Submission + - Cellphones can disable Nissan car keys
MSRedfox writes: Nissan has stated that having your car key too close to your cell phone can wipe out the data on these high tech keys, effectively leaving one stranded with no way to start their car. "We discovered that if the I-Key touches a cellphone, outgoing or incoming calls have the potential to alter the electronic code inside the I-Key" http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUS N2424455020070524 With more and more devices going high tech, is this going to become an even bigger problem in the future?
Submission + - Penny Arcade Expo-E For All Expo Conflict
John Callaham writes: "IDG World Expo announced that the 2008 edition of their video-PC game event E For All Expo would be held in the last weekend of August, which happens to be the traditional date for the Penny Arcade Expo as well. FiringSquad has some info on how Penny Arcade's organisers feel about the conflict (http://www.firingsquad.com/news/newsarticle.asp?s earchid=15677) and also that IDG is now willing to chat with PAX's organisers to resolve the conflict (http://www.firingsquad.com/news/newsarticle.asp?s earchid=15680)"
Submission + - Apt-get remove SUSE; apt-get install Etch
editingwhiz writes: "Rick Lehrbaum of DesktopLinux.com says: "Ever since comparing seven Linux distributions on my "old thinkpad" testbed, I've remained impressed with the flexibility and ease-of-maintenance of Debian-based Linuxes. In my followup article on using Etch as a desktop OS, I pondered converting my primary desktop from SUSE to Debian. I've done it. Here's my tale ..." Read the whole article here."
