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Facebook Buys a Private File Sharing Service 87

Posted by samzenpus on Monday November 01, 2010 @12:36AM from the playing-acquisitionville dept.

angry tapir writes "Facebook has purchased most of drop.io, an online content-sharing service, but the social-networking giant sounds more interested in acquiring the company's developers than its technology. Drop.io is a service that lets users create a 'drop' where they can share documents, videos and other digital content. The user can set a time for how long the drop will exist, decide who can view the content, set permissions for who can alter the content and share content in a variety of ways, including on Facebook."

Any Open Source Solutions For DIY Auto Diagnostics? 270

Posted by kdawson on Sunday May 16, 2010 @08:09AM from the data-more-data dept.

slaxx writes "As an avid tinkerer, I really want to collect as much data about my car as possible. Using On-Board Diagnostics (OBDII) sounded great to me, but the pricetags of systems like AutoTap Scanner are a bit much for my college budget to handle. Are there any free, open source solutions available? What do Slashdotters do to tinker and record the inner workings of their own vehicles?"

Comment Re:They can't die fast enough... (Score 1) 438

by cloud95728 on Sunday December 20, 2009 @10:13PM (#30508322) Attached to: A Requiem For Saab

I have been working on European cars since the 50's. I worked on SAAB's in dealerships from 1980 to 1986. They were easy to work on and great performing and reliable cars. However, the vast majority of USA mechanics are very poorly trained and that is the real reason so many of these cars did not run right in the USA.

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