Comment Re:I don't get what the deal is here. (Score 1) 247
CBS apparently claims to have rights on the screen designs. So you probably could create a 'tricorder' app, if you remove the round edges in the screens ..
Submission + - Android Tricorder killed by CBS (google.com) 4
josn writes: Today I found out that Moonlight's Tricorder app, which I always install on Android devices, is gone. Google received a DMCA letter from CBS. I think it is a shame that CBS thinks it needs to kill a free and open source project giving a add-less app. I for one sent a message to CBS explaining that this fan-supported app is not bad, but good for them, and asked them to reconsider. I hope, especially for the author who must have spent a lot of time in this app, that they do.
Submission + - Why a $25 PC? Because it's the price of a textbook
salcan writes: There is growing interest surrounding the Raspberry Pi Foundation and their promise of a PC that will cost just $25. We’ve seen how the OLPC has struggled to deliver a $100 laptop for developing countries, and yet Raspberry Pi is confident in delivering the $25 PC by November this year. Eben Upton, director of the foundation, recently gave a talk at Bletchley Park regarding Educating Programmers, which focused on the thinking behind the $25 PC.
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