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Submission + - Windows 8 tablets available on eBay (tomshardware.com)

Submitted by Dr Max
Dr Max writes: During Microsoft's BUILD conference the company gave away 5000 Samsung tablets running a preview version of windows 8 to developers. As good as these tablets are (2nd gen core i5, dock, 64gb ssd, stylus, sd slot, 11.6 inch 1366x768 display), some are appearing on eBay with a high price; for example this guy asking $2700 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Windows-8-Build-Developer-Tablet-Accessories-AT-T-Broadband-/290610910198?pt=US_Tablets&hash=item43a9c293f6. Toms hardware has more info http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Windows-8-BUILD-Core-i5-Trusted-Platform-AT-T,13463.html

Comment Public availability. (Score 0) 194

by Mercury (#37330314) Attached to: Ask Director Eben Upton About the Raspberry Pi Foundation

Will the general public be able to buy the units? A lot of interesting low cost hardware has come about (like the OLPC), but it's been rare that people off the street have been able to buy them.

Even if there is a very explicit lack of support, it would be nice to just be able to buy them without having to be a school or having an order for 5000 of them.

Submission + - Open source address book

Submitted by
dadrian
dadrian writes: "I've been looking for an open source solution to an address book for my small office. The problem seems simple, all i want is an address book that i can sync between Thunderbird clients and also view on a web page, preferably not a complex CRM solution. Mostly the problem i had was that there was hard to find Thunderbird connectivity or it was buggy or out dated. What do Slashdot readers use to solve such a problem ?"
Japan

Submission + - Robots enter Fukushima reactor building (cio.com.au)

Submitted by
swandives
swandives writes: "For the first time, a pair of remote controlled robots have entered a reactor building at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power hopes the iRobot Packbots will be able to provide data on the current condition inside the buildings, although the company hasn't yet released any information on what they found inside."

Comment Get a business account. (Score 1) 4

by Mercury (#35270028) Attached to: War against small mail servers?

At least in the past, most ISPs will only block port 25 for non-business users. And most ISP level blocks are against the consumer DHCP ranges.

So spend the extra money on business accounts with static addresses, and take up the port blocking with your account manager if it's still an issue.

Barring that, spend $20 a month or so on a hosted VM somewhere, and run your mail through that. (Securely, please.)

A system administrator.

Submission + - War against small mail servers? 4

Submitted by
softegg
softegg writes: "My company hosts our own mail server. We have high-speed business connections through Verizon and Comcast.

Recently, Verizon and Comcast have been blocking port 25 causing our private mail server to stop functioning. Additionally, a lot of ISPs just started blocking any mail coming from any IP in the address block of cable modems.

So we started laundering our mail through a 3rd party service called DNSexit. Now McAfee's MAPS anti-spam system tells us that they are blocking DNSExit for spam.

Essentially, we are finding ourselves increasingly cut off from sending any outgoing mail. What is a small company supposed to do if you want to host your own mail?"

Submission + - Science Channel buys rights to Firefly (ew.com)

Submitted by
citking
citking writes: "The Science Channel has purchased the rights to Firefly and plans to air all episodes in order and in high definition. In addition, physicist Dr. Michio Kaku will appear to explain the theoretical science behind the show's sci-fi concepts. There's a brief interview in the article as well with Nathan Fillion, who chimes in with his thoughts on Firefly and playing Mal."
Politics

Submission + - Hosni Mubarak steps down. 1

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: BBC news reports that Hosni Mubarak of Egypt has stepped down and the Army council is taking temporary control.

Submission + - Nokia workers walk out in protest (geek.com) 2

Submitted by Mr. McGibby
Mr. McGibby writes: "After the announcement of the partnership between Nokia and Microsoft this morning workers voiced their concern with the deal by walking out of Nokia facilities. It is believed that as many as a thousand workers marched out today (or took the day off using flex time) so that the company would know that they don’t believe the partnership is in their best interest, even after CEO’ Stephen Elop’s startlingly frank “burning platform” memo earlier this week."

Submission + - TSA admits you don't need ID to fly, etc. (papersplease.org)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: A man (Phil Mocek) who was arrested for going through airport security without ID, filming the encounter, etc. was acquitted by a jury. In court, the TSA admitted that one does not need ID to fly, that TSA agents to no have arrest authority, and that it was not illegal to film public areas of the airport (Mocek even had written permission from the airport to do so yet was still charged ).

Interesting to note that Mocek did not present a defense, the jury based its decision entirely on testimony from the TSA and police.
Google

Submission + - MPAA Wants Google Off The Internet (techspot.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Over the last few months, Google has received more than 100 copyright infringement warnings from MPAA-affiliated movies studios: most are directed at users of Google's public Wi-Fi service but others are meant for Google employees. The MPAA is thus warning the search giant that it might get disconnected from the Internet. A few of the notices sent to Google are on behalf of Paramount Pictures and Columbia Pictures for sharing The Fighter and The Green Hornet, respectively.
Technology

Submission + - Toyota problems may force electronics changes (networkworld.com)

Submitted by coondoggie
coondoggie writes: While NASA and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration engineers did not find anything wrong with Toyota's auto engineering, the investigation may prompt changes and perhaps new design standards for auto electronics. The NHTSA is now considering a number of new tests for electronic car systems including: Propose rules, by the end of 2011, to require brake override systems, to standardize operation of keyless ignition systems, and to require the installation of event data recorders in all passenger vehicles;
The Internet

Submission + - IP addresses ‘not enough’ for legal ac (which.co.uk)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: A judgment issued today by Judge Birss in the Patents County Court has derailed the threatening letter-writing activities by legal firms such as ACS:Law in pursuit of illegal file-sharers.

In his judgment, Judge Birss questioned whether IP addresses could be used as sound evidence in identifying someone and accuse them of illegal file-sharing. He reasoned that IP addresses were not enough, citing unsecured home wireless networks and the fact that an IP address doesn’t identify the individual that is alleged to have illegally file-shared.

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