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20 Hours a Month Reading Privacy Policies

Oct 10th, 2008 · Barence sends word of research out of Carnegie Mellon University calling for changes in the way Web sites present privacy policies. The researchers, one of whom is an EFF board member, calculated how long it would take the average user to read through …
see also: ca · Online · research · industry · calculations · package · financial

AMD Graphics Chips Could Last 10X To 100X Longer

Sep 29th, 2008 · According to a research report out of UCLA, released this morning, NVidia's high-lead bump packaging could last anywhere from 1/10th to 1/100th as long as AMD's advanced eutectic bump approach. (TG Daily has picked up the claim.) NVidia is currently in …
see also: research · package · graphics · advancements · AMD · GPU · Nvidia

Nero Unveils LiquidTV, TiVo For Your Computer

Sep 29th, 2008 · bigwophh writes to mention HotHardware is reporting that Nero has decided to try a new step forward for home theater PCs by bringing the TiVo service to your computer. The new LiquidTV / TiVo PC package includes a (USB-based) high definition ATSC digital/analog …
see also: PC · video · TV · software · service · computer · Tivo

Comcast Discontinues Customers' USENET Service

Sep 22nd, 2008 · Comcast has discontinued its provided usenet service, once provided to all its high speed customers. First with the cap put on its customers several years ago on amount of traffic provided as part of the customer high-speed package, as of September 16, …
see also: service · fanfare · Internet · customers · package · Traffic · Usenet

SanDisk, Music Publishers Push DRM-free SlotMusic Format

Sep 22nd, 2008 · The LA Times and others are reporting the music industry is working with SanDisk to try unrestricted music files on microSD memory cards to improve sales of physical media: 'In addition to music, the slotMusic cards will come pre-loaded with other things, …
see also: video · DRM · protection · Music · computer · IPod · player

SanDisk, Music Publishers Push DRM-free SlotMusic Format

Sep 22nd, 2008 · The LA Times and others are reporting the music industry is working with SanDisk to try unrestricted music files on microSD memory cards to improve sales of physical media: 'In addition to music, the slotMusic cards will come pre-loaded with other things, …
see also: video · DRM · protection · Music · computer · IPod · player

T-Mobile Launches £2 Per Day Mobile Broadband

Sep 21st, 2008 · ISPreview reports that T-Mobile UK has launched an interesting range of new off-the-shelf Mobile Broadband products that do not require customers to sign-up under a long-term contract. The pay-as-you-go (PAYG) style products cost from only £2 per …
see also: products · mobile · customers · package · Website · contracts · laptop

Drop-In Replacement For Exchange Now Open Source

Sep 19th, 2008 · Over 150 man-years of work were added to the Open Source community today when Zarafa decided to put their successful Exchange server replacement under GPLv3. This is not just the typical mail-server-that-works-with-Outlook, it is the whole package including …
see also: Linux · servers · package · community · Open Source · native · binaries

Breakthrough In Use of Graphene For Ultracapacitors

Sep 17th, 2008 · Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have achieved a breakthrough in the use of a one-atom thick graphene for storing electrical charge in ultracapacitors. They believe their development shows promise that graphene could eventually double …
see also: Commercial · Public · package · electric · energy · Storage · Atom

CodeWeavers Package Google Chrome For Linux and Mac

Sep 16th, 2008 · The fine folks at Codeweavers performed an 11 day experiment in getting Google Chrome working on Linux and Mac. Their efforts resulted in the Chromium proof of concept. 'Not only does this give Mac and Linux users a chance to see what all the hype is …
see also: Linux · Google · world · Windows · package · implementation · Mac

CodeWeavers Package Google Chrome For Linux and Mac

Sep 15th, 2008 · The fine folks at Codeweavers performed an 11 day experiment in getting Google Chrome working on Linux and Mac. Their efforts resulted in the Chromium proof of concept. 'Not only does this give Mac and Linux users a chance to see what all the hype is …
see also: Linux · Google · world · Windows · package · implementation · Mac

Mozilla Demanding Firefox Display EULA In Ubuntu

Sep 14th, 2008 · Users of the upcoming Ubuntu release, Intrepid Ibex, are being confronted with an EULA the first time they launch Firefox. Mark Shuttleworth says 'Mozilla Corp asked that this be added in order for us to continue to call the browser Firefox... I would …
see also: package · Firefox · Free Software · Ubuntu · Shuttleworth · GNOME · browser

Lawsuit Claims Nvidia Execs Concealed Serious Flaw

Sep 10th, 2008 · A lawsuit filed in a California court on Tuesday alleges Nvidia concealed the existence of a serious defect in its graphics-chip line for at least eight months 'in a series of false and misleading statements made to the investing public.' The lawsuit …
see also: exec · company · Public · package · Lawsuits · graphics · 2007

Solving Sudoku With dpkg

Aug 23rd, 2008 · Reader Otter points out in his journal a very neat use for the logic contained in Debian's package dependency resolver: solving sudoku puzzles. To me at least, this is much more interesting than the sudoku puzzles themselves.Read more of this story at …
see also: Logic · package · Journal · Debian · otter · neat · dependency

Red Hat, Fedora Servers Compromised

Aug 22nd, 2008 · In an email sent to the fedora-announce mailing list, it has been revealed that both Fedora and Red Hat servers have been compromised. As a result Fedora is changing their package signing key. Red Hat has released a security advisory and a script to detect …
see also: servers · package · Fedora · Security · Red Hat · Compromised · OpenSSH

IBM Granted "Paper-or-Plastic?" Patent

Aug 6th, 2008 · On Tuesday, IBM was granted US Patent No. 7,407,089 for storing a preference for paper or plastic grocery bags on customer cards and displaying a picture of said preference after a card is scanned. The invention, Big Blue explains, eliminates the 'unnecessary …
see also: pictures · IBM · customers · package · technical · plastic · cute

Laptops With Certain NVidia Chips Failing

Aug 1st, 2008 · An estimated 18 million laptops with NVidia G84 and G86 graphics chips sold in the past one and a half years are experiencing high failure rates. Various laptop models from multiple manufacturers (Apple, Dell, HP, Lenovo, and others) are affected. NVidia …
see also: Apple · package · laptop · HP · graphics · Dell · manufactured

Debian Maintainer Hints At September Release for Lenny

Jul 24th, 2008 · The Debian project's maintainer, Luke Claes, announced in an email Saturday that he will freeze the 'testing' or 'Lenny' tree, in preparation for a new stable release of Debian Linux in ... September! The freeze means that open source software developers …
see also: preparation · software · package · distribution · Ubuntu · Debian · Debian Linux

Consumer 3D Television Moving Forward

Jul 22nd, 2008 · Hollywood Reporter claims that SMPTE (the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers) will 'establish an industry task force to define the parameters of a mastering standard for 3D content distributed via broadcast, cable, satellite, packaged …
see also: computer · viewers · consumer · Internet · technology · 3D · media

Inside the Lego Factory

Jul 21st, 2008 · Gizmodo has a fascinating report and video tour inside the Lego factory, which is full of robots and controlled by a mainframe. 'This video shows something that very few people have had the opportunity to witness: the inside of the Lego factory, with …
see also: video · robots · company · barrier · creation · Machine · package







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