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Xbox 360's Jamming Wireless Signals? 222

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday December 17, 2007 @12:01PM from the raspberry-i-hate-raspberry dept.

WirePosted writes "A report has emerged suggesting the Xbox 360's inbuilt wireless system for communication with wireless controllers and headsets is transmitting over a wide area of the 2.4Ghz spectrum, causing interference to WLAN's and other 2.4Ghz devices."

Comment Re:Kind of ridiculous (Score 1) 328

by ninja_sqrl on Tuesday December 11, 2007 @03:15PM (#21661397) Attached to: The Home Library Problem Solved

I have only a couple hundred books, but LibraryThing has been awesome to help avoid buying the same book twice. I use it along with a modified cuecat barcode scanner and had my whole collection done in about 20 minutes. It doesn't hurt that the site is probably one of the most well set up and powerful examples of "web 2.0" (shudder) that I've ever used.

Feed New York Times: Use My Photo? Not Without Permission (nytimes.com)

From feed by nytfeed on Wednesday October 03, 2007 @02:14AM

A lawsuit highlights some of the pitfalls of reusing photographs shared on photo sharing Web sites like Flickr.

Submission + - World's first Lego autopilot

Submitted by zlite on Wednesday March 14, 2007 @12:25AM

zlite writes: What's the best way to create a UAV for less than $1,000? Use the new Hitechnic gyro sensor for Mindstorms NXT to create a Lego autopilot! This one can turn a R/C plane into a drone, keeping the aircraft level and returning it to the launch area. Add a Bluetooth GPS module and a microcam and you've got a fully autonomous surveillance platform.

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