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Submission + - Second Mac clone maker set to sell, with a twist (computerworld.com)

Submitted by

CWmike

on Friday July 25, 2008 @04:35PM

CWmike writes: "Another company is preparing to sell Intel-based computers that can run Apple's Mac OS X. But unlike Psystar, a Florida clone maker that's been sued by Apple, Open Tech won't pre-install the operating system on its machines. Open Tech's Home (equipped with an Intel dual-core Pentium processor, 3GB of memory, an nVidia GeForce 8600 CT video card and a 500GB hard drive) and XT (which includes an Intel Core 2 quad-core CPU, 4GB of RAM, an nVidia GeForce 8800 video card and a 640GB drive) machines will sell for $620 and $1,200, respectively. Open Tech is prepared to do battle with Apple if it comes after Open Tech. "We definitely would defend this," said Tom. "The only possible case that Apple can make, the only one that has any chance, would be based on the end-user licensing agreement.""

Submission + - Software to randomize police operations at LAX (eurekalert.org)

Submitted by owlgorithm on Wednesday April 16, 2008 @05:12PM

owlgorithm writes: A USC research group has created software, named ARMOR (Assistant for Randomized Monitoring over Routes), that will be used at LAX Airport to make security and police operations there truly unpredictable. The software records the locations of routine, random vehicle checkpoints and canine searches at the airport, and police provide data on possible terrorist targets, based in part on recent security breaches or suspicious activity. The software then makes random decisions (which are thankfully based on calculated probabilities of terrorist attacks) and tells the police where to dispatch and when. The most notable detail is that terrorists who had access to ARMOR still wouldn't be able to predict the searches.

Feed Science Daily: World's Oldest Living Tree -- 9550 years old -- Discovered In Sweden (sciencedaily.com)

From feed by sdfeed on Wednesday April 16, 2008 @01:13PM

The world's oldest recorded tree is a 9,550 year old spruce in the Dalarna province of Sweden. The spruce tree has shown to be a tenacious survivor that has endured by growing between erect trees and smaller bushes in pace with the dramatic climate changes over time.

Feed New Scientist: Neanderthals speak out after 30,000 years (pheedo.com)

From feed by nsfeed on Tuesday April 15, 2008 @09:52AM

Researchers synthesise a Neanderthal's voice and find it lacks the nuances of modern human speech

Feed Engadget: The Pac-Man Christmas tree (engadget.com)

From feed by engfeed on Thursday December 06, 2007 @06:52AM

Filed under: Gaming

Finally, Blinky, Pinky, Inky, Clyde, and even old Pacster get some religious iconography happening for themselves. A creative group of X-mas-and-Pac-Man-loving cats and kittens in Madrid have created a truly festive monument to the holiday... and the video game. Check the video after the break for the whole, utility-burning display in action -- and commenters, feel free to translate.

[Via technabob]

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Feed The Register: Intel to debut GPU-in-CPU chips in 2009 (theregister.com)

From feed by registerfeed on Monday November 26, 2007 @07:12AM

PCI Express 2.0 to become the system bus

Intel's first next processors based on its next-generation 'Nehalem' architecture are due to appear a year from now, in Q4 2008. But the really interesting models will arrive during the first half of 2009: desktop and mobile CPUs with integrated graphics cores.

Submission + - Multitouch without touch using Wii-mote

Submitted by owlgorithm on Monday November 12, 2007 @12:21AM

owlgorithm writes: Gizmodo summarizes a hack for the multitouch Holy Grail — multitouch without the touch, a la "Minority Report." The article also includes a video tutorial for the hack which explains how it works and why.

Feed The Register: Online casinos hit by bot armies (theregister.com)

From feed by registerfeed on Tuesday October 09, 2007 @05:32AM

Don't bet against money laundering robots

Botnets are fulfilling law enforcement fears that online casinos could prove fertile ground for money laundering, according to a recent, little-noticed report by risk compliance firm Fortent.

Submission + - D.C. Commuters to be "scanned like groceries&#

Submitted by owlgorithm on Wednesday October 03, 2007 @01:56PM

owlgorithm writes: Washington, D.C. area commuters are going to be "scanned like groceries at the supermarket" in order to catch single-occupant vehicles who are illegally using carpool lanes. The article, from the Washington Post, says that infrared cameras capable of detecting human skin will be installed, rather than the visible-spectrum cameras in use today. So much for using dummies in the front seat.

Journal Journal: Mouseovers - as bad as popups? 8

Journal by fyngyrz on Sunday September 30, 2007 @07:26PM

Is anyone else as annoyed as I am by words and phrases in web articles that pop up boxes because my mouse pointer happened to cross them, temporarily hiding the content I was reading in the first place? I didn't click on anything, and consequently, I don't want a context change. I find these annoying to the point of noting what the site is and not going back. Anyone else feel the same? Anyone have a defense of the practice?

Feed Science Daily: Lead-based Paint Problem Isn't Isolated To China, Study Shows (sciencedaily.com)

From feed by sdfeed on Thursday September 27, 2007 @11:12AM

A multinational team of environmental and occupational health researchers has found that consumer paints sold in Nigeria contain dangerously high levels of lead. Increased globalization and outsourcing of manufacturing has drastically increased the likelihood that products with unacceptably high levels of lead are being traded across borders -- including between China and Africa as well into regulated countries like the US.

Submission + - Canadian Bureaucrats Don't "Think Different

Submitted by owlgorithm on Tuesday September 11, 2007 @01:36PM

owlgorithm writes: Apple's new store in Montreal has three parking meters in front, and in their ever-conscious attempt to improve design, they offered to reimburse the city for the parking meters and their revenue if they would remove them. Answer: No, because "We've never done it before, so we can't."

Tor Used To Collect Embassy Email Passwords 99

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday September 11, 2007 @12:57PM from the getting-their-attention dept.

Several readers wrote in to inform us that Swedish security researcher Dan Egerstad has revealed how he collected 100 passwords from embassies and governments worldwide, without hacking into anything: he sniffed Tor exit routers. Both Ars and heise have writeups on Egerstad's blog post, but neither adds much to the original. It's not news that unencrypted traffic exits the Tor network unencrypted, but Egerstad correctly perceived, and called attention to, the lack of appreciation for this fact in organizations worldwide.

Forensics On a Cracked Linux Server 219

Posted by kdawson on Friday August 24, 2007 @12:33PM from the hmmm-ls-looks-funny dept.

This blog entry is the step-by-step process that one administrator followed to figure out what was going on with a cracked Linux server. It's quite interesting to me, since I have had the exact same problem (a misbehaving ls -h command) on a development server quite a while back. As it turns out, my server was cracked, maybe with the same tool, and this analysis is much more thorough than the one I was able to do at the time. If you've ever wondered how to diagnose a Linux server that has been hijacked, this short article is a good starting point.

Sony to Add TV Tuner, DVR to PS3 255

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday August 24, 2007 @08:31AM from the hardware-hackers-get-to-work dept.

pjhenley writes "Sony has announced that they will add digital TV and DVR capabilities to the PS3 in Europe. TV can also be watched on a PSP using 'remote play' over WiFi or via downloaded recordings. 'The new box will feature two 1080p tuners, which utilize the European Digital Video Broadcasting system (DVB-T) -- which should dash any US hopes for the time being. The system will allow you to store recorded broadcasts on your PS3 drive, and also transcode and transfer the saved files to your PSP.'"

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