Who in the U.S. has an affordable wireless data plan? Data-only is most-desirable, I think. But I live in Northern Arizona and my wireless carrier options seem dismal, at least if I expect a radio signal to support me in the greater Prescott Metropolitan area. (Prescott is no tiny village btw.)

T-mobile used to have a $40 monthly unlimited data-only plan (possibly with caps.) But this seems like ancient history, and I can't find it anymore.

And don't get my started on the subsidized packages, grrrr. You can pry away my open Nokia linux N900 (with dead-simple tethering) when you....

Yeah, talk about your buried lead! The kid has fusion going for him, egads! TFA says he did the fusion thing 3 years ago, but is otherwise mute on the details. I'm no nuclear physicist, so I had to google to make certain my own understanding of nuclear fusion was in the ballpark.

http://partners.nytimes.com/library/national/science/032399sci-cold-fusion.html

Wait until Nature reads about this development at Gizomodo.com; they're gonna be pissed!

I'm gonna try that station, thanks. May I also suggest KCRW in Los Angeles. www.kcrw.org

Yes, photos exist from memory cards that survived the Twin Towers collapse and bridge explosions, for example. In the case of the former, these were the last photos of an amazing photographer that himself perished.

I'm too tired now to cite these actual references, but in the case of the bridge explosion two cameras were setup one behind the other. Too much explosive was used and both cameras were destroyed, although the 2nd camera managed to capture the first, in front of it, actually beginning its destruction. The SD card on at least the 2nd camera was readable.

...when you can pry it away from my cold, dead fingers. Except darn it, my carpal tunnel is killing me too. Aaargghgghhh

Maybe you are referring to Google as an open-source company, because they have used so much of it internally?

The link to that old blog post is very mis-leading, which was written at the height of the Nokia/Microsoft announcement, when the partners really really wanted to hype WP7. Let me quote the relevant text from the whole piece right here:

Under the new strategy, MeeGo becomes an open-source, mobile operating system project. MeeGo will place increased emphasis on longer-term market exploration of next-generation devices, platforms and user experiences. Nokia still plans to ship a MeeGo-related product later this year.

Okay Slashdotters, what is wrong with this? What better option are you suggesting, if you really like the idea of an open, linux phone? The timing of the Meego announcement today has everything to do with the upcoming Meego conference in a few days' time in San Francisco, where in all likelihood the Nokia N950 will be revealed. I saw the teaser video before YouTube pulled it and it looks sweet. What is not to like, other than Nokia dedicating less resources than before? They are NOT ending their Meego support, but they are looking for Slashdotting-type Devs to enbrace their new "elegant, Developer-focused" N950 hardware, along with Meego 1.2 available today for a range of mobile devices.

Who'd heard of Zediva before this.

People that read the NY Times, for example.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/17/technology/personaltech/17pogue.html

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The annual (linux) Meego conference is in a few days' time, in San Francisco. Google News (search) reveals that the Nokia N950, the successor to the N900 will be _probably_ be announced at this conference.

Nokia has never backed-off its support for Meego. Well, okay they have hyped and now focused development resources towards their M$ partnership, but to the extent possible given their current business strategies, they still support their prior open-source OS strategy. In other words, they haven't really backed-away from Meego, while they will support WP7 going-forward. (But in lieu of the recent M$ partnership, they need to hype M$, especially following that particular announcement).

http://sf2011.meego.com/

Vote with your feet folks. Meego is still a very good mobile OS worth buying and developing for; especially if you are developing for your own purposes. Today's news reinforces this.

Huh. Things are borked as-described, for me; and I'm using Firefox 4.0.1 using Maverick. But then again I am reading the Slashdots from Europe.

We have a special place right over here, set aside just for you. Step inside and to try to make yourself comfortable for awhile. :)

As a Nokia N900 owner, I'm really impressed with the front facing video camera and skype integration. Skype is pre-installed, and Firefox mobile 3 is the default browser too. (Firefox 4 mobile is has officially been released for 1 month now for Maemo & Android and seems nice and faster too). Yesterday I did a 3.5 g skype video call that went really well between Europe and the USA, in the middle of a national holiday in the capital; the folks back home were impressed.

I digress. I like how the N900 profile feature lets me set availability to groups of apps like Skype, Jabber, SIP, etc. paired with my common net-connections like home wifi & mobile 3g. The contact book shows me who is online and available options to contact them, (Skype w/ status, SIP, cell, IM etc.) Also notifications is pretty sweet. It is a very nice linux PIM piece o' hardware. I for one, am looking forward to the next Meego device, the N950; to be most-likely announced next month at the Meego conference. (Where Meego 1.2 will also become available for N900 devices as well).

http://maemo.nokia.com/features/contacts/

http://sf2011.meego.com/

Oops, I should have written Firefox 4 for mobiles was released March 29th.

Have you tried FireFox 4 for mobile, which runs on both Android and Maemo? It was actually released Friday.

http://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2011/03/29/mozilla-launches-firefox-4-for-android-allowing-users-to-take-the-power-and-customization-of-firefox-everywhere-2/