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+ - Nokia releases free 3D mapping app-> 0

Submitted by galaxy on Tuesday April 19, 2011 @08:55AM

galaxy (212802) writes "Nokia has released to public beta a free 3D mapping app as part of its Ovi services. The app combines map and satellite views, 3D free-fly aerial city views and Google Maps -like street view. It's is deployed as a custom browser plugin, which seems to be already available for major browsers and operating systems. Especially the aerial city view is way cool."
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Comment: Re:From what I understand (Score 1) 227

by galaxy on Saturday November 06, 2010 @05:01PM (#34149074) Attached to: Evaluating Or Testing Utility SCADA Security?

Hear hear.

Any security engineer / technical security auditor worth his salt will a) point that out to you in a meeting b) prove it to you through pentesting if needed.

SCADA systems in general are on the more .. interesting side from a security testing point of view, as one has to be _pretty_ careful about any side-effects caused by the testing. Been there, done that, haven't (yet) caused any major disasters.. ;)

+ - TiVo Relaunches as a Patent Troll 0

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 27, 2009 @10:02AM

An anonymous reader writes "TiVo's quarterly call was a bit more dramatic than usual. While they continue to lose customers and innovate "at a very unhurried pace," TiVo seeks a repeat DISH Network performance in going after AT&T (T) and Verizon (VZ) for infringement. Basically, TiVo's current business model appears to be ad sales and patent trolling."

+ - Nokia releases Linux handset-> 0

Submitted by

galaxy

on Thursday August 27, 2009 @07:33AM

galaxy writes "Nokia releases their first Linux mobile handset, the N900. The handset is based on the latest release of Maemo, the Nokia mobile Linux platform, and includes e.g. GSM and 3G access (with HSPA, giving datarates of up to 10Mbps downlink and 2Mbps uplink on suitable networks), WLAN, Bluetooth, camera, assisted GPS and, most importantly, a touchscreen complemented by a hardware QWERTY under a slider. The beast is powered by anARM Cortex-A8 processor at 600 MHz, has PowerVR SGX with OpenGL ES 2.0 support, 32GB internal memory etc."
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+ - Unchain the Office Computers! 3

Submitted by

theodp

on Thursday August 27, 2009 @12:00AM

theodp writes "During a town hall meeting for State Dept. workers, Hillary Clinton was asked this question: 'Can you please let the staff use an alternative Web browser called Firefox?' The room erupted in cheers. But then an aide stepped in to explain that the free program was too expensive — 'it has to be administered, the patches have to be loaded.' Slate's Farhad Manjoo has had-it-up-to-here with this kind of IT tyranny, and argues that corporate IT should let us browse any way we want. 'The restrictions infantilize workers,' explains Manjoo. 'They foster resentment, reduce morale, lock people into inefficient routines, and, worst of all, they kill our incentives to work productively. In the information age, most companies' success depends entirely on the creativity and drive of their workers. IT restrictions are corrosive to that creativity — they keep everyone under the thumb of people who have no idea which tools we need to do our jobs but who are charged with deciding anyway.' Can he get an 'Amen', Brothers and Sisters?"

Comment: Finns did it already (Score 3, Informative) 258

by galaxy on Tuesday January 13, 2009 @06:41AM (#26430457) Attached to: Microsoft Tag, Smartphone-Scannable Barcodes

As so many digital-age inventions, this has been done in Finland ages ago. :) There's even a company whose business is built around it: http://www.upc.fi/en/upcode/