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| carlo nignehn [ mail: carlo.nignehn[at]streng-katholisch.de | homepage: carlo.streng-katholisch.de ] | Biometric IDs For All India's Citizens |
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wiedzmin writes "This month, officials from the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), armed with fingerprinting machines, iris scanners and cameras hooked to laptops, will fan out across the towns and villages of southern Andhra Pradesh state in the first phase of the project whose aim is to give every Indian a lifelong Unique ID (UID) number for 'anytime, anywhere' biometric authentication. While enrolling with the UIDAI may be voluntary, other agencies and service providers might require a UID number in order to transact business. Usha Ramanathan, a prominent legal expert who is attached to the Center for the Study of Developing Societies in the national capital, said that, 'taken to its logical limit, the UID project will make it impossible, in a couple of years, for an ordinary citizen to undertake a simple task such as traveling within the country without a UID number.' Next step, tying that UID number and biometric information to to their RIM BlackBerry PIN number."
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| raimund erdrg¼iĆ [ mail: raimund.erdrg¼iĆ[at]jasmin-wagner-fans.com | homepage: raimund.jasmin-wagner-fans.com ] | Big Brother In the School Cafeteria? |
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AustinSlacker writes "An Iowa school district's lunch program asks children as young as 5 years old to memorize a four-digit PIN code so it can monitor what they eat in the school cafeteria - prompting some parents to claim it's an unhealthy case of 'Big Brother.' An over reaction by parents or an unnecessary invasion of privacy?"
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| fetched via localhost | 9 September 2010, 12:10 am |
| raimund uihlcr [ mail: raimund.uihlcr[at]fickschlitten.com | homepage: raimund.fickschlitten.com ] | Viking Landers Might Have Missed Martian Organics |
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Sonny Yatsen writes "A new study suggests that the Viking Landers might have found organic compounds on Mars, but failed to recognize them because of the methodology used to detect organics. The findings may suggest specific strategies that would improve on the way organic compounds are detected on the red planet."
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| fetched via localhost | 8 September 2010, 11:13 pm |
| bert tnbkriue [ mail: bert.tnbkriue[at]streng-katholisch.de | homepage: bert.streng-katholisch.de ] | Online Ads, Privacy Remain In FTC Crosshairs |
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AC95 writes "The FTC wants to give users a browser-based tool for opting out of online behavioral tracking, a proposal that has privacy advocates cheering and online advertisers up in arms. A key issue, says FTC attorney Loretta Garrison, is that while most consumers know they're tracked online, they don't fully appreciate how much information is collected. Tim O'Reilly, founder and CEO of O'Reilly Media, worries about knee-jerk legislation criminalizing mistakes that are an inherent part of applying any new technology."
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| fetched via localhost | 8 September 2010, 10:25 pm |
| ulrich virotc [ mail: ulrich.virotc[at]fickschlitten.com | homepage: ulrich.fickschlitten.com ] | Anti-Product Placement For Negative Branding |
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An anonymous reader writes "Product placement to promote your brand just isn't enough any more. These days, apparently, some companies are resorting to anti-product placement in order to get competitors' products in the hands of 'anti-stars.' The key example being Snooki from Jersey Shore, who supposedly is being sent handbags by companies... but the bags being sent are of competitors' handbags as a way to avoid Snooki carrying their own handbag, and thus potentially damaging their brand."
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| brunhild ndkoar [ mail: brunhild.ndkoar[at]el.oberstufenhaus.de | homepage: brunhild.el.oberstufenhaus.de ] | Solar Cells Made From Bioluminescent Jellyfish |
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An anonymous reader writes "Swedish researchers have devised a way to turn bioluminescent jellyfish into solar cells. It works like this: the green fluorescent protein (GFP) that makes the Aequorea victoria glow is simply dripped onto a silicon dioxide substrate between two electrodes. The protein works itself into strands between the electrodes. When ultraviolet light is shined on the circuit, voila, the GFP absorbs photons and emits electrons, generating a current. The GFP-powered cells work like dye-sensitized solar cells, but don't require expensive materials such as titanium dioxide."
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| fetched via localhost | 8 September 2010, 9:45 pm |
| gerd atlorh [ mail: gerd.atlorh[at]creation-asociale.com | homepage: gerd.creation-asociale.com ] | How 6 Memorable Tech Companies Got Their Names |
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itwbennett writes "If Larry Page and Sergey Brin had stuck with the first name for their search engine, we'd be 'BackRubbing' instead of Googling. But the fun doesn't stop there. The unforgettable Go Daddy was first saddled with the eminently Seussian moniker 'Jomax Technologies.' And as for Yahoo!... its original name just rolled off the tongue: 'Jerry and David's Guide to the World Wide Web.'"
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| fetched via localhost | 8 September 2010, 9:03 pm |
| erika geninnh [ mail: erika.geninnh[at]ich-blicks.net | homepage: erika.ich-blicks.net ] | School Swaps Math Textbooks For iPads |
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MexiCali59 writes "Four of California's largest school districts will be trying something new on eighth-grade algebra students this year: giving them iPads instead of textbooks. The devices come pre-loaded with a digital version of the text, allowing students to view teaching videos, receive homework assistance and input assignment all without picking up a pen or paper. If the students with iPads turn out to do improve at a faster pace than their peers as expected, the program could soon spread throughout the Golden State."
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| fetched via localhost | 8 September 2010, 8:23 pm |
| michael lsehrac [ mail: michael.lsehrac[at]ich-blicks.net | homepage: michael.ich-blicks.net ] | Microsoft Suspends Gamer For Being From Fort Gay |
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maclizard writes "The town's name is real. But when Josh Moore tried to tell Seattle-based Microsoft and the enforcement team at Xbox Live that Fort gay was a real place, they wouldn't take his word for it. Or Google it. Or check the U.S. Postal Service website for a ZIP code. I personally feel for those of you from Big Bone Lick, KY"
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| fetched via localhost | 8 September 2010, 7:32 pm |
| leonore bnteiat [ mail: leonore.bnteiat[at]bongfaschist.de | homepage: leonore.bongfaschist.de ] | Lo-Fi Phones and the Future |
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bossanovalithium writes "Back in 1936 — 74 years ago — boffins accepted that about 3.3Khz was the accepted frequency that telephone calls are going to run on and it's been like that, generally, ever since. Call quality is reasonable but leaves a lot to be desired. Think calls from Skype to Skype where quality is often crystal clear." It's crazy to me that (for people with decent mics at least) Ventrillo sounds better than corporate conference calls.
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| fetched via localhost | 8 September 2010, 6:51 pm |
| sabine anhonj [ mail: sabine.anhonj[at]creation-asociale.com | homepage: sabine.creation-asociale.com ] | Cooking For Geeks |
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jsuda writes "You've got to have a lot of confidence and nerve to write and try to sell a nearly 400 page book on cooking to the take-out pizza and cola set. No cookbook is likely to turn many geeks into chefs or take them away from their computer screens. However, even though Cooking for Geeks contains a large number of recipes, it is not a conventional cookbook but a scientific explanation of the how and why of cooking which will certainly appeal to that group, as well as to cooking professionals and intellectually curious others." Read on for the rest of jsuda's review.
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| fetched via localhost | 8 September 2010, 6:17 pm |
| burghardt auskl [ mail: burghardt.auskl[at]hamgang.de | homepage: burghardt.hamgang.de ] | Google Instant Announced |
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GCPSoft writes with this quote from a Google announcement: "Google Instant is a new search enhancement that shows results as you type. We are pushing the limits of our technology and infrastructure to help you get better search results, faster. Our key technical insight was that people type slowly, but read quickly, typically taking 300 milliseconds between keystrokes, but only 30 milliseconds (a tenth of the time!) to glance at another part of the page. This means that you can scan a results page while you type."
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| fetched via localhost | 8 September 2010, 5:52 pm |
| alexander odnrla [ mail: alexander.odnrla[at]jasmin-wagner-fans.com | homepage: alexander.jasmin-wagner-fans.com ] | Narcissists, Insecure People Flock To Facebook |
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Meshach writes "A study out of Canada claims that Facebook is a magnet for narcissists and people with low self-esteem. The theory is that these people use the site as a means of self promotion or to feel important."
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| fetched via localhost | 8 September 2010, 5:17 pm |
| simon azsknaifr [ mail: simon.azsknaifr[at]bongfaschist.com | homepage: simon.bongfaschist.com ] | BP's Gulf Spill Report Shows String of Failures |
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eldavojohn writes "News is out of BP's report on the gulf spill that shifts some of the blame on to other companies like Transocean that worked with BP in erecting the Deepwater Horizon rig. If you were affected by the spill, you might find the video, executive summary and 193 page report an interesting read. The summary outlines six or seven major failures in safety and engineering that all built up to the deaths of eleven workers and widespread contamination of the gulf. From incorrectly using seawater instead of drilling fluid to misinterpreting pressure test results, this report is just BP's side of the story as the blowout preventer has been pulled up and is still on its way to NASA where it will be analyzed by government investigators who will be able to compile their own report."
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| fetched via localhost | 8 September 2010, 4:43 pm |
| gunther utsbrheu [ mail: gunther.utsbrheu[at]jasmin-wagner-fans.com | homepage: gunther.jasmin-wagner-fans.com ] | University Offers Class In Zombie Studies |
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Young people at The University of Baltimore will be able to study the zombie condition thanks to the newly available English 333. Students in the class will watch 16 classic zombie films and read zombie comics. Instead of writing a final research paper they may write a script or draw storyboards for their own zombie movie. Unfortunately the class doesn't seems to cover brain appreciation.
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| fetched via localhost | 8 September 2010, 4:34 pm |
| hermann rtlbae [ mail: hermann.rtlbae[at]fickschlitten.com | homepage: hermann.fickschlitten.com ] | Tractor Beams Come To Life |
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Jamie is helping bring our childhood fantasies/nightmares to life with a link that says "Andrei Rhode, a researcher involved with the project, said that existing optical tweezers are able to move particles the size of a bacterium a few millimeters in a liquid. Their new technique can move objects one hundred times that size over a distance of a meter or more."
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| fetched via localhost | 8 September 2010, 4:26 pm |
| konrad ehersat [ mail: konrad.ehersat[at]el.oberstufenhaus.de | homepage: konrad.el.oberstufenhaus.de ] | European Parliament All But Rejects ACTA |
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An anonymous reader writes "European Parliament today adopted Written Declaration 12/2010 which basically tells the Commission to all but drop the negotiations. From the article: 'Citizens from all around Europe helped to raise awareness about ACTA among Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) by collecting, one by one, more than 369 [of the MEPs'] signatures. With Written Declaration 12/20103, the European Parliament as a whole takes a firm position to oppose the un-democratic process of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), and its content harmful to fundamental freedoms and the Internet ecosystem.'"
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| fetched via localhost | 8 September 2010, 3:17 pm |
| christoph naj [ mail: christoph.naj[at]jasmin-wagner-fans.de | homepage: christoph.jasmin-wagner-fans.de ] | Assange Asks For New Lawyer, Denies Blaming CIA |
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Tootech writes "Julian Assange has requested a new lawyer to represent him during a rape investigation in Sweden because his previous brief, Leif Silbersky, was not engaged enough with the case. Assange wants Bjorn Hurtig to represent him as authorities continue to investigate the allegations, according to AP. Assange told Sweden's TV4 that he had never blamed the CIA for the "smears""
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| fetched via localhost | 8 September 2010, 2:51 pm |
| gerhard adlref [ mail: gerhard.adlref[at]bongfaschist.com | homepage: gerhard.bongfaschist.com ] | Researchers Discover Irresistible Dance Moves |
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sciencehabit writes "To find out if certain dance moves are more attractive to women than others, researchers recruited a bunch of college guys and used motion-capture to create avatars of them dancing. When women watched the avatars (2 videos included in story), the men they found most attractive were those who kept their heads and torsos moving without flailing their arms and legs. The researchers say dancing is thus an honest signal to women of the man's strength and health, just as it is in crabs and hummingbirds, who also move in special ways to attract mates."
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| fetched via localhost | 8 September 2010, 2:43 pm |
| ludwig arfnk [ mail: ludwig.arfnk[at]jasmin-wagner-fans.de | homepage: ludwig.jasmin-wagner-fans.de ] | Can NetBooks & Tablets Co-Exist? |
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bsk_cw writes "According to Computerworld's Serdar Yegulalp, there has been a lot of talk about whether the iPad will take the place of the netbook — or, in fact, whether it will eat into the market share for more mainstream desktop and laptop computers. But, he continues, the iPad has a long way to go before it becomes a netbook killer — if only because it has created a space all its own."
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| fetched via localhost | 8 September 2010, 1:58 pm |
| marianne ggroe [ mail: marianne.ggroe[at]bongfaschist.com | homepage: marianne.bongfaschist.com ] | Asteroids Flyby: 2010 RF12 & 2010 RX30 |
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Ernesto Guido writes "Two small asteroids (2010 RF12 & 2010 RX30) will pass within the Moon's distance of Earth today, September 08, 2010." One is 6-14 meters and the other is 10-20, so even if they change course, don't expect Bruce Willis to be called in.
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| fetched via localhost | 8 September 2010, 1:13 pm |
| rainer tlewahr [ mail: rainer.tlewahr[at]jasmin-wagner-fans.com | homepage: rainer.jasmin-wagner-fans.com ] | Google Logo Changes Again, Hinting RT Search? |
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siliconbits writes "The Google homepage is sporting a new logo that changes color as you type, and it is likely a big hint as to what the company will announce at its search event on Wednesday. When you arrive on the search giant homepage today, you will be greeted with a gray Google doodle."
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| fetched via localhost | 8 September 2010, 12:28 pm |
| friedrich teawrl [ mail: friedrich.teawrl[at]jasmin-wagner-fans.de | homepage: friedrich.jasmin-wagner-fans.de ] | The Effect of Snake Oil Security |
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Trailrunner7 writes "Threatpost has a guest column by Robert Hansen (aka Rsnake) about the long-term effects of snake-oil security products. 'I've talked about this a few times over the years during various presentations but I wanted to document it here as well. It's a concept that I've been wrestling with for 7+ years and I don't think I've made any headway in convincing anyone, beyond a few head nods. Bad security isn't just bad because it allows you to be exploited. It's also a long term cost center. But more interestingly, even the most worthless security tools can be proven to "work" if you look at the numbers.'"
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| andrea perrut [ mail: andrea.perrut[at]creation-asociale.com | homepage: andrea.creation-asociale.com ] | Rupert Murdoch Publishes North Korean Flash Games |
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eldavojohn writes "You might recall back in June when it was noted that North Korea was developing and exporting flash games. Now, the isolated nation state is apparently home to some game developers that are being published by a subsidiary of News Corp. (The games include Big Lebowski Bowling and Men In Black). Nosotek Joint Venture Company is treading on thin ice in the eyes of a few academics and specialists that claim the Fox News owner is 'working against US policy.' Concerns grow over the potential influx of cash, creating better programmers that are then leveraged into cyberwarfare capabilities. Nosotek said that 'training them to do games can't bring any harm.' The company asserts its innocence, though details on how much of the games were developed in North Korea are sparse. While one of the poorest nations in the world could clearly use the money, it remains to be seen if hardliner opponents like the United States will treat Nosotek (and parent company News Corp.) as if they're fostering the development of computer programmers inside the DPRK. The United Nations only stipulates that cash exchanged with companies in the DPRK cannot go to companies and businesses associated with military weaponry or the arms trade. Would you feel differently about Big Lebowski Bowling if you knew it was created in North Korea?"
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| fetched via localhost | 8 September 2010, 9:17 am |
| sabine hwtearl [ mail: sabine.hwtearl[at]jasmin-wagner-fans.de | homepage: sabine.jasmin-wagner-fans.de ] | Translating Brain Waves Into Words |
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cortex writes with an excerpt from the L.A. Times: "In a first step toward helping severely paralyzed people communicate more easily, Utah researchers have shown that it is possible to translate recorded brain waves into words, using a grid of electrodes placed directly on the brain. ... The device could benefit people who have been paralyzed by stroke, Lou Gehrig's disease or trauma and are 'locked in' — aware but unable to communicate except, perhaps, by blinking an eyelid or arduously moving a cursor to pick out letters or words from a list. ... Some researchers have been attempting to 'read' speech centers in the brain using electrodes placed on the scalp. But such electrodes 'are so far away from the electrical activity that it gets blurred out,' [University of Utah bioengineer Bradley] Greger said. ... He and his colleagues instead use arrays of tiny microelectrodes that are placed in contact with the brain, but not implanted. In the current study, they used two arrays, each with 16 microelectrodes."
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