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Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:30:00 GMT

NH Supreme Court Hears Case On Protections For Anonymous Sources Online

fulldecent writes 'The New Hampshire Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in a lawsuit that calls into question the legal protections available to independent Web sites that cover news. The case involves mortgage lender Implode-Explode, a Las
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:30:00 GMT

Antimatter In Lightning

AMESN writes 'The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, launched last year, detects gamma rays from light years away, but recently it detected gamma rays from lightning on Earth. And the energy of the gamma rays is specific to the decay of positrons, which
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 13:19:00 GMT

Radar Beats GPS In Court Or Does It?

TechnologyResource writes 'More than two years ago in California, a police officer wrote Shaun Malone a ticket for going 62mph in a 45-mph zone. Malone was ordered to pay a $190 fine, but his parents appealed the decision, saying data from a GPS tracking
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 10:17:00 GMT

Skype's Legal Situation Clears

chill writes 'Skype's co-founders, Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom, have agreed to transfer ownership of the remaining Skype technology that eBay didn't own, paving the way for eBay to complete its sale of a majority stake in Skype to an investor
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 07:14:00 GMT

John Carmack Says No Dedicated Servers For Rage

AndrewDBarker writes 'Modern Warfare 2 will use a matchmaking setup powered by IWNet for online play (as we've discussed). It's too early to say what Rage will use, but Carmack indicated he believed the servers are something of a remnant of the early
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 06:46:00 GMT

Norwegian Court Rules ISP Doesn't Have To Block The Pirate Bay

C4st13v4n14 writes 'In a sudden outbreak of uncommon sense yesterday, a Norwegian District Court handed down the decision that Telenor, Norway's largest ISP, will not have to block access to The Pirate Bay. Telenor was sued earlier this year by the IFPI
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 05:31:00 GMT

Editor's Note: Making Multi-Channel Firewire Music With Linux

This column is a bit premature because I haven't had time to set things up and test them yet. But I'm excited about getting started, so here are some preliminary notes on multi-track recording in Linux using a Firewire device. I scored a nice deal on a
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 03:29:00 GMT

KDE Founder Receives Highest German Honor

Jiilik Oiolosse writes 'KDE founder Matthias Ettrich was decorated today with the German Federal Cross of Merit for his contributions to Free Software. The Federal Cross of Merit is both the most prestigious as well as the only general decoration awarded
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 03:25:00 GMT

The Answer Factory: Demand Media and the Fast, Disposable, and Profitable as Hell Media Model

Illustration: Stephen Doyle Christian Muoz-Donoso is going to make this job pay, he?s got to move quickly. He has a list of 10 videos to shoot on this warm June morning, for which he?ll earn just $200. To get anything close to his usual rate, he?ll have
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 01:59:00 GMT

Sony Demos Natal-Like Control System

An anonymous reader writes 'It's not just Microsoft investigating full body, markerless motion capture. Sony has enlisted the help of Swiss firm Atracsys to develop similar technology. Sony has openly discussed the technology with New Scientist, and has
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 01:23:00 GMT

2010 Superfly Will Make You Say "My Oh My"

Editor's note: We recently reviewed the tough-as-nails Superfly. That compared to the improvements made on the newest model compared to the improvements made on the newest model. --- First, a little history lesson. For hardcore cross-country mountain
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:49:00 GMT

AMD Graphics Chip Shortage Hits PC Vendors

CWmike writes 'An offshore AMD foundry is having trouble ramping up production of a new 40-nanometer GPU, forcing PC makers to delay shipments of desktop and laptop computers, AMD confirmed today. TSMC is struggling to get up to speed manufacturing AMD's
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:14:00 GMT

Replace Your MacBook's Hard Drive Yourself

From Wired How-To Wiki Jump to: navigation, search Image by You're here because you want to give your MacBook a storage upgrade. It's a minimally invasive procedure, but one you'll want to do with great care. With luck, it's an elective procedure, rather
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 23:58:00 GMT

Microsoft launching health tech video show

Aiming to reinforce its medical pedigree, Microsoft next week is launching a video show on developments in the health care technology arena. The show's host, Bill Crounse, senior director of worldwide health at Microsoft, is a veteran of both
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 23:43:00 GMT

Creepy, Cool Ghosts of 'Christmas Carols' Past

Few literary classics have gone as viral as Charles Dickens? immortal novella in Prose: Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. The latest iteration, opening Friday, is Disney?s 3-D movie starring Jim Carrey as a freaky-faced Scrooge. Directed by
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 23:34:00 GMT

China Bans Physical Punishment For Net Addicts

gimmebeer writes to tell us that months after a teen was beaten to death in an Internet boot camp, China has banned the use of physical punishment to help teens kick their net addiction. 'The death of 15-year-old Deng Senshan, just hours after he checked
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 23:30:00 GMT

Hands-on with the Nokia Booklet 3G

Mobile phone maker Nokia is jumping into the Netbook pool with its recently announced Booklet 3G laptop (as seen in the video). We've just gotten our hands on the final version of the system, and here are our initial impressions. The Booklet 3G is easily
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 23:28:00 GMT

Telecoms Announce "One Voice" Initiative to Promote LTE Wireless Broadband Stand

suraj.sun writes to mention that Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks may have just gotten a boost over WiMax in the battle for wireless broadband dominance. A group of telecom companies has created the 'One Voice' initiative, designed to promote a
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 22:39:00 GMT

Lessons From the War Over Skype

Kodak says its new all-in-one printers can save you $110 a year in ink costs. HP opens App Studio for its new Web-connected printer. Epson adds two new all-in-one printers that combine performance with attractive design. A new Selphy photo printer can
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 22:37:00 GMT

Drupal Multimedia

coder4hire writes 'Of the leading content management systems used by developers for creating websites, Drupal is highly regarded for many characteristics, including a much smaller initial footprint, compared to Joomla and other CMSs. Yet some developers
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT

Intel lampooned by Nvidia toons

If anyone needs any further proof that there's no love lost between chipmakers Nvidia and Intel, they need look no further than a cartoon collection linked from Nvidia's corporate blog, nTersect The small but growing compendium of anti-Intel funnies,
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 21:52:00 GMT

Picks of the Week: Berkshire, Starbucks, Cisco, MasterCard

Highlights of analyst stock opinions issued the week of Nov. 2-6: Jefferies & Co. reaffirms hold; raises price target Starbucks said its fourth-quarter profit climbed and it lifted its fiscal 2010 adjusted earnings guidance due to improving traffic in
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 21:49:00 GMT

Multi-Button OpenOfficeMouse At OOoCon 2009

An anonymous reader writes 'WarMouse has announced their new multi-button OpenOfficeMouse for OpenOffice.org at the 2009 OOoCon in Orvieto, Italy. The mouse, which features 18 buttons, a scroll wheel, and an analog joystick, has double-click
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 21:47:00 GMT

Adding a 'SixthSense' to Your Cellphone

Many Indians bought their first mobile phones before they had their first experiences with personal computers. Pranav Mistry thinks that most of them might also skip keyboards and mice and go straight to more intuitive and interactive interfaces. Mr.
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 21:15:00 GMT

Cleaning Up the Clutter Online

It’s a new button on your Web browser’s toolbar. With one click, it eliminates EVERYTHING from the Web page you’re reading except the text and photos. No ads, blinking, links, banners, promos or anything else. The text is also changed to a
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 21:12:00 GMT

SAP tried to meet with Oracle over Sun-EU impasse

The letter from CEO Leo Apotheker fuels suspicion that the EU blocking the Sun acquisition due to lobbying efforts by SAP Shortly after European regulators opened an antitrust probe into Oracle's pending acquisition of Sun Microsystems, SAP CEO Léo
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 20:28:00 GMT

Microsoft Research Shows Off New Projects On College Recruiting Tour

In a recent college recruiting tour, Microsoft's Craig Mundie was able to showcase some of the experiments coming out of their Research division. Among some of the interesting projects were another pass at the Minority Report interface, eye-tracking,
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 20:25:00 GMT

Review: New Movie Can't Top Real-Life Men Who Stare at Goats

Maybe the greatest conspiracy of all was turning In a 2004 hilarious and mind-bending book, British journalist Jon Ronson recounts his efforts to uncover a loose ? from psychic spies to acoustic weaponeers to commandos who believed that they could stop
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 19:53:00 GMT

What Does Google Suggest Suggest About Humanity?

CNETNate writes 'You'll laugh, but mostly you'll cry. Some of the questions Google gets asked to deliver results for is beyond worrying. 'Can you put peroxide in your ear?', 'Why would a pregnancy test be negative?', and 'Why can't I own a Canadian?'
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 19:47:00 GMT

Droid Lurches to Life

Today is the . The Motorola (NYSE: MOT) smartphone touches down today in what's shaping up to be one of the biggest handset launches in recent memory. Of course Verizon is going all-in as far as advertising is concerned, but there's more to the Droid's
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 19:33:00 GMT