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Submission + - Ravensword and other Unity Games slammed by Apple (ign.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 15, 2009 @02:12PM

An anonymous reader writes: Ravensword like many other Unity games have found themselves caught in the crossfire between Apple, Storm8, and API calls which exist inside of all Unity games

Submission + - Swiss privacy watchdog to sue Google Street View (komonews.com)

Submitted by The Installer on Sunday November 15, 2009 @12:57PM

The Installer writes: Google Inc.'s unstoppable drive to map and photograph the world has run into an immovable object — Switzerland's strict tradition of personal privacy.

The country's privacy watchdog announced Friday that he plans to haul the search engine company before a federal court to force it to make changes to its Street View application.

Google criticized the decision and said it would defend itself in the case.

Street View allows Internet users to view panoramic street-level pictures of more than 100 cities around the world. It already has been criticized in several European countries and Japan for allowing individuals to be identified without their knowledge or consent — potentially exposing embarrassing facts about their private lives.

Submission + - How to build your own "Minority Report" surface... (universeii.com)

Submitted by Lexx Greatrex on Sunday November 15, 2009 @08:22AM

Lexx Greatrex writes: It took Microsoft ten years and millions of dollars to build their touch screen surface.

A group of innovative young designers from the Umeå Institute of Design in Sweden show us how to do it ourselves... in a few days on a shoestring budget...

Submission + - What other innovation has the MPAA stifled? 2

Submitted by headkase on Sunday November 15, 2009 @12:43AM

headkase writes: I'd like to preface this with the fact that I have a working prototype that performs well. What has the MPAA prevented in their quest to control how citizens interact with their entertainment media? Right now my setup consists of a "video jukebox". It is composed of a PC networked with an Xbox 360 which is connected to an HDTV via HDMI. Two pieces of software work together to provide the primary functionality. They are "Fair Use Wizard 2" and "Tversity". This is Windows-centric but the organization applies to all systems. Fair Use Wizard 2 is used to rip my DVD collection to the PC. The MPAA is preventing innovation at this point because they have successfully lobbied to categorize the act known as "ripping" a DVD an offense under legislation called the Digital Millennium Copyright Act or DMCA. Fortunately I don't live in a Nation that subscribes to this particular idiocy. So, from there. TVersity then handles streaming the video over my home network with the origin of the media being a general purpose PC and the destination after decoding on the Xbox 360 is the HDTV. Tversity not only streams but will transcode on-the-fly if needed to greatly mitigate the formatting issues that could arise. The organization of PC, 360, and Network defines this "video jukebox" as a concrete example of innovation that the MPAA has retarded.

Please add your own examples ideally using no more than two words in combination to describe the purpose of the device.

Comment One Internet connection per household... (Score 4, Informative) 73

by dadman on Saturday May 09, 2009 @08:54AM (#27887675) Attached to: Macs With 3G — More Connectivity, More Problems

is no longer the trend here in Asia, at least in HK, Japan and S. Korea where we have cheap, unlimited internet connection over 3G from the PC or Notebook, mostly via HSDPA (7.2/14.4 Downlink, see Smartone-Vodafone), HSPA+ (21Mbps downlink, see HK CSL)

Naturally, it would be much more convenient if this is built-in.

In fact, many netbooks are already has HSPA modem built-in, and some are already working at 21Mbps speed, such as this one.

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