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Submission + - Glasgow: U.K.'s First 'Smart City' (informationweek.com)

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CowboyRobot
CowboyRobot writes: "Once the "Second City" of the British Empire, scrappy Glasgow — whose now-demolished Gorbals was once known for urban grimness on a par with Chicago's South Side or New York's Hell's Kitchen — has the chance for a whole new lease on life as the U.K.'s first "smart city."
The U.K.'s government has just announced a $38 million (£24 million) grant to fund pilot projects in the city that show how mass deployment of sensors and real-time information can help local government run more efficiently while also boosting the quality of life for its 600,000 citizens. Glasgow won the prize in a competition among 30 British towns and cities for state help in looking at the possible contribution of smart technology."
Idle

Submission + - Trees to call for help if illegally felled (mongabay.com)

Submitted by Damien1972
Damien1972 writes: The Brazilian government has begun fixing trees in the Amazon rainforest with a wireless device, known as Invisible Tracck, which will allow trees to contact authorities once they are felled and moved. Here's how it works: Brazilian authorities fix the Invisible Tracck onto a tree. An illegal logger cuts down the tree and puts it onto a truck for removal, unaware that they are carrying a tracking device. Once Invisible Tracck comes within 20 miles (32 kilometers) of a cellular network it will 'wake up' and alert authorities.

Comment Re:HP DVD Drives (Score 1) 330

by tonique (#42166123) Attached to: Slashdot Asks: SATA DVD Drives That Don't Suck for CD Ripping?

I gave up on torrents when I stumbled upon songs like Brown Eyes Girl by Jim Van Morrison or Red Red Wine by Neil Young.

That's why you use Musicbrainz Picard to boldly tag the files where no metadata has been before. Picard can usually recognise the songs (or better, albums) if they are at least somewhat popular.
Spam

Submission + - Windows 8 Registration and Increased Spam 1

Submitted by Teufelhunden25
Teufelhunden25 writes: I am wondering if others who may have installed Windows 8 have noticed an increase in the amount of spam they're receiving. During the Windows 8 registration, like an idiot I guess, I gave one of my primary email addresses. Since that time, the amount of spam I have gotten has increased significantly.
Piracy

Submission + - Police raid home of 9-year-old Pirate Bay user, seize 'Winnie the Pooh' laptop (bgr.com) 1

Submitted by zacharye
zacharye writes: Copyright enforcement might be getting out of hand in Scandinavia. As anti-piracy groups and copyright owners continue to work with authorities to curtail piracy in the region, police this week raided the home of a 9-year-old suspect and confiscated her “Winnie the Pooh” laptop. TorrentFreak reports that the girl’s home was raided after local anti-piracy group CIAPC determined copyrighted files had been downloaded illegally at her residence. Her father, the Internet service account holder, was contacted by CIAPC, which demanded that he pay a 600 euro fine and sign a non-disclosure agreement to settle the matter. When the man did not comply, authorities raided his home and collected evidence, including his 9-year-old daughter’s notebook computer...

Submission + - Nokia feeds the patent trolls? (zdnet.com)

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glebovitz
glebovitz writes: "In case anyone missed the other Nokia news, on the same day they announced the sale of Qt to Digia, they also sold 500 patents to Vringo. Vringo, the video ring tone company, recently merged with patent portfolio company Innovate/project which includes Donald Stout, the founder of NTP on its board. Forbes refers to Stout as "a patent troll which milked Research In Motion for $612.5 million in a patent infringement settlement reached in 2006." As Forbes staff writer Eric Savitz writes in his article "Vringo decided to basically turn itself into a patent troll.""
Books

Submission + - Network Forensics: Tracking Hackers through Cyberspace (rsaconference.com)

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rye
rye writes: "'With a title like Network Forensics: Tracking Hackers through Cyberspace, the book at first sounds like a cheesy novel,' writes Ben Rothke of RSA. 'But by page 25, you will quickly see this is the real thing. By the time you hit the last page, you will have read the collective wisdom of two of the smartest minds in the space. ...In 12 densely written chapters at just over 500 pages, the book covers nearly every aspect within network and digital forensics.'"

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