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Feed Syntax-Brillian goes big with 65-inch 1080p Olevia 665i LCD (engadget.com)

From feed by engfeed

Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment

Syntax-Brillian is showing off its first HDTV above 50-inches in the U.S. at Infocomm this week, the 65-inch, 1080p Olevia 665i. This LCD is aimed at the pro AV and high end home theater market, and is the first "large area display" to include the Silicon Optix Realta HQV scaler. That, along with Olevia's Big Picture technology to reduce overscan should ensure you get every pixel expected from HD and non-HD sources. Also included for the $9,999 MSRP are two sets each of HDMI and component inputs, RS232 control, removable speakers, and optional wall mount. No word on what, if any, tuners are a part of the package, but we're sure the FCC will be taking a look before this HDTV goes on sale in October.

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Games

Manhunt 2 Ban Fallout, Game Rated AO By ESRB 384

Posted by Zonk from the ultimate-humiliation dept.
In the wake of yesterday's announcement of a UK ban on Manhunt 2 , Rockstar has registered its disappointment at the BBFC's decision. The company simply stated that they 'respect those who have different opinions about the horror genre and videogames as a whole, but we hope they will also consider the opinions of the adult gamers for whom this product is intended.' Meanwhile, here in the US, the ESRB has given the game the dreaded AO rating, for adults only. If you're unfamiliar with this seldom-seen designation, it's essentially the 'kiss of death' for a title at retail; a number of popular videogame outlets refuse to carry titles with that rating. MTV's Stephen Totilo has a lengthy and considered discussion of these proceedings. "For 'Manhunt 2,' signs pointed to the title being both less and more extreme than the first. Gone from press previews were mentions of snuff films and Directors. Instead, a more traditionally violent video game premise: one man's struggle to stay alive in an insane asylum gone mad."
United States

Submission + - US Military site - Windows only please

Submitted by
An anonymous reader writes: Editors — please edit this, I failed English (my native language, go figure)
If you have family and friends fighting overseas, you can chat with them courtesy of the US military, as long as you are using Windows that is. For a site intended to be used by mostly non-technical people, you would think they could afford to purchase a signed certificate from a known authority. Sure it's signed by "DOD CLASS 3 CA-7" with SHA1 and MD5 fingerprints, but Mom and Pop go glassy-eyed when I try to explain. The first call I received from my mother-in-law trying to chat with her daughter was "Unable to verify trusted site — what do I do?". Next call was "it doesn't work". OK, Safari doesn't work so on to Firefox. I can log in and change passwords in Firefox, but trying to chat brings up the error "You must use Netscape Navigator 7 or better". OK, download Navigator 9 (comparing apples to apples?) and get the same error. "You are using Netscape Navigator 5, you need Netscape Navigator 7 or better." Wrong, I'm definitely using Navigator 9, which IDs itself as Mozilla/5.0

The application is apparently Java, so what is the big deal? All a worried mother wants to do is chat with her daughter away from home in the desert.
Businesses

Submission + - Why IT Dept's Must Support Consumer Technologies (cio.com)

Submitted by
mgoldberg
mgoldberg writes: "Users have always struggled with IT departments, but never more so than when it comes to adopting consumer technology—everything from digital cameras to cell phones to IM. But the adoption is inevitable, says CIO.com in How CIOs Can Learn to Love IM Messages, Social Networking Sites and Other Tools of User Empowerment. Corporate IT may focus on their responsibility to consider security, compliance and the impact an application or device has on the company's infrastructure. "IT risks appearing as an inhibitor to innovation, a part of the company that users don't rely on as much as they bypass," says the article. It goes on to advise IT managers how to learn the art of compromise and "to engage users in a constant dialogue about the pluses and minuses of new technologies and to concede that users can share responsibility for choosing and managing business applications." Otherwise, says the author, IT users will turn to their "shadow IT department.""
OS X

Submission + - Apple Developer Conference: Leopard is Glimpsed (earthweb.com)

Submitted by
jammag
jammag writes: "John Welch reports from this past weekend's Apple Worldwide Developer Conference. He talks about the Leopard interface and functionality, Parallels, VMWare, and the new terminal server application for OS X. Some cool stuff. Oddly enough, he even sees some improvement in the Microsoft Mac Business Unit."

Feed NASA's Scarecrow rover to scour Mars in 2009 (engadget.com)

From feed by engfeed

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets

Just months after learning the truth behind the fall of the late Mars Global Surveyor, NASA is already test driving the next great planetary invader. The vehicle, dubbed Scarecrow for its (current) lack of brain matter, is already conquering terrain in the Mars Yard as it prepares for a scheduled launch in 2009. Its sole mission in life will be to "follow the evidence of water that has already been found on the surface of Mars," and just in case any unforeseen hostiles attempt to sabotage its assignment, the engineers have equipped it with a "laser that can pulverize rock from 20 feet away." So much for a peaceful visit.

[Via The Raw Feed, image courtesy of NASA]

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Enlightenment

Submission + - Data center moving day (computerworld.com)

Submitted by
johannacw
johannacw writes: "Come along for the ups and downs of a law enforcement data center's middle-of-the night move, with tips and lessons learned. There are photos of big, burly guys moving big, burly machines — and eating pizza, of course — and a companion story about Scottrade's spanking new $25 million data center, with redundant power and cooling supplies, among other cool things."
Portables (Apple)

Submission + - iPhone may launch on Sprint as well?

Submitted by
Dan
Dan writes: "My friend got had this email conversation with a Sprint representative. The rep claims that the Apple iPhone is coming to Sprint in the next 2-3 months (despite being tied to AT&T for the next few years). Is this at all possible? Email Below:

From: Sprint Customer Solutions
To: *email removed*
Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 12:35:32 PM
Subject: Re: ID# 20070614104801 (KMM34076778I123L0KM)

Dear *name removed*,

Thank you for your reply.

a.) Yes, we are planning to launch Apple iPhones within next 2 to 3 months. As of now we do not have the details about the phones as there are provided by the manufacture and we are still in the process of launching.

I hope that you can understand our limitation in this matter.

b.) The account would be charged $150.00 cancellation fee, if the services on the #*number removed* are cancelled before 10/23/2007.

Thank you for contacting us, and we look forward to serving you.

Damien S.
Business E-Care
Sprint
"Where our customers come first!"

Original Message Follows:
—
Are you saying that you will also be offering the Apple iphone within the next 2 to 3 months? I was under the impression that AT&T has exclusiviety for the next 2 to 5 years. Please provide me with more information concerning these phones you are going to offer within the next few months.

One additional question, what would the cost be for the *number removed* number to end the contract prior to the 10/23 date?

Thanks in advance,
*name removed*

— Original Message —
From: Sprint Customer Solutions
To: *email removed*
Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2007 10:52:03 AM
Subject: Re: ID# 20070614104801 (KMM34032828I123L0KM)

Dear *name removed*,

Thank you for contacting Sprint. I will be happy to assist you regarding the Subscriber Agreement (contract).

Here are the details of the Subscriber Agreement (contract) on the account:

Number Contract satisfaction date

#*removed* 03/15/2005 (already satisfied)
#*removed* 10/23/2007.

I also glad to inform you that we are planning to launch iPhones. As soon as the handset will be launched, we will inform our customers with high profile promotions an you can expect this within next 2 to 3 months.

Thank you for contacting Sprint, we were happy to assist you. Please feel free to write back if you have any other questions.

Have a great day!

Damien S.
Business E-Care
Sprint
"Where our customers come first!"

Original Message Follows:
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================================================== ===========
Customer Name: *name removed*
Sprint PCS Phone Number: *number removed*
Account Number: *number removed*
Form: Ask A Question-Manage
Topic: Other
================================================== ===========
Question: I was wondering when my contract is up so that i can jump over to AT&T for the iphone? Thanks,
*name removed*
================================================== ==========="
Education

Journal Journal: How relevant is CompTIA A+/Network+ certification in IT 3

Journal by Garryonapc
I recently completed a Foundation Degree in Computing & Network Admin. I am looking to go into the job market, but I feel that I don't have enough actual practical experience. I have been looking at CompTIA A+/Network+ for some time now, but I can't help to question whether or not a course such as this would be necessary? I want to go and eventually do Cisco or Microsoft exams, but I have no real idea what path I want to go down just yet.
The Almighty Buck

Submission + - Gaming the H-1B process (computerworld.com)

Submitted by MonkMonk
MonkMonk writes: Lawrence Lebowitz, an attorney at Cohen & Grigsby, explains a method that can be used for hiring foreign workers under the U.S. government's Program Electronic Review Management process. PERM stipulates requirements for placing help wanted ads to fill job vacancies, with the intent of either hiring U.S. workers or showing that no qualified Americans are available.

According to Lebowitz "Our goal is clearly not to find a qualified and interested U.S. worker."

To help employers not find a qualified employee Lawrence and company explain how to disqualify employees using such techniques as:

- Listing many job requirements — If a resume does not list ALL requirements it can be dismissed
- Not listing the Salary — If the candidates salary request is higher than the hidden salary it can be dismissed

If any resumes make it this far they explain how the hiring manager can be used to dismiss them.
The Courts

Submission + - Court Rejects RIAA Motion against U. of New Mexico

Submitted by
NewYorkCountryLawyer
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes: "The federal court in New Mexico has rejected the RIAA's ex parte attempt to get information about University of New Mexico students suspected of copyright infringement through P2P filesharing. In his 3-page decision (pdf), Judge Lorenzo F. Garcia held that there was no reason that the proceeding had to be made ex parte rather than on notice to the affected students, and rejected the RIAA's claim that it would suffer "irreparable harm" if the motion were not granted immediately, saying that "it requires a Coleridgian "suspension of disbelief" to accept that the harm is irreparable, especially when monetary damages can cure any alleged violation. On the other hand, the harm related to disclosure of confidential information in a student or faculty member's Internet files can be equally harmful." He ordered the RIAA to meet and confer with the University of New Mexico's lawyers to work out a procedure for giving prior notice both to the university and to the affected students. He further pointed out that under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, "ex parte proceedings should be the exception, not the rule"."
Security

800 Break-ins at Dept. of Homeland Security 276

Posted by CmdrTaco from the well-i-feel-safer-already dept.
WrongSizeGlass writes "Yahoo is reporting about the computer security nightmare going on at the Department of Homeland Security. Senior DHS officials admitted to Congress that over a two year period there were 800 hacker break-ins, virus outbreaks and in one instance, hacker tools for stealing passwords and other files were found on two internal Homeland Security computer systems. I guess it's true what they say ... a mechanic's car is always the last to get fixed."

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