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Portables

Submission + - Recovery of lost/stolen gadgets

Submitted by gurps_npc
gurps_npc writes: The explosion of portable electronic devices, can really weigh you down. Carrying a pager, phone, ipod, camera, and game is quite a lot. Worse, it gives you many more such things to misplace, or worse get stolen. This CNN story discusses some of the retrieval services that help you keep what belongs to you. I particularly like the first one, about a new singapore based software that when you download it to your phone, messages everyone in your phone's database whenever a new chip with a new phone number is installed in the phone. This makes it very hard for someone to steal your phone as all your friends get their new phone number.
United States

Submission + - President Bush paving the way for a Dictatorship. (videosift.com)

Submitted by
Xyde
Xyde writes: "from the site/video:

"The "National Security and Homeland Security Presidential Directive," with the dual designation of NSPD-51, and HSPD-20, as a Homeland Security Presidential Directive gives Bush total dictatorial powers — he just has to declare a national emergency. When declared it gives him the power to control all Federal, State, Local, Territorial and tribal governments as well as private sector organizations. It would also stop elections from being held." The press release is at http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/05/20 070509-12.html. How much more of this are we going to take?"
Technology (Apple)

Submission + - Steve Jobs addresses new AT&T/iPhone controver (blorge.com)

Submitted by
destinyland
destinyland writes: "Working Assets is calling for a boycott of the iPhone. Locking all iPhones to AT&T is unnecessary, they argue, and AT&T is "a corporation whose practices seem to run counter to everything Apple stands for..." (They specify AT&T's stand on net neutrality, warrantless wiretapping, and their handing over of customer records to the NSA.) This article says Steve Jobs was asked specifically about the AT&T lock-in Thursday, and he responded that AT&T's GSM network makes the iPhone a "world phone". But asked point-blank about whether other U.S. carriers would service the iPhone — he didn't answer."
The Courts

Submission + - AG Gonzales : "attempted" piracy should be (com.com)

Submitted by
TechForensics
TechForensics writes: "Gonzales: It's time to punish 'attempted' piracy

http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9736941-7.html?ta g=nefd.only

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales created quite a stir last month when he called for an aggressive rewrite of criminal copyright laws, including prison time for "attempted" copyright infringement, life behind bars for pirated software use, and more expansive wiretap authority in piracy investigations.

If anyone doubted his seriousness about that dramatic plan, look no further than the text of a speech the official delivered in Seattle on Wednesday. See http://www.usdoj.gov/ag/speeches/2007/ag_speech_07 0627.html"
Software

Submission + - The Distro Jungle

Submitted by LinucksGirl
LinucksGirl writes: People new to Linux are often confused by the large number of distributions there are to choose from. The good news is that you can safely ignore most of them. This article helps you cut through the confusion of choosing a Linux Distribution your exploration — and helps you understand just what it is you've chosen.
Portables (Apple)

Submission + - Apple gives all employees an free 8GB iPhone

Submitted by
sie
sie writes: "Think Secret is reporting that one of the the things announced at Steve Jobs's town hall meeting was that every Apple employee, both full-time and temporary will receive a complimentary iPhone. According to Yahoo! Finance, Apple has 17,787 full-time employees. Think Secret also go on to say that they've heard from some of their sources who are saying the iPhone will have an AppleCare extended two-year warranty option for $69, but not at launch."
Portables (Apple)

Submission + - Steve Jobs says: Free iPhones for Apple employees (phaedo.cx)

Submitted by
phaedo00
phaedo00 writes: "Jacqui Cheng at Ars Technica has the exclusive scoop on what Steve Jobs told to Apple employees in a private, internal session this morning: "Steve opened up with how he believes that the iPhone will change the mobile space forever. He said that when the Mac first came out, people talked about how some day, every computer would work that way, and the same would be true of the iPhone... Someone from the audience asked whether Apple was concerned about cannibalization of business from the iPod with the introduction of the iPhone, and Steve answered that if there's going to be cannibalization of Apple, they want it to be by Apple. He also answered a question about "why EDGE?", saying that EDGE is more pervasive than 3G networks and that 3G chips are also power hogs." There's a bunch more in the full write-up and it's very interesting."
Operating Systems

Submission + - ESR gives up on Fedora

Submitted by
greginnj
greginnj writes: "Noted Linux evangelist Eric S. Raymond (ESR) has publicly announced that he is giving up on Fedora and switching to Ubuntu: http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2 007-February/msg01006.html Not content to alert RedHat alone, it appears he has also sent out press releases to alert the media: http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/02/21/13402 37 . The announcement has already drawn smackbacks from David Cantrell of RedHat and Alan Cox."
Businesses

Submission + - Our customers demand Linux

Submitted by rolfc
rolfc writes: The OMXgroup, maker of systems for financial markets says in Computer Sweden that their next generation of software, Genium, will run on Linux since the customers demand it. The article in Swedish states that it is not the technical differences that is the reason but the fact that it is an open and competitive platform, and their customers has given clear signals that they want to run Linux.
Communications

Submission + - Junk Faxes

Submitted by olddoc
olddoc writes: I am having a growing problem with junk faxes. Unlike email, it costs me money when I get a fax so junk faxes really tick me off. A while ago, I gave my number to a removal number and now I am getting more junk faxes than ever! Does anyone know how to make them pay? What devious methods can I use to get even? Can I sign up for a phone number that will drive up their costs when I call the toll free removal number? What have other readers done?
Businesses

Submission + - AT&T and BellSouth to Merge...Here comes Ma Be

Submitted by kangdangalang
kangdangalang writes: News is amuck about a merger between AT&T and BellSouth AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) and BellSouth Corporation (NYSE:BLS) announced today an agreement to merge the two companies, a combination that will create a more effective and efficient provider in the wireless, broadband, video, voice and data markets. The merger will streamline the ownership and operations of Cingular Wireless, which is jointly owned by AT&T and BellSouth. The new company will be more innovative, nimble and efficient, providing benefits to customers by combining the Cingular, BellSouth and AT&T networks into a single fully integrated wireless and wireline Internet Protocol network offering a full range of advanced solutions. Seems like AT&T is trying to reacquire all the baby bells to get back to being the communications supergiant of decades past, do you think this will be allowed by the FCC or will this get shot down because of fear of AT&T becoming a monopoly once again?
Communications

iPhone Faces Uncertain Market 869

Posted by kdawson from the second-and-third-thoughts dept.
48 hours have passed since Steve Jobs's MacWorld keynote and the reality distortion field is beginning to wear off. Lists of the drawbacks of the announced iPhone are sprouting all over the Net (and there is the occasional defense by true believers). Now narramissic writes, "The iPhone may be poised to take over the high-end cell phone market, but is it a market worth taking? Not if an InStat survey from July is any indication: Of 1,800 consumers surveyed, just 21 had spent more than $400 for a cell phone. Prices for the iPhone, admittedly more of a handheld computer than a cell phone, start at $499 for the 4G-byte version with a required two-year contract with Cingular. So, is Apple pricing it right? Analysts quoted in this article seem to think Apple's going to have a hard time getting the 1% of market share that Jobs called for."

Reconstructing Real Cities in Google Earth 97

Posted by Zonk from the i-think-the-fountain-should-go-here dept.
An anonymous reader writes "NewScientistTech has an article up on the way 3D models of real cities are being uploaded into Google Earth to help town planners and architects envisage their designs. Researchers at the University of Arkansas have developed a method for rapidly mapping building, which they are using to reconstruct the rapidly-expanding town of Fayetteville. The researchers say tools like Google Earth and Sketchup could eventually help ordinary citizens get more involved in urban development."

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