Comment ATSC? (Score 1) 31
Couldn't wireless HD video theoretically be done with a very small ATSC transmitter with just barely enough range to reach your TV? Obviously the FCC might have some issues, though...
Comment Re:Oh the irony (Score 1) 158
It's using the Source engine. The cake is a lie, so they can't have it or eat it.
Comment Sometimes things just keep working (Score 1) 465
I have a Western Electric Model 500 telephone, manufactured per the bottom plate May of 1963, but including older parts such as the black metal fingerwheel. I think the ringer needs to be adjusted for the voltage on my line, but its line cord has already been replaced with a modular one and it works great -- on cable company phone service no less. So it's working at upwards of 45 years, combination in-service and a few years in the attic.
Obviously this is a simpler device than a computer, but electronics can hold up if they are built right.
Comment Re:now if only Apple went with Atheros (Score 1) 155
My MacBook Pro has an Atheros chip in it. The Atheros driver included with Boot Camp works great on Vista, and OS X wireless is quite smooth, so I have hope for the Linux driver for those who use Apple hardware for Linux.
Lawyers Would Rather Fly Than Download PGP 426
An anonymous reader writes "The NYTimes is running a front-page story about lawyers for suspects in terrorism-related cases fearing government monitoring of privileged conversations. But instead of talking about the technological solutions, the lawyers fly halfway across the world to meet with their clients. In fact, nowhere in the article is encryption even mentioned. Is it possible that lawyers don't even know about PGP?" The New Yorker has a detailed piece centering on the Oregon terrorism case discussed by the Times.
New 20" iMac Screens Show 98% Fewer Colors 470
Trintech points us to an AppleInsider article about another class-action lawsuit directed against Apple Inc. This one claims that the displays on new 20" iMacs are only capable of 6-bit-per-pixel color, 98% fewer colors than Apple advertises. Rather than the 8-bit, in-plane switching (IPS) screens used in 24" iMacs and earlier 20" models, "[t]he new 20-inch iMac features a 6-bit twisted nematic film (TN) LCD screen," according to the article, "which the [law] firm claims is the 'least expensive of its type,' sporting a narrower viewing angle than the display of the 24-inch model, less color depth, less color accuracy, and greater susceptibility to washout." Apple recently settled a very similar class-action suit about the displays on MacBook and MacBook Pro models.
