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Submission + - Year-old Intel laptops can't run Vista Aero

Submitted by

ImpactedColon

on Saturday December 02, 2006 @01:46AM

ImpactedColon writes: "I bet most of the (non-gamer) laptops sold in the last two years contain an integrated Intel 915/910 graphics card. (Check yours.) Mine does, and I bought it a scant 14 months ago. Intel has NO plans to support Aero glass on it. How is that OK? How can a 14-month old laptop not support a major feature of Windows? I know Aero is not the promised land, but come on Intel! Vista was Longhorn in those days, and the graphics requirements are no great surprise. I call planned obsolescence/shenanigans, or maybe it's just fury. Sure tastes like fury. I am so excited about my laptop being officially marked obsolete before I even got a chance to wonder about it. http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/sb/cs-023606 .htm#5"

Submission + - Cell Phones Phone Home to FBI

Submitted by JollyGoodChase on Saturday December 02, 2006 @01:10AM

JollyGoodChase writes: News.com is reporting the FBI appears to have begun using a novel form of electronic surveillance in criminal investigations: remotely activating a mobile phone's microphone and using it to eavesdrop on nearby conversations
From the article:
"If a phone has in fact been modified to act as a bug, the only way to counteract that is to either have a bugsweeper follow you around 24-7, which is not practical, or to peel the battery off the phone," James Atkinson, a counter-surveillance consultant said. Security-conscious corporate executives routinely remove the batteries from their cell phones, he added.

What Embedded Linux Distros Would You Support? 83

Posted by Cliff on Thursday November 30, 2006 @07:25AM from the top-of-the-embedded-pile dept.

dannys42 asks: "I work for a cool company that works with, among other things, embedded Linux systems. We'd like to provide an SDK for our customers and will likely support one or two Linux distros, plus Windows+Cygwin as build environments. Up until now, I'd assumed that most corporate developers were using Fedora, simply because of its similarity to Red Hat Enterprise and for its maturity. However, I'm curious to know, for those fortunate enough to develop for embedded Linux, what distribution do you expect to be supported for a build environment?"

Submission + - Tim O'Reilly: Next on the Internet is "Who 2.0

Submitted by Maverick Moore on Thursday November 30, 2006 @07:23AM

Maverick Moore writes: Tim O'Reilly, the real guru of the Internet, predicted in an interview for eitb24.com during a visit to the Basque Country "a rich identity system you could call Who 2.0".

Submission + - RFID chips - top 10 places to stick em

Submitted by Bambino on Thursday November 30, 2006 @07:21AM

Bambino writes: RFID is popping up all over the place these days and this article claims to show the best, worst... and craziest uses of the chips. The list kicks up some interesting examples — including Legoland and primary schools in Japan chipping kids, RFID-enabled pub tables that enable students to get drinks without the hassle of going to the bar, and tags for blood bags and hospital in-patients. There's even a plan to tag airline passengers to check on their movements around the airport before they board a flight.

Submission + - j.ello on IT: Gardening with a Flamethrower

Submitted by

Anonymous Coward

on Thursday November 30, 2006 @07:20AM

Anonymous Coward writes: "IT Managers: Don't pat yourself on the back for providing great customer service to your organization. you may be the reason outsourcing is attractive."

Submission + - FoxLingo 2

Submitted by

Yotam Elal

on Thursday November 30, 2006 @07:15AM

Yotam Elal writes: "FoxLingo 2 released: http://www.concisefreeware.com/foxlingo.php
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Language Resources — Over 90 language services (encyclopedias, text-to-speech, etc.)
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Learning Languages — Over 100 links to language learning sites for a variety of languages
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Complete Privacy — FoxLingo does not take any information from it's users"