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Submission + - Windows 7's disingenuous "Advantage" (pcpro.co.uk)

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Barence
Barence writes: "An interesting blog about Microsoft's 'slimy' and 'sneaky' anti-piracy policies. Quote: "Last week, Microsoft announced some details of anti-piracy measures in Windows 7. It sounds like they're going to be slightly less intrusive than those in Vista, and probably roughly as effective. I don't exactly resent all this product validation stuff. I'd prefer it if Microsoft didn't feel the need to do it; but I accept that the company has a legitimate interest in dissuading casual copying, and to me a one-time online authorisation doesn't seem an unreasonable way of going about that. But I do resent all the weasel words and spin that surround the process.""

Comment Re:Intermedia - First in hosted OCS (Score 1) 4

by coryboehne (#27940923) Attached to: MS Unified Communications for Small Businesses?

Very well done!

I'm waiting on a call from Broadsoft.. Intermedia answered right away, very friendly and helpful. Apparently the terms "Unified Communications" and "Office Communications" are synonymous.

I'd still love to hear some user experinces with this software solution. Have you used it? Do you love it, hate it?

Thanks to CheifRED and adoyle!
Programming

Have Sockets Run Their Course? 230

Posted by kdawson from the as-it-was-in-the-beginning dept.
ChelleChelle writes "This article examines the limitations of the sockets API. The Internet and the networking world in general have changed in very significant ways since the sockets API was first developed in 1982, but the API has had the effect of narrowing the ways in which developers think about and write networked applications. This article discusses the history as well as the future of the sockets API, focusing on how 'high bandwidth, low latency, and multihoming are driving the development of new alternatives.'"

Comment Spoke with Police Dept. (Score 4, Interesting) 1232

by coryboehne (#27930435) Attached to: Man Arrested For Taking Photo of Open ATM

The on duty desk officer assured me that it did not happen today, it was a few days ago. The officer is employed there. And he also assured me that the facts as they were being presented were inaccurate.. However, you can call their media unit at (206) 684-5520 for more information.

By the way, they're getting slashdotted!
Security

Man Arrested For Taking Photo of Open ATM 1232

Posted by kdawson from the i-will-tackle-you dept.
net_shaman writes in with word of a Seattle man who was arrested for taking a photo of an ATM being serviced. "Today I was shopping at the downtown Seattle REI. I was about to buy a Thule hitch mount bike rack. They were out of the piece that locks the bike rack into the hitch. So I was in the customer service line to special order one. It was a long line and while I was waiting, I saw two of guys (employees of Loomis, as I later learned) refilling the ATM. I walked over and took a picture with my iPhone of them and more interestingly of the open ATM. I took the picture because I'm fascinated by the insides of things that we don't normally get to see. ... That was when Officer GE Abed (#6270) spun me around and put handcuffs on me."
Microsoft

Submission + - MS Unified Communications for Small Businesses? (microsoft.com) 4

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coryboehne
coryboehne writes: "Have you heard of Microsoft's Unified Communications? This toy/tool bridges the divide between computers and telephones. The company that I work for would like to take advantage of these capabilities, the problem is that we don't have the budget or staff to host our own Unified Communications Server. We have exhausted multiple angles of approach on this problem, and have found no acceptable solutions. I find it hard to believe that no one offers Unified Communications hosting as a monthly service, like so many companies do for MS Exchange hosting. Is there a technological, financial, or feasibility issue with offering this as a service that anyone is aware of? So have you worked with Unified Communications in a small business setting? How did your company deal with implementation?"
Mars

Submission + - Mars Opportunity Rover Threatened by Dust Storm (msn.com) 1

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mdsolar
mdsolar writes: "MSNBC is reporting that the Oportunity Rover, planned to descend into Victoria Crater, may end up defunct owing to lack of power by the end of two large dust storms now blowing on Mars. 99% of sunlight is currently being blocked by dust in the atmosphere and managers are trying to figure out what more can be shut down to save power. A complete battery discharge would end the mission because electonics would become too cold and break owing to thermal stress. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19622820"

Feed Nikon getting set to unveil next-gen professional DSLR? (engadget.com)

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Filed under: Digital Cameras

We'll admit, we certainly like where all this is going, but until we hear anything official, you'll still have to restrain yourself and take this tidbit with a spoon of NaCl. Just days after getting wind of D3 rumors galore, a "photo editor at a major newspaper" has tipped us on a phone call he received from Nikon in which his presence was requested at a meeting where a "new professional camera that is leaps and bounds better than anything Canon is offering" would be showcased. As expected, that's about all the details he could pry from the caller, but since the meeting is purportedly scheduled for June 26th, at least we've got some sort of timeframe to get our hopes up about.

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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!

Comment Re:Would I buy? No.. But it's still neat! (Score 1) 220

by coryboehne (#19474945) Attached to: Digital Camera Memory Card With Wi-Fi
...palm lifedrive...
You mean this is a real product name? Does it get hairy with overuse?


Yes, if by hairy you mean occasional complete drive failure..

I have absolutely NO idea why palm thought it was a good idea to use a mechanical hdd rather than a solid state memory card, sometimes I really wonder about engineers.. sigh.. Fortuneately they did replace the unit's drive for free and within about a week...
Power

MIT Wirelessly Powers a Lightbulb 394

Posted by Zonk from the magic-tubes-and-pots-and-pans-bits-and-pieces-and dept.
kcurtis writes "According to the Boston Globe, MIT Researchers have powered a light bulb remotely. The successful experiment lit a 60-watt light bulb from a power source two meters away, with no physical connection between the power source and the light bulb. Details about WiTricity, or wireless electricity, are scheduled to be reported today in Science Express, the advance online publication of the journal Science, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said. 'The team from MIT is not the first group to suggest wireless energy transfer. Nineteenth-century physicist and engineer Nikola Tesla experimented with long-range wireless energy transfer, but his most ambitious attempt - the 29m high aerial known as Wardenclyffe Tower, in New York - failed when he ran out of money. Others have worked on highly directional mechanisms of energy transfer such as lasers. However, unlike the MIT work, these require an uninterrupted line of sight, and are therefore not good for powering objects around the home.'"

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