Most financial sites contain 'phishing' flaws     New Scientist  09:56:07 23/09/2004
Nine out of 10 financial and commercial websites contain flaws that could allow computer crooks to swindle users out of their cash, according to a new report.A study released by UK-based computer consultants Next Generation Security (NGS) on Thursday, reveals that 90% of the 100 financial companies audited by the company in the past year were vulnerable to an advanced “phishing” scam.Phishing invo ... More/Devami...38522

Did brain injury contribute to Red Baron's death?     CNN  09:56:07 23/09/2004
COLUMBIA, Missouri (AP) -- History books say that The Red Baron, the legendary World War I German flying ace, was shot out of the sky and died in April 1918. But new research suggests that his death spiral may have begun nine months earlier. A University of Missouri at Columbia researcher and his Ohio collaborator argue a severe injury to Manfred von Richthofen's brain during an earlier aerial con ... More/Devami...38521

Genesis capsule heading to Colorado     CNN  09:56:06 23/09/2004
Days of spaceflight 1,125 Days of Solar Wind Collection 884 Sample material collected approx. 0.4 milligrams DENVER, Colorado (AP) -- NASA will soon send its damaged Genesis space capsule back to Colorado, where builders at Lockheed Martin will join other experts in trying to figure out why it crashed in Utah earlier this month. The capsule will be trucked in the next week or so from the Army's Du ... More/Devami...38520

The Last Starfighter--The Musical!     Slashdot  08:56:09 23/09/2004
The Last Starfighter--The Musical! Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 22, @11:30PM from the death-blossom-mode dept. nomadic writes "Yes, seriously. Some people have decided to remake everyone's favorite obscure 1980's Star Wars ripoff into musical form. Definitely sounds like a Troy McClure role..." ... More/Devami...38514

Ceefax Turns 30     Slashdot  08:56:07 23/09/2004
Ceefax Turns 30 Posted by michael on Thursday September 23, @09:37AM from the over-the-hill dept. VirtualUK writes "Ceefax, the text information service from the BBC turns 30 today (just 3 days after myself)!! For those not lucky enough to have seen what Ceefax is about, it is text information pages sent in out-of-band data space of TV transmissions in Great Britain. What started off as a subtitli ... More/Devami...38513

The device that rocks the cradle     CNN  08:56:07 23/09/2004
LONDON, England (CNN) -- Parents of newborn babies could be in for a better night's sleep, thanks to an invention by a young design graduate, which gently rocks a baby if it starts crying. Garry Cho's "Caring Cot" could also save babies' lives, as it can sense whether the air temperature is appropriate and whether a baby is lying still for too long. Acting as a virtual nanny, the device works on s ... More/Devami...38512

Hubble heats debate over ionised universe     New Scientist  08:56:07 23/09/2004
Astronomers poring over the deepest image ever taken of the universe are coming to different conclusions about what made space transparent to light billions of years ago. The research may illuminate when the first galaxies were born.Just after the big bang, a roiling soup of charged particles, or ions, filled the universe. But as space expanded, the particles cooled and settled into neutral atoms ... More/Devami...38511

Smart helmet for motorcyclists     CNN  08:56:06 23/09/2004
LONDON, England (CNN) -- A British design graduate has come up with a way to make the road a safer place for motorbike riders, using technology originally developed for jet fighter pilots. Piers Tucker, 24, of Yorkshire, has created a motorbike helmet that is fitted with GPS technology, which displays information about what speed the bike is traveling. The device means that the driver does not hav ... More/Devami...38510

'Sims 2' creates new worlds of play     CNN  08:56:05 23/09/2004
By Marc Saltzman Gannett News Service Editor's Note: The opinions expressed in this column are solely those of Marc Saltzman, a freelance technology journalist whose reviews also appear on the Gannett News Service. It didn't take long for Jeff to develop romantic feelings for his housemate, Sara. But his hopes for something more than friendship came to a sudden halt at one of their house parties - ... More/Devami...38509

Sony’den Micro Vault serisi     NTVMSNBC  05:56:30 23/09/2004
Son yılların yükselen trendi olan taşınabilir USB bellekler her geçen gün kapasitelerini ve özelliklerini artırırken, günümüzde ilk çıkan örneklerden çok daha kabiliyetli modelleri bulmak mümkün.          Depolama aygıtları içinde en eskilerden biri olan disket sürücülerin tarihe karıştığı bugünlerde depolama aygıtları pazarında USB bellek hakimiyeti var. Özellikle taşınabilir olmaları, çok eski o ... More/Devami...38490

İnternet kullanıcısı 7 milyona ulaştı     NTVMSNBC  05:56:24 23/09/2004
Dünya’daki internet kullanım rakamlarını araştıran rapora göre 2004 yılında 934 milyon kişi internet kullanacak. Bu rakamın 2005 yılında 1 milyarı geçerek 1.07 milyar, 2006 yılında 1.21 milyar ve 2007’de 1.35 milyar kişiye çıkması bekleniyor.   Araştırmada açıklanan internet kullanıcı rakamları sadece düzenli internet kullanıcılarını değil, o sene içerisinde düzensiz de olsa internetten faydalanan ... More/Devami...38489

Al Qaeda’s New Webzine Rallies Women — in Veils and Robes — to Holy War     ABC News  05:56:11 23/09/2004
Against a pastel image of a road studded with roadblocks, disappearing into a desert, a banner in ornate Arabic script reads, "al-Khansaa," followed by a tagline, "published by the Women's Information Bureau in the Arabian Peninsula." Named after a renowned Arab poetess of the early Islamic era, al-Khansaa is a Webzine ostensibly written by women and specifically targeted at women. But instead of ... More/Devami...38487

Sleek Looks and Superb Performance to Woo Mac Fans and PC Buyers     ABC News  05:56:08 23/09/2004
Most all-in-one desktops with LCD panels (the Sony VAIO and Gateway Profile systems come to mind) are two units permanently connected together: the part of the case housing the motherboard and drives, and the monitor. But the iMac G5 has the CPU, motherboard, and drives mounted in the same 2-inch-thick chassis as the monitor. The result is the clean look of an iPod music player, supersized and pla ... More/Devami...38486

The 10 Issues That Drive Non-Technical Users Crazy     ABC News  05:56:07 23/09/2004
I've suffered many inconveniences and troubles, yet I can still say — without a hint of irony — that I would go through it all again, as long as I could achieve my desired results. I realize the majority of users are not like me, and certainly nothing like the real gearheads who work in our Labs. I'd argue that the best example of an average user or representative of the general computing populati ... More/Devami...38485

Lack of vaccine raises fears of flu pandemic     New Scientist  05:56:06 23/09/2004
Fears that bird flu could mix with human flu to create a highly infectious, deadly new strain heightened last week after Thailand reported that human flu is circulating in areas where there have been renewed bird flu outbreaks in poultry. The country does not have enough human flu vaccine to protect all workers against simultaneous infection by both viruses.The H5N1 bird flu that rampaged across e ... More/Devami...38484

'Smart Dust' Creates Tiny, Automatic Wireless Communication Net     ABC News  05:56:06 23/09/2004
The ubiquitous global network may already have interconnected millions of computers to share a flood of digital data. But soon, even more objects — ranging from thermostats to lighting fixtures to maybe even patches of sidewalks and roadways — will be hopping on the network bandwagon. At least that's the potential put forth by Dust Networks, a start-up company in Berkeley, Calif., and its wireless ... More/Devami...38483

The Sun's Travels and Why Fall is Nigh     Space.com  05:56:06 23/09/2004
Wednesday, Sept. 22 marks what scientists call the fall equinox in the Northern Hemisphere, when night and day are of equal length and cooler weather is on the way -- if it hasn't already arrived. But what's behind the shift? A year-long series of pictures by Greek photographer Anthony Ayiomamitis helps put the equinox into perspective, while also illustrating why we have seasons. The image shows ... More/Devami...38482

Genesis Capsule to Be Sent to Colorado     Space.com  05:56:05 23/09/2004
DENVER (AP) -- NASA will soon send its damaged Genesis space capsule back to Colorado, where builders at Lockheed Martin will join other experts in trying to figure out why it crashed in Utah earlier this month. The capsule will be trucked in the next week or so from the Army's Dugway Proving Grounds in Utah to the Lockheed Martin Space Systems facility southwest of Denver, NASA spokesman Don Sava ... More/Devami...38481

Ireland Cracks Down on Online Scammers     Slashdot  04:56:06 23/09/2004
Ireland Cracks Down on Online Scammers Posted by samzenpus on Thursday September 23, @05:00AM from the don't-call-there-anymore dept. bizpile writes "Ireland has decided to take some extreme measures to crack down on one type of online scam. They have decided to suspend direct dialing to 13 countries (mostly South Pacific Islands) in order to halt the use of auto-dialers. The measure, announced by ... More/Devami...38478

The Last Starfighter--The Musical!     Slashdot  22:56:06 22/09/2004
The Last Starfighter--The Musical! Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 22, @11:30PM from the death-blossom-mode dept. nomadic writes "Yes, seriously. Some people have decided to remake everyone's favorite obscure 1980's Star Wars ripoff into musical form. Definitely sounds like a Troy McClure role..." ... More/Devami...38462

Kazaa Loses P2P Crown To Edonkey     Slashdot  20:56:06 22/09/2004
Kazaa Loses P2P Crown To Edonkey Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 22, @09:00PM from the I-still-miss-napster dept. I(rispee_I(reme writes "According to the network population stats at slyck, FastTrack (home of Kazaa) is no longer the most populous filesharing network. Top honors now belong to edonkey, a network of German origins. (Most edonkey users connect with emule, a gpl client for W ... More/Devami...38457

Flexible Sensors Make Robot Skin     Slashdot  19:56:07 22/09/2004
Flexible Sensors Make Robot Skin Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 22, @08:10PM from the does-it-feel-like-a-robot dept. Roland Piquepaille writes "In recent years, lots of efforts have been made to give robots the ability to hear and see. But what about the sense of touch? Unlike us, robots don't have sensitive skin. But this is about to change. By using organic, or plastic, field-effect ... More/Devami...38456

Big Demand for Digital Music Players     Slashdot  17:56:06 22/09/2004
Big Demand for Digital Music Players Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 22, @06:30PM from the music-on-the-go dept. An anonymous reader writes "Market research company IDC is predicting a rosy future for MP3 player sales. They predict that by 2008 it will grow into a $58 billion industry - four times bigger than the US record industry. Also in the news, Sony will finally start making a dig ... More/Devami...38450

Emusic Relaunches - Cheap, DRM-Free Downloads     Slashdot  15:56:08 22/09/2004
Emusic Relaunches - Cheap, DRM-Free Downloads Posted by timothy on Wednesday September 22, @04:13PM from the if-they-have-what-you-want dept. An anonymous reader writes "Emusic.com has relaunched today. This is important for several reasons. 1) They sell MP3s. No DRM. I can play them on my Linux box or wherever. 2) They are encoding at 192Kbit/s VBR. That's near CD quality (and how I rip my own CD ... More/Devami...38444

Feds to protect dragonfly habitat     CNN  14:56:06 22/09/2004
TRAVERSE CITY, Michigan (AP) -- Prodded by a lawsuit, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has agreed to designate critical habitat for an endangered dragonfly found in only a few Midwestern wetland areas. The agency reached a settlement with five environmental groups that accused the government of shirking its responsibility to protect the Hine's emerald dragonfly. A federal judge in Washington, D. ... More/Devami...38440

Study: Antarctic glaciers melting faster     CNN  14:56:06 22/09/2004
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Glaciers once held up by a floating ice shelf off Antarctica are now sliding off into the sea -- and they are going fast, scientists said on Tuesday. Two separate studies from climate researchers and the space agency NASA show the glaciers are flowing into Antarctica's Weddell Sea, freed by the 2002 breakup of the Larsen B ice shelf. Writing in the journal Geophysical Resea ... More/Devami...38439

House approves video voyeurism crackdown     CNN  13:56:07 22/09/2004
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Calling video voyeurism the new frontier of stalking, the House on Tuesday approved legislation to make it a crime to secretly photograph or videotape people, often for lascivious purposes. Under the legislation passed by voice vote, video voyeurism on federal lands would be punishable by a fine of not more than $100,000 or imprisonment for up to one year, or both. Rep. James Se ... More/Devami...38438

Rats' brain waves could find trapped people     New Scientist  13:56:07 22/09/2004
Rats equipped with radios that transmit their brainwaves could soon be helping to locate earthquake survivors buried in the wreckage of collapsed buildings. Rats have an exquisitely sensitive sense of smell and can crawl just about anywhere. This combination makes them ideal candidates for sniffing out buried survivors. For that, the animals need to be taught to home in on people, and they must al ... More/Devami...38437

Nintendo, Sony vie for holiday shoppers     CNN  13:56:07 22/09/2004
(AP) -- Nintendo Co. and Sony Corp. made separate product announcements Tuesday that the video game giants hope will attract more customers ahead of the highly competitive holiday shopping season. Nintendo said its handheld device, called Nintendo DS, will arrive in North American stores for $149.99 on November 21, 10 days before the product is launched in Japan. Rival Sony, meanwhile, announced a ... More/Devami...38436

Revamped eMusic taps independents     CNN  13:56:05 22/09/2004
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Nearly a year since it was sold by Vivendi Universal to private investors, online retailer eMusic has undergone a facelift that includes a panel of music critics to help users comb its trove of independent music. The revamped service, scheduled to debut Wednesday, is the latest evolution for the pioneering retailer, the first to sell digital music files online in th ... More/Devami...38435

Current Crop Of HDTV Recorders Compared     Slashdot  12:56:06 22/09/2004
Current Crop Of HDTV Recorders Compared Posted by timothy on Wednesday September 22, @01:12PM from the always-three-steps-behind dept. rbrander links to this "nice review of all the HDTV Recorders from the Washington Post: DirecTV's based on the TiVo wins for best interface, but Dish Network's gets a few nods. There's also a nice swipe ('...spectacularly stupid decision') at JVC's for allowing onl ... More/Devami...38432

William Shatner Holds Auditions for Sci-Fi Film     Space.com  12:56:06 22/09/2004
RIVERSIDE, Iowa (AP) -- Capt. James T. Kirk came home to Riverside this week. William Shatner, who played the commander of the starship USS Enterprise in the '60s "Star Trek" series, arrived in Riverside Tuesday to hold auditions for four small parts in a low-budget, sci-fi movie he wrote with "Star Trek" co-star Leonard Nimoy. The working title of the movie is "Invasion Iowa." Shatner called the ... More/Devami...38431

Mars, Once Warm and Wet, Left Some Clues     Space.com  12:56:05 22/09/2004
A new theory about ancient Mars puts some fizz back in the idea that the red planet was once warm, wet and potentially habitable. Many studies have suggested that early Mars was covered by large oceans and blanketed by a thick atmosphere rich in carbon dioxide -- the stuff that puts the bubbly zing in soda. But if that's all true, then when the oceans evaporated a lot of the carbon dioxide should ... More/Devami...38430

Seismic surveys may kill giant squid     New Scientist  11:56:07 22/09/2004
One of the oceans’ most mysterious animals, the giant squid, may be being killed by human noises. Unusually high numbers of dead giant squid, washed up on Spanish shores, have led scientists to believe that loud, low-frequency sounds made by oil companies charting the sea bed are killing the creatures.Fear of damage to marine mammals has resulted in restrictions on low-frequency marine noise in th ... More/Devami...38429

Dışbank web sitesine uluslararası ödül     NTVMSNBC  10:56:12 22/09/2004
ABD bazlı Web Marketing Association (WMA) tarafından düzenlenen uluslararası yarışmaya, bu yıl tüm dünyadan 2,000’e yakın profesyonel/kurumsal web site katıldı.   Aralarında Google ve BurstMedia’nın da bulunduğu, sektörün önde gelen birçok kuruluşunun sponsor olduğu yarışmada, dünyanın önde gelen ajanslarından (COX Interactive, iXL, OgilvyOne, Organic, PoppeTyson, Siegel & Gale, Studio Archetype, ... More/Devami...38428

Slack LCD TV Market Means Cheaper Phones And Monitors     Slashdot  10:56:06 22/09/2004
Slack LCD TV Market Means Cheaper Phones And Monitors Posted by timothy on Wednesday September 22, @11:01AM from the lcd-prices-still-high dept. Shakrai writes "CNN and Business2 are running a story about the apparent failure of LCD TVs to make a major market impact and what it means for you. Specifically for us geeks it means cheaper cellular phones and laptops due to an oversupply of LCD manufac ... More/Devami...38427

iRiver H320 (Almost) Hits The Market     Slashdot  09:56:06 22/09/2004
River H320 (Almost) Hits The Market Posted by timothy on Wednesday September 22, @10:13AM from the looks-sweet dept. skyshock21 writes "iRiver appears to now be taking pre-orders for their H320 hard drive MP3 player. This is the one with the color screen that was featured on Slashdot a while back. Although it doesn't support .flac files like the Rio Karma, it does support .ogg, in addition to the ... More/Devami...38417

Senate Panel Recommends Funding Boost for NASA     Space.com  09:56:05 22/09/2004
WASHINGTON -- NASA’s vision for space exploration received a boost in the Senate Sept. 22 when a budget panel approved $16.38 billion for the agency for next year, $200 million more than the White House requested. The Senate Appropriations Committee had been poised to recommend providing just $15.579 million for NASA next year, $200  more than the agency’s 2004 budget and some $665 million less th ... More/Devami...38416

Bilişim hukukuna online sertifika     NTVMSNBC  08:56:08 22/09/2004
Bilgi Üniversitesi bünyesinde kurulan Bilişim Teknolojisi Hukuku Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi; 2004 - 2005 yılına Bilişim Teknolojisi Hukuku Online sertifika Programı ve e-İmza ve Uygulamaları semineriyle başlıyor.   BİLİŞİM TEKNOLOJİSİ HUKUKU ONLİNE SERTİFİKA PROGRAMI        Program, bilişim teknolojisiyle hukukun kesiştiği konularda katılımcılarına hem temel düzeyde hem de ileri akedemik düzeyd ... More/Devami...38411

Mars rovers' mission extended     CNN  08:56:05 22/09/2004
PASADENA, California (AP) -- NASA thinks its Mars rovers just might keep going and going and going. The space agency has funded another extension of their mission, for an additional six months, if they last. The latest funding came as NASA regained reliable contact with the rovers Spirit and Opportunity after a 12-day period in which Mars passed nearly behind the sun, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory ... More/Devami...38410

Satellites Track Glaciers Flows After Ice Dam Breaks     Space.com  08:56:04 22/09/2004
The breakup of an Antarctic ice shelf created runaway glaciers, swiftly dumping large amounts of ice into the ocean, according to a pair of new studies based on satellite data. The process might be repeated on a larger scale if the climate continues to get warmer, causing global sea levels to rise significantly, scientists said. The Larsen B ice shelf broke free of the Antarctic Peninsula, a finge ... More/Devami...38409

Mars rovers given six more months     New Scientist  07:56:07 22/09/2004
NASA’s Mars rovers have had their missions extended by a further six months after weathering the Martian winter solstice, NASA announced on Tuesday.Spirit and Opportunity have now survived their lowest point in terms of sunlight for their photovoltaic cells, and the low temperatures that threatened to freeze gears and crack brittle parts and connections. The expectation is that they will both grad ... More/Devami...38406

Samsung Demos Future Memory Chips     Slashdot  07:56:06 22/09/2004
Samsung Demos Future Memory Chips Posted by timothy on Wednesday September 22, @08:42AM from the future-is-tense dept. Fletcher points to this story in CNET Asia, excerpting "The Korean electronics giant unveiled an 8-gigabit flash memory chip Monday based on the 60-nanometer process, as well as a 2-gigabit DDR DRAM chip based on the 80-nanometer process. Flash chips, which retain data after a hos ... More/Devami...38405

Misbehaving liquid sent into space     New Scientist  06:56:10 22/09/2004
A satellite filled with water will show how liquid sloshes in space, helping engineers design better fuel tanks for future spacecraft. The “Sloshsat” is to be lifted into orbit in October by a heavy-lift Ariane rocket, whose maiden voyage ended in an explosion in 2002.Unpredicted waves in the fuel tanks of rockets and spacecraft have been blamed for several mishaps in the past. In the 1960s, the u ... More/Devami...38404

Yahoo Plans Its Own Music Player, Download Service     Slashdot  06:56:06 22/09/2004
Yahoo Plans Its Own Music Player, Download Service Posted by timothy on Wednesday September 22, @07:38AM from the despite-its-face dept. iPod writes "Since late last year, Yahoo has been developing its own music player software, which will be underpinned by a subscription and download service provided by MusicNet, sources familiar with the plan said. Yahoo is developing its own music player softwa ... More/Devami...38403

Pricey Portable Multimedia PC Offers a Ton of Features     ABC News  05:56:08 22/09/2004
Qosmio (pronounced KOS-mi-o) is a brand new line for Toshiba, slotting above the Satellite family of multimedia portables. The Qosmio moniker indicates all the AV goodies are present, including the Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition OS. The TV tuner is built-in, not bay- or PC Card slot-mounted as in previous Media Center notebooks, though you'll need the included "dongle" to connect the Qo ... More/Devami...38398

Web Sites That Focus on Socializing Fail to Connect     ABC News  05:56:07 22/09/2004
About a year ago, when these online networking schemes were cropping up all over the place, the idea was interesting enough to generate a lot of action. I was getting an invitation to join one or more of these systems daily. LinkedIn seemed to be the most popular at the time. I demurred, since I'm not much of a joiner. But after being hounded and hounded, I reluctantly joined a few of these servic ... More/Devami...38397

Study: When Making Friends, First 10 Minutes Are Key     ABC News  05:56:06 22/09/2004
If two people take an immediate liking to each other, the relationship will most likely grow over time. But if one of them is cool to the other, it's probably not going to work. That doesn't mean, of course, that subsequent developments won't alter the relationship, possibly even turning love into hate, but it does underscore the value of those first critical minutes. "It happens so rapidly it's a ... More/Devami...38396

SCIENCE TUESDAY     Space.com  05:56:05 22/09/2004
Floating around an airplane unhampered by gravity may sound like a blast, but only as long as you take precautions to keep your lunch in your stomach. Passengers planning a trip aboard G-Force One, a commercial aircraft that offers samples of weightlessness for $3,000 a pop, should anticipate motion sickness during their first ride aboard the parabolic-flying plane, according to NASA flight surgeo ... More/Devami...38395

Interview With Lead Yoper Linux Developer     Slashdot  19:56:06 21/09/2004
Interview With Lead Yoper Linux Developer Posted by timothy on Tuesday September 21, @08:07PM from the factionalism dept. Bongoots writes "Andy Kissner from Linuxforums.org has just posted this: 'In the past few weeks, there has been a lot of hype and controversy surrounding Yoper, ranging from insults to ruthless Gentoo comparisons. I recently sat down with Andreas Girardet, who is a key develope ... More/Devami...38377

More Cheap Aerial Photography     Slashdot  15:56:07 21/09/2004
More Cheap Aerial Photography Posted by michael on Tuesday September 21, @04:16PM from the looking-down-on-the-world dept. ptorrone writes "If you have an old digital camera laying around and pick up a $1.50 Timer Chip from RadioShack or DigiKey you can turn it in to a great aerial photography camera, this how-to from Engadget shows how they did it along with some other projects with the modded ca ... More/Devami...38365

Mars Rovers' Mission Extends with New Goals, New Funding     Space.com  14:56:05 21/09/2004
CAPE CANAVERAL - The Mars rovers emerged from a communications blackout period and the low point of winter today with new funding and big plans for the journey ahead. Engineers hope to put Spirit atop Husband Hill so it can get a view all the way to the edge of vast Gusev Crater, in which it landed. On the other side of the planet, Opportunity will soon leave Endurance Crater, visiting its discard ... More/Devami...38354

Next Space Station Crew Rehearses for ISS Docking     Space.com  13:56:05 21/09/2004
MOSCOW (AP) -- The replacement crew for the International Space Station started two days of preflight exams Monday, part of final preparations to relieve the two-man Russian-American crew finishing a six-month mission. Russian cosmonaut Salizhan Sharipov and U.S. astronaut Leroy Chiao are being tested on manually docking and undocking the Soyuz space craft with the orbiting space station and other ... More/Devami...38344

Spinach could power better solar cells     New Scientist  12:56:06 21/09/2004
An electronic device that uses spinach to convert light into electrical charge has been developed by US researchers.Shuguang Zhang at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US, and research collaborators integrated a protein complex derived from spinach chloroplasts with organic semiconductors to make a solar cell that could be combined with solid state electronics. Chloroplasts are structures in ... More/Devami...38343

Online Poker Bots Becoming Problematic?     Slashdot  11:56:06 21/09/2004
Online Poker Bots Becoming Problematic? Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday September 21, @12:45PM from the robo-flushed dept. scumbucket writes "MSNBC has a story about how poker bots have started to appear on internet gambling sites and the implications. It also talks about how a 'master level' poker-playing bot already exists. Could this proliferation of poker-playing bots undermine the almost $1 bil ... More/Devami...38332

Google omits controversial news stories in China     New Scientist  11:56:06 21/09/2004
The internet's most popular search engine Google has been accused of supporting Chinese internet controls by omitting contentious news stories from search results in China.State-sponsored internet providers in China routinely block access to internet sites deemed inappropriate by the government. These include both Chinese and foreign news sites carrying reports that criticise the Chinese governmen ... More/Devami...38331

Ask Jeeves Looks to Outshine Google     Slashdot  10:56:07 21/09/2004
Ask Jeeves Looks to Outshine Google Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday September 21, @11:05AM from the add-some-animated-gifs dept. bizpile writes "The AP is reporting that Ask Jeeves is looking to distinguish itself from its competitors by adding new tools for visitors to save and organize links to Web pages they find through the company's online search engine. "Google is not better than us," said Jim ... More/Devami...38310

Playstation cebe giriyor     NTVMSNBC  10:56:07 21/09/2004
Sony’nin Bilgisayar ve Eğlence bölümü başkanı Ken Kutaragi tarafından Tokyo’da tanıtılan iki yeni model, oyun konsolunda artan rekabet ve düşen kar marjlarına karşı elektronik devi firmayı yeniden kara taşımayı hedefliyor. Eskisine göre dört katı hafifleyen yeni Playstation2 (PS2) Japonya’da gelecek ay satışa çıkarken, mobil PS2 bu senenin son aylarında piyasaya sürülecek. Ürünün Avrupa’ya ulaşmas ... More/Devami...38309

Methane on Mars causes controversy     New Scientist  10:56:06 21/09/2004
Methane and water vapour are concentrated in the same regions of the Martian atmosphere, say scientists studying data from Europe's Mars Express orbiter. They say the link may point to a common source - possibly life - but others remain sceptical about the detection.In March, scientists using the Planetary Fourier Spectrometer (PFS) on Mars Express announced they had found methane in the atmospher ... More/Devami...38308

First of 6 new HHGG episodes, Tonight!     Slashdot  10:56:06 21/09/2004
First of 6 new HHGG episodes, Tonight! Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday September 21, @11:39AM from the can-we-stream-please dept. Prof.Phreak writes "From HHGG: Twenty-five years after the original radio series of Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy exploded into the public consciousness, the further exploits of its bewildered hero, Arthur Dent, are being brought to life in their ori ... More/Devami...38307

The case for life on the Red Planet     CNN  09:56:08 21/09/2004
Beagle scientist on a discovery that launched a mission to Mars By Colin Pillinger for CNN (CNN) -- My life changed dramatically on August 6, 1996, when a group of NASA scientists claimed to have found a fossil in a meteorite from Mars. I had been involved in Martian meteorite research since the early 1980s, helping to show that these rocks did in fact come from the Red Planet. The research my gro ... More/Devami...38306

Treaty curbs trade in toxic chemicals     CNN  09:56:08 21/09/2004
GENEVA, Switzerland (Reuters) -- The United Nations on Monday added 14 pesticides and chemicals, including lead additive for petrol, to a growing list of toxic substances in which trade is restricted. Under the Rotterdam Convention, such substances can only be exported from one country to another with the permission of the government of the importing state. "This is going to reduce the risk of peo ... More/Devami...38305

Sovyetler, Ay’da üs kuracakmış     NTVMSNBC  09:56:07 21/09/2004
Rusya’da yayımlanan haftalık Novaya Gazeta’da yer alan haberde, en önde gelen Sovyet bilim adamlarının üzerinde çalıştığı projenin 30 yıl önce başlatıldığı, ancak çok yüksek maliyet nedeniyle iptal edildiği belirtildi. Gazeteye açıklama yapan bilim adamı Aleksandır Yegorov, kendisinin de Ay’da üs projesinde bizzat yer aldığını, Sovyet bilim adamlarının nükleer silah tehdidi nedeniyle Ay’ın askeri ... More/Devami...38304

Device to save hospitals billions     CNN  09:56:06 21/09/2004
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (CNN) -- Imagine a computer program so clever, it senses the level of pain a patient is in and measures the exact amount of pain relief and sedative drugs they need. A team of New Zealand engineers and medical experts is working on a device that will be able to do just that. They hope their development will eventually be available for commercial use, potentially saving ho ... More/Devami...38303

Microscope brings atoms into focus     CNN  09:56:06 21/09/2004
OAK RIDGE, Tennessee (AP) -- Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers are peering into the atomic world with record clarity, developing an electron microscope image that can distinguish the individual, dumbbell-shaped atoms of a silicon crystal. "Every time you see something more clearly you learn some secrets," said Stephen Pennycook, who heads the lab's electron microscopy group. In a September ... More/Devami...38302

Microsoft radio venture gives DJs pause     CNN  09:56:05 21/09/2004
SEATTLE, Washington (AP) -- Fans of the Seattle music pop station Kiss 106.1 FM usually have to sit through an array of disc-jockey antics and advertising between listening to favorite artists like Avril Levigne and Ashlee Simpson. But not anymore. As part of its much-touted new MSN Music offering, Microsoft Corp. is testing a Web-based radio service that mimics nearly 1,000 local radio stations, ... More/Devami...38301

AOL Moves Beyond Single Passwords for Log-Ons     Slashdot  07:56:06 21/09/2004
AOL Moves Beyond Single Passwords for Log-Ons Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday September 21, @08:46AM from the are-you-secure-yet dept. ars writes "Yahoo is reporting that AOL is adding a new feature alowing customers to use two passwords to log on. The second password comes from a small small device from RSA Securitywhich displays a new password each minute. The scheme is called two-factor authentic ... More/Devami...38296

US sends plutonium to France     New Scientist  06:56:12 21/09/2004
Under heavy security and amidst much opposition, enough plutonium for 40 nuclear bombs is being taken by sea from the US to France for processing.The US and French authorities see the shipment as the first step in a new “atoms for peace” programme to convert 34 tonnes of plutonium from "surplus" US weapons into fuel for power stations."This is not just important for national security, it is import ... More/Devami...38290

Star Wars DVD Box Set Released     Slashdot  06:56:06 21/09/2004
Star Wars DVD Box Set Released Posted by timothy on Tuesday September 21, @07:20AM from the getcher-disk-on dept. dealsites writes "CNN reports that George Lucas is releasing the Star Wars DVD box set early on September 21, 2004 due to piracy concerns. Lucas had intended to release the box set of the original 3 movies after Episode III: Revenge of the Sith was released. However, he mentions that d ... More/Devami...38289

Pricey PC Display Shows 3-D Images Without Special Specs     ABC News  05:56:08 21/09/2004
Next to the power button, you'll find one marked "3D." If you have supporting software and a compatible graphics adapter, just press this button and the image on the panel will leap out toward you, even without your wearing any special glasses or goggles. The 3D imaging is created by a switchable parallax barrier behind the LCD panel. When it's off, all the light passes through the pixels and you ... More/Devami...38288

Sleek New Nokia Cell Phone Skips the Keypad     ABC News  05:56:07 21/09/2004
We've been looking quizzically at pictures of their keypad-less 7280 fashion phone since it was announced two weeks ago, but we wanted to hold off on judging it until we got our hands on the sleek little gadget ourselves. And when we did, we were amazed. This phone looks and works like no other. It was designed from the ground up as a second phone; the one you'll take out with you at night and on ... More/Devami...38287

Research Showing Men and Women Differ in More Than One Area     ABC News  05:56:06 21/09/2004
From the way we record information to how we process language to the size of our brains and different regions of the brain, clear differences have emerged through animal studies and the use of technology such as brain scanning. Scientists are also trying to get at the roots of what may be behind these differences by looking at the effects of chromosomes and hormones at work in lab animals. And thi ... More/Devami...38286

How Safe Is a Roller Coaster in the Sky?     Space.com  05:56:06 21/09/2004
Last week's announcement by the Zero Gravity Corporation that it would be offering weightless flights to paying customers was good news for thrill seekers.  Those who sign up for the experience will be treated to several stomach-rolling climbs and drops.  Although the planes used are slightly modified commercial planes, tests have shown that they can manage the demanding maneuvers. “It is definite ... More/Devami...38285

Monday, September 20, 2004     Space.com  05:56:05 21/09/2004
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Wikipedia Hits Million-Entry Mark     Slashdot  03:56:06 21/09/2004
Wikipedia Hits Million-Entry Mark Posted by timothy on Tuesday September 21, @04:51AM from the and-hits-it-hard dept. Sir Homer writes "The Wikimedia Foundation announced today the creation of the one millionth article in Wikipedia. Started in January 2001, Wikipedia is currently both the world's largest encyclopedia and fastest-growing, with articles under active development in over 100 languages ... More/Devami...38278

A Wi-Fi/VoIP Phone Booth In the Burning Man Desert     Slashdot  22:56:07 20/09/2004
A Wi-Fi/VoIP Phone Booth In the Burning Man Desert Posted by timothy on Monday September 20, @11:14PM from the burning-pots dept. Brad Templeton writes "I, (of EFF/ClariNet/rec.humor.funny) along with Brent Chapman (Majordomo/Building Internet Firewalls) and the satellite dish of John Gilmore (EFF/Cygnus/Cypherpunks/etc.) put together an engaging hack -- a battery-powered free phone booth using 80 ... More/Devami...38274

Triumph of the bloggers?     CNN  20:56:24 20/09/2004
CBS documents flap puts spotlight on Web commentators LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- Internet bloggers have drawn blood and American journalism may never be the same. To hear some press experts tell it, CBS's admission Monday that it was duped into using questionable documents about President Bush's National Guard service during the Vietnam War was a watershed moment brought on by a small ar ... More/Devami...38273

Interview With BBC Dirac Developer Thomas Davis     Slashdot  20:56:06 20/09/2004
Interview With BBC Dirac Developer Thomas Davis Posted by timothy on Monday September 20, @09:40PM from the making-pictures-move dept. arclightfire writes "The subject of the BBC video codec Dirac has been here before, but we've managed to get an interview with Thomas Davies, Senior R&D Engineer at the BBC who devised the Dirac algorithm. Interesting to note that the codec should be with Mplayer s ... More/Devami...38272

Northrop Tapped to Design Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter with JPL     Space.com  20:56:05 20/09/2004
WASHINGTON -- Northrop Grumman beat out Boeing and Lockheed Martin to win a $400 million contract to help NASA design the proposed multibillion dollar Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter (JIMO) mission. The U.S. space agency hopes to launch the nuclear-powered JIMO around 2015 on an ambitious mission to orbit three of Jupiter's planet sized moons. Under the contract, which runs through 2008, Northrop Grumma ... More/Devami...38271

Will Google Launch A Browser?     Slashdot  19:56:06 20/09/2004
Will Google Launch A Browser? Posted by timothy on Monday September 20, @08:21PM from the sweet-patooties-up-for-wager dept. ServeYourWorld writes "The New York Post is reporting that 'Based on the half-dozen hires in recent weeks, Google appears to be planning to launch its own Web browser and other software products to challenge Microsoft.' I took a guess and did a whois search for Gbrowser.com ... More/Devami...38268

Architecture Online     Popular Science  16:56:09 20/09/2004
Cartoonist Scott Adams first built the Ultimate Cubicle for Dilbert the office drone. Now Adams is designing Dilbert’s Ultimate House (DUH)—virtual proof that a home can be green without compromising on cushiness. Irritated by the inefficiencies of supposedly modern homes, Adams enlisted the help of tech-savvy fans, architects and energy experts to design an innovative, environmentally friendly ... More/Devami...38259

Wind carries GM pollen record distances     New Scientist  16:56:07 20/09/2004
Pollen from a genetically modified grass has blown on the wind and pollinated other grasses up to 21 kilometres away, says a new study. This distance is “much further than previously measured”, say the authors, and is thought to be a record for any GM pollen.The discovery comes as regulators decide whether to allow the planting of the GM creeping bentgrass on golf course putting greens across the ... More/Devami...38258

Traffic deaths rise after terror attacks     New Scientist  16:56:06 20/09/2004
Fatal traffic accidents rise by 35 per cent three days after a terror attack, according to a new study conducted in Israel. The finding suggests terrorism can cause a delayed reaction in the population at large.Previous research has studied how individuals respond to terror attacks - by developing post-traumatic stress disorder, for example."What has not been done is looking for the broader popula ... More/Devami...38257

Arrest in Cisco Code Theft     Slashdot  15:56:08 20/09/2004
Arrest in Cisco Code Theft Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday September 20, @04:07PM from the hack-and-roll dept. Kozar_The_Malignant writes "The BBC is reporting that an arrest has been made in the case of the stolen Cisco code that was posted to the internet last May. Approximately 800 MB was posted to a Russian security website. No name has been released and details are rather thin." ... More/Devami...38256

'Star Wars' Cast, Crew Demystify Trilogy     Space.com  15:56:06 20/09/2004
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- When it comes to "Star Wars," maybe there's too much gravity in space. Fans invariably take "Star Wars" too seriously, but the people behind the sci-fi series recall the experience as a surreal comic opera. Training a monkey to play Yoda? Studio complaints that Chewbacca was pantsless? The only thing that worked on R2-D2 was the dwarf inside? As the original trilogy heads to DV ... More/Devami...38255

Mars Express Yields Provocative Observations     Space.com  13:56:05 20/09/2004
Europe’s Mars Express is gathering data regarding the geological and atmospheric processes on the red planet -- information that might shore up the case that present-day life is percolating subsurface.   Recent analyses of data gleaned by the Planetary Fourier Spectrometer (PFS) carried by the spacecraft reveal that concentrations of water vapor and methane in the atmosphere of Mars significantly ... More/Devami...38250

India launches world's first education satellite     New Scientist  12:56:07 20/09/2004
Millions of illiterate people in remote, rural India could soon have access to an education, as a satellite devoted exclusively to long distance learning was launched on Monday. It is the world's first dedicated educational satellite, according to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).India launched the $20 million, 2-tonne EDUSAT from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota, a tiny ... More/Devami...38243

SpaceDev to Build Piloted Spaceship     Space.com  12:56:06 20/09/2004
The aerospace firm SpaceDev cast its hat into the ring of private human spaceflight today, announcing its plans to build a reuseable spacecraft that may one day carry passengers into orbit. Based in Poway, California, SpaceDev is designing a piloted sub-orbital spacecraft that could eventually be scaled up for orbital flights. The effort springs from a partnership between SpaceDev and NASA's Ames ... More/Devami...38242

Thousands of zombie PCs created daily     New Scientist  11:56:06 20/09/2004
The rate at which personal computers are being hijacked by hackers rocketed in the first half of 2004, reveals a new report. An average of 30,000 computers per day were turned into enslaved “zombies”, compared with just 2000 per day in 2003.US computer security company Symantec says efforts to build so-called "botnets" - networks of zombies used to launch attacks on corporate websites or as anonym ... More/Devami...38236

Global Warming Puts China’s Yulong Glacier in Peril     ABC News  10:56:05 20/09/2004
Rising above the vermilion walls and tiled rooftops of picturesque Lijiang, it is said to resemble a dragon lying in the clouds. It is a dragon that just happens to be cloaked in one of China's most dramatic and accessible glaciers. Every year, tens of thousands of tourists are carried by cable car right to the glacier's edge on a sightseeing trip that can literally take one's breath away. At 12,0 ... More/Devami...38230

Testing safety on roller coaster in sky     CNN  10:56:04 20/09/2004
By Michael SchirberSPACE.com (SPACE.com) -- Zero Gravity Corporation announced last week it would be offering weightless flights to paying customers. Those who sign up for the experience will be treated to several stomach-rolling climbs and drops. Although the planes used are slightly modified commercial planes, tests have shown that they can manage the demanding maneuvers. "It is definitely an un ... More/Devami...38229

Mussels at North Pole hint at warmer Earth     CNN  09:56:07 20/09/2004
OSLO, Norway (Reuters) -- Mussels have been found growing on the seabed just 1,300 km (800 miles) from the North Pole in a likely sign of global warming, scientists said on Friday. The blue mussels, which normally favor warmer waters like off France or the eastern United States, were discovered last month off Norway's Svalbard archipelago in waters that are covered with ice most of the year. "The ... More/Devami...38223

Testing safety on roller coaster in sky     CNN  09:56:06 20/09/2004
By Michael SchirberSPACE.com (SPACE.com) -- Zero Gravity Corporation announced last week it would be offering weightless flights to paying customers. Those who sign up for the experience will be treated to several stomach-rolling climbs and drops. Although the planes used are slightly modified commercial planes, tests have shown that they can manage the demanding maneuvers. "It is definitely an un ... More/Devami...38222

Spacecrafts powered by thunder     New Scientist  09:56:06 20/09/2004
Thunderous sound waves could one day propel spacecraft to the edge of the solar system, say engineers who have developed a new type of acoustic engine.Current long-range spacecraft - like the US-European Cassini probe now orbiting Saturn - roam too far from the Sun to use solar power so instead carry plutonium bricks to fuel their engines. As the radioactive plutonium decays, it generates heat tha ... More/Devami...38221

Deaf kids give birth to new language     CNN  09:56:06 20/09/2004
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Deaf children thrown together in a school in Nicaragua without any type of formal instruction invented their own sign language -- a sophisticated system that has evolved and grown, researchers reported on Friday. Their observations show that children, not adults, are key to the evolution and development of language, the researchers report in Friday's issue of the journal Sc ... More/Devami...38220

Tracking The (English) Words We Use     Slashdot  08:56:06 20/09/2004
Tracking The (English) Words We Use Posted by Hemos on Monday September 20, @09:10AM from the interesting-models dept. Zugok writes "Wordcount.org has an interactive presentation of the 86,800 most frequently used English words. In addition they have Query Count which is a dynamic database of what are the most queried words on Wword Count. Then there is the conspiracy corner where certain words se ... More/Devami...38211

Digital Generation, Analog Retro Chic     Slashdot  08:56:05 20/09/2004
Digital Generation, Analog Retro Chic Posted by Hemos on Monday September 20, @09:47AM from the the-joy-of-old-skool dept. securitas writes "The New York Times' Juliet Chung writes about the latest technology trend: the growing popularity of analog technology with a generation that has grown up digital. 'Yesterday's technology designs are becoming popular among those in their teens and 20's eager ... More/Devami...38210

İngiltere’de cep sayısı nüfusu aşacak     NTVMSNBC  07:56:57 20/09/2004
Cep telefonu hattı sayısının artmaya devam ettiğini belirten uzmanlar, özellikle yaşlıların büyük bir hızla telefon almayı sürdürdüklerini açıkladı.   Uzmanlar, 65 yaşın üzerindeki nüfusun yarısından fazlasının cep telefonu sahibi olduğunu belirterek, 2003-2004 haziran ayları arasında 6 milyon yeni cep telefonu hattı alındığını belirtti. Bu arada, cep telefonunu en yoğun biçimde kullandıkları bili ... More/Devami...38209

Bilgisayar virüsleri % 400 arttı     NTVMSNBC  05:56:20 20/09/2004
Windows işletim sistemlerinin açıklarından faydalanmak isteyen virüs programı yazıcılarıyla spamcıların işbirliğine yöneldiğini kaydeden Symantec, kullanıcıları artan Linux ve cep bilgisayarları işletim sistemlerinin de, yakın gelecekte virüs saldırılarına hedef olabileceği uyarısında bulundu.   Norton programıyla tanınan antivirüs yazılımı üreticisi Symantec, ilk 6 ayda Microsoft’un Windows işlet ... More/Devami...38192

Software Creates Home DVD Easily, But Offers Minimal Editing Power     ABC News  05:56:09 20/09/2004
MyDVD Studio 6 is the core app in a line of Sonic products, ranging from the basic MyDVD Studio 6 ($69.99 direct), which includes MyDVD and CinePlayer (a software DVD Player) to MyDVD Studio Deluxe Suite 6 ($149), which adds a system-backup utility, CD/DVD premastering, and disc-labeling features. Our tests focused on the MyDVD authoring software. Like Ulead MovieFactory and Pinnacle Instant CD/DV ... More/Devami...38188

Web Dating Service EHarmony Finds a Match in Tech     ABC News  05:56:08 20/09/2004
"People spend more on online personals than any other form of online content," says Nate Elliott, Jupiter's Internet-dating analyst. "By 2009, we expect revenues to reach $623 million." Clearly, the leading sites stand to make a fortune, and few are raking it in like eHarmony.com. A recent study by Comscore, another Internet research firm, estimates that eHarmony had nearly 1.5 million unique visi ... More/Devami...38187

How Genesis Crash Impacts Mars Sample Return     Space.com  05:56:07 20/09/2004
NASA’s Genesis sample capsule not only stirred up dust and dirt when it crash landed in Utah last week, but also debate concerning the return to Earth of future extraterrestrial samples – specifically from Mars. While the high-speed impact of the return canister was not planned, the capsule’s design did permit the survival of some samples. However, due to a breach of the science canister caused by ... More/Devami...38186

NIGHTSKY FRIDAY     Space.com  05:56:07 20/09/2004
Donald Machholz of Colfax, California, an optician who has been interested in astronomy since age eight, discovered nine comet from 1978 through 1994. He has since spent 1,457 hours scanning the skies for other comets, without any luck. But his luck changed on the morning of Aug. 27, when he swept up his tenth comet. Machholz's latest discovery could become the third fourth this year to excite bac ... More/Devami...38185

Canadian Ansari X Prize Team Pushes Toward First Launch     Space.com  05:56:06 20/09/2004
With a successful balloon test under their belt and launch paperwork almost in the bag, some eager Canadian rocketeers are confident they will launch their privately built, human-carrying spaceship in time to compete in an international space race. Team members with the GoldenPalace.com Space Program Powered by the da Vinci Project said their group is on track for an anticipated Oct. 2 launch, one ... More/Devami...38184

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