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+ - Kobo introduces new HD e-ink reader 0

Submitted by ottdmk on Thursday April 18, 2013 @04:31PM

ottdmk writes "Having already gone after the economy e-reader market with the Kobo Mini, Kobo has now decided to put out an e-reader for the luxury market: the Kobo Aura HD. Double the default storage of a Kobo Glo at 4GB (expandable via SD card), it has a 6.8" e-ink infrared touchscreen boasting a resolution of 1440x1080 for 265dpi.

Announced in Britain on Monday with partner WHSmith, the Aura is available for pre-order and the web has a good amount of coverage. Good e-reader has a hands-on review already."

+ - Judge overturns patent suit, rules RIM did not infringe-> 0

Submitted by ottdmk on Friday August 10, 2012 @02:50PM

ottdmk writes "You may recall this recent Slashdot story about Mformation being awarded 147.2 million dollars in a patent suit agains RIM. Well, it appears a California appeals judge has disagreed with that verdict. As part of the ruling if Mformation successfully appeals, the matter will go to a new trial instead of the jury award being restored."
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+ - FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE is available-> 0

Submitted by ottdmk on Thursday April 19, 2012 @10:54AM

ottdmk writes "Although FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE has been available for a while now, the 8.X stream is still supported. 8.3-RELEASE is now available for download and use. Check out the Release notes, find the torrent files here or find the ftp mirror nearest you."
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+ - FreeBSD 9.0 has been released-> 0

Submitted by ottdmk on Thursday January 12, 2012 @05:52PM

ottdmk writes "FreeBSD has released 9.0-RELEASE, the first official release from the 9-STABLE branch. Highlights include a new installer, updated ZFS, user level d-trace and much more. Check out the release notes, the the initial errata notice or just go get it (mirror sites, BitTorrent tracker)."
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+ - Ottawa physicist claims to generate truly random n-> 0

Submitted by ottdmk on Tuesday November 29, 2011 @12:07AM

ottdmk writes "An Ottawa physicist claims he can generate truly random numbers using laser light and diamonds."
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+ - Bendable computer to debut at ACM's CHI 2011-> 0

Submitted by ottdmk on Thursday May 05, 2011 @12:34PM

ottdmk writes "A Queen's University researcher is set to debut a paper-thin, bendable computer at the Association of Computing Machinery's Computer Human Interaction conference in Vancouver."
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