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Tenenbaum to SCOTUS: let's get this debate rolling-> 0

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NewYorkCountryLawyer

on Wednesday May 16, @03:06PM

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "Joel Tenenbaum has filed a reply brief in support of his petition for certiorari to the US Supreme Court, in SONY BMG Music Entertainment v. Tenenbaum, trying to get the Court to take on the thorny issue of copyright statutory damages in the age of mp3 files and micropayments."
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Wil Wheaton: BitTorrent Isn't Only for Piracy-> 0

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itwbennett

on Wednesday May 16, @02:01PM

itwbennett writes "Geek advocate Wil Wheaton has written a blog post on the (legal) usefulness of BitTorrent, saying that the speed of his recent download of Ubuntu 12.04 should serve as a reminder that BitTorrent fills an important niche. Wheaton compares blocking BitTorrent to closing freeways because bank robbers could get away."
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Initial reviews of the first fully customizable mouse come in-> 0

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 16, @03:20PM

An anonymous reader writes "Cyborg is a company well known for their gaming peripherals. It has a line of mice, xBox controllers, keyboards, and the like. The Cyborg R.A.T. 7(the original one) is one of the most comfortable mice you'll ever own, once you have it customized to your hand. It is also very, very precise, and it one of the nicest mice out there on the market currently. Click here to see pictures of the mice.

Let's start with the physical design first. The outside is matte black, with an option of changing the back piece that sits in the middle of your palm. The options for the back piece are: a shiny/rubbery piece, a long matte black piece and a short matte black piece. Overall, the device looks very mechanical and very modern looking. The matte black is a nice finish, because it doesn't show fingerprints/finger grease as much as a glossy one would. The underside is a thick aluminum plate, with a hole in it for the scroll wheel. The scroll wheel is a rubberized one, instead of a matte finish. The scroll wheel is then accented on the side by more aluminum. The one item that you think people would have an issue with, would be the section just to the right of the left mouse button. It seems like a lot of people would hit that accidentally with their fingers, but that doesn't happen all that much. The button area's are quite large, and make it difficult to miss them."
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Verizon empties 2nd barrel into their foot.-> 0

Submitted by GuyverDH on Wednesday May 16, @02:09PM

GuyverDH writes "Verizon announces they are forcing grandfathered unlimited data plan owners to upgrade to tiered (read overpriced) usage plans.
Translation: Verizon is forcing mass exodus of it's customers."
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Kevin Bacon Meets Wikipedia With New Pathfinding Program 50

Posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday May 16, @01:51PM
from the computers-are-ruining-everything dept.

New submitter BLT2112 writes "Inspired by the Oracle of Bacon, the Oracle of Wikipedia finds the shortest path between two Wikipedia articles, as in Wikipedia Golf. As explained in the site, 'One selects one article as the tee and another article as the hole and then completes the course between them clicking as few links as possible. No typing is allowed. . . . The Oracle also allows you to search for the most challenging potential Wikipedia Golf courses. Can you find a longer course and merit a place in the "records" section?'"

Facial Recognition To Be Used In San Francisco Bars-> 0

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TheGift73

on Tuesday May 15, @09:31AM

TheGift73 writes "Bars in San Francisco are going to start to use Facial Recognition software that will stream in real-time the male to female ratios of patrons. The app is currently servicing Chicago, Austin, Bloomington, Gainesville, and Madison with SF going live last Friday.

The software is made by an Austin, Texas based night-life startup called SceneTap and will give users of the free app, the ability to see what the the current ambience of the bar/club is like as well as the average age of the clients."
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KegDroid - The Ideal Bar Gadget-> 0

Submitted by mikejuk on Monday April 30, @10:38AM

mikejuk writes "If you are looking for an exciting hardware project, KegDroid deserves a look. It is a sophisticated system that involves Android, Arduino, NFC, plumbing and — beer. Perhaps the final stroke of genius is to package the whole thing in a Droid body. Some how the little green fella looks at home on the bar. You have heard of desktop and laptop apps now we have bartop apps to add to the list.
Check out the video..."
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Unix tutorials and interview questions -> 0

Submitted by amu hossain on Monday April 30, @10:35AM

amu hossain writes "All solution and tips of unix operating system such as answer of all question,interview question etc"
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Intel Unveils Tiny Next Unit of Computing To Match Raspberry Pi 194

Posted by samzenpus on Monday April 30, @10:15AM
from the small-like-you dept.

MrSeb writes "Details of a new, ultra-compact computer form factor from Intel, called the Next Unit of Computing (NUC) are starting to emerge. First demonstrated at PAX East at the beginning of April, and Intel's Platinum Summit in London last week, NUC is a complete 10x10cm (4x4in) Sandy Bridge Core i3/i5 computer. On the back, there are Thunderbolt, HDMI, and USB 3.0 ports. On the motherboard itself, there are two SO-DIMM (laptop) memory slots and two mini PCIe headers. On the flip side of the motherboard is a CPU socket that takes most mobile Core i3 and i5 processors, and a heatsink and fan assembly. Price-wise, it's unlikely that the NUC will approach the $25 Raspberry Pi, but an Intel employee has said that the price will 'not be in the hundreds and thousands range.' A price point around $100 would be reasonable, and would make the NUC an ideal HTPC or learning/educational PC. The NUC is scheduled to be released in the second half of 2012."

The Nook: From Android to Windows?-> 0

Submitted by

alexander_686

on Monday April 30, @10:09AM

alexander_686 writes "It looks like Microsoft is buying a large chunk of Barnes & Noble, specifically the Nook and it’s college businesses. While nobody has said anything specific, I think the writing is on the wall on what the next OS system for the next nook is going to be."
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