Archive for March 15th, 2006
Robots break Asimov’s first law
Straight from The Inquirer: “THE US Army is deploying armed robots in Iraq that are capable of breaking Asmov’s first law that they should not harm a human.SWORDS (Special Weapons Observation Reconnaissance Detection Systems) robots are equipped with either the M249, machine gun which fires 5.56-millimeter rounds at 750 rounds per minute or the M240, which fires 7.62-millimeter rounds at up to 1,000 per minute.”
Fark Headline – Carjacker gets surprise menage-a-trois asskicking by his intended female victim and a nearby woman. Bonus: submission holds
local6.com – News – Women Tackle, Pin Carjacking Suspect
Apple Pulls First movie; then bumps it up to $9.99 instead!
Straight from Digg: “Alright so I can deal with $2.99 for a movie. I can deal with $4.99 for a movie. But I cannot– cannot– cannot– pay $9.99 for a movie at half VGA resolution, with no commentaries, or deleted scenes or any special features whatsoever.”
Headache remedy: Eagles release outspoken T.O.
Straight from ESPN: “Owens was due a $5 million roster bonus on Wednesday, so the Eagles had to cut him or trade him before then to avoid paying him the money.”
Mobile media without limits
Darius way from Pocket PC Thoughts has written an article about Orb: “Do you miss your favorite songs when you leave home? Now you don’t have to. Thanks to a free online service and your Windows Mobile powered device, they’re available whenever you have a connection to the Internet.”
Copernic Desktop Search
Is Copernic Desktop Search a possible replacement for Google Desktop Search?
Eurotech WWPC for wrist-top computing
Straight from Engadget: “We couldn’t really call ourselves Engadget without faithfully bringing you every wearable computer that we spot, so we feel that it’s our duty to show you the Eurotech WWPC (wrist-worn PC) for Dick Tracy-like Linux or Windows CE action- even though it is merely a concept for now.”
Google will have to turn over search data to the government
Straight from Ars Technica: “Google will have to turn over some of the data requested by the Department of Justice, according to a ruling just handed down by US District Judge James Ware. The DoJ had subpoenaed search records from a one-week period covering 1 million random web addresses in an attempt to make its case for reviving the Child Online Protection Act, which was struck down in 2004. Google fought back, leading to today’s ruling.”
802.11n May Stomp on 802.11b/g Networks?
Straight from Pocket PC Thoughts: “Airgo Networks took the occasion of last Friday’s vote by the IEEE 802.11n Taskgroup to proceed to the “letter ballot” phase of the standardization process, to go public with the developing standard’s little secret. The firm claims that the “802.11n Draft 1.0 does not provide for interoperability with nearby legacy 802.11b/g networks”. “Specifically, if ‘Draft N’ or ‘N Ready’ products are released to market based on Draft 1.0 of the standard, they will severely degrade – or even disable – nearby 802.11b and 802.11g networks,” Airgo said. The firm’s announcement is the first public acknowledgment by a chipmaker of behavior that TomsNetworking documented two months ago in its review of Netgear’s RangeMax 240. The Netgear product is based on Airgo’s third-generation chipset that uses a 40 MHz wide band to achieve greater than 100 Mbps of application-level throughput.”
