Wow Amazon is getting to many patents for things that anyone can now do. article from http://slashdot.org Your Rights Online: Amazon Patents Including a String at End of a URL Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday October 23, @09:40AM from the why-didn’t-i-think-of-that-oh-wait dept. theodp writes “On Tuesday, Amazon search subsidiary A9.com was awarded U.S. patent no.…

Oh no a computer game with more In-Game Ads! article from slashdot.org: Your Rights Online: Hellgate Beta’s In-Game Ads Raise Eyebrows Posted by Zonk on Sunday October 21, @02:29PM from the use-the-coke-luke dept. ari wins writes “IGN.com has up a post discussing the new EA/Flagship game Hellgate: London, and the in-game advertisements it includes to…

Yah The Storm Worm is being reduced to a squall! article from slashdot.org: IT: Storm Worm Being Reduced to a Squall Posted by Zonk on Sunday October 21, @01:23PM from the blood-pressure-lowering-sight-returning dept. Rumours of financial schemes surrounding the botnet aside, PC World has an article that should lower the blood pressure of some SysAdmins.…

Wow Super PS3 Computer? Article from slashdot.org Games: Eight PS3 ‘Supercomputer’ Ponders Gravity Waves Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday October 17, @10:50AM from the because-you-can dept. Jamie found a story about a inexpensive supercomputer being used by an astrophysicist to research gravity waves. The interesting bit is that the system is built using 8 PS3s.…

Dun dun duh….. this article from slashdot.org is probably what some people need to hear about” Your Rights Online: Phone Companies Refuse to Give Congress Data on Spy Program Journal written by JohNNy1+4 (1174329) and posted by Zonk on Tuesday October 16, @11:22AM from the would-be-unamerican dept. JohNNy1+4 writes “Several US telephone communications firms are…

Wow!  (article from slashdot) Posted by Zonk on Friday October 12, @02:02PM from the fight-for-your-right-to-unlock dept. Billosaur writes “Wired is reporting that the California Supreme Court has refused to review two lower court decisions involving a class-action lawsuit against T-Mobile over their policies regarding early termination and phone unlocking. The Court rejected the reviews without…

Wow a Pluto Probe made a discovery at jupiter? article from slashdot.org: Pluto Probe Makes Discoveries at Jupiter Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday October 10, @09:18AM from the only-wears-red-spot-on-special-occasions dept. Riding with Robots writes “No, it’s not an accident due to a metric-to-English-units error. In February, the New Horizons probe passed through the Jupiter system…

Two new formats, just getting into HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc players, make it possible to record high-def content to regular DVDs. For the last few years most of the world’s biggest consumer electronics companies have been arguing over a format for high-definiton video discs. The drama over HD DVD versus Blu-ray Disc has confused…

In case you haven’t heard about it, here’s folding@Home In a nutshell, it’s a distributed computing project designed to simulate problems associated with protein folding. Protein folding is basically the stage wherein proteins assemble themselves, before carrying out important functions.Now when a misfold happens, serious consequences may occur – Alzheimer’s, Mad Cow (BSE), CJD, ALS,…

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