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Comment MY pet (Score 1) 218

by iSzabo (#29975184) Attached to: Could GPS Keep Tabs On Your Pets?

My pet might notice a collar on it's neck, are there any that might attach with a magnet? So I can stick it underneath my pet without it knowing.

It's also important that I can track it in real time, because it tends to run away. It also runs fast, like a golf cart.
Cellphones

Submission + - Rogers to be charging for incoming texts (www.cbc.ca)

Submitted by iSzabo
iSzabo writes: In my inbox I see that +4768 sent me the following:
Rogers svc msg: As of July 7/09 received txt msgs will be $0.15/msg. 2enjoy free rec'd texts get a Text Pack at or 4 more info see rogers.com/recdtxt

From CBC (http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/05/05/rogers-text.html):
Rogers Wireless said Tuesday it would begin charging 15 cents for each incoming text message for customers without message plans, beginning on July 7.
The move comes about nine months after rival carriers Bell and Telus made similar changes in their policies.
Rogers spokesperson Liz Hamilton said the decision is in keeping with changes in pricing policies among wireless carriers in both Canada and in the United States.
First Person Shooters (Games)

Tribes 1 Returns In-Browser At GDC Next Week 55

Posted by Soulskill from the a-fad-has-begun dept.
An anonymous reader writes "GarageGames purchased the IP rights to the entire Starsiege Tribes universe, and next week at GDC they'll be showing off their updated version of Tribes 1 running in a browser, using all the original artwork. Afterwards, it will be available to play standalone or via the Instant Action website. While you wait, you can play Fallen Empire Legions in your browser, which is based on the Tribes 2 engine. Their blog entry about the Tribes 1 preview at GDC has further details."
Hardware Hacking

Building Your Own Solar Panel In the Garage 235

Posted by timothy from the prices-have-edge-cases-too dept.
jeroen8 writes "A Dutch guy was able to build his own solar panel in his garage using materials that were a third as expensive as the mass produced solar panels currently available on the European market. He bought his solar cells on eBay and used them to create his own panel. His output price is only 1.20 Euro per Watt Peak (Wp). This makes you wonder if we are paying too much for mass-produced solar panels, which should, in theory, be a lot less expensive than something you create in your garage."

Comment Furthur "Edition" Separation (Score 2, Informative) 237

by iSzabo (#26650291) Attached to: Universal Disk Encryption Spec Finalized

It looks like they're using the "Opal" standard as a way of selling essentially the same hard drive slightly crippled since if you don't have the key for the thing you "can't even sell it on eBay", whereas admins can "cryptographically erase" their data with ease. Does this mean that the well priced one has a one-key no-reselling system, and the artificially inflated "server" class one can be rotated? I'm going to ere on the side of "companies get together in order to hurt us all" and fear the worst.
Portables

Lenovo's New ThinkPad Has 2 LCD Screens, Weighs 11 Pounds 194

Posted by Soulskill from the portables-with-a-nontrivial-schwarzschild-radius dept.
ericatcw writes "With many users now used to having multiple monitors at home or work, you had to figure someone would try to offer a 'desktop replacement' laptop that offered the same. Lenovo is the first. Its new W700ds laptop will offer a 10.6 inch LCD screen in addition to the 17-inch primary display. The W700ds also sports a quad-core Intel Core 2 CPU, up to almost 1 TB of storage, and an Nvidia Quadro mobile chip with up to 128 cores. A Lenovo exec called this souped-up version of the normally buttoned-down-for-business ThinkPads the 'nitro-burning drag racer of ThinkPads.' There is even a Wacom digitizer pad and pen for graphic artists, who are expected to be the target market, along with photographers and other creative types who are willing to trade shoulder-aching bulk (11 pounds) and price (minimum of $3,600) for productivity enhancements." At the other end of the laptop size spectrum, Dell recently announced plans to launch a rival to the MacBook Air. Called "Adamo," it is supposedly "thinner than the MacBook Air," though further details will have to wait for the Computer Electronics Show in early January.
The Internet

Submission + - File Sharing and the Free Public Library 3

Submitted by Hodejo1
Hodejo1 writes: Do you know what the single greatest source of free content is? Why your local library where you can not only indulge in all the books, films, music, magazines and video games you wish for free, it is all legal under fair use laws. MP3 Newswire writes "If a grass-roots constituency decides to build a local library all they need to do is raise money, acquire a collection of donated and purchased material and organize it all within a structure that can effectively distribute its content to the populace. The founders do not need to get special government permission or sign a licensing arrangement with content creators. They just need to build it — in the physical world. And that brings us to the online world. If a physical community is allowed to freely build a library that is protected by convention, why should an online community be treated any different?" The BicyclePirate adds "I can go to the library, check out a book, read it, return it, and never have to pay a penny. I can do the same with a compact disc, a vinyl record or cassette (for those libraries that still have them), or a DVD or VHS. Nothing stops a person from copying any of these works, yet a campaign to shut down libraries to protect copyright laws would be unthinkable as many have come to depend on library access or consider it a right." Both commentaries throw out the idea that user activities on the file sharing networks, YouTube and other "havens of piracy" may be nothing more than an unconscious replication of the free public library online. Does that mean we should extend fair use to cover them? Of course, there are plenty of differences between the online and offline worlds so if you think this is a stretch you are not alone. The analogy is still interesting, mostly because libraries have proved over the centuries that offering free and open access to content does not destroy that content's viability in the marketplace. But then again we have never had a distribution mechanism as efficient as the Internet before.
Software

Submission + - Opportunist websites charging for my Freeware! (johnvalentine.co.uk) 4

Submitted by
MessyBlob
MessyBlob writes: "I'm the author of a Freeware game (Zenith), which I provide for free on my website and two other mirrors. I now find that an unassociated opportunist website (10001 downloads) is charging for the download (the user asks for a download-unlocking password via text message at £1.50 UKP). I feel it is unfair for third parties to profit from my intellectual property and development efforts, and I have not issued a licence for the website to charge for delivering my software. How can I prevent this happening to my software, and others?"

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