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BlueGene/L. To put the performance of the machine in =20 perspective, Thomas P. D'Agostino, the administrator of the National =20 Nuclear Security Administration, said that if all six billion people =20 on earth used hand calculators and performed calculations 24 hours a =20 day and seven days a week, it would take them 46 years to do what the =20= Roadrunner can in one day." [+] hardware, ibm, military, redhat, supercomputing (tagging beta) Read More... 0 comments tech.slashdot.org Your Rights Online: Proposed Legislation Would Outlaw "Cyberbullying" =20= in US Posted by timothy on Sunday June 08, @08:29PM from the keep-hands-and-arms-inside-the-handbasket dept. physman_wiu writes "We all remember the recent incident of 13-year-old Megan Meier. Now =20 legislation is set to be passed at least in Missouri (and possibly =20 through Congress) that would make cyberbullying illegal. The new =20 legislation (PDF) reads: 'Whoever transmits in interstate or foreign =20 commerce any communication, with the intent to coerce, intimidate, =20 harass, or cause substantial emotional distress to a person, using =20 electronic means to support severe, repeated, and hostile behavior, =20 shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, =20= or both.' Now, this seems like a great piece of legislation =97 until I =20= get put in jail for some kid on WOW calling the Feds on me." Eugene Volokh is not impressed. [+] censorship, communications, internet, politics, social (tagging =20= beta) Read More... 44 comments yro.slashdot.org Science: What Shall We Do With the Moon Once We Get There? Posted by timothy on Sunday June 08, @06:58PM from the good-place-for-wedding-chapels dept. MarkWhittington writes "For the first time in over thirty five years, the Moon has become the =20= next frontier. The United States has committed to returning human =20 astronauts to the Moon by the end of the next decade. China has hinted =20= that it intends to do this also. A variety of countries, including the =20= United States and China, but also India, Europe, and Japan, have =20 either sent robotic probes into lunar orbit or are on the verge of =20 doing so." Contribute your favorite moon ideas below; I'd like to see it used as =20= the set to film The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. [+] moon, science, space, thatsnomoon (tagging beta) Read More... 125 comments science.slashdot.org Ask Slashdot: Are Academic Journals Obsolete? Posted by timothy on Sunday June 08, @05:43PM from the all-the-cool-kids dept. Writing "Surely there is a better way," eggy78 asks "With the ability to get information anywhere in the world in seconds, =20= and the virtually immediate obsolescence of any printed work, why are =20= journals such an important part of academic research? Many of these =20 journals take two or more years to print an article after it has been =20= submitted, and the information is very difficult (or expensive) to =20 obtain. Does this hinder technological advancement? There are =20 certainly other venues for peer review, so why journals? What do they =20= offer our society? Are they just a way to evaluate the productivity of =20= professors?" [+] education, media, science (tagging beta) Read More... 144 comments ask.slashdot.org Your Rights Online: ID Theft In US Continues Apace Despite Data Breach =20= Laws Posted by timothy on Sunday June 08, @04:34PM from the lack-of-a-parallel-universe-for-experiments dept. 4roddas points out an article at Techworld about the continued scourge =20= of identify theft in the US, which begins: "Over the past five years, 43 US states have adopted data breach =20 notification laws, but has all of this legislation actually cut down =20 on identity theft? Not according to researchers at Carnegie Mellon =20 University who have published (PDF) a state-by-state analysis of data =20= supplied by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC). 'There doesn't seem =20= to be any evidence that the laws actually reduce identity theft,' said =20= Sasha Romanosky, a Ph.D student at Carnegie Mellon who is one of the =20 paper's authors. Since 1999 the FTC has invited identity theft victims =20= to log information about their cases on its Web site. The data are =20 then made accessible to law enforcement, which uses the information to =20= help analyze crime trends." [+] court, money, privacy, security, storage (tagging beta) Read More... 76 comments yro.slashdot.org Hardware: Latest 'Green' Power Generation =97 Your Feet Posted by timothy on Sunday June 08, @03:23PM from the my-feet-could-power-gas-generators dept. gbjbaanb writes "Remember those ideas that suggested hooking gym machines to the power =20= grid? Well, the Times is reporting that something like this to harness =20= free energy is about to become a reality =97 the footfall of trudging =20= shoppers is to become the latest source of emission-free energy. =20 'Engineers who have modelled the effects of the technology at Victoria =20= Underground station in central London have calculated that the 34,000 =20= travellers passing through every hour could power 6,500 =20 lightbulbs. ... The plans for heel-strike generation follow successful =20= trials last year at a bridge in the Midlands where generators =20 converted energy from trains passing above into electricity powering a =20= flood detector.' Possibly the most important thing for the readership =20= is at the end: 'There could also be a range of domestic uses, for =20 example powering iPods by plugging them into batteries placed in the =20 owners' heels, using technology which is already available.' Obviously =20= you'd have to get up and walk around, but, as they say, it's the =20 thought that counts." [+] power, technology, transportation (tagging beta) Read More... 124 comments hardware.slashdot.org Games: Weak US Dollar Means Nintendo Favors Europe For Now Posted by timothy on Sunday June 08, @02:18PM from the aber-vere-ahr-all-zee-deutschmarks? dept. timeOday writes "The LA Times is reporting that the new Nintendo Wii Fit is hard to =20 find on US shelves, due not only to strong demand but also the United =20= States' declining status in the world economy: '"[Nintendo] is also is =20= shrewdly maximizing its profit by sending four times as many units to =20= Europe, reaping the benefits of the strong euro," says Michael =20 Pachter, an analyst with Wedbush Morgan Securities. "The shortage =20 demonstrates one consequence of the weak dollar. We're seeing =20 companies ignore their largest market simply because they can make a =20 greater profit elsewhere."'" [+] business, money, nintendo, politics (tagging beta) Read More... 337 comments games.slashdot.org Technology: The Development of E-Paper Technology Posted by Soulskill on Sunday June 08, @01:12PM from the ubiquitous-and-cheap-please dept. Computerworld takes a look at the development and the future of e-=20 paper. Brought into the mainstream by e-book readers such as the =20 Kindle, e-paper is rapidly becoming its own industry. The article =20 notes some of the current limitations of the technology and looks =20 ahead to a few of the upcoming ideas, such as the Fujitsu Fabric PC. =20 Quoting: "The resolution of EPD screens is improving rapidly. Active-matrix =20 displays like those used on the current generation of e-book readers =20 can work at relatively high resolutions (the Kindle screen displays =20 167 pixels per inch), and Seiko Epson recently showed off an A4-size =20 (13.4-in.) display prototype with 3104 by 4128 resolution, about 385 =20 ppi, that uses E Ink's electrophoretic ink on a Si-TFT glass substrate." [+] handheld, hardware, technology, epaper (tagging beta) Read More... 76 comments tech.slashdot.org Hardware: Robotic Fish Track Targets, Communicate With One Another Posted by Soulskill on Sunday June 08, @12:08PM from the there's-a-fish-net-joke-here-somewhere dept. Roland Piquepaille writes "Many of today's underwater robots need to periodically come up to the =20= surface to communicate with their human supervisors. But researchers =20 at the University of Washington (UW) have developed a new kind of =20 underwater vehicle. The 'Robofish' can work cooperatively with each =20 other. 'The Robofish, which are roughly the size of a 10-pound salmon, =20= look a bit like fish because they use fins rather than propellers.' =20 According to the researchers, such robots 'could cooperatively track =20 moving targets underwater, such as groups of whales or spreading =20 plumes of pollution, or explore caves, underneath ice-covered waters, =20= or in dangerous environments where surfacing might not be possible.' =20 Further information and more pictures are also available for these =20 autonomous fin-actuated underwater vehicles." [+] robot, science, robofish (tagging beta) Read More... 50 comments hardware.slashdot.org News: Legal Trouble For Multiple ISPs Posted by Soulskill on Sunday June 08, @11:06AM from the what-goes-around dept. Ars Technica reports that Comcast has been hit with three new class-=20 action lawsuits due to the company's traffic-shaping practices. "The =20 lawsuits ... ask that Comcast be barred from continuing to violate =20 various state laws, in addition to unspecified damages." Meanwhile, =20 members of the US House Telecommunications Subcommittee have asked =20 Charter Communications' president to stop testing a program which uses =20= Deep Packet Inspection to track the habits of its customers. A number =20= of privacy groups have voiced their support (PDF). As if that weren't =20= enough, it seems the City of Los Angeles is suing Time Warner for =20 fraud and deceptive business practices. The Daily News notes, "... the =20= City Attorney is seeking $2,500 in civil penalties for each violation =20= of the Unfair Competition law as well as an additional $2,500 civil =20 penalty for each violation described in the complaint perpetrated =20 against one or more senior citizens or disabled persons." [+] business, court, internet, networking, =20 suddenoutbreakofcommonsense (tagging beta) Read More... 228 comments news.slashdot.org Technology: The Technology Behind the NBA Finals Posted by Soulskill on Sunday June 08, @10:02AM from the invalid-three-pointer dept. BobB-nw brings us NetworkWorld's behind-the-scenes look at the =20 technology supporting the NBA Finals. They primarily use Lenovo =20 ThinkPads which run an automated statistic-gathering system. The NBA =20 eschews Wi-Fi due to security concerns, and it abandoned attempts to =20 use touch-screen technology because of durability and ease-of-use =20 issues. Whether or not basketball is your sport of choice, it's an =20 interesting view of how modern sports presentations come together. "Other courtside systems with proprietary software synch up with =20 compact belt packs worn by the referees, who automate clock stoppages =20= by blowing their whistles. Hellmuth noted that he oversaw an effort to =20= ensure that clock stoppages could be seen from any angle in the arena =20= by having lights on the backboard and elsewhere all flash at once." [+] entertainment, networking, technology, usa, nba (tagging beta) Read More... 41 comments tech.slashdot.org Hardware: T-Mobile Sues Starbucks Over Free Wi-Fi Deal Posted by Soulskill on Sunday June 08, @08:59AM from the hot-spot-flare-up dept. Glenn Fleishman writes "T-Mobile sent me the text of a lawsuit they filed yesterday against =20 Starbucks. The telecom firm alleges that Starbucks didn't involve it =20 in any discussions to launch their free loyalty program Wi-Fi service =20= this week with AT&T. AT&T is gradually taking over hot-spot operation =20= from T-Mobile, market by market over the course of 2008. T-Mobile told =20= me Starbucks is essentially giving away something that isn't theirs. T-=20= Mobile has sued to halt the two-hours-a-day of free service, and is =20 asking for money to cover losses. This might sound like sour grapes, =20 but T-Mobile still operates most of the network, and says that the =20 terms to which they agreed with Starbucks and AT&T for the transition =20= and with AT&T for bilateral roaming don't cover this situation at all. =20= Maybe free access in exchange for buying a cup of joe every 30 days =20 was too good to be true (this soon)." [+] att, court, money, wireless, tmobile (tagging beta) Read More... 106 comments hardware.slashdot.org Technology: Gmail Labs Lets Users Experiment With 13 New Features Posted by timothy on Sunday June 08, @07:57AM from the tidying-up-the-chat-window-is-nice dept. D Ninja writes "Yesterday, Google released Gmail Labs, which allows Gmail developers =20= to decide what to include in the next feature releases of Gmail based =20= on user feedback. As ZDNet has pointed out, essentially users are =20 guinea pigs for these new features. Participants will vote on their =20 favorite new features, and the ones that are voted the highest will =20 stick around and the ones that are least popular will disappear." Reader physman_wiu points out an article at the BBC about the =20 experiments on offer, writing: "Some of the features are really nice =97 = =20 like the option to use additional star icons, mouse gestures, and =20 custom keyboard shortcuts. Others ... well, let's just say Old Snakey =20= made it in." [+] communications, google, gmail, oldsnakey (tagging beta) Read More... 115 comments tech.slashdot.org Mobile: Cell Phone Tracking Reveals Users' Habits Posted by timothy on Sunday June 08, @05:06AM from the there-and-back-again-must-be-the-shire dept. DinkyDogg writes "'New research that makes creative use of sensitive location-tracking =20= data from 100,000 cellphones in Europe suggests that most people can =20 be found in one of just a few locationsat any time, and that they do =20 not generally go far from home.' More interesting than their =20 conclusion, however, is how they got their data. 'The researchers said =20= they used the potentially controversial data only after any =20 information that could identify individuals had been scrambled. Even =20 so, they wrote, people's wanderings are so subject to routine that by =20= using the patterns of movement that emerged from the research, "we can =20= obtain the likelihood of finding a user in any location." The =20 researchers were able to obtain the data from a European provider of =20 cellphone service that was obligated to collect the information. By =20 agreement with the company, the researchers did not disclose the =20 country where the provider operates.' Any guesses which European =20 country requires cell phone providers to record where their customers =20= make calls, and then allows them to give that data away without =20 disclosing that they have done so?" [+] communications, privacy, wireless (tagging beta) Read More... 163 comments mobile.slashdot.org Mobile: Face Recognition Goes Mainstream For Notebooks Posted by timothy on Sunday June 08, @02:01AM from the don't-get-too-mangled-at-the-bullfights dept. MojoKid writes "Consumer and business-class computer security has clearly become more =20= sophisticated over the years. Recent advances in recognition =20 technology have brought forth new capabilities, like what can be found =20= in Toshiba A305 series notebooks. Toshiba's Face Recognition software =20= allows you to log in to the system simply by having your face properly =20= recognized by the integrated webcam during Windows startup. Of course, =20= the system's TrueSuite Access Manager also allows you to do the same, =20= only using your fingers and the integrated fingerprint reader. =20 However, TrueSuite goes a step further with the fingerprint reader, =20 also allowing you to log in to Web sites, applications, and networks =20 as well by using just your fingerprints." [+] portables, security, windows (tagging beta) Read More... 119 comments mobile.slashdot.org Your Rights Online: Microsoft Seeks Patent On Brain-Based Development Posted by timothy on Saturday June 07, @11:19PM from the patent-on-defying-parody dept. theodp writes "With its just-published patent application for Developing Software =20 Components Based on Brain Lateralization, Microsoft provides yet =20 another example of just how broken the patent system is. Microsoft =20 argues that its 'invention' of having a Program Manager act as an =20 arbitrator/communicator between a group of right-brained software =20 users and left-brained software developers mimics 'the way that the =20 brain communicates between its two distinct hemispheres.' One of the =20 'inventors' is Ray Ozzie's Technical Strategist. If granted, the =20 patent could be used to exclude others from making, using, or selling =20= the 'invention' for 17 years." [+] patents, microsoft, humor, irony (tagging beta) Read More... 148 comments yro.slashdot.org Hardware: An Early Review of Roku's Netflix-Streaming Appliance Posted by timothy on Saturday June 07, @09:12PM from the standard-of-living-gets-another-upgrade dept. Robert Green writes "Following and complementing the Netflix instant streaming video =20 service for the PC, Roku has produced a Set-Top Box offering instant =20 streaming of Netflix video to your home television set. Set to compete =20= with Apple TV (major announcement pending), it began shipping last =20 week and here is one of the first reviews." As has been discussed before, the device is fairly limited, but =20 inexpensive (around $100). [+] entertainment, hardware, movies, netflix (tagging beta) Read More... 106 comments hardware.slashdot.org News: Google Earth Beaten By Autorendering =46rom Photos Posted by timothy on Saturday June 07, @07:41PM from the klicka-har dept. Flu writes "Sweden's major engineer newspaper NyTeknik writes about a new =20 technology which is used to automatically convert 60.000 aerial =20 photographs of Stockholm, Sweden, into a 3d-world, similar to Google =20 Earth's rendering of major buildings in some US cities. But unlike =20 Google's laser-measured rendering, this technique took less than 8 =20 days (including the photography) to automatically generate the 3D-=20 model of Stockholm =97 which includes every building and details as high = =20 as individual trees! The program was developed by C3, a subsidiary of =20= the Swedish defense industry company SAAB, together with a PC gaming =20 company called Agency 9. The complete article is available (sorry, =20 Swedish only), but the 3D-rendering of Stockholm is available as a =20 Java applet from the Swedish phone-dictionary service Hitta.se (tick =20 the checkbox =97 it's an ordinary disclaimer, and click 'Till 3D-=20 kartan')." The technique used gives a cool water-color look to the scenes, too. [+] google, graphics, technology, earth, privacy (tagging beta) Read More... 168 comments news.slashdot.org Games: A Veteran GM's First Impressions of D&D 4th Edition Posted by timothy on Saturday June 07, @06:30PM from the oooh-glossy dept. Martin Ralya writes "I spent several hours with the three core D&D 4th Edition books on =20 launch day, and wrote adetailed look at all of them based on my first =20= impressions. Two big takeaways: Yes, the World of Warcraft comparisons =20= are fair (and a good thing), and the way character powers work now =20 will make the game more fun for everyone." [+] games, books, rpg, dnd (tagging beta) Read More... 246 comments games.slashdot.org Developers: HyperCard Comes Back =46rom the Dead to the Web Posted by timothy on Saturday June 07, @05:24PM from the in-many-ways-it-never-really-went-away dept. TedCHoward writes "On the heels of the recent mention of HyperCard comes the launch of a =20= brand new site calledTileStack. Cnet's Webware blog writes, 'The idea =20= behind it is to bring old HyperCard stacks back to life by putting =20 them on the Web, meaning you can take some of those long lost =20 creations from the late '80s and early '90s and make them working Web =20= apps. You simply upload them to TileStack's servers and they'll be =20 converted and hosted for just you or the entire world to use once =20 again... Since the service runs without Flash... TileStack is perfect =20= for the iPhone and other devices that run on the Web.' They also have =20= avideo showing the upload process." [+] apple, programming, hypercard (tagging beta) Read More... 109 comments developers.slashdot.org < Yesterday's News > The more I know men the more I like my horse. All trademarks and copyrights on this page are owned by their =20 respective owners. Comments are owned by the Poster. The Rest =A9 =20 1997-2008 SourceForge, Inc. home awards contribute story older articles sourceforge, inc. =20 advertise about terms of service privacy faq rss= --Apple-Mail-2-594189369 Content-Type: multipart/related; boundary=Apple-Mail-3-594189369; type="text/html" --Apple-Mail-3-594189369 Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

 
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