slyyy writes “The Universtiy of Rochester has discovered the complete genome of a bacterial parasite inside the genome of the host species. This opens the possibility of exchanging DNA between unrelated species and changing our understanding of the evolutionary process. From the article: ‘Before this study, geneticists knew of examples where genes from a parasite […]
Groklaw Reader writes “Just days after Microsoft’s attempt to buy the Swedish vote on OOXML came to light, SIS declared its own vote invalid. The post at Groklaw references a ComputerWorld article with revelations from Microsoft: ‘Microsoft Corp. admitted Wednesday that an employee at its Swedish subsidiary offered monetary compensation to partners for voting in […]
CapedOpossum writes “According to an article from a few weeks back on CNN, researchers in the field of genetics and biology think that we may be able to artificially create life within the next decade. From the article: ‘Around the world, a handful of scientists are trying to create life from scratch and they’re getting […]
Ed Albro, PC World writes “At PC World, we’ve got a story today on salespeople at Best Buy and Circuit City pushing consumers to pay the stores’ technicians to create recovery discs for their new laptops. Recovery discs are important to have, of course, but the fact is that they’re easy to make yourself. Or […]
Reader r writes with news from San Francisco that Earthlink has backed out of contract negotiations to blanket the city with free Wi-Fi, citing money problems. Seems like only yesterday that Chicago’s Wi-Fi deal fell apart for much the same reason. Quoting: “The contract, which was three years in the making, had run into snags […]
An anonymous reader writes “With Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell acknowledging that the ‘private sector’ had a hand in assisting the president’s warrantless wiretapping initiative, the DOJ is ever more strenuously demanding that the suit against Verizon be dropped. ‘The Justice Department attorneys argue McConnell’s statements did nothing to change the fact that it […]
LG Electronics Inc.’s battle to beat the iPhone is far from over. The South Korean electronics company has unveiled its second iPhone-like handset and this one packs several important features the iPhone doesn’t: 3G and high-speed cellular data networking.
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Many of you might remember the previous story about LiveJournal erroneously deleting hundreds of users as suspected paedophiles, spurred on by pressure from the group, Warriors for innocence. Since then, they’ve been taking action against users hosting material on their servers that they believe to be illegal. Today, LiveJournal management have demonstrated a serious lack […]
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes “Is collusion by the record companies a defense to an RIAA case? We’re about to find out, because the RIAA has made a motion to strike the affirmative defense of Marie Lindor, who alleged that “the plaintiffs, who are competitors, are a cartel acting collusively in violation of the antitrust laws and of […]
Stony Stevenson writes “iTnews is running a piece on the culture of cyberslacking in the business arena. Studies worldwide suggest employees spend about a fifth of their work shifts engaging in personal activities. Most of that ‘wasted time’ is, of course, spent online. From the article: ‘A recent survey by online compensation firm Salary.com showed […]