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In this issue:
* "Smart" Parking Meters Considered Dumb
* Linux Port For id's Tech 5 Graphics Engine Unlikely
* High-Speed Robot Hand Shows Dexterity and Speed
* Fully Functional Bioengineered Tooth Grown In a Mouse
* Model Drops Lawsuit After Outing Anonymous Blogger
* Pirate Bay Buyer Chairman Resigns
* Apple vs. Google, Who Will Control the iPhone?
* Nokia Unveils Its First Netbook
* Avatar, Has Sci-fi Found Its Heaven's Gate?
* Blizzcon 2009 Wrap-Up
* Intel's Roadmap Includes 4nm Fab in 2022
* Joomla! 1.5: A User's Guide, 2nd Edition
* Apple To Ship Mac OS X Snow Leopard On August 28
* Blizzard Answers Your Questions and More
* Swedish Authorities Attempt Pirate Bay Shutdown
* Goldman Sachs Code Theft Not Quite So Cut and Dried
* Anti-Spam Lawyer Loses Appeal, and His Possessions
* One Crime Solved Per 1,000 London CCTV Cameras
* Why the Google Android Phone Isn't Taking Off
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| "Smart" Parking Meters Considered Dumb |
| from the sometimes-a-coin-is-just-a-coin dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Sunday August 23, @20:42 (Government) |
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/09/08/23/2045226/Smart-Parking-Meters-Considered-Dumb |
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[0]theodp writes "The jury's still out on whether Chicago taxpayers were
[1]taken to the cleaners by a rushed 75-year lease of the city's metered
parking to a Morgan Stanley consortium. But most would probably agree
that the new shared Pay Boxes that replaced the city's old parking meters
don't exactly live up to their 'Smart' billing. Here's what the
redesigned [2]'user-friendly' parking solution looks like: 1. Park your
car. 2. Walk up to 1/2 block to a Pay Box. 3. Wait in line to use it. 4.
Use coins or credit cards to purchase parking time ��� [3]up to $84 for
24-hours ([4]add $50 if you run out of time). 5. Wait for a paper receipt
to be printed. 6. Walk up to 1/2 block back to your car. 7. Place the
receipt on your dashboard. 8. Head off to your destination, perhaps
passing the Pay Box a second time. So [5]before other cities suffer the
same fate as Chicago, [6]Portland, and [7]others, is there a 'smarter'
way? [8]Some suggest the [9]ParkMagic In-Car Meter, but no new orders are
being taken in Chicago. Any other ideas?"
Discuss this story at:
http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/23/2045226
Links:
0. mailto:theodp@aol.com
1. http://www.courthousenews.com/2009/08/21/Voters_Attack_Chicago_s_Billion_Dollar_Deal.htm
2. http://www.chicagometers.com/how-to-work-my-meter.aspx
3. http://www.chicagometers.com/cost--hours.aspx
4. http://egov.cityofchicago.org/city/webportal/portalContentItemAction.do?contentOID=536910163&contenTypeName=COC_EDITORIAL&topChannelName=Dept&blockName=Revenue%2FGeneral+Parking+Ticket+Information%2FI+Want+To&context=dept&channelId=0&programId=0&entityName=Revenue&deptMainCategoryOID=-536889525
5. http://www.rockymountainindependent.com/2009/08/privatized-parking-meters-is-it-time/
6. http://www.portlandonline.com/transportation/index.cfm?c=34791&a=60407
7. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2009-02-23-smartmeters_N.htm
8. http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/parking-ticket-geek/2009/05/some-friendly-advice-for-chicago-parking-meters-llc.html
9. http://www.parkmagicchicago.com/purchase.htm
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| Linux Port For id's Tech 5 Graphics Engine Unlikely |
| from the sounds-like-they-need-some-encouragement dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Sunday August 23, @22:58 (Graphics) |
| https://linux.slashdot.org/story/09/08/24/0059218/Linux-Port-For-ids-Tech-5-Graphics-Engine|
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DesiVideoGamer writes "John Carmack, the lead developer for id's Tech 5
graphics engine, [0]does not plan on making a Linux port for the new
engine. From his e-mail: 'It isn't out of the question, but I don't think
we will be able to justify the work. If there are hundreds of thousands
of [1]Linux users playing Quake Live when we are done with Rage, that
would certainly influence our decision.' One of the reasons for not
making a Linux port was due to the fact that the new engine 'pushes a lot
of paths that are not usually optimized' and that the Linux port would
have to use the binary blob graphics driver in order to work."
Discuss this story at:
http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/24/0059218
Links:
0. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1244727
1. http://slashdot.org/story/09/08/15/026251/Mac-Linux-Support-For-emQuake-Liveem-Preview-of-emRageem
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| High-Speed Robot Hand Shows Dexterity and Speed |
| from the think-fast dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Monday August 24, @02:01 (Robotics) |
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/08/24/015222/High-Speed-Robot-Hand-Shows-Dexterity-a|
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An anonymous reader tips a blog posting that begins "A few blogs are
passing around videos of the Ishikawa Komuro Lab's high-speed robot hand
performing impressive acts of dexterity and skillful manipulation.
However, the video being passed around is slight on details. Meanwhile,
their video presentation at ICRA 2009 (which took place in May in Kobe,
Japan) has an informative narration and demonstrates additional
capabilities. ... [It] shows the manipulator [0]dribbling a ping-pong
ball, spinning a pen, throwing a ball, tying knots, grasping a grain of
rice with tweezers, and tossing / re-grasping a cellphone!"
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/24/015222
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| Fully Functional Bioengineered Tooth Grown In a Mouse |
| from the tooth-the-whole-tooth dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Monday August 24, @05:06 (Biotech) |
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/09/08/24/0128214/Fully-Functional-Bioengineered-Tooth-Gr|
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A couple of weeks back the Wall Street Journal reported on the [0]first
organ grown in vivo from stem cells ��� a tooth in the mouth of a mouse.
Reader cdrpsab spotted the news [1]on the MedGadget blog; the research
had been [2]reported earlier in the PNAS. From the WSJ: "The researchers
at the Tokyo University of Science created a set of cells that contained
genetic instructions to build a tooth, and then implanted this 'tooth
germ' into the mouse's empty tooth socket. The tooth grew out of the
socket and through the gums, as a natural tooth would. Once the
engineered tooth matured, after 11 weeks, it had a similar shape,
hardness and response to pain or stress as a natural tooth, and worked
equally well for chewing. The researchers suggested that using similar
techniques in humans could restore function to patients with organ
failure."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/24/0128214
Links:
0. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203674704574334741892789978.html
1. http://www.medgadget.com/archives/2009/08/an_organ_replaced_fully_functional_bioengineered_tooth_debuts.html
2. http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2009/07/31/0902944106.abstract
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| Model Drops Lawsuit After Outing Anonymous Blogger |
| from the you-can-pull-your-pants-up-now dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Monday August 24, @08:09 (Privacy) |
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/08/24/1026205/Model-Drops-Lawsuit-After-Outing-Anonymous-|
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JumperCable writes "The NY Daily News is reporting that model Liskula
Cohen, who was [0]suing the 'Skanks of NYC' blogger for defamation, is
[1]dropping the lawsuit now that she has outed the anonymous blogger, who
is a Fashion Institute of Technology student named Rosemary Port. This
brings up the question of potential abuse of the legal system to 'out'
anonymous authors even if there is no intention actually to pursue a case
against an anonymous individual. Also, according to the article, the
outed blogger intends to sue Google for $15 million because it 'breached
its fiduciary duty to protect her expectation of anonymity.' Do Web
hosting services even have a fiduciary duty to protect their clients, or
is this all legal bluff and bluster?" Should such anonymity-busting court
rulings include a provision for penalties if the plaintiff does not
follow through with legal action after outing their target?
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/24/1026205
Links:
0. http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/08/19/1342248
1. http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2009/08/23/2009-08-23_outted_blogger_rosemary_port_blames_model_liskula_cohen_for_skank_stink.html?page=0
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| Pirate Bay Buyer Chairman Resigns |
| from the not-a-good-week-for-them dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday August 24, @08:53 (The Almighty Buck) |
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/09/08/24/1224241/Pirate-Bay-Buyer-Chairman-Resigns |
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[0]Xemu writes "Global Gaming Factory X (GGF), the company that plans to
purchase Swedish file-sharing site The Pirate Bay, has [1]encountered an
additional setback. Last week trading in GGF stock were suspended due to
suspected insider trading. On Friday, Magnus Bergman, GGF chairman,
submitted his resignation to the Swedish Companies Registration Office.
Bergman's resignation is the latest in a series after the previous
departures of board member Johan S��llstr��m and adviser Wayne Rosso. The
CEO of GGF, Hans Pandeya, is being pursued by the Swedish enforcement
service for mounting unpaid debts. In an interview with the Swedish
business daily 'di.se' today, CEO Hans Pandeya says that the deal is
still on."
Discuss this story at:
http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/24/1224241
Links:
0. http://www.xenu.net/
1. http://www.thelocal.se/21640/20090824/
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| Apple vs. Google, Who Will Control the iPhone? |
| from the thats-a-good-question dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday August 24, @09:43 (Cellphones) |
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/09/08/24/1234239/Apple-vs-Google-Who-Will-Control-the-iPho|
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[0]Pieroxy writes "[1]Theiphoneblog carries a nice article on [2]the
reason Apple rejected the Google Voice application even though it doesn't
violate any terms and services. The article goes in depth over the issue
of controlling the hardware (Apple) vs. controlling the software (Google
& Apple so far) and how Apple doesn't want Google to take over a critical
part of its phone. Just like Google is going into the OS business to make
sure it gets never cut out, Apple is also building a huge datacenter to ���
they guess ��� take over some online cloud computing business of their own
and be less dependent on Google for these services."
Discuss this story at:
http://apple.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/24/1234239
Links:
0. http://www.ignatzmouse.net/us/mouse-index.html
1. http://www.theiphoneblog.com/
2. http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2009/08/22/apple-afraid-google-iphone/
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| Nokia Unveils Its First Netbook |
| from the shouldn't-it-be-based-on-kde dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday August 24, @10:37 (Portables) |
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/09/08/24/1237259/Nokia-Unveils-Its-First-Netbook |
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[0]andylim writes "Today Nokia [1]unveiled its first netbook that runs
Windows and packs an Intel Atom processor. The Nokia Booklet 3G is the
first Nokia device to feature a full-sized keypad and a 10-inch display.
Recombu.com has listed the specs, which include an SD card reader,
Bluetooth, GPS, 3G, HSDPA (3.5G), Wi-Fi, an HDMI port for HD video out
and a front facing camera for video calling. According to Nokia the
Booklet will provide 12 hours of battery life."
Discuss this story at:
http://mobile.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/24/1237259
Links:
0. http://recombu.com/
1. http://recombu.com/news/nokia-booklet-3g-is-it-a-netbook-is-it-a-phone_M11055.html
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| Avatar, Has Sci-fi Found Its Heaven's Gate? |
| from the wilburies-playing-end-of-the-line dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday August 24, @11:29 (Movies) |
| https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/09/08/24/1420233/Avatar-Has-Sci-fi-Found-Its-Heave|
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[0]brumgrunt writes "Den Of Geek wonders if James Cameron's [1]Avatar is
heading for a fall, and if it will even be a science fiction film, off
the back of the previews shown last week. It writes: "It seems in Avatar
that all this gee-whiz science is merely there to draw the 'old crowd' in
and provide some kind of rationale for a brightly-coloured fantasy-world
which reflects the most emetic of the artwork plastered over teenage
girls' MySpace pages"
Discuss this story at:
http://entertainment.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/24/1420233
Links:
0. mailto:simon_brew@dennis.co.uk
1. http://denofgeek.com/movies/307785/avatar_has_scifi_truly_found_its_heavens_gate.html
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| Blizzcon 2009 Wrap-Up |
| from the this-post-is-not-available-over-LAN dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Monday August 24, @12:17 (Games) |
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/09/08/24/1317227/Blizzcon-2009-Wrap-Up |
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[0] *
Last year's Blizzcon was tremendously popular. So much so that their
servers were unable to handle the strain of fans competing for 15,000
available tickets. This year, Blizzard was more prepared; they made an
additional 5,000 tickets available and set up a queue so that the
transaction servers weren't overwhelmed. CEO Mike Morhaime said during
the keynote address that if you weren't able to get into the queue within
30 seconds of its opening, the tickets were sold out before your turn
came. Tens of thousands more chose to order the pay-per-view coverage,
demonstrating the extraordinary enthusiasm felt for Blizzard's games.
Their presentations didn't disappoint. Read on for details on the status
of StarCraft II, Diablo III, World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, and the new
Battle.net. It's divided into sections by game in case you're only
interested in one or two of them.
This story continues at:
https://games.slashdot.org/story/09/08/24/1317227/Blizzcon-2009-Wrap-Up
Discuss this story at:
http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/24/1317227
Links:
0. http://s.fsdn.com/sd/articles/09/08/24/1317227-1.png
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| Intel's Roadmap Includes 4nm Fab in 2022 |
| from the thats-a-bit-out-there dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday August 24, @13:11 (Intel) |
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/08/24/153256/Intels-Roadmap-Includes-4nm-Fab-in-2022|
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[0]Precision submits "Intel Corp., the largest maker of chips in the
world, has [1]outlined plans to make chips using 4nm process technology
in about thirteen years. According to Intel, integration capacity of
chips will increase much higher compared to fabrication process."
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/24/153256
Links:
0. mailto:uriah-slashdot@uriah.org
1. http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/display/20090822094141_Intel_Outlines_Process_Technology_Roadmap.html
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| Joomla! 1.5: A User's Guide, 2nd Edition |
| from the read-all-about-it dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Monday August 24, @14:07 (The Internet) |
| https://books.slashdot.org/story/09/08/24/1317218/Joomla-15-A-Users-Guide-2nd-Edition |
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[0]Michael J. Ross writes "There are countless content management systems
(CMSs) available for building websites, and they offer varying levels of
built-in functionality. But once a site developer has successfully
installed any given CMS, a critical form of help (or hindrance) is the
CMS's documentation, which for some CMSs is quite impressive, and for
others absolutely atrocious. [1]Joomla is a powerful and popular choice
for Web developers, but can be daunting to newbies confused by its
non-intuitive menu structure and restrictive content hierarchy. The
documentation for Joomla is frequently criticized, for various reasons,
and that may largely account for the popularity of third-party books ���
such as Barrie M. North's Joomla! 1.5: A User's Guide, now in its second
edition." Read on for the rest of Michael and Ethelyn's review.
This story continues at:
https://books.slashdot.org/story/09/08/24/1317218/Joomla-15-A-Users-Guide-2nd-Edition
Discuss this story at:
http://books.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/24/1317218
Links:
0. http://www.ross.ws/
1. http://www.joomla.org/
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| Apple To Ship Mac OS X Snow Leopard On August 28 |
| from the its-about-time dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday August 24, @14:59 (OS X) |
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/08/24/151227/Apple-To-Ship-Mac-OS-X-Snow-Leopard-On-Augu|
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okapi writes "Apple announced that [0]Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard will go
on sale Friday, August 28 at Apple's retail stores and Apple Authorized
Resellers, and that Apple's online store is now accepting pre-orders."
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/24/151227
Links:
0. http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2009/08/24macosx.html
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| Blizzard Answers Your Questions and More |
| from the life-in-the-crosshairs dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday August 24, @15:52 (Games) |
| https://interviews.slashdot.org/story/09/08/24/1552233/Blizzard-Answers-Your-Questions-and-|
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Last week we [0]asked for interview questions to help supplement our
face-to-face interviews at Blizzcon. Over the course of the two-day con
we were able to sit down with StarCraft II's Dustin Browder, Diablo III's
Leonard Boyarsky, WoW's J. Allen Brack, and Battle.net expert Rob Pardo
to answer a few questions on each of the four major camps in Blizzard at
the moment. Since this wasn't a usual Slashdot-style interview, we tried
to use as many of your suggestions as possible, but the conversation
often took us in a unique direction once it got rolling.
This story continues at:
https://interviews.slashdot.org/story/09/08/24/1552233/Blizzard-Answers-Your-Questions-and-More
Discuss this story at:
http://interviews.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/24/1552233
Links:
0. http://interviews.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/08/21/1432226&tid=64
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| Swedish Authorities Attempt Pirate Bay Shutdown |
| from the like-a-virtual-bullfighter dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday August 24, @16:44 (The Internet) |
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/08/24/1739240/Swedish-Authorities-Attempt-Pirate-Bay-Shu|
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Several sources are discussing the recent [0]attempted shutdown of The
Pirate Bay by Swedish authorities. It seems that following the recent
court defeats and the pending civil actions, Swedish authorities
threatened TPB's main bandwidth supplier with a hefty fine in order to
get them shut down. Not surprisingly TPB has relocated and is back online
although the tracker still seems to be down. As a gesture of their
"appreciation" TPB plans on sending a mocking t-shirt to the people
believed responsible for the takedown attempt.
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/24/1739240
Links:
0. http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-taken-offline-by-swedish-authorities-090824/
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| Goldman Sachs Code Theft Not Quite So Cut and Dried |
| from the those-who-have-the-gold-make-the-rules dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday August 24, @17:31 (The Courts) |
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/08/24/1754224/Goldman-Sachs-Code-Theft-Not-Quite-So-Cut-a|
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The New York Times has some interesting details that are surfacing about
the recent charges brought against Sergey Aleynikov, the programmer who
allegedly [0]stole code from Goldman Sachs on his way out the door to
another job. "This spring, Mr. Aleynikov quit Goldman to join Teza
Technologies, a new trading firm, tripling his salary to about $1.2
million, according to the complaint. He left Goldman on June 5. In the
days before he left, he transferred code to a server in Germany that
offers free data hosting. [...] After his arrest, Mr. Aleynikov was taken
for interrogation to F.B.I. offices in Manhattan. Mr. Aleynikov waived
his rights against self-incrimination, and agreed to allow agents to
search his house. He said that he had inadvertently downloaded a portion
of Goldman's proprietary code while trying to take files of open source
software -- programs that are not proprietary and can be used freely by
anyone. He said he had not used the Goldman code at his new job or
distributed it to anyone else, and the criminal complaint offers no
evidence that he has."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/24/1754224
Links:
0. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/24/business/24trading.html?_r=1&/partner/rssnyt
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| Anti-Spam Lawyer Loses Appeal, and His Possessions |
| from the know-when-to-fold dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday August 24, @18:22 (Spam) |
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/09/08/24/1843206/Anti-Spam-Lawyer-Loses-Appeal-and-His-Posses|
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Techdirt is reporting that one particularly rabid anti-spam fighter has
not only lost his case, but [0]most of his worldly possessions as well.
James Gordon tried to set himself up as an ISP to get around the
conventions of the CAN SPAM act in order to set up a litigation house
designed to sue companies that spam. Unfortunately a judge did not take
kindly to this trick and ordered him to pay $110,000 to the firm he was
suing, a decision that was not only upheld on appeal but accompanied by
some very unkind words trying to shut down litigation mills like his.
"But, perhaps even more fascinating is that the guy, James Gordon, didn't
just lose the lawsuit, it appears he lost most of his possessions as
well. Remember that ruling telling him to pay the $110k to Virtumundo? He
refused. The company sent the debt to a collections agency, but told
Gordon they'd call off the collections agency if he dropped the appeal.
Gordon didn't."
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/24/1843206
Links:
0. http://techdirt.com/articles/20090821/0334155954.shtml
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| One Crime Solved Per 1,000 London CCTV Cameras |
| from the ready-for-my-closeup-mister-demille dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Monday August 24, @19:09 (Privacy) |
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/08/24/2031258/One-Crime-Solved-Per-1000-London-CCTV-Camer|
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SpuriousLogic writes "Only [0]one crime was solved for each 1,000 CCTV
cameras in London last year, a report into the city's surveillance
network has claimed. The internal police report found the million-plus
cameras in London rarely help catch criminals. In one month CCTV helped
capture just eight out of 269 suspected robbers. David Davis MP, the
former shadow home secretary, said: 'It should provoke a long overdue
rethink on where the crime prevention budget is being spent.' He added:
'CCTV leads to massive expense and minimum effectiveness. It creates a
huge intrusion on privacy, yet provides little or no improvement in
security. The Metropolitan Police has been extraordinarily slow to act to
deal with the ineffectiveness of CCTV.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/24/2031258
Links:
0. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/8219022.stm
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| Why the Google Android Phone Isn't Taking Off |
| from the know-thine-enemy-and-drive-him-nuts dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Monday August 24, @19:59 (Cellphones) |
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/09/08/24/2041248/Why-the-Google-Android-Phone-Isnt-Taking-|
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[0]Hugh Pickens writes "Farhad Manjoo writes in Slate that while the
iPhone commands nearly 14 percent of smartphone sales and BlackBerry
about 21 percent, Android has only 3 percent. And even though Android is
far friendlier to developers, it has failed to attract anywhere near the
number of apps now clogging the iPhone. Manjoo writes that [1]Google went
wrong by giving handset manufacturers and carriers too much control over
the design and marketing of Android phones so there is no idealized
'Google phone' ��� instead, Android devices get names like the T-Mobile G1
or the myTouch 3G, and each is marketed separately and comes with its own
distinct capabilities and shortcomings. 'Outside handset manufacturers
lack ambition ��� -none of them even seems to be trying to match the
capabilities of the iPhone, let alone to knock us down with features that
far surpass those of Apple's device,' writes Manjoo. 'A smart handset
manufacturer could build a top-of-the-line Android device that outshines
Apple's phone in at least a few areas ��� better battery life, a much
better Web browser, a brighter or bigger screen, faster or more
functional controls... something that might help Android inspire gadget
lust. But so far, that's not happening.' John Gruber echoes this advice
and adds this advice to Android manufacturers: '[2]If Apple is BMW, you
can be Porsche.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://apple.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/24/2041248
Links:
0. http://hughpickens.com/
1. http://www.slate.com/id/2225815/pagenum/all/
2. http://daringfireball.net/2009/08/the_android_opportunity
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