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Dyson Preparing a Roomba Killer? 243

Posted by CowboyNeal on Friday March 30, 2007 @02:46AM from the products-that-suck dept.

An anonymous reader writes "New Scientist's technology blog reports that Dyson, the UK company that reinvented the vacuum cleaner, is recruiting robotics engineers. They're looking for people with experience of machine vision and mobile robots that create their own maps. Is Dyson hoping to take on the Roomba with a much more sophisticated machine?"

Comment Re:1000 players... (Score 3, Informative) 249

by Nananine on Thursday March 15, 2007 @04:47PM (#18367539) Attached to: EVE Online Answers Your Questions

This needs to be clarified, because that's actually an inaccurate description of events.

After a node crashes, there is a queue for players to log in. There is no artificial "priority" for attackers or defenders. The defenders were mistakenly ordered to mash the log in key over and over again, which reset their place in queue.

YouTube Accused Of Censorship 522

Posted by Hemos on Friday October 13, 2006 @09:03AM from the the-joys-of-running-content dept.

writes "According to WorldNetDaily, Youtube is engaging in censorship. A quote from the article summarizes well: The popular video-sharing YouTube site, which is being purchased by Google for $1.65 billion, limited access to a political ad that mocks the Clinton administration's policy on North Korea, but contains no profanity, nudity or other factors generally thought objectionable." It's also worth pointing out that WorldNetDaily could be described as just wee bit conservative

10th Annual RoboCup 104

Posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday June 18, 2006 @10:01AM from the i-bet-a-robot-wins dept.

Aryabhata writes "As soccer fever continues the 10th RoboCup also got to a start. 400 teams fight it out in 11 different leagues including onces designed for humanoid to four legged robots. "The organizers of the tournament hope that in 2050 the winners of the RoboCup will be able to beat the human World Cup champions".
Beyond the novelty value, the cup enables 2,500 experts in artificial intelligence and robot engineering to meet and test their latest ideas. The championships is followed by a 2 day conference where the teams can dissect their play and work."

Symantec AntiVirus Hole Found 241

Posted by CowboyNeal on Friday May 26, 2006 @01:50AM from the safer-than-sorry dept.

Hotwater Mountain writes "eWeek has a story about a gaping security flaw in the latest versions of Symantec's anti-virus software suite that could put millions of users at risk of a debilitating worm attack. According to eEye Digital Security, the company that discovered the flaw, the vulnerability could be exploited by remote hackers to take complete control of the target machine 'without any user action.'"

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