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Where's the 4th girl, with the matching powder blue dress accents and gun?
Submission + - Apple smacked: offers $100 refund to iPhone users (networkworld.com)
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"
Submission + - Open Source License Manager
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?"
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?"
Submission + - Build a Neighborhood (Or Apartment) Social Wifi?
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?
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?
Submission + - What to do with old tech books 1
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?
Submission + - AMD to Open R500 Specs 1
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."
Submission + - RIAA Virus
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."
Submission + - Internet Radio Day of Silence
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."
Submission + - BSc degrees in homeopathy
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."
Journal Journal: Hurting whales more important than national security
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
Submission + - The Cost of Advertising for Cingular...
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/
Full story: http://www.marketingvox.com/archives/2007/01/30/c
Submission + - A Wiki for Government Leaks
eldavojohn writes: "Time magazine is running a story on a prospective new site aiming to open up documents against regimes to the public instead of a select few academics. From the article,
From the homepage of the new site:By March, more than one million leaked documents from governments and corporations in Asia, the Middle East, sub-Saharan Africa and the former Soviet Bloc will be available online in a bold new collective experiment in whistle-blowing. That is, of course, as long as you don't accept any of the conspiracy theories brewing that Wikileaks.org could be a front for the CIA or some other intelligence agency.
I am interested to see if there is enough contributed verifiable content to make this a useful page and if governments will try shut this down in the interest of themselves & other governments."Wikileaks is developing an uncensorable Wikipedia for untraceable mass document leaking and analysis. Our primary interests are oppressive regimes in Asia, the former Soviet bloc, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East, but we also expect to be of assistance to those in the west who wish to reveal unethical behavior in their own governments and corporations. We aim for maximum political impact; this means our interface is identical to Wikipedia and usable by non-technical people. We have received over 1.2 million documents so far from dissident communities and anonymous sources.
Submission + - Getting rid of obsolete IT gear
bednarz writes: "The threat of data loss, coupled with increasingly stringent environmental regulations, has IT managers rethinking how they get rid of old IT gear that has reached its end of life. Network World has a story about how four companies are dealing with the problem. From the story:
"We sanitize the drives and when we have 10 or more units, we send them to Dell for disposal," explains [James Kritcher, vice president of IT at White Electronic Designs in Phoenix]. "We receive reports of the items recycled, which can then be reconciled to our records for an airtight audit."
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/012907-recyc ling.html"
Submission + - Did Microsoft Mislead About Xbox 360 IPTV?
greepe writes: "During the keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show, Bill Gates and his cohorts announced the new Microsoft TV IPTV Edition and demonstrated some of its more compelling features. At the end of that segment, the Microsoft presenters let us know that their IPTV demonstration was performed on an Xbox 360. The audience cheered. They cheered because they assumed you could use an Xbox 360 to deliver any old IPTV content to the television. You can't, says Derek R. Flickinger of CEPro."
Submission + - A Wiki for International Government Watchdogs
eldavojohn writes: "Time magazine is running a story on a prospective new site aiming to open up documents against regimes to the public instead of a select few academics. From the article,
The site claims they have received 1.2 million documents that will go live sometime in the next two months. There's a lot of criticism from people about this project though the creators claim to be serious & say that three of the project's members have been detained in Asia because of their involvement. Facts or attempts to garner street cred? I guess we'll find out in the coming months. From the homepage of the new site:By March, more than one million leaked documents from governments and corporations in Asia, the Middle East, sub-Saharan Africa and the former Soviet Bloc will be available online in a bold new collective experiment in whistle-blowing. That is, of course, as long as you don't accept any of the conspiracy theories brewing that Wikileaks.org could be a front for the CIA or some other intelligence agency.
While I didn't find any 'leaks' on their Wiki yet, I am interested to see if there is enough contributed verifiable content to make this a useful page and if governments will try shut this down in the interest of themselves & other governments."Wikileaks is developing an uncensorable Wikipedia for untraceable mass document leaking and analysis. Our primary interests are oppressive regimes in Asia, the former Soviet bloc, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East, but we also expect to be of assistance to those in the west who wish to reveal unethical behavior in their own governments and corporations. We aim for maximum political impact; this means our interface is identical to Wikipedia and usable by non-technical people. We have received over 1.2 million documents so far from dissident communities and anonymous sources.
