The Merck Veterinary Manual has long been the standard guide found in most veterinarian's back offices. Vets are required to serve the needs of many animals, not just one, and so this venerable book... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 28 Mar 2008 | 1:00 pm
Like the alchemists of old who converted lead into gold, Cellyspace launched an application yesterday that automatically converts RSS (Really Simple Syndication) to MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) feeds... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 28 Mar 2008 | 12:19 pm
PaisteUser tips us to an Ars Technica report discussing how 28.8% of Vista's crashes over a period in 2007 were due to faulty NVIDIA drivers. The information comes out of the 158 pages of Microsoft emails that were handed over at the request of a judge in the Vista-capable lawsuit. NVIDIA has already faced a class-action lawsuit over the drivers. From Ars Technica: "NVIDIA had significant problems when it came time to transition its shiny, new G80 architecture from Windows XP to Windows Vista. The company's first G80-compatible Vista driver ended up being delayed from December to the end of January, and even then was available only as a beta download. In this case, full compatibility and stability did not come quickly, and the Internet is scattered with reports detailing graphics driver issues when using G80 processors for the entirely of 2007. There was always a question, however, of whether or not the problems were really that bad, or if reporting bias was painting a more negative picture of the current situation than what was actually occurring."
Ryan sez, "We have a medical transcriptionist on staff who has been using the same keyboard for the last 8.5 years. My co-worker replaced it yesterday, and when he first showed it to me I thought someone... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 28 Mar 2008 | 12:10 pm
Ryan sez, "We have a medical transcriptionist on staff who has been using the same keyboard for the last 8.5 years. My co-worker replaced it yesterday, and when he first showed it to me I thought someone had taken a blowtorch to it! The most frequently used keys have been completely worn through, exposing the mechanism beneath. Zoom in and check out the indentation on the Backspace key! The keyboard still works fine, so there's something to be said for durability. BTW, it's a NMB Technologies model RT2358TW."
Some people are hard on keyboards -- I tend the blow the contacts on the left side of the board really fast, knocking out the Ctrl, Alt and left side of the spacebar. Charlie Stross's keyboards lose their lettering in mere months, and my pal Seth Schoen types like a machinegun, but I've never noticed any particular wear on his keyboards.
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A student was given a portfolio of high-quality Syd Mead promotional futuristic images intended as giveaways for United States Steel International customers, and he and his teacher scanned them and popped them on Flickr. This is wonderful stuff.
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A student was given a portfolio of high-quality Syd Mead promotional futuristic images intended as giveaways for United States Steel International customers, and he and his teacher scanned them and popped... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 28 Mar 2008 | 12:06 pm
Even the BBC has bloopers. The Guardian reports that a stiff-upper-lipper lost it after hearing the earliest recording of a human voice. Problem is, she lost it reading an obit. Here’s the gigglefest... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 28 Mar 2008 | 11:25 am
China's main mobile phone company said Friday it will launch trial service of the homegrown Chinese next-generation standard next week, possibly moving the huge market closer to the long-anticipated rollout... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 28 Mar 2008 | 11:16 am
China's main mobile phone company said Friday it will launch trial service of the homegrown Chinese next-generation standard next week, possibly moving the huge market closer to the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 28 Mar 2008 | 11:13 am
Southern California's economy will soon get a $70 million economic boost thanks to a delegation of Southern California business and government leaders who recently returned from a trip promoting trade and strengthening economic ties with India. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 28 Mar 2008 | 11:00 am
By John Murawski, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C. Mar. 28--Critics of Duke Energy's planned coal-burning power plant near Charlotte filed a legal challenge Thursday seeking to overturn the state environmental permit for the facility. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 28 Mar 2008 | 11:00 am
By Trenton Daniel, The Miami Herald Mar. 28--A year after 102 Haitian migrants jumped from a flimsy wooden sailboat and splashed ashore on a condo-spiked beach in Broward, almost all of them have been deported to their homeland. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 28 Mar 2008 | 11:00 am
By Larry Carson, The Baltimore Sun Mar. 28--An Ulman administration bill seeking to shift recycling expenses into the county's trash budget could lead to higher fees for residents. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 28 Mar 2008 | 11:00 am
By Tom Fowler, Houston Chronicle Mar. 28--Reliant Energy's $300,000 gift to help preserve coastal forests near Houston also will help the company get ready for a future fixture of the power business -- carbon trading. The donation to the U.S. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 28 Mar 2008 | 11:00 am
By Sue Kirchhoff and Jeff Martin DE SMET, S.D. -- To the west of this small town, which helped inspire Laura Ingalls Wilder's classic book series that included Little House on the Prairie, the view opens to a vast, unbroken landscape that seems to roll on forever. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 28 Mar 2008 | 11:00 am
By Chris Guy, The Baltimore Sun Mar. 28--Maryland's Eastern Shore could lose nearly 100,000 acres of farms and forest -- an area twice the size of Baltimore -- unless its counties and towns do a better job controlling growth, the state planning agency says in a new report. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 28 Mar 2008 | 11:00 am
By Robert Gavin, Albany Times Union, N.Y. Mar. 28--ALBANY -- City residents can soon pinpoint locations of thefts, rapes and murders on the Internet -- as well as send police anonymous tips via e-mail, officials said Thursday. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 28 Mar 2008 | 11:00 am
Over half of UK IT and network managers have no idea who or what's connected to their networks, putting the security of their enterprise networks at risk. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 28 Mar 2008 | 11:00 am
By James A. Fussell, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Mar. 28--Here's something you may not have seen, even though it has been around for several months. Have you discovered the "video bubble" search feature on YouTube? It's worth a peek if you haven't. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 28 Mar 2008 | 11:00 am
THREE Coventry-based police officers have received an award for their efforts in saving a man who attempted to commit suicide. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 28 Mar 2008 | 11:00 am
By Julie Shaw, Philadelphia Daily News Mar. 28--A judge yesterday set new bail terms for a 17-year-old youth accused of seriously wounding a Housing Authority police officer with an assault rifle in Germantown last month. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 28 Mar 2008 | 11:00 am
Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: Ness Technologies (Nasdaq: NSTC), Accenture Ltd. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 28 Mar 2008 | 11:00 am
Text of report in English by Japan's largest news agency Kyodo Tokyo, March 28 Kyodo - The Legal Affairs Bureaus in Japan launched investigations into a record 418 human rights abuses on the Internet last year, up 48 per cent from the previous year, the Justice Ministry said Friday. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 28 Mar 2008 | 11:00 am
By Michael Biesecker, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C. Mar. 28--RALEIGH -- The handpicked chairman of a committee appointed to review whether Gov. Mike Easley's administration is breaking public records law by deleting e-mails said he never sends them in the first place. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 28 Mar 2008 | 11:00 am
Even the best web-enabled gadgets can't make web-browsing comfortable. But developers of some products have a new approach: Instead of offering full-fledged web access, they tap the net selectively to power particular functions. Welcome to the invisible internet.
Red Hat Inc. said its fourth-quarter profit rose 7 percent as the software distributor worked to expand the footprint of its open source products with costly internal investments. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 28 Mar 2008 | 10:58 am
A study of more than 300 people with Parkinson's found that they were more than twice as likely as non-sufferers to report heavy exposure to pesticides over their lifetime Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 28 Mar 2008 | 10:47 am
An analyst upgraded shares of Cirrus Logic Inc. , and said the microchip developer will gain market share following a rival's contract loss. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 28 Mar 2008 | 10:40 am
Shares of Apollo Group Inc. may decline on Friday, following after the education company said it lost $32 million in the fiscal second quarter because of charges related to a lawsuit. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 28 Mar 2008 | 10:32 am
Samsung Electronics Co. trimmed its sales forecast for this year on global economic woes, but said profit will be up because of growth in key areas such as memory chips, flat-panel displays and mobile... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 28 Mar 2008 | 10:32 am
Samsung Electronics Co. trimmed its sales forecast for this year on global economic woes, but said profit will be up because of growth in key areas such as memory chips, flat-panel... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 28 Mar 2008 | 10:29 am
The Pulp of the Day blog uploads a new scanned-in cover from a classic pulp magazine or novel every day. The science fiction ones are superb (Warren Ellis subtitled these both "Fuck you spaceship!")
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The Pulp of the Day blog uploads a new scanned-in cover from a classic pulp magazine or novel every day. The science fiction ones are superb (Warren Ellis subtitled these both "Fuck you spaceship!") ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 28 Mar 2008 | 10:21 am
By Andrew Liszewski When I first read about this whole 'digital pen' trend a year or so ago, I really wasn't sure if there was a market for the devices as most people now rely on computers, cellphones... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 28 Mar 2008 | 10:18 am
This appears not to be a joke: the Quantum Sleeper is a bed that hermetically seals itself as you sleep to protect you from "Bio-Chemical terrorist attack," "natural disaster," "kidnappers/stalkers" (only... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 28 Mar 2008 | 10:16 am
This appears not to be a joke: the Quantum Sleeper is a bed that hermetically seals itself as you sleep to protect you from "Bio-Chemical terrorist attack," "natural disaster," "kidnappers/stalkers" (only those who don't possess a forklift, surely) and affords "Bulletproof 'Saferoom' protection."
1.25" Polycarbonate Bulletproof Plating/Shielding
Bio-Chemical Filtered Ventilation
Rebreather
Control Panel Mode Selection (i.e., Basic System Ops., Intruder Setting, Energy Status, Lock Down, etc.)
Cover & Door Actuators w/ Emergency Release
One way see through head cover (reflective mirror on 2 sides and front)
Safety Features (Proximity Sensor, O2 Sensor, Smoke Det., Motion Det. Ect,)
Emergency Communication system (Cellular, Short-wave Radio, CB ect.)
Audio Amplifier (Amplify sound from out side unit)
Air/Water Tight Sealing
External Override Key Pad & Remote Control
Battery Backup Power
Toiletry system
Avid readers of the November 1928 ish of Modern Mechanix may have been tempted to follow the advice in this article and build giant, deadly monowheels for their kiddies, powered by motorcycle engines... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 28 Mar 2008 | 10:11 am
Avid readers of the November 1928 ish of Modern Mechanix may have been tempted to follow the advice in this article and build giant, deadly monowheels for their kiddies, powered by motorcycle engines. I know I sure am.
POWERED by a motorcycle engine and operated through the conventional handlebar control, a rubber-tired motor wheel has been invented which is claimed to represent the ideal in cheap and rapid transportation. The device is so simple that a youngster can operate it. The large wheel is fitted with a continuous inner track along which run a series of flanged wheels on which the mechanism revolves. The rider is seated inside the wheel on a regulation motorcycle saddle.
In this transcript from the notorious trial of a British man who stole 40,000 coat hangers from hotels, the defendant, a sharp-witted loony, runs rings around the opposing counsel, making highly entertaining... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 28 Mar 2008 | 10:10 am
In this transcript from the notorious trial of a British man who stole 40,000 coat hangers from hotels, the defendant, a sharp-witted loony, runs rings around the opposing counsel, making highly entertaining (and disturbing) fun of him:
Judge: I think Mr Chrysler is running rings round you already. I would try a new line of attack if I were you.
Counsel: Thank you, m’lud.
Chrysler: And thank you from ME, m’lud. It’s nice to be appreciated.
Judge: Shut up, witness.
Chrysler: Willingly, m’lud. It is a pleasure to be told to shut up by you. For you, I would…
Judge: Shut up, witness. Carry on, Mr Lovelace.
Counsel: Now, Mr Chrysler - for let us assume that that is your name - you are accused of purloining in excess of 40,000 hotel coat hangers.
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Counsel: Are you seriously suggesting that there are people who prefer hotel life to home life?
Chrysler: Certainly. A lot of businessmen would never go home if they had the chance. So when they get home they like to recreate the hotel experience in their own house. Many of my clients have their own mini-bars in their bedrooms. They have TV sets at the end of the bed on a raised shelf, often with an adult sex channel on it. All their bathroom products come in wrappers and are thrown away each day. I have even known people in their own home put out “Do Not Disturb” notices on the door of their own bedroom.
Blake sez, "In a previous BB post, Mark wrote about a Japanese man who has been documenting online the life of a vending machine since 2005. He just created a little papercraft version of that self-same vending machine so you can feel like you're right there with him."
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The SFinSF free science fiction reading series continues apace: this month, it's Patricia McKillip and David Lunde, reading and speaking gratis on the 20th of April:
PATRICIA MCKILLIP - "one of the foremost American authors of fantasy and science fiction novels, distinguished by lyrical, delicate prose and careful attention to detail and characterization." She won the World Fantasy Award in 1975 for THE FORGOTTEN BEASTS OF ELD, the Locus Award in 1980 for HARPIST IN THE WIND and the World Fantasy Award in 2005 for OMBRIA IN SHADOW. Her novels have the further distinction of beautiful cover paintings by artist Kinuko Y. Craft. She is also the author of The Riddlemaster trilogy, comprising THE RIDDLEMASTER OF HED, HEIR OF SEA AND FIRE, and HARPIST IN THE WIND; her most recent novels include ALPHABET OF THORN, OD MAGIC, HARROWING THE DRAGON,and SOLSTICE WOOD, winner of the 2007 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature. She is married to David Lunde, a poet.
DAVID LUNDE - "Lunde has been Co-Editor and Publisher of The Basilisk Press, Managing Editor of Drama & Theater, and Poetry Editor of The Riverside Quarterly. He is the author of seven books of poetry, the most recent of which are BLUES FOR PORT CITY (Mayapple Press), HEART TRANSPLANTS & OTHER MISAPPROPRIATIONS (Mellen Poetry Press), and NIGHTFISHING IN GREAT SKY RIVER (Anamnesis Press). He has won the Academy of American Poets Prize and two Rhysling Awards for Best SF Poem of the year. Lunde's poems and translations have appeared in Poetry, TriQuarterly, Feminist Studies, Renditions, Field, Northwest Review, Asimov's SF and more than 230 other magazines and anthologies." He is married to Patricia McKillip, an author.
April 20, 5:30PM
The Variety Preview Room
The Hobart Building, 1st Floor
582 Market St. @ Montgomery, by Montgomery St. MUNI/BART
Entrance to the Hobart Bldg. is between Citibank and Quiznos
David sez, "I made these 1UP Cakes for the one year anniversary of a Nintendo DS night near me, and have now put the recipe up on Instructables."
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Greg sez, "In its claims for trademark infringement against an online parodist, Wal-Mart claimed that it had trademark rights in the ubiquitous yellow smiley face. Not only did Wal-Mart lose its case, the judge held it had no rights in the smiley face mark. The smiley face has been liberated!"
"This ruling shows that even the biggest company in America is subject to parody, and that trademark rights must yield to the right of free speech. This is a resounding victory for First Amendment rights and sends a clear message to big corporations that would try to use their deep pockets to intimidate and silence their critics."
ZDOne writes "Apple might have finally come around to allowing third party developers to create applications for the iPhone, but only up to a point. ZDNet UK claims Apple is leaving itself vulnerable to the competition and to a loss of lustre by blocking background tasks on the device. The author notes, 'Perhaps it doesn't trust application designers or users very much. Perhaps it wants the best software for itself, where it can limit what it can do in order not to upset its telco friends. Whatever the reason, it reflects badly on Apple. The iPhone is not an iPod; it's a smartphone connecting to a universe of fast-changing data on behalf of innovation-hungry users. The sooner it stops pretending to be a 1981 IBM PC, the better it will be for everyone.'"
By Suszkiw, Jan Sugar beets supply one-third of the world?s sugar. Each year, America?s $1.27 billion sugar beet industry generates about 40 million tons of pulp?most of which is used as an inexpensive livestock feed or disposed of at cost. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 28 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
Unions have expressed disappointment after a dairy group announced it was consulting on the future of a milk processing operation in South East Cornwall. Robert Wiseman Dairies yesterday drew together its 133 staff at the plant in Pensilva, near Liskeard, to announce the news. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 28 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
By Rob Pavey Staff Writer Residents in Augusta and Columbia County are conserving water - and their respective utility directors have evidence to prove it. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 28 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
As rates for the service rise, a panel will debate a bill to eliminate costs charged by phone and cable companies offering voice-over-Internet service. ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 28 Mar 2008 | 7:00 am
An analysis of 50 studies finds that the region's temperatures are increasing faster than in the rest of the country and the planet as a whole. ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 28 Mar 2008 | 7:00 am
An analysis of 50 studies finds that the region's temperatures are increasing faster than in the rest of the country and the planet as a whole. ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 28 Mar 2008 | 7:00 am
The cable TV company was criticized for allegedly blocking BitTorrent software for watching video online. After... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 28 Mar 2008 | 7:00 am
PHOENIX, March 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Today an Arizona consumer filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against LifeLock, a heavily promoted company that claims to protect... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 28 Mar 2008 | 7:00 am
SAN MATEO, Calif., March 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Avistar Communications Corporation (Nasdaq: AVSR) has announced the addition of two new features to its C3 platform... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 28 Mar 2008 | 7:00 am
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pharsight Corporation (Nasdaq: PHST), a leading provider of software, strategic consulting, and regulatory... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 28 Mar 2008 | 6:30 am
REHOVOT, Israel, March 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd. (Nasdaq: NVMI) provider of leading edge stand-alone metrology and the market leader of Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 28 Mar 2008 | 6:24 am
Matty the Monkey brings us a story from the BBC about silicon chips which can bend, flex, and even stretch. Researchers have developed a method to create circuits just 1.5 microns thick, which can then be bonded to a type of rubber to allow a great degree of flexibility. Scientists and companies see uses for these circuits in products ranging from "electronic paper" to form-fitting sensor devices to advanced brain implants. From BBC News: "To create the foldable chips, these circuit layers are deposited on a polymer substrate which is bonded in turn to a temporary silicon base. Following the deposition of the circuits, the silicon base is discarded to reveal delicate slivers of circuitry held in plastic. These are then bonded to a piece of pre-strained rubber. When the strain is removed, the rubber snaps back into shape, causing the circuits on the surface to wrinkle accordingly."
COVINGTON, Ky., March 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Valley Forge Composite Technologies, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: VLYF) announced today that it has reached an agreement... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 28 Mar 2008 | 6:00 am
OSLO (Reuters) - John Griggs Thompson of the United States and Jacques Tits of France were awarded a $1.2 million Norwegian mathematics prize on Thursday for their work in algebra and group Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 28 Mar 2008 | 5:42 am
The college gossip Web site JuicyCampus.com has criticized a consumer fraud investigation launched by the New Jersey attorney general. "JuicyCampus has not violated any laws," reads an... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 28 Mar 2008 | 4:32 am
The leader of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland is expected to launch another attack on the Government's controversial embryo research plans. Cardinal Keith O'Brien Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 28 Mar 2008 | 4:24 am
Multiple readers have written to let us know that the MacBook Air was the first laptop to fall in the CanSecWest hacking contest. The successful hijacking took place only two minutes into the second day of the competition, after the rules had been relaxed to allow the visiting of websites and opening of emails. The TippingPoint blog reveals that the vulnerability was located within Safari, but they won't release specific details until Apple has had a chance to correct the problem. The winner, Charlie Miller, gets to keep the laptop and $10,000. We covered the contest last year, and the results were similar.
Two weeks ago we discussed a proposal from music industry veteran Jim Griffin to implement a monthly fee from ISPs in exchange for the legal distribution of copyrighted music. Now, quinthar brings news that Warner Music Group has hired Griffin with the intention to make that proposal a reality. Warner wants Griffin to establish a collective licensing deal with ISPs that would let the ISPs stop worrying about their legal responsibilities for file-sharing while contributing to a pool of money (potentially up to $20 billion per year) that would be distributed amongst the music industry. "Griffin says that in just the few weeks since Warner began working on this plan, the company has been approached by internet service providers 'who want to discharge their risk.' Eventually, advertising could subsidize the entire system, so that users who don't want to receive ads could pay the fee, and those who don't mind advertising wouldn't pay a dime. 'I.S.P.'s want to distinguish themselves with marketing," Griffin says. "You can only imagine that an I.S.P. that marketed a 'fair trade' network connection would see a marketing advantage.'"
When HTML 5 is adopted as the next revision of the web's standard language, which browser will lead the pack? Right now, Opera is best equipped to ride the web's bleeding edge, but Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari are running a tough race, too.
An anonymous reader points out an eWeek story about researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign who are designing a new web browser based on security. The new software, code-named OP for Opus Palladianum, will separate various components of the browser into subsystems which are monitored and managed by the browser kernel. Quoting: "'We believe Web browsers are the most important network-facing application, but the current browsers are fundamentally flawed from security perspective,' King said in an interview with eWEEK. 'If you look at how the Web was originally designed, it was an application with static Web pages as data. Now, it has become a platform for hosting all kinds of important data and businesses, but unfortunately, [existing] browsers haven't evolved to deal with this change and that's why we have a big malware problem.' The idea behind the OP security browser is to partition the browser into smaller subsystems and make all communication between subsystems simple and explicit."
Your days of paying for your own drinks are over. Master these simple tricks, then use them to take advantage of the gullible, intoxicated masses at your local bar.
Riding with Robots writes "As previously reported, the robotic spacecraft Cassini recently flew through the mysterious geyser plumes at Saturn's icy moon Enceladus. Today, NASA released the preliminary results of the flyby, including some intriguing findings, such as organic materials 20 times denser than expected and relatively high temperatures along the fissures where the geysers emanate. 'These spectacular new data will really help us understand what powers the geysers. The surprisingly high temperatures make it more likely that there's liquid water not far below the surface,' said one mission scientist."
After years of secret wiretaps and Bush administration cloak-and-dagger, some civil libertarians and openness advocates dream of sweeping change in 2009. But history and bureaucratic momentum suggest there's no milk and honey ahead.
Hundreds of punk rockers and metalheads have taken to the streets of several Mexican cities to attack emo kids in a wave of violence that is drawing police and government intervention.
smooth wombat writes "In what can only be considered a bizarre court case, a former nuclear safety officer and others are suing the U.S. Department of Energy, Fermilab, the National Science Foundation and CERN to stop the use of the LHC (Large Hadron Collider) until its safety is reassessed. The plaintiffs cite three possible 'doomsday' scenarios which might occur if the LHC becomes operational: the creation of microscopic black holes which would grow and swallow matter, the creation of strangelets which, if they touch other matter, would convert that matter into strangelets or the creation of magnetic monopoles which could start a chain reaction and convert atoms to other forms of matter. CERN will hold a public open house meeting on April 6 with word having been spread to some researchers to be prepared to answer questions on microscopic black holes and strangelets if asked."
eldavojohn writes "Today was the first day that Peruvian teachers from remote villages began training to use the OLPC in their day-to-day activities. From the article: 'Success of OLPC now depends largely on frontline teachers and, of course, parents and kids. Peru's effort, if successful, would be a model for other nations. In the training now under way, teachers must become versed not only in how to operate and maintain the laptops, but also in how to do their jobs within a newly laptop-centric educational model. The laptops will contain some 115 books, including textbooks, novels, and poetry, as well as art and music programs, cameras, and other goodies. What many of these kids won't get is Internet access: about 90 percent of the villages lack it, and may not get it anytime soon.'"
The California Air Resources Board debates whether to cut increase the number of zero emissions vehicles manufacturers must produce — or scrap their program entirely.
Amit Agarwal writes "Adobe today launched a basic version of Adobe Photoshop available for free online. Photoshop Express will be completely Web-based so consumers can use it with any type of computer, operating system and browser. According to Yahoo! News, Adobe says providing Photoshop Express for free is part marketing and part a strategy to create up-sell opportunities. It hopes some customers will move from it to boxed software like its $99 Photoshop Elements or to a subscription-based version of Express that's in the works."
POWERED by a motorcycle engine and operated through the conventional handlebar control, a rubber-tired motor wheel has been invented which is claimed to represent the ideal in cheap and rapid transportation. The device is so simple that a youngster can operate it. The large wheel is fitted with a continuous inner track along which run a series of flanged wheels on which the mechanism revolves. The rider is seated inside the wheel on a regulation motorcycle saddle.
