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Comment WHY ? Why do you want a live mic permanently on ? (Score 0) 34

by span100 on Wednesday April 09, 2014 @12:28PM (#46705623) Attached to: Princeton Students Develop Open Source Voice Control Platform For Any Device

There is a point worth remembering, If its on a network it's hackable. Why would you want a hackable always on microphone in your house. Sorry, there is no way in the universe i will have ANY live mic or camera permanently on.

Submission + - NVIDIA Releases Optimus Linux Driver With New Features (phoronix.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 09, 2013 @03:36PM

An anonymous reader writes: Nearly one year after Linux creator Linux Torvalds publicly bashed NVIDIA and several years after their multi-GPU mobile technology premiered, the graphics vendor has finally delivered an Optimus-supported Linux driver. NVIDIA released the 319.12 Beta Linux driver that brings support for "RandR 1.4 GPU provider objects" that basically allows for Optimus-like functionality when using the latest X Server, Linux kernel, and XRandR. The 319.12 beta also has many other features including better UEFI support, installer improvements, new pages on their settings panel, and new GPU support.

Submission + - DoJ Answers FOIA Request After Six Years With No Real Information (informationweek.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 09, 2013 @03:16PM

An anonymous reader writes: In response to a Freedom of Information Act request about Google's 2007 complaint against Windows Vista search interference, the Department of Justice has after six years released 114 partially redacted pages and 60 full pages of material. Yet these "responsive documents" consist of public news articles and email boilerplate. All the substantive information has been blacked out.

Submission + - "Full story" of popular AppGratis being pulled from the App store (appgratis.com)

Submitted by RougeFemme on Tuesday April 09, 2013 @02:17PM

RougeFemme writes: By now, you may know that AppGratis, a popular app discovery app, was pulled from the App store. (http://allthingsd.com/20130408/confirmed-apple-kicks-appgratis-out-of-the-store-for-being-too-pushy/). Well, here's a post from the CEO of AppGratis with the "rest of the story".

Comment follow the money. (Score 0) 180

by span100 on Saturday March 23, 2013 @07:20PM (#43260015) Attached to: Nokia Officially Lists Patents Google's VP8 Allegedly Infringes

Is M$ behind this ? No idea, Is it the last gasp of a company in it's death throws having drunk from the poisned m$ chalice ? No idea, Will i buy another nokia product ? Never ever ever again....

Comment Re:Arduino, AVR, RPi, Beaglebone (Score 0) 228

by span100 on Monday January 28, 2013 @09:36PM (#42722055) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Best Electronics Prototyping Platform?

Errm i use linux ( debian squeeze ) and mplab-x ond use it with a veriaty of chips mind you documentation is not what it should be.

Comment Your Data On MY Computer (Score 0) 280

by span100 on Thursday January 17, 2013 @06:04AM (#42614849) Attached to: Meet "Ophelia," Dell's Plan To Reinvent Itself

So were all supposed to be perfectly happy with all our personal data being on dells servers? I DONT THINK SO!

Comment Re:Let off easy (Score 0) 76

by span100 on Sunday September 09, 2012 @06:36PM (#41283369) Attached to: Arizona Botnet Controller Draws 30-Month Federal Sentence

NO This is how most people think, screw with me or mine and i reserve the right to return the favor with interest.

Man Claims Cell Phone Taken By DC Police For Taking Photos 318

Posted by timothy on Friday July 27, 2012 @11:15AM from the safest-city-in-the-world dept.

First time accepted submitter hawkinspeter writes "Just one day after Chief Cathy Lanier made it illegal for MPD cops to take recording equipment, a 26-year-old local man had his phone taken as he was trying to record a violent arrest. They eventually gave back his phone, but without the memory card which also contained photos of his daughter along with the record of the alleged police brutality."

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