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Comment Re:Had a glass of water at Lake Tahoe CA? (Score 1) 404

I moved recently, from a city who's water I had grown up on, to a city with a reputation for bad water. The first day, I picked up a DIY reverse-osmosis water filter system at my local big box hardware store for 130 dollars, installed it (and a new faucet, to make room for the water spigot) in an evening. The ice cubes from that water are crystal clear, and the water tastes fantastic (rather, doesn't taste like anything). Sediment and carbon filters will need to be replaced perodically (4 mos), but the RO membrane will last for 24-36 mos, and is only $50 or so.

It was a bit of an up-front cost, but forget Brita pitchers or faucet mount gadgets, this is now the only way I'll filter water for ice, drinking, and cooking.

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Disgruntled Engineer Hijacks San Francisco's Computer System 1082

ceswiedler writes "A disgruntled software engineer has hijacked San Francisco's new multimillion-dollar municipal computer system. When the Department of Technology tried to fire him, he disabled all administrative passwords other than his own. He was taken into custody but has so far refused to provide the password, and the department has yet to regain admin access on their own. They're worried that he or an associate might be able to destroy hundreds of thousands of sensitive documents, including emails, payroll information, and law enforcement documents."
Portables (Apple)

Submission + - Apple Finally Releases DRM Free Music on iTunes

MindspanConsultants writes: "After waiting to the last minute (Apple had announced it would be releasing DRM free music on iTunes in May), Apple finally pulled the trigger on making the DRM free EMI catalogue available on iTunes — excluding Beatles songs. In order to take advantage of this offer, you must download iTunes Plus.

Songs will be $1.29 for 256kbps versions, while 128kbps versions will still be available for $0.99."
Music

Submission + - Apple Launches iTunes Plus (DRM-Free/256kbps)

BlueDjinn writes: "I'm surprised this hasn't shown up here yet — with just one day to go in May to make good on their pledge, Apple released the previously-announced DRM-free, 256kbps EMI songs under the "iTunes Plus" name this morning. As promised, the DRM-free songs are double the bitrate, cost 30 more apiece (except for albums, which are the same price as the DRM versions), and so on. You can upgrade your existing library for the 30-per-song difference, plus some other nice touches. Interestingly, it's set up so that you can ONLY view either the DRM or no-DRM versions of a particular song at any given time, not both simultaneously (you can switch the entire store back and forth, however)."

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