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Submission + - India unveils $30 tablet PC (in.com)

An anonymous reader writes: The Indian minister of human resource development Kapil Sibal unveiled, what is possibly the world's cheapest tablet PC. It is tentatively priced at Rs 1,500) about $30. The minister expects the prices to drop down to Rs 500 (about $10) when the mass production starts.
Science

Submission + - Malaria drug bleaches hair white (sciencemag.org)

sciencehabit writes: In the The New England Journal of Medicine, researchers report the case of a woman who overdosed on chloroquine, a drug commonly used to fight the malaria parasite. Instead of taking the doctor recommended dose of 500 milligrams per week, she mistakenly took 500 milligrams per day, a dosage that bleached her blond hair white. The researchers say such "hypopigmentation" occurs because chloroquine poisons pigment-producing cells in hair follicles. But there's an upside: The finding could be a boon to the multibillion-dollar hair color industry, which has been searching for a pharmaceutical way to change hair color.
Sony

Submission + - Sony using 3D TV for split screen gaming (thekartel.com)

gurps_npc writes: The Kartel has an interesting article about a recent patent Sony filed. Basically they want to hack a 3d tv set up with 2 paris of 3d glasses. They want each seperate glass to display a seperate view (so instead of each pair of glasses having a left eye different from the right eye, one is set to see the "right eye" view to both eyes, while the other is set to show the "left eye view".

This way, two people can watch the same TV and see a different picture — peerfect for head to head racing games. Right now they just split the screen, but that has two problems. First, you can see your opponent's screen, and second, your own view is half the possible width. It is an interesting idea..

Submission + - Could the EU Be Preparing To Walk Away From ACTA? (michaelgeist.ca)

An anonymous reader writes: Michael Geist has an interesting post in which he makes the case that the European Union may be ready to walk away from the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. Pointing to the major remaining areas of disagreement, the growing rift between the U.S. and E.U., and the U.S. decision to cave on anti-circumvention rules, he notes it may be worth considering whether the EU is prepared to walk away from ACTA altogether, leaving the U.S. with a far smaller agreement that cannot credibly claim to set a standard for the G8 or developed world.
Transportation

Toyota Sudden Acceleration Is Driver Error 930

phantomfive writes "The NHTSA has investigated data recorders from Toyota cars whose owners claimed to have crashed due to an accelerator error. They found that the throttles were wide open and the brakes weren't being pressed. The investigation looked at a sample of the cars, selected by the NHTSA." Jamie found this article with a superior headline at Balloon Juice.
It's funny.  Laugh.

ESRB Exposes Emails of Gamers Who Filed Privacy Complaints 75

simrook writes, "Many people filed privacy complaints with the ESRB over Blizzard's recent (and afterward recanted) move to require the display of users' real life names on Blizzard's official forums. 961 of those complainants had their email addresses exposed in the ESRB's response." The response itself didn't go into the organization's thoughts on Blizzard's plan, but they explained to the Opposable Thumbs blog that anonymity isn't a huge concern to them, as long as users are given the opportunity to opt out. "The role of the ESRB Privacy Online program is to make sure that member websites—those that display our seal on their pages — are compliant with an increasingly complex series of privacy protection laws and are offering a secure space for users to interact and do business online. ... But online privacy protection doesn't necessarily mean the same thing as anonymity. It's about making sure that websites collecting personal information from users are doing so not only in accordance with federal regulations but also with best practices for protecting individuals' personal information online."

Comment Re: weapons, explosives and intimidation? (Score 2, Informative) 392

These two counts caught my eye:

Intimidation of a justice system participant by threat. Intimidation of a justice system participant by watch and beset.

It sounds like this wasn't only involved with his other plans, but I'd guess "justice systems participant" could be law enforcement. I'm not that familiar with Canadian law, so it's just a guess. If he made direct threats of some sort, then that changes the whole ballgame.

Claiming he will eavesdrop on the police covers both of those. He made the threat that he will do it, and he was going to eavesdrop (watch) the police.

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