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Latest Slashdot News:• Half-Male Half-Female Fowl Explain Birds' Sex Determination Kanan excerpts from a BBC report out of Scotland: "A study of sexually scrambled chickens suggests that sex in birds is determined in a radically different way from that in mammals. Researchers studied three chickens that appeared to be literally half-male and half-female and found that nearly every cell in their bodies — from wattle to toe — has an inherent sex identity. This cell-by-cell sex orientation contrasts sharply with the situation in mammals in which organism-wide sex identity is established through hormones."Kanan also supplies this link to some pictures of the mixed-cell birds. • T-Mobile's First HSPA Modem Goes On Sale Sunday adeelarshad82 writes "T-Mobile announced that the webConnect Rocket USB Laptop Stick the first HSPA device for the US will be available beginning on Sunday March 14. The device was originally announced at MWC in February. HSPA is interesting because it could enable 4G LTE-like speeds using existing 3G infrastructure and according to a hands-on it smokes Wi-Max. Right now it's still just for Philadelphia although we should see several major cities light up with HSPA on both coasts well before the end of 2010." • EMI Cannot Unbundle Pink Floyd Songs smooth wombat writes "Before the advent of iTunes and MP3s EMI and Pink Floyd entered into a contract which stated that EMI could not unbundle individual songs from their original album settings. This was insisted upon by the members of Pink Floyd who wanted to retain artistic control of their works which they considered 'seamless' pieces of music. However with the advent of digital downloads EMI has been selling individual songs through its online store. Pink Floyd sued claiming EMI was violating the contract whereas EMI said the contract only applied to physical albums not Internet sales. Judge Andrew Morritt backed the band saying the contract protected 'the artistic integrity of the albums.' Judge Morritt also ruled EMI is 'not entitled to exploit recordings by online distribution or by any other means other than the complete original album without Pink Floyd's consent.'" • Bill To Ban All Salt In Restaurant Cooking lord_rotorooter writes "Felix Ortiz D-Brooklyn introduced a bill that would ruin restaurant food and baked goods as we know them. The measure (if passed) would ban the use of all forms of salt in the preparation and cooking of food for all restaurants or bakeries. While the use of too much salt can contribute to health problems the complete banning of salt would have negative impacts on food chemistry. Not only does salt enhance flavor it controls bacteria slows yeast activity and strengthens dough by tightening gluten. Salt also inhibits the growth of microbes that spoil cheese." • The 10 Most Absurd Scientific Papers Lanxon writes "It's true: 'Effects of cocaine on honeybee dance behavior' 'Fellatio by fruit bats prolongs copulation time' and 'Are full or empty beer bottles sturdier and does their fracture-threshold suffice to break the human skull?' are all genuine scientific research papers and all were genuinely published in journals or similar publications. Wired's presentation of a collection of the most bizarrely-named research papers contains seven other gems including one about naval fluff and another published in The Journal of Sex Research." • Multitasking in for iPhone 4.0? The latest word on the iPhone is that the 4.0 OS will finally havehonest-to-goodness multitasking. This could hopefully lead to things like a real chat client and dangerous battery consumption. I still hope it's true. • IE 6 & 7 Unpatched Exploit Goes Wild Kolargol00 writes "Heise online reports the availability of an exploit (Google translation) for the yet-unpatched MSA-981374 affecting Internet Explorer 6 and 7. It has already been spotted in the wild by McAfee and integrated into the Metasploit Framework." • Apple Blocking iPhone Security Software Barence writes "Speaking exclusively to PC Pro Eugene Kaspersky has claimed Apple has repeatedly refused to deliver the software development kit necessary to design security software for the phone. 'We have been in contact for two years with Apple to develop our anti-theft software [but] still we do not have permission' said Kaspersky. Although he admits the risk of viruses infecting the iPhone is 'almost zero' he claims that securing the data on the handset is critical especially as iPhones are increasingly being used for business purposes. 'I don't want to say Apple's is the wrong way of behaving or the right way' Kaspersky added. 'It's just a corporate culture — it wants to control everything.'" • Drizzle's Future Moving to Rackspace? abartels writes "It seems like there's been nothing but bad news and resignations coming from Oracle since it finally managed to close the deal on Sun. Finally there's good news in that Drizzle seems to have a bright future ahead. It just isn't with Oracle but with the Rackspace Cloud." • OpenGL 4.0 Spec Released tbcpp writes "The Khronos Group has announced the release of the OpenGL 4.0 specification. Among the new features: two new shader stages that enable the GPU to offload geometry tessellation from the CPU; per-sample fragment shaders and programmable fragment shader input positions; drawing of data generated by OpenGL or external APIs such as OpenCL without CPU intervention; shader subroutines for significantly increased programming flexibility; 64-bit double precision floating point shader operations and inputs/outputs for increased rendering accuracy and quality. Khronos has also released an OpenGL 3.3 specification together with a set of ARB extensions to enable as much OpenGL 4.0 functionality as possible on previous generation GPU hardware." Philly Business:• PREIT lands renewal of its credit line Ron Rubin wasn't nervous. At least so says one of his top executives. But even Rubin couldn't downplay today what his company had just pulled off. >> read more or comment • Tasty Baking shows off new digs The new home of Butterscotch Krimpets at the Navy Yard in South Philadelphia is a study in contrasts. >> read more or comment • Feb. foreclosure filings at year-over-year low February witnessed the lowest year-over-year increase in foreclosure filings since January 2006 RealtyTrac Inc. of Irvine Calif. reported today. >> read more or comment • Citigroup CEO says bank on path to profitability Citigroup Inc. says it's heading back toward sustained profitability after two years that saw the bank lose billions of dollars and be bailed out by the government. >> read more or comment • Investors in fraudulent Web firm to get some relief Hundreds of investors in a fraudulent Internet company will recover much of the money they lost thanks to a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigation that managed to seize $7.7 million of the missing assets. >> read more or comment • Phila. in census push to make everyone count Hot rhythms pour from a sidewalk speaker at Centro Musical a compact-disc shop near Fifth Street and Lehigh Avenue in a heavily Latino part of North Philadelphia. Largely Puerto Rican the enclave called El Centro de Oro or Golden Center has swelled in the last decade with Dominicans Colombians Venezuelans and other Hispanic immigrants. >> read more or comment • Gov't official warns on home down payment hikes The head of the Federal Housing Administration is warning that boosting the minimum down payment borrowers must provide to qualify for home loans backed by the agency could threaten the housing market. >> read more or comment • Greece hit by strikes clashes over austerity plan Clashes between riot police and rock-throwing masked youths broke out during a demonstration Thursday in central Athens by tens of thousands of striking workers protesting austerity measures that the Greek government has said it has no choice but to implement. >> read more or comment • US Airways to start Phila.-Halifax route US Airways Group today announced a new nonstop route from Philadelphia to Halifax Nova Scotia beginning June 1. >> read more or comment • Head of Pa. AFL-CIO to step down >> read more or comment • Merged firm moves HQ to Main Line from Calif. Consulting "took a major haircut" >> read more or comment • Harry Gross: Some #'s to factor in becoming a millionaire Dear Harry: In a discussion with some friends last weekend someone said that if you put into a mutual fund the money earned by working one hour a day every day you'd accumulate just short of $1 million in 30 years. This sounds impossible to me. I have just about 30 years until I retire. Please help me with this. >> read more or comment • Bill George to retire as Pa. AFL-CIO president After 20 years as the face of organized labor in Pennsylvania and 50 years since the United Steelworkers issued his first union card Bill George is stepping down as the state president of the AFL-CIO. >> read more or comment • Fry elected Drexel's next president Elected Drexel University's next president by unanimous vote yesterday John A. Fry overcame initial skepticism about his lack of a doctorate and won people over with his inclusive leadership style personable approach knack for urban development and Philadelphia experience. >> read more or comment • La. pension system sues to stop FirstEnergy deal The Louisiana Municipal Police Employees Retirement System wants a federal judge in Pittsburgh to stop FirstEnergy's proposed $4.7 billion takeover of the western Pennsylvania electric company. >> read more or comment • GMAC owes US $17 billion from "baffling" bailout: report "It is unclear whether the US taxpayer will recoup the investments" >> read more or comment • Moorestown dealer hopes to renew ties with GM Tom Hessert Jr. once drove 215 m.p.h. as a race-car driver. Until last spring he sold 400 to 500 new Chevys a year as owner of Classic Chevrolet in Moorestown. Then General Motors waved a red flag: As it plotted its emergence from a historic federal bailout and bankruptcy GM told Classic Chevrolet and 2000 of its counterparts it no longer needed them. >> read more or comment • Americans' net worth up for 3rd straight quarter Americans regained more of their shrunken wealth last quarter mainly because the healing economy boosted stock portfolios. But the gain was less than in the previous two quarters. >> read more or comment • Calif. firm moves HQ to Devon The California-based LECG Corp. which merged with a Philadelphia area business advisory firm will make Devon its world headquarters Gov. Rendell's office announced. >> read more or comment • More on filing your income taxes >> read more or comment Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce:• Chamber Supports Interstate 80 Tolling Statement by Rob Wonderling President & CEO Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce As the Keystone State Pennsylvania played a critical role in our nation’s war for independence because of our politics and our geography. For modern transportat... >> read more or comment • Candidates for Governor of Pennsylvania Share Their Plans for the Commonwealth The six candidates for Governor of Pennsylvania discussed their plans for the Commonwealth at a forum hosted on Thursday evening by the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce. Through a discussion moderated by 6abc Action News Anchor Jim Gardner t... >> read more or comment • Chamber Responds to Mayor Nutter’s Budget Proposal Statement by Rob Wonderling President & CEO Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce The Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce recognizes that the City of Philadelphia much like our own households and businesses must take painful steps to ba... >> read more or comment • CEO Council for Growth Supports Expansion of International Flights and Services Stephen S. Aichele representing the CEO Council for Growth the governing Board of Select Greater Philadelphia and an affiliate of the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce testified at City Council today on international airline service at Phila... >> read more or comment • NBC’s David Gregory Addresses Business Community at Chamber’s Economic Outlook Breakfast NBC’s Meet the Press moderator David Gregory was in town Tuesday to speak to a few hundred business people at the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce’s 12th annual Economic Outlook Breakfast. Recently named one of the top five most used reporter... >> read more or comment • Mayor Nutter Outlines Strategy for Building a Future Together at GPCC Annual Mayoral Luncheon The Honorable Michael A. Nutter outlined his Administration’s strategy for job creation and attracting and retaining business investment at the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Mayoral Luncheon yesterday in the Grand Ballroom of the ... >> read more or comment • Higher Education Enhances our Region’s Wealth Literally and Figuratively In an effort to find alternative ways to raise revenue some local municipalities and governments have proposed placing taxes on institutions of higher education. However business leaders and their counterparts in higher education recognize that mak... >> read more or comment • Chamber President & CEO Rob Wonderling Cites Need for a More Competitive PA Tax Climate as the Key to Business Growth and Job Creation Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce President & CEO Rob Wonderling participated in a press announcement today organized by the Pennsylvania Business Council to encourage the public and private sector to work together to address the challenge... >> read more or comment • Chamber Supports Dredging the Main Channel of Delaware River After last week’s decision by U.S. District Judge Sue L. Robinson to allow Delaware River dredging to start without state permits Rob Wonderling Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce President & CEO and Chairman CEO Council for Growth rel... >> read more or comment • GPCC Contributes to Haitian Relief In response to the earthquakes that devastated Haiti and in support of the Greater Philadelphia Haitian community the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce has made a donation to the Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Red Cross a... >> read more or comment • GPCC Contributes to Haitian Relief In response to the earthquakes that devastated Haiti and in support of the Greater Philadelphia Haitian community the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce has made a donation to the Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Red Cross a... >> read more or comment • CEO Council for Growth Testifies in Favor of Public-Private Partnerships Steven Aichele Chairman Saul Ewing LLP and Co-Chair Infrastructure Working Group CEO Council for Growth testified yesterday before the Pennsylvania House Republican Policy Committee in favor of using public-private partnerships in Pennsylvania t... >> read more or comment Philadelphia Tech News:• Tech show buzz: Location (USA Today) What's likely to be the hottest tech trend at this weekend's trendy South by Southwest Interactive in Austin? Location location location. read more >> • TECH STOCKS: Tech Stocks Take Tentative Steps Forward (Fox News) TECH STOCKS: Tech Stocks Take Tentative Steps Forward read more >> • TECH STOCKS: Broad-market Weakness Hinders Tech Stocks (Fox News) TECH STOCKS: Broad-market Weakness Hinders Tech Stocks read more >> • Tech Stocks: Tech stocks take tentative steps forward (Market Watch) Stocks in the tech group struggle near the close to turn back the day's losses. read more >> • Tech Stocks Follow Broad Market Into The Red (Fox News) Tech Stocks Follow Broad Market Into The Red read more >> • Bucks 5K series going high-tech (The Intelligencer) RUNNING - The ever-popular Bucks 5K race series will have a new high-tech look to it this spring. read more >> • Tech men's tennis splits doubleheader (Florida Today) It was a tough way to start the day but the Florida Tech men’s tennis team battled it out against Southern Indiana Wednesday morning just barely coming up on the losing end of a 6-3 decision. read more >> • Tech Stocks Put In Early Market Gains (Fox News) Tech Stocks Put In Early Market Gains read more >> • Swedish artist: cartoon murder plot 'low-tech' (AP via Yahoo! News) A Swedish artist who angered Muslims by drawing the Prophet Muhammad with the body of a dog said Wednesday he has no regrets and believes the suspects in an alleged plot to kill him were not professionals. read more >> • Pa. suspect: Caretaker by day 'Jihad Jane' online (AP via Yahoo! News) Colleen LaRose spent long days caring for her boyfriend's father in a second-floor apartment in Pennsburg a small town north of Philadelphia. read more >> << Next Page >> |
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