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Recycling Excess Heat From the Data Center (Slashdot)

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itwbennett writes "A new data center being built in Helsinki, scheduled to go live at the end of January, will generate energy and deliver hot water for the city. The data center is located in an old bomb shelter and is connected to the Helsinki public energy company's district heating system, which works by pumping boiling water through a system of pipes to households in Helsinki. The recycled heat from the data center, could add about 1 percent to the total energy generated by the energy company's system in the summer." The article doesn't say what the overall efficiency of the heat recovery is. Researchers at MIT are working on a new energy-conversion technology based on quantum dots that they say has already demonstrated 40% of the Carnot efficiency limit — 4 times what is achieved by current commercial thermoelectric devices. The researchers believe they can reach 90% of the Carnot limit.

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VirtualBox 3.1 adds live migration and branched snapshots (digg.com: Stories / Technology / Popular)

1259694603|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover, submitted by LtGenPanda

The latest version of VirtualBox delivers some compelling new features, including support for live migration and branched snapshots. Migration capabilities reflect VirtualBox's potential for ascending into the enterprise arena.


Restaurants Sue Vendor for Unsecured Card Processor (digg.com: Stories / Technology / Popular)

1259693402|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover, submitted by LtGenPanda

Seven restaurants have sued the maker of a bank card-processing system for failing to secure the product from a Romanian hacker who breached their systems.


Verizon Changes FiOS AUP, -1, Offtopic (Slashdot)

1259691960|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover, submitted by timothy

RasputinAXP writes "Verizon has changed their FiOS AUP effective yesterday, and added an interesting new clause to their specific examples that we're all familiar with: "it is a violation of the Agreement and this AUP to ... post off-topic information on message boards, chat rooms or social networking sites.' At this point, every FiOS-based Slashdot user is breaking the new AUP."

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Using faulty data to demand settlements from innocent surfer (digg.com: Stories / Technology / Popular)

1259691002|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover, submitted by DiggUnderground

A Princeton researcher finds himself bombarded with demands to pay up after swapping adult movies online—but he didn't do it. It appears to be another case of extremely-lazy IP "enforcement" using bad BitTorrent data collection.


Fring Brings Free Video Calling To The iPhone, Nokia SmartPH (digg.com: Stories / Technology / Popular)

1259690125|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover, submitted by asheikha

Apple has long been rumored to integrate video conferencing capabilities in the iPhone, and most expected Skype to incorporate such a feature in ...


Microsoft Investigates Windows 7 "Black Screen of Death" (Slashdot)

1259689080|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover, submitted by timothy

duguk writes "Microsoft has confirmed that it is investigating a problem described as the 'black screen of death,' which affects Windows 7 — and reports suggest it affects Vista and XP, too. The firm said it was looking into reports that suggest its latest security update, released on Tuesday 25 November, caused the problem. The error means that users of Windows 7 and earlier operating systems see a totally black screen after logging on to the system."

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Digg Search Turns Up Google Exec As New VP Product (digg.com: Stories / Technology / Popular)

1259688022|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover, submitted by thegamingguy

Digg has poached Keval Desai away from Google as their new Vice President of Product, we’ve confirmed from the company. Desai’s last day at Google is today.


Spammer Lance Atkinson Fined $16 Million (Slashdot)

1259686620|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover, submitted by timothy

Nashville Guy writes "According to Australia's The Age, 'A New Zealand man living in Queensland and believed to be behind the world's largest spam operation, has been ordered to pay more than $16 million for running the illegal enterprise. Lance Atkinson, 26, originally from Christchurch, was living in Pelican Waters on the Sunshine Coast when the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) had his assets frozen last year. ... The FTC found Atkinson and American Jody Smith were at the centre of the world's largest internet spam operation, dubbed 'AffKing,' having recruited spammers from around the world.'"

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Guy Lives in Bike-Powered RV for 30 Years (digg.com: Stories / Technology / Popular)

1259685031|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover, submitted by jerryjamesstone

Brian Campbell is well known for having traveled around the country on bike-powered RVs that he's lived in for almost thirty years.


Trying To Bust JavaScript Out of the Browser (Slashdot)

1259683920|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover, submitted by timothy

eldavojohn writes "If you think JavaScript is a crime against humanity, you might want to skip this article, because Ars is reporting on efforts to take JavaScript to the next level. With the new ECMAScript 5 draft proposal, the article points out a lot of positive things that have happened in the world of JavaScript. The article does a good job of citing some of the major problems with JavaScript and how a reborn library called CommonJS (formerly ServerJS) is addressing each of those problems. No one can deny JavaScript's usefulness on the front end of the web, but if you're a developer do you support the efforts to move it beyond that?"

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MacBook Mod Gives Base Station Chassis New Purpose (Slashdot)

1259681400|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover, submitted by timothy

odysseus31173 writes "A little over a year ago, I began developing for the iPhone and needed a working mac (not a Hackintosh), so I decided to purchase a MacBook logic board to save on cost. I modded a Linksys case to accept the logic board (along with all of the other hardware) and made it function again. The Mac currently runs Leopard and has a working iSight and mic along with fully functional WiFi and bluetooth. The RAM is the standard 1 gig, but the hard drive has been upgraded to 160 gigs. The iSight/mic holes in the front panel are hard to see and this could be used as a nanny cam of sorts."

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The Cloud Ate My Homework (Slashdot)

1259678760|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover, submitted by timothy

theodp writes "Over at CNET, James Urquhart sings the praises of cloud computing, encouraging folks to 'really listen to what is being said, understand how the cloud is being used, and seriously evaluate how this disruptive model will change your projects, your organization, and even your career.' Fair enough. Over at the Google Docs Help Forum, some perplexed cloud computing users spent the month of November unsuccessfully trying to figure out why they've been zinged for inappropriate content. Among the items deemed inappropriate and unshareable include notes on Henry David Thoreau ('the published version of this item cannot be shared until a Google review finds that the content is appropriate'), homework assignments, high school yearbook plans, wishlists, documents containing botanical names for plants, a list of websites for an ecommerce class, and a list of companies that rent motorcycles in Canada. When it comes to support in the cloud, it kind of looks like you might get what you pay for."

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Cool-Tether Links Phones' Bandwidth To Make High-Speed Hotspots (Slashdot)

1259676240|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover, submitted by timothy

Barence writes "Microsoft Research has found a novel way of beating the deplorably slow speeds of mobile broadband, by combining several phones together to make one high-speed hotspot. Dubbed Cool-Tether, the system harnesses the mobile data connection of multiple mobile handsets to build an on-the-fly Wi-Fi hotspot. 'To address the challenges of energy efficiency, Cool-Tether carefully optimises the energy drain of the WAN (GPRS/EDGE/3G) and Wi-Fi radios on smartphones,' Microsoft's research paper claims. 'We prototype Cool-Tether on smartphones and, experimentally, demonstrate savings in energy consumption between 38%-71% compared to prior energy-agnostic solutions.'"

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5 Big Changes to Watch in Facebook's Upcoming Redesign (digg.com: Stories / Technology / Popular)

1259673602|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover, submitted by medost

Just over a month ago, Facebook rolled out a new homepage redesign. Now it looks like the social network isn't completely satisfied with the results, as it's now testing yet another homepage redesign.


US Congressman Announces Plans To Probe Wikileaks (Slashdot)

1259673540|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover, submitted by kdawson

eldavojohn writes "Congressman Peter King (R-NY) is calling for a probe into Wikileaks with regard to the recent publication of half a million 9/11 pager messages. He has announced that he plans to have his Washington staff begin a preliminary investigation because Wikileaks' action 'raises security issues.' A word of caution: Congressman King has been known to make inflammatory and unpopular statements."

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Thunderbird 3 - At A Glance - Reviews by PC Magazine (digg.com: Stories / Technology / Popular)

1259669403|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover, submitted by dainix

The third revision of Mozilla's open-source mail client adds better search, tabs, and message archiving.


Infinity Ward Fights Against Modern Warfare 2 Cheaters (Slashdot)

1259668560|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover, submitted by Soulskill

Faithbleed writes "IW's Robert Bowling reports on his twitter account that Infinity Ward is giving 2,500 Modern Warfare 2 cheaters the boot. The news comes as the war between IW and MW2's fans rages over the decision to go with IWnet hosting instead of dedicated servers. Unhappy players were quick to come up with hacks that would allow their own servers and various other changes." Despite the dedicated-server complaints, Modern Warfare 2 has sold ridiculously well.

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Review of CiragoTV Mini USB Media Player [PICS] (digg.com: Stories / Technology / Popular)

1259667602|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover, submitted by emecks

Our society has become extremely multi-media centric, the majority of us spend our free time watching TV and movies, it’s become a world-wide pastime really. When it comes to home theater systems, especially those like an HTPC a lot of us don’t have the room for a computer, or the money really to dedicate to another computer just for entertainment…


Cyber Monday Smashes Traffic Records [STATS] (digg.com: Stories / Technology / Popular)

1259666402|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover, submitted by BeyondVision

Data from Black Friday and the weekend points to a growing trend where consumers aren’t waiting for Cyber Monday to take advantage of online deals.


AOL's Big Plan: Robot Traffic Whoring (digg.com: Stories / Technology / Popular, 1259665672|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover by shakesmcgee1 )

Recipient of First Software Patent Defends Them (Slashdot, 1259663100|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover by kdawson)

Google announces UK's 2009 search trends (digg.com: Stories / Technology / Popular, 1259653203|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover by entrepreneur75 )

Harvard Says Computers Don't Save Hospitals Money (Slashdot, 1259652480|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover by kdawson)

Another Google Wave Use: Catching a killer. (digg.com: Stories / Technology / Popular, 1259652003|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover by SirPopper )

Nintendo Upset Over Nokia Game Emulation Video (Slashdot, 1259649900|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover by Soulskill)

Lifecycle Energy Costs of LED, CFL Bulbs Calculated (Slashdot, 1259642040|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover by kdawson)

3D - Dare, Devil and Demons! [PICS] (digg.com: Stories / Technology / Popular, 1259638802|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover by Jimmysh )

Ethics of Releasing Non-Malicious Linux Malware? (Slashdot, 1259635140|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover by kdawson)

Sir Tim Berners-Lee interview (digg.com: Stories / Technology / Popular, 1259631627|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover by filltev )

How the 9/11 Pagers Got Hacked (digg.com: Stories / Technology / Popular, 1259614203|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover by MMusick )

The End Of The CrunchPad (digg.com: Stories / Technology / Popular, 1259611219|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover by geopiscean )

How To Remove Your Most Embarrassing Moments from Google (digg.com: Stories / Technology / Popular, 1259584882|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover by jerryjamesstone )

Never Back Down - Pirate Bay Adapts To Stay Alive (digg.com: Stories / Technology / Popular, 1259579572|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover by MonochromeNight )

Am I drunk? Digg.com rotated! (digg.com: Stories / Technology / Popular, 1259551202|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover by onlinegames )

2009: The Year the Cloud Was Seeded (digg.com: Stories / Technology / Popular, 1259550603|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover by NewsFeed )

I Wish I Had the "Box4Blox Lego Sorter" for my Kids (digg.com: Stories / Technology / Popular, 1259548802|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover by bettverboten )

HDR in photography vs. HDR in video games [Pic] (digg.com: Stories / Technology / Popular, 1259540398|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover by RobertWright )

Linux Mint 8 “Helena” released! (digg.com: Stories / Technology / Popular, 1259537403|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover by motang )

Geek Squad Exposed: The Real Agenda (digg.com: Stories / Technology / Popular, 1259524202|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover by mklopez )

4th Generation iPhone Now Being Tested (digg.com: Stories / Technology / Popular, 1259512802|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover by jerryjamesstone )

Web 'threatens' public services (digg.com: Stories / Technology / Popular, 1259501402|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover by mobilebond )

New Banking Trojan: A Nasty And Formidable Foe (digg.com: Stories / Technology / Popular, 1259446202|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover by SlumDogMillions )

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