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Comment: Re:Why does it have a GPS? (Score 1) 62

by flirzan on Saturday January 16 2010, @06:06PM (#30794120) Attached to: MiFi Attack Exploits GPS To Reveal User's Location

And by "Verizon disables the GPS capabilities of the MiFi" you mean "Verizon doesn't use it", since the hardware is still there, and can still be activated to retrieve the location of any Verizon MiFi.

360 Degree Light Field Display 0

Submitted by

Gary

on Tuesday August 28 2007, @07:48AM

Gary writes "Designed by USC's Institute for Creative Technologies the Interactive 360 Degree Light Field Display won the Best Emerging Technology Award at SIGGRAPH 2007. The system is capable of producing 3D images which can be viewed by multiple users. The display uses a standard programmable graphics card to render over 5,000 images per second of interactive 3D graphics, projecting 360-degree views with 1.25 degree separation up to 20 updates per second. As the video shows it is capable of Star Wars styled Holographic Style Projections."

Would you use LightScribe? How about on DualLayer?

Submitted by BiloxiGeek on Thursday June 07 2007, @11:49AM

BiloxiGeek writes "Well forget the DualLayer idea according to Verbatim.

After recently purchasing a LightScribe enabled burner I ran into a rather significant drawback. Yes it burns pretty much any CD or DVD media. The LightScribe feature is nice and beats the heck out of the sharpie marker and my chicken-scratch penmanship. Now for the problem; I created some iso images of a data DVD close the max of a dual layer DVD. Before I burn I run out to the local stores to find some LightScribe Dual Layer DVD-R's and find that those just don't exist.

Now I'm feeling a little ticked off (ok, I didn't research this aspect of LightScribe beforehand).

I emailed Verbatim to ask when Dual Layer DVD-R's will be available and they told me they have no plans for DL DVD media.

Quote:
The current LightScribe products are available in CD-R, DVD+R and DVD-R only.
There are no plans at this time for a DVD+R DL or DVD-R DL LightScibe product.
Unquote.

Knowing that you can save the cost of labels and ink, print snazzier looking labels for your homebrewed CD's and DVD's but will be limited to single layer capacity DVD's, would you buy a LightScribe drive and the media for your next computer, or get a 12-pack of Sharpie markers?"

Massive Cave Found on Mars 310

Posted by Zonk on Thursday June 07 2007, @11:32AM
from the anybody-home dept.

mrcgran writes "Space.com is reporting a very deep hole found on Mars: 'The geological oddity measures some 330 feet (100 meters) across and is located on an otherwise bright dusty lava plain to the northeast of Arsia Mons, one of the four giant Tharsis volcanoes on the red planet. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) used its High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) instrument to draw a bead on the apparent deep hole — a feature that may cause more scientists to ponder about potential subsurface biology on Mars. Because the spot lacks a raised rim or tossed out material called ejecta, researchers have ruled out the pit being an impact crater. No walls or other details can be seen inside the hole, and so any possible walls might be perfectly vertical and extremely dark or — more likely — overhanging.' The original image and its cutout at full resolution can be found in the HiRISE site."

Man sues Gateway because he can't read EULA

Submitted by Scoopy on Thursday June 07 2007, @11:02AM

Scoopy writes "California resident Dennis Sheehan took Gateway to small claims court after he reportedly received a defective computer and little technical support from the PC manufacturer. Gateway responded with their own lawyer and a 2-inch thick stack of legal docs, and claimed that Sheehan violated the EULA, which requires that users give up their right to sue and settle these cases in private arbitration. Sheehan responded that he never read the EULA, which pops up when the user first starts the computer, because the graphics were scrambled — precisely the problem he had complained to tech support in the first place. A judge sided with Sheehan on May 24 and the case will proceed to small claims court.

A lawyer is quoted as saying that Sheehan, a high school dropout who is arguing his own case, is in for a world of hurt: 'This poor guy now faces daunting reality of having to litigate this on appeal against Gateway...By winning, he's lost.'"

Top 20 Hard Disk Drive Myths Debunked

Submitted by

crazyeyes

on Thursday June 07 2007, @11:01AM

crazyeyes writes "Hilarious and informative. How many articles are like that? I did think about putting it under It's Funny, Laugh.... until I saw two myths I thought was true. Yeah, I'm laughing at myself now.

This guide was written in response to the numerous fallacies about the hard disk that are still being propagated in many forum discussions. Although many articles have covered these topics, it is apparent that hard disk urban legends are still more popular than the simple truth. So, let's get down to basics and examine some of these common fallacies or myths and debunk them!
Take a look and see how many of these top 20 HDD myths you actually believed to be gospel?"

Slurpr - Wardriving with a boost

Submitted by eZtaR on Wednesday June 06 2007, @09:04AM

eZtaR writes "Two dutch hackers have successfully made an invention they call Slurpr.
In short it's a wireless "network-card" which can connect to and bundle up to 6 wireless networks. The two dutch hackers are considering hacking the box, already sporting debian and a modified Routerboard 532A, even further so it can crack WEP 64 and 128, adding even more "i so want one"-value than before."

Samsung: Hybrid Hard Drive->

From feed by wiredfeed on Wednesday March 07 2007, @12:52PM

A cache of flash in a new Samsung notebook hard-drive series will halve boot times and slash power usage, giving battery life a nice bump, the company says. In Gadget Lab. In Gadget Lab.

Link to Original Source

SC considers wireless net as public service

Submitted by

jeffery_donahue

on Wednesday March 07 2007, @12:47PM

jeffery_donahue writes "According to The Lancaster News, the legislature of South Carolina is considering offering municipal wireless internet throughout the state. "The state House recently passed a resolution creating the S.C. Wireless Technology and Communications Commission, which will study the feasibility of creating a statewide wireless broadband network using existing ETV towers." Also among the topics of debate is the matter of a virtual classroom."

Microsoft OneCare Can Eat Your Email

Submitted by

writertype

on Wednesday March 07 2007, @12:42PM

writertype writes "Neil Rubenking has posted a report on PC Magazine's AppScout blog, warning that Microsoft's dodgy OneCare antivirus software will quarantine your entire email store if it detects a virus. And, of course, since OneCare finished dead last in a recent A/V roundup, the problem is even more serious. As the reputation of OneCare disintegrates, it looks like Microsoft has some work to do in developing OneCare 2.0 before the company brings it to market."