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Submission + - £989 Raspberry Pi Donated to Museum (computinghistory.org.uk)

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purehavnet
purehavnet writes: "One of the first 10 Raspberry Pi computers to be released has been purchased on Ebay and donated to The Centre for Computing History by an anonymous donor.

10 of the eagerly awaited $25 computers were listed on Ebay for auction and enthusiastic bidders around the world bid frantically for the rare opportunity to own one of these first production boards. The auction for board #7 ended on 8th January at a final bid of £989 which obviously included free delivery!"
Education

Submission + - Cubelets - Snap Together Your Latest Robot (i-programmer.info)

Submitted by mikejuk
mikejuk writes: The whole idea of encapsulating functions into bricks is such a good idea that it is bound to be reinvented time-and-time again. In this case we have Cubelets for modular robotics. The idea is that you have standard sensors, logic and actuators in plastic blocks that connect together via magnets. These can be used to quickly build robotic systems. Watch the, slightly odd, video to see how it all works. It might not have enough open ended creative potential to engage interest for a long time but it might be the stepping-stone some children (or adults) need to decided that this stuff is worth knowing about...

Submission + - What do you know about Alkaline Water? (dscleaning.co.uk)

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Alex456
Alex456 writes: "On a pH scale, alkaline water is water that is neutral. It is on the basic side or alkaline side of the scale – ranging from 7.5 to 14 pH. A lot of people hold the belief that alkaline water is immeasurably beneficial and that it is a vital constituent for one’s health. As a matter of fact, there are those that say that research on alkaline water is far from the conclusion. The main use of alkaline water is for drinking, due to the health benefits that are associated with it.
http://www.dscleaning.co.uk/"
Microsoft

Submission + - Microsoft Patents Bad Neighborhood Detection (informationweek.com)

Submitted by PolygamousRanchKid
PolygamousRanchKid writes: With the grant of their US Patent #8090532 Microsoft may be attempting to corner the market on GPS systems for use by pedestrians, or they may have opened a fertile ground for discrimination lawsuits.

Described as a patent on pedestrian route production, the patent describes a two-way system of building navigation devices targeted at people who are not in vehicles, but still require the use of such a device to most efficiently route to their destination. For example, the user inputs their destination and any constraints or requirements they might have, such as a wheelchair accessible route, types of terrain they are willing to cross, the option of public transportation, and a way point such as the nearest Starbucks on the route.

Any previously configured preferences are also considered, such as avoiding neighborhoods that exceed a certain threshold of violent crime statistics (hence the description of this as the "avoid bad neighborhoods" patent), fastest route, most scenic, etc.
Chrome

Submission + - Facebook Bans Browser Plugin FGS, And Its Develope 1

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Facebook has banned a very popular browser plugin called Friendly Gaming Simplifier (FGS). The plugin’s webpage (fgs.rzadki.eu) now serves up a “403 Forbidden” error message, since its developer, Arkadiusz Rzadkowolski, has complied with the company’s requests to take it down. Facebook has also banned him from the social network and denied him the right to develop anything for the service. A petition to save the plugin has been launched.
Blackberry

Submission + - Leaked Memo Says Apple Provides Backdoor to Govern 2

Submitted by Voline
Voline writes: In a tweet early this morning, cybersecurity researcher Christopher Soghoian pointed to an internal memo of India's Military Intelligence that has been liberated by hackers and posted on the Net. The memo suggests that, "in exchange for the Indian market presence" mobile device manufacturers, including RIM, Nokia, and Apple (collectively defined in the document as "RINOA") have agreed to provide backdoor access on their devices.

The Indian government then "utilized backdoors provided by RINOA" to intercept internal emails of the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, a US government body with a mandate to monitor, investigate and report to Congress on "the national security implications of the bilateral trade and economic relationship" between the US and China. Manan Kakkar, an Indian blogger for ZDNet, has also picked up the story and writes that it may be the fruits of an earlier hack of Symantec.

If Apple is providing governments with a backdoor to iOS, can we assume that they have also done so with Mac OS X?

Submission + - A Honda Civic Lesson (spectator.org) 4

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Attila Dimedici
Attila Dimedici writes: "Eric Peters makes the case that hybrids have been over-hyped. His argument is that in order to sell people on hybrid cars, automakers have emphasized the energy efficiency of hybrids in ideal conditions and failed to tell people that in most ordinary driving conditions they will not come close to meeting the numbers given. He refers to a recent case where an individual has chosen to forego membership in a class action law suit and has instead chosen to go to small claims court. He suggests that there is a significant chance that she will win there and that this will open up all of the manufacturers of hybrid vehicles to similar lawsuits.
The article was on a rather partisan website so I am curious as to what factors he has chosen to overemphasize to make his case? Or what factors he has chosen to ignore to the same end? I know that slashdot has a large contingent of hybrid and EV supporters who are well educated on the subject (as well as a large contingent of those who are not so well educated)."

Comment Re:But how many of those 700,000 are alive? (Score 1) 358

by epe (#38139454) Attached to: Ham Radio Licenses Top 700,000, An All-Time High

meeting in a club is no indication of how old is ham radio. There (We) are a lot of hamradio operators with 1/2 of the age you state..
Im 37... and being a ham since 18... but I do not like to go to clubs but investigate about antennas, CW and QRP.. visiting a club to gossip with other members is not my kind

Comment Re:I am. (Score 3, Interesting) 358

by epe (#38139408) Attached to: Ham Radio Licenses Top 700,000, An All-Time High

Everybody can talk, but CW is an art.
you are invited to join www.skccgroup.com to improve your CW skills step by step.

I learnt CW when I was 12, and got my first Ham license when I was 18, I returned to hamradio last year.. after more than 12 years not using it and after tasting digital modes.. Im back to CW.. it is sooo nice.

Submission + - WhiteHouse.gov hacked (zone-h.org)

Submitted by epe
epe writes: well, it seems security should concern everybody, a whitehouse.gov page was defaced today as it looks from zone-h.org site

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