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Comment Re:Fair usage and licensing? (Score 1) 318

by ostermei on Wednesday April 02, 2008 @11:53AM (#22940898) Attached to: Creative Vista Driver Modder Speaks Out

[...] even though overclocking is always done through software (bios).

It's been quite some time since I've done any sort of overclocking, but the last time I did (around the time of the Celeron 300A (woohoo! 150% overclocking FTW!), if I recall correctly) I remember having to use DIP switches and jumpers to set it up. I seem to recall having dabbled a bit later on down the line with some BIOS-based overclocking, which was ridiculously easier than fiddling with the switches and all, but I just wanted to point out that overclocking isn't necessarily ALWAYS done through software.

Airships to Patrol Venezuela's Skies 451

Posted by Zonk on Friday April 20, 2007 @03:21PM from the shadowrun-is-now dept.

bprime writes "The BBC reports that officials in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, have bought three airship UAVs to keep tabs on the local populace. From the article: 'The 15 metre (49 foot) long air ships are emblazoned with government slogans. Written in bright red are the words, We watch over you for your security.' They're not exactly black helicopters, but how long do you think until we see similar measures in high-crime American cities?"

Major Broadcasters Hit With $12M Payola Fine 222

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday March 06, 2007 @04:19PM from the pay-for-play-no-no dept.

Gr8Apes writes with a just-breaking AP story reporting that the FCC is wrapping up a settlement in which four major broadcast companies would pay the government $12.5 million and provide 8,400 half-hour segments of free airtime for independent record labels and local artists. The finish line is near after a 3-year investigation. An indie promoter is quoted: "It's absolutely the most historic agreement that the independent community has had with radio. Without a doubt, nothing else comes close."

Submission + - RFID Passports Cloned Without Opening the Package

Submitted by

Jeremy

on Tuesday March 06, 2007 @04:01PM

Jeremy writes: "Using some simple deduction, a security consultant discovered how to clone a passport as it's being mailed to its recipient, without ever opening the package. These are the kinds of things that people need to understand are possible now that our governments are trying to use wireless technology (inherantly insecure) for security."

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