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Submission + - Police take step closer to crime breathalysers (silicon.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 03, 2009 @12:07PM

An anonymous reader writes: UK police are talking to private companies about using plug-in USB devices that can scour the hard drive of any device they are attached to, searching for evidence of illegal activity. The UK's Association of Chief Police Officers is considering using commerical devices that can perform targeted searches of text, pictures and computer code on hard drives, allowing untrained cops to detect anything from correspondence on stolen goods to child pornography. Police in the UK are desperate for a way of slashing the backlog of machines seized by the police in raids, with many forces having a backlog that will take a year to process.

Submission + - Hold off all your PC purchases until June 26! (techarp.com) 1

Submitted by

crazyeyes

on Wednesday June 03, 2009 @11:55AM

crazyeyes writes: "After months of speculation and leaked reports , Microsoft has finally confirmed that they will be giving away > FREE copies of Windows 7 with every Vista-loaded PC sold from June 26 onwards.

They still disallow their OEM partners from revealing the full details, but you can read everything about the free upgrade program from an article posted months ago by Tech ARP, a website renown for their exposes on future Microsoft developments.

So what does all this mean to us, the poor consumer? Simple — stop buying Vista-loaded PCs until June 26! Spread the word!"

Submission + - Windows 7 to be released October 22 (theregister.co.uk)

Submitted by

techwrench

on Wednesday June 03, 2009 @09:12AM

techwrench writes: "Windows 7 will hit store shelves on October 22, Microsoft confirmed today. The successor to Windows Vista was originally slated for a 2010 roll-out, but last month, Redmond admitted that the OS would arrive in time for the crucial holiday shopping season. Microsoft said Tuesday that Windows 7 code will be finalized and sent out to manufacturing in the second half of July. The OS will then be made generally available October 22."

Submission + - SPAM: Intel targets all-day battery life for netbooks

Submitted by alphadogg on Wednesday June 03, 2009 @08:42AM

alphadogg writes: The ability to run a netbook all day on a single battery charge is one of the goals Intel has set for itself as it develops the Atom platform. "We are going to do more integration, we are going to try to reduce the power in order to have sleekest form-factor, the lightest system and to increase the battery life," said Mooly Eden, head of Intel's mobile platforms group, in an interview at the Computex trade show in Taipei on Wednesday. "The idea is to deliver such a product that will be day-long. You'll be able to go with your netbook without the need to carry the power supply." The target, a sure-fire way to praise from road warriors, is more easily said than done. Most of today's laptops offer between three and five hours on a standard three-cell battery and close to double that on a six-cell battery. But the longer-life batteries are bulkier and heavier, and that negates a lot of the reason for having a slim and lightweight machine.
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Submission + - Cold-War Era Naval Vessels Up For Grabs

Submitted by mcleland on Tuesday February 24, 2009 @01:44PM

mcleland writes: The U.S. Navy is trying to get rid of two formerly top-secret naval vessels from the cold-war era. The Sea Shadow (an experimental radar evading ship that was never commissioned in the Navy) and the Hughes Mining Barge (a floating dry-dock and more-or-less base for the Sea Shadow). While the ships are being "given away" there are multiple regulations making the gift cost-prohibitive. No word on a 2-for-1 sale.

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