firefox browser. The official website contains examples, a command list, information about creating your own commands and of course the Ubiquity extension that is compatible with
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iPhone Web Claims Draw Governmental Rebuke in UK
(unknown author) via Slashdot on Wed, 27 Aug. 2008
Shared by Allan
I hate Flash, but it does lead to a decreased user experience when a lot of the video content available on the web is Flash; so, to say that "all" parts are on the web is misleading, and should have been changed.
Wills writes "Apple has been running an iPhone ad saying 'all parts of the internet are on the iPhone', but it had to be withdrawn after Br
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Capturing 3D Surfaces Simply With a Flash Camera
timothy via Slashdot on Wed, 27 Aug. 2008
MojoKid writes with this excerpt from Hot Hardware (linking to a video demonstration): "Creating 3D maps and worlds can be extremely labor intensive and time consuming. Also, the final result might not be all that accurate or realistic. A new technique developed by scientists at The University of Manchester's School of Computer Science and Dolby Canada, however, might make capturing depth
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Zero Day Threat
samzenpus via Slashdot on Wed, 27 Aug. 2008
Ben Rothke writes "Zero Day Threat: the Shocking Truth of How Banks and Credit Bureaus Help Cyber Crooks Steal Your Money and Identity is an interesting and eye-opening look at how banks and credit card companies make ID theft and fraud rather elementary. But with all that, this book must be read in the larger context of how today's society deals with, and is often oblivious to risk. When is comes
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Nvidia Firmly Denies Plans To Build a CPU
timothy via Slashdot on Wed, 27 Aug. 2008
Barence writes "A senior vice president of Nvidia has denied rumours that the company is planning an entry into the x86 CPU market. Speaking to PC Pro, Chris Malachowsky, another co-founder and senior vice president, was unequivocal. 'That's not our business,' he insisted. 'It's not our business to build a CPU. We're a visual computing company, and I think the reason we've survived the other 35 co
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Space Cube – the World's Smallest Linux PC
(unknown author) via Slashdot on Wed, 27 Aug. 2008
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http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2008/08/27/a-real-space-oddity-arrives-at-pc-pro/真小。。。
Barence writes "Meet the Space Cube — the world's smallest fully functional PC. Primarily designed for use in space, it somehow manages to cram a working PC wi
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