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Submission + - Nigerian Company sues OLPC

d0ida writes: It would be Nigeria...."Lagos Analysis Corp. (LANCOR) Files Lawsuit Against Nicholas Negroponte and OLPC Association for Patent Infringement. Negroponte's OLPC Accused of Unauthorized Use of LANCOR's Multilingual Keyboard Technology Invention in XO Laptops" http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=796745
Security

Submission + - Air Force Goofs, Flying Live Nukes Across America (forbes.com)

kernel panic attack writes: "From the paging Dr. Strangelove dept.

Surely the late Stanley Kubrick is somewhere smiling at this one... Forbes.com has a story about a B-52 Bomber that mistakenly flew 6-nuclear tipped cruise missles across several states last week. The 3-hour flight took the plane from Minot Air Force Base, N.D, to Barksdale Air Force Base, La., on Aug. 30. The incident was so serious that President Bush and Defense Secretary Robert Gates were quickly informed and Gates has asked for daily briefings on the Air Force probe, said Defense Department press secretary Geoff Morrell. He said, "At no time was the public in danger." One Air Force official has already been SACked, in connection with the incident. Couple this with the recent resumption of long range Russian Bomber flights, and it looks like the good old Cold War days just may have returned."

Toys

Submission + - 20 USB Gizmos That Have No Place in the Enterprise

Esther Schindler writes: "Sometimes, you can imagine why the IT department wants to put epoxy in the USB drive. CIO.com compiled 20 USB-powered gadgets with very little business value—but that are sure to make you say, at least once, "I want one!" Need a USB-powered rocket launcher? A USB-powered toothbrush? (Why?!) A fridge big enough to hold a single can of soda? They're all here."
Communications

Submission + - Cell phone service in a bomb shelter

hedgemage writes: I work at a retirement home and we have trouble with the cell phones that our nursing and maintenance staff use. The problem is that our nursing home area is built into a lower level that was originally constructed as a fallout shelter in 1960. There's a lot of solid concrete in the walls and ceiling. We have paid out tens of thousands to try and get an on-site mobile to work using NEC Dterm PSII phones, but they have proven absolutely unreliable (not just in the bomb shelter but throughout the campus) and the only solution our telecom provider has is to install several thousand dollars more in transcievers. If we could use ordinary cell phones, it would be ideal for everyone. Is there an off-the-shelf solution that could boost regular cellular signals in our bomb shelter?
Nintendo

Submission + - WiiCade Opens New Gaming Possibilities

AKAImBatman writes: "WiiCade.com has finally done what the Nintendo Wii community has long thought to be impossible. They have found a way to let online games use the full range of buttons on the Wii Remote, potentially opening up new possibilities for online gaming. WiiCade has released a freely available API designed for use with their site."

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