Microsoft confirms newest IE bug went unpatched yesterday
Microsoft today said it’s investigating reports of a new vulnerability in IE that did not get patched in yesterday’s massive update.
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Microsoft Plans VR Simulation of Everything?
Ian Lamont writes “Microsoft recently updated ESP, a virtual reality modeling platform that until now has primarily been used to model aircraft and flight simulations. Microsoft has plans to expand it to other industries such as real estate and urban planning, but one of the most interesting possibilities could be what one observer refers to as a ‘simulation of everything,’ based on Virtual Earth and perhaps even user-generated content. Indeed, Microsoft’s research chief has been promoting the idea of commerce applications and other tools built on top of what he calls the ‘Spatial Web’, a blend of 3D, video, and location-aware technologies. He gave an example of a shopkeeper creating 3D models of his store’s interior and goods with Photosynth and then uploading the results into a large 3D model of local shopping district. Customers could ‘visit’ the area, browse products, and order them for real-world delivery.”
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mocoNews.net – There's No Zune Phone Coming; But Even If It Was … – Washington Post
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mocoNews.net – There's No Zune Phone Coming; But Even If It Was …
Washington Post - Once again, rumors have re-surfaced that Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) is going to launch a Zune phone?this time at CES in January. I've held off reporting on the rumor because I don't think it is true, but more importantly, if it were true, it wouldn't be … Ballmer to talk Windows 7, not ZunePhone at CES Rumor Smash: No Zune Phone at CES |
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CORRECTED-UPDATE2-More mobile phone makers back Google's Android – Reuters
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CORRECTED-UPDATE2-More mobile phone makers back Google's Android
Reuters - By Jennifer Martinez SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 9 (Reuters) – Fourteen of the world's largest mobile phone and chip makers, including Sony Ericsson, Vodafone Group Plc (VOD. Google's Android Gains More Powerful Followers Sony Ericsson, HTC planning Google Android phones for 2009 |
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Panel Criticizes US Effort on Nanomaterial Risks – New York Times
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Panel Criticizes US Effort on Nanomaterial Risks
New York Times - By CORNELIA DEAN In a sweeping critique made public Wednesday, an expert panel of the National Research Council said the federal government was not doing enough to identify potential health and environmental risks from engineered nanomaterials. UPDATE 2-US nanotechnology plans fall short-report Report: Not enough being done to ensure safety of nanotech products |
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Walmart represents mainstreamification of iPhone – Computerworld
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Walmart represents mainstreamification of iPhone
Computerworld - A lot has been made of Apple's seemingly sure move to Walmart as a point of sale for the iPhone. Whether or not Apple releases an "everyman" $99 4Gb iPhone still remains to be seen, but this isn't the main point. Reports: $99 Wal-Mart iPhone would be atypical, risky move Why Apple Won't Sell a $99 iPhone, A Netbook or a Tablet PC |
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Ants Used For Mind-Controlled Robotic Limbs
mr sanjeev writes “Australian researchers are reducing the divide between science fiction and science reality by bringing the development of mind-controlled robotic limbs a few steps closer. Even the most fertile science fiction imagination might not see a link between the behavior of ant colonies and the development of lifelike robotic limbs, but that is the straightforward mathematical reality of research underway at the University of Technology, Sydney. The technology mimics the myoelectric signals used by the central nervous system (CNS) to control muscle activity. Artificial intelligence researchers have long used the complex interactions between ants to construct a pattern recognition formula to identify bioelectric signals. PhD student Rami Khushaba said ‘swarm-intelligence’ allows scientists to understand the body’s electrical signals and use the knowledge to create a robotic prosthetic device that can be operated by human thought.”
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Carbon Dioxide and Water Found On Exoplanet
Off the Rails writes “The BBC reports that evidence has been found for both water vapour and carbon dioxide on a planet 63 light years away. The planet is a ‘hot Jupiter’ with a surface temperature of 1173K and an orbital period of just 53 hours. The gases were found spectroscopically once its orbit had been deduced from observation. NASA hailed the news as proof that Kepler will be able to do its job of finding planets capable of supporting life.” Wikipedia also has an entry on the planet, dubbed HD 189733b.
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Microsoft looking into WordPad zero-day flaw – CNET News
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Microsoft looking into WordPad zero-day flaw
CNET News - Microsoft is investigating reports of a flaw in the WordPad Text Converter for Word 97 files, the company said on Tuesday. A Microsoft blog stated "we are aware of very limited and targeted attacks seeking to exploit this vulnerability. Microsoft Investigates Internet Explorer, WordPad Vulnerabilities Microsoft confirms newest IE bug went unpatched yesterday |
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Yahoo curbs severance pay in event of a takeover (AP)
AP – In a move that could make it easier to negotiate a sale, Yahoo Inc. has overhauled a severance program that could have saddled potential buyers with a huge bill after a takeover.
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Carbon Dioxide (No SUV’s) Detected on Distant Planet – New York Times
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Carbon Dioxide (No SUV’s) Detected on Distant Planet
New York Times - By KENNETH CHANG Astronomers testing techniques to search for extraterrestrial life have detected carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet 63 light-years away. Water found in hot planet's orbit Orbiter finds evidence of far-off water vapor |
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Best Introduction To Programming For Bright 11-14-Year-Olds?
firthisaword writes “I will be teaching an enrichment programming course to 11-14 year old gifted children in the Spring. It is meant as an introduction to very basic programming paradigms (conditions, variables, loops, etc.), but the kids will invariably have a mix of experience in dealing with computers and programming. The question: Which programming language would be best for starting these kids off on? I am tempted by QBasic which I remember from my early days — it is straightforward and fast, if antiquated and barely supported under XP. Others have suggested Pascal which was conceived as an instructional pseudocode language. Does anyone have experience in that age range? Anything you would recommend? And as a P.S: Out of the innumerable little puzzles/programs/tasks that novice programmers get introduced to such as Fibonacci numbers, primes or binary calculators, which was the most fun and which one taught you the most?” A few years ago, a reader asked a similar but more general question, and several questions have focused on how to introduce kids to programming. Would you do anything different in teaching kids identified as academically advanced?
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Either Someone 14th Caller Or Everything On Fire At Spanish Radio Station
SAN JOSE, CA—According to sources, either a listener of local Spanish-language radio program Mañana Gigante con Luis y Moon Dog…
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Tribune Media Files For Bankruptcy
Tribune Media, the parent company of the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Cubs, and many other organizations filed…
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Another Yahoo investor seeks Microsoft search deal (AP)
AP – A large Yahoo Inc. shareholder has joined a growing chorus urging the beleaguered Internet company to set aside its past differences with Microsoft Corp. and renew negotiations to sell its search operations to the spurned suitor.
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The Wisdom of Clouds – CNET News
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The Wisdom of Clouds
CNET News - Amazon today used Le Web 3 as an opportunity to announce the availability of EC2 in the European Union, along with several of the associated services. Amazon Stretches Cloud Across the Pond Amazon Extends EC2 Cloud Platform to Europe |
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Mouse hunting and group cards among Facebook rising stars (AFP)
AFP – Facebook has thrown its weight behind virtual mouse hunting and communal card crafting applications touted as rising stars at the hot social networking website.
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Astronauts say “yipee!” to urine drinking
One of the most critical things that the space shuttle Endeavour delivered to the International Space Station last week was a system that would allow the astronauts on board to recycle their own urine into drinkable water. Gross, yes, but vital if the station’s crew complement is to be expanded from 3 to 6 next year as planned … and it took a while to get it up and running. “There will be dancing later,” mission controllers replied when informed that the pee-drinking was finally ready to commence.
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RIM kicks off hostile bid for Certicom
A subsidiary of BlackBerry maker Research In Motion has started the hostile takeover bid for security vendor Certicom that it disclosed plans for last week.
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An Open Source Coffee Machine
Anonymous Coward writes “The Open Source Coffee Machine [video link] is a recycled coffee machine, controlled by a PC running Beremiz, and using some MicroMod CANopen I/O nodes from Peak-System. This machine have been prepared by Peak-System and Lolitech for SCS-Paris-08 exhibition. It served free coffee during four days at Peak-System’s booth, and has been donated to IUT of Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, France, so that students can have fun practicing automation.”
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Google takes two with Gmail-SMS chat – CNET News
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Google takes two with Gmail-SMS chat
CNET News - "A few weeks back, we ran into a few snags when we first started rolling this out, but starting today you can turn on text messaging for chat," said Leo Dirac, a Google product manager, in a blog post Wednesday. Gmail Enables SMS Messaging From Chat Google Finally Fixes Gmail SMS Text Message Tool |
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Intel On Track For 32 Nm Manufacturing
yaksha writes “Intel said on Wednesday that it has completed the development phase of its next manufacturing process that will shrink chip circuits to 32 nanometers. The milestone means that Intel will be able to push faster, more efficient chips starting in the fourth quarter. In a statement, Intel said it will provide more technical details at the International Electron Devices Meeting next week in San Francisco. Bottom line: Shrinking to a 32 nanometer is one more step in its “tick tock” strategy, which aims to create a new architecture with new manufacturing process every 12 months. Intel is obviously betting that its rapid-fire advancements will produce performance gains so jaw dropping that customers can’t resist.”
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Investment firm urges Yahoo to do Microsoft deal (AFP)
AFP – An investment firm which holds 1.5 percent of Yahoo’s stock urged the Internet company on Wednesday to do a deal with software giant Microsoft and “not miss yet another value maximization opportunity.”
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