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Microsoft

Submission + - bigger Surface Pro

Barryke writes: "The current trend towards smaller machines is hitting me in the Windows 8 touch lineup, where i would really like to buy a 18" touchscreen device. However understandable, the current lineup of devices is all about 7" tablets and 10" netbooks or convertables. I find it hard to developing software or do other creative things on such small screens, to me they are for media consumption only. However windows getting decent touch hardware should turn things around and allow me to have the best of both worlds. Is there a device out there that basically is a Surface Pro XL?"

Submission + - SmartSim, a new digital circuit designer and simulator (raspberrypi.org)

Barryke writes: shley Newsom is a sixth-form student from Oxford. Alex Bradbury and Rob Mullins from the Raspberry Pi Foundation met him at the University of Cambridge Computer Lab open day, where hecame over with an SD card ready to show off a demo of SmartSim, his home-grown circuit design and simulation package. It was, said Alex, hugely impressive – I’ve had a play too now, and couldn’t agree with him more. Ashley’s now polished it off andreleased it for public consumption under the GPLv3.

Submission + - Off the shelf Home Automation with Webinterface + Voice?

Barryke writes: "My tech-savvy girlfriend and i will be moving to our first house soon. Since we have to redo the central heating boiler, meter, doorbel, fridge, light switches, window curtains, and other things, we consider domotics. We wonder if there is a home automation solution that sports a web interface (so its usable on any hardware), and allows future DIY extensions or voice control. Any first hand experience is welcome, as we're not sure yet what route to take or what products to look into."

Submission + - Timothy: error in title article Dutch Hotels ISP (slashdot.org)

Barryke writes: Due to title and text of this article, I see all kinds of people assuming this is required by dutch law, but it is not.

There exists no law or other statute that requires Hotels with Wi-Fi to register as ISP. Its just OPTA suing 10 hotels for being an ISP .. they are testing a vague law.

Please see my post here which explains better.

As for why the OPTA sues 10 hotels: the law is vague and the OPTA decided to trial this so it (the law) gets less vague.

Sony

Submission + - PS3 firmware 3.21 is no joke: OtherOS removed (barrystaes.nl)

Barryke writes: Sony effectively castrated the PS3 of all customers by removing the OtherOS feature. The patch also tightens a video related security breach and is said to enable better quality video downloaded from PSN. Currently PSN (Play Station Network, its online service) seems broken, possibly as a result of this patch. Users are fustrated about a selling-point feature being removed, and i wonder how Sony will respond, if at all. Users who refuse to install cannot play online. Geohot (known for paving the way for the iPhone jailbreak) has stated on his blog that he seeks a way to keep the OtherOS feature. Many expected this to be a april fools joke because Sony's earlyer statement of it not removing the feature from 'fat' PS3's already sold. Seems they dont care as much anymore.
Networking

Submission + - LAN trafficshaping to get the most out of your ISP 1

Barryke writes: I'm looking for a easy to set up traffic shaping solution, for a small LAN.
After spending over a year toying with software, reading more about Linux than i'd ever thought, i'm no further.

Is there "Traffic Shaping Made Easy" software out there?

Sharing my 1/10Mbps internet uplink with 4 people isn't the best of joys. Especially if someone pushes the upload to its limits. The rest of the network users will experience timeouts due to the ISP enforced ADSL QoS/Limit. How to avoid this?

I would like to know how you guys solved this problem, as i'm sure i'm not the first.
How to spread the available uplink bandwidth evenly?

Five people using a 1000Kbps (100KB/s) uplink breaks down on each being guarentied to 1/5th of it.
This is a start, but what if 3 users aren't uploading at all? It would be a waste to not utilize it.

So in short:
- Each user has several fixed IP's.
- Each user has a guarentied 20KB/s uplink.
- Bandwidth not utilized by other users may be put to good use.

The trick is in the above line.
How to dynamicly allocate this not utilized bandwidth to the active users?

I've stranded there, as i'm not that experienced at linux.
Maybe you guys have some insights, what is the best solution?

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