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Submission + - ATI Launches Dual HD / SD PCIe TV Tuner (hothardware.com)

Submitted by bigwophh
bigwophh writes: ATI's TV Wonder series of TV tuners have been around for a long time, with recent flavors supporting HDTV tuning and output for free-to-air programming only. Today AMD-ATI has launched their new TV Wonder 650 PCI Express-based card. This review and showcase explores the card's capabilities with both local air HDTV feeds, as well as cable driven local HDTV content. The new TV Wonder 650 utilizes a PCIe X1 slot but the product still doesn't support cable card just yet. The addition of an FM radio tuner was a nice bonus though.
Businesses

Submission + - Good e-commerce software

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: I'm looking to set up a small online store, at first with only about a dozen products, but room to grow. The store would ideally feature a custom design to fit in with the rest of the site. I'd like to hear about any experiences, good or bad, with online e-commerce tools. The ones I've looked at so far include Akopia Interchange Shopping Cart, Agora Shopping Cart, Os-Commerce Shopping Cart, and Zen-Cart. Over to you Slashdot community...
Wireless (Apple)

Submission + - iPhone for corporate account users. Buyer beware! (arabx.com.au)

Submitted by
arabxptyltd
arabxptyltd writes: "If you and existing AT&T/Cingular cell phone customer under a corporate account, buyer beware. You may not be able to activate your new iPhone leaving it a useless paperweight (even the iPod features are not accessible). It's easy to buy the phone, but AT&T state the iPhone is targeted towards individual users, and that excludes individual users that have their account paid for in a corporate account. Fine detail like, your iPhone is not eligible for corporate discount, and your iPhone must be specifically listed as a regular device are just two of the problems you can read about at iPhone for corporate users. What a debacle"
Networking

Submission + - Website optimization tips

Submitted by
ndv
ndv writes: "This document contains condensed knowledge about how to save bytes on the link and (second priority) millisecond of rendering on user's screen. Doing many of these things make sense esp. on heavily visited webpages where difference between serving 20requests/sec and 200req./sec in peak hours is not just about speed, but also about not loosing potential customers."
Technology (Apple)

Submission + - ATT&T iPhone Activation Hell (thomashawk.com)

Submitted by
Thomas Hawk
Thomas Hawk writes: "Unfortunately it appears that the activations with Apple's new iPhone have gone FUBAR. After waiting in line 36 hours (number 8 in line) on Thursday and Friday I'm still unable to activate my phone. I'm documenting the AT&T circus call by call on my blog. http://thomashawk.com/2007/06/activating-new-iphon e-thus-far-is-pain.html I've had my hold calls dropped, been patched into other users unable to activate their phone instead of AT&T customer service reps, been told that my wife must get a new phone and that the family plan can't work for me. I've been told that the problem is that I'm not putting a new chip into my iPhone in the slot on the left side of my phone when no slot there exists. PR Blogger Steve Rubel has also been documenting his problems on his Twitterstream http://twitter.com/steverubel. According to an unscientific poll being conducted by Engadget about half of the people who bought iPhones have had activation trouble with about 38% of problems still unresolved. http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/01/poll-got-iphone -activation-problems/. We've been documenting the last 36 hours or so of iPhone activation hell live on ZooomrTV. http://zooomr.com/tv."
Security

Submission + - Google Video Sends Private Data over HTTP Protocol (seroundtable.com)

Submitted by tamar
tamar writes: If you choose to share a video from Google Video to another social network (like MySpace, for example), your username and password get sent in plaintext on the http protocol (rather than the more secure https protocol). Just look at the live headers.
Operating Systems

Submission + - BBC Click Online show about Open Source and Ubuntu (bbc.co.uk)

Submitted by tota
tota writes: Click!, the BBC's "flagship technology programme" reports on Free Software: 'It is not something Western culture does particularly well. It is certainly not something that features big in the plans of the millionaires at Microsoft, Apple and Intel — to name but a few.'
The full length video coverage can also be viewed online for those with realplayer capability, or on various BBC channels.
Mozilla

Submission + - Firefox 3.0 may block sites fingered by Google

Submitted by
os2man
os2man writes: "Mozilla is considering adding a tool to Firefox 3.0 that would block Web sites that are going to try to install malicious programs on your computer using the same Google's technology that warns its search engine users of potentially dangerous sites with an interstitial page. This tool will be quite similar in concept as the anti-phishing filter already present in Firefox 2.0. The current discussion centers on how Firefox 3.0 will warn or alert users to a potentially malicious site"
Privacy

Submission + - Google adjusts user privacy policy -- slightly (computerworld.com)

Submitted by
Lucas123
Lucas123 writes: "Google's global privacy counsel posted a blog yesterday stating that the company would make data that it stores about users anonymous after 18 months. The blog came in response to a letter the company received last month from a European Union data protection working group regarding Google's privacy policies. 'In its letter, the Article 29 Working Party ... asked Google to explain why it needed to keep user data for 18 to 24 months.' A report released last week by Privacy International ranked Google worse than any other Internet company in protecting the privacy of its users."
The Courts

Submission + - Public Videotaping is Wiretapping?

Submitted by AtomicSnarl
AtomicSnarl writes: When the Carlisle, PA, police noticed their traffic stop was being videotaped, they arrested the video taper for felony wiretapping. From the story: 'Kelly is charged under a state law that bars the intentional interception or recording of anyone's oral conversation without their consent.'

Hasn't it already been settled about the 'expectations of privacy' in a public place? What of the next Rodney King tape? What about cell phone video with sound showing up on YouTube? Political Speeches where it's open to the public, but a 'no camera' policy? Newshound video sold to the local TV station — Will/can they then charge you with wiretapping for recording anyway?
Graphics

Submission + - Top 10 tallest structures by the end of 2010 (gadgetroad.com)

Submitted by
GadgetMike
GadgetMike writes: "With the number of eople living on earth growing exponential (6 billion in the last 100 years), there's no room for cities to expand on the ground, especially in the big overcrowded areas, and that's why architects are planning many ways of expanding through the air. No, we're not talking about flying cities, just about structures that are getting higher and higher everyday.

So, here's a top of the world's highest structures that already exist nowadays or are going to be built by the end of this decade. Hope you enjoy it."
Privacy

Submission + - How much is skype being snooped? (billingworld.com)

Submitted by hawkeesk8
hawkeesk8 writes: In Billing World's latest weekly e-Newsletter,, Dr. Jerry Lucas, founder of the World Lawful Intercept Conference, states in a column about CALEA, the United States controversial wire tapping law, "Outside of the NSA, most law enforcement offices have given up trying to decrypt Skype. But it is still possible to determine who called whom via Skype. Besides, even if someone is using Skype, it can't be guaranteed that someone else besides the person they are talking to isn't listening, because there are clever ways to spoof the system and get the keys." The author of the newsletter also writes, "And lastly, although Skype service is free, it is also considered a telecom service, and most Western countries require telecoms to release encryption keys upon request." With Lucas responding, "My bet is e-Bay, who owns Skype, does just that." The deadline for implementing CALEA has passed which would suggest that all big telecom carriers in the U.S. have the ability to tap your conversation. In light of that and the controversial NSA wire tapping scandal, how secure do you feel using the regular telephone vs. Skype?
Portables (Apple)

Submission + - World's Thinnest Laptop

Submitted by aalobode
aalobode writes: According to a new Business Week Article, Intel has developed a new, ultra-thin (as thin as a Razr) laptop designed as a fashion accessory, with looks and function both taken into account. From the article: The result, code-named Intel mobile Metro notebook, is less than 0.7 inches thick — about one-quarter of an inch thicker than Motorola's (MOT) iconic cell phone, making it the world's thinnest notebook. And at 2.25 pounds, it's also one of the lightest small-sized portable computers. Other features include always-on Internet connectivity via various wireless technologies.
Microsoft

Submission + - Microsoft Won't Sue Over Linux Patents

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Redmond has no plans to take open-source vendors to court...for now. From a zdnet story: "If we wanted to go down that road we could have done that three years ago," said a Microsoft spokesperson. "Rather than litigate, Microsoft has spent the last three years building an intellectual property bridge that works for all parties — including open source — and the customer response has been tremendously positive. Our focus is on continuing to build bridges." The infringement allegations, made by Microsoft in a Fortune magazine article, were that free and open-source software violated more than 230 of its patents.
Toys

Submission + - Polyethylene Bulletproof Vests better than Kevlar

Submitted by teflonscout
teflonscout writes: When I think of bulletproof vests, the first word that comes to mind is Kevlar. Wired is running a story on Dynema SB61, a bulletproof material that is made of polyethylene. It is a higher grade of the plastic found in Tupperware. The story also mentions the recall of Second Chance bulletproof vests that were made from Zylon, a material that degraded slowly when exposed to moisture. At least one police officer was injured when a bullet penetrated his Zylon vest. Polyethylene is impervious to moisture. The first vests made from this new material are 5mm thick and can stop at 9mm bullet traveling at 1777 feet per second, which is slightly better than other top of the line vests.

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