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Submission + - Man hacks 911 system, sends SWAT on bogus raid. 5

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: The Orange County Register reports that a 19 year old from Washington state broke into the Orange County California 911 emergency system. He randomly selected the name and address of a Lake Forest, California couple and electronically transferred false information into the 911 system. The Orange County California Sheriff's Department's Special Weapons and Tactics Team was immediately sent to the couple's home. The armed officers surrounded the home.Inside the home lived a couple with two toddlers who were asleep and unsuspecting of what was going outside the home. The SWAT team handcuffed the husband and wife before deciding it was a prank.
PC Games (Games)

Submission + - BioShock vs Halo 3 (idg.com.au)

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An anonymous reader writes: If you had to choose, would you buy BioShock or Halo 3? We break each game down into eight categories to see who emerges victorious.
Sci-Fi

Submission + - New 'Tron' movie in the works.

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: According to the Hollywood Reporter (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com) there is to be a new Tron sequel, described as "the next chapter".
I just hope it stars (or at least a cameo for) "The Tron Guy" (http://www.tronguy.net) Quick someone start a petition. ;)
Hardware Hacking

Submission + - Turorial: iPhone Unlock in 7 Easy Steps (OS X) (macapper.com)

Submitted by
Milezteg
Milezteg writes: "I noticed today that MacApper had a very detailed 7 step guide for unlocking the iPhone via today's release of the infamous software unlock — complete with pretty pictures. The tutorial looks pretty idiot proof and is built for Mac users, but I imagine it can be applied to Windows iPhone unlockers as well. Those guys who ordered the iPhoneSimeFree yesterday for $50-$100 can't be too pleased."

Feed Engadget: Apple backtracks, updates will "most likely break" 3rd party iPhone software (engadget.com)

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Filed under: Cellphones

Ouch, that was fast. Apple didn't seem to want to let get around that its got a completely neutral stance on 3rd party application development for the iPhone, and apparently got back with Gearlog to clarify that future iPhone "software updates will most likely break" 3rd party app compatibility. Not ignore, not possibly break -- most likely break. In other words, don't set your hopes too high that the NES games you're enjoying on your iPhone today will be around tomorrow, since it sounds like Apple won't be playing Switzerland after all.

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Businesses

Retailer Refuses Hardware Repair Due To Linux 1018

Posted by kdawson from the bad-hinge-driver dept.
Tikka writes "Today I visited PC World (London, UK) because my 5-month-old laptop has developed a manufacturing fault: the hinge to the display has started to crack the plastic casing. Anyone in the know will know that this is due to the joint inside, and it means that in time the screen will separate from the keyboard. Repair was refused, because I have Gentoo Linux on my laptop, replacing the Windows Vista that was pre-installed. PC World said that installing Linux had voided my warranty and there is nothing they will do for me. I spoke to a manager, who said that he has been told to refuse any repairs if the operating system has been changed. I feel this has really gone against my statutory rights and I will do everything I can to fight it. I will review comments for your advice."
Software

Name Your Favorite Bloat-Free Software 1296

Posted by ScuttleMonkey from the need-a-steady-diet-of-#-/*-and-// dept.
An anonymous reader writes "I prefer software that takes as little hard drive space and RAM as possible. I can't stand bloated software like iTunes, as compared to Foobar or classic Winamp; or Windows Media Player, as compared to VLC or Media Player Classic. What are some of your favorite applications which are a little less bloated?"
Privacy

Submission + - Man Arrested for Refusing to Show Receipt at Circu (michaelrighi.com)

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NMerriam
NMerriam writes: "Michael Righi was arrested in Ohio over the weekend for refusing to show his receipt when leaving Circuit City. When the manger and "loss prevention" employee physically prevented the vehicle he was a passenger in from leaving the parking lot, he called the police, who arrived, searched his bag and found he hadn't stolen anything. The officer then asked for Michael's driver's license, which he declined to provide since he wasn't operating a motor vehicle. The officer then arrested him, and upon finding out Michael was legally right about not having to provide a license, went ahead and charged him with "obstructing official business" anyways."
AMD

Submission + - AMD claims the Barcelona = 170% faster than Xeon! (techarp.com)

Submitted by
crazyeyes
crazyeyes writes: "Less than two weeks before Barcelona is launched, we had the opportunity to talk to the guy who's supposed to make it a big financial success — John Freude, AMD's Worldwide Business Development Manager for Server/Workstation Products.

John sure had some interesting numbers to tell us, as well as some updates on Phenom and even Budapest. Check out these updates from AMD. There will be more to come. Here's a quote from the editorial :-

"Because they are under NDA, he cannot reveal the actual results, but he gave us some interesting indications of how the Barcelona will eventually fare against an equivalent Intel processor.

— 20-30% better performance overall
— 170% better performance in some benchmarks

More importantly, he says, the Quad-Core Opteron (Barcelona) will offer 45-85% better performance than current dual-core Opteron processors at the same power consumption and thermal dissipation. Intel quad-core processors, on the other hand, only offer 30-35% better performance (11% in floating point) than their dual-core processors with a 23-25% increase in power consumption and thermal dissipation."
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PlayStation (Games)

Submission + - Can the PS3 be the new TiVO? (bbc.co.uk)

Submitted by r_jensen11
r_jensen11 writes: According to the BBC, European consumers will be able to add on DVR capabilities to their PS3's. FTFA:

Sony has unveiled a TV tuner which plugs into the PS3 and turns it into a personal video recorder like Sky+. The company has held a press conference at the Leipzig games show in which it highlighted key multimedia capabilities for the PS3 and handheld PSP... PlayTV for PS3 is a twin TV tuner that will launch in early 2008 in the UK, France, Italy, Germany and Spain with other countries to follow.
Portables

Submission + - Clench your teeth, control your iPod (yahoo.com)

Submitted by Nick
Nick writes: Japanese train commuters who don't want to reach conspicuously into their bags or pockets to start their iPods will soon be able to do it more subtly — by simply clenching their teeth. Japanese researchers have developed head gear that uses infrared sensors and a microcomputer to let people operate music players by clenching their teeth. The computer receives a command when the user clenches his or her teeth for about one second — which differentiates the action from other activities such as chewing gum and talking.
Displays

Submission + - NASA's Hyperwall - Hi-Def true NASA style

Submitted by
Gary
Gary writes: "The NASA Hyperwall is located at NASA Ames research center at Moffet Field, Ca in Silicon Valley, each of the 49 screens is driven by its own Dual 2 Ghz AMD Opteron processor with nVidia GeForce 4 Ti4600. In addition, with 100 gigabyte of disk space and one gigabyte of RAM per node, the system has approximately five terabytes of aggregate disk space, and 50 gigabyte of aggregate RAM. With more then 64 Million Pixels, over 55 Square Feet of Viewing Surface, and 100Gb/s of visual Output the NASA Hyperwall is one hell of a setup."

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