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An interesting development in stem-cell research was just reported by Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine International. Scientists have had a couple methods in the past to convert a patient’s own cells to stem cells but the methods had unacceptable risks for mutations. The new method uses skin cells and a cell-penetrating peptide (protein.) This avoids the risks of using retroviruses or chemical washes. Currently it takes longer but they believe the process can be refined.
Avoiding the thorny ethical issues of embryonic stem cells means research can progress rapidly. Also, using one’s own cells reduces rejection issues. Great progress…
Another guy with time on his hands playing with old hardware. Live demo of 1960′s 300 baud acoustic modem being used to connect to the internet. Interestingly enough, I worked at a company that had a 1200 baud acoustic modem still in daily use in 2000 (the same company also had a 286 computer still in production.)
ArsTechnica has an excellent article laying out why the major ISP’s claims that they need data caps to avoid financial ruin just don’t hold water. Just like their opposition to the various “net neutrality” proposals we continue to see evidence of what we already expected–they are just being greedy.
Now, the libertarian side of me believes in a free capitalist market. But keep in mind that in most areas the major telcos/cable operators have a government-approved and somewhat protected monopoly. That isn’t a free market and the lack of competition means they don’t truly operate at the levels that the “market would bear” without such constructs.
In areas where there is more competition we see things can be done better at some pretty amazing costs. However, the major players are always ready to fiercely protect their restricted markets even lobbying government to actively prohibit municipal and other independent providers. I call foul. For a recent example, just see what Time Warner is doing in North Carolina.
ISP’s costs, revenues don’t support… [ars technica]
Time Warner lobbies government… [neowin]
What do you think?
As Dan @ Queen City Survey points out, May is festival season in the Queen City. Head over to the QCS site for a listing of May events and his upcoming coverage of some of the bigger ones.
May Cincy Festivals [Queen City Survey]
What to do with that ancient computer equipment lying around and a whole lot of spare time? Use it play some Queen of course. This guy obviously has too much of the latter.
21
Apr
Vatican goes solar
It seems the entire Vatican is going solar. This would make it the first nation-state to generate all it’s power from solar technologies. In fact, they will generate a lot more power than needed and sell the surplus to Italy. Two words: very cool.
Pope Pursues Heavenly Power… [Bloomberg]
I recently ran across a very informative forum post from a reader over at LXer. If you are looking for a new computer pre-loaded with Linux (or no OS at all) then check it out. Way more options than the few well-known standards.
On a side note, LXer is a pretty decent site for Linux news. I became aware of it and saw a few of the people involved when I attended LinuxFest a couple years ago. I have monitored the site (maybe weekly) ever since.
Linux System Vendors List [LXer Forums]
P.S. LXer has their own official one too.
15
Apr
Dvorak likes linux…
Wow… Perpetual tech curmudgeon John C. Dvorak is a Linux convert. Yes, the guy that makes his living writing about Windows. Ubuntu won him over in this case.
Dvorak Likes Linux [PC Magazine]
09
Apr
Who should buy Sun?
There is a lot of speculation lately on who should buy Sun Microsystems. Personally I think IBM would have been a pretty good choice but evidently Big Blue is no longer interested. The possibility of Oracle or Cisco also sounds interesting. Oracle would love to own a low-end database product (possibly just to control it depending on how cynical you are) and is heavily reliant on Java. Cisco has also been making noises about getting into the server game. What do you think?
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