228833
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Eatfrank writes:
A recent CNet article has raged on sites like Digg, suggesting Mozilla should pipe a lite version of Firefox into older PCs to further attack IE's dominance: "Firefox supporters, take note. A bare-bones Firefox will get the browser into more houses, increasing the Fox's market share and keeps it in novice users' eyes for when they get a new PC. From the article: "Give the Celerons and the K6s some of the power back and let light users rediscover what it's really like to rediscover the Web with Firefox."
228787
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Smashed Ride writes:
I'm sick and tired of people doing hit-and-run damage or vandalism to my car. I'd like to use a stable, low-power, embedded system running GNU/Linux or BSD to document activity around the car. Two key requirements are that 1) the system must not obstruct the view of the driver much, and 2) the video must be sharp enough to identify a culprit. I don't need a large video archive — just enough to check a log after I notice damage — but I ideally want it to be sturdy. Any good ideas? There are many ways to record video, but the key here is that I want to set it up and keep it running without fiddling with it.
228721
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thefickler writes:
Microsoft and JiWire are planning to offer free Wi-Fi access on a city wide scale; the only catch is that you'll need to sit through advertising. The companies are currently testing the service in two cities, Portland, Oregon and Oakland County, Michigan.
228637
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blueser writes:
Military Times reports that "personal health care records of nearly 900,000 troops, family members and other government employees stored on a private defense contractor's nonsecure computer server were exposed to compromise". Exposed information includes social security numbers, names, addresses and coded health data.
The contractor has been aware of the data breach since May 29, when USAFE notified them about an insecure data transmission. The Petangon and FBI have already been involved, and the contractor is already notifying those that have been affected.