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Feed Tom's Hardware: Memoright SSDs: The End of Hard Drives? (pheedo.com)

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Memoright has achieved an important milestone with its flash SSD: the device's performance is truly better than that of any competing hard drive we have seen to date. Any skepticism one might have had about SSDs' future should now be put to rest.

Feed Engadget: Volkswagen to produce 1-Liter car in 2010, should get over 200MPG (engadget.com)

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Although you can definitely pre-order an Aptera if you're okay with space-aged design, Volkswagen is hoping to provide another option for those looking for ridiculous MPG and a little bit of normalcy in construction. Okay, so maybe the 1-Liter isn't exactly standard fare -- with its plastic / magnesium shell and all-glass roof -- but at least it packs four whole wheels and an iconic VW badge, right? According to Motor Authority, the automaker will be producing said vehicle and pushing it to market as early as 2010, and while the minuscule engine will only take you to 75MPH, it will still seat two people -- one in front of the other, though -- and get around 235MPG. No word on a price or any of that good stuff, but we're hearing that they'll only be produced in "limited numbers" whenever they're launched.

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Submission + - World population to pass 6,666,666,666 today (census.gov)

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suso writes: ""The estimated population of the world will pass 6,666,666,666 today. No doubt an interesting number for people everywhere (not referring to any religion connotations). 5,555,555,555 was passed about 14 years ago. You may not realize that only a 80 years ago, the population of the Earth was only around 2 billion. This shows how the population of the world has increased at an alarming rate in recent times. Although the growth rate is almost half what it was at its peak in 1963, when it was 2.2%. Unrelated but also an interesting coincidence, the estimated number of available IPv4 addresses is getting very close to 666,666,666. It should cross over today as well.""
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Submission + - US lawmakers introduce new net neutrality bill (computerworld.com.au)

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An anonymous reader writes: Two Democrats in the US House of Representatives have introduced a bill that would subject broadband providers to antitrust violations if they block or slow Internet traffic. Representative John Conyers, a Michigan Democrat and chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, has sponsored the Internet Freedom and Nondiscrimination Act along with Representative Zoe Lofgren, a Democrat from the Silicon Valley area of California. The legislation requires Internet service providers to interconnect with the facilities of other network providers on a reasonable and nondiscriminatory basis. It also requires them to operate their networks in a reasonable and nondiscriminatory manner so that all content, applications and services are treated the same and have an equal opportunity to reach consumers.
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Submission + - Marshall University challenges RIAA (blogspot.com)

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NewYorkCountryLawyer writes: "Marshall University, in Huntington, West Virginia, has become just the second known college or university in the United States to show "the moxy to stand up for its students instead of instantly caving in to RIAA extortion". In February, Marshall, represented by the Attorney General of the State of West Virginia, made a motion to quash the RIAA's subpoena for student identities, pointing out in exquisite detail in its long-time IT guy's affidavit (pdf), the impossibility of identifying copyright "infringers" based on the RIAA's meager evidence. Unfortunately, the Magistrate — under the mistaken impression that the RIAA isn't going to sue the identified students, but merely wants to talk to them — recommended that the subpoena be okayed by the District Judge (pdf). It is not yet known whether Marshall will be filing objections. The first U.S. college or university known to have dared to attack the RIAA's subpoena was the University of Oregon, which — also represented by its state's Attorney General — made a motion to quash last November, and even questioned the legality of the RIAA's methods. The Oregon motion is still pending."
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Submission + - Cyber Defense Competition has new winner

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lisah writes: Several colleges across the country went head-to-head in San Antonio, Texas last weekend at the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition to see which team could best protect their networks against attacks. In a modern day version of Steal the Flag, the teams duked it out using identical network setups that included a Cisco router and five servers. In the end, Baker College took the champion's title from last year's winner, Texas A & M University.
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Submission + - Stanford Net Neutrality Hearing Blown Off by ISPs (efluxmedia.com)

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eldavojohn writes: "The FCC & Stanford hoped to host an on campus debate over net neutrality and invited AT&T and Comcast to take part. Neither were to be found. Unfortunately there was really only one side of the issue voiced despite Stanford being home to people opposing net neutrality. At it, FCC's Commissioner state: "Consumers have come to expect and will continue to demand the open and neutral character that has always been the hallmark of the Internet. The Commission is currently examining several petitions and complaints according to which broadband providers have intentionally and secretly degraded applications in a way that undermines the open and interconnected character of the Internet." Perhaps directly addressing Comcast's recent actions?"

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