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Can a no-star movie move the stem cell debate?: Can a no-star movie move the stem cell debate?"Hope" a movie around stem cell controversyI actually liked the trailer and I think it sends an important message across. Many Independent movies are low budget movies...why are you surprised at that. I think it is a creditable that a lone doctor...; Tags: stem-cell, embryonic stem cell, movie, embryonic stem, activist, cell; Discussion threads 2008-01-08

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75% of online banking sites found vulnerable to security design flaws: In a paper entitled "Analyzing Web sites for user-visible security design flaws" to be published at the Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security meeting at Carnegie Mellon University July 25, Atul Prakash and two of his doctoral students examined 214 financial institutions in 2006, finding that over 75% of all...; Tags: Bank, Online Banking, Flaw, Security, Financial Services, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Liquid metal-cooled CPU outperforms air- and water-cooled systems?: Liquid metal-cooled CPU outperforms air- and water-cooled systems?Where's Sarah Connor?Will it change its shape to an LA policeman and chase me in a tractor trailer truck?Mercury?It's the only metal I know of that is liquid at room temperature.RE: Liquid metal-cooled CPU outperforms air- and water-cooled systems?Reminds me of liquid-sodium-cooled nuclear...; Tags: liquid metal-cooled CPU, metal-cooled CPU, water-cooled system, Liquid metal-cooled CPU, CPU, Galinstan, Mercury, PC; Discussion threads 2008-07-21
iPhone 2.0 performance issues: Contacts: One of the consequences of new software is bloat. In its worst manifestation new features get added at the expense of core feature performance. A perfect example of this is iPhone 2.0 software, specifically the Contacts application. When I migrated from iPhone 2G to 3G I synchronized...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Phone, Performance, Contacts, 3G, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular Phones, Telecom & Utilities, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-07-20
Rhode Island's novel approach to addressing budget gaps: Rhode Island's novel approach to addressing budget gapsRhode Island's novel approach to addressing budget gapsHooray for RI! I haven't heard of any energy crisis in RI. You can bet the naval base there would probably want to get on this.You knowif we actually built power plants this wouldn't...; Tags: Blackstone, mill, river, Blackstone River; Discussion threads 2008-07-15

XSS worm at Justin.tv infects 2,525 profiles: XSS worm at Justin.tv infects 2,525 profilesThe virus is impossible to findI see that they needed a proof of concept argument to have it studied then fixed.All computer problems stem from virus.Re: The virus is impossible to findXSS worms propagate using a site-specific vulnerability to do so. Fixing the vulnerability...; Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, XSS worm, XSS, worm, PoC; Discussion threads 2008-07-14
Best Apple App Store apps: Best Apple App Store appsNot a buyer but am a developerI'm working on a new 3G app called 'Rose Garden'. It gives any i-based phone user the chance to grow a host of flowers and fruits including the traditional long-stem rose variety... the object is to somehow find a...; Tags: 3G, WIRELESS, App Store, ebook reader, Apple App Store app, Apple App Store, Apple Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-07-14
EMC taps ex Microsofter Maritz to fend off Microsoft Hyper-V: It takes one to know one. At least that's what EMC hopes as it appoints former Microsofter Paul Maritz to head up its lucrative VMWare unit, not coincidentally on the same day that Microsoft formally released its much anticipated Hyper-V to market. The departure of longtime...; Tags: VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., EMC Corp., Storage, Hardware, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2008-07-08
The customer is not always right: How many times have you heard the old adage, "The customer is always right"? If you're like me you just took it as an axiom, something that was beyond questioning. I think it's time for software developers and project managers to start questioning it. Now, I'm not...; Tags: Google Inc., Result, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Tools & Techniques, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Management, Ed Burnette; Blog posts 2008-06-12
LA sues Time Warner over service: Time Warner Cable systematically "ripped off" consumers with false and misleading statements, the L.A. city attorney has charged, the L.A. Times reports. TWC created "major havoc and distress" when it became the dominant cable provider in southern California, City Atty. Rocky Delgadillo charged in a lawsuit. Subscribers have to...; Tags: Time Warner Inc., LA, TWC, Cable, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-06-05
What might come of the OOXML revolt?: What might come of the OOXML revolt?Okie dokieCan you point to who has implemented much if anything at all of OXML? Other posters indicate that Microsoft have said they can't because of changes made by the ISO to the standard (which hasn't actually been released as it was supposed to...; Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), ISO standards, Process improvement, Microsoft Corp., ISO, Office Open XML, OpenDocument Format, Microsoft Office; Discussion threads 2008-05-31
Got science?: It seems there are numerous American scientists who feel bereft. I can relate, because I am related. I have two brothers who are physicists, like our father before them. My father drove a beat-up pick-up truck with a bumper sticker that read, "Legalize Physics." That was...; Tags: Science, Scientist, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-05-29
Google hosting malware? Google says they were!: Google isn't hosting malware anymore, but according to a tool they provide that lets you check up on any domain, their own google.com at one point was indeed hosting malware software that is installed on a users machine without their consent. After doing some digging, Tony Ruscoe found that...; Tags: Google Inc., Domain, Malware, Hosting Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Garett Rogers; Blog posts 2008-05-23
The key to Windows success? It's all about the drivers: The key to Windows success? It's all about the driversTrialware payolaSo I read Item#5 as something of curiosity in terms of who pays and who gets. So if Widget Mfg. installs Widgette software as trialware, Widgette pays Widget Mfg. a fee to get into the installation rotation? Then...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Widgette, Widget Mfg, Microsoft Corp., OEM; Discussion threads 2008-05-13
(OpenOffice.org 3.0 beta): (OpenOffice.org 3.0 beta)be very caefulI had a crash and had to reload my OS (Windows XP. That went okay, but I had no backup for Windows Offoice. I was on deadline so I downloaded had no backup for Office so I downloaded Open Office 2.3. When...; Tags: OpenOffice, OOA/OOD/OOP, OPEN SOURCE, OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta, OpenOffice.org 3.0, OpenOffice.org, Microsoft Office, object-oriented; Discussion threads 2008-05-12
Will Microsoft kill Linux on ULPCs?: Will Microsoft kill Linux on ULPCs?Familiar or not, it's still XP.That will be a huge achillies heel for MS. XP runs well on modest desktops and notebooks. Not fast, but well. Take the EEE, it can run XP, however, it is slower, and as you stated, the...; Tags: Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows XP, EEE, Linux, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Xandros; Discussion threads 2008-05-11
Catching up: MySpace adds Karaoke; Friends Reunited drops paid access; Facebook apps create privacy scare: The social web weekly: a quick-fire roundup of some of the news, announcements and conversations that have occurred throughout the last week… MySpace adds Karaoke. Nearly two years after Fox Interactive purchased the karaoke site kSolo.com, its feature-set has finally been integrated into MySpace. "The combination of...; Tags: Facebook, Privacy, MySpace, MySpace Karaoke, Data Mining, Business Intelligence, Corporate Communications, Marketing Research, Desktops, Databases, Security, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Marketing, Hardware, Steve O\'Hear; Blog posts 2008-05-05
Open source going from strength to strength: Open source going from strength to strengthOpen source doesn't rely on a single individual.That's a reasonable and appropriate point to make.But I suggest it needn't be reinforced by an exaggerated view of open source's gains. Because a more realistic appraisal would rebut if not refute your contentions, and seem...; Tags: open source; Discussion threads 2008-04-29
Conflict Resolution and the Project Manager: Project managers deal with conflict. If you are a project manager, and you have not yet experienced conflict in your project, don't be overly concerned - you will soon enough. At some point in your career, you will be called upon to resolve some type of conflict. At times this...; Tags: Global Knowledge Network Inc., Conflict Resolution, Project Manager, Communication Skills, Professional Development, Productivity, Career; White papers 2008-04-25
Centrify's Tom Kemp: Here's the map to avoiding Microsoft's patent minefield: On February 21 of 2008, just two months ago, Microsoft announced "strategic changes in technology and business practices to expand interoperability." These changes, which would be incorporated into a set of "Interoperability Principles" that would provide API and protocol documentation for connectivity to and from their "high-volume business products" naming...; Tags: Patent, Centrify, Samba, Protocol, Microsoft Corp., Tom Kemp, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-04-22