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from "we don't throttle bittorrent!" to "we won't throttle bittorrent anymore"
Batteries the Focus of AT&T Investigation 80
An anonymous reader writes "AT&T is focusing on the batteries supplied by Avestor as the cause of its 2006 equipment explosion in a suburban Houston neighborhood. The carrier says it has 17,000 of those same batteries still in its network. Some photos of the equipment that was shredded in the blast are also available."
Buffer Overflow Found in RFID Passport Readers 96
epee1221 writes "Wired ran a story describing Lukas Grunwald's Defcon talk on an attack on airport passport readers. After extracting data from the (read-only) chip in a legitimate passport, he placed a version of the data with an altered passport photo (JPEG2000 is used in these chips) into a writable chip. The altered photo created a buffer overflow in two RFID readers he tested, causing both to crash. Grunwald suggests that vendors are typically using off-the-shelf JPEG2000 libraries, which would make the vulnerability common."
Feed The Register: Pirate Party invades Utah (theregister.com)
Down with the RIAA!
The Pirates have touched down in the American desert, determined to protect the freedoms of internet users everywhere.
Journal SPAM: "I'm thinking another 9/11 would help America" 4
"ONE MONTH from The Anniversary, I'm thinking another 9/11 would help America,
Remember the community of outrage and national resolve? America had not been so united since the first Day of Infamy - 12/7/41.
We knew who the enemy was then.
America's fabric is pulling apart like a cheap sweater.
What would sew us back together?
Another 9/11 attack.
Feed news.com: Chip stocks move against the grain (com.com)
Despite a drag on the broader markets Friday, semiconductor stocks managed to move against the grain.
Australia to Offer Widespread ISP-level Filtering 208
Phurge writes "According to a Sydney Morning Herald article, the Australia government has decided to take the controversial step of having internet service providers filter web content at the request of parents, in a crackdown on online bad language, pornography and child sex predators. 'The more efficient compulsory filtering of internet service providers (ISPs) was proposed in March last year by the then Labor leader, Kim Beazley. At the time, the Communications Minister, Helen Coonan, and ISPs criticised his idea as expensive. Three months later Senator Coonan announced the Government's Net Alert policy, which promised free filtering software for every home that wanted it. She also announced an ISP filtering trial to be conducted in Tasmania. That trial was scrapped. Today Mr Howard will hail the ISP filtering measure as a world first by any Government, and is expected to offer funding to help cover the cost. Parents will be able to request the ISP filter option when they sign up with an ISP. It will be compulsory to provide it. The measures will come into effect by the end of this month.'"
Chinese Pirates Copy iPhone, Make Improvements 716
An anonymous reader writes "Popular Science notes that manufacturers in China duplicate many well-know products. This includes the Apple iPhone, imitations of which are rolling off the assembly line already. That might actually be a good thing for some users, who might enjoy the user experience of China's own miniOne. 'It ran popular mobile software that the iPhone wouldn't. It worked with nearly every worldwide cellphone carrier, not just AT&T, and not only in the U.S. It promised to cost half as much as the iPhone and be available to 10 times as many consumers.' The cloned iPhone uses a Linux-based system. 'The cloners hire a team of between 20 and 40 engineers to begin decoding the circuit boards. At the same time, coders start to develop an operating system for the phone with a similar feature set. (The typical cloner either uses off-the-shelf code, writes something entirely new, or modifies a publicly available Linux-based system.)' Using the iPhone as an example, the PopSci site walks through the process of making imitation technology."
Bookmark Lets Not Forget: Bush Planned Iraq 'Regime Change' Before Becoming President (PN (sloopo.com)
FCC Rejects Cheap/Fast Internet Device 194
Tech.Luver writes "ABC News reports that a group of technology companies including Google, Microsoft, and Dell, have failed to convince the Federal Communications Commission of the utility of high-speed internet access via television airwaves. The FCC concluded the potential to disrupt consumer image quality was too high, in a statement released Wednesday. 'The technology companies say the unlicensed and unused TV airwaves, also known as "white spaces," would make Internet service accessible and affordable, especially in rural areas and also spur innovation. However, TV broadcasters oppose usage of white spaces because they fear the device will cause interference with television programming and could cause problems with a federally mandated transition from analog to digital signals in February 2009.'"
Feed news.com: U.S. military expands robot patrols in combat zones (com.com)
Blog: Since conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan began about five years ago, the number of unmanned machines on the ground and in the air has grown manifold.
Feed New York Times: State of the Art: Internet Radio Made Easier (nytimes.com)
Several new breakthrough portable consoles can tune in to thousands of Internet radio stations.
Feed Engadget: Tesla Roadster to roll out before the end of the year (engadget.com)
Filed under: Transportation
It's been a long time coming, but Tesla Motors CEO and co-founder Martin Eberhard is now saying that the company's first batch of all-electric Tesla Roadsters will "definitely ship" by October or November of this year. That's a bit later than the the summer release that had been anticipated, but that date apparently had to be pushed back after the company was forced to change transmission vendors. This latest delay also follows a slight scaling back of range targets earlier this year, although neither set-back seems to have been enough to get any of the 600 or so buyers already lined up to ask for their $100,000 back. According to Reuters, Tesla plans to make 1,000 2008 model year cars, which you'll soon be able to check out a dealership likely not near you. After that, the company the company plans to produce a five-passenger sedan dubbed the "White Star," which it says will sell for between $50,000 and $65,000, although likely not before the 2010 model year at the earliest.
[Via Motor Authority]
[Via Motor Authority]
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Feed news.com: Tesla passes U.N. battery tests (com.com)
Blog: Shake me, but don't break me. That's what the battery does.
Journal Journal: Decay of an Empire's Army
The difference between our Army today, and that grand victorious force we saw in WWII, is that like our Vietnam-era Army, today's soldier is not motivated by a desire to accomplish anything. He or she is there because the Army is a good job and pays for college. In Vietnam, we conscripted people to go fight, but in contemporary America, we've found a better way: limit opportunity so that the Army seems a relatively good job and then compel them into it that way. The problem is that you can't
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