Feed Yahoo investors, and others, make noise on the Web (com.com)
Eric Jackson credits his Internet campaign for organizing disgruntled Yahoo investors and helping to bring about Semel's departure as CEO.
Feed Sweex Blizzard portable media player introduced, copied (engadget.com)
Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video
Even if you've never heard of Sweex, it's fairly safe to assume that someone in China most certainly has -- at least judging by the eerily familiar copycat that just happened to surface alongside its release. The fairly well equipped Blizzard was built to play back AVI, MP3, WMA, and WAV files as well as tune into FM radio, but it also touts an image viewer, eBook reader, and a 1.3-megapixel camera. Additionally, it sports a 2.4-inch QVGA display, voice recording abilities, a T-Flash card slot, 1GB or 2GB of internal capacity, rechargeable battery, and USB connectivity. Interestingly, Sweex ditched the idea of tossing in a typically ho hum set of earbuds in favor of Seinnheiser's MX300, but just in case you strangely appreciate the lower-end, the Chinese-produced BENSS PMP (shown after the jump) has knocked this thing off already and probably won't cost you nearly as much. Decisions, decisions.Read - Sweex Blizzard, via PMPToday
Read - BENSS knockoff, via PMPToday
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Submission + - Real moving images printed on normal paper! (youtube.com)
Colin Ord writes: "Dear Slashdot readers,
With all the talk recently of flexible displays, epaper and ebook technology it is refreshing to see real moving images printed on normal paper without technological wizardry and batteries!
Introducing my stunning new book Magic Moving -Animated Optical Illusions-.
This amazing book (May 2007) uses an enhanced 19th century moving image technique to create 26 astonishing animations of wildlife and everyday objects, which truly move and animate on each printed page.
Watch the book in action at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5W5JJXtqhw
Creating a sensation around the world the book comes highly recommended as an amazing, cool and interesting product by many viewers. 22,200 YouTube views in just 3 weeks of posting!
Must be seen to be believed!
Regards,
Colin
Magic Moving Images"
With all the talk recently of flexible displays, epaper and ebook technology it is refreshing to see real moving images printed on normal paper without technological wizardry and batteries!
Introducing my stunning new book Magic Moving -Animated Optical Illusions-.
This amazing book (May 2007) uses an enhanced 19th century moving image technique to create 26 astonishing animations of wildlife and everyday objects, which truly move and animate on each printed page.
Watch the book in action at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5W5JJXtqhw
Creating a sensation around the world the book comes highly recommended as an amazing, cool and interesting product by many viewers. 22,200 YouTube views in just 3 weeks of posting!
Must be seen to be believed!
Regards,
Colin
Magic Moving Images"
Submission + - Europe hit by 10,000-site malware surge
Kurtz'sKompund writes: "Attackers have launched massive attacks in Europe from a network of at least 10,000 hacked websites, several security companies have warned.
http://www.techworld.com/security/news/index.cfm?n ewsid=9187"
Submission + - Microsoft pursues Red Hat Linux deal (vnunetblogs.com)
Kurtz'sKompund writes: "Microsoft hopes to strike a Linux pact with Red Hat, similar to its deals with Novell, Xandros and Linspire.
http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/operatin g-systems/nix/news/index.cfm?newsid=3530"
Submission + - Reverse Offshoring (ibnlive.com)
learningtree writes: Indian companies, which are becoming major players in the international arena, are hiring aggressively in the United States, reversing the earlier trend when they always transferred Indians to work in America on temporary visas.
Terming it as 'reverse-offshoring', a new report names India's largest offshoring firm Tata Consultancy Service Ltd (TCS) and software giants Infosys and Wipro among the IT firms which have re-employed some American workers, who had been laid off in their country, after training in India.
They acknowledge that the trend might ease tensions as the Senate mulls regulations that would require companies applying for H-1B visas — temporary working papers for foreigners — to try hiring Americans first.
Submission + - How Not to Find an American Programmer
Amiga Trombone writes: Immigration attorneys from Cohen & Grigsby explain how they assist employers in running classified ads with the goal of NOT finding any qualified applicants, and the steps they go through to disqualify even the most qualified Americans in order to secure green cards for H-1b workers. See what Bush and Congress really mean by a "shortage of skilled U.S. workers." Microsoft, Oracle, Hewlett-Packard, and thousands of other companies are running fake ads in Sunday newspapers across the country each week.
Submission + - Yahoo CEO steps down after poor results (bbc.co.uk)
clickclickdrone writes: "The chief executive of internet search firm Yahoo, Terry Semel, has quit his position and has been replaced by co-founder Jerry Yang. After suffering poor results in Q1 2007, pressure has increased on Semel as Yahoo continues to struggle against rivals such as Google.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6765893.stm notes the rumours of a Microsoft tie up and reports that Yahoo stock rose 3% on the news."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6765893.stm notes the rumours of a Microsoft tie up and reports that Yahoo stock rose 3% on the news."
Submission + - Keylogger Hardware Embedded in New Dell Laptop (virus.org.ua)
kendbluze writes: "Here's an EE who was doing a simple repair to a nearly-new Dell 600m laptop when he noticed something a bit curious. Turns out he found a hardware keylogger sitting between the keyboard and ethernet controllers! See what Homeland Security didn't have to say about it."
Submission + - AntiVirus kills PCs? Have some more, Symantec says (texyt.com)
Tort reformation writes: Dubious 'compensation' settlements from companies that have done wrong are nothing new (examples: 1,2,3). But Symantec may have hit a new low. After tens of thousands of PCs in China were crippled by Symantec's Norton AntiVirus when it went beserk last month and decided Windows XP was a virus, users demanded financial compensation for lost data, days of lost business, and repair fees. Symantec's counter-offer: a further year's free use of Norton Antivirus.
Submission + - Ubuntu, Red Hat reject Microsoft patent deal (zdnet.com.au)
hoyeru writes: Red Hat, the largest Linux vendor, and Ubuntu-maker Canonical have both rejected calls from Microsoft to forge a deal similar to the one the Redmond giant signed with Linux distributors Novell, Xandros, and Linspire.
Mark Shuttleworth, Canonical's CEO, said in a blog posting on Saturday, that Canonical has declined to talk to Microsoft about any agreement that provides legal protection to Ubuntu users related to "unspecified patents".
"Allegations of 'infringement of unspecified patents' carry no weight whatsoever. We don't think they have any legal merit, and they are no incentive for us to work with Microsoft on any of the wonderful things we could do together," he wrote.
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Ubuntu-R ed-Hat-reject-Microsoft-patent-deal/0,130061733,33 9278741,00.htm
Mark Shuttleworth, Canonical's CEO, said in a blog posting on Saturday, that Canonical has declined to talk to Microsoft about any agreement that provides legal protection to Ubuntu users related to "unspecified patents".
"Allegations of 'infringement of unspecified patents' carry no weight whatsoever. We don't think they have any legal merit, and they are no incentive for us to work with Microsoft on any of the wonderful things we could do together," he wrote.
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Ubuntu-
Submission + - Jerry Yang becomes the new Yahoo CEO
indraneil writes: "Yahoo Inc. chairman Terry Semel stepped down as chief executive officer on Monday. This ends a year long rough patch as CEO, plagued by efforts of constant catching up with Google.
He had been the CEO for the last 6 years and will be replaced by co-founder Jerry Yang. Susan Decker has been named president.
He continues as a non executive chairman. Yahoo stocks picked up after the news was published.
NBC is covering this in greater detail."
He had been the CEO for the last 6 years and will be replaced by co-founder Jerry Yang. Susan Decker has been named president.
He continues as a non executive chairman. Yahoo stocks picked up after the news was published.
NBC is covering this in greater detail."
Submission + - EU Privacy Directive - Coming to the US? (computerworld.com)
An anonymous reader writes: This article over at Computerworld implies that the EU Privacy Directive, or something like it, will soon be signed into law here in the good ol' U.S. of A. The author seems to think this is a good thing, but I'm not so sure. What does the /. crowd think? Is it time for a national privacy law or "Privacy Czar", or are we better off letting things be?
Submission + - Nivio betas hosted Windows
hihihihi writes: Many media sites are reporting the launch of Nivio, the "World's first Windows-based (!!!) online desktop". 5 gigabytes of storage, and all the standard desktop features such as file back-up, virus and spam protection, OpenOffice suite, the Outlook Express, Internet-Explorer/Mozilla-Firefox browser, Acrobat 8 reader, iTunes and Winamp players, Yahoo Messenger and also Foxit Reader.
The Nivio service is hosted on replicated highly-available servers in data centres in Switzerland and New Delhi — Nivio is a subsidiary of a Swiss company, SMX iNet Global Services, and is the brainchild of SMX founder and former Imperial College London student Sachin Duggal. Google News have further reports.
After the free-use period that might extend to year-end, Nivio will be offered on a monthly subscription of Rs.399 — with a 50 per cent discount.
There is also a comment from Iqbal Gandham , co-founder of Nivio.
The Nivio service is hosted on replicated highly-available servers in data centres in Switzerland and New Delhi — Nivio is a subsidiary of a Swiss company, SMX iNet Global Services, and is the brainchild of SMX founder and former Imperial College London student Sachin Duggal. Google News have further reports.
After the free-use period that might extend to year-end, Nivio will be offered on a monthly subscription of Rs.399 — with a 50 per cent discount.
There is also a comment from Iqbal Gandham , co-founder of Nivio.
