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Dell Reveals Specs For the Looking Glass Tablet 174

adeelarshad82 writes "Dell hasn't officially unveiled its Looking Glass tablet, but it's on record at the FCC. The spec sheets reveal a device with a 7-inch screen, 3G and Wi-Fi connectivity, and an SD card slot. The Looking Glass will likely be announced at next week's Consumer Electronics Show (CES), which is sure to have no shortage of new tablets. Dell filed the documents for device approval by the FCC on December 17. The Looking Glass is expected to be one of the first devices to pack an Nvidia Tegra 2 processor, a powerful chip for mobile devices that can support both typical functions (like e-mail and Web browsing) as well as advanced graphics — all while preserving battery life."
The Courts

Facing 16 Years In Prison For Videotaping Police 878

krou sends this snip from the Maine Civil Liberties Union: "The ACLU of Maryland is defending Anthony Graber, who faces as much as sixteen years in prison if found guilty of violating state wiretap laws because he recorded video of an officer drawing a gun during a traffic stop. ... Once [the Maryland State Police] learned of the video on YouTube, Graber's parents' house was raided, searched, and four of his computers were confiscated. Graber was arrested, booked, and jailed. Their actions are a calculated method of intimidation. Another person has since been similarly charged under the same statute. The wiretap law being used to charge Anthony Graber is intended to protect private communication between two parties. According to David Rocah, the ACLU attorney handling Mr. Graber's case, 'To charge Graber with violating the law, you would have to conclude that a police officer on a public road, wearing a badge and a uniform, performing his official duty, pulling someone over, somehow has a right to privacy when it comes to the conversation he has with the motorist.'" Here are a factsheet (PDF) on the case from the ACLU of Maryland, and the video at issue.

Comment Re:The marijuana crowd is retarded (Score 1) 709

Cannabis also needs to be trimmed, dried and cured. Growing it is only half the battle. Also I'm unclear where GP gets '$3500' from...in fact I'm not even sure what he's saying would cost $3500... But in any case a 20g pack of marijuana cigarettes (at current street prices) would run $100-250, not $500. And we're ignoring the fact that a gram of cannabis can be stretched out into two or three 'sessions' pretty easily if it's any good at all.

Comment Re:text (Score 1) 547

"Now considering that this test is for the police force"

The MMPI is not 'for' the police force. It's a widely accepted personality assessment (the acronym stands for Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory). I'm as paranoid as the next guy (the next guy being Alex Jones) but come on.

Comment Re:WOW (Score 1) 476

These arguments conveniently ignore the fact that this particular battery starts with an eight hour battery life. IF you use your laptop on battery power for more than four or five hours at a time battery wear might become an issue, after several years. Personally I'm perfectly happy with three or four hours.

Comment Re:Old technology (Score 1) 437

Umm... what? Pentatonic scales are actually quite common in folk music. Even a 24 note scale while it might sound 'Eastern' wouldn't be so far out as to not sound musical, even to an untrained ear.

Also I'm not completely sure about this but that sounds like something Zappa would have said, probably in a somewhat sardonic tone.

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