Kangburra - Slashdot User

+ - Australian WiFi inventors win US legal battle-> 0

Submitted by Kangburra on Sunday April 01, 2012 @08:13AM

Kangburra writes "Australian government science body CSIRO said Sunday it had won a multi-million-dollar legal settlement in the United States to license its patented technology that underpins the WiFi platform worldwide."
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+ - Last Updated: Monday, 1 October 2007, 10:45 GMT-> 0

Submitted by Kangburra on Monday October 01, 2007 @09:46AM

Kangburra writes "The BBC has a story that Radiohead fans will be able to choose how much to pay for the band's next album, In Rainbows, which is available for download on 10 October.
Instead of listing a price for the music, the group's website simply states "it's up to you" — and then adds: "No really, it's up to you."

This will be Radiohead's seventh album, but they are not using a record label, having fulfilled their contract with EMI following their 2003 album Hail to the Thief."
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+ - Vista copying bug

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Kangburra

on Monday March 26, 2007 @08:12PM

Kangburra writes "The register has a story of how Vista has a bug copying, moving and deleting files.

The Microsoft thread is here.

How many times can a company release a product before it's ready and get away with it? Will people wake up and simply stick with XP?"

+ - Man strip searched for packing overactive thyroid

Submitted by Kangburra on Monday November 27, 2006 @05:13AM

Kangburra writes "Getting detained at the airport is never fun, even less so when it's due to medical treatment.

This is only expected to get more common and with the new dictator-type regimes in power will not be avoided by authorised travel documents.

More at the Register."

+ - eBayer bids $89m for PS3

Submitted by Kangburra on Friday November 17, 2006 @09:46PM

Kangburra writes "The register have a story, and pics, showing an Ebay auction for a PS3 going for over 89M USD!

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/11/17/ebayer_bid s_89m_for_ps3/"

+ - The Sony PlayStation 3 Dissected

Submitted by Kangburra on Monday November 13, 2006 @08:00PM

Kangburra writes "What do you do if you have one of the first few thousand PlayStation 3s in the US? Take it apart

Kristopher Kubicki & Marcus Yam have done just this over as Daily Tech.

From the article: A little more than a year ago I was one of the lucky few outside of Microsoft to see the inner workings of an Xbox 360. This weekend I had the chance to once again delve into the inner workings of a truly next-generation console.

Daily Tech

and yes it will run Linux! "

+ - Robotic Hair Replacement

Submitted by Kangburra on Tuesday October 10, 2006 @03:33AM

Kangburra writes "Cambridge, UK, 6th October 2006 — Intercytex (LSE: ICX) and its partner, The Automation Partnership (TAP), announce today that they have been awarded a £1.85 million grant by the UK Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) through the Technology Programme to develop an automated manufacturing process for ICX-TRC, Intercytex' novel hair regeneration therapy. Intercytex is a leading cell therapy company developing products to restore and regenerate skin and hair and The Automation Partnership is a private company specialising in the automation of life science processes.

Full article."

+ - Copyright, when does the right pass to me?

Submitted by Kangburra on Wednesday September 27, 2006 @09:22PM

Kangburra writes "We all know it's illegal to copy a DVD we hire from the video shop.

What about if the movie has been on TV. I can record (video or DVD) the movie as it's broadcast but can I also see a movie listed on TV and hire the DVD, copy and keep it?

Today with digital TV there is not much to choose between DVD and TV. Certainly a HDTV to DVD recording is going to be better than VHS ever was.

Is the movie copy protected or is it the media (DVD disc)?"