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+ - Building a 3D printer with a 3D printer-> 0

Submitted by llebeel on Thursday May 16, 2013 @10:02AM

llebeel writes "3D printing's ubiquity is being aided by the open source nature of the technology alongside a community of designers, developers and enthusiasts that are taking advantage of 3D printer design blueprints available online, and constructing homemade machines.

We visited New York last week, and met with one of the city's 3D printing community's members; full-time architect Gordon Laplante, who has not only built his own machine, but used it to print out parts to build a much bigger version, all in the comfort of his living room."
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+ - Raspberry Pi-powered beer keg pours you a hands-free pint-> 0

Submitted by llebeel on Wednesday May 08, 2013 @12:26PM

llebeel writes "The INQUIRER: A New York City start-up named Robokeg has showed off a Raspberry Pi and NFC-powered beer keg prototype.

Made up of "three lazy hackers", Robokeg demoed the gadget at the New York Tech Meetup (NYTM) event on Tuesday, offering up some hands-free beer service via a Raspberry Pi PC, which acts as the brain of the machine with 3D-printed parts covering the brawn.

Robokeg said it could one day act as a vending machine at festivals when you don't have your wallet, or in clubs to reduce queue times at the bar. Watch for it at your local pub."
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+ - UK benefits claimants forced to use Microsoft Windows XP and IE6-> 0

Submitted by carlypage3 on Friday May 03, 2013 @11:29AM

carlypage3 writes "Benefits claimants in the UK are being forced to use Microsoft's now obsolete Windows XP and Internet Explorer 6 software. The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) states that its online forms are not compatible with Internet Explorer 7, 8, 9 and 10, Safari, Google Chrome or Firefox. As if that wasn't unnerving enough, the Gov.UK website says that users cannot submit claims using Mac OS X or Linux operating systems, either."
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+ - Apple vs Samsung lawyer speaks out against patent trolls -> 0

Submitted by girlmad on Thursday May 02, 2013 @05:30AM

girlmad writes "Judge Birss, who gained renown as the man who forced Apple to run adverts saying Samsung didn't copy the iPad, is back under the spotlight, claiming that we need to take the fight to patent trolls. But he's also warning that the courts might run out of capacity soon to handle the growing number of patent cases."
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+ - Selling Linux to Microsoft Exchange users is easy says Icewarp-> 0

Submitted by illiteratehack on Thursday May 02, 2013 @05:29AM

illiteratehack writes "Icewarp, a company that has sold messaging software to the US Navy and the British Army, claims that getting existing Microsoft Exchange customers over to Linux is easy once it demonstrates the same features can be had without the need to licensing both the operating system and the messaging server. Given feature parity on Linux, just how long can firms justify paying Microsoft's licensing fees?"
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+ - 64-bit x86 computing reaches 10th anniversary-> 0

Submitted by illiteratehack on Monday April 22, 2013 @12:17PM

illiteratehack writes "10 years ago AMD released its first Opteron processor, the first 64-bit x86 processor. The firm's 64-bit 'extensions' allowed the chip to run existing 32-bit x86 code in a bid to avoid the problems faced by Intel's Itanium processor. However AMD suffered from a lack of native 64-bit software support, with Microsoft's Windows XP 64-bit edition severely hampering its adoption in the workstation market."
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+ - Botched security update cripples thousands of computers across the world-> 0

Submitted by girlmad on Wednesday April 17, 2013 @12:20PM

girlmad writes "Thousands of PCs have been crippled by a faulty update from security vendor Malwarebytes that marked legitimate system files as malware code. The update definition meant Malwarebytes' software treated essential Windows.dll and .exe files as malware, stopping them running and thus knocking IT systems and PCs offline, leaving lots of unhappy users and one firm with 80% of its servers offline."
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+ - Gigabyte's Brix mini PC could rival the Raspberry Pi-> 0

Submitted by llebeel on Friday April 12, 2013 @12:39PM

llebeel writes "Gigabyte previewed a mini PC called Brix at a "tech tour" event in London last night, which could see the firm take on the Raspberry Pi.

Boasting what the firm claims is "the same power as a tower PC", the mini computer boasts a choice of Intel Celeron or Core processors as powerful as the Core i7 chip for "low to high power".

However, as yet specs are thin on the ground, but we do know it should launch in the UK within the next month or so.."
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+ - London cops fired for abusive social media posts-> 0

Submitted by illiteratehack on Thursday April 11, 2013 @09:36AM

illiteratehack writes "Six London police have been fired for writing abusive messages on social media sites like Twitter and Facebook in the last three years. A further 30-odd have been disciplined too new data has revealed."
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+ - Google reported to EC for giving 'Trojan Horse' Android away for free -> 0

Submitted by DW100 on Tuesday April 09, 2013 @08:46AM

DW100 writes "Microsoft, Nokia and Oracle have taken it upon themselves to moan to the European Commission about Google’s Android dominance, which they say is an underhand bid to control the entire mobile market. The firms are part of the FairSearch group, which has just filed a complaint that Google is using Android as a ‘Trojan Horse’ to take control of the mobile market and all the related advertising revenue. Microsoft would of course know all about this, being at the end of several similar anti-competitive complaints in the past."
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+ - Film studios send takedown notices about takedown notices-> 0

Submitted by another random user on Friday April 05, 2013 @08:34AM

another random user writes "Two film studios have asked Google to take down links to messages sent by them requesting the removal of links connected to film piracy.

Google receives 20 million "takedown" requests, officially known as DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) notices, a month. They are all published online.

Recent submissions by Fox and Universal Studios include requests for the removal of previous takedown notices."
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+ - Intel's Pentium chip turns 20 today-> 0

Submitted by girlmad on Friday March 22, 2013 @06:29AM

girlmad writes "Intel's Pentium processor was launched 20 years ago today, a move that led to the firm becoming the dominant supplier of computer chips across the globe. This article has some original iComp benchmark scores, rating the 66MHz Pentium at a heady 565, compared with 297 for the 66MHz 486DX2, which was the fastest chip available prior to the Pentium launch."
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+ - Top 10 Oscar contenders for best tech movie-> 0

Submitted by girlmad on Monday February 25, 2013 @07:50AM

girlmad writes "To mark the Oscars, here's a list of films that tech site V3 thinks deserve an Oscar for being the best tech movies of all time. Some on the list are obvious contenders, but there's some quirkier and more controversial inclusions in there — along with some missing classics."
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+ - Google rules out Gmail and Drive apps for Windows 8-> 4

Submitted by girlmad on Friday December 14, 2012 @06:27AM

girlmad writes "Google has revealed it won't be developing any apps for Windows 8 or Windows Phone 8, so those wanting a dedicated app for Gmail or Drive on their Microsoft device will miss out.

Google Apps product management director Clay Bavor said that due to a lack of interest for the Microsoft systems, it is holding back on any work.

Bavor said Google is very careful about where it invests and will go where its users are — and they are not on Windows Phone or Windows 8. Ouch."
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+ - Microsoft Windows 8 devices not exactly flying off the shelves-> 1

Submitted by girlmad on Friday October 26, 2012 @12:11PM

girlmad writes "Doesn't sound like Microsoft’s Windows 8 has got off to a great start in the UK, with computer retailer Currys and PC World struggling to shift devices running the new software. The store on Oxford Street in London was yet to sell one device running Windows 8 by midday today. It seems that the hype created in the build-up to Microsoft's launch has already blown over."
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