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Montreal scientists unlock mystery of early molecular mechanism
CBC.ca Two Montreal researchers have proposed a new theory for a question that has long vexed evolutionary biologists: How did a mechanism thought to help build life self-assemble? Mystery about origin of life solved Times of India all 2 news articles Langue : Français |
Sometimes the best friend a Windows user can have when things go haywire is a good Linux-based repair kit.
The iCub robot, modelled on a human child, made its first appearance in Britain this week – the latest result of cutting edge robotics research funded by the European Commission
These Revio programmable light switches by FirstHand Design go beyond high tech. There’s a simple rubberized knob up front to turn on and dim the lights, but there’s a lot more tech underneath. The capacitive touch panel controls four zones with four scenes each…
An anonymous reader writes to mention that Mark Shuttleworth has announced the next release in their horrible alliterative family, “Karmic Koala”. The new version hopes to include a newer, shinier, faster startup, better small screen support, a spruced up desktop look (no more brown), and many minor tweaks and updates. “A newborn Koala spends about six months in the family before it heads off into the wild alone. Sounds about perfect for an Ubuntu release plan! I’m looking forward to seeing many of you in Barcelona, and before that, at a Jaunty release party. Till then, cheers.”
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bossanovalithium writes to tell us that details are emerging about the theft of a top secret prototype mobile device stolen from an executive’s pocket. Time to start watching eBay. “There are fears that leaks regarding the features and early bugs in the software could mar the launch of Windows Mobile 6.5 which the company hopes will give it the edge over the iPhone and the new Google Android operating system. The new product includes support for touch-screen technology similar to that found on the Apple iPhone. Among the features offered in the new service unveiled by Microsoft’s chief executive, Steve Ballmer, on Tuesday, is a version of Windows Marketplace for Mobiles, which is set to compete with the popular Apple’s App Store and provide easy ways to download music and products to mobiles. “
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angry tapir writes “ICANN has delayed its plans to sell new generic top-level domains while responding to public comments about the controversial proposal. The organization has released a 154-page document detailing and analyzing the hundreds of comments (PDF) it has received about its gTLD plan. In response to several concerns brought up by the public and companies in the Internet industry, ICANN has moved out the projected timeline for taking applications for new gTLDs from September to December.”
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Frequent Slashdot contributor Bennett Haselton writes “What if the IWF notified site owners when it added their content to the UK’s national ‘child pornography’ blacklist? Besides the blocking of the Virgin Killer cover art on Wikipedia, we don’t know how many mistakes there might be on the IWF’s list. But we would have a better idea, if content owners were notified of the IWF’s determination and had the opportunity to challenge it publicly.” Read on for Bennett’s analysis.
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miller60 writes “The social bookmarking service Ma.gnolia reports that all its user data was irretrievably lost in the Jan. 30 database crash that knocked the service offline. Ma.gnolia founder Larry Halff recently discussed the crash and the lessons to be learned from Ma.gnolia’s experience. A lesson for users: don’t assume online services have lots of staff and servers, and always keep backup copies of your data. Ma.gnolia was a one-man operation running on two Mac OS X servers and four Mac minis.”
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