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Submission + - Raspberry Pi's Gertboard expansion kit gets revised (geek.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: The Raspberry Pi Foundation gave a surprise announcement last year when we were building up to the launch of the $25 PC. As well as the tiny PC, we’d also have the chance to purchase an expansion board to use with it called the Gertboard.

It was originally thought the Gertboard would launch alongside the Raspberry Pi, but that clearly didn’t happen. Where as the Raspberry Pi offers up a fully functional PC, the Gertboard extends it to allow you to power motors, flash a set of LEDs, or hook up any number of different sensors. Additional/updated functionality revealed this week includes a number of components have been combined on to a single integrated circuit meaning one component to solder instead of several. The PIC microcontroller has been replaced for a chip that offers better compatibility with Arduino, two input buttons have been added, and there’s two new chips included for analog-digital, and digital-analog conversions.

Now all we need is a release date and a price...

Comment Re:Escalate (Score 1) 424

by Naso540 (#38299118) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Getting a Grip On an Inherited IT Mess?
Great comment - you have to start with the mission critical apps for your business. I would also consider just cutting off some of the legacy problem by using SaaS services for all the basics: email, collaboration, payroll, sales, CRM, financials. You can then focus on the admin work on the core production systems.
The Internet

Submission + - Northern Canada in the Dark (www.cbc.ca)

Submitted by zentigger
zentigger writes: At approximately 06:36 EDT Thursday, October 6, 2011, Anik F2 satellite experienced an attitude control issue and lost earth lock affecting C, Ku and Ka services. The satellite went into safety mode and moved from pointing to the earth to pointing to the sun.
This has put most of Northern Canada in the dark as all internet and phone services come in over F2.
Security

Submission + - ExploitHub Offers Cash for Exploits (net-security.org)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: ExploitHub, the marketplace for penetration testers, is issuing a bounty for exploits developed against 12 high-value vulnerabilities (CVEs). Security researchers who submit working exploits against these CVEs can earn up to $4,400. ExploitHub’s integrated bounty system allows users to request development of an exploit against any vulnerability. Customers can incentivize exploit authors by committing to pay a fixed one-time ‘bounty’ upon delivery. Authors retain rights to the exploit for future sales and earn residual income.
Iphone

Submission + - Sprint scores iPhone 5 exclusive thanks to $20 bil (bgr.com)

Submitted by hazytodd
hazytodd writes: I have been told that Sprint will be getting the iPhone 5 — yes the real iPhone 5, not the iPhone 4S — as an exclusive. And it will be a 4G WiMAX device. AT&T and Verizon would launch the iPhone 4S and get the iPhone 5 some time in the first quarter of next year as an LTE device.
NASA

Submission + - New Close-Ups of Saturn's Geyser Moon (nasa.gov)

Submitted by
sighted
sighted writes: "Over the weekend, the robotic spacecraft Cassini buzzed Saturn's moon Enceladus and its intriguing geysers. Cassini flew just 62 miles above the moon's surface--and right through its jets of water vapor and ice--both capturing pictures and 'tasting' the geyser plumes. Cassini makes another pass by Enceladus later this month. Even more pictures can be seen in the stream of raw images sent by the probe."
Space

Submission + - Star Wars Come True? Tatooine-Like Planet Found (foxnews.com)

Submitted by Velcroman1
Velcroman1 writes: A planet orbiting a dual star system is just like the dusty 'Star Wars' home world of Luke Skywalker, according to a research team from Carnegie Melon. And while many planets have been suspected of having two suns, this newfound planet is the first “circumbinary" planet confirmed by astronomers.

“This is the first definitive case,” Alan Boss, one of the researchers who made the discovery, said. Were it possible to live on the planet, Boss says the sunsets and sunrises would be spectacular. “It would change from day to day because the stars orbit around themselves every 41 days,” Boss said. “So every time you look at them, they’re going to be in a different configuration in the sky.

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