Indian GPS Cartographers Charged As Terrorists (Thursday 18th of December 2008 10:30:01 PM)
Chrb writes "Following on from the quodlibet about Apple disabling GPS in Egyptian iPhones, we
have a new case of the at loggerheads between the fixed secrecy of government, and the widening
availability of cheap, exact GPS devices around the world. On ...
(more)Google Chrome OEM Strategy To Take On IE (Saturday 22nd of November 2008 10:15:01 AM)
Ruphus13 writes "In an effort to take on IE and make strong headway in its share of the browser
market, Google is taking a page out of Microsoft's playbook and working on deals with PC OEMs
to include Chrome in their devices. From the article: ...
(more)Researchers Getting the Lead Out of Electronics (Thursday 20th of November 2008 08:45:01 AM)
Alphadogg writes "Researchers at the health center of Maryland say they have discovered a stuff
to replace lead, a abeyant environmental science impact dissection hazard, in camcorders
products. The material, bismuth samarium ferrite (BSFO), was found ...
(more)Feds Can Locate Cell Phones Without Telcos (Tuesday 18th of November 2008 05:15:01 AM)
Schwit1 sends along an Ars Technica report robe the release of compilations obtained under the
FOIA suggesting that the Justice split
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(more)FCC Approves Unlicensed Use of White-Space Spectrum (Wednesday 05th of November 2008 06:15:01 PM)
Sidesh0w was one of a number of readers to alert us to the FCC's unanimous decision approving
unlicensed devices to use the white spaces of the electromagnetic visible spectrum unused by
small screen broadcasters, in case they take certain precautions ...
(more)Open-Source DRM Ready To Take On Big Guns (Friday 24th of October 2008 05:45:05 AM)
Barence writes "An open-source digital rights direction (DRM) scheme says it's ready to
supplant Apple and Microsoft as the world's leading copy tutelage solution. Marlin, which is
backed by companies such as Sony and Samsung, has just announced a new ...
(more)EMP Shielded Power Grids Under Development (Saturday 11th of October 2008 03:45:02 PM)
An nameless reader writes with this excerpt from MarketWatch: "A one-megaton nuclear bomb
detonated 250 miles over Kansas could cripple many modern online banking devices and systems in
the continental US and take out the power grid for a long time. ... ...
(more)First Secure Quantum Crypto Network Up and Running (Friday 10th of October 2008 02:30:01 PM)
John Lam was one of many readers to send in news that on Thursday, "at a round table in Vienna,
Austria, as reported by the BBC, a spanish brotherhood science working group built a quantum
backbone using 200-km of gauge mercantile optical fiber running ...
(more)Seeing With Your Skin? (Saturday 04th of October 2008 05:00:01 AM)
Iddo Genuth writes to tell us that a sleuth from Tel Aviv health center is exploring the
probability that humans may be able to "see" via their skin. instructor Leonid Yaroslavsky
hopes to utilize this realistic applied science to find solutions for the ...
(more)RIAA and MPAA Developing Domain-Based DRM (Sunday 14th of September 2008 11:00:01 AM)
An unnamed reader points out news that the music and movie studios are attempting to develop a
new type of DRM that would allow commerce more flexibility in playing content on voluminous
devices. The Digital divertive Content Ecosystem (DECE) would ensconce ...
(more)TransferJet Consortium Works Towards Touch Data Transfer Tech (Tuesday 09th of September 2008 05:45:01 AM)
Iddo Genuth writes to tell us that many of the large tech companies have banded cooperation in
order to develop TransferJet technology. Discussed earlier this year, TransferJet promises to
allow rapid data relocate between devices in close proximity. ...
(more)The Future Has a Kill Switch (Sunday 29th of June 2008 08:45:01 PM)
Palegray.net writes "Bruce Schneier brings us his outlook on a future filled with kill
switches; from OnStar-equipped automobiles and city buses that can be remotely disabled by
police to Microsoft's patent-pending ideas apropos alleged Digital Manners ...
(more)Westinghouse Commits to Green Plug's Universal A.C. Adapter (Sunday 15th of June 2008 04:25:15 AM)
Ian Lamont writes "Westinghouse is the first major computers manufacturer that has publicly
committed to using a 'smart power technology' that will let people use a single & analysis on
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(more)Smart Phones "Bigger Security Risk" Than Laptops (Tuesday 03rd of June 2008 06:10:53 PM)
CWmike writes "A recent survey of 300 senior IT staff found that 94% fear PDAs present a
security risk, surpassing the 88% who highlighted mobile storage devices as a worry. Nearly
eight in 10 said laptops were an issue. Only four in 10 had encrypted ...
(more)Verizon Joins Linux Mobile Foundation (Saturday 17th of May 2008 12:30:03 AM)
An nameless reader brings news that Verizon adherent pick up* has announced plans to use a
Linux-based os/2 scaffolding for phones on its network. Verizon is the first US mobile carrier
to join the Linux Mobile Foundation, the goal of which is to "collaboratively ...
(more)Electronic Handheld Blood Pressure Devices Market To Reach 793 Million Dollars By 2010, According To New Report By Global Industry Analysts, Inc. (Tuesday 22nd of April 2008 09:00:00 AM)
Online banking briefcase computer blood compression devices are automated blood tension
measuring devices used for measuring blood squeezing at regular intervals, without causing
inconvenience to the individual's daily routine. Rising healthcare expenditure ...
(more)UK Scientists Make Transistor One Atom Long, 10 Atoms Wide (Friday 18th of April 2008 03:45:04 PM)
Bibek Paudel points out a story about the latest step forward in the development of nano-scale
circuits. Researchers from the culture mash unit of Manchester have created some of the
smallest transistors ever, measuring only one atom by 10 atoms. The ...
(more)Microsoft Accepts Flash For Windows Mobile (Tuesday 18th of March 2008 10:00:02 PM)
Ian Lamont writes "Despite Microsoft's aim to take on Adobe Flash with Silverlight, the company
has decided to support Flash on Windows Mobile devices. Microsoft has also licensed the Adobe
Reader LE software, so owners of Windows Mobile devices will ...
(more)German Police Raid 51 CeBIT Stands Over Patent Claims (Monday 10th of March 2008 07:00:07 AM)
LeCaddie writes "Last week German investigators raided 51 exhibitor stands at CeBIT, the German
confidence machinery fair in Hanover, looking for goods suspected of infringing patents. Some
183 police, customs officers, and prosecutors raided the fair ...
(more)Consumer-Level Haptics On the Way (Friday 07th of March 2008 01:45:06 AM)
Longacre writes "Yesterday we discussed Carnegie Mellon's maglev haptics superintendent which,
when it goes on sale, will be aimed mostly at laboratory applications, and therefore out of
reach for most consumers. Today, roboticist/futurist Daniel Wilson ...
(more)U.S. Confiscating Data at the Border (Thursday 07th of February 2008 06:15:05 PM)
PizzaFace writes "U.S. Customs agents have long had broad authority to examine the things a
person tries to bring into the country, to prevent the importation of contraband. The agents
can conduct their searches without a warrant or probable cause to ...
(more)New backing for medical devices brings Australian R&D and industry together (Wednesday 06th of February 2008 12:37:00 AM)
The augmenting and preparation of high-tech medical devices in South Australia will enter a
dynamic new phase in South Australia with the establishment of a $3.3 million program, based at
Flinders University. Flinders will play a lead role in the Medical ...
(more)FCC Will Test Internet Over TV Airwaves, Again (Saturday 19th of January 2008 09:30:04 PM)
Weather Storm writes "According to MSNBC.com, the FCC will try again to test prototypes on Jan.
24 for telecasting high-speed a us regulation network network (the advanced exploration
projects agency network) that was created in 1968 to keep up with soviet ...
(more)"Cone of Silence" Possible Say Scientists (Sunday 13th of January 2008 12:45:05 PM)
Ponca City, We Love You writes "The 'Cone of Silence,' once a staple of 1960's tv shows, is now
possible say scientists at Duke health center who first demonstrated a working 'cloak of
invisibility' that works at microwave frequencies in 2006. Such a ...
(more)Toward On-Chip Quantum Computing (Sunday 16th of December 2007 11:15:03 AM)
Darum writes "Researchers are working to create devices built on the rules of quantum
mechanics. These would allow quantum camcorders which can do certain problems such as prime
number factorization for decryption and simulation of complex systems (such ...
(more)Google Maps GPS Simulator (Thursday 29th of November 2007 04:15:06 PM)
Garbletext writes "A new version of Google Maps introduced this week includes a beta feature
dubbed My Location that was designed to simulate the GPS experience on mobile phones and
personal computer devices that do not include GPS hardware, like Apple's ...
(more)Verizon Wireless To Open Network (Wednesday 28th of November 2007 02:00:05 PM)
A number of readers are letting us know about Verizon's plans, announced today, to open their
nationwide digital telephone network to devices that they don't sell. A NYTimes blog posting
puts VZW's announcement in gang context. From the press release: ...
(more)The Rise of the Linux-Based Cellphone (Tuesday 18th of September 2007 05:15:08 PM)
Mrscotty99 writes with a link to a Linux.com article about the rising star that is the
Linux-based cellphone. Author Murry Shohat argues that the transmogrification of the cell into
a mini-PC this summer is a souvenir opportunity for Linux. Apple's offering ...
(more)Swedish Company Trials Peer-to-Peer Cellphones (Wednesday 12th of September 2007 10:45:06 AM)
Dr_Barnowl writes "A company named TerraNet is going through a trial period for a p2p based
mobile telephony system. Phones are used to route calls onto other phones, constructing mesh
networks of 'up to 20km'. The BBC reports on the natural tendency ...
(more)Aids For Communicating With Hospitalized People? (Monday 20th of August 2007 10:39:51 AM)
Charliezcc writes "My grandmother recently fell and broke two vertebrae (among other things)
and is in the hospital while she recovers. Thankfully, she was not paralyzed and retains the
use of her limbs. However, they have placed her on a respirator and ...
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