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Submission + - Google Drive has been revealed! (google.com) 2

Submitted by lemmen on Tuesday April 24, 2012 @12:57PM

lemmen writes: As widely expected, Google Drive has launched officially today. Google Drive is free for the first 5GB while you can get an upgrade to 25GB for only $2.50 a month.

Google Drive is available for:
- PC and Mac
- iPhone and iPad (coming soon)
- Android devices

Submission + - Australia's largest police force accused of widespread piracy (abc.net.au)

Submitted by beaverdownunder on Tuesday April 24, 2012 @07:50AM

beaverdownunder writes: UK software giant Micro Focus is demanding at least $10 million dollars in damages from the New South Wales police for widespread use of unlicensed copies of its ViewNow software it is alleged were used by members to access the COPS criminal intelligence database.

Although other government organisations also alleged to have mis-used the software have settled with Micro Focus, the NSW police refuse to do so, instead seeking to fight out a battle in Federal court.

Submission + - New Obama Administration Sanctions Target Syrian and Iranian Tech Capacity

Submitted by vivIsel on Monday April 23, 2012 @09:42AM

vivIsel writes: This morning, President Obama is set to unveil a new executive order that will allow the U.S. to specifically target sanctions against individuals, companies or countries who use technology to enable human rights abuse. Especially as repressive regimes more effectively monitor their dissidents online (rather than simply blocking access), the sanctions focus on companies that help them do that.

President Obama is set to announce the sanctions in a speech at the Holocaust Museum in D.C. — which will be livestreamed starting at 9:45AM EDT.

Submission + - NOAA Releases New Views of Earth's Ocean Floor (scienceworldreport.com)

Submitted by

fishmike

on Tuesday April 17, 2012 @09:01AM

fishmike writes: "NOAA has made sea floor maps and other data on the world's coasts, continental shelves and deep ocean available for easy viewing online. Anyone with Internet access can now explore undersea features and obtain detailed depictions of the sea floor and coasts, including deep canyons, ripples, landslides and likely fish habitat.

The new online data viewer compiles sea floor data from the near shore to the deep blue, including the latest high-resolution bathymetric (sea bottom) data collected by NOAA's Office of Coast Survey primarily to support nautical charting."

Submission + - IKEA announces furniture with integrated TV, speakers, and Blu-ray (extremetech.com)

Submitted by

MrSeb

on Tuesday April 17, 2012 @07:16AM

MrSeb writes: "If you long for those balmy days when TVs looked like pieces of furniture, good news: This fall, IKEA will release Uppleva, a range of home entertainment systems that integrate a flat-screen full HD TV, 2.1 sound, and a Blu-ray player. Uppleva will come in three different designs, with a range of screen sizes starting at 24 inches. If the built-in Blu-ray player isn’t enough, there are two USB and four HDMI ports down the side of the screen, and an empty “bay” that can hold a games console, TiVo, or another set-top box of your choice. In true IKEA fashion, the whole caboodle will come in a range of colors (white, light wood, dark wood, black, and so on). Prices start at 6,500 Swedish Kroner (around $950) — presumably for the 24-inch version — which is a fairly good deal. Uppleva will only be available in a few European markets to start with, but the UK and North America should see it in early 2013."

Comment Power for router (Score 1) 1

by griessh on Monday February 27, 2012 @12:52PM (#39173783) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: How can I re-engineer my Wifi router to work on batteries?

Did you check out UPSs? Vendors like APC (apc.com) have a multitude of UPSs that may be right for you. Just make sure that the capacity is enough to survive long enough for a power outage.

Submission + - Police find Apple branded stoves in China (edibleapple.com) 1

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 27, 2012 @11:53AM

An anonymous reader writes: Just when you thought the Apple knockoff trade in China couldn't get any more ridiculous, Chinese Police recently seized 681 “Apple iPhone” branded gas stoves in the city of Wuhan. Yep, that’s right, some folks are peddling gas grills and are trying to made the product more appealing by stamping an Apple logo alongside the “iPhone” moniker on the front.

Comment Movie info (Score 1) 1

by griessh on Friday February 24, 2012 @04:06PM (#39151553) Attached to: Swallow-the-Surgeon to Clean those Arteries

That was "Fantastic Voyage" from 1966

Submission + - Chinese iPad Trademark Battle Hits US Court (techweekeurope.co.uk)

Submitted by

judgecorp

on Friday February 24, 2012 @11:50AM

judgecorp writes: "The Chinese company Proview is taking its trademark case against Apple's iPad to the Californian Courts. The company acknowledges it sold the IPAD name to Apple, but denies Apple has rights in China, and has accused Apple of underhand tactics."

Submission + - Microsoft kills Zune, Windows Live brands; Live ID renamed to Microsoft Account (theverge.com)

Submitted by suraj.sun on Friday February 24, 2012 @11:07AM

suraj.sun writes: Microsoft appears to be killing off two of its key user-facing brands with the upcoming Consumer Preview release of Windows 8. Windows Live applications have been rolled into preinstalled apps that work as the core "Windows Communications" applications for Windows 8, and this lack of Windows Live branding is only the tip of the iceberg. "Microsoft Account" will replace Windows Live ID in Windows 8, and the software giant has also removed traces of Zune from its Windows Store, Music, and Video applications, although Zune Pass functionality remains.

The branding will look like this in Windows 8:

- Microsoft Account (Windows Live ID)
- Mail (Windows Live Mail)
- Calendar (Windows Live Calendar)
- People (Windows Live Contacts)
- Photos (Windows Live Photo Gallery)
- Music (Zune Music Player)
- Video (Zune Video Player)

http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/24/2821128/microsoft-kills-zune-windows-live-branding-in-windows-8

Submission + - Inventor of the Pinball machine dies (nytimes.com)

Submitted by porsche911 on Friday February 24, 2012 @08:00AM

porsche911 writes: "Steve Kordek, who revolutionized the game of pinball in the 1940s by designing what became the standard two-flipper machine found in bars and penny arcades around the world, died on Sunday at a hospice in Park Ridge, Ill. He was 100."

“Steve’s impact would be comparable to D. W. Griffith moving from silent films through talkies and color and CinemaScope and 3-D with computer-generated graphics,” Mr. Sharpe said. “He moved through each era seamlessly.”"

Submission + - Hell Freezes Over: SCO vs IBM trial back on again (groklaw.net) 1

Submitted by DickBreath on Thursday February 16, 2012 @05:23PM

DickBreath writes: It looks like the lawsuit SCO started back in March 2003 against IBM (but really against Linux) is back on again.

SCO first filed this clue-challenged lawsuit in March 2003. SCO claimed Linux was contaminated with code IBM stole from UNIX and that it was impossible to remove the infringement. Therefore, said SCO, all Linux users owe SCO a license fee of $1399 per cpu — but since SCO are such great guys, for a limited time, you can pay only $699 per CPU for your dirty infringing copy of Linux.

Of course, Novell claimed and later proved in court that SCO doesn't even own the copyrights on UNIX that it is suing over.

IBM claims there is no infringing code in Linux. SCO never provided evidence of the massive infringement it claimed existed. The source ordered SCO three times to produce its evidence, twice extending the deadline, until it set a FINAL deadline of Dec 22, 2005 — which came and went — with SCO producing nothing but a lot of hand waving. Meantime, SCO filed for bankruptcy protection in September 2007 because it was being beaten up in court so badly with the court going against SCO.

Ask Slashdot: Dividing Digital Assets In Divorce? 458

Posted by timothy on Thursday February 16, 2012 @04:27PM from the don't-forget-your-malware dept.

An anonymous reader writes "I am a long time Slashdotter and currently find myself in the beginning of a divorce process. How have you dealt with dispersing of shared data, accounts and things online in such a situation? Domains, hosting, email, sensitive data backups and social media are just a few examples."

WindowMaker Development Resumes, Has First Release Since 2006 192

Posted by timothy on Thursday February 16, 2012 @01:35PM from the now-where-was-I dept.

First time accepted submitter brad-x writes "A new team of developers has recently picked up development of WindowMaker, and they've added many new features, including improved support for the freedesktop standard menu layout and Mac OS X style application and window switching from the keyboard, culminating in a new release, 0.95.2. A basic changelog is available on the newly redesigned website."

Submission + - Google-Motorola deal could close-source Android: HP CEO (cio.com.au)

Submitted by swandives on Wednesday February 15, 2012 @11:27PM

swandives writes: WebOS could be an important player in the long run as an open-source mobile OS because Android could become closed source with Google's purchase of Motorola Mobility, Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman said during a speech at the HP Global Partner conference in Las Vegas.

It may take up to four years for the complete impact of webOS to be felt, Whitman said. HP has said it would release WebOS — originally developed by Palm for phones and tablets — to the open-source community. The company bought Palm in 2010 but late last year announced it will not make devices that use the software.

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