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Submission + - Dual-Core Android PC now comes on a USB Stick (fxitech.com)

absolut.evil writes: FXI has taken a dual core smartphone-esque computer and put it into a little USB stick.. neat. So now you can literally plug into anything with a screen and play angry birds. There's a cloud-sharing component as well so It's not all just for games.. interesting!
Hardware

Submission + - Inside Newegg's east coast distribution center (extremetech.com)

MrSeb writes: "Did you know that Newegg is the second largest e-tailer in the US, after Amazon? Perhaps building your own computer isn't dead yet! ExtremeTech's Matthew Murray was recently invited to take a tour of the Newegg east coast distribution center, and the facts that he dug up — and the pictures he shot — make for perfect curiosity-sating, Friday afternoon surfing fodder for any American build-it-yourself computer geek."

Submission + - Amazon Kindle Fire Teardown Video & Directions (youtube.com)

An anonymous reader writes: Amazon Kindle Fire Teardown Video & Directions

Within hours of the Amazon Kindle Fire being available to the public DirectFix.com has just released a full HD teardown of the unit. The video includes directions on how to tear the Kindle Fire down and replace/repair the screen, battery and many other parts if you should happen to break your unit when you first get it. The video has just been posted on Youtube for viewing of the inside of the Kindle Fire. This should save you from having to tear it apart yourself to see what it looks like.

Kindle Fire Teardown YouTube Link:
http://youtu.be/MGLn1TVAITQ

Submission + - Feds investigating Illinois 'pump failure' as poss (cnn.com)

An anonymous reader writes: Federal officials confirmed they are investigating Friday whether a cyber attack may have been responsible for the failure of a water pump at a public water district in Illinois last week. But they cautioned that no conclusions had been reached, and they disputed one cyber security expert's statements that other utilities are vulnerable to a similar attack.

Joe Weiss, a noted cyber security expert, disclosed the possible cyber attack on his blog Thursday. Weiss said he had obtained a state government report, dated Nov. 10 and titled "Public Water District Cyber Intrusion," which gave details of the alleged cyber attack culminating in the "burn out of a water pump."

Comment Re:Apple runs scared (Score 1) 172

Do you even know who Charlie Miller is?

Have you heard him speak at security conferences?

Anyway, it seems ironic to me that a company that was formed by hackers/tinkerers would come down this hard on someone as respected as Charlie Miller. Hopefully they'll come to their senses and realize that he and people like him do more good for our community than harm.

Comment Re:Apple runs scared (Score 1) 172

The surprising thing about this to me is in the letter that (pasted below) that Apple send Charlie Miller.

There's a lot of legal speak in there (IANL), but it sounds to me like they're saying keep your hands out of iOS or we'll sue you. It's unfortunate for all of us iOS users as the more whitehats there are out there the better off we all are. Trust, but verify and all that...

From: appledevnotice@apple.com
Subject: Notice of Termination
Date: November 7, 2011 4:49:34 PM CST
To: [redacted]


Dear Charles Miller:

This letter serves as notice of termination of the iOS Developer Program License Agreement (the "iDP Agreement") and the Registered Apple Developer Agreement (the "Registered Developer Agreement") between you and Apple, effective immediately.

Pursuant to Section 3.2(f) of the iDP Agreement, you agreed that you would not "commit any act intended to interfere with the Apple Software or related services, the intent of this Agreement, or Apple's business practices including, but not limited to, taking actions that may hinder the performance or intended use of the App Store or the Program". Further, pursuant to Section 6.1 of the iDP Agreement, you further agree that "you will not attempt to hide, misrepresent or obscure any features, content, services or functionality in Your submitted Applications from Apple's review or otherwise hinder Apple from being able to fully review such Applications." Apple has good reason to believe that you violated this Section by intentionally submitting an App that behaves in a manner different from its intended use.

Apple may terminate your status as a Registered Apple Developer at any time in its sole discretion and may terminate you upon notice under the iDP Agreement for dishonest and misleading acts relating to that agreement. We would like to remind you of your obligations with regard to all software and other confidential information that you obtained from Apple as a Registered Apple Developer and under the iDP Agreement. You must promptly cease all use of and destroy such materials and comply with all the other termination obligations set forth in Section 12.3 of the iDP Agreement and Section 8 of the Registered Developer Agreement.

This letter is not intended to be a complete statement of the facts regarding this matter, and nothing in this letter should be construed as a waiver of any rights or remedies Apple may have, all of which are hereby reserved. Finally, please note that we will deny your reapplication to the iOS Developer Program for at least a year considering the nature of your acts.

Sincerely, Apple Inc.

Comment Re:Microsoft Virtual PC (Score 1) 417

I'm not a big Hyper-V fan, but the management tool is called Virtual Machine Manager. It also integrates with System Center for monitoring. You can also use the built-in Hyper-V Manager in Administrative tools for simple tasks or even to manage lots of servers. And, of course, you can script just about anything using power shell.

Comment Re:I did (Score 1) 667

Many credit unions belong to co-op networks where you can do much of your business at a different credit union all together. The one I'm with (one of the largest in the country) allows you to deposit checks online and (if you have good credit) gives you immediate access to the money. Account is totally free. You can also push/pull money from other bank accounts and they pay one of the highest rates in the country, they have awesome customer service, lower lending rates, good rewards programs, and just treat you nicely!

Comment Re:The same people *always* eat the loss ... (Score 1) 768

Hogwash. Where did the $100 originally come from? The company made it as profit somewhere else and already paid income taxes on it or they took it from the deposit side of their business and would have only paid taxes on the interest they earned (or more than likely on the capital gain when they bundled and sold off the loan).

Companies do all sorts of things to reduce their "aggressively and legally reduce their tax liabilities." I was at an event the other day where several CPA firms (some nationally known) were spouting this all over the place. Losing money is not one of them.

The only losers are the company's stockholders. Tax payers lose nothing.

The government does not provide student loans, afaik?

Comment Re:Australia does a simple job here (Score 5, Insightful) 768

From what I've one of the major reasons prices have risen at public universities is because states contribute less to them. This has been the case for the last 10 years. There are many sources to cite but here is a good one: http://www.highereducation.org/reports/losing_ground/ar2.shtml . Inflation and stagnant wages make it even worse.

Reduced state aid, stagnant wages (for the last 30 years as compared to inflation), a more competitive job market, and stricter borrowing are all conspiring to make college much less affordable for the upcoming college-bound generation and the last one.

Comment Re:The same people *always* eat the loss ... (Score 1) 768

Expense for tax purposes? What are you talking about? When something is "written off" as a loss to a business, it literally comes off their books as a loss. So let's say you owed my company a $100 for money that I borrowed you and you never pay. Most companies would write off the $100 that they never received to offset the gains they made from the customers that did pay. If they end up making any money they pay taxes on that. There is no tax payer subsidy.

Comment Google Apps also has a limit (Score 1) 183

I didn't know this. From: http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?answer=166852

Sending limits

To keep our systems healthy and your account safe, all Google Apps accounts limit the amount of mail a user can send. The limits restrict the number of messages sent per day and the number of recipients per message. After reaching one of these limits, a user cannot send new messages but can still receive incoming email.

Each Google Apps account can currently send to 500 external recipients per day. Google Apps for Business and Education users can send to 3000 external recipients per day. The email addresses can be distributed among the To:, Cc:, and Bcc: fields.

The restriction on sending new mail typically lasts for one hour, but can last as long as 24 hours. A user can access and use the account normally after this period, at which time the sending limits are automatically reset.

Comment Re:Virtualize (Score 1) 142

All good advice. Make sure that your hardware in on VMware's HCL. If it isn't you can run into all sorts of problems and show stoppers (though these can be great learning opportunities as well). I'm upgrading my lab next year and am seriously looking at getting a small Dell server (we have some that we're pulling out from our data center) and maybe something from Synology.

We have a lab at the office and some development/testing space on our production systems, but there's nothing like a home lab that you can control.

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