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Comment why not felica? (Score 1) 252

by Koutarou (#28164705) Attached to: University Gives Away iPhones To Curb Truancy

The iphone's GPS is pretty inaccurate in my experience. If they wanted to keep it keitai-based they could just have felica readers at the doors and swipe them as you go in, since other than the iphone its basically been impossible to get a phone without felica for a few years now.
Businesses

Submission + - Second Life financial crisis!! (sl-investors-bank.com)

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Thelen LOL
Thelen LOL writes: "Financial Sector in Crisis? Second Life's Investor's Bank CEO Tyrian Camilo looks at the recent mistakes that Linden Labs has made, the effect on the 'game' and where SL is likely to go now. Second Life Investor's Bank(SLIB) is one of the few business endevours that have followed a business plan and successfully adapted to changes in the market, and even the rules of the system!! I wonder if SL would be better run by SLIB's CEO Tyrian Camilo, and other leading individuals of the SL business world."
Media (Apple)

Submission + - iPhone reportedly unchained from AT&T (hackint0sh.org)

Submitted by LwPhD
LwPhD writes: The details still seem sketchy, but it appears as if a cloning method enables the iPhone to be used on networks other than AT&T. Posts in the comments warn that such cloning, even if only used to connect the iPhone to a legitimate account by the account owner, may still be illegal depending on your country of residence. Nevertheless, this is the first apparently credible source I've yet seen that claims to allow the iPhone to be unchained from AT&T. Time will tell if this method is really viable or merely a false start...
Classic Games (Games)

Submission + - SIGGRAPH: Giant Laser Projection Tempest Game

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i4u
i4u writes: "I4U News reports that at the San Diego Civic Theatre a one-of-a-kind vector-based projection system designed by Cleveland-based Raven Systems Design and Chicago-based Aura Technologies takes the classic video game Tempest to new giant dimensions during SIGGRAPH 2007. The interactive video game laser show must be very impressive as tickets go for $50. The laser video game show will feature celebrity gamers at nightly shows during SIGGRAPH."
The Internet

Submission + - Fake Steve Jobs: Unmasked!

Submitted by Stony Stevenson
Stony Stevenson writes: It had to happen sooner or later, and it has: The identity of Fake Steve Jobs — the proprietor of the hottest, funniest blog in technology — is no longer a well-guarded secret. Fake Steve isn't Andy Ihnatko or Leander Kahney or Harry Shearer or any of the other people who previous muckrakers thought they'd identified as the blog's true author. The New York Times figured out that he's Daniel Lyons, a reporter for Forbes who has also blogged under his own name.
Media

Submission + - Data Visualization: Beauty in Modern Approaches (hatejeff.com) 1

Submitted by Hatejeff
Hatejeff writes: We are in a New age where information is the new frontier. Information is always at our fingertips and programmers & artist are starting to make works of art out of all this information. Searches, uploads, Hits, Video's, downloads are all tracked and are starting to be visualized & implemented in new ways... warning you may be looking at these for hours so don't say I didn't warn ya..... Hit the Jump for full list. http://www.hatejeff.com/?p=34
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The Physics of Beer Bubbles 113

Posted by Zonk from the researchers-put-in-a-lot-of-overtime-on-this-one dept.
Roland Piquepaille writes "Yesterday, I told you about virtual beer. Today, we follow two North America researchers who are studying the physics of real beer bubbles. 'Singly scattered waves form the basis of many imaging techniques such as radar or seismic exploration.' But pouring beer in a mug involves multiply scattered acoustic waves. They are more complex to study, but they can be used to look at various phenomena, such as predicting volcanic eruptions or understanding the movement of particles in fluids like beer. They also could be used to monitor the structural health of bridges and buildings or the stability of food products over time. Read more for additional references and a photo showing how the researchers monitor beer bubbles."
X

Submission + - Enable compiz-fusion in Ubuntu Feisty (vanzonneveld.net)

Submitted by
kevmaster
kevmaster writes: "Linux desktop effects have come a long way. Over time we've seen different implementations like compiz & beryl. These 2 projects have lead a life of their own but have now been merged back together again in a new project called: compiz-fusion. Compiz-fusion has got some awesome eye candy effects, but it's still a little bit tricky to get it to work though. There are some other howtos online but those didn't cut it for me, so eventually after getting it to work, I wrote one myself."
Space

Submission + - Illuminated Smoke Plume From Phoenix Spacecraft (stormvideographer.com)

Submitted by
StormVideo
StormVideo writes: "Here is a very cool picture from the launch yesterday of the Delta II rocket that carried the Phoenix Spacecraft on it's journey to Mars. The pic is of left over's from the launch of the rocket smoke trail and gas plume. It was very cool as the gas plume was being illuminated by the sun that was still below the horizon making for a awesome scene in the dark morning Florida sky."
Security

The Study of Physical Hacks at DefCon 299

Posted by Zonk from the old-ways-are-the-best-ways dept.
eldavojohn writes "DefCon usually focuses on electronic security, but Saturday a talk was held that focused on possibly the oldest form of hacking — lockpicking. As software security becomes better and better, the focus may be shifting towards simple hacking tips like looking over someone's shoulder for their password, faking employment or just picking the locks to gain access to the building where machines are left on overnight. From the article: 'Medeco deadbolt locks relied on worldwide at embassies, banks and other tempting targets for thieves, spies or terrorists can be opened in seconds with a strip of metal and a thin screw driver, Marc Tobias of Security.org demonstrated for AFP ... Tobias says he refuses to publish details of 'defeating' the locks because they are used in places ranging from homes, banks and jewelers to the White House and the Pentagon. He asked AFP not to disclose how it is done.' I'm sure all Slashdot readers are savvy enough to use firewall(s) but do you know and trust what locks 'physically' protect your data from hacks like these?"

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