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Linino-Enabled Arduino Yun Shrinks In Size and Cost 42

Posted by timothy on Saturday May 16, 2015 @08:26AM from the sounds-yunny dept.

DeviceGuru writes: Arduino announced a smaller, cheaper Arduino Yun Mini version of the Arduino Yun SBC at the Bay Area Maker Faire [Friday]. The $60 Arduino Yun Mini SBC sacrifices a number of interfaces in order to reduce size, and gives the OpenWRT Linux based Linino distribution, which is also used by the original Yun, more control over the board's functions. Arduino also announced a new community web portal called my.arduino.org, plus an open source Arduino IDE-alpha development system that is entirely based on JavaScript, which will be available there by the end of the month.

Comment Do you have to pay extra to not be raped? (Score 0) 34

by TwoStep on Wednesday May 13, 2015 @07:16AM (#49680215) Attached to: Uber Drivers In India Will Start Accepting Cash

Or is that a credit-card only feature?

Your High School Wants You To Install Snapchat 157

Posted by timothy on Thursday January 15, 2015 @03:16PM from the just-ask-ram-sweeney dept.

Bennett Haselton writes: They would never admit it, but your high school admins would probably breathe a sigh of relief if all of their sexting-mad students would go ahead and install Snapchat so that evidence of (sometimes) illegal sexting would disappear into the ether. They can't recommend that you do this, because it would sound like an implicit endorsement, just like they can't recommend designated drivers for teen drinking parties -- but it's a good bet they would be grateful. Read on for the rest.

Comment Not the biggest (Score 1) 57

by TwoStep on Thursday October 03, 2013 @04:43PM (#45029629) Attached to: Tour Houston's Texas-Sized Hackerspace (Video 1 of 2)

Artisan's Asylum in Somerville, MA is 40,000 square feet (this place is 14,000)

Julian Assange Served With Extradition Notice By British Police 612

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday June 28, 2012 @08:13PM from the pack-your-bags dept.

An anonymous reader writes "London's Metropolitan Police have delivered an 'Extradition Notice' to Julian Assange, the Wikileaks founder, who sought refuge and political asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy in London last week. Scotland Yard have said in a brief statement that 'the notice requires Julian Assange to attend a police station of our choosing at a set time.' SY also said, 'This is standard procedure in extradition cases and is the first step in the removal process. He remains in breach of his bail conditions and failure to surrender would be a further breach of those conditions and he is liable to arrest.' However, under international diplomatic arrangements, the British Metropolitan Police cannot actually go into the Ecuadorian embassy to arrest Mr Assange. Assange would have to leave the embassy to be lawfully arrested. This raises the following question of course: Is this the 'endgame' for Julian Assange as far as extradition is concerned? If the Ecuadorians fail to grant Assange political asylum, which is a possibility, will he be arrested by Metropolitan Police, and sent to Sweden to stand trial for two alleged counts of 'rape?' Will Sweden then hand Assange over to the United States, where many well known and quite senior politicians have publicly stated that they think 'Assange should be punished severely' for publishing confidential U.S. diplomatic cables on Wikileaks?"

Windows 7 Starter Edition — 3 Apps Only 695

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday April 21, 2009 @10:55AM from the because-they-can dept.

CrustyFace writes "Cybernit reports that the Starter Edition version of Windows 7 will only allow the user to run 3 applications at once. Targeted at notebooks, this doesn't seem like such a bad limitation, however it is a bold move from Microsoft, and it will be interesting to see how the operating system sells."

KY Appeals Court Nixes Seizure of Gambling-Linked Domains 102

Posted by timothy on Wednesday January 21, 2009 @05:12PM from the stick-to-the-whiskey-making dept.

davidwr writes "A state appeals court in Kentucky ruled that the state courts cannot seize domain names as 'gambling devices.' The court ruled that 'it's up to the General Assembly — not the courts nor the state Justice Cabinet — to bring domain names into the definition of illegal gambling devices.'"

Linux Turns 17 Today 285

Posted by kdawson on Sunday October 05, 2008 @09:54PM from the hippo-birdies dept.

Meshach writes "Over at the Linux Journal, Doc Searles is noting that today marks 17 years since Linus posted to Usenet, starting Linux (post). As a Linux user at work and at home I say, thanks Linus!" The anniversary is also featured on the top page of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Comment Re:Long Answer? (Score 1) 814

by TwoStep on Tuesday May 06, 2008 @11:22AM (#23312496) Attached to: How Microsoft Dropped the Ball With Developers

Huh? What are you doing there that cannot be done with .NET generics?

Ray Tracing To Debut in DirectX 11 219

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday March 31, 2008 @11:01AM from the directx-11-is-confusing-to-my-brain dept.

crazyeyes writes "This is breaking news. Microsoft has not only decided to support ray tracing in DirectX 11, but they will also be basing it on Intel's x86 ray-tracing technology and get this ... it will be out by the end of the year! In this article, we will examine what ray tracing is all about and why it would be superior to the current raster-based technology. As for performance, well, let Intel dazzle you with some numbers. Here's a quote from the article: 'You need not worry about your old raster-based DirectX 10 or older games or graphics cards. DirectX 11 will continue to support rasterization. It just includes support for ray-tracing as well. There will be two DirectX 11 modes, based on support by the application and the hardware.'"

Submission + - Google shows cell phone prototype to vendors

Submitted by taoman1 on Thursday August 02, 2007 @01:42PM

taoman1 writes: Google Inc. has developed a prototype cell phone that could reach markets within a year, and plans to offer consumers free subscriptions by bundling advertisements with its search engine, e-mail and Web browser software applications, according to a story published Thursday in The Wall Street Journal.

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