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Bluetooth ''Big Brother'' tracks festival-goersBRUSSELS (Reuters) - Researchers are using Bluetooth technology to observe the meanderings of tens of thousands of festival-goers at a top European rock festival, hoping their findings will
launch a new generation of tracking devices.
Reuters Friday, July 03, 2009Clarendon Apple Store shooting sees one woundedA shooting incident at the Clarendon Apple Store in Arlington, Virginia has left one wounded, news networks report. The shot was fired shortly after 10AM local time, and the victim has since been sent to a local hospital. Police have formed a perimeter around the area, hunting for a suspect still at large....
macnn.com Friday, July 03, 2009Seattle fire knocks out service to Bing Travel, other sitesReports say a blown transformer knocked out power to the Fisher Plaza data center, which is home to the Bing Travel servers, among others.
CNET Friday, July 03, 2009iPhone dominates Japanese smartphone marketThe
iphone is currently the best-selling smartphone in Japan, at least at retail, according to a recent survey. Gathered by research firm BCN, data from 2,300 stores shows the 8GB iPhone 3G as the most popular smartphone, followed by its 16GB sibling. Ranking third in the survey is the NTT DoCoMo Aquos SH-04A, designed by Sharp; RIM's BlackBerry Bold ranks sixth, and a full four slots in the lis...
macnn.com Friday, July 03, 2009Unlocked cell phones coming to U.S.Nokia and Sony Ericsson are targeting the U.S. with a new set of unlocked phones. But without hefty carrier subsidies, will they ever be able to crack the U.S. market?
CNN Friday, July 03, 2009Watchdog slaps HP for slow cash backsHewlett-Packard has been rapped by the consumer watchdog after more than 190 complaints were received about the company's sales of personal computers and printers.
TheAge.com.au Friday, July 03, 2009Australian gamer blackballed over virtual world 'fraud'Facing real world debts, a trusted figure in a popular
online game
stole money from the virtual bank he ran and exchanged it for cash through the black market.
TheAge.com.au Friday, July 03, 2009'Naughty' dice app quietly denied by Apple?Trichotomy Media is complaining that its Naughty Loaded Dice
iphone app has, possibly, been quietly rejected by Apple. The app has yet to receive an approval or a rejection after a month, and should therefore still be sitting in Apple's queue. The company notes that although the app does focus on bedroom activity, it still stays clear of any profanity or explicit images....
macnn.com Friday, July 03, 2009Amazon Wants Patent For Inserting Ads Into Bookstheodp writes "Three Amazon inventors set out to correct what they felt was a real problem: that 'out-of-print or rare books ... typically do not include advertisements ... the content is fixed and, therefore, has not been adapted to modern marketing.' Their solution is spelled out in newly-disclosed Amazon patent applications for On-Demand Generating E-Book Content with Advertising and Incorporating Advertising in On-Demand Generated Content. From the patent apps, here's what the future of reading may look like: 'For instance, if a restaurant is described on page 12, [then the advertising page], either on page 11 or page 13, may include advertisements about restaurants, wine, food, etc., which are related to restaurants and dining.' So, what would a delightfully-tacky-yet-unrefined Hooters ad do for your Hemingway experience?"Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Slashdot Friday, July 03, 2009Source Code of Several Atari 7800 Games Releasedjadoon88 writes to share a series of old Atari 7800 games that have been unofficially open sourced. "Remember Dig Dug or Centipede or Robotron? They used to be favorites when Atari's 7800 series was still around. Since the era of those consoles is over, and a different world of interactive reality
gaming
has taken over, Atari has unofficially released source code of over 15 games for the coders and enthusiasts to admire the state-of-the-art (because this is what it was back then). During those times, nobody would have imagined in their wildest dreams the games that Atari's developers floated into the gaming thirsty market and instantly swept across continental boundaries. But things changed soon after that and a company once regarded as one of the most successful gaming console manufacturers and developers faded away in the pages of our technology's hall-of-fame."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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