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Submission + - New Linux Kernel Tree For Consumer Electronics Ann (muktware.com)

Submitted by sfcrazy on Wednesday October 26, 2011 @02:07AM

sfcrazy writes: At the LinuxCon 2011, The Linux Foundation announced it is hosting a new project created by its Consumer Electronics (CE) workgroup.

The new project, the Long Term Support Initiative (LTSI), provides for both an annual release of a Linux kernel suitable for supporting the lifespan of consumer electronics products and regular updates of those releases for two years.

Submission + - Verizon Inches Closer To Restoring 4G Service (ibtimes.com)

Submitted by RedEaredSlider on Thursday April 28, 2011 @08:45AM

RedEaredSlider writes: With over a day since Verizon's LTE network went down, Verizon says it is now getting closer to restoring the service.

"We have determined cause of 4G LTE issue & are working with major vendors to restore connections. Details as they come," the company announced on Twitter.

On Thursday morning some Verizon subscribers have reported that their service has returned. Verizon says it plans to restore service on a market-by-market basis.

Submission + - Did Apple Buy iCloud.com for $4.5 Million? (thinq.co.uk)

Submitted by Stoobalou on Thursday April 28, 2011 @08:24AM

Stoobalou writes: Apple's widely-predicted cloud-based media streaming service could be a little closer as rumours emerge that the iPod maker has been on a URL shopping trip.
The Cupertino company may have paid as much as $4.5 million to grab the rights to use iCloud.com, a URL until now owned by cloud storage and thin client outfit Xcerion.

Submission + - Police use TomTom SatNav data to set speed traps (thinq.co.uk)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 28, 2011 @08:23AM

An anonymous reader writes: Dutch satnav specialist Tomtom is facing the wrath of users whose data has been passed to the police and used to help them set speed traps to nab the very users providing the data.
TomTom claims that the police obtained the data from the Dutch government, after it handed it over to — it said — help make roads safer and cut congestion.
Tomtom's CEO, Harold Goddign, confessed: "Many of our customers are not happy."

Submission + - EFF Advocates Leaving Wireless Routers Open (eff.org) 1

Submitted by SD-Arcadia on Thursday April 28, 2011 @07:43AM

SD-Arcadia writes: We will need a political and technological "Open Wireless Movement" to reverse the degradation of this indispensable component of the Internet's infrastructure. Part of the task will simply be reminding people that opening their WiFi is the socially responsible thing to do, and explaining that individuals who choose to do so can enjoy the same legal protections against liability as any other Internet access provider

Comment Re:Once it was said: (Score 1) 485

by narsiman on Tuesday January 04, 2011 @03:44PM (#34757226) Attached to: Apple Passes $300B Market Cap, 2nd In the World

Technology overload. How did you forget COM/DCOM, WinAPI and all its underpinnings.

Much of Microsoft technology is bloatware and they know that themselves. It all works most of the time - not questioning that. But still you don't need most of it.

Comment Advt (Score 0, Redundant) 170

by narsiman on Wednesday January 13, 2010 @05:07PM (#30756230) Attached to: What Will Apple Do With Swedish Eye-Tracking Technology?

Left to Google, you would have a subtle ad show up around the point of vision on your browser.
Microsoft - sorry i cant think evil today.
Yahoo would just keep the patent on a shelf and implement some unwanted feature three years after the patent expires.
Apple - i just dont know but I know that i will love it !!

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