Comment Re:no mounting holes (Score 3, Informative) 161
From the FAQs there will be cases and mounting options just not on initial release.
http://www.raspberrypi.org/faqs
Comment Photographer Rights (Score 2) 544
The security guard is within his rights to tell the customer that he is not allowed to take photographs within that environment, if it is private property.
However confiscating the device is opening another can of worms, that would be considered theft.
Comment Re:Windows Has All But Disappeared Around Me (Score 1) 425
It is quite difficult to add linux/apple into a windows corp environment. There always seems to be a 3rd party application that needs to be installed to smooth over the hiccups these OS's cause.
Comment Re:Project management (Score 1) 202
A good PM is invaluable. A bad PM just adds needless overheads. I have had both. Even on little projects, PMs can be a great resource. Their main task is to keep the project on track, and stop all the crap getting to the people who are actually doing the work.
Comment Again??? (Score 2) 165
Why is this news worthy, Every second day the MPA, xxAA is going after some one due to massive losses.
Comment Why Not just install Favorite OS over the top (Score 1) 609
A Win7 install takes about 30 min and is clean. Linux is about a 30 or so minute install as well.
The add the apps that are required on top.
I know this is not for everybody but its what I do for all my systems, and is quicker than uninstalling all the crapware
Hi-Tech Nativity Security
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To combat vandalism and theft of their holiday displays, many churches and cities are turning to a technological answer. After one of their cows was stolen, St. Marks Episcopal Church in Glen Ellyn, Ill. installed GPS devices in the figurines of its nativity scene. This year the village of Wellington, Fla. added security cameras to protect their display. From the article: "BrickHouse Security in New York City offered churches and synagogues free GPS and cameras to protect their displays this season. Seventy have signed up so far. About 24 of them are also installing security cameras. In Merrick, N.Y., the Chabad Center for Jewish Life is putting GPS in its 8-foot menorah on display in a park."
Comment Re:Hell yes!!! (Score 1) 347
Beer???? You must be new in IT. Try some Single Malts and join us old timers
Submission + - Googoola lets you search Ads (tekgoblin.com)
tekgoblin writes: Googoola is a search that is powered by the Google search engine but specifically searches for ads. What do we mean by that? Let me tell you.
By entering a few keywords into the search field you can either search for Text Ads, Google Adwords, or Image Ads found on Google.
By entering a few keywords into the search field you can either search for Text Ads, Google Adwords, or Image Ads found on Google.
Submission + - Research team stores 90GB of data in 1g of bateria (igem.org) 1
Bananana writes: A research tem of the Chinese univerity of Hong Kong finds a way to do data encryption and storage with bacteria. The project is called "Bioencryption" and their presentation in pdf format is here: http://2010.igem.org/files/presentation/Hong_Kong-CUHK.pdf
Submission + - Problem-solving Bacteria Crack Sudoku (newscientist.com)
damn_registrars writes: "From the can-your-bugs-do-this dept:
A team of researchers from the University of Tokyo, Japan have developed a way to employ e coli bacteria towards solving a puzzle that many Americans struggle at — Sudoku. Current implementations can handle 4x4 grids, but a full 9x9 grid could be done with some additional modifications.
The TSA responded proactively by stating that no matter how much you may struggle with the Sudoku on the airline magazine, you are still not allowed to bring vials of bacteria on to the aircraft with you."
A team of researchers from the University of Tokyo, Japan have developed a way to employ e coli bacteria towards solving a puzzle that many Americans struggle at — Sudoku. Current implementations can handle 4x4 grids, but a full 9x9 grid could be done with some additional modifications.
The TSA responded proactively by stating that no matter how much you may struggle with the Sudoku on the airline magazine, you are still not allowed to bring vials of bacteria on to the aircraft with you."
Submission + - Is In-Flight Wi-Fi a Boon to Terrorists? (technologizer.com) 5
harrymcc writes: The attempt to ship bombs from Yemen, apparently intended to blow up the planes they were on, has some people wondering whether in-flight Wi-Fi is a security risk that could let terrorists rig a Wi-Fi-enabled cell phone to trigger a bomb from the ground. Seems to me that terrorists intent on blowing up planes would find old-fashioned timers easier and more reliable. Of course, the people in charge of flight security seem to value the appearance of safety above all else, so who knows?
Submission + - OLPC's $75 Tablet Debut Delayed 45 Days (computerworld.com)
CWmike writes: Nicholas Negroponte, chairman of One Laptop Per Child project, said that the $75 XO-3 tablet computer will now debut sometime in February 2011, about 45 days later than originally planned. He said that he wants the screen to be flexible so that it is more resistant to breaking, but that it doesn't need to roll up. 'The issue has been really finding an unbreakable material, which may not be plastic, it may be glass or some flavor of glass,' he said during a video interview at MIT. At first the XO-3 won't be branded OLPC, rather made by Marvell, with the actual XO-3 to follow. The tablet will eventually cost $75 and during a May 2010 interview, Negroponte said hitting that mark wouldn't be a problem. Negroponte said that the job of the XO-3 is 'pushing where normal market forces wouldn't otherwise.'
Aussie Research Company Brings Wi-Fi To TV Antenna 74
joshgnosis writes "The CSIRO has unveiled new technology that could bring internet to people in rural or remote parts of Australia using their existing TV antennas. Analog TV signal is set to be switched off in 2013 but this technology could see the spectrum used to deliver internet straight into people's homes through their TV antenna. Gartner expert Robin Simpson told ZDNet Australia that this would make it much easier for companies to get new customers. 'What appeals to me about it is that it re-uses existing infrastructure, all of the competing wireless technologies tend to use high frequencies and therefore require new base stations, new spectrum and new receiving antenna infrastructure as well,' he said. 'The fact that they're re-using the analog TV stuff gives them a much easier market entry strategy.'"
Submission + - New compounds may treat both alcohol and cigarette
An anonymous reader writes: Researchers at the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center at the University of California, San Francisco, and Pfizer Inc., have determined that two new compounds may be effective in treating both alcohol and nicotine dependence at the same time. In a paper published in the November 3, 2010 issue of Neuropsychopharmacology, the researchers showed that alcohol consumption in rodents was significantly decreased by two compounds that target neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) subtype 3 4*. nAChRs are proteins found in the brain and broader central nervous system that mediate the effects of substances such as nicotine. Recent human genetic studies have shown that the genes encoding the 3 4* subtype are of significant importance for susceptibility to both alcohol and nicotine dependence.
