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Submission + - CMP Apple Patent Foretells iPod And iPhone Securi (yahoo.com)

Submitted by

GOSHOCK

on Friday June 22, 2007 @02:02AM

GOSHOCK writes: "iPhone thieves may find that crime does not pay. A patent application published Thursday by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office suggests that Apple has been developing security features for the iPod and the iPhone. The patent application, Protecting electronic devices from extended unauthorized use, describes a way to prevent mobile devices from being charged following the failure of an authorization check."

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by huy.banh on Wednesday January 10, 2007 @12:43AM

Submission + - Algae-encrusted Hummer to save the planet

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 07, 2006 @08:51AM

An anonymous reader writes: Want to drive a Hummer and save the planet? This crazy Hummer O2 from GM is made from transparent panels in which ocean algae grow. The idea is that they turn use sunlight as you drive around to turn carbon dioxide into oxygen. My only worry would be that the billions of algae develop a collective intellgence and decide to consume the juicy carbon-nased biped inside.

Journal Journal: Serious uses for silly string 6

Journal by nizo on Thursday December 07, 2006 @08:36AM

Troops in Iraq are using cans of silly string to detect boobytraps in buildings. How weird is that? See the yahoo story here about one lady who is collecting cans to send to troops.

Submission + - China's EVD format goes into production

Submitted by oO0(MjB)0Oo on Thursday December 07, 2006 @08:12AM

oO0(MjB)0Oo writes: It's been a while since /. has had an article about China's replacement DVD format, EVD. According to this article, the EVD format has been recently relaunched, having failed initially in 2004. With buy-in from content providers and hardware manufacturers, they "plan to switch completely to EVD by 2008 and stop producing DVD players." Since Chinese companies produce 80 per cent of the world's DVD players, how will this play out with BluRay and HD-DVD?

Submission + - DarwiinRemote Released! Wiimote frontend for OSX!

Submitted by

jeckil

on Thursday December 07, 2006 @07:36AM

jeckil writes: "DarwiinRemote is a tiny software which reads data from and sends data to Nintendo Wii Remote. It detects all 3 axis sensors, all buttons (except power). You can modify which controller led indicator is on and send force feedback. Right now it only supports a basic front row control scheme but they should release a better version in a few days. All the source code is available and compatible with latest version of xcode. One can only wonder.... If the latest apple rumor turns out to be true, things could get very interesting for apple.

Someone already released a modified version of this app. It seems there have been some problems detecting the remote so an alternate version that uses the wiimote's sync button has been released."

Submission + - UK copyright term extension rejected

Submitted by DaveFromLondon on Wednesday December 06, 2006 @10:33AM

DaveFromLondon writes: The British government's long-awaited report on Intellectual Property was published today (pdf). The report rejects the idea of extending copyright terms, and proposes a limited private copying exception. There are also plans to free up an orphan works, making available work for which no author can be found.

Journal Journal: Ask the Dot: Healthy Ramen? 3

Journal by Short Circuit on Friday November 10, 2006 @12:59PM

A friend of mine is looking for healthy ramen he can take to school and eat. He's not averse to ordering off the Internet. His current selection, though, has 1100mg of sodium to a cup.

So, what are his options?

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