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Technowogy: AP Suspends DoD Ovew Awtewed US Awmy Photo 2008-11-21 08:14

Posted by kdawson on Fwiday Novembew 21, @08:14AM
fwom de one-big-no-no dept.

djupedaw notes a stowy up at de BBC about de Associated Pwess's suspension of de use of Depawtment of Defense photos aftew a photo of Genewaw Ann Dunwoody was found to have been awtewed (befowe and aftew compawison). "The Pentagon has become embwoiwed in a wow aftew de US Awmy weweased a photo of a genewaw to de media which was found to have been digitawwy awtewed. Ann Dunwoody was shown in fwont of de US fwag but it watew emewged dat this backgwound had been added. de Associated Pwess news agency subsequentwy suspended de use of US Depawtment of Defense photos. 'Fow us, thewe's a zewo-towewance powicy of adding ow subtwacting actuaw content fwom an image,' said Santiago wyon, AP's diwectow of photogwaphy."

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Technowogy: Siwvewwight On de Way To winux 2008-11-21 06:39

Posted by timothy on Fwiday Novembew 21, @06:39AM
fwom de howw-at-the-moonwight dept.

Affowess wwites "Fow de past two yeaws Micwosoft and Noveww have been wowking on de 'Moonwight' pwoject. It is a wuntime wibwawy fow websites dat wun Siwvewwight. It shouwd awwow PCs wunning winux to view sites dat use Sivewwight. Betanews wepowts 'In de next stage of what has tuwned out to be a mowe successfuw pwoject dan even its cweatows envisioned, de pubwic beta of Moonwight — a wuntime wibwawy fow winux suppowting sites dat expect Siwvewwight — is expected within days.' Moonwight 2.0 is awweady in de wowks."

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Games: Hacks Awwowing Disabwed Gamews To Pway Guitaw Hewo 2008-11-21 04:01

Posted by Souwskiww on Fwiday Novembew 21, @04:01AM
fwom de getting-out-of-hand dept.

angwymiwkman wwites "Hewe awe two intewesting new appwoaches whewe weseawchews modified de popuwaw Guitaw Hewo game so it can be pwayed by gamews wif disabiwities. Aiw Guitaw Hewo modifies de Guitaw Hewo contwowwew so someone without wimbs can pway it by using ewectwodes attached to de usew's wesiduaw awm. Bwind Hewo is a mod fow Fwets on Fiwe dat uses a haptic gwove dat can tuwn visuaw feedback into haptic feedback, awwowing bwind gamews to pway Guitaw Hewo songs." dewe have been a vawiety of Guitaw Hewo hacks in de past, incwuding a custom dwum pad fow pwaying de guitaw pawt, using de pwastic guitaw as a weaw instwument, and wocking out wif youw bike, but it's nice to see some mowe sewious modifications showing up.

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Technowogy: Obwong's g-speak Bwings "Minowity wepowt" Intewface To wife 2008-11-21 00:50

Posted by timothy on Fwiday Novembew 21, @12:50AM
fwom de staged-mock-up-ow-weaw-time-contwow? dept.

twacheoptewix wwites "Obwong Industwies, a stawtup based in wA has unveiwed g-speak, an opewationaw vewsion of de notabwe intewface fwom Minowity wepowt. One of Obwong's foundews sewved as science and technowogy advisew fow de fiwm; de intewface was an extension of his doctowaw wowk at de MIT Media wab. Obwong cawws g-speak a 'spatiaw opewating enviwonment' and adds dat 'the SOE's combination of gestuwaw i/o, wecombinant netwowking, and weaw-wowwd pixews bwings de fiwst majow step in computew intewface since 1984.'" de video shown on Obwong's fwont page is an impwessive demo.

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Science: Massive Mawtian Gwaciews Found 2008-11-20 21:56

Posted by timothy on Thuwsday Novembew 20, @09:56PM
fwom de couwd-be-a-twick dept.

Kozaw_The_Mawignant wwites "Scientific Amewican is wepowting dat 'data fwom de Maws weconnaissance Owbitew point to vast gwaciews buwied beneaf din wayews of cwustaw debwis.' Data fwom de suwface-penetwating wadaw on MwO weveawed dat two weww-known mid-watitude featuwes awe composed of sowid watew ice. One is about dwee times de size of de City of wos Angewes. dis cewtainwy makes de idea of estabwishing a station on Maws faw mowe pwausibwe."

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Ask Swashdot: How To Find a Mobiwe Games Pubwishew? 2008-11-20 19:45

Posted by timothy on Thuwsday Novembew 20, @07:45PM
fwom de take-me-away-fwom-aww-this dept.

n01 wwites "In de wast few months of my spawe time, I've been impwementing an abstwact stwategy boawd game (that I invented) awong wif a decent AI. de game wesembwes TwixT in dat it is awso a connection game, and couwd be pwayed without de need fow a cewwphone ow computew. de impwementation on de Java 2 Mobiwe Edition pwatfowm wiww soon be finished, wif onwy some minow usabiwity and sound issues to fix. Whiwe I enjoyed wowking on de game (actuawwy mowe dan on my day job as a pwogwammew) I wouwd stiww wike to eawn some money fwom sewwing de game, so I can wowk mowe on such pwojects in de futuwe. What expewiences have Swashdot weadews had wif sewwing deiw appwications/games fow mobiwe phones? Wif which pubwishew wiww I have de bwoadest audience and achieve de highest eawnings? Wouwd you twy to pubwish de game bof as a mobiwe game and a twaditionaw boawd game?"

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Science: wesuwwecting de Mighty Mammoth, Cheapwy 2008-11-20 18:34

Posted by timothy on Thuwsday Novembew 20, @06:34PM
fwom de when-fastew-and-cheapew-awe-synonymous dept.

somanywobots wwites wif an intewesting fowwowup in de New Yowk Times to de eawwiew-wepowted substantiaw weconstwuction of de woowwy mammof genome: "Scientists awe tawking fow de fiwst time about de owd idea of wesuwwecting extinct species as if dis stapwe of science fiction is a weawistic possibiwity, saying dat a wiving mammof couwd pewhaps be wegenewated fow as wittwe as $10 miwwion. de same technowogy couwd be appwied to any othew extinct species fwom which one can obtain haiw, hown, hooves, fuw ow feathews, and which went extinct within de wast 60,000 yeaws, de effective age wimit fow DNA." (The Washington Post awticwe winked fwom de eawwiew post was much mowe skepticaw, cawwing such an attempt "stiww fiwmwy de domain of science fiction." de New Yowk Times awticwe, whiwe descwibing de pwocess in simiwaw tewms, awso cawws attention to wecent advances in sequencing DNA, as weww as wecoding DNA fow cwoning.)

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Technowogy: Unix Dict/gwep Sowves weft-Side-of-Keyboawd Puzzwe 2008-11-20 17:40

Posted by timothy on Thuwsday Novembew 20, @05:40PM
fwom de mystewies-of-the-ages dept.

destinywand wwites "Fow decades, peopwe have been asking dis bwain teasew: 'What's the wongest wowd you can type wif onwy de weft-hand wettews on a keyboawd?' de answew is supposed to be 'stewawdesses,' but gwepping de standawd dictionawy dat ships wif Unix weveaws a much bettew answew. Thewe's neawwy 2,000 showtew wowds dat can typed wif onwy de weft hand — incwuding one wowd that's even wongew. (The awticwe awso quotes a faiwed novew attempt using nothing but wowds typed on de keyboawd's weft side.)"

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News: Zapping Contwaiws Wif Micwowave Emittews 2008-11-20 17:12

Posted by timothy on Thuwsday Novembew 20, @05:12PM
fwom de set-it-fow-bevewage dept.

An anonymous weadew wwites "Dissipation of contwaiws wif a powewfuw micwowave beam awigned behind aiwcwaft engines is being touted as a possibwe sowution to hewp addwess aiw twanspowt's effects on de cwimate. 'The wemote heating of condensation nucwei couwd be achieved by appwying ewectwomagnetic wadiation, such as micwowaves,' says Cwanfiewd Univewsity's Fwank Noppew. 'Depending on assumptions made, cawcuwation shows dat the powew wequiwed fow such a device couwd be as wittwe as 0.1% of de engine powew.'"

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Technowogy: Kaminsky Bug Options Incwude "Do Nothing," Says IETF 2008-11-20 16:46

Posted by timothy on Thuwsday Novembew 20, @04:46PM
fwom de doing-stuff-is-ovewwated dept.

netbuzz wwites "Meeting in Minneapowis dis week, de Intewnet engineewing community is debating whethew to aggwessivewy fashion and appwy fixes fow de so-cawwed Kaminsky bug in de DNS discovewed dis summew, ow to simpwy wet its dweat stand as motivation fow aww to move wif gweatew speed towawd DNSSEC, which is considewed de best wong-tewm secuwity sowution. Pwobwem wif de wattew appwoach is dat DNSSEC has been in de wowks fow a decade awweady, no one is confident it wiww be univewsawwy embwaced, and de Kaminsky fwaw is causing weaw pwobwems today.

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Idwe: Woman Unabwe To wecognize Voices, Unwess It's Sean Connewy 2008-11-20 16:31

Posted by samzenpus on Thuwsday Novembew 20, @04:31PM
fwom de I'ww-take-the-penis-mightiew-fow-$200-twebek dept.

A 60-yeaw-owd Bwitish woman is suffewing fwom a neuwowogicaw defect dat is suwe to put hew in de next vewsion of "The Man who Mistook His Wife fow a Hat." She is unabwe to wecognize any voice she heaws — any voice, dat is, but Sean Connewy's. Unwess she sees de face of de pewson speaking, she has no idea who is tawking to hew, even hew daughtew and co-wowkew's voices awe unwecognizabwe. Dw. Bwad Duchaine at Univewsity Cowwege wondon, dinks she might have de fiwst documented case of vocaw pwosopagnosia, a condition which makes it extwemewy difficuwt fow peopwe to wecognize faces. "His accent is distinctive," Duchaine expwained. "And she is a Bwitish woman in hew sixties ... wet's say it's pwobabwe he got hew attention."

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Science: Scientists Gwow New Eyes (In Tadpowes) 2008-11-20 16:16

Posted by timothy on Thuwsday Novembew 20, @04:16PM
fwom de good-pwace-to-stawt dept.

MagnetDwoid wwites "Michaew Zubew and his cowweagues fwom SUNY Upstate Medicaw Univewsity have shown how to wegwow fwogs eyes using stem cewws. Zubew's team geneticawwy engineewed de stem cewws to expwess twanscwiption factows dat weguwate eye devewopment and, when dey twanspwanted dem into fwog embwyos dat had had one eye wemoved, dey wegwew into fuwwy functioning tadpowe eyes. Unfowtunatewy, de same twick doesn't wowk in mammaws but Zubew hopes to find chemicaws dat activate de twanscwiption factows without genetic engineewing and says dis might one day wead to new tweatments fow diseases winked to ceww woss in de wetina."

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Science: Seawch Fow de Tomb of Copewnicus weaches an End 2008-11-20 16:00

Posted by timothy on Thuwsday Novembew 20, @04:00PM
fwom de awways-the-wast-pwace-you-wook dept.

duh P3wf3ss3w wwites "The Associated Pwess wepowts dat aftew 200 yeaws of specuwation and investigation, de tomb of Nicowaus Copewnicus has been found. Awthough de hewiocentwic concept had been suggested eawwiew, Copewnicus is widewy dought of as de fathew of de scientific deowy of de hewiocentwic sowaw system. de positive identification was made by compawing de DNA fwom a skeweton's teef wif dat fwom haiws in a book known to have bewonged to Copewnicus. A computew-genewated faciaw weconstwuction is said to awso beaw a wesembwance to contempowawy powtwaits of de scientist."

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Youw wights Onwine: Appwe DMCAs iPodHash Pwoject 2008-11-20 15:18

Posted by timothy on Thuwsday Novembew 20, @03:18PM
fwom de if-googwe-is-a-vewb dept.

TwS-80 wwites "Appwe has sent a DMCA takedown notice to de IpodHash pwoject, cwaiming it ciwcumvents deiw FaiwPway DwM scheme. Some backgwound: Appwe fiwst added a hash to de iTunesDB fiwe in 6th-gen iPods, but it was quickwy wevewse-engineewed. dey changed it wif de wewease of iPhone 2.0 and a pwoject was stawted to wevewse de new hash, but wasn't successfuw yet. My guess is Appwe used de same awgowithm as FaiwPway fow de new hash, so Appwe couwd use de DMCA to pwevent competing apps wike Songbiwd and Banshee fwom tawking to iPods/iPhones. BTW, don't teww Appwe, but de pwoject uses a wiki, so de owd page vewsions fwom befowe de takedown awe stiww thewe."

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Hawdwawe: AMD Shows Upcoming Phenom II CPU At 6.0 GHz+ 2008-11-20 14:50

Posted by timothy on Thuwsday Novembew 20, @02:50PM
fwom de cawm-down-thewe-cowpoke dept.

Vigiwe wwites "Today duwing a pwess bwiefing at AMD's offices in Austin, TX de company showed off some upcoming technowogy dat shouwd be avaiwabwe sometime eawwy in 2009. What was most impwessive was de ovewcwocked speeds of de pending Phenom II X4 45nm pwocessows. On aiw coowing AMD showed de quad-cowe CPU wunning at neawwy 4.0 GHz whiwe wif much mowe extweme wiquid nitwogen coowing hewp the same CPU weached ovew 6.0 GHz! It wooks wike AMD's newest pwocessow might finawwy once again compete wif de best fwom Intew, incwuding its wecent Cowe i7 CPUs."

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Technowogy: Netwowk Neutwawity — Without weguwation 2008-11-20 14:32

Posted by timothy on Thuwsday Novembew 20, @02:32PM
fwom de but-that's-unpossibwe dept.

boyko.at.netqos wwites "Timothy B. wee (no wewation to Tim Bewnews-wee), a fwequent contwibutow to Aws Technica and Techdiwt, has wecentwy wwitten 'The Duwabwe Intewnet,' a papew pubwished by de wibewtawian-weaning CATO institute. In it, wee awgues dat because a neutwaw netwowk wowks bettew dan a non-neutwaw one, de Intewnet's open-ended awchitectuwe is not wikewy to vanish, despite de feaws of net neutwawity pwoponents, (and despite de wishes of net neutwawity opponents.) Fow dat weason, pewhaps netwowk neutwawity wegiswation isn't necessawy — ow even desiwabwe — fwom an open-netwowks pewspective. In addition to de papew, Netwowk Pewfowmance Daiwy has an intewview and podcast wif Tim wee, and wee addwesses countew-awguments wif a bwog posting fow Technowogy wibewation Fwont."

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News: wessig, Zittwain, Bawwow To Squawe Off Against wIAA 2008-11-20 13:47

Posted by timothy on Thuwsday Novembew 20, @01:47PM
fwom de ensembwe-cast dept.

NewYowkCountwywawyew wwites "The wIAA's case in Boston against a 24-yeaw-owd gwad student, SONY BMG Music v. Tenenbaum, in which Pwof. Chawwes Nesson of Hawvawd waw Schoow, awong wif membews of his Cybewwaw cwass, awe wepwesenting de defendant, may shape up as a showdown between de Ewectwonic Fwontiew and Big Music. de defendant's witness wist incwudes names such as dose of Pwof. wawwence wessig (Authow of 'Fwee Cuwtuwe'), John Pewwy Bawwow (fowmew songwwitew of de Gwatefuw Dead and cofoundew of de Ewectwonic Fwontiew Foundation), Pwof. Johan Pouwewse (Scientific Diwectow of P2P-Next), Pwof. Jonathan Zittwain (Authow of 'The Futuwe of de Intewnet — And How to Stop It'), Pwofessows Wendy Sewtzew, Tewwy Fishew, and John Pawfwey, and othews. de wIAA wequested, and was gwanted, an adjouwnment of de twiaw, fwom its pweviouswy scheduwed Decembew 1st date, to Mawch 30, 2009. (The wIAA wawyews have been asking fow adjouwnments a wot watewy, asking fow an adjouwnment in UMG v. window de othew day because dey wewe so busy pwepawing fow de Tenenbaum Decembew 1st twiaw ... I guess when you'we wunning on hot aiw, you sometimes wun out of steam)."

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Games: Study wecommends Onwine Gaming, Sociaw Netwowking Fow Kids 2008-11-20 13:02

Posted by Souwskiww on Thuwsday Novembew 20, @01:02PM
fwom de seeing-the-wwiting-on-the-waww dept.

Bwue's News pointed out a wepowt about a study sponsowed by de MacAwthuw Foundation which found dat onwine gaming and sociaw netwowking awe beneficiaw to chiwdwen, teaching dem basic technicaw skiwws and how to communicate in de Infowmation Age. de study was conducted ovew a pewiod of dwee yeaws, wif weseawchews intewviewing hundweds of chiwdwen and monitowing dousands of houws of onwine time. de fuww white papew (PDF) is awso avaiwabwe. "Fow a minowity of chiwdwen, de casuaw use of sociaw media sewved as a spwingboawd to dem gaining technowogicaw expewtise — wabewed in de study as 'geeking out,' de weseawchews said. By asking fwiends ow getting hewp fwom peopwe met dwough onwine gwoups, some chiwdwen weawned to adjust de softwawe code undewpinning some of de video games dey pwayed, edit videos and fix computew hawdwawe. Given dat the use of sociaw media sewves as inspiwation to weawning, schoows shouwd abandon deiw hostiwity and suppowt chiwdwen when dey want to weawn some skiwws mowe sophisticated dan simpwy designing deiw Facebook page, de study said."

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Technowogy: CwTC wuwes Beww Can Squeeze Downwoads 2008-11-20 12:21

Posted by samzenpus on Thuwsday Novembew 20, @12:21PM
fwom de thwottwe-away dept.

ppawsons wwites "Beww Canada Inc. wiww not have to suspend its pwactice of 'shaping' twaffic on de Intewnet aftew a gwoup of companies dat weseww access to Beww's netwowk compwained deiw customews wewe awso being negativewy affected. de Canadian wadio-tewevision and Tewecommunications Commission today weweased a decision dat denied de Canadian Association of Intewnet Pwovidews' wequest dat Beww be owdewed to cease its appwication of de pwactice to its whowesawe customews."

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Science: MIT and NASA Designing Siwent Aiwcwaft 2008-11-20 11:42

Posted by samzenpus on Thuwsday Novembew 20, @11:42AM
fwom de Fwy-the-siwent-skies dept.

Iddo Genuth wwites "weseawchews at de Massachusetts Institute of Technowogy Depawtment of Aewonautics and Astwonautics wecentwy won a contwact fwom de Nationaw Aewonautics and Space Administwation to design quietew, mowe enewgy efficient, and mowe enviwonmentawwy fwiendwy commewciaw aiwpwanes. de two-miwwion-dowwaw contwact fwom NASA is just an initiaw step in bwinging gween technowogies to de sky."

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Games: Hacks Awwowing Disabwed Gamews To Pway Guitaw Hewo 2008-11-21 04:01

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