Please create an account to participate in the Slashdot moderation system

 


Forgot your password?
Close
typodupeerror
×
Wireless (Apple)

Submission + - Apple smacked: offers $100 refund to iPhone users (networkworld.com)

Submitted by
coondoggie
coondoggie writes: "Apple plans $100 credit for existing iPhone buyers peeved over the company's announcement yesterday it would slash $200 from the price of the high-end iPhone only 10 weeks after its over-ballyhooed introduction. Apple's Chief Executive Steve Jobs in a letter posted on Apple's Web site this afternoon said that the company plans to give a $100 credit to existing iPhone customers. "We want to do the right thing for our valued iPhone customers," Jobs said. "We apologize for disappointing some of you, and we are doing our best to live up to your high expectations of Apple." http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/19133"
Software

Submission + - Open Source License Manager

Submitted by
FreeBSD evangelist
FreeBSD evangelist writes: "I work for a company that provides software to the health care industry. We have agreements with third party service agencies wherein we build and support an interface to our products for them to use, for a percentage of the revenue they receive.

We find that some of them report "no use" during our audits. We believe that to be untrue, but need some evidence of such usage, and preferably a way to enforce the license terms.

Do you know of a license management package (preferably open source) that could "phone home" each time the interface were invoked?"
Networking

Submission + - Build a Neighborhood (Or Apartment) Social Wifi?

Submitted by Ecifer
Ecifer writes: After recently moving into a new apartment complex, getting Comcast service, and setting up my wireless network, an oddly socialist idea came to mind... "Wouldn't it be nice of me to just share this WiFi with everyone on this floor?"... well, financially, that'd be a Snafu, but is there a way to set it up so that we're all saving money, AND I'm not breaking any usage agreements?

The way I look at it, I'd need the following:
1) An ISP that would let me share the bandwidth... Even Comcast Business doesn't do this w/o express written permission, and since I'm pretty much stealing their customers, I'm gonna bet they'd say 'No.' That means I'm probably paying more (Than comcast, now there's a comical sentiment)... but the cost would be distributed, you'd just need to find enough people to make the pricing work out.
2) A series of wireless repeaters to cover the entire area. This one isn't so hard... WRT54G + Specialized Firmware can do that... and that's just one option. Again, I'm not looking for a bullet-proof business network, these are just normal people, doing normal internet browsing. That brings us to point 2a) Firewall and Antivirus. Perhaps offer a secure subnet option.
3) For any users who'd want to have wired, they'd either need a modified router (such as that in point 2), or a specialized wired->wireless bridge.
4) A usage agreement for all involved.

So am I crazy, or could this work? How would YOU do it?

Feed Science Daily: Coral Reef Fish Harbor An Unexpectedly High Biodiversity Of Parasites (sciencedaily.com)

From feed by sdfeed
A grouper fish found off New Caledonia was found to be parasitized by 12 species of microscopic monogenean worms. This diversity of parasites has just been confirmed also in the malabar grouper, another the coral reef species. If such a level of parasite diversity prevails in all coral-reef fish, tens of thousands of parasite species are in this ecosystem waiting to be discovered.
Books

Submission + - What to do with old tech books 1

Submitted by zandini
zandini writes: I have lots of old tech books. Java 1 & 2, HTML 4, Using Debian 2.1, just to name a few. My bookshelf is full of these books, but now they are either obsolete (like HTML 4), or same or better information is available on the internet (e.g. perl, python). I called local libraries, but they do not want any computer books older than 2 years. Some of my books on C/C++ and old Computer Science text books are still valid, but it seems that they won't take them since they are too old. Ebay could be an option, but selling over 50 books on ebay individually could be really time consuming, especially since I am looking to make money from these anyways. What did you guys to with your old computer books? Did you just throw them in the recycle bin? Or were you able to find someone somewhere who could take these books and make use of them?

Feed Science Daily: Pivotal Hearing Structure Revealed (sciencedaily.com)

From feed by sdfeed
Scientists have shed light on how our bodies convert vibrations entering the ear into electrical signals that can be interpreted by the brain. Exactly how the electrical signal is generated has been the subject of ongoing research interest.

Feed Science Daily: Parasitic Battles Can Involve Gene Transfer That Aids Evolution (sciencedaily.com)

From feed by sdfeed
Scientists have recorded the entire genomic expression of a host bacterium and infecting virus over the eight-hour course of infection. Their study leads them to speculate that the meeting between a marine bacterial host and its virus may be not just a battle between individuals, but an evolutionarily significant exchange that helps both species become more fit for life in the harsh ocean environment.
AMD

Submission + - AMD to Open R500 Specs 1

Submitted by
tbcpp
tbcpp writes: "A quick report from the kernel summit: AMD's representative at the summit has announced that the company has made a decision to enable the development of open source drivers for all of its (ATI) graphics processors from the R500 going forward. There will be specifications available and a skeleton driver as well; a free 2D driver is anticipated by the end of the year. The rest will have to be written; freeing of the existing binary-only driver is not in the cards, and "that is better for everybody." Things are looking good on this front. More in the kernel summit report to come."
Security

Submission + - RIAA Virus

Submitted by
johkir
johkir writes: "A recently discovered worm called "Deletemusic" travels via removable disks and spreads to every disk on a machine. When you restart, all files ending in ".mp3" — whether you ripped them from your CDs, purchased them from iTunes or eMusic, or download them via BitTorrent — are deleted. The worm is spreading, albeit modestly, causing a small number of infections. You pretty much have to have no security measures active on your computer, and currently it only travels by disk, but I'm sure an internet transmitted (bittorrent/email/etc) version will be around soon. The authors of Deletemusic remain unknown. Who suspects the RIAA? Or someone who accepts everything the RIAA has said as unbiased truth."
Music

Submission + - Internet Radio Day of Silence

Submitted by
WebDJ
WebDJ writes: "The future of Internet radio is in immediate danger. Royalty rates for webcasters have been drastically increased by a recent ruling and are due to go into effect on July 15 (retroactive to Jan 1, 2006!). To protest these rates and encourage the millions of net radio listeners to take action and contact their Congressional representatives, today is a national Day of Silence. Webcasters across the country have dedicated this day to increasing awareness of this looming threat and gathering support for the SaveNetRadio collation and our campaign to preserve music diversity on-line. For an updated list of the participants in this national day of silence, visit http://www.kurthanson.com/dos/. Net radio listeners, please excuse the interruption of your normal programming and take action to ensure this silence is not permanent. Call your Congressional Representatives today. savenetradio.org for more information."
Biotech

Journal Journal: Intercytex artificial skin heals wounds in tests

Journal by stemceller
June 26, 2007 5:45AM EDT Reuters reports that Intercytex, a biotechnology company in the field of stem cell research, announced it has created artificial skin to improve wound healing: "A British biotechnology company has developed a long-lasting artificial skin that has produced promising results in healing wounds in early clinical trials. Scientists said the advance could mark a breakthrough in regenerative medicine. Intercytex Group Plc, which specializes in cell therapy, said on Tue
Education

Submission + - BSc degrees in homeopathy

Submitted by
SpaceAdmiral
SpaceAdmiral writes: "Several British universities have started offering bachelor of science degrees in alternative medicine, including six that offer BSc degrees in homeopathy. Now scientists are campaigning to have the degree changed, in order to prevent homeopaths from benefiting undeservedly from the scientific credibility of a BSc."
United States

Journal Journal: Hurting whales more important than national security

Journal by slayermet420
In the newest slap to the face of the environmentalists, the US Navy has decided to not release where sonar has been used through out the world over the past four years. Why is this an issue? Because the National Resources Defense Council has come to the idea of suing the US Navy to "ensure sailors use sonar in a way that does not harm whales and other marine mammals." The claim is that s
Privacy

Submission + - The Cost of Advertising for Cingular...

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: From MarketingVox.com: Cingular, Priceline and Travelocity have agreed to pay fines of $30,000-$35,000 each to settle allegations by the New York State Attorney General's office that they hired adware firms that enganged in deceptive practices, MediaPost reports. The settlement is reportedly the first time that marketers have been fined for an adware purveyor's practices.

Full story: http://www.marketingvox.com/archives/2007/01/30/ci ngular-priceline-travelocity-pay-adware-fines/

Slashdot Top Deals

"No matter where you go, there you are..." -- Buckaroo Banzai

Close