DWP still sending out passwords and discs together 9. May 2008
Posted by Nerdmaster in : Product News , add a commentGovernment data not secure? Shurely some mistake?
The Department for Work and Pensions is still sending out discs containing confidential data together with passwords.
Maker Faire video
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Curious inventor sent in their video from Maker Faire - It includes the destruction of Pleo (cute robot dinosaur) in the battle bot arena, powered recliners wheeling around (and cupcakes), cement and candy 3d printers, a dirt cheap multi-touch table, Tesla coils, lots of fire, and a bunch of musical interfaces.
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MWg specs up 2008 handset roadmap
Posted by Nerdmaster in : Product News , add a commentWindows Mobile 7 device en-route
The Mobile and Wireless Group (MWg) has given Register Hardware a sneak peek at four upcoming handsets, including its first Windows Mobile 7 device, during the official launch of the firm’s two latest handsets: the Atom V and Zinc II.
Photoshop Express public beta adds Flickr support 7. May 2008
Posted by Nerdmaster in : Product News , add a commentPhotoshop Express' public beta continues with a new release that talks to Flickr and enables you to store multiple copies of documents.
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Chief RIAA Litigator Named Colorado Judge
Posted by Nerdmaster in : Product News , add a commentThe Recording Industry Association of America’s top litigator has been named a judge to the Colorado Court of Appeals. Richard Gabriel, who prosecuted the nation’s first file sharing case to go to a jury, assumes the post July 1. There was no immediate word on who will succeed Gabriel to lead the RIAA’s file sharing legal campaign.
In-flight broadband set to return in 2009
Posted by Nerdmaster in : Product News , add a commentHigh-speed Internet access will be returning to aircraft next year through a new service being offered by Panasonic.
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Amazon Brings Out-of-Print Albums Back To Life 6. May 2008
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Deals done with Sony BMG and EMI Music to bring the dead back to life
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Yahoo! shareholders thump Yang in the fiduciaries
Posted by Nerdmaster in : Product News , add a commentDetroit gets nasty
In late February, after Yahoo! famously rejected Microsoft’s initial $44.6bn bid for the company, two share-holding Detroit pension funds filed a class action lawsuit against Jerry Yang and the Yahoo! board, claiming a “breach of fiduciary duties”.
Windows XP SP3 leaps into the tubes
Posted by Nerdmaster in : Product News , add a commentSecond verse, same as the first
Microsoft is giving the automatic web release of Windows XP Service Pack 3 another go today, after an eleventh hour muck-up ruined its scheduled availability last week.
Fingerprint Reading HTC Handset Spied 5. May 2008
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Not likely to win many beauty contests.
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Panasonic Viera TH-42PX80 42in Plasma TV
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What did you say? A plasma TV? At 42 inches? For under £700? With Panasonic’s reputation?
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T-Mobile Begins Rolling Out a U.S. 3G Network in New York (NewsFactor)
Posted by Nerdmaster in : Product News , add a commentNewsFactor - T-Mobile has launched its third-generation UMTS/HSDPA network in New York City and plans to roll it out across major metropolitan areas through the year.
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Qwest signs wireless deal with Verizon (Reuters)
Posted by Nerdmaster in : Product News , add a comment<p><a href=”http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080505/wr_nm/qwest_verizon_dc”><img src=”http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080505/2008_05_05t162908_450×266_us_qwest_verizon.jpg?x=130&y=76&q=85&sig=7sk7.0fH0PSmrgCw37HGLA–” align=”left” height=”76″ width=”130″ alt=”The sign for the Verizon Wireless store is seen in Lakewood, Colorado September 11, 2007. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)” border=”0″ /></a>Reuters - U.S. phone company Qwest
Communications International Inc and Verizon Wireless said on
Monday they signed a five-year agreement for the landline
provider to sell Verizon's mobile phone services.</p><br clear=”all”/>
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Green data center threat level: Not green 2. May 2008
Posted by Nerdmaster in : Product News , add a commentIBM rolls out measuring tape, and researchers see red
Data centers are rampaging energy hogs. If you haven’t been thoroughly beaten over the head with that fact already — you’ll have to give us a tour of the underside of your rock some time. We’re sure it’s lovely.
Apple update trick triples Safari share
Posted by Nerdmaster in : Product News , add a commentThe fruits of subterfuge
In surreptitiously slipping Safari onto Windows by way of the Apple Updater, Steve Jobs and his minions have tripled the browser’s market share.
IBM, Google Will Collaborate on Cloud Computing (NewsFactor)
Posted by Nerdmaster in : Product News , add a commentNewsFactor - Google and IBM committed to working more closely on cloud computing Thursday at IBM's Business Partnership Leadership Conference in Los Angeles. The companies said they were extending a joint research project that started last October.
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Weekend Project: Build an Ornithopter (PDF)
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For millennia people have studied birds, observing and experimenting to see if humans can fly. But people can’t fly by flapping no matter how hard they have tried. This project shows you how to build a small rubber band-powered ornithopter.(from Greek; ornithos meaning “bird” and pteron meaning “wing”)
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30 years of Spam - and we ain’t finished yet 1. May 2008
Posted by Nerdmaster in : Product News , add a commentMany unhappy returns
Spam celebrates its 30th birthday on Saturday (3 May).
WSJ: Ballmer Empowered to Talk or Walk by Microsoft Board
Posted by Nerdmaster in : Product News , add a commentMicrosoft’s board couldn’t come to a final decision Wednesday but it did empower CEO Steve Ballmer to go hostile or abandon the pursuit of Yahoo, the Wall Street Journal reports. A decision isn’t likely until later this week, it says.
Federal Judge Sets Formula for Internet Music Royalties
Posted by Nerdmaster in : Product News , add a commentA federal judge has established a formula for reckoning the internet royalties owed Yahoo, AOL and RealNetworks. ASCAP is thrilled and estimates the ruling will yield their members as much as $100 million for online use between 2002 and 2009.